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Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-10-11

with the trend of thai river cut
ting strip in New Mexico from
so to 100 miles wide to the place
of beginning. This constitutes
what should be designated the
"Staked Palms." or the Llano
Estacado of Texas and New
Mexico.
The elevation is highest in
Oldham county, where it is some
1000 feet above sea level and it
slopes gently towards the south
east at the fall of about Is feet
to the mile. The area of this
great plain including that part
in New Mexico will exceed 33, 900
square miles, being some 175
miles wide and 225 miles long.
The "Staked Plains are larger
than the state of Indiana. Here
ford Brand.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-10-11
)lorers named the Great Plateau,

plorers named the Great Plateau,
"Llano Estacado,' which, when
translated means palisaded
plains or walled plains, from the
wall which forms most of the
border to the now "Staked
Plains" This wall is called the
Cap Rock" in some sections and
has the appearance of low fiat
top mountains as they are APP
preached.
The boundary line of the
"StalSed Plains may be roughly
given as follows: Beginning at
a point in the north western part
of Deaf Smith county; thence
following the Cap Rock thru
Oldham, Potter and Carson coun-
ties, parallel with the trend of
the Canadian river to a point
near Pampa, Texas, on the Santa
Fe railroad; thence turning and
taking in most of Gray county,
across the corner of Donley, thru
the eastern part of Armstrong
county, crossing the Denver
road between Goodnight and
Claude; thence across the eastern
part of Brisco county into Mot
ley and following an irregular
line thru Dickens, Crosby, Garza,
Bordens, Howard counties to the
town of Big Springs on the Tex
as & Pacific road. For conven-
ience the line of this road is fol
lowed until the Pecos Valley is
reached, thence north parallel
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-10-11
The Staked Plains

The Llano Estacado, common
ly called the "Staked Palms." is
a peculiar geological formation
found in no other place on the
earth. 1t was once the bottom
of a fresh water lake, but was
lifted up until y great plateau
was formed, surrounded on
nearly all sides by wall-like es-
carpment. This wall in some
places, notably in Brisco and
Motley counties, attains an al
most perpendicular height of
from - to 400 feet, while in
places the line between the
Plains and the surrounding ter
ritory is hardly perceptable. 1t
has been errOneOuSly stated by
some that the great plateau was
called the "Staked Plains" be-
cause Of the yucca or Spanish
Dagger, a growth that resembles
a stake or post, growing from
two to eight feet high and having
a head of sharp spears. Large
areas of this are to be seen in the
southern part of the "Staked
Plains" Another current story
is that the first and early plains
men put up stakes as they cross
ed the vast eXpanSe in order to
blaze" a way and insure a safe
return if the trail was lost.
Neither of these theories are
correct. The first Spanish ex-
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-10-11

each of those states | have come
to the conclusion that the future
prospects for this part of Texas
are just as good as either of fthose
states were when they were be-
ing settled, and in many respects
much better. We do not have to
wait here for the railroads to
come as we did there. They are
already here ahead of the set
tiers, and with fine climate,
good lands and good crops, / do
not see why this should not be
one of the best states in the
Union. | think this is just the
place for the young farmers of
the East and North who do not
own the land they are living on
but are paying high rent with no
prospect of being able to buy
homes there where the prices of
lands is ranging from S75 to 5000
per acre when here it can be
bought at from $40 to $25 per
acre or rented at from IA to 1-3
of the crop.
The rainfall is just as good as
in the other states with no dread
of cyclones as in many of other
places. Good class of people,
good schools, good churches,
almost every denomination rep
resented, and others will be just
as soon as the population will
justify. Taking everything to-
gether | think this is above all
others the place for me, and
other farmers can do equally as
well | fell sure. j.. FL. BELL.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-10-11
A Kansan on the Plains.

j. II. Bell, farmer coming
here last year from Kansas, gives
his opinion of Randall as follows:
Ed. NEWS:
Being new conner here | have
naturally watched the farming
interests of my neighborhood
pretty closely, and having had
my share of living in new coun-
tries, having come from Ohio to
to Illinois with my fathers fam
lily in 1S47 then to Kansas in
1886, and having watched the
growth and improvement of
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
FARMERS IN STRONG UNION.
Form Society to Establish Co-opera'
tive Markets In Cities.

Chicago, Sept. S.-Plans to organize
the farmers OF the country in a coop
erative movement similar to the Roch.
dale plan In Great Britain we're per-
fected at a conference Of farmers held
in the Briggs house. Leaders of the
movement are officers of the American
Society of Equity, better known as the
farmers union, and the new organiza-
ton promises to supplant the old.
Already 100000 farmers are pledged
to the new organization, according to
It's sponsors, and it Is probable that
Chicago will become the central mar.
ket and headquarters.
The society is incorporated under
the laws of New Jersey. 1t proposes
to establish markets in every city in
the country for the distribution OF
farm products on the cooperative
plan.
The officers of the organization are:
Treasurer, Thomas Emmerton of Wis.
%consin; board of directors, N. C.
c. Crawford and s. d. Kump Of Wis
%consin, Erwin Ball of Michigan, T. S.
Morrell Of Minnesota, w. S. McAdam
of Misssori and Thomas G.. Nelson OF
North Dakota.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12


A dozen fremen were overcome bf
smoke In q factory fire at Auburn, N
Y. The damage was 100000.
Lightning struck a barn on the Et
Stumma farm near Waterloo, Iowa
and the building and contents were
burned, causing a damage Of $4,000.
The passenger steamer Henry M
Stanley crashed into the United States
dredge boat Oswego at Gallipolis isl
and, In the Ohio river at Gallipolis
Ohio, and sank. The loss is estimated
at 10000.
The Put-in-Bay house, n Of thu
leading hotels on Putin-Bay island
was totally destroyed by fire, together
with most Of its contents. Guests
were compelled to leave the burning
structure hurriedly, and few Of them
saved their belongings. Loss, $3.50
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
VIII Discuss Bio Questions.
MAY BE INDEMNITY TO PAY.
Expulsion of Sikhs From BelIingham
May Stir Up Ugly Mess.

Washington, Sept. S.-While no in
formation of al Official character has
reached the state department concern
ing the summary expulsion Of sikhs
from Bellingham, Wash, 1t Is conf
IDENTIFY expected that IL the facts were
as reported in the press Ambassador
Brice will soon be heard from. The
British government takes pride in
protecting the lives and property of
it's subjects. SO 1t is expected that as
soon as the British consular officer
who is reported to be looking into the
matter has completed his investiga'
ton and communicated with the Brit.
ish embassy formal complaint will be
lodged with the state department.
Is Embarrassing.
The state department is always en-
barrassed in dealing with incidents of
this character. owing to the fact that
the national government has no au,
thority to enter a state even to pro-
tect foreigners treaty rights. All
that the state department a do in
ouCu d CdSt 10 " duuICoo Ihc 6oNSAhol
Of Washington, transmitting perhaps
the complaint Of the British embassy,
If there should be one, and requesting
him to take steps to prevent a recur'
renee of the trouble. Probably in the
end claims for damages sustained by
the individuals will be preferred.
May Bring Civil Actions.
If the aggrieved individuals care to
do so, they may bring civil actions
against the municipal authorities at
Bellingham in the local courts, just as
the Japanese restaurant and bath
house keepers have done in San Fran.
cisco, and undoubtedly the state de-
partment would very much prefer that
this course be followed. If, however,
it should be found impossible to Sc
cure justice at the hands of the local
judiciary, then, as was done in the
case of the murderous attacks upon
the Italians in New Orleans some
years ago, the executive will recon.
mend to congress that indemnities be
paid to the victims.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
Crimes and Criminals.

James Money, Jr, was shot and al
most instantly killed, and his father,
James Money, ST., was MORALLY
wounded at their place of business at
Money, Miss, by DR.. Grover Kirky.
r. F. Singleton, a former magistrate
Of Covington, KY, who was found
badly beaten in a Richmond street
house in Cincinnati last week, is dead.
He vas robbed and set upon by two
men.
Joseph Stinel, aged t~wenty-four
years, was shot and killed in bed in an
Italian boarding house at Pittston, Pa.
The police believe the Black Hand is
responsible for the crime. The muir.
derer escaped.
Thrown into a rage by several cups
Of water being dashed upon him, Hen.
ry Robinson, a demented man who was
locked In the city jail at Connelsville,
killed Austin Ford and seriously In.
jured several other prisoners.
Giuseppe Giussifo, an alleged black.
mailer, was shot dead, one companion
was arrested and a third escaped at
Blairsville, Pa, following their at.
tempt to blackmail Frank Cieppinno,
who was probably fatally stabbed by
one of the Italians.
George Cassidy, a policeman. was
shot down and killed while endeavor-
ing to arrest two burglars who had
been caught robbing a store. The
burglars were pursued by a crowd,
and rather than submit to capture one
Of them killed himself in a swamp.
The other escaped.
Two murders were committed In the
suburbs of Philadelphia one night re-
! Gently. During a quarrel that started
with a dispute about money Ralph
Perrie shot and killed Joseph Consoli
on the street in Germantown. Joseph
Bray. colored, stabbed his brother-in-
law, James Allen, with a butcher
knife at Fernwood, causing almost in
slant death.
The president has granted a commu.
tation of sentence to two years, with
allowance for good behavior, in the
case Of Bessie l.. Bond, who pleaded
guilty In the United States district
court Of Maryland on June 3, 1907, to
falsely altering and passing a national
bank note, and who on the same day
was sentenced to five years in the
Baltimore city jail.
Labor union violence added one
more victim to its list at San Francis.
co, when Policeman Edward w. Nc
CARNEY was shot and killed while en-.
gagged in quelling an incipient riot.
John J. Tansey, a striking motorman,
is under arrest and has been identi-
fed as McCartney's slayer by Police.
man P. ]. Mitchell, into whose arms
the dying officer fell.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
Accidental Happen,nos.

William N. Randall. formerly state
senator, accidentally shot himself at
Rockford, Colo.
An explosion in the Austin Powder
company's mill at Cleveland resulted
In the death of one employee and fatal
injury to another.
Quicksand in the Illinois river at
Peoria caused the drowning of Charles
McEnlee. Kneeling Wilson and Will.
lam Singer of Macon, Ill. 4
Mrs. Louisa Hill Carabajal, wife OF
a farmer. and seven children were
drowned in a food resulting from
heavy rains In Alamo creek. Sierra
county, N. M. The flood caused dam
age estimated at $50. 1000.
The loss on the Courier-Journal
plant at Louisville, which was Quilted
by FIRE, is estimated at about 5000. 900
The machinery. while damaged tc
some extent by water. can soon be put
In shape. 1t is thought that the fire
originated from defective Insulation
on electric wires.
Flames licked up q half million dol
lars worth OF property and reduced
three squares ofethe business and res
idence section Of Houston, Tex, tt
ashes. The biggest loss was to thu
plant ~ the Standard Milling com
pany. valued It $500. 1000, which cover
"a IN entire block
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
JAP COOLIES STILL POURING IN
HUNDREDS ARE GETTING INTO
THE COUNTRY BY HOOK AND
CROOK.

Washington, Sept. 10. = Persistent
trouble in preventing Japanese coolies
from getting into the United States
across the Mexican border is worry
ing the bureau of immigration and
giving the administration much con-
Germ.
The passport arrangement for the
prevention of the admission of Japa-
nese laborers made last winter is Of
little efficiency, and by hook and
crook hundreds Of Japanese. are get
ting into the country.
Guard the Border.
Commissioner General Sargent Of
the bureau of immigration has hit
upon the plan of placing a chain Of
mounted inspectors along the Next
can border from the Pacific to Browns
vile. Orders to this effect have been
given.
1t is not known how many mounted
guards will be necessary, but the in
spectors in charge along the frontier
will be allowed to utilize enough to
make the scheme effective.
1t is suggested that seventy-ive
guards will be able to prevent the
Japanese and Chinese from smuggling
their way through.
Japan Bars Coolies.
Officials here are pleased over the
news from Japan that that country is
driving out and excluding Chinese
coolies. Japan, 1t is said, is doing
just what she is finding fault with the
United States for wanting to do, and
this fact will place the state depart
ment in better position to conduct ne
gotiations with reference'to exclusion.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
General News Items.

The newspapers of the isthmus
comment favorably upon the impetus
to the work on the canal under the
direction of Col. Goethals.
Jimmy Gardner Of Lowell, Mass,
won easily over Dick Fitzpatrick of
Chicago in the second round of a con.
test at Fort Wayne, Ind.
The mackerel fleet OF sixty-fve sails
Is in port at Portland, Me-, and reports
that In the aggregate the vessels have
stocked 100000 worth Of fish.
The National Federation of Post.
Office Clerks. In session at Indianapo.
lis, elected Edward d. Goltra of Chica.
go president and George e. Pfeiffer of
Milwaukee secretary and treasurer.
Over It's iron molders went on a
strike at Evansville. Ind, because of
an order issued at the five stove foun.
dries preventing the drinking Of beer
on the premises during the noon
hour.
A general invitation to the people
Of the United States to attend the ded'
ication of the Mckinley monument
Sept. 80, at Canton, has been issued
by the committee in charge Of ar.
rangements.
Next years convention of the Amer.
lean Pharmaceutical association will
be held at Hot Springs, Ark, the time
to be fixed later. William M. Searby,
California College of Pharmacy, was
elected president.
A~rizonians are looking about for an
avenue to enter the Union. Unwilling
to come in with New Mexico as a
state, the people of Arizona realize
that they are doomed TO a long tutel
| age II they wait for congress to admit
them separately. The last suggestion
| which seems to meet with favor In
Arizona, is that the territory be made
a part of the State Of Nevada.
AS a result of the reduction In pas
senger rates and the general condition
OF the money markets, so far as rail
roads are concerned, all improvements
have been ordered stopped on the Cen
trail Railroad of Georgia. President
Hanson says the railroad has not SUI
| 6cient money to do the work.
Building construction In Havana Il
at q standstiii because Of a strike o.
masons. who have demanded the pay
ment of their wages In American
money. This strike may be the begin
ming Of a general move for American
money. expected since the cigar
| makers ss-tke.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
LANDS ON EIGHT DIFFERENT
RESERVATIONS TO BE OPEN
ED THIS YEAR.
LOWER BRULE COMES FIRST
DRAWING FOR SOUTH DAKOTA
TRACT WILL BEGIN NEXT
MONTH AT PIERRE.

Washington, Sept. 10.-Uncle Sam
is Manning to distribute homesteads
in Indian reservations of the west 10
about $4,000 homeseekers during the
next year This will he the biggest
distribution he has made since he
threw Oklahoma open to settlement.
The land to be opened up is located on
eight different Indian reservations
and nearly all of it is regarded as
first-class for farming purposes.
While the regulations for its dispo-
sal are out only for one reservation
thus far, it has been decided to open
all the tracts by the lottery system.
This has been tried twice by the gov
eminent and works admirably.
Square Deal for All.
II precludes any trouble over con
tests and apparently satisfies every
body who secures a ticket to the lot
terry whether he is lucky or not. A
loser knows that he had a fair o
The reservations to be opened. with
their acreage follows:
Occur d'Alene, Idaho, 300 0 acres.
Colville, Washington, 100000
acres.
Flathead, Montana, 100000 acres.
Lower Brule. South Dakota. $500
acres.
Rosebud, South Dakota, $4,000
acres.
Yakima. Washington, 1~,145,00O
acres.
Lemhi, Idaho, $4,000 acres.
Blackfeet, Idaho, 10000 acres.
This makes a total Of 4.910.360
acres.
Open Lower BruIe First.
The first reservation to be opened
will be the Lower Brule, in South Da-
kota, with It's $500 acres. The land
has been appraised and the regula-
tons issued for it's disposal. Home
seekers will have until Oct. Z to file
applications for lottery tickets in the
big drawing which will take place at
Pierre the following week. Each ap-
plicant must go to the Pierre land dis
trict and make oath on his ticket that
he is entitled to take public land I'M
der the homestead laws. Then, II he
is successful in drawing a farm he
must pay the government the apprais-
ed value of the land in annual install
ments. The value is placed at from
S1.25 to "a an acre.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
Foreign.

The Haviland porcelain works ut
Limoges. France, are partially affected
by a strike of 5000 workmen, which
threatens to involve $4,000 men.
Three new passenger steamers Of
the Brazilian Lloyd, the Pera, the
Ceara and the Accre, have had sue
cessful trial trips at Rio Janeiro.
King Edward has commissioned
Mrs. Leslie Cotton, q portrait painter
OF New York, to paint his portrait.
Two sittings already have been given
and the results are most satisfactory.
The visit Of the two ENJOYS of King
Menelik of Abyssinia to Berlin is at
tracing great attention. owing to re-
ports that Germany is about to enter
into closer relations with Abyssinia.
Though the Red liner Kfoonland
is a speedy ship, a flock of seven
storks caught her on the trip Just COM
pIeted across the Atlantic. One birth
occurred in the cabin and six In the
steerage.
The negotiations between France
and Canada on the subject of a new
commercial arrangement have result
ed in a complete understanding. The
agreement on this subject will shortly
be signed.
Cholera Is spreading considerably In
Russia and householders of st. Peters
burg have been instructed to take the
strictest sanitary precautions. Thir-
teen fresh cases have been reported
from Novogorod.
With the approval of Pope Plus,
Mgr. Agius, the apostolic delegate In
the Philippine islands, has confded
the religious administration Of the isl
ands to the Belgium congregation In
place of the departed friars.
The leading Newspapers Of Japan
unite In welcoming the conclusion Of
tho Anglo-Russiah agreement. IL is
generally expected that the security
of the frontier of India will be guaran-
teed thereby. thus considerably light
ening Japan's share In the RESPONSE
bility attending the alliance.
1t is declared at Brussels that the
Venezuelan government has informed
the government of Belgium that 1t In
tends to begin at once the payment,
In monthly installments, OF its debts
TO those powers which treated vene.
xuela with consideration" when the
powers united In their demand that
she meet her obligations.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
CLIFF HOUSE RAzED BY FIRE.
World-F amous San Francisco Resort
Now Lies In Ruins,

Now Lies In Ruins.
San Francisco. Sept. 10.-The world
famous Cliff house, on the ocean
beach, was totally destroyed by fire
Saturday evening. The big resort,
resting on the high rocks almost at
the entrance Of the Golden Gate, had
been closed for some time undergo
ing elaborate alterations, and was to
have been reepened Oct. l under a
new management as one of the finest
restaurants in the world,
The alterations had been completed
and the building stood ready to re-
ceive the new furniture.
The remoteness of fire apparatus
and the position of the building on the
hill made it difficult to fight the flames
which made great Roadway in the
strong wind blowing at the time. The
fire department, realizing that 1t
would be futile to attempt to save any
part of the Cliff house, concentrated
its efforts on the Sutro baths adjoin-
ing. These were saved after a hard
fight. ..~1- .rr
How the fire started is a mystery.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
People Talked About.

John J. Jackson, former United
States Judge at Parkerburg, w. Va,
aged eighty-three years, dropped dead
at Atlantic City.
Joel w. Deweese, solicitor of the
Burlington railroad company for the
lines west of the Missouri, died at his
hom3 at Lincoln, Neb., after a brief
illness, aged sixty-one.
John Hare has definitely announced
his intention to retire from the stage
within a year. He will start on a fare.
well provincial tour of England at the
end of September and will give his
last performance In London.
Edward Hagerup Grieg. the compos-
or, died at Bergen, Norway. DR.. Grieg
was born at Bergen In 1843, of Scotch
ancestry, and received his musical ed
ucation al Leipsic and Copenhagen.
Gen. Pleasant Porter, the noted
chief OF the Creek Indian Nation, died
mt vinita. I. T., following a stroke OF
paralysis, aged sixty-six years. Sec
Ond Chief Mety Tiger will succeed
Gen. Porter as chief Of the Nation.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
RUSSIAN ELECTIONS NEAR.
Constitutional Democrats Issue FamiI
lar Appea! to Voters.


st. Petersburg, Sept. Sit was an
nounced yesterday that the prelimi.
nary elections in Moscow and Tver
provinces will take place Sept. Is, and
in the other provinces soon afterward.
The Constitutional Democrats have
issued a manifesto setting forth that
party's claims for popular support, re.
peating the old arguments, declaring
that through a fragrant violation of
the fundamental laws the government
July 16 gave the electoral power into
the hands of q handful of wealthy
landlords.
The manifesto further expresses
confidence that the governments
plans will miscarry, but in view of
the possibility of a temporary govern.
mental success the Constitutional
Democrats appeal to the rich mer,
chants and landlords to resist the gov.
ernment's efforts to them.