Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-11-09
PIP. C. STORY BY BLAATON
TO APPEAR In rs MAGAZINES
Circulated In EASTERN U. S.

''Homesoekcra are turning their eyes
toward the country which offers oppor,
tunity 10 every man willing 20 grasp 10
and work"
In this tcrso sentenc, Hoes W ~
Blanton, secretary Of Tho Panhandle.
Plains Chamber ~ Commerce. summar.
lie a story ON the Panhandle which r,-
Gently appeared in the "Tcns CONNER.
ciai News"
This story which was written iu Part
by Mr. Hlautou aud complied in part
from writing ~ Frank a. Iumispn Ton
mcr secretary of the Panhandle pnu
Chamber &C Commerce. and from mlg.
azine story by Paul = Vicbcrs. publicity
manager Tor the Panhandle Plains
Chamber Of Coimmesrc. Be- to bc syndi
catcd by ne agricultural agent of thc
Rock Island Railway system ,o % mag
azines In the East
Following Is the story;
The Panhandle Plains region o. com.
posed 81 thirty eight counties in Texas
and two counties in oklahoma. known
rs the Panhandle OF oklahoma
Tho hardy pioneers who carved out
this unchartcred area the great punhan.
die Plains region. suffered untold hard.
ships and may scrfIcys They lowed
this county because 90 was su hard to
conquer We love 10 partly because D.
is 80 easy Ia make "a living in Few po..
ple who have never visited thu Punhlr.
de Plains section .uf ToNuH. 7 dare Hty.
have little conception ~ what thU
country has 10 offer 90 The farmer
Htockman. merchant and manufacture
Less than % per cent OF The tlI1hlr
land In the Panhandle s u stat" pf
cultivation. though each year hundreds
~ progressing families are arriving W
the Panhandle 10 secure homes 80
section. known 10 civilized man. can
boast OF larger body of tillahlc lard
than is found .n thc northwestern Nun.
handle section of TpNls Acres. DVuu
millions ~ acres ~ lHl.rr r'nbn
land-m1y De- found iu .u. body o. n
possible to pillow fUrruN hundred
mills long before stop Ana th. beauty
Of it an b. the tact that the band 900
fertile
Whom this land is seeded DO B.. y.ry
prolific For this reason Together with
many other. homosootDrs arp fum.
INK their eyes toward thr l.ft T,.is
Panhandle tho country which. without
u doubt offers hn opportunity tu every
man who is wilkins to work Thr. n
sufficient farm land Boo 'hc country upN,
which Is Idle Co. furnish bonn, r.r q
hundred Thousand farmers and then
each farmer win have more land thtn
customary n tho average frmHr s0c.
lions ~ America.
This territory contains approximately
twenty million acres of lan3 ranging
a. price from 81 lO Goo 800 00 pr moro.
and when figured out. the average prize
per mere settles approximately at the
So 90 mark
Climate conditions are very favorable
in the Panhandle for farming and stock
raising. The hiRh altitude cool sum-
mers and mild winters the rich nut.
ritious native grasses pure water and
practical freedom from diseases. insure
prc-ominencc in the breeding. raj ng.
md fattening 81 cattle hrrs. sheep and
other I've stock while De- great wheat
belt Is famous the world over and lbs
feed crops are onormous-sufflaeut to.
support It's immense livestock produc.
fion. with n surplus for shipment The
southern portion ~ the cotton fields
Yield their hundreds ~ thousands Il
bales ~ ihls staple product and the cx.
tension ~ cotton growing in the north
plains h Increasing annually.
Figures ATTAINED from the last FEEDER.
OIL Census show that with only one sew
snth 81 the total area II the state We
~ one sixth q the cattle raised IN
Ne katc. nearly one third - thu wheat
nd almost two thirds q the kafir and
alze. Contrast this with the fact that
e than p per cent ~ our tillahie land
under cultivation. that nearly - per
mi o. our land h. tlllahls and that We
AVE an average of - population tn
,he square rrsile. as against rs in the
,,hole a. The state. ard the inaginliion
<nll~ utt<<iy o. comprehend conditions
= hIsh may o. VIII exist when we have
.,s..n.d q stage - development nara-
- with the rest of Texas
o,l activity II steadily Increasing in
A.. p>nhnn6fs. The field h now esiimsi
"a a. have 4 pfotoction ~ morr .h..
- bssssls dnlly. a piPs nne egf'.i