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The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-06-06
DIVERSITY YOUR FARMING. y

From the observations OF the ed
itor OF the Panhandle, he would give
the advice to farmers in the Pan
handle, not TO think that they can
make big money out Of the wheat
crop every year, and SOW large tracts
to wheat. While we believe this
country will prove well adapted to
wheat growing one year with anoth-
err, yet the failure will come.
The farming for the Panhandle
farmer to do to make sure money
one year with another is, to get his
farm in a proper state OF cultlva-
ton. STRAIT with pltney of hogs.
have a few sheep, some grood brood
mares, some Of the draft breeds, and
some good cows, OF an approved beef
and darying type. Then plant kaf-
fir corn, milo maize and cane, the
crops that are sure in this country.
Put in the low places to alfalfa, and
try some Indian corn, and SOW some
wheat and oats. If the wheat crop
fails, he has not lost all, but has
plenty to fall back on. II the indian
corn does not prove good crop,
he has his alfalfa, and the sure crops
OF kaffir corn, maize and cane, on
which his stock will thrive and do
well, and IL he raised a few good
colts of the draft breeds each year,
has a few sheep, which live on al
most nothing, and which furnish
some ready money IN the spring, in
their wool clip, and the young lambs,
he has few cattle to turn off oc-
casionally, and his hogs multiply
rapidly, and when he figures up at
the end OF the year, II he has not
raised a fine wheat, oats or Indian
corn crop, he has still raised enough
to keep his stock, and he has turned
that into money, and he will be sur
prised at the result.
Diversified farming lis the only
successful farming, one year with
another, in the Panhandle as well as
in any other part of the agricultural
portion of the United States.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-06-06

and having business In Canyon we
FASTENED thither, and foud 1T. cur
rently reported, and by men wac
pretended TO know that there we're
100 case. Quite a little difference
In figures, eh!
Now will Amarillo be as ready 20
apologize for telling prospectors that
our country down here was nothing
but sand bed and that we could not
grow, thus turning them to New
Mexico and elsewhere, as we have
been In the small pox situation"
Yes, tho Panhandle apologies
with shame, for any OF It's citizens
who have been guilty OF such mean
act, as the News charges to them, OF
making such unfavorablc statements
concerning Hale county lands, How
ever, we do not know OF any such
having been made.
The Panhlhdle would not make
any such statements about It's sister
county and city, for It does not be-
lleye any such to be true. On the
contrary we have always heard,
from travelling men, and others who
have visited That territory, that 1t
was one OF the finest farming por-
lions OF the Plains.
There is no cause or reason for
Jealousy between Amarillo and her
sister cities Of the plains. We are
all located In the best portion OF the
globe, not fully occupied, and there
is room and work for us all to boost
our respective localities, without at
tempting to do any other portion an
injury
Is this apology sufficient, Brother
Shuffler?
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-06-06

Mr.. NJ. Miller, general manager OF
the Superior Oil Co., who has just
opened a branch of his business in
this city, was in the city today His
company has branch at Roswell, as
we'll He tells the Panhandle that
at Roswell the Standard people have
begun fight to drive out the COM
pany, by cutting the price of oil 1Oc
on the gallon. Mr.. Miller says that
in New Mexico tae laws are not SO
strict against discrimination in
freight rates, and the Standard is
thus enabled to sell for lower price
than /" can in this state against a
competitor. and make money: The
Roswell people should remember
what caused the Standard people to
cut theft price, and should give the.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-06-06
THURSDAY. JUNE 8. 1907
HIS LITTLE MAJESTY.

Blue blood or red, what matter t.?
What matter pride Of racer
This little manikIn bedecked
With dainty lawn and lace.
Like any lowly cotter's child,
Must grow into his place.
oh. baby eyes that bllhdiy blink,
What visions will YOU see
OF Kingdoms leye:ed, kings un-
crowned,
And wonders that shall be,
When every man snail walk erect,
Unssltored. brave and free!
Bluo blood or rcd, what matter IT.
Oh, child OF ancient liner
The props upholdIng klngcraft rot;
The us treo and tho vine
Each man must have who earns It.
and
Behold in love the sign.
Prank Fair IA st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-06-06
SELECTING A CANDIDATE.

w! j. Bryan's Commoner Of the
current week, contains'the following
on the selection of party candidates;
These are busy times for the king
makers. The national conventions
are only little more than a year off,
and the state conventions will be
meeting and instructing in less than
a year. In both parties favorite sons
are being brought out and the avail
ability OF eligible candidates is being
discussed. In the Republican party
the main question seems to be
whether the President will be allow
ed to pick out the Republican candi-
date or whether the Republican vot-
ers will have opinions of their own.
Secretary Taft seems to be the Pres
idents choice, but Vice President
Fairbanks is busy with his confer
ences and Speaker Cannon is con-
Quoting himself like one who would
not prosecute the nomination for as
sault and battery II It took him by
force.
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The Democratic party is not with
out its excitements, In the news col
umns of the Commoner mention has
been made of number OF men whose
friends have vouched for their will
ingness to run and for their popu-
larity.
Now comes the veteran journalist.
Henry Watterson, and volunteers TO
give Mr.. Bryan the name Of a DEM
ocrat who, without entangling ALI
ances with any OF the money powers,
yet without any antecedents which
could drive away conservative Dem-
ocrats, fills the specifications made
in Mr.. Stealey's Washington letter
exactly: a good organization Demo-
crat who supported the ticket In
1885,; who, in our judgment, could
still the discords and restore the har-
monies, yea, fill the loose sails Of
the Old Ship or Zion with hopeful
gales, and perhaps prove an Abra-
ham Lincoln to the lost sheep Of the
house of Jefferson and Jackson and
Tilden."
Who Is this man whose name is
concealed but whose personal fitness
and political pre-eminence are thus
vouched for? Mr.. Bryan does not
pose as a warwick. He has no de-
sire to assume the role of candidate
maker. He mildly protests against
the Misrepresentation OF his position
by those who prefer some one else,
but he is not eager to have hand in
the making of candidate.
The would-be Warwicks should not
forget that, after all, the question
Of candidacy can not be settled by
a few leaders. Leaders propose but
the voters dispose Mr., Watterson
may object to the initiative and ref
erendum when applied to govern
ment-although to do so he must
discredit the intelligence Of the peo-
pie to whom his eloquent. appeals
are made--but heSwill not deny that
we have the initiative and referen-
DUN in the matter of nominations
The friends of the various candidates
employ the initiative; they bring the
names Of the candidates before the
public but the people, through the
referendum, sit In judgment upon
the claims of candidates. Who are
more interested than the people
themselves in the selection of a can
didate? And yet, from the manner
of some one would suppose that the
only thing necessary to the selection
OF a candidate was agreement among
the leaders. And who is a leader?
Is it not one who is going in the same
direction with the people and, as
someone has said, a little bit ahead?
Mr.. Wattrson owes it to his party
and to his country to bring out his
candidate--one If he has but
one, several If he has sew
eral. Every member Of the par
ty owes it to the party to con-
tribute his part toward the party's
success. The party is entitled o the
most available man, and availability
depends upon two things First, no
one is available who does not stand
for Democratic principles and poll
cies as they are presented in the
Democratic platform, and that plat
form must represent the wishes OF
the voters. Second, among those
who represent the principles and pol
icies of the party as stated IN the
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-06-06

The Panhandle has been talking
tree planting in Amarillo and the
plains. 1t is the thing for every
property owner to do. Here Is some
thing Of interest along this line from
the Claude News. when tree cult
ure on the plains is mentioned,
good many people show themselves
to be doubling Thomases In spite
OF the fact that the Claude News. j.
II. Howe. p. Warner and others
preach the doctrine Of tree planting
as a duty. Apart from the beauty
and pleasure that trees carry with
them, they have a money value that
makes them worth while. }. H. Howe
can testify to this from actual expe-
rience. A few days ago he made
one hundred fence posts from cot
tonwood, poplar and black locust
trees six and eight years old, which
he has grown in his own forest.
Trees are good Investment"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-06-06
A GREAT MISTAKE.

The Daily Panhandle is informed
that the Commercial club has given
up the idea OF raising the funds, to
rent or purchase the present site of
the government experimental farm,
southwest OF the city. II is also
said that the appeal to wealthy, in
fluenual and lnteresed citizens has
failed to arouse enough enthusiasm
and interest Ia the farm to- cause
them to dig up, and secureo Hthe
ground for the government for
long term OF years. fiIIUSe " odoL
In this the Panhandle HhlnNs the
Commercial club. and PROPERTY III
terested men OF this CITY ahdIaoohi-
ty are making gfeaseo mts4kR5S
When the average ettisenb fRrh itlIe
North and East comes throdghs this
eparsely settled country and Isees DC
dotted, only miles apart, with Iafarm
and a ranch. here and there, he in
variably asks in surprise, IF this
land 10 ALL good, and all OF 1t will
produce, like that farm, why is 1t
that more OF 1t is not used for farm
ing purposes, and under cultiva-
tlon?" He does not know that only
a few years ago, all these vast plains
were the range Of the seattle man,
and that they discouraged. the farm
er from settling here and breaking
up the soil, and 1t was. only a few
brave souls who thought for them
selves, and took nobody's word for
II, who had the sand to locate farms,
and go into systematic farming on
the plains. He does not understand,
also that more money hasrbeen made.
In, buying and selling these lands, ,by
SPECTATORS, than Guild have been.
made In farming, which process has
brought the lands to their present
price, but which has also brought to
the attention of the outside world
the real value OF the plains of the
Panhandle. Many prospective buyer
from the North and East has dis
credited all the explanations which
have been made to him for
scarcity of farms in the
Panhandle, and has returned to his
home, afraid to invest in the Pan
handle. ~
There is nothing which shows
what the Panhandle lands will do,
one year with another, to the strang-
err, more than government govern
mental farm. There all classes OF
farm crops, grasses and fruits are ex-
perimented with and tits found what
classes do the best, and what char
acter OF cultivation Is. needed for
each. Besides, II is a government
Institution, and when stranger gets
report II is coming from his gov
eminent, and is not simply the state
ment Of an individual, and carries
more weight with 1t.
The agent of the government re-
Gently here, said to the Panhandle
that experiments we're contemplated.
which would take several years to
properly demonstrate, and it would
not pay to start in them, unless the
permanency OF the institution was,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-06-06
CRITICS OF MIR. BRYAN.

It is really amusing TO see the
sickly opposition put up by some
OF the members of'the press against
w. ]. Bryan and the government
ownership idea he is advocating. in
the Lubbock Avalanche, Of the cur
rent week. appeared an article with
out comment, from the Dallas Times
Herald, in which It stated that Mr..
Bryan had made great mistake in
advocating government ownership OF
railroads., for the reason that 5000,
00o Democrats OF the nation who had
followed Mr.. Bryan were opposed TO
government ownership first, last and
all the time.
How does the TIL. know that TO
be iactg Can that paper speak for
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-06-06

whats the matter with your
business men, that they do not adver-
tise more in the only newspaper the
city has" is the common remark of
strangers an Amarillo. One gentle
man said to the editor recently, ~
see the president of'your Commercial
Club, supposed to be an organization
of progressive live business men who
would appreciate a good newspaper,
and give 1t proper support, is in bust
ness, but do not see his advertise
ment In your paper Don't he ever
advertise? I" The editor was COM
PEELED to answer mo" It is too true,
that of the number of prominent bus
mess houses, in the city, the names
of but few OF them are seldom seen
in the advertising columns of the
only paper which has been able to
live in the city, and II it looked to
such firms for its support, 1T would
follow the numerous newspaper
corpses In the newspaper graveyard
of Amarillo. There are other, en-
terprising business men in the city,
however, who appreciate the bene-
fits of good newspaper to their
town, and through the patronage of
such citizens, the Panhandle is en-
abled to furnish the community and
the outside world with the paper 1t
is giving them.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-06-06
YES, WE APOLOGIZE.

After copying In full the Daily
Panhandle's stitement OF the condi-
lions Of the small pox situation in
Amarillo, the Plainvlew News, OF
the current weeks issue says:
I'VE olip the above from the Daily
Panhandle. go.
I'VE did not know we were doing
Amarillo an injustice, and as the
Daily seems to want an apology we
hereby offer 1t. We had seen the
statement in the daily OF conditions,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-06-06

Il like to pay my money to the
Panhandle" said Judge Barrett, last
evening. when paying for the Pan
handle. II do It without grudging
IL. and have my printing done by
you, and pay you much more than |
know / could get It In some little
towns, where they do not have the
expense you do, but like the tone
Of the paper, and the way It Is run
now, and want to do my share to as
sist II, for 1t is doing a good work
for the city and country. and is run
on the proper principle" added the
Judge as he took his departure. Such
compliments are appreciated by the
management OF the Panhandle, who
is trying TO give the city good
clean, up-to-date newspaper.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-06-06
CONCERNING DIVORCES.

The Fort Worth Record OF the
29th, contained splendid editorial
on the disgusting divorce subject,
which the Panhandle would have
liked to copy, but space forbids. The
editor OF the Panhandle has time
and again used his pen against the
increase Of the divorce evil. There
Is too little thinking in the matches
made these days, and too little i'm
portance ia placed upoa the mar
riage vows Too many present day
wedding contracts are made without
due regard to the promises they
make to take each other for better
or worse, until death do them part,
Especially In high society and among
the rich is this true, and the mar
rage contracts seem 10 be viewed
simply as business engagements, to
last during the pleasure of either
or both OF the contractors. Marriage
in high society has become but little
more than legalized prostitution
When either party TO the contract
gets tired of It, or sees some one else
who appears more agreeable, than
their mate, they get the knot united,
by the courts, and tie another, and
thus 1t goes, until many pass through,
several different marriage contracts,
during the life of all of their former
associates.
In closing its article, using as an,
illustration the recent disgusting per-
Torrance of steel magnate Corey and
Mabelle Gilman, the Record closes
with the following pertinent para
graph, y
ut rs such cases as these that IS
awakening the public conscience 70
the depths of abandonment to which
some of the people of this country
are willing to descend in their in
EQUITY and arraigning the church
and the state against the blighting
evil. The time Is not far distant
when participation in social divorce
scandal will be the sign of social os-
tracism, as 1t is now the badge of
loss OF honor, and in that day the
divorce evil will be the means of eff
fectlng it's own adjustment"
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new company a good patronage, for
IL 1t was not for the new company,
they would be paying the Standard
for every donation Rockefeller makes
to charity and the colleges. The Su-
perior is furnishing pure goods,
and should receive welcome, where
they come in competition with, the
Standard, which has furnished the
peopletof this country some OF the
Horst goods, at big prices for a good
artiele. d1fd
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Takc the Postmaster's Word for II.

Take, the Postmaster's Word for II.
Mr., F. NJ, Hamilton, postmaster at
Cbprryvale, Ind, keeps also stock
'bE general merchandise and patent
medicines. He says: Chamberlain
Cole, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
'edy is standard here in its line. II
never fails to give satisfaction and
we could hardly afford to be with
out It," For sale by Golding Drug.
Company. w, 201m
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platform, the choice should fall up
on the one who, all things copsid-
cred, gives the best promise OF
strengthening those principles and
policies before the public. No per-
son is infallible in judgment-even
majority may make a mistake, but
the responsibility OF selecting can
didate is TOO great for few leaders
to bear; It rests with the voters.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-06-06

Don't be knocker. II you can't
say something good of your home
city and country, keep your mouth
shut. Vs..
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character. standing or reputation OF
any person, firm or corporation
which may appear In the coIamns OF
The Herald will be gladly corrected
upon IT, being brought 10 the at
tentlon OF the publishers.
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Bring the Daily Panhandiea ails
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Entered at the Postottlee az Amar-
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Evening star., 1907-08-28
DUE TO ACCIDENT.
Verdict Of Coroner's Jury in Case
Of John s. Stevens.

An inquest was held at the morgue today
in order that a jury might pass on the cir
cumstance attending the death Of John s..
Stevens who was injured last Monday night
while working as brakeman in the Balti-
more and Ohio yard here. The young man
was giving signal when engine 1922
knocked him down and mashed his arm.
1t became necessary for the surgeons at
the Casualty Hospital to amputate an arm
Death occurred at the hospital about 4:3O
o'clock yesterday afternoon. The jury
heard the statements Of several witnesses
and reached the conclusion that careless
ness on the part Of Stevens was responsible
for the accident.
The deceased was twenty-four years old
He was native Of Spencer. N. c.. and re-
sided in this city a number OF months
boarding at the house Of w. L. Key. ITO
Quincy street. Two brothers Of the de-
ceased-Jesse and Ernest Stevens-are EN-.
ployed in the navy yard here. The body
was removed from the morgue this after
noon and prepared for shipment to Spencer
tonight.
Evening star., 1907-08-28
THEFT OF BICYCLES.
Colored Man in Arrest Said to Have
Admitted Guilt.

A young colored man named Robert Dun
more, who says he came here from Charles
county, Md, more than year ago. is held
at the fifth precinct police station to an
swer charges of theft growing out Of the
taking of bicycles from In front of busi-
ness houses and selling them to Italians
engaged in railroad work in the southeast
section of the city. Dunmore, it is stated
was arrested for a similar offense about q
year ago During the past two or three
weeks number of bicycles disappeared
from different sections of the city, and the
police had some difficulty in tracing the
thefts to Dunmore. Three days ago the
police Of the fifth precinct learned that
Dunmore had been selling wheels to the
Italian laborers and yesterday he was
placed under arrest by Policeman Cotton
while he was disposing of wheel to one
of the Italians, the bicycle having been
taken from in front Of Providence Hospital
shortly before the arrest was made.
Dunmore, the police say, admitted hav-
ing taken wheels. and said he sold them
at from 81 to 81 each. Seven Of the stolen
wheels were recovered last night. and sew
eral more were taken from Dunmore's pa
irons today. The police think they will
recover a dozen or fifteen stolen bicycles
before the prisoner is taken to the Police
Couet to be tried.