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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-04-27
FINISH JOB TODAY.
Water Famine on John Street VIII
Cease Today.

The residents of John street are still
carrying water in pals from nearby
streets. The placing Of the new pipes
has not been completed. 1t is thought
that the work will be finished by 6
o'clock. One thing which has retard-
ed the work in addition to the inclem-
ent weather has been the readjustment
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08

Citizens cannot plant too many
trees what few shade trees there
are In the city, arc surely appre-
eiated, When the Time comes that
the plains are put In cultivation.
and green trees are growing promis-
cuously, and vegetation covers a good
portion OF the titled territory OF the
plains. then there will come an al
together different atmosphere, and
rains will come easier than they do
around Amralllo az the present time
Such was the history OF Kansas and
Nebraska, and such will be the his
tory OF the Panhandle, The man
who has passed through the Pan
handle In recent years and visits it
again in five years from now, will
hardly recognize the territory
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08
THE LINEUP.


The. trust question, the tariff ques.
ton and the railroad question pre-
sent the same issue between the gen
eral public and the privileged classes,
Shall the government be administered
in the interest of the whole people Or
in the interest Of few? This is the
issue presented by the trust question,
the tariff question and the railroad
question. ..lA.
While Democrats may differ as to
the relative Importance of the trust
question, the tariff question and the
railroad question, all must agree that
the party must take the side of the
common people on all three qucs-
tons.
Let the line be drawn between
those who want to make this a gov
ernment Of the people, BY the people
and for the people and those who
want It to be government OF the
corporations. by the corporations and
for the corporations.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08

least three plans upon which rail
road rates can be based. First on
what the traffic will bear; second,
on the rates fixed by other roads,
and third, on a basis OF value with
view Of earning reasonable re-
turn on the money invested II rates
are fixed according to what the trat'
fic will bear then the railroad is In
the class with highwaymen and takes
whatever II can secure without stop
ping to ask what is just, II II bases
its rates upon competition with 9TH
err rates, all II has TO do Is to enter
into agreement with the other com
petltorS and then It can Join with
them In charging whatever the traf-
fic will bear, II the competition Is
protected, then its rates must have
some CONNECTION with the value Of
the property unless the competing
roads are IN a position to ignore val
lies and substitute an arbitrary basis
OF rates. II the railroad is COM
mon carrier and permitted to exer-
else the right OF eminent domain on
the ground that It partakes OF
public character, It can not Justify
the charging OF higher rates than
necessary 10 secure a reasonable re-
turn upon the Investment. To say
that a railroad costing $4,000 n
mile has a right to collect dividends
on fifty or seventy-tive thousand a
mile. or, as In some cases. on $780,
900 a mile, is to deny that the rail-
road owes any obligation whatever
to the public.
The language quoted from the
Kansas city Journal was used in ans
wer to Mr., Bryans suggestion that
we must first ascertain tie yalHe OF
the railroads because It is impossible
70 determine what rates are reason
able until we know upon what Jpl
vestment the railroads should be per-
mitted 20 earn a profit, M. Bryan
expected that the Journal Would De
opposed to the valuation OF railroads
but he did not expect that paper to
frankly admit that In the opinion of
It's editor the value OF the road had
nothing to do with the rates. OBJ
lection has been made to the sub
sidlzlng OF newspapers, and yet, like
all other evils, this EVIL has some
compensating advantage. Only sub
sidiged newspaper or paper run'in
the intereat OF the railroadso would
present so unreasonable aurobjection
to the valuation of the roads. II is
possibly fortunate that the extreme
railroad position is thus stated so
that the voters can understand what
they will have to fight for them,
and they can fight better when they
understand how little concession they
can expect from those who dominate
the great corporations and use them
for the enactment of toll from the
public, --Bryan's Commoner.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08

lass about the city goes steadily
forward. The Morrow-Thoma5
buildings are assuming proportions.
The Thompson-Kilbourn block will
soon be ready for occupancy the
new building north Of the First Ma
ti0nal Bank is being finished, and
Will be occupied by thu Amarillo
Clothing company, the old buildings
haye been removed for the Webster
building, and another adjoining II,
and the foundation for the new opera
house is being laid, while the half
block Of new rooms being erected by
,Cbas. l.. Green. have the foundations
ready, on Sixth, west of o, N,
Eakle's. There will be more bust
ness rooms for business houses nesat
ing them, in Amarillo, soon. .Meht
while residence bGilding goes right
along Surely Amarillo Is going
right to the front rs a CITY,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08
DID pAuL MoRroN coNFEss2


H. II. Kohlsaat, of Chicago, Mr.
Rooseyelt's intimate friend. has a
somewhat remarkable interview in
the July 81 number of the Saturday
Evening Post.
Mr., Kohlsaat, 1t seems, was the
gentleman who introduced Paul
Morton to Mr.. Roosevelt when the
latter was governor of New York.
Mr., Kohlsaat says.
after Mr.. Roosevelt became pres
ident he invited Mr.. Morton to be-
come member OF his cabinet. This
offer Of a portfolio was repeatedly
declined. but President Roosevelt in
sisted In the course of the confer
ences on the matter Mr.. Morton de-
clared that the navy portfolio was
out OF his line, and that all the
practical knowledge he had of ships
was. gained in touring Kansas in a
prairie schooner. More than this,
he bluntly told President Roosevelt
that his own road, the Santa Fe,
had been technically guilty of re-
batting, But the President still
urged him to come into the cabinet,
and gave as his reason that he wished
to have a strong, practical railroad
man at his slbow, an adviser, because
he wished to become thoroughly ia.
miliar with the railroad question
from practical viewpoint, He felt
that the federal supervision of rail-
roads was one of the biggest prob
lens OF his administration, and he
wanted to know all about 1t from the
inside. Later, when the matter of
perceptions for rebating was at a
sensational pitch, and the newspapers
were pointing at Mr.. Morton, the
President Stood pat and stuck by hil
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08
NMnWat
WERE KNOWN HERE.
Victims of Drowning at ottumwa
Had Many Friends in Amarillo.

Victims OF Drowning at 0ttumwa
Had Many Friends in Amarillo.
The drowning of the party of five
people at ottumwa, Iowa, last Thurs
day night as given in the Associated
Press dispatches in the Daily PAN
handle Friday aroused considerable
attention among the Iowa people who
were acquainted with the victims of
the accident and the scene of the
disaster.
The Des Moines river near Ottum-
wa is held in check by an immense
dam put in by the city water works
company in order to keep an ample
reserve for. the city's supply. The
river by this means is widened and
deepened above the dam and is fire.
qented by pleasure craft of all kinds.
There is boat landing about two
or three hundred yards above the
dam and not a great distance below
this a heavy and dangerous current
sets in down stream. This grows in
swlftness nearer the dam and a boat
or swimmer which gets caught IA
the current has few chances of es.
Gaping. owing to the height of the
dam a fall over 1t is certain death
and the current below is such that
it is difficult even to save the bodies
of victims.
In The case last week the party
had been out in a launch and when
the machinery broke below the land
ing the occupants were at the mercy
OF the stream. They were carried
over the dam and for some time their
bodies could not be recovered All
the bodies were finally found and
were buried at Ottumwa.
William H, Powell, the young mu-
stefan, who with his wife and son,
were drowned in the party had sew
eral intimate friends in Amarillo.
MIR. and Mrs S. A. Brewster, OF the
Daily Panhandle, Mr.. Eugene w. Pet
erson and Miss Theo Bentley, are
among those who knew Powell per-
sonally He was a musician of rare
ability and much promise and his
death is sharp loss to all who
knew him
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08
ARE NOT TENDERFEET.

That there are some people in
Amarillo who are not tenderieet, and
who have faith In the future Of the
city and country, and who cannot be
scared by some little advertisement
OF some aspiring town that they are
going TO get big shops or some other
enterprise Amarillo Is expecting, is
seen By the notation elsewhere In
this paper OF some large transactions
In real estate
Mr.. G. n. oliver yesterday paid
$4,000 for residence property and
the Amarlllo Live stock Co. paid
around 100000 for 1000 acres of
ranch land adjoining the city,
These gentlemen have faith In
Amarillo, They reason that she is
the largest city on the plains, and
is in position, with her railroad
facilities, 70 become second okla
homa City In a few years, and they
are stalking their money on their
judgment Rumors OF shops going
elsewhere do not ruffle these men
They are investing for the future,
aud are willing to await results. They
are not buying today with the ex-
pectatlon OF selling tomorrow and
cleaning up nice profit aud II they
don't, becoming discouraged
Amarillo is sure to get fine un-
ION depot II Is assured OF the SAM
Ia re shops She has the police
protection for Institutions such as
the santa We would build Here the
skilled labor It is necessary for the
road to employ, may make comfort
able homes. and enjoy life with the
comforts OF city, and here is where
the santa Fe is going to build their
shops
There Is no question Of the future
OF Amarillo. Citizens should quit
the speculative idea, and build for
the future in Amarillo. Settle down
as though they we're here to stay
and had faith In the place, and help
make II the best city in Texas. Don't
be tenderfoot DO as the gentle
men above mentioned have done. In
vest for the future, and walt, and
hustle while yeu wait.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08
ADVERTISING THE PANHANDLE.

The Daily Panhandle is In receip
OF the Highland Weekly Press, pub
lished at Highland, Iowa county
Wis., which has fun first page
write-up OF trip OF the editor L
the panhandle OF Texas In the
opening Of the article the editor says
When we say we have been Il
Texas, It may be likened to a fol
low saying he has sailed the greoI
Pacific, When In reality he sat IN
a rowboat with someone on the beach
holding a line tied to the boat. Not
that there are any strings on what
we will say for TO us a leg is a leg
and not a limb, and a bull will be
a bull and not a gentleman COW,
While we do not wish to create a
disturbance, the truth as II appears
to us will be printed though It may
cut both Wisconsin and Texan
friends,
I'm this article It will be lmpos.
sible to treat with due consideration
the trip to the Texas Panhandle un-
der the wing OF r. c. Muender OF
Dodgeville."
The editor then proceeds to hon
estly tell what he saw in Texas and
the Panhandle, more particularly In
Lipscomb county, II is a fine write
up, and cannot help but give the
Badgers In his neighborhood a new
idea of the vastness and productive
ness of the new and as yet undevel-
oped Panhandle country OF Texas.
The Daily Panhandle Is told that
soavenger haulers about the city are
using the grounds in the neighbor-
hood OF the new Famous Heights
Park for a dumping ground. There
should be prescribed dumping
ground OF the city, where all rub.
bsh should be dumped, apd parties
found dumping anywhere else, should
be arrested and prosecuted. There
seems to be IA dumping ground north
west Of the city II is a most un.
slightly spot, and II that is the pre-.
scribed dumping ground, no other
about the city shopld be used, Let
this matter be looked after by the
authorities. The Famous Heights
Park people are engaging in an uh,
derbaking which is going to cause a
large outlay OF money, and which
hwen completed, is going to be a
boon to citizens in future years, The
city should assist them by at least
seeing that the surroundings are not
made 'unsightly by being made a
dumping ground for the city rub
Dish,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08
THURSDAY, AUGUST $, 1907
ASSOCIATIONS. .


Virginia Beach2 | had a good time
there;
They set splendid table
And then.I had with Maudo a slight
affair,
Or was It Mabel?
Atlantic city, | know its every
kInk.
Twas there | met tilry
Whose lovely psmo was Geneyieye,
] think
Or maybe Carrie.
The water Gap? A pleasant place,
indeed.
A maiden coy and clever
Named May or Kate there vowed to
me that she'd
BE true forever. .l
Summer resorts9 Each has It's own
firm place
Deep down in my affections.
or elch ! have. because OF Ruth
or Grace,
Fond recollecuons
WIN s, Adkins.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08
REGARDING STATE PRINTING.

The Tlmes-Herald Is opposed to
the proposed constitution amend.
ment to create a public print shop,
as also the one providing for a de-
partment OF agriculture, on the
ground that the more offices we
create the more taxes we pay
Waco rlmes-Herald.
II Is true In the abstract that the
more offices we have the more taxes
we pay, but Texas is a growing state
and we cannot expect TO always
hold the situation down to the pres
ent level. Fort Worth Telegram.
Whether the state be large or
small II would be an extravagan.
waste OF public money to run It's own
printing office, Just as well start
paper mill and make It's own pa
per, cotton mill and make cotton
goods for the various state lnstitu.
tons, and start a grocery store TO
save on the provision supplies, de-
livery OF which is often delayed The
state print shop is wrong in prin-
ciple. a species Of government own
ership" which the Telegram opposes
in railways, BY the way II was
Governor Culberson who as attor-
ney general knocked the state print
ing office out twelve years ago as
unconstitutional and undemocratic.
Austin Evening Tribune.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08

The way of the transgressor is
surely hard, Now Alabama has start
ed after the railroads, 1t would
seem that the railroads would abide
by the laws and be saved the trouble
and expense of so many law suits
surely the issues In the coming pres
idenHah campaign will be the trusts
the tariff, which in many instances
makestrusts possible, and the rail
roads which have run things with
such high hands in the past.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08

Higgins, on the Santa Fe, is to
have a second newspaper, and of
course there is a fight on hands.
The old paper will fight to hold its
own, not too much now, and the
new paper will fight for a foothold,
1t is much better for any community
to have one well supported, repre-
sentative newspaper, making a little
money, than two or three half starv-
ed papers, allowing the merchants to
carry them for the grocery and dry
goods bills OF the proprietor and
help until they can advertise them
out There are few cities in the
Panhandle which are able to support
more than one good newspaper.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08

There is no lack of rain in any
portion OF the Panhandle. Reports
from all quarters show the recent
rainfall to be ample, and crops look
ing fine. While Amarillo was short
a part Of the season, she has recently
had plenty and crops hereabouts are
doing fine. All other portions of the
Panhandle have had more rains than
the immediate vicinity of Amarillo,
during this entire season.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08

Editor Shafer of the Hale County
Herald, OF Plainview. has sold that
paper to Mr.. D, II. Stovall Editor
Shafer is an old time printer and
came to the South Plains, when It
was an uninhabited cattle range, He
knows, personally of the ups and
downs Of pioneer papers, but all the
time has retained his faith in the
future Of the Plains country.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08
Tnke a Vacation.

Now is the time to take a vacation,
get out into the woods, fields and
mountains and visit the seashore,
but do not forget to take a bottle
of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy along with you,
II is almost certain to be needed and
cannot be obtained on railroad trains
or steamships. II is too much Of
risk for anyone to leave home on A.
journey without IT, For sale by Gold.
ing Drug Co.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08

faithful cabinet adviser, And on this
plont Roosevelt covered the situation
by saying ia have been a skunk
Il I'd done anything else"
This Is, indeed Important, II
true"
According to Mr.. KohRaut when
the navy portfolio was offered to Mr.,
Morton Ne blunty confessed to Mr..
Roosevelt that his road had been
guilty Of rebating IN spite Of this
confession Mr.. Roosevelt urged him
TO enter the c,bmet Then when
the American people learned what,
according to NJ Kohlsaat, Mr.,
Roosevelt had al along known, Mr.,
Roosevelt, IN The language Of Mr..
Kohlsaat stood pat and stuck by
his faithful cabmet adviser" Aud
on this point Mr. Roosevelt, In the
opinion of hts friend Kohlsalt, "coy-
cred tho situation" by saying; "rd
have been skunk II ia done any
thing else pe
Mr.. Roosevelt might at least have
put II on the ground Of oomradeship
II, will DE remembered that Jud-
son Harmon. of Cincinnati, and f,
n. Judsqn, OF st. Louis were re-.
tained To- investigate the charge that
the Santa 0Fe had violated the anti
rebate lRwg These gentlemen re-
ported that the road had been guilty
of that otfense and recommended
the prosecution Of It's officials, among
them Paul Morton. But why were
Harmon aud Judson appointed by
Mr.. Roosevelt to make an investiga-
ton as to fact confessed to Mr.
Roosevelt himself by Paul Morton
at the time Mr., Morton was offered
a position In the Presidents cabinet?
Mr.. Roosevelt sustained his attor-
ney general who rejected the Harmon
and Jndson report saying:
Il entirely agree with your con-
illusions In my opinion you would
be wholly, without Justification in
proceeding individually against the
officers Of the Atchlson, Topeka G.
Santa re railway for contempt when
neither the interstate commerce COM
mission or the special counsel you
have employed have determined a
single fact OF any kind beyond the
holding OF their offices tending to
impl!cate any one OF these officers"
But now, according 10 Mr., Roose.
velt's Intimate, friend Kohlsaat,
Paul Morton himself confessed tao
fact to Mr.. Roosevelt, Yet aftef
THAT confession Mr. Roosevelt not
only appointed Mr. Morton to the
cabinet hut refused to permit pro-
ceedings to be commenced against
him, On the cthrse OF rebaung, on
the theory that there was not suf-
fitiehpRyTde6ce to justify suspision
against. Morton
p II MR. KohlsRat has not made
terrible mistake then Mr. Roosevelt
didNsomething more than blunder in
the appointment and in the defense
OF Paul Morton.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08

The work OF putting in the city
crossings, Of concrete, goes right
along Crossings were being laid
both ways today on the corner of
Polk and Seventh. Fine new side
walks have been laid the past week,
along the block from Fourth to Fifth
N front OF the Deandi. There can
not be too many walks laid before
the wet season sets in, for persons
who have been here any length of
time know what the mud is when
rainy weather sets in and it is sure
to come. Wherever two full blocks
OF sidewalk are laid, the city puts in
crossings connecting, Let us have
sidewalks on all the inhabited blocks
and crossings connecting, to keep
pedestrians out OF the mud,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08

The authorities In New York, be-
ing unable to detect and bring to
Justice the perpetrators of recent re-
-yeltingl crimesc the citizens of that
iesatern metropolis are about to take
matters into their own hands, and
mob violence is threatened, Many
an innocent person, has met death at
the hands Of an infurlated mob.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08

The Panhandle Short Line is going
ahead. The Lubbock Avalanche has
the following to say Of its progress:
"The surveying corps of the Pan
handle Short Line under the direc-
ton of Hans Holland, chief engln-
eer, did some surveying on the east
side of town the first of the week,
locating the best site for the depot
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08
a RALRAD VIEW.

The Kansas City Journal says;
THE yeriest tyro in the railroad
business ought to know, and every
business man in or out OF 1t does
know, that the value OF a railroad
has nothing to do with the rates II
charges for traffic"
This is refreshing. There are a.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08

That was a stunning fine Judge
Lands of the United States district
court administered to the Standard
Oil company the other day. Twenty
nine millions 1t will take another
raise on oil, to make that up, and
Nhat's all, and the people will pay
the fine in the end. The Judge surely
showed that he has the backbone,
for he gave the Standard the full
limit Of the fines prescribed for
each and every count on which they
were convicted. II the President
would instruct his attorneys to bring
suit under the criminal clause of the
Sherman act, and send Rogers and
Rockefeller to jail for a term, the
people would not be taxed to pay
lines, and discrimination of the
STANDARD would come to a sudden
halt
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08

The new. oqP herclaI Club is com
ing along hAD ThsrS lare but a
few names necessary 10 secure and to
insyre the perfection OF the organi-
'sdMbd. eThehNthere will be lots OF
work for the new club to attend TO.
Therois the, sesnFipg akgthe govern
ment experimental station, or rather
the continuing OF the same in ANA
rillo the securing OLA cheap rate
for home seekers from all points in
Texas, to Amarillo; the organization
OF a Panhandle Commercial Club or
ganlzation, the establishment Of a
Panhandle fair, new hotel for Anna
rilo, and numerous other enter
prlses.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08

That was splendid rain which
this locality received last night. Rain
began falling soon after supper, and
heavy shower occurred during the
night, Soaking the ground as 1t has
not been soaked for months. over
one inch and half of water fell.
more than has fell in Amarillo for
months, and 1t did incaicHlable good
to growing crops The rain was
general all over the west and south
and spread from Kansas City to the
Panhandle. The vegetation is look
ing refreshed toSay, and the crops of
the fail are lnsirsd.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08

Today the first excursion of August
left the northern and eastern states
for the Panhandle country 1t is
believed that the August excursions
will be much larger than they have
been for some time. The excursion
lists will find the Panhandle country
looking fine and crops good.