Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-02-26
land OLD THINGS SHALL
PASS AWAY"

Tic I1dlC NClltSi WSooSHS q vi
last week, in commenting on the
changes that are taking place or
the Plains, under the above cap
ton, has the following to say about
the country and about the changed
opinions of the newspapers repre-.
senting it. There were several pa
pers mentioned, two only being
used in this article to illustrate the
general trend of the Messengers
experience. 1t says:
"During our 13 years stopping on
the plains there have been many
notable changes in the aspect OF
the country. Its population has
been shifted twice and another
shift is well under way. We dc
not mean that none OF the original
settlers are here and that every
shift has brought about an alto
gether new people; far from it.
But the opinions and base of oper-
ationS of the old settlers have sc
nearly changed that, practically,
they are new settlers.
Most of the newspapers have
also changed their opinions, eSpec-
tally in regard to farming being a
success on the plains.
The Hereford Brand, whose
name in itself, suggests stamped
ed bunch of longhorned cattle be-
ing chased by a crew of half-breed
Comanche cowpuncherS through
the Canadian breaks, has grown to
be regular farmers guide. 1t ac-
knowledges that conditions have
changed, and of course being fully
alive to the interests of its surround
ings, it lays away the branding iron
and takes hold of a ploW and an
nounces that the hope of the plains
lies in the horny-handed sons of
toll. We second your motion, Mr..
Hereford Brand.
The Canyon City News, has, to
great extent, injected the subject
of farming and cotton growing into
the space formerly filled by "Ihe
College Situation" and its ideal
citizen has changed from College
president to the farmer with the
sunburned nose and who says git
and thar and calls his wife Lily.
What the Messenger says is pref
ty nearly correct. While none of
the Plains newspapers have waged
warfare against the ranchman, he
has nevertheless been made to feel
that if the country was really ad-
apted to the needs of the farmer,
the unwritten law that that which
will do the greatest number the
greatest amount of good should pre-
vail in this instance; hence the re-
treat of the ranchman. has been OF
his own volition. In other words,
the large cattle man feels that the
present demand of the farmer is tc
meet the exigency of the times anc
when it comes to a showdown the
cattle men are Just as capable OF
copeing with changed conditions as
anv class of citizens we have ever
known.
That the ranchmen out in this
portion of the Panhandle are under
going something of a new eXper
ience with regard to the land ques'
ton, is an acknowledged fact among
the initiated. That is, there are q
number of them who believe that
the demand for land in West and
Northwest Texas is going to be Sc
great for cotton raisers that they
are preparing to cut uptheir rancho;
and place them on the market If
small.sized tracts, and will go ou
of the wholesale" cattle business
This is especially true south o
here.
The spread of the boil weevil il
the cotton growing districts of the
State is causing thousands of cottor
growers to turn to the West ant
Northwest as the coming cottor
growing sections of the State.
No matter if the seasons are