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Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-04-28
Il. Frank Buie.

Can sell
Several good residences in
Canyon City for sale; terms rea-
sonable.
2-04o acres, II miles west, fine
land improved S per acre, bonus.
3-Four league ranch and 1900
stock cattle. Fine land we'll i'm
proved for ranch purposes, terms
reasonable.
ALSO acres in body Io miles
south, fenced and 90 acres in cult
walton. Fine land, $3.25 for the
patented section, and s.. 50 bonus
for school section.
$40 sections situated from Is
to IS miles S. w. patented land
price 50 25 per acre, 5 cash bal
ance I, ?, 3, and d years, 7 per
cent interest.
o-One section, all or half of it,
10 miles West, 81 90 bonus.
7-I28o acres Is miles S. w.,
s.. 50 bonus, or will exchange for
cattle.
$40 acres ? miles N. w., 1
mile running water, SO acres alfalfa
land, 40 already Set-together with
all stock and farming implements.
Terms reasonable.
o-Io2o acres 10 mi. S. on public
road, near church. Sold in quanti-
ties to suit purchaser.
Call in at my office east of Court
House, or write
B. Frank Buie,
Canyon City, Texas.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-04-28
SPOT EN-.

Governor Ian ham re. convened
the Legislature in special ses-
sion for the express and only
purpose OF increasing the ad
valorem tax so that it will salts
fy the debts against and meet
the current expenses OF the
State government. In his mes
sage, brief and to the point, he
urges that this tax be raised TO
% cents on the 500 for this
year and 20 cents thereafter. On
this matter. and this alone, has
the Legislature authority OF law
for action and it passes the un.
Outstanding of any informed
and reasonable citizen Just why
it will persist in lodging the
issue and frittering away its
time at the expense OF people
it has already outraged in the
violation OF so many solemn
promises and pledges.
The Legislature ought to have
at least done this much before
adjournment of the regular ses-
sion. The honorable gentlemen
composing it knew. or ought to
have known. that this had to be
done-they did know it, every
mothers son of them. and their
only purpose in passing it by as
they did was evidently, that
they might get their already
soiled hands further into the
public Golfers and keep them
there as long as any old sort of
decency would permit.
Now, in saying this much, ad
mittedly not at all compliment
tary to our present law making
body al Austin, The News does
not wish 10 be understood as
asserting that every memo is
guilty alike. but only that a
working majority are-the good
ones, forming a minority, were
of course powerless to shape
events.
IT'S easy enough however, to
spot the guilty ones-spot EN-.
and cast them out of public lie
as unfaithful servants.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-04-28
"Hogs, Alfalfa and Feeding

This was the subject assigned
L. T. Lester, President of
our First National Bank. at the
Bankers Convention held in
Amarillo, Monday of last week.
and responding to it Mr.. Lester
spoke as follows:
This subject might not i'm
properly be called a triple head
er. When We come to discuss
the animal whose capacity for
adding dollars to the credit of
his owner has earned him the
title Of mortgage litter, and al
falfa-the king of forage plants,
then add feeding-all at one and
the same time, We cannot do the
assignment justice. In fact,
gentlemen, we cannot even
reach the merits of the case.
The very best We can do, re-
spending to this triple text, is to
touch it lightly, and then only
in way that concerns us-the
people of the Panhandle.
"Iu this connection we shall
first speak Of the hog. AS a
machine for converting raw
material into quick money and
big money, the investment con
sidered. be is par excellence the
top of the animal creation. 1t
is to this animal, cursed though
be be in HOLY writ, that the
great central western states owe
most Of their present prosperity
Fed for himself. as be is in many
of the great prairie states of the
north, the hog is winner, and
following cattle he is almost a
clear profit. That he will do
this well for US not one acquain-
ted with bis history in the Pan
handle will deny. Nowhere on
our planet does the hog have
better health than here; he
grows and thrives on the native
pasturage alone, but give him
grazing on oats, sorghum, bar
ley, rye, or better yet-alfalfa,
for ten twelths of his days, and
all be lacks is the finishing OF
maize or Kaffir corn for the other
two months, to head the market
in both quality and price. Hogs
born, sucked, and ranged on
alfalfa until ready to harden fer
the block, are considered as
good as the best. Tests show that
the feeding value of alfalfa is As
per cent more than clover, 60
per cent over timothy-in tact, it
is away ahead of all forage
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-04-28
Called up i'm the Night for
Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy

1--WE consider Chamberlain S
Cough Remedy the best we
SELL" write j. l.. True & Son of
West Epping, N. H. 1--WE have
customers who think there is
nothing like it for Group. A few
nights ago d man called US up
at 2:30 d. m. to 60 to our store
and get him a bottle of this
remedy as his little girl had the
Group. He knew it would cure
her for he had tried it many
times before" This remedy is
for sale by S. V. Writ, Druggist.
The Atlanta Constitution, one
of the best newspapers in the
south; The Sunny South, a
Georgia literary weekly of high
merit and the Canyon City News
all three one year for $1.9O
asnsnsrs"s"snsnsnsnsns"sn
Deeds, all kinds, Land Notes
and ordinary Promisory Notes
as good and as low in price as
anywhere at this office.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-04-28

Anyhow, the Legislature has
10 it's credit for the work done
at the regular session a law
which prevents the killing of
more squirrels by one man in
one day than he can make soup
of, fry or boil on that day. This
is a matter of deep moment in
certain localities. Dallas News.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-04-28

crops, and it is also said that
one acre well set in alfalfa will
pasture thirty hogs for six
months. The more YOU can
Craze the hog, and the better the
grazing, the more clean cash
you can get out of him-this
must not be lost sight of.
I'VE contend that even without
alfalfa, using other green crops
for grazing, that the raising of
hogs for market can be made
highly profitable in this portion
of Texas, but that with alta ia
it can be made almosta bonanza.
There are thousands upon
thousands of acres Of alfalfa
lands in the Panhandle, Randall
county alone on the waters of
the Paloduro and Terra Blanca
creeks. has several thousand
acres of first class-subirrigated
and of this, perhaps, one
tenth is already set in alfalfa.
Last season four cuttings were
had and according to Henry
Shinebarger. owner of one field
of forty acres, it made a ton per
acre to tie cutting Among
other owners of fields already
set are G.. It. Word, Col. j.
Rusk, r. G.. Oldham, r. A. & j.
G. Campbell, E. D. Harrell, W.
F. Heller, Sam Lotion, j. H.
Garrison, and F. Hoffman.
The last named gentleman
is the only one so far. who to
our knowledge, has entered the
hog business on the alfalfa plan;
in fact be is the ouly hog ship
per by car lots in the county,
and the way he sticks to it with
his rapidly accumulating prop
erty shows that it pays. Mr..
Hoffman has about one hundred
acres in alfalfa. Randall COun.
ty has other alfalfa lands, and
so has Potter, Deaf Smith,
Swlsher, Hale, and in fact al
most all of the Panhandle Coun.
ties, and with our milo. maize,
and Kaffir corn, almost equa !
pound for pound with Indian
corn, in finishing qualities, we
certainly ought to have, and |
believe we have, gentlemen, one
of the best hog countries on
earth. 80
with the natural advantages
we possess-all suiting the hcg
in an eminent degree-this coun-
try should rapidly settle up |
with quarter section hog farm
ers, and one thing perhaps that
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-04-28

Wilson carries a nice line of
Tablets, Pencils. Pens. Ink, etc.
for the school children
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-16
DOING SENSATIONAL WORK WITH
THE NEW YORK TEAM IN
ALABAMA.
Rapid Rise of Young Pitcher Who
Was With WaIla WaIIa Team
In Season Of 1902.

"Con" Starkell, one of Walla Wallas
star pitchers during the season of 1908
is now with the New York team and
according to reports from Montgomery,
with his team he has rapidly mounted
the ladder of fame and bids fair to be-
New York World from Montgomery
has this to say of Starkells:
The wonderful work of Starkell, the
pitcher, yesterday, proved a sensation
in the little colony of Hignlanders en-
camped here, and even the placid face
Of Griffith bore evidence of astonish
ment as he attempted to catch the
swift curves and shoots of the new find.
THAT man has everything" said
Griffith, 'and it will take a better
catcher than am to hold him. I take
the mitt and try lots of them out, but
he is the first one to fool me this spring.
He has all the curves, plenty Of speed
and handles the spit bail better than
any pitcher I ever saw aside from
Chesbro. l don't know where he got
it, but he broke two at me that I miss
ed foot"
Griffith is very much elated over
Starkell and will hereafter watch him
like a hawk to prevent a contraction
Of glass arm Or stiff joints. He now
believes that Starkell will make one
Of the greatest pitchers of the day,
if he only has the necessary nerve.
Starkell is a husky youngster, weigh
ing about 100 pounds. Just before
delivering the ball he takes a long
stride, then whips the ball over with
half cross-fre delivery. He attract
ed the attention of the entire team,
and practice was suspended for few
minutes to watch him work.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-16
GO 100 MILES AN HOUR.
Cost of Operation Estimated At Half
That 1t Requires For the
Present Type.

CHICAGO, Mar. 16.-Three thou
sand miles without a stop and at the
rate of 100 miles or more an hour,
is the capacity of new type Of loco
motive that mas been. ordered by the
Southern Pacific Railroad. If it does
all it's makers promise for it, this loco
motive, which is revision Of the Dis
sci engine, will revolutionize trans
portation.
The locomotive, or really powerhouse
on wheels, is entirely different from
anything now in use. The cost of
operating it will be less than one-half
of the cost of operating the present
type of steam engine. Fuel oil cost
ing but three to five cents per gallon
is the only fuel that has to be pur-
chased and there is no necessity for
erecting and maintaining expesive
water tanks or coal chutes.
The machine is what is known as
the four stroke cycle. There is COM
pressed air reservoir from which the
power is obtained for starting. This
gives the piston it's first stroke, when
it takes in the air alone at atmos-
pheric pressure and temperature. The
second stroke congresses this air and
raises it to a Fahrenheit. The third
stroke is what is known as the work.
ing stroke. The oil is sprayed into the
hot air, the amount being regulated by
governors. During the first part of this
stroke the combustion of this Oil is
carried on at constant pressure for
a period that is regulated by the
amount of oil sprayed. The second
part Of the stroke is practically an ex-
pansion, which transference of heat.
and the fourth stroke exhausts the
gases.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-16
HAS NEW PRESIDENT.
Tulane University Now in Charge of
Or. Craiahead.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Mar. 16.-The
Inauguration of DR.. E. B. Craighead,
as president of Tulane University in
succession to DR.. Alderman was a
great day for the institution. Many
alumni and friends were present from
all parts Of the state, together with
distinguished educators from many
many parts of the south. The cere-
monies took place in Tulane Theatre
this afternoon. In addition to the in
augural address of the new president
there were addresses of congratulation
on the part of the faculty, trustees
and student body of the university and
in behalf of the visiting educators. The
theatre was deliberately decorated
with the colors of the university and
n lavish use of ported plants and cut
flowers. This evening a banquet is to
be given by the alumni association
Governor Blanchard and many other
men of note have accepted invitations
TO be present
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-16
LOOMS WILL GO TO MEXICO.
First Assistant Secretary Of State Viii
Enter Diplomatic Service.


WASHINGTON. Mar. 16.-Francis
B. Loomis,, first assistant secretary
Of state. will be appointed ambassador
to Mexico, it is said, in succession to
to Edwin H. Conger. when the latter
shall have retired next summer to
become a candidate for the governor
snip Of Iowa. Ambassador Conger, for
several years United States Minister
to China, expects now to occupy his
new post in the City of Mexico for a
comparatively few months.
The original intention was that
David E. Thompson, Of Nebraska, who
then was minister to Brazil, should
succeed Mr.. Conger as ambassador to
Mexico, but as the post in Brazil has
been elevated to the dignity of an am
bassadorship and Mr.. Thompson is un-
derstood to be well satisfied at the
Brazilian capitol, no reason exists for
such a transfer.
Mr.. LOOMS is not in good health. In
fact, he now is on leave Of absence on
this account. His transfer from Wash
ington to the City Of Mexico would be
satisfactory to him.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-16
OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN IN
CAVALRY BRANCH HAVE
THAT PERMISSION.
Heretofore the Accepted Type Of the
Military Sword Has Been
Rather 4Iunt.

According to the report that comes
from Washington City the officers
and cavalrymen Of the American army
who are stationed at Fort Walla Walla
and the western posts are to have
sharpened swords hereafter if they
want them. Heretofore the accepted
type of military sword here had been
rather blunt, and, in fact, a consi-
derable element in the army maintain
ed that the spirit of the rules of mod
ern warfare was opposed to keen
edged swords. But modern practice
is the other way and the Japanese in
particular sharpen their terrible cut
ting swords so that they frequently
split a man from his shoulder to his
heart, or chop off an arm with ease
The president, having in mind mis-
own experience as an officer in the
army, inclines toward a sharp, heavy
cutting sword. General Croizer, the
chief of ordnance, has prepared a re-
port upon the sword which has just
come before the general staff of the
army, and he has this to say about
the weapon:
'The sword is intended for both cut
ting and thrusting purposes, having a
sharp point and very slight curva-
ture. It is rather light for a good cut
ting weapon, and for a perfect thrust
ing weapon it should be straight. 1t
is in some respects possible a compro-
mise between lightness and efficiency,
and in the last respect is a consider
able improvement on the one which it
replaced"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-16
Turned on Electric Current.

Frank received a violent shock and
began to suffer most excruicating
pain. He tried to scream but was un-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-16

tered against each other, as though he
suffered intense cold, and all he could
do was to utter loud groans.
A strong electric current was rush
ing through his body. After a quarter
of an hour of intense agony, which
seemed an eternity to the unfortunate
Frank, the old Snowman reappeared.
His eyes were blazing with the light
Of madness. In one hand he held an
open razor and a small white jug,
and in the other small pistol
you scoundrel, have long waited
for this moment, but your death snail
be useful" said the mailman to his
helpless victim. your death shall
serve a scientific purpose. With this
razor am going to open your veins
and gather your electrified blood in
this jug while the current is at full ten
sion. I do not want to kill you out
ment; but if you stir, Snail shoot
you.'
Escapes by an Accident.
With supreme effort Frank
wrenched one foot free and attempted
to kick off the mailman as he approach
ed him to put his threat into execu
tion In doing so Frank overturned
the box and fell with the mailman
unledneath him. The shock of the fall
caused the copper wires to snap, and
Frank found himself free. The mad
man, however, managed to discharge
his pistol, and the bullet grazed Frank
on the temple.
A terrific struggle then followed be-
tween the two men. With the white jug
Frank succeeded in inflicting a wound
on Ardouin's head which stunned him
for a moment, and the photographer
rushed out of the shanty He sought
M. Gardiner the police commissaire.
and this official with one of his inspec-
tors, accompanied M. Frank to the Rue
st. Mande.
AS they approached the shed there
was a sharp report, and on breaking
open the door which the old Snowman
mad fastened they found his dead body
lying on the floor, with a small car
bine by his side.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-16
YOUNG Corbett Burns Money.

Abe Atell told a story characteristic
of Young Corbett when in Philadel-
ghia two " els ago saws a writer in
the Philadelphia Bulletin. When Atell
partner to Corbett, and was with him
in that capacity for nearly year. In
talking of Corbett's gambling propen-
sites Atell said:
s Il have seen reckless gamblers, but
HCorbett is the king of the bunch. There
is no game that he is afraid to tackle,
and he will make a bet on anything
that comes along. In my first three
gor four fights 1 was in preliminaries
in Denver, and when I went to collect
my winning end l was always told
that Corbett had collected the money,
and a search would find him in some
faro bank On one occasion he had
not paid me anything for several
weeks, and I even needed shoes, SO aft
er he had fought 1 tackled him for
some money. He said he had several
debts to pay first and when they were
settled he had just Sc left. I asked
him for half, but he told me he would
play faro with the Sc, and he ran it
into over $500. Then felt sure of my
end, but he said ne would give me
mine in the morning. The next day l
went up to his bedroom and saw forty
empty champagne bottles strewn
around. I awoke him and asked him
for some money and was told to get
some out of his pocket. looked there
and found just IS, the rest having
been blown in during the night. That
disgusted me and I quit MIN that day
Tor good. going back to San Francisco
when 1 raked up the money"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-16
BOUND HAND Adm FOOT.
Crazy inventor Entraps Friend in .
Mysterious Box Then Attempts
to Draw His Blood.

A terrible experience, almost worthy
of inclusion among the fantastic stories
of Edgar Allen Poe, happened to a
travelin photographer named Abra-
ham Frank, aged So, in Montreuil,
suburb of Paris, says the Chicago
Tribune
In that place is temporary shed
in the Rue st. Mande, No. 80, there
lived an eccentric individual named
Ardouin, an old soldier and retired
Snowman. He had dabbled much in
electricity and had fixed up in his shed
number of storage batteries.
He had known Frank for some years.
and, learning that he was on the fair
ground at the boulevard Richard Le-
noir with his Photographic booth, he
called on him and invited him to come
to see an extraordinary trick ap-
paratus, which he explained ne had
received from America and which, he
said was destined to create sensation
if exhibited publicity.
Tempted by Mysterious Box.
Thinking he might see something
that was of interest to him in mis- pro-
fession, Frank agreed to, and accom-
panied the old Snowman to his shanty.
He was shown a large black box,
fitted up like telephone call box. 1t
was built up on three sides, and the
fourth side was left open. In this box
there hung number of copper wires
with hoops of brass for the hands and
feet and brass cap for the head.
After explaining the extraordinary
effects that the apparatus would pro-
duce, Ardouin told his visitors to try
it for himself Frank, suspecting moth
ing, stepped into the box and fitted his
hands and feet into the loops, and in
serted his head in the brass cap. Ar.
douin went behind the box, and in ar
instant, before Frank knew what ha6
happened, Ardouin pulled all the loops
so tight that he was unable to move
What are you doing? What arr
you doing? Let me go!" he shouted IL
great alarm, for the wires hurt hin
and ne was unable to move hand OF
foot. But the old Snowman merely
laughed diabolically and, going out.
side the shed, switched on the electric
current.
} Turned on Electric Current.
Frank received a violent shock ami
: began to suffer most excruicatins
J pain. He tried to scream but was un.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-16

Peoples Cash Market, fine Meats,
fresh Salmon, Oysters, etc., No. II
South Third street. Phone 90. Gus E.
Augustavo, Prop.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-16

Pruning trees. digging wells: also
repairing cisterns. J. A. s., $50. corner
Chestnut and Spraxue.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-16
STaNDs NEARLY A HEAD ABOVE
YOUNG coRBETT OR JIMMIE
BRITT.
Abe Ateii Tells How the Denver Fight
err Burns Up His Money On
The Ponies.

Since Battling Nelson has twice de-
seated Young Corbett decisively and is
again the most formidable of James
Edward BIRTHS rivals, the dispute over
the physical make-ups of the men
have been going on. The average re-
cord will give Nelson's height as 5
feet IL inches Following this cut,
there came the insistent report that
Young Corbett ranged feet 4 inches,
though some records give him feet
., referring possibly to the fighting
pose. On the other hand, fashlight
photographs of Nelson and Corbett in
the ring show the Dane looming up
over his opponent apparently by half
a head. This same picture gives
Young Corbett the stock build. in
clining to fat.
Ted Murphy, Nelson's former man
ager, declares that Nelson stands 5
feet IL inches in his ring shoes or
the gymnasium shoe, and that he is
half an inch taller than Britt This
gives the best idea of Nelson's range
and reach corresponding to height
and will explain one big advantage
he has had over Young Corbett. 1t
should be, it is thought, put MIN on
even terms at least with Britt. Joe
Cans is now credited with height
of feet inches. This, then, makes
in the limeiight as claimants for the
lightweight honors now held by Cans.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-16

Needles, the Horse Sheer, 20S East
Main Street. Give us a call.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08
BAILEY's FORD.

Mrs. Thos. Given of Manchester
spent Friday last with her daughter,
Mrs. Cora Lillibridge.
G.B. Davis attended the Farmers
Institute at Manchester Wednesday
last.
Miss Avis Grommon spent Sun
day of last week at J. P. Belcher's.
II. b. Hersey was a Manchester
visitor last Friday.
r. e Grommon had business in
Delhi Thursday.
Jay Lillibridge had business near
Golden Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Grommon
were in Manchester Saturday.
Fred Hicks and wife and NJ. S.
Banta and wife attended the Farm
ers' Institute at Manchester Friday.
A friend recently called our atten-
ton to the fact that during the past
severe weather number of horses
have been confined in what is known
to passers-by. as the Hoyt pasture,
with mo shelter but the heavens
The only food that they can procure
is the twigs of the trees, or by paw
ing the snow away they can get at a
little dry, frozen grass. We don't
know who the owner is, but think if
our informant is correct that some
one should organize a humane soci-
ETY. in Manchester and look after
these poor animals.