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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1924
Page
7
The Amarillo effort to enlist citizens for the Tri- State fair bonds is active with committees covering ground to publish a subscriber list by Sunday or Monday. Solicitors move from signed subscribers to new prospects as first installment payments show encouraging response.
Amarillo Central Labor union plans to send delegates to the 1925 State Federation of Labor meeting. A meeting to raise funds for delegates expenses is set for tomorrow night at the labor hall with a nine o'clock dance to follow.
A registered yearling polled Hereford bull will be entered in the next farmers day sale at Amarillo on May 6 by Horace Baker. He plans more high grade yearling bulls and expects good prices, having informed H. Bozeman, publicity manager for the Board of City Development.
Official plans report detail work progressing for a large fair with overhead savings directed to enhance the fair. Catalogue preparation and ground and building layouts are in progress as plans advance daily.
At the Mission theater this afternoon patrons receive coupons for a chance to win Baby Peggy dolls in connection with The Darling of New York. Three coupons drawn at 6 pm entitle holders to a doll valued at $5. The film follows a child smuggled to New York amid diamonds hidden in a rag doll.
Here to day D A Herrall Claude is mentioned along with Plainview attorney M J Beard on business yesterday. Misses Jessie Glyn Daugherty and Gladys Makely of Dumas visit for a sale at The Gloix office. A free jelly dish is offered with each paid classified ad over the counter Saturday.
Col C W Merchant, builder of Abilene and in part the man who named Amarillo, visits grandson D P Seay of Morrow Thomas Hardware. He chats with Col C T Herring, recalls Abilene naming history, and accepts an invitation to speak to West Texas State Teachers College students on early Texas days.
U. N. Olver of Roberts Olver Lumber company arrived back home after being released and attended the annual convention of the Lumber men's association of Texas last night.
J. M. Neely attended a Federal Land Bank of Houston directors meeting and spoke to a major state daily about Amarillo and the Panhandle. He highlighted farming oil, cattle, and growth, calling Amarillo the Queen City of the Plains and outlining its resources for readers.
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