Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-27
THE SECRETARY'S CORNER
d, 4. q. SANDERS

johbine OF manufacturing Industries.
fur Wichita had thes. before oklahoma
City was started. with wichia favored
apparently in cvcryih.ur. why did
Oklahoma cay ono, forge ahead
Then The time camp Whcn Wichiia-
siill with the sam, people started
again. and from then until now has
never hesiiai.d In her growth A.
nothing yisibl, gave her the new start.
what change brought Il about?
Dallas wasn't much pumkin's' once
What finally started her On her wonder.
ful growih ana continued Il with only
slight periods - hesitation. until tn
present. Whit has mad, Athuti. ris.
INK from her war ashes the creates,
city - the south? COMPARISONS may b.
drawn Indefinitely. but analysis brings
them all down o. the same bed rock.
People. ~ course build cIty, regardless
q locatlon. 10 large extent. But
while We are all tn" same people. why
the difference In progress
Smithville and ion"shurg are laid out
IN the same year Physical conditions
are similar In both sites Neither has a
,isihl. advantage over the other. In
| fifteen wears Smthville has TOGO inhah
li;ants while Jonc-huru has 600 popula.
I ton. In thirty years Smlihville has
increased to 9. 200. Ionesburg 90 5000
At any time during this period suppose
100 booster families ~ Smithvllle had
been transferred 10 Jonesburg-und zoe
1 4. Il.
moved o. Smlthvillc.
Ere the boosters from Smithylllc had
been long In Jonesburg something
would have occurred to them. Infection
by the germ OF progress. The symptoms
IN the earlier stages are indicated by n
slow step. wide.open. wondering eyes.
h,tokening a puzzled mind accelerated
blood circulation and increased mental
activity. with slight rise In temperature
This increases for from several weeks
10 several months. depending upon the
sensitlycncss of the victim 10 impress.
sions and his underlying grasp Of things
thin the real fever takes hold.
Extreme energy demanding physical
outlet. such as attending meetings for
beiierment purposes. a high mental &c.
tlvity. evidenced hy the planning Of
scheme after scheme; curious habit Of
visiting around among the business men
and others with apparently no other
purpose Than To- try To get their aid TO
put across something for the beiiefment
OF JoneShurg; a peculiar qulckness In
grasping a proposition put up to him
by others and promptly making some
signs in a check book. or signing his
name carclcssly on paper handed him.
and then-most wonderful 81 all
smiling and thanking his caller FOR
having given him the chance 20 do this
thing. But everybody was doing it.
and before he was aware, Jonesburg
had 10000 people chalked up In the
directory.
What about the Jonesburg boosters
Who went O. Smithyille? In the fore.
going case the Germ ~ Progress has
been mentioned. hut there IL also the
Bug ~ Hesitation. equally effective.
For a time. the enthusiasm and trained
boosting proClivities 81 the Jonesburgers
threatened TO almost wake up the
Smithyilhtes. they were beginning IL
stir uneasily In their sleep when the
bug took hold on the Jonesburgers.
he symptoms AT tne beginning were
faint lassltude. slow blood circula.
ION and somewhat Inactive mentality.
Light lever and zee are 90 hant the
nsdc and ouain something 10 lean
gains. suck whiting. corner CONVEX.
stun. weather iufccasting and day.
roaming became their principal forms
d northumberland business.
~ tn- weeks pass the lassitude In.
I I-asts. V.oiun loukS IN direction OF
.4,n.srtrg aud wonders what hss come
over him. fever departs and sgccerded
great Calinness. gains consider
.s.y u flesh and believes IL sign VI
.trr climate iu Smithyille. wife stir,
..H 40 lea times 1T intervals, then
,,s 80 Gf,at mental inaciion.
III iiuu- q new pleasure II j. turning
uwn rvguss.s uf strangers who. al
Is. game. thought the town might
' guud place o. establish a branct
ID thrlr industry. and would like q
nave little encouragement from III
Itlzcns guizxcs stranger about hi
s4s.ncss au ungudly length OF time
naNlug nothing else To d.. With grva
effort. and Il icyrT. stranger prizes thi,
out VI him: Yep. itd be- a I'm. place
tor yuIt business. Coed tcrutorl
around nrrr Amt much int,t ste
myself In your propo-.tion-dont So
where i'd isnvfi m,, but Bili Smiti
might help ~, started the town an,
used 10 help some. lm told. Tel yo'
what you d0--go s.e Henry Peterson
aoau IN the next bi0ck--dry Goods. ]
! he u help ! might be- willing O. chit
: ~ my sill. dicnry l. M. higg,si light
sad IN town and nc,'f ea- snow
20 contribute 20 anything bot N. back
wardness ~ his town. - Siniihyill
nan feels safel
Do We now st an idea u what build
= town. Or holds one hack IN most pcI
cons there b. an innate Sput a
pfogres. IN some d manifestS itsel
without cnaxing a. an active aggrc'
slts1es-. a ounztruciiyeness. desir
md q determination 10 MAX. THING
!, better than they sTc, and he ls COT