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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-09-20
Give Charm TO Town.

Attractive streets, well paved good
sidewalks. clean appearing buildings,
signs arranged well, all go to add n
charm to town. One OF the things
that often gives strangers to q town
a bad impression is the loose manner
In which storekeepers and others take
care Of the exterior of their places.
Often not a sign about the place is
to be found to designate the character
OF the business carried on, and this
can only BIO knoEl> by peep through
the open door. The windows are
often arranged in such a way as to
give little knowledge OF the goods
handled. During the summer time
awnings hanging low over the walks.
so the passer-by must stoop to avoid
them, are found In many places. Just
n little care is needed TO improve
along these lines. An attractive sign
does not cost much and is a good in
vestment for the storekeeper. Clean
Illness In front of business places
makes a good impression. In fact
strangers will seldom enter a store IL
the outside appearance indicates SLOW.
enllness and carelessness. The up
todate merchant will always be found
with a well-cared.for establishment
1t is quite often you can tell the bust
ness importance OF man In the COM
munity by the appearance OF his store.
Make business places attractive as
possible. 1t may cost you a little
money. little extra labor, but It will
pay In the long run.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-09-20
IS HUMAN WEAKNESS
THE DESIRE TO GET SOMETHING
FOR NOTHING.
AN IGNIS FATUUS TO AVOID
One Cause That Has Led TO the Down
fall Of Many-FalIacy That
Ever Tends Toward
Evil.

A man who won the confidence. re.
spect and admiration OF the people OF
his state was elected to the United
States senate, Soon 1t is discovered
that he was owned by the railroads"
bought by favors and instead OF repre-.
senting the interests OF the people
who sent him to his high place In
the nations councils, preferred to rep
resent the corporations that made 1t
possible for him TO ride over rail-
roads without cost. 1t is only dem.
onstration Of human inclination to get
something for nothing.
The member OF n state legislature
was accused Of showing special atten-
tIon to legislation favorable to the
railroads and corporations. He was
charged with riding on passes; and In
fact It became known that his prin.
clpal supporters, too, rode free over
the railroads. Another illustration OF
the human desire to secure something
for nothing.
The mayor OF a city regularly occu-
pied a box at the leading theater;
handed out free street car ticket to
the conductor. enjoyed free drinks at
the bars-another example OF the man
who wanted something for nothing,
and at last his greed caused him to
enter into dishonest deals that landed
him In the penitentiary.
On certain days OF the month at
numerous supply depots conducted
by county and city charities, long
awaiting their turn to get n small
supply Of -four. sugar and other neces.
saries of life. Some are helpless, de.
formed, and their looks indicate want
and misery, but there are others who
have no appearance OF need. Here
again we find men and women leaving
pride and selfrespect behind because
OF the desire to secure something for
nothing.
On special sales days in the retail
districts of every large city great
crowds can be seen about the en-.
frances OF the great department
stores, crushing. fighting to get to
the bargain counters, all bent upon
getting something OF value for little
or nothing.
From the highest walks OF life to
the lowest the all.prevaling and DOM
inant trait In evidence to show the
weakness of the individual Is the
struggle to get something for moth.
ing, 1t is based upon knowledge Of
this fraility Of humankind that some
great business enterprises are built.
Wonderful bargains are advertised.
and the masses rush to buy, without
calm reasoning in the matter OF any
comparisons OF value. Good business
Judgment Is cast In the background
by the madness to get something for
nothing.
The get.rich.quick operator uses the
same methods to lead to his trap vic.
tins with dollars as do the railroads,
the big department stores and the
others who have certain objects to
gain. II is always the promise held
out to give something for inadequate
compensation. without its equal in ex-
pendlture Of money or labor that al.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-09-20

avail itself Of the opportunity. II
has always seemed TO me that. thanks
TO the travels and researches of the
late Padre Lerchundi and others OF
his thorough and delgent school, the
Spaniards understand conditions in
Morocco better than men of other
nationalitIes. They showed It at Me-
lila ten years ago, and | rather think
the commanding officer OF the Span.
lsh contingent in Casablanca Is show.
ing 1t to-day when he refuges to ex.
pose his men outside the city 10 the
furious driving charge Of the Moorish
irregular cavalry
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-09-20
CRUMBLING
EMPIRE OF
THE MOORS

ness men, they paid him large sums To
go away and not restrain trade.
Typical Of this same Sultan Mulai
Hassans attitude toward what is
called progress and improvement In
the western world is an anecdote, the
authenticity of which I feel can
vouch for. There were and still are
some dangerous rocks In the harbOr
Of Rabat, and the owners of the coast,
ing steamers engaged In the Morocco
trade were anxious, for obvious rea-
sons, TO have them removed, Having
failed to interest the local governor in
the matter, the steamship men got to-
gether and sent an envoy to Fee. who
requested that the companies con
cerned might be allowed to remove
these dangers to commerce at their
own expense.
suItan's Willy Answer.
Certainly not" was the sultans
immediate answer, the rocks were
put there by God for some good pur-
pose, let no man dare to remove
them"
What the sultan doubtless thought
was that foreign men.of.war could get
into the Atlantic ports of his empire
quite easily enough, and at all events
he did not wish to appear In the eyes
Of his sullen people as facilitating the
exits and the entrances OF the hated
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-09-20
Industry In Alabama,

Alabama is now producing as much
pig iron as Pennsylvania did a quar-.
ter of a century ago. In 1887 the
south made trlAe more than 100000
tons. Last year It made 100000
tons. The south has about one-half
the known iron ores of the United
States. A great steel industry has
sprung up In Alabama within the
last ton years. and 1t is said to pro-
duce better steel rails than the
north. and at lower cost
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-09-20

lows the frauds to succeed. There Is
magic in the something for nothing"
deal 1t is a bait that catches people
in every rank and walk Of life. It
often is the cause Of the downfall OF
men who have all the abilities to sue.
coed. 1t is a falIacy that tends to.
ward evil. There can nothing be
gained without adequate compensa-
ton. "The something for nothing is
an ignis fatuus that the wise will
avoid.
D. NJ. CARR.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-09-20

ID s; +: !: :: :: :: :: e.:
NysNS the sea the little port Of
~SS Casablanca, which is
known as the white
House" port In every language that is
spoken along the coast. 1t is white
and beautiful, II you lie in the offing
of clear night. Like all the rest Of
Morocco, nd.indeed, the Mohamme.
dan world, Casablanca Is best seen
by the pale moonlight and to wind.
ward writes stephen Bonsal in the
New York Times.
Nearby salee, at the very name Of
which our New England ancestors
who went down to the sea in ships
were wont to shudder, and with good
reason, ID nov closed by sand bar,
which even the daring Barbary cor
sairs would not dare to cross In their
light-drawing feluccas, but the Moor Of
the bad country is still pirate,
lilb pSu lllt llilltS nave uIlftu
land from the seas. Until recently he
preyed upon the passing caravans as
a century ago he swooped down with
his hawklike galleys upon our be.
Gained sailing ships The Kabyle
horsemen who rush with so much fury
and reckless daring up to the French
batteries and rifle pits, do 1t not only
because they have a hatred OF the
Christian which their church sanctl.
fies to virtue, but because they are
starving to death and want to get at
the men who have taken the bread out
of their mouths.
Held Plains and Passes.
Ten years ago these dashing horse
men, whose gorgeous costumes and be-
jewcied weapons made them most
beautiful II somewhat barbaric OBJ
1ects to behold were the lords Of the
plains and the marshes which lie be-
tween the western Soudan and the
port owns OF southwest Morocco. They
were the masters OF transportation In
this part OF the world and had TO be
reckoned with. II you cared to take
caravan flight in ostrich feathers. gold
dust, slaves, or salt, they would pro
tect you or pillage you, whichever was
the most profitable.
Sid Boubkehr, who was and Is the
most prominent man in this part of
the world, used to rebate and cut rates
Just like all the other masters of
transportation. and just like you and
l. He would give caravan protec.
ton at his price or he would pillage
It to secure the Just tolls which we're
his. as he never doubted, by the divine
right Of might. Boubkehr and his
colleagues and rivals got all they
could get out of the job without dis.
turbing business or destroying val
ues and would still be doing a profit
able and philanthroplc business were
It not for the recent opening up of
the Western Soudan by the French,
who have diverted TO their own in
terests and profit all the former cara.
van trade from Morocco down to Tim.
buctoo and the Niger. So without
wishing to be unduly alarmist about
the situation of the besieged garri.
sons in Mogador and Casablanca It is
clear that their assailants are not
only fanatics, but hungry fanatics
who have been quietly put out OF
most profitable and gentlemanly bust.
ness, which permitted them the ex.
trayagance Of often paying one hun.
dred good dollars for carblne. which
in New York would have been dear at
twelve.
These dashing bordxmen we're
bound to the imperial government by
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-09-20
Pays to Keep the Town Neat.

The streets OF town overgrown
with weeds never makes a good i'm.
preston on the stranger. Good side.
walks, well-kept streets in the resi-.
dence and business portions OF q
place. always speak well for the hsb-
its Of its residents.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-09-20

Christians The policy of his little son,
Abdul'Aziz. has been much more lib
eral, and from the western view point
more enlightened, and is. sad to relate,
one OF the contributing causes to the
present alarming situation. He recent
~ consented TO the request of the con-
sular corps and the shippers that har.
Dor improvements should be under
taken In Casablanca Whereupon the
suspicious kabyles of the adjacent
mountain Businesses rushed down 20
the White House" city and killed ~
or 10 Europeans. mostly Spaniards,
who were engaged upon the work.
In making concessions to the Euro
pean spirit of progress and enterprise,
for which his people are not ready, the
unlucky and probably most incapable
young sultan has raised storm which
may cost him his throne To-day, If
he stands with his people, he is threat
ened with foreign expedition, while
II he stands by the treaty he runs even
greater and nearer danger at the hands
of the various pretenders to the
throne, by whose activity the sultan
life has been made very miserable
ever since, or almost ever since. BY n
harem conspiracy and the weakness
Of his father the young prince was
called to the difficult post of ruling
the Moors
Present Ruler Unpopular.
Abdul Aziz's accession 10 the throne
was n most unpopular one and this
fact probably accounts for the fact
that early in his reign he surrounded
himself with foreigners who, with
some exceptions, were not generally
men Of a high type-rope walkers
photographers. ballOOnists. and slelght
of-hand men were the representatives
OF western civilization who for a long
time appealed most powerfully to the
young sultan's appreciation of our cul.
ture. In view OF the rising tide Of dis.
content and the disaffec;ion even of
the people of the capital, and the
growing strength OF the various reyo.
iutions In progress. in the last year
the sultan has dismissed his stan of
foreign adventures and goes to the
mosque as regularly as his father did
but probably the harm has been
done. In Morocco. as we'll as in other
countries, a reputation for orthodoxy
Is hard to retrieve
One brother OF the unlucky sultan
Mulai Hafid by name, of whose char.
acter and leanlngs upon the questions
OF the day little is known, has been
formally proclaimed sultan In the
great mosque at Morocco City. An.
other brother Hassan, II is said, has
been exercising rights of sovereignty
In the Riff highlands. west of Tetanu
and on the Mediterranean coast for
two years past. In the Sus country an.
other brother, who bears the name OF
Morocco's greatest sultan, Mulai Is.
mail, is threatening rebellion with a
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-09-20

the slenderest OF ties: they were
wholly immersed In their profitable
business operations and In annexing
to their own households the most
beautiful slaves culled from the pass.
ing caravans. When the tax.gatherers
ventured into their domains they
buried them alive, but when the late
sultan. Mulai Hassan, who was fight.
or, appeared In their neighborhood, be-
ing conservative, clear-headed bust
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-09-20

lance Churchill served here two
years and then was so fortunate as
TO secure a change of garrison to a
place where there WAS not so much
thankless fighting. but the English
government. reluctant as ever to give
up corner Of land that has once
been painted red, hung on to the we'd
ding present OF the luckless queen for
generation. On one occasion the
earl OF Teyiott, the British governor,
with most OF his officers and a large
portion of the garrison, was surprised
by the yigilant Moors. and but few
escaped with their lives. After 20
years OF constant warfare, harassed
day and night by tlreless and trucu'
lent enemy the keepers of John
Bulls treasury counted up the cost,
and shortly after the figures were
known TanEier was abandoned. and
so the second attempt of the conquest
of Morocco failed.
Spain Had Enough.
III loe' Inv 1paAidihot uuhtl ~ i'ull-
nell, invaded Morocco, bent upon OBJ,
tanning satisfaction for undoubted in.
jurles at the hands OF lawless Moors,
and perhaps with thoughts of perma.
nent conquest IL all went we'll As a
matter OF fact. nothing went well.
From 10000 to 10000 men were en-.
gagged for two years, with heavy casu.
altles. and even greater losses from
sickness. At the end OF the second
campaign, the Sancho panza in Cas-.
lillian politics got the upper hand OF
the Don Qulxote, proclaimed honor
satisfied. the terms offered by the
MOors all that could be desired. and
retired in blaze Of false glory, out
of which O'Donnell secured a duke.
dom and many Spanish regiments un.
pronounceable Moorish names. But
the real results were none.
In 1898 the Moors attacked the
Spanish possession OF Melilla, and the
Madrid government, II hungry for ad
venture, had every opportunity, and
even justification. for Il punitive ex
pedltion, but very wisely did not
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-09-20

ALE way down the Atlantic
coast of the Moorish EN-.
pire, and about opposite
Charleston, rises out OF
the sea the little port OF
Casablanca, which is
known as the white
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-11-15
OLD COW CAMP IN PALO DURO CANYON

him and was loathe to leave and
he did not go until the passing of
his main substance, the bison,
starved him out. There are 9th
ers too, palefaccs, who sought
the Canyon in those days. They
came with guns, pistols and long
knives; with shovels, with picks
and with pack horses, but what
they saw and what they did and
how they lived and died is lost
history for only their bones and
decayed implements, strewed
in caverns and along the Canyon
floors, remain to tell us that they
once existed.
To lovers of Nature the scene
ry in the Palo Duro Canyon is
grand beyond the reach of words.
The News editor has never seen
the Yellowstone Park, but some
who have, say that the Palo Duro
is its equal as Il panorama of
earthly wonders and can be made
its superior as a pleasure resort,
In one respect the Palo Duro
Canyon stands in world history
almost alone. Traversing vast
almost level prairie its entire
course it is as though this prai.
RE, where the Canyon is, has
sunken down, or as if an immense
crack had opened. So appears
this Canyon as standing upon
one edge or rim your eye reaches
the other side. Biologists tell
us that the Plains are of marine
origin; that the surface soils are
both residual and alluvial; that
the first arc scdimental, the
Plains at one time laying at the
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-11-15

Amarillo, Hereford, Claude,
| WaShburn and PlainvieW were
there with duly accredited dele
gates, others should have been,
| Clarendon for instance. DOnley
county is concerned, almost as
much as are we and really more
than is Hereford and PlainvieW,
but Tor some reason, good OF
course, when the roll of counties
was called Donley answered not.
Those who came, however, were
representative Panhandle men,
workers, every one Of them, and
to let them tell it, they enjoyed
the meeting for the good they eX-
pected the country generally to
reap from it and also by reason
of the generous reception accor
ded them by their hosts OF the
day-the people of Canyon City.
On the arrival Of the special
train from Amarillo the delegates
We're taken in charge by our r'peo-
pie and after a short drive about
town we're taken to the court
house when, at II a. m, the call
to order was made by the presi-
dent of our Commercial Club.
Mayor Haney delivered the adj
dress of welcome and this was
responded to by Gov. j. n.
Browning. At the conclusion of
these preliminary remarks Geo.
| l.. Abbott was elected temporary
chairman and J. Ray of Here
ford, temporary secretary. On
motion that we organize" JAS
per n. Haney, l.. Cough of Here
ford, Jas. Logue of Washburn,
IL. b. Mitchell of Amarillo. and
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-11-15

Fort Sill, outlaw bands from
them frequently sought the Sc
curity offered them by the can
yon gorges from which, as their
base of operations, they could
depredate upon their old enemy,
the Texas cOwmen, and it was
only after the most trying cam
paigning in which the National
Government, ranger and cowmen
Joined, that Leo was finally drIy-
enout. All sorts of means were
used to oust him. At one time, in
the seventies" in a valley on the
Tule, General Mckenzie rounded
up three thousand Indian ponies
and shot them all down in an at
tempt to capture the owners
But the Canyon was the Indian
paradise-here the buffalo and
game, driven by the blasts of
winter, came to him; he did eat
and was full, as Elijah of old, of
what the Great Spirit. sent
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-11-15

hooks and by the inaccesability
of the place, may be found the,
bear, the blacktail deer and his
smaller kinSman the red deer, the
antelope and many other wild
animals. In fact under present
conditions, a man, were he so in
clined, might live for years in
this Canyon and eat of its chOic-
est game, with baked black bass
every morning for breakfast and
fruit between mealS-all the pro-
duct of the Palo DurO Canyon,
and no one be the wiser for it.
The News says this advisedly.
for strange as it may appear to
some people, this Canyon has
never been thoroly explored. Old
settlers here, l.. G. Conner, W.
f. Heller and others have been
down in it, that is where IA vehi-
Gle could be gotten or a horse
would go, but not much if any
farther than that. OF the first
comers to the Plains perhaps Ed.
and w. G. Baird have seen more
of the Canyon than anyone else,
but their knowledge falls far
short of its entire extent and
depth. To see it all, it is, from
the very nature Of things, abso-
lutuely necessary to foot it nearly
all the way, and this, from all ac-
counts, has never yet been done.
With a National Park there ex-
ploring parties would be the rule,
the rage you might say, and who
knows what this wonderful Can
yon may or may not yet add to
the history of the Plains country?
Pricr to the settlement of tn
paleface on the Plains, some thir-
ty years back, the Palo Duro and
Tule Canyons were the winter
rendezvous of the Comanche, Kio-
wa and Cheyenne Indians. And
after the government removed
these tribes to the reservation at
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-11-15
THE PALO DURO CANYON.
Something Of Its Width Depth and Contents in Randall Arm
strong and Briscoe Counties Where The Federal Govern
ment is Being Asked to Establish National Park.

Canyon walls for almost the en-
tire distance might be calico
straight down. on one side al!
the time, and on the other side
excepting about three points OF
entry with vehicles, you must
either zig gag on horse or a-foot
by the side of precipices for con
siderable distances ere reaching
the bottom. or else be let down
with rope.
Except for the small stream,
dignitied by the name of Red
River, which winds it's tortuous
course along the bottom of the
Palo Duro Canyon the space be-
tween it's walls is occupied very
much as is the renowned and
much written of canyons of the
Colorado and Yellowstone. The
small valleys, little bottoms,
grassy knobs and then general
miX-up or wreck of matter in
which may be found evidence of
all the ages beginning with the
worlds foundation stone of gran
ite. Gold, assaying several dol
lars to the ton, has been taken
out of some of the surface stone;
there are seemingly well foun-
ded stories that here the Conan
ches got the silver out of which
they constructed their bride,
head ornaments and rings; fair
grade of coal has also been found
and indications for oil are said to
be excellent. Among all this
confusion of earth, boulder, min
eral and other matter grow the
grasses and shrubs peculiar to
West Texas and in addition
a grass that is near kin to if not
the blue stem" Of the Arizona
canyons. Along the sandy bed
Of the river grow gigantic cotton
Woods and other water loving
trees while over the Canyon floors
generally are cedars, elms. hack
berries and other tree growths
and shrubs common to mountain
as well as level timber lands.
Here in these Canyon Businesses
with all their needs Of life sup
Piled abundantly by nature, shell
tered from storms by the tower
ing and frequently overhanging
cliffs and from the destroying
hand of man by the difficulty in
finding among so many hiding