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Chariton courier., 1907-04-05

substantial brick cellar under
his residence.
Jay Fulbright, of Fayetteville,
Ark, is looking after his busi-
ness interests here.
3. F. Northcott and D. l..
Markee visited lady friends
across the riyer Sunday.
w. H. Tufts of Linneus is
looking after improvements on
his Locust creek farm, near this
place.
B. A. Shoush, who has been
sojourning in the Southwest for
some months, is back in Sumner
for short visit.
Catfish are getting ripe now
and Clay Carton and Frank
Lytsell are keeping the town
fairly well supplied
The Sparks property, naar the
8dbtist chu1ch, caught fire from
defective flue last Sunday
aernoon. 1t was put out before
mach dam age was done.
The Easter service at the
Methodist church last Sunday
and the sermon by the pastor,
Rev. Scarborough, was one OF
the best ever delivered in our
town.
Our public schools will coon
end their work for the present
school year. 1t is an undisputed
fact that we have had one of the
most successful terms in the
history of our town.
Those of our citizens who were
scared so bad over the threat
sned collision with the comet
have gotten over their frigh1
sufficiently to resume their
"cussing" and other bad habits
whieh they temporarily abandon
"a while the fright was on them
O. farmers are deserving OF
maoe praise for the good worl
they have been and are still doine
with the road drag this spring
It's too true, however, tina
some of them have neglected
this important work, and blint
man can tell where the roads
have been dragged and wher'
they have not.
The town election here wa
-~""- Tho olt
Chariton courier., 1907-04-05

creek. The object of this socie.
ty is to promote good feeling and
encourage camping parties in
the summer time. It's officers
are: Geo. Switzerland, general
manager; Florence .Northcott,
president; Sarah Waugh, secre-
tary; Huldah Southerland,
treasurer; G.. w. Northcott,
marshal, and Irene Switzerland,
mascot.
Chariton courier., 1907-04-05

Justice of the Peace, George
Young.
MUssEL FORK TOWNSHIP.
Trustee, John Welch.
Collector, j. M. Phillips.
Clerk, j. W. Mott. E"
Constable, J. M. Phillips.
Members of the Board, R. P.
Green, W. M. Graves.
Justices of the Peace, R. P.
Green, w. M. Graves.
SALT CREEK TOWNSHIP.
Trustee, Il. A. Partch.
Collector, c. M. DeWeese.
Clerk, T. E. Barry.
Constable, John Tietjens.
Members of the Board, Peter
Gladbach, Nathan Clair.
Justices of the Peace, Peter
Gladbach, Nathan Clair.
! Road Overseers, L. M. Fox,
R. c. Littrell, Ebert DeWeese,
Joe Speichinger.
TRIPLETT TOWNSHIP.
Trustee, j. A. Triplett.
Collector, G. H. Dobyns.
Clerk, A. w. Guillod.
Constable, T. W. Triplett.
Mem bers of the Board, A. L.
Wood, J. A. Cavanah.
Justices of the Peace, D. B.
Lee, Alonzo Clark.
Road overseers, F. R. Mo-
Pherson, E. Persyn, R. B.
Bowers.
WAYLAND TOWNSHIP.
Trusee, F. P. Twyman.
Collector, G. T. Naylor.
Clerk, J. B. Mcdonald.
Constable, W. A. Colley.
Members of the board, w. H.
Conrad, j. B. Naylor.
Justices of the Peace, w. H.
Conrad, ]. B. Naylor.
Road Overseers, F. Richard
son, Chas. Keen, Joel Farthing.
YELLOW CREEK TOWNSHIP
Trustee, G. E. Allen.
Collector, F. F. Hamilton.
Clerk, w. E. Washburn.
Constable. F. M. Brecount.
Members of the board, Noah
Dean, c. L Hardy.
Justices of the Peace, T. J. l..
Hutcheson, H. H. Strickland.
Road overseers, L. V. Fair
holm, G. K. Mauzy, G. l. Hol.
loway.
Under the law, road overseers
could not be legally elected at
the election of Tuesday, March
26. but must be appointed by
the township board. We pre-
sumo the board will appoint
those as road overseers for whom
a preference was expressed at
the polls. Hereafter, however,
road overseers will be elected as
other township officers, now that
the county is fully organized
under township organization.
Chariton courier., 1907-04-05
WESTVILLE WAITS.

There will be services at West.
Vile Uuion church next Sunday
at II a. m.
Quite a number throughout
this neighborhood are afflicted
with Ia grippe since the recent
change in the weather.
There was considerable frost
Sunday night and in all prob.
ability tine fruit that was in
bloom will be damaged.
Arthur Conrad's little child
has been in q critical condition
for several days, caused from
drinking concentrated lye.
Buford Green was elected
superintendent of the White
Oak Sunday. school for this year
The school meets every Sun.
day at 2 O'Clock in the afternoon,
John Riley, VIM. Smith and
Misses Rose Knott and Lottie
Smith and others of this vicinity
attended Easter services at the
Catholic non astery in Wien last
Surnav
Chariton courier., 1907-04-05
Rothville Rumblinas.

R0thVille RumblinQS.
Miss Virgie yelling OF Kansas
City is visiting friends here this
week.
Chas. Hutcheson of Marceline
visited his parents here last
week.
j. L. Pendell shipped a car.
load of hogs to Kansas City
Tuesday night.
Mrs. L. j. Cameron, who has
been visiting in Brookfield for a
few days, returned home Satur.
day.
Mrs w. H. Long Of Kansas
Ctt,, HnO a.-rnueu the funeral
.cr trtici. \ ...,!..-l. r--
Chariton courier., 1907-04-05

Miss Anna Matthews, who is
stenographer for the j. H. Wall.
oviek Mercantile Co. of Marco.
line, is spending a few days at
home.
John Wisdom returned home
from Chillicothe Saturday where
he was attending school. He
came home on account of i'll
health.
The B. Y. P. U. will give a
colonial social at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Hamilton.
Ham sandwiches, pickles, ,deviled
eggs and coffee will be served.
w. W. Riddell, who had been
sick for quite awhile, died at his
home in this place Wednesday /,
the 9th of March, and was buri.
ed Friday, the 29th. His funer-
al services were held at the
Christian church and conducted
by Rev. R. E. L. Prunty of
Brookfeld. He leaves many
friends to mourn his death.
Chariton courier., 1907-04-05
Township Election.

In addition to the returns pub.
lished in the last issue of the
COURIER of the township election
held Tuesday, March 26, 1907,
the successful candidates in
other townships were as follows:
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-25

The question OF public service cor
porations In Amarillo, is becoming a
most serious one. The water works
serve water to consumers only few
hours a day, and to get drink down
town one has to go to saloon res
taurant or drug store and buy some
thing stronger than water, OF which
there is plenty. When this trouble
will be remedied, there is no definite
promise. Amarillo has an ice plant
which manufactures the article, but
1t Is next to impossible to get ice
delivered to private residences, or
small business places, in small guam
titles, even at an eXhorbitant price.
The Panhandle has had siege OF 1t
trying, and is generally able to Sc
cure delivery by noon. Then we
must take what the ice delivery man
wants to give us, and pay the price,
The smallest quantity delivered Is
ten pounds for 10 cents. If on
ly five Or seven pounds is left
and kick is made 1t is take that
or nothing, and today driver was
going to pass up the Panhandle office
because we kicked on taking seven
pounds for ten Saturday. Surely
there is room for competition in the
ice business in Amarillo, and the
public are literally at the mercy of
some OF the public service corpora
tons. Complaint comes to the Pan
handle daily regarding these troubles
and it is hoped there will be a rem
edy found soon.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-25
THE SINGLE TAX IN THE AIR.

The Waco Tlmes-Herald, copying
from the Daily Panhandle, Mr.. Cald-
wells remarks before the Mayors
state convention here, refers to Mr.,
Caldwell and the single tax as fol-
lows:
"Mr. j. l.. Caldwell was a citizen
Of Mart In this county for more than
twenty years, and was the first man
in the state to publicly champion the
single tax theory. as promulgated by
Henry George. Mr.. Caldwell now
lives at Amarillo and the other day
addressed 4 convention OF mayors as
sembled there or course, he talked
his tax theory.
AZ NE Caldwell's tax propositions as
BoreSbrinted read All right, only we
find Il difficult to give them an APP
plieationA- owing to weather condi-
tlons?-~and this Is work Mr., Cald-
well should have performed. He
should have given examples of how
fines are imposed on production and
demonstrated how these could be
shifted to other shoulders without in
justlce. Who Ought TO pay the tax
That is the question. In the last
analysis, doesn't all taxation rest on
the consumer? And is there any way
to relieve tho poor devil?
"Mr Caldwell win keep in mind
the fact that our space is limited, We
would be pleased to have him present
his views to our readers. This mat
ter of taxation is the concern of us
all. What is just and what is right?
That Is the first consideration, and
anyone with light on the question
will be heard gladly.
"In this connection, 1t Is pertinent
to say that one OF the very wealthlest
men in Waco believes in the single
tax doctrine. He says that Henry
George will one day rank with Gall
leo and Columbus. When that day
comes, the people of Texas will be
under compulslon to erect a monu-
ment to ]. L. Caldwell, the first citi-
zen OF the Lone Star state to publicly
declare that landlord confiscation OF
the unearned increment should
cease" ~
Several prominent lawyers, doctors
and land owners of this vicinity ia
vor the single tax.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-25
THURSDAY, JULY IS, 1907.
TODAY.

Other suns will shine as golden,
Other skies be just as blue.
Other south winds blow as softly,
Gently drinking up the dew;
Other goldenrods and asters
With the sun and sky agree,
These for other men and women
Just today for YOU and me.
Other fruit Of whey flavor
Wanderers viii pluck and eat.
Other birds with winsome voices.
Other songs wlll slng--as sweet.
Der the dappled brook will midges
Dance an hour, then cease to BE,
All the world may have tomorrow
But today's for YOU and me.
Other gardens will be planted
Fair as this which we call ours.
other blooms will put to shaming
These benign old-fashioned flowers
All the glories OF the sunset
In the sunrise one may see.
Tnat which othors call the dawnIng
Is the night for for you and me.
Success.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-25

There are more cold blooded MUIR
ders reported in Texas, it seems to
the writer, than in almost any state
he knows Of why is it? Is 1t because
of any lax enforcement of the laws,
regarding murder? We read in the
papers almost every day of some one
taking the law into his own hands
and going out with gun and right
ing some real or imaginary wrong.
This state of affairs gives Texas a
most undesirable reputation aboard.
1t is a Unable offense in Texas, too,
to carry a gun.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-25
PosToFFIcE GAINS.

The Gainesville Register, OF July
10, has the following to say OF what
he paper claims to be the phenoml-
nal gain in postoffice receipts Of
hat station, which It thinks to be
The greatest gain in any office in
Texas.
The postofflco receipts for quar-
Tor ending June 80, 1907, were
sa90i.2S, which is a gain OF $697SS
over same quarter last year. This
Is gain OF 10 per cent and shows
The biggest gain OF any quarter in
he history Of the office. This is the
biggest gain made by any postofflce
In Texas, not barring the Dallas Of
flee which does more business each
year than any other office In the
state"
Amarillo disputes the right OF
Gainesville to the distinction of
having the greatest gain of any city
In the state. The records OF the
Amarillo postofflce for the last quar-
ter show receipts OF s6,5S7 The
corresponding quarter of year ago,
were 1870, net gain for the same
quarter this year over last, Of ST.
S47. The percentage of gain for the
Amarillo postoffice was 55 per cent,
Gainesville claims a gain OF Is per
cent. She may be in the lead with
some OF the older cities OF the state
but she is not In the same class with
the Queen City Of the Panhandle, the
coming section OF Texas. There Is
no office In the state which has made
such gains as Amarillo. This office,
at the rate of gain which she has
made for the last few months, will
enter the class OF first-class offices
OF the state at the end OF the present
year, or at least year hence, and
Amarillo is in her infancy.
The government has been com
PEELED to sit up and take notice OF
the gain in postoftlce business 10
Amarillo. and has ordered new and
better room prepared for the use Of
the enormous business done at this
office.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-25

The Mclean News has the follow
ing to say OF the Daily Panhandle
in that territory: "Mr. Frye, circulat-
Ing manager OF the Daily Panhandle,
was pleasant caller at the News
office today The report Of his paper
is gratifying, circulation being 1900,
and advertising patronge very good.
May the Panhandle continue to
prosper and may It soon be read in
every home in the Panhandle"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-25
RAILROAD BUILDING IN THE
PANHANDLE.

The Hereford Brand has the fol-
lowing regarding the new Panhandle
Short Line. The Panhandle is re-
liably informed thatthe Rock Island
is paying for the work of this new
line, and that It will be portion of
the Rock Island system, when COM
plcted The Band says;
Hans Holland, chief engineer of
the Panhandle short Line Railroad,
in conversation with Brand repre-
sentative, gave out some important
railroad news, He stated that his
surveying corps had passed through
Castro county and were now working
south Of the new townsite of Nor
fleet in Halecounty, and would fin
ish the survey to stanton, on the
Texas & Pacific, in three or four
weeks. w,s
'He further states that the con-
tractors had six outfits at work on
the line Between Hereford and Dim.
mitt, using in the neighborhood of
one hundred teams. Most oftii ele-
waiting has been done and all OF the
grading will be completed BY the last
d. I. g..
OF July or the first ofAugust. Bridge
has been ordered for the
large bridge across the TERRA Blanco
river and Frio creek, and also for the
smaller bridges and culverts between
Hereford and Dimmitt. Cross ties
and steel have been ordered for the
new road and are expected to be on
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-25

has also witnessed the reorganization
OF tn, water works company which
promises to at an early day put the
water question out of issue by pre-
pairing a large reservoir tor the stor-
age Of large quantity of pure water.
Thee are only few of the many
things which the Panhandle has wit
messed and chronicled from day to
day during the first year OF its ex.
istence. They are only a small be.
ginning Of what the Panhandle ex
poets to witness during the publica.
ton OF Volume II. The Panhandle
has faith in Amarillo and the Pan
handle country, and knows that the
eyes OF the United States are upon
us, and that in the coming few years,
every section II not half or quarter
section OF the fine farming land OF
the Panhandle will be occupied by in
dustrious and happy people, and
these plains will blossom as the
rose ....
The Panhandle is enthusiastic in
its faith in Amarillo and the Pam
handle, and has built for the future,
and enters on volume two with all
the hopes and aspirations possible
to any daily newspaper in the United
States, and is going to do its part
to realize them to the fullest.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-25
END OF VOL /,

with this issue OF the Daily Pan
handle the paper closes It's first years
existence, and tomorrow the paper
viii enter on It's second year, volume
., BY some oversight, the date OF
The starting Of the daily was under.
stood TO have been the 2Sth of July,
and we had intended to celebrate
the arrival at one year old, by is
suancc Of an extra sheet, giving views
OF some Of the improvements and
data connected with the same which
have taken place during the first
year of the existence OF the Daily
Panhandle, As the date of closing
of the first volume has been discoy-
cred TO be today, the celebration is
sue will necessarily be put off for
week or so.
When the Daily Panhandle was
launched, many were the predictions
as 10 It's life, and II was given three
months to live by some, and longer
and shorter time by others, It
moved right along, and has weather.
ed the storms OF adversely, which
usually attend the birth of a new
daily paper, andetoday closes It's first
years existence, on a good financial
basis, with 1,4OO circulation in the
city and on the road, and enjoying
a good and satisfactory business, and
feels that 1t is a healthy and vlgor-
Gus yearling. Il
We will have more to say regard
ing the reaching Of our first yearly
In future issues.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-25
VOLUME II.

With this issue the Daily Pan
handle begins volume two. We think
the paper is a pretty good and heal
thy yearling, and hope our subscrib-
ers, the citizens OF Amarillo and the
Panhandle in general, where the pa
per reaches daily, with its fresh tel
cgraph news, and news of the Pan
handle and Texas, agree with us, and
are pleased with the Improvement
the paper has made in all ways, in
the year 1t has been in existence.
During that year, the Panhandle
has witnessed many changes in the
city of Amarillo and the plains. 1t
has witnessed many changes, but al
ways for the better, and has seen the
Queen City of the Plains almost dou-
BILE its size and importance, and other
cities of the plains do likewise, and
has witnessed thriving cities spring
into prominence, where nothing OF a
town was seen year ago.
During the year it has lived, It
has seen Amarillo almost double in
population and commercial import
ance, 1t has seen the postoffice grow
from a second class office to the
business OF a first class office, and
outstrip any city OF Texas by long
odds in the increase OF business. It
has Witnessed the destruction by fire
OF the Carson block, and almost
phoenix like much finer building
rise in its stead. 1t has witnessed
the erection of fine high school
building, fine city hall and fire
station, and seen both occupied 1t
has witnessed the erection Of one
OF the finest churches in the state,
The new Methodist, the breaking
OF ground for one Of the finest opera
houses in the state, and the cree
ton OF another theater and skating
rink, and an auditorium which will
make Amarillo one of the convention
cities of the state. 1t has witnessed
the starting of the large new build
ings Of the MorrowThomas Hard
ware Co., both wholesale and retail,
which are delayed in construction on
account of material 1t has seen the
handsome Wayland block spring up
and Become occupied; the Chanse-
lor building erected; the Thompson
Kilbourn block rise almost to com
pletion, and the moving off of sew
eral old frame buildings on Polk
street to make room for new brick
buildings. 1t has seen the new gas
works put In and in running condi-
ton, two mills and elevators erected
and running, creamery begun, and
hundreds of handsome new resi-
dences built in every part of the city,
and the city's limits extended to take
In two miles in either direction,
1t has chronicled the opening of
the Western Bank and Trust Co., the |
fifth bank in the city, and the entire
renovation of the First National |
Bank.
1t has witnessed miles and miles
OF new concrete sidewalks laid in the
city, and many new concrete cross
ings laid 1t has witnessed the pas
sage OF the law permitting the Santa
Fe to take up its tracks from Wash
burn and build to Amarillo from
Panhandle, and during its next year
expects to see handsome and COM
modious shops erected here by the
Santa Fe.
1T has witnessed drouth of water
on the part of the water works, but
has also witnessed the council take
vigorous action which lnsures that
the copmany must furnish water, or
the city will see what it can do. 1t
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-25
Take a VACATION.

Now is the time to take vacation,
get out into the woods, fields and
mountains and visit the seashore,
but do not forget to take bottle
of Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy along with you.
1t is almost certain to be needed and
cannot be obtained on railroad trains
or steamships. 1t 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??, 1907-07-25

sary for local needs, and In the mean
time. Il Is shut off except during GER
tain hours, TO the great Inconvenience
OF the patrons Of the works II rs
hoped the company will soon over
come their troubles, so that the pub
lie may have water for sprinkling.
and for use all day and night, for
bathing, drinking aud for flushing
closets, which have become OF gener-
al use In the city.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-25
BIG SILVER KING.
George w. Dale Lands Monster Tar
poon at Corpus Christi.

George W. Dale, the Hereford
booster and scientific fisherman real
lied his ambitions on mis- last trip to
the coast and landed string of big
tarpoon. The Hereford Brand tells
the following Of Mr.. Dale's "silver
king:
George W. Dale has returned
from an extensive trip through South
Texas and the coast country. He
says that while at Corpus Christi, he
with a number of others, fished in
the big pond, once called the Gulf OF
Mexico, and now enjoys the distinc-
tion of having caught string of big
tarpoon. one measuring 6 feet 3
inches in length. The Brand knows
Mr. Dale to be truthful man and
he does not care to have this repu-
tation injured, so he brought the fish
along. He has had the big fish
mounted and 1t can be seen at his
shop on Dewey avenue as an eyi"
dence of his skill"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-25

s-~..saa- a- -
Like thunderbolt from a clear
sky, comes the information to the
editor OF the Panhandle, that his old
friend, and for four years, compet-
itor IN the newspaper business In
ottumwa, Iowa, A, w, Lee, died In
Nottingham, England, on the 18th,
Of heart disease. Mr.. Lee, with his
wife aud only child, daughter, had
gone to Europe, to spend the sum-
mer as had been his custom for years,
and was visiting with his relative,
Colonel Frank Mahin, United States
consul at Nottingham, Mr. Lee was
a young man, a thorough newspaper
man and printer, and had made a
great success during the past twenty
years OF the newspaper business, In
addition to owning his home paper,
the ottumwa Courier, one OF the
best newspapers in the state, ne was
president Of the syndicate, owners
OF the Muscatine Journal, Davenport
Times, La Crosse Tribune, and Han
nibal Courler-Post Mr., Lee had
made great success of his profess
sion, and lays down the work when
just In the prime OF life, The edi-
tor OF the Panhandle was personally
acquainted with Mr., Lee for over
twenty years, his acquaintance be-
when Mr. Lee was printer
and manager of the Msueatlne Jour
nal, way back In the eighties. He
was genial gentleman, man Of
exemplary habits, and a man It was
always a pleasure TO meet, either in
a gathering of the profession, or In
a personal way, and II is with sor-
low that we learn OF his untimely
leath, in a foreign land although |
by all the members of
ais immediate family.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-25

The Daily Panhandle Is assured,
from a reliable source, that the Fam
GUS Heights park and lake, are an
assured fact for the future. This
will be good news to citizens who
would enjoy some place to go out
side of the dusty city to spend a
little recreation, 1t will be great
financial success when the plans of
the projectors materialSe.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-25
SHALL WE STOP OR SHALL WE
GO ON.
Editor Panhandle:

Editor Panhandle:
An the Panhandle looks to Anna
rlllo to set the pace, for our town
is one of the youngest, at the same
time the largest. Every other town
in the Panhandle is strivlng--and
DO 1t to their credit to say tito be
the largest and best in the Pan
handle. There is friendly rivalry
going on. We might just as well
acknowledge as seek to evade it--lf
some Of the other towns around us
keep up their gait and present ratio
OF growth as relatively compared to
ours. we OF Amarillo will sooner or
later have to take off our hats to
qnother SQueen City of the Plains