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Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-01-08
Black Buttons on White Vests.

The style of wearing black but
tons with white figured vests was
established by an exquisite in an
accidental manner. Dressing in a
desperate hurry to go to mat
ince with his wife, he broke
white pearl button off his blue
spccked waistcoat and began to
call for his better three-quarters
to sew on another one. She had
none to match. The garment de-
manded seven buttons. ANY old
thing'll do" he cried. Give me
seven of another kind he cried.
Give me seven of another kind"
he beseeched. Give me red but
tons he pleaded. Any old vest
buttons would have pleased him
then, but there were none in the
house of any kind. A happy
thought! III use shoe buttons;
I've plenty in my desk. and
fastener" In little while he
had clamped on seven black shoe
buttons. Between the acts some
of his chums expressed adnira-
ton. Black buttons are all the
go in London he said, Made
of jet; quite expensive. but we've
got to have EN-" Thus are styles
set
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-01-08
An Exsspsrstsd Composer p

Mr.. Maude, the London theat-
ical manager, tells this story OF
the composer who furnished the
music for Mr.. Barrie's play, THE
Little Minister" "Sir Alexander
Mackenzie, l fear. found the re-
hearsals Of his charming music
not little trying. All rehearsals.
let me hasten to add, are tests of
temper, and musical rehearsals
especially SO. What made our
musical 'rehcarsals particularly
tedious was that. our orchestra
being under the stage. it was ex-
tremely difficult to get the proper
effect and very hard for Sir Al
exander to explain what he want
ed to our conductor. One day the
great composer was especially
exasperated. He came up to me,
despair written all over his face.
I say Maude, he stammered, do
YOU do you-d- it, do you
mind if smash my hat ?"
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-01-08
Pointed Paragraphs.

The business index of town is
its newspapers or newspaper as the
case may be. 1t always tells the
tale, the same tale everywhere-a
good newspaper, used by the busi-
ness men of its home as one of the
mediums through which to reach
their patrons, live progressive
town. Energetic go-a-head men of
every calling in life recognize this
and in seeking place in which to
live or do business frequently con-
suit the local papers to determine
from their pages the progressive
ness Of the town they represent
and then act accordingly. Stop
and think one minute and see if
this is not so.
Coed local papers cannot from
the very nature of things, long re-
main such without the cooperation
of the business men of the town in
which they are published. And
when from lack of that cooperation
there is a "falling away" about
the paper it is sure sign that the
town is going with 1.-THE news
paper man is dying with his town.
Advertising through the local
papers always pays; it pays more
now than it ever did; it pays the
business man, it pays the farmer;
it's money to the consumer; il
makes a good local newspaper and
is proof of good town and pros.
porous surrounding country.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-01-08
Texas Says AYE"

The time has come when the fed
eral government onght to quit nurs-
ing the Indians and quit allowing
them to be looted by rascally agents
and officials. The time has also come
when the Indian should be allotted
a homestead, divorced from tribal
government and made to undertake
the position and duties of normal
citizenship. In the Indian Terri
tory there arc 100000 whites and
$4,000 Indians. and yet the Five
Nations and their customs. with
added special statutes of the United
States congress, control the affairs
of that oasis of America and those
unevenly divided peoples. The an
omaly of minority domination ap-
pears under our republican form Of
government. The whole scheme Of
Indian reservations is out of date.
The solution of e situation that
commends itself to all sane men, in
cluding those specially organized to
safeguard the rights Of the Indians.
is the throwing of the tribes into
the body of the people, giving them
the advantages of the free owner
ship of homestead and their per
capita OF Indian funds. Then they
will have to work, pay taxes. live
like other citizens and take their
common chance in the full tide of
the national order of civilization.
The Indian is far better fitted to-
day for this test Of his capacity to
survive than the negro was in 1867,
when the work of citizenizing him
began. He will always be loafer
as long as there are reservations and
agencies, as the negro was as long as
there was frecdman's bureau. and
as millions of white men would be
ii national socialism were establish.
CO. The plain justice of the case is
with those vino plead the cause Of
equal, and not special, rights for the
Indians.-Atlanta Constitution.
II Is easier to whip some men than
It is to keep them whipped.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-01-08
Hadn't Verified L.

~ met Bifkins down the street a
little while ago, and | took occasion
to tell the cur what | thought Of
MIN"
80? And what did he do"
"Oh, he swelled up right awa5
and wanted to lick me whether or
no. What do you think of that?
Ha-ha!'
81 think from the looks of that
black eye and swollen nose and
bloody ear that perhaps he did lick
you"
do you, really? Well, maybe he
did, | haven't seen looking glass
yet"
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-01-08
No TALK OF HARD TIMES.

"lt is indeed delightful to live in
a country where the chronic talk of
hard times is not resorted to-" said
new conner to the News man the
other day, "and such can be said
of the people in the Panhandle. 1t
makes no difference to the people
here, apparently, as to whether it
rains, the wind blows, or what
not, and it is not a ::lack..of energy
either, for they evince about as
much life as any body" This re-
mark caused the News man to re.
fleet and recall that the spirit Of
contentment is contagious and has
been known to revolutionize even
the most hardened fault-fnders.
This is a most remarkable condition
of affairs for it is a we'll known fact
by all who have studied human
nature, that since the garden of
Eden went out of business, man has
ever been disposed to give vent to
his feelings for shortcomings in
chronic kicking. Optimism is the
faith that leads to achievement.
The old residents of this country
the great Panhandle-have been of
good heart, or their standards of
optimistic views would have stood
naked in the field without a defend.
er. Through the night of despair
he has said, "All is WE'LL" and the
newcomers rest in his confidence.
He sees success for our country
and by strenuous hope, by hoping
against hope, inspires those who
feel less secure in their positions.
This is the best view of life any
way and we should turn dull ear
to the lamentations of the habitual
jeremiah.
Once let pessimism take hold of
the mind, and life is all topsy.turvy,
all vanity and vexation Of spirit,
why, the pessimist cannot think
with any degree of pleasure about
the hereafter because he is told that
he will live on milk and honey in
the Celestial home above and he is
afraid that particular diet will give
him dyspepsia. But they don't
make any complaint in the Panhan-
die. Down! with the kicker, and
let us have more of the marching
orders of those who look on the
bright side of life.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-01-08
Great Magazine Offer.

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throughout the world-and The
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Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-01-08
PRAISES FOR
CANYON CITY.
A MissOurian Tells His
People of the Great
Panhandle.
A BEAUTIFUL TOWN.
Canyon City, Town of One
Thousand People.nO whis.
key to be found and cv.
en- the BARRIERS Read
the Bible in Their
Places of Busi.
ness.
A BEAUTIFUL TOWN.

Hon. James c. Gillespy, who
is the present representative of
Boone county, Mo-, in the legis-
lature, was here the latter part
of November visiting his son,
James B. Gillespy, who is a cit
izen of our town and who pur-
chased a residence some time
ago from L. G.. Wilson. While
here he was interviewed by a
representative of the News and
he praised the Panhandle and
Canyon City very highly. He
said that he intended to write
his impressions of the town and
country for the Columbia, Mo-,
Herald, he being special cor
respondent of that great weekly.
The article was published in the
Christmas edition of the Herald
and was given position on
tirst'page. 1t was dated as a
letter from Roswell. n. NJ,
Dec. 8, 1908. The Columbia
Herald is the paper that bears
the reputation of being the best
edited and best printed country
weekly in the United States.
Its Christmas edition was a
special illustrated magazine
edition, and next to the fronts
piece was the article "From the
Panhandle to the Pecos Val.
ley"
Mr.. Gillespy wrote at some
length on the Pecos Valley and
had the following to say in re.
gard to the Panha andle and Can
yon City:
"You can see on the map that
Amarillo is situated almost in
the center of the "Pan Handle"
of Texas, and a further exami-
nation aud comparison of the
area, the statistics and proper
tions of the territory termed the
'Pan Hapdle' will probab bly, as
tonish you. For the yastness
of the southwest cannot be real
lied by any superficial view nor
its attractions appreciated ex-
cept by personal inspection.
Think of it; the "Pan Handle
of Texas is a little over one
hundred and fifty miles square,
which gives twenty-five thou
sand, five hundred sections of
land, or fourteen million, four
hundred thousand acres. Then
consider that it is in latitudes
"a and 35, and at an average
elevation of about 5000 feet
above the level of the sea, and
you have your climate probably
unsurpassed on this continent
or the globe.
'This country was little
known until of recent years, and
only about 25 years ago was the
hunting ground and home of the
Comanche Indian. It's present
name is modern and was given
to it that its vastness should
only be a compliment to that
still greater empire that the
Texan loves SO we'll. Its old
name came with it from the
Mexican, and is down on the
old map as "Llano Estacado"
or "Staked Plains. J."
'The panhandle of Texas be.
gan to be appreciated by stock
men only about fifteen years
ago, since which time it has
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-01-08

One of our carpenters, L. A.
Robson has leased the Joe Service
two sections three miles south of
Umbarger for five years and will
move there.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-01-08

Everybody interested in growing
cotton in Randall county is invited
to come to the meeting to be held
at the court house Saturday January
cSrd.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-01-08

been rapidly taken up, until now
it is nearly all under fence,
mostly in large pastures, too
large, however, for the advance
ment and development of the
resources of the country. Some
cattle ranches containing near
ly a million acres, through which
and over which none must pass.
The ground everywhere in the
Panhandle and in Eastern New
Mexico has a thick covering of
buffalo grass, with few streams
of beautiful, clear water running
through, but what seems strange
at this altitude, water plentiful
is found everywhere at a depth
of from thirty to sixty feet, and
a greater flow and better water,
is found at about three hundred
feet. And one is never out of
sight of windmills, for if it is
not the stock farmer just settling
the sections (none of them take
less) it will be some one of the
many erected on the greater
ranches.
"In order that your readers
may properly appreciate the
openings and opportunities for
business and agreeable sur
roundings, will suggest a COM
parison. Boone county has
about nine hundred square miles,
with population of about thir-
ty.three persons to the section,
or square mile. While the Pan
handle of Texas, with its $500
sections of land, has as yet only
about two persons to the square
mile. This includes the total
population of Boone county,
city, country and town, as it
also includes the total popula-
tion of the thirty odd counties
of the Panhandle, with their
towns and villages. Some of
these counties are just now or
ganizing and inaugurating their
county government.
"The thirty odd thousand
people in the Panhandle, Texas,
are mostly Of the same origin
and blood as the people here
described. A description of one
of their thriving towns will
sufficiently describe all:
Canyon City, eighteen miles
of Amarillo on the
Pecos Valley railroad, has a
population OF 1000. 1t has four
churches, Baptist, Methodist,
and Christian. One
graded school, every branch of
business being successfully car.
ried on, some on a large scale,
aud as yet there is no incorpor.
alton, no city government. 1t
is the county seat of Randall
county; has court house and
Jail, but there has been no one
committed to Jail during the
past six months. Another is,
not a drop of whiskey to be
found in the town, not even in
the drug stores. And walking
into a barber shop Ifound the
barber deeply absorbed in read
ing the Bible. How is this for
western Texas? l am informed
that there are over one hundred
in Texas that have to
go dry and that it must soon
sweep the whole state.
"The friends of James Boggs
in Boone county, will
be glad to know that he with
his estimable wife and bright,
sweet, twenty months old Texas
baby boy are well and settled in
so charming place as Canyon
City, Texas.
JAMES G.. GILLESPY.
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Great Magazine Offer.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-01-08

1t is easier to whip some men than
It is to keep them whipped.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-09-08
ANOTHER MAN OVERHEARD
c. B. Spahr, of Kingsbridge, N. Y,
Fell or Jumped Overheard.
Prince Albert, En- Route From
0stend to Dover.

London, Sept. &C. D. Splnr, on
Kingsbridge, N. Y, editor of two
magazines of New York, either fell or
Jumped overheard from the steamer
Prince Albert, midway between Ostend
and Dover. and at live O'Clock in the
evening Of August 30. His mysterious
disappearance, recalling that of Fred
Click Kent LOOMS, was reported, on
the arrival of the steamer at Dover, TO
the American consul, Mr.. Prescott, by
E. w. 0rdway, of 1898 Dem street,
Brooklyn, in whose company Mr.. Spain
vas making a tour of Europe for the
benefit of his health. Mr.. Spahr
seemed to have been much improved
by his trip, and his companion said he
never for a moment suspected that lie
would attempt to commit suicide. Mr..
Spahr left behind him a small bag, but
Mr.. Ordway reported to Mr.. Prescott
that there was nothing of any value in
1t, nor any letters or papers throwing
light on his sudden disappearance. Mr..
Spahr's heavy baggage was shipped
from Trieste to Liverpool some days
ago, for shipment to New York on the
Cunard line steamer Aurania, Septem-
Der 6.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-09-08
A MEAT FAMINE
DECIDED UPON
President Donnelly of the Butcher
Workmen Plays the Joker.
MUST ALL QUIT EATING MEAT
He Has Decreed That No Meat Must
BE Handled by Union Workers
After Saturday Evening,
September 3.

Chicago, Sept. ga meat famine
will be forced at all COSTS" 1t is the
best weapon with which to fight the
trust packers, although it may not be
welcomed by the Independents"
In these words President Donnelly,
of the Butchers national organization,
declared a boycott against all meat,
and announced that union men will
quit in all packing establishments, re-
CARELESS of where live stock is Sc
cured. Donnelly's announcement was
made at the conclusion of a meeting
of the allied trades conference board.
The executive board of the retail,
meat dealers association of Chicago
had just been in conference with Mr..
Donnelly and his associates, having
come to ask certain. concessions for
the independent packers and to seek
authority to attempt to bring about a
meeting between the packers and rep
resentatives of the strikers.
BY ignoring these latest attempts at
peace and by adopting such an agrees
sive step Hle strike leaders demon
strated their intention to make it a
fight to a finish.
The following statement was given
out by President Donnelly:
THE conference board, representing
all organizations involved in the pres
ent clearinghouse strike, has taken
action to place all meats upon the
unfair list. This order goes into effect
on Saturday evening, September 3, at
$50 p. m. The order will be sent to
every packing house in the country,
and no member of the Meat Cutters
and Butcher Workmen union will be
allowed to dress any animal until the
strike is settled. This action is the
result of the request that the public
refuse to eat meat, and no person, no
matter in what capacity employed in
handling meat, must handle the same
after $50 p. m. on Saturday. The
packers have resorted to eXtortion as
the result Of the strike, buying live
stock on the hoof for almost nothing
and charging almost any price for the
dressed product. The public will now
be given an opportunity to retaliate by
refusing to eat meat until such time as
they can procure the same at a fair
market price"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-09-08
BUILDING FOOD
TO Bring the Babies Around.

When a little human machine Tor O
large one) goes wrong, nothing is so
important as the selection Of food
which will always bring it around
again.
my little baby boy fifteen months
old had pneumonia, then came brain
fever, and no sooner had he got over
these than he began to cut teeth and,
being 50 weak, he was frequently
throwE into convulsions," says a
Colorado mother.
Il decided a change might help, so
took him to Kansas City for a visit.
When we got there he was so very
weak when he would cry he would
sink away and seemed like he would
die.
when l reached my sisters home
she said Immediately that we must
feed him Grape-Nuts and, although I
had never used the food, we got some
and for a few days gave him just the
juice Of Grape-Nuts and milk. He got
stronger SO quickly we were soon
feeding him the Grape-Nuts itself and
in a wonderfully short time he fat
tened right up and became strong and
well.
THAT showed me something worth
knowing and, when later on my girl
came, | raised her on Grape-Nuts and
she Is a strong, healthy baby and has
been. You will see from the little
photograph I send you what a strong,
chubby youngster the boy is now, but
he didn't look anything like that be-
fore we found this n~ourishing food.
Grape-Nuts nourished him back to
strength when he was so weak he
couldn't keep any other food on his
stomach" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
All children can be built to a more
sturdy and healthy condition upon
Grape-Nuts and cream. The food con
tains the elements nature demands.
from which to make the soft gray
filling in the nerve centers and brain.
A well fed brain and strong, sturdy
nerves absolutely insure a healthy
body.
Look In each pkg. for the famous
little book. 1.-THE Road to Wyllville.r
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-09-08
JUDGE PARKER NOT COMING
Changes His Mind About His Trip
to St. Louis.
Says That I'm All Probability He VIII
Not Leave Rosemount Dur
I'm the Campaign.

Esopus, N. Y, Sept. 3.-There was
considerable surprise at Roscmount,
Friday evening, when a correction was
made of a statement issued in the
morning to the effect that Alton B.
Parker and his wife had completed
their arrangements for a ST. Louis trip.
1t Is now announced that Parker has
changed mis- mind in regard to the
trip, and in all probability will not
leave Rosemount again during the
compaign. 1t is understood that good
reasons were presented TO Parker in
argument against the proposed trip,
and that the abandonment of the pro-
gramme is the result. So far as is now
intended, Parker will make nc
speeches during the campaign.
William E. Ryan, Of the Devery as
ISOLATION in New York, and Capt.
Charles Campbell, a retired sea captain
Of New York, called at Rosemount,
Friday, ostensibly to ask Judge Parker
to make clear in his letter of accept
anee the plank in the democratic plat
form in relation to marine
Capt. Campbell said that s%hip-owners
are not in favor of a subsidy bill, but
that they do want protection against
unfair competition with foreign bot
toms. After talking shipping at
length. they brought up the subject of
the governorship nomination for New
York state, and suggested that Con-
gresham William Sulzer is best
equipped to ave the party from the.
inroads made by the popularity Of
Thomas E. Watson, the populist can.
didate for president.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-09-08
ALBANIAN SHOT AT SULTAN
Serious Conflict Between SuItan,s
Guard and BOsnians-Many
Were Killed.

Paris, Sept. 3.-The Paris edition
of the New York Herald prints the
following from it's Geneva oSrrespon.
dent:
"a high official of the Ottoman
court has received news of a serious
fight between the sultan's Albanian
guard and Bosnians, which continued
almost to the doors of the harem.
Many were killed or wounded.
1T is said that one Albanian shot
at the sultan, the bullet glancing of
the coat of mail which he always
wears.
"The sultan has asked the prince
of Montenegro to supply him with a
guard.
"The affair is certain to be denied,
but it's truth can be affirmed"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-09-08
TROOPS JADED AND WEARY,
Both Sides Resting After Battle n
Lao Yang.

Toxic, Sept. "a few addition
al details of the progress of the battle
at Lao Yang reached Toxic at a late
hour Friday.
Gen. Kuroki's right is continuing to
press the attack at Heiyingtai, seek
ing ground whence their guns will
dominate the railroad. The troops
under Gen. Kuroki are jaded and
weary. They have been marching
and fighting since August %. but in
spite of this, they attacked with spir-
1t. The Japanese are confident that
they already have swept back the
strong Russian force with which they
have been engaged. And it is prob
able that when the details are known,
it will be found that a great tragedy
was enacted along the Taitse river.
The Taitse is flooded, and can not
be forded. Gen. Oku, in command of
the Japanese left army, has directed
his energies to- forcing the Russians
to the river, and it is probable that
many were drowned there.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-09-08
MAY HAVE BEEN WRECK
Peculiar Not Found on the Shore of
Puget Sound Near
Seattle.

Seattle, Wash, Sept. Sin a bottle
washed up on the beach at Barlow, a
little town on the west shore of Puget
sound, this note was found:
March 6, 1904.-Ship La Norma in
sinking condition. No hope for crew.
(Signed.) JAMES SLOANE,
First officer"
On the reverse Of the note was the
name of w. E. r. holman and wife,
Norfolk, Va.
The bottle and note were brought
to Seattle Friday. The British ship
La Norma, Capt. Carmack, sailed from
Tacoma, wheat-laden, for Queenstown,
February 81, and is supposed to have
been wrecked in a storm off Vancou-
yer island prior to March 22.