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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-10-04

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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-10-04

Among the pleasant social features
was the presentation Of Il gold watch
10 the retiring master e. b. Norris,
and a beautiful pin to Mrs. B. r. Lord,
one of the oldest and most active mem.
bera of the Order in the state, but who
has since gone to reside in Olympia
Wash, with ber son. The sixth degrees
was conferred On a class of 80 per
s-4s, the largest class for that degree
o.. record in the state.
= Picmtc suggestion.
he gran.e picnic OF field meeting
en- bt. a uost useful adjunct to grange
rosk II Il .htly conducted. The aims
;I-l purposes of the grange should al
ways be presented briefly with view
Ia Informing tine many farmers who
d0 MOI l-now as to what the grange is
euGeavoring 10 do for their interests.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-10-04
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REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
For Governor
EDWIN S. STUART, OF Philadelphia.
For Lieutenant Governor,
ROBERT S. MURPHY, of Cambria.
For Auditor General,
ROBERT X. YOUNG, OF Tioga.
Secretary of Internal Affairs,
HENRY HOUCK. OF Lebanon.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET;
State Senator,
A. w. DUY OF Bloomsbury.
Congressman.
Z, w. SAMU ELS, Shamokin
Member of Assembly,
JOHN SCHAAD Of Mildred
Associate Judge,
EDWIN WARBU RTON, OF Overton.
For Coroner,
|. Il. DANIE, Of Forksville.
Jury Commissioner,
GEORGE L w WKENSON Straw bridge
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-10-04
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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-10-04
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Wi||iamsport & North Branch Railroad
TIM Il IT A BT,F.
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Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1906-06-29

Texas is a big state and fully in
keeping with its size is its mar
velous resources. While yet young
in development in SO far as natures S
stores are concerned Texas already
heads the list Of states as a producer
OF some OF the worlds staples.
OF the entire cotton crop of the
Nation Texas furnishes one-third.
Texas has more cattle than any
other state and just as good in quail
ity as can be found anywhere.
Texas is also the natural home Of
the horse. With the hardy Texas
horse as foundation stock, this state
is now producing animals OF as good
quality as can be had from the fam
ed blue grass region Of "O.d' Ken
tucky. AS producer Of wool,
Texas also ranks high and her NUT
tons fattened on her native grasses
are largely sought by epicuIes OF all
the civilized nations of the earth,
Nor is Texas behind on the mort
gage lifter''-the ,porker as wit
ness (the millions invested in the
great packeries established at Fort
Worth, to say nothing OF the train
loads that 60 to the Kansas City,
St. Joe, Chicago and other markets
and the ship loads that leave the
wharves of Galveston and other
Texas gulf ports.
It was in Texas, after many
other states were "ransaCked' for
proper material in form and quality
that Old England bought her horses
and mules for service in the Boer
war land in Texas after that war was
closed cattle were purchased with
which to restock the Transvaal.
Over three hundred varieties Of
grasses grow in Texas and most Of
them native to the soil Is it any
wonder then that Texas is deserv-
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1906-06-29

edly world famous as a stock
country?
Texas is also great in other mat
ters aside from stockraising. AS a
state she is we'll in the lead of all
other portions Of the United States,
Of equal area, in the variety and
yield Of agricultural products and
garden truck. Strange you say?
Yes, but true. Look up the statis-
tics compiled by the government.
You can obtain them from your
Congressman for the asking.
Again, Texas has the largest
available school fund Of any state in
the Union, and her taxes are the
lowest.
Texas has timber too, one nun
dred and fifty varieties of it
we're exhibited at the World S
Fair. In her forests grow the
pine, cyprus, cedar, oak, wal
nut, hickory and many other val
liable trees. Here is the home Of
the nut-bearing pecan and when it
come to fruit-bearing trees, Texas,
for quality, quantity and variety
stands well among the foremost of
all the states Of the Nation.
Texas is not behind either in min
eral wealth for not only has she
vast stores of the precious metals,
but also of iron, lead, copper, coal,
ETC., and as an oil producing state
she is almost without a rival.
Great indeed is Texas today, and
greater still will be her future, for
with the Isthmian canal already as
sured the Nations of the Far East
will enter her markets and her gulf
towns will grow into cities that will
rival in importance and size the
mighty trade marts of Europe. The
great railroad systems saw the i'm
portanCe Of entering Texas some
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1906-06-29

secret of its natural richness with as
much tenacity as did their immedi-
ate predecessors, the Indians. Then
until, we may say 1886, this Plains
country, with all its vast possibili-
ties was practically unknown even
to old Texans, the writer among
the number, who prided themselves
upon a thorough knowledge of at
least the central and western por-
tions of their State. There were
some, however, in those times who
knew a good thing in lands. Those
few hied themselves to New York
and across the great waters to Lon
don and to Edinburgh, and as a re-
suit great syndicates were formed,
domestic and foreign, and vast bod
les of these fertile lands were picked
up for song. An instance Of this
is the Capital Syndicate Lands
two millions of acres, including the
main portion of Deaf Smith and
other Plains counties, purchased
from the State about 1885, at fifty
cents per acre - in trade. The
"Block Lands" including at pres
ent one-fourth of this, Randall
County, is another case and there
are still more instances of like
character. These great corpora
tions "bded their time" Some of
them, including the "Block" peo-
pie in this county are still waiting,
being unwilling, even at present
prices, to let the actual settler have
this land
But little farming of any charac-
ter was done on the Central Plains
until the coming of the railroads.
With the advent of "the cars
some IS years ago, came the man
of small means and then the turning
of the soil began. "Just enough
for table vegetables, as an old
timer would express it. And, why
more at this time, it may be asked,
for with the vast prairie covered
with the luxuriant grasses and much
of it free, all man wanted was a
few head of COWS and one or two
ponies and plenty graced his table
while independence was written in
large letters all over his habitation.
But now this mans day is also gone
gone like that of the "nester." He
must buy land now for his cows and
as the price is advancing he must
make out on less acreage and so
farming per force, as it we're, has
been introduced. The results of this
tilling of the soil on the Plains, of
which we have a record, runs back
some fourteen years. They are as
tonishing alike to both the first set
tiers and the visitors. They prove
beyond question that the Central
Plains Country as a stockfarming
and as an agricultural section, is
second to no portion of our great
continued on page
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1906-06-29

laying north Of Amarillo has been
dubbed the "North Plains Country"
1t is good country and settling up
fast, but in the opinion of those who
ought to know, by far the choice Of
the whole Panhandle is that portion
Of it designated in this article and
known far and wide as, The Central
Plains,
This rich belt Of country known as
the Central Plains extends from
the watershed of the Canadian on
the north to that of the Brazos river
on the south, or we might say, that
from Amarillo on the north to Lub-
book as its southern boundary. The
northern portion of this belt includes
from east to west the counties Of
Armstrong, Randall and Deaf Smith
and going southwark includes some
three or four counties within its
embrace to about the south line OF
Lubbock and Hockey counties.
The altitude of these Central
Plains varies from about its highest
point, Amarillo, which is 5000 feet
above sea level, to its lowest, $500
feet at Emma and Lubbock. The
same climate hangs over all of it.
Bring to your mind a gentle
rolling prairie some $50 miles either
way and almost without break,
rocks, gravel or chalk spots-all
rich loamy land, and you have be-
fore you the Central Plains Country.
1t is probably the largest body of
land in these United States of
which it can be said that it is nearly
all alike.
The soil is rich loan, varying in
depth from IS inches to four or
five feet and with a subsoil of clay.
In some places, for several miles in
extent it is black and sticky (called
tight land here) and in other places
free, owing to the amount of sand
in its composition. Almost all of it
will scour a plow.
In state of nature as most of it
now is, this prairie is covered with
close turf of mesquite grass, max
ing the finest pasturage in the world,
summer and winter and not excelled
in any country, anywhere within the
knowledge of man.
Prior to 1875, this Central Plains
country was known only to the In
dian and the buffalo. Here the
Comanche, the Kiowa and the
Apache were in their glory; it was
their priced hunting ground above
all others and woe to the pale
face who intruded upon them.
About the beginning of the "eight-
les" (188O), when the Government
took these Indians in charge, NOV
ing them out of the country, the
"cattle barons" possessed the land
and they, knowing a good thing as
we'll as the Indians, kept the Plains
country to themselves holding the
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1906-06-29

state and still they lengthen.
Few portions Of this great Nation
can truthfully claim such a genial
climate as Texas is blessed with.
Too far south to be extremely cold (;
too far north to be oppressively
warm. No wonder then, that the
Lone Star State has one of the very
best climates to be found within the
Union.
Another fact about Texas, now
becoming widely known, she is
blessed with millions upon millions
of acres of fertile lands lands which
quality, productions, climate, en-
vironments and price considered,
offer inducements over those of any
other civilized country.
People of the North, Eastern and
middle States are seeing this and
they are coming. Already the
mighty movement is beginning
every day people from all points of
the compass are arriving by train
loads. The rich and fairly we'll
to-do alike are included in this
movement, and they, almost without
exception, are seeing, believing and
putting their money into homes in
Texas.
All of Texas is good and very
good good for investment, good for
business in almost any line, but in
the minds of those who know the
State pretty thoroughly in all of its
great parts that portion of it called
the Panhandle, offers today the best
opportunities, and especially is this
so in an agricultural sense,
THE PANHANDLE
This is a name applied by early
frontiersmen to the northwest end
or corner of Texas. 1t is a name
merely and if it has any other sig
nifcence it is beyond the knowledge
of the editor of The News.
The eastern boundry of the Pan
handle is Oklahoma, the western
New Mexico and its northern limits
border on West Kansas and South
ern Colorado. AS to its southern
limits there is variety of opinions.
Some contend that it reaches as far
south as Lubbock, thus including
what is known as the Central Plains
Country" while others, equally pos
tive, assert that its southern ex-
tremity should run parallel with the
lower line of Swisher county. AS it
is only name, as previously stated,
which by common usage has been
adopted by map makers to desig-
nate a certain portion of the state
we will, for the purpose of this edi-
ton, include the territory as far
south as Lubbock which, as already
referred to, takes in the Central
Plains Country. This would make
It's eastern boundry in Texas the
counties of Knox, Foard and Hard
eman. In the Panhandle thus shap-
ed we have thirty-two counties or
section of country ITO miles wide,
east to west and 220 miles north and
south. And nearly all of this terri
tory is susceptible of cultivation.
Taking Amarillo as point to be-
gin with an altitude of $3.50 feet,
the elevation increases as you travel
north and northwest, while going
northeast or east it gradually de-
creases. Outside of the canyons
and along the streams there is prac-
tically no native timber in the Pan
handle. North and northeasterly
from Amarillo and along the water
sheds of the Canadian river and
other streams, the country is in
clined to brakes and some places to
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1906-06-29
THE LONE STAR STATE.
The Panhandle and Central Plains
Portion, Climate, Soil, Water,
Rainfall, Enterprises, Pro-
duCtion and Citizenship.

Texas big and fully in edy world famous soc
keeping size is country?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-26


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afraid Of Of Unless
miss ny WILDE her
She bag her. and
suppose she thought she doing HIM
idnaping little sorry for her
she vas good think must
Clara must have
somebody Gemency should prefer trained
simply the village sort by
shrnks OF trained
but the soul has always
dread hospitals and possible operations and
she thinks trained Of
trinity She be huored of The result cannot be
changed #t
hnd the outset than she had been already
Dead said Gordon.
James said nothing, pity the other
He 81 ccmenc and he seemed e undergo
tie bounds sympathy t became almost
His face took expression q dul
with ring gratitude and affection his tired voice,
good fellow Elliot he said yoH are the one
little Clemency with" Z --s11$
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-26
Icopyright 1906, by Mary - Wilkins Freern,an
All rights re-.
.seN|edD
CHAPTER XII.

Cemcncy Gordon insisted upon
going directly he and James had solitary
in time when he returned he looked
gloomy the almost much as
the evening which he had
Elliot guessed who that woman
was who kidnapped Cemency "a
hestated 81 don't fairly know whether right but
~ have guessed" he replied
.$ "Who?' s ssssS sH
# THE M
gu are right the hat man had Won her
He had been
although guard he secret
tie name Wood, widow The former went
away has been telling fe said that once
himself the house and he had seen the
On the She had herself quite popular
81 that to keep his vice behind Locked
Dutch Reformed Church regularly She was present
all the church and everybody called on her
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-26

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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-08-03
EVIDENCE or MURDER.
Arsenic In Dead Woman's Stomach
Leads TO Suspicion Of Foul Play.

CHICAGO, August 2.vThat well-dc.
fined evidence Of arsenic have been
found In the vital organs Of Mrs. Jo-
hanna Aug Knudscn who died a. her
home In West Pullman, March ", was
reported 10 Assistant States Attorney
Olsen yesterday by Professor Waiter
IIaines. Dr. Ludwig IIekton, and Coroner
Physician I.ewke. Arrangements for the
inquest Thursday followed. Whether
the case win be presented TO the grand
Jury depends upon the coroner
Mrs. Knndsen was the wife Of X. o.
knudsen. carpenter and the cause Of
her death after an Illness Of less than q
week after was given acute gastritis.
Some time after her death, Charles H.
Wiser, brothcr-in.law, declared his
belief thaot the woman had been pois'
oncd and Coroner Hoffman ordered the
body exhumed.
II developed yesterday that Detcc-
tive shcehan IL in Providence. X. l..
searching for a Miss Helen flcsselficld.
an intimate Of Miss Helena westberg
who was said 10 have been on friendly
terms with Knudsen and for whom the
police have been searching.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-08-03
WINDOW WASHERS STRIKE.

CHICAGO, August 2,--Through grimy
windows the employees of ten or more
big office buildings will have to look
until settlement has been made with
the window washers union or the strike
has been broken by the employment of
non union men,
The buildings in which strikes were
called yesterday are the Railway EX-
change, Rookery, Postal Telegraph, Ash
land Stewart Reliance, Stock Ex-
change, First National Bank, and Mer-
chants Loan 4 Trust. AT the head
quarters Of the union it was said nearly
400 men are now on strike and it is
expected this number viii be augmented
today when the officers of the union will
demand from other employers that they
sign the new scale of wages.
The union demands an increase in
wages of $3.50 month, which the Off
GERS say is simply sufficient fund to
pay the carfare of the men to and from
their work. This the managers refuse
to do,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-08-03
TRANSCRIPT FILED.
Contest Of Sage Will to Commence Some
mence Sometime in September.

NEW YORK. August 2.-Transcipi
Of judgment against James II. Sage oI
Troy, who has announced that he will
contest the win Of Russell Sage and has
retained Senator Brackett as counsel
was fled in the county clerks office
yesterday. The claim IL for 1893 judg-
ment and was obtained In Troy on Feb
rtiary .. 1893. James II. Sage came
here yesterday.
A. Welles Stump, lawyer for intend
ing contestants Of the win Of Russell
Sage said yesterday that he wished to
make II plain that II any contest were
made. IL would not be for the purpose
~ "-trike" for settlement. but because
the heirs were Of the opinion that they
had not received their full due. He In
timated that the contest probably would
be begun by September 2l.
II Is pretty well understood that tbs
ground for contest win be that MFR
Sage was not competent to make vii
In 1901. A Wall street man said yes.
terday that Mr.. Sage was engineering
some Of his biggest deals about thai
time.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-08-03
Attorneys viii Argue Their Re.
speciive Sides Of Case
Monday.
MRS. HARTJEC CONGRATULATED
Friends Pelicitate Woman Upon the
the Admirable Way She Has
Borne the Severe Strain of
the Trial.

PITTSBURG, August 2.--After 2ll
days Of actual court sessions, the Hartje
divorce case terminated rather suddenly
today. Skilfully the attorneys for both
sides fenced for advantage over the
argument, but with the consent Of the
attorneys. and at the suggestion Of
Judge Robert s. Frazer they wee sci
for next Monday morning. Judge Frazer
announced before the close that the case
must be submitted TO him by Wednes-
day evening, as he intended to leave for
his vacation next Thursday.
Immediately after the case was con-
cluded Mrs. Hartje was surrounded by
a group of friends. who shook her
hands and congratulated her on the
manner in which she held up under the
severe strain. Augustus Hartje sat in
his chair watching his wife closely. He,
too, showed relief. but said nothing, The
attorneys for both Mr.. and Mrs. Hartje
expressed themselves entirely satisfied
with the cae as it now stands, and each
side processes confidence that the decis-
ion Of the court win be in its favor.
Surrebuttal testimony in the Hartie
divorce case was commenced today.
John A. Ball, newspaper man. who
was the first witness, testified to an
interview had with Edward G.. Hartje,
brother Of the libellant. on April l2, in
which Hartie said:
1--WE have letters to other men to
show that Mrs. Hartje is a very bad
woman"
John Gaylor detective and former
newspaper man, testified that he was
present at the interview, and corrobo.
rated Ball. The date mentioned, April
70, was two months before the Hartie
detectives said they had taken the let
ters from Coachman Madness trunks,
Attorney Freeman then announced the
case closed for the respondent. Ed
ward Hartie was called to the stand by
the plaintiffs counsel and denied that
he had made the statement to Ball.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-08-03
Anthony Comstock Causes Art
Studios to Be Raided.
He sEIzES WORKS OF ART
Pictures in the Nude Not Thought Nice
for the Wicked World to See
Woman Bookkeeper is
"Jugged"

NEW YORK, August 2.-Upon
warrant sworn out by Anthony Com
stock, the Secretary Of the Society
for the suppression of vice, the studios
Of the Art Students League, one Of the
most noted art schools in America, were
searched and the bookkeeper Miss Anna
Robinson placed under arrest.
1t is charged that the reproduction Of
figures in the nude contained in the fall
catalogue. which the league was about
to issue, are immoral in character. A
patrol wagon load Of the catalogues was
seized and taken to the police court as
evidence. Miss Robinson, the only per-
son arrested, was arraigned on charge
of the violation Of an act for the sup
preston of traffic in obscene literature,
illustrations, pictures, etc. Magistrate
Mayo adjourned the hearing until Aug
ust 7. The pictures in the catalogue are
such as are seen in any art studio or
museum. But two pages are devoted to
the nude.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-08-03
PACKERS CLEAN UP.
Investigation Of New York Packing
Houses Show Places Clean.

ALBANY, N. Y., Aug, g.. .Commis-
aioncr Porter Of the State Department
Of Health. in bulletin printed today.
declares that recent inspection Of slaugh-
ter houses and meat packing establish
mcnts by local health officers was car
every part Of the state.
"while comparatively small number
Of places were found In which the con.
ditions could be considered as being
unSanitary." says Mr.. Porter, enough
was discovered 10 show the value OF
maintaining an inspection Of the places.
The local boards have been prompt to
act In ordering the premises cleaned and
general conditions bettered, The result
has been marked improvement in Il
large number OF these establishments.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-08-03
POWER TAKEN AWAY.

SAN FRANCISCO. August 2.--It is
stated by the Bulletin that President
David Starr Jordan of Leland Stanford
Jr. University, has been stripped of bis
power OF appointment, and dismissal Of
professors. and that hereafter when the
President desires to dismiss a professor
he must refer the matter to the Board OF
Trustees. The professor will then be CIV
en- written charge in full and win b.
accorded complete hearing.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-08-03
KILLED IN RUNAWAY.

BALTIMORE, August 2,-Walter X
McElroy, aged 81, prominent member
Of the Indepsatsnt Order Of Odd Eel
lows, was almost instantly killed yes
terday while returning from the funeral
of Israel Perry Of Gayonne, N. j., whose
body had been brought here for burial
McElroy was alone in hack, the horses
Of which became frightened and ran
away. The hack was dashed violently
against post and demolished and Me-
Elroy's head was cut by broken glass
The driver of the hack was seriously
injured,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-08-03
Expense for Bryan's Reception
win Be $4,000.
RESERVED SEATS FOR SPEECH
Madison Square Gardens, Where Bryan
Will Speak, to Have Seats Re-
served-Bryan is Endorsed
in Michigan.

NEW YORK, August AT a meet
ing of the executive committee of the
w, j, Bryan reception today, it was
decided to issue reserved seat tickets
to Madison Square Garden, where Bryan
is to deliver his address Madison Square
Garden has a seating capacity of $4,000,
One thousand democrats from all parts
of the United States have been invited.
The expense of the reception win not
be less than $4,000.