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The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-29
The Bush Proposition.


II can explain the proposition
made by Mr. Bush" contributed Mr.
j, II. Gouldy. because /, with sew
eral other gentlemen, was down at
the Amarillo when we talked 1t
over and Mr., Bush made the offer,
fle said that by all means the farm
should be secured hero and as an
lnducement he offered the use for
twenty years without cost OF 1870.
acres on his land west OF Amarillo,
[ thought that was very kind Of Mr..
Bush and stated as much in getting
subscriptions. worked with the
list with Mr.. Ganode and others and
among other men visited Mr., SAN
horn. / found him heartily in ac-
cord with the movement toward Sc
curing the farm, but he urged that
II ought to be nearer town and of
fered the use OF 100 acres for twenty
years on MS section rlght az the
edge Of town. Well that at once APP
pealed to me as being the finest
thing we could get because being
in sight OF all three roads, It would
he seen by thousands Of people and
moreover II would be within easy
reach OF citizens and visitors who
wished to see the farm
"But when reported this prop
osltion back, | found that It did not
meet with approval and was at a
loss TO understand why. There is no
doubt that nine-tenths of the people
would rather have the farm located
near town on the Sanborn property
Meeting Indorses Near Location.
Our company volunteered Man
ager white, Of the Water company
subscribed $40 and will increase
that amount s25 II the farm Is Sc
| cured Tor the nearer location"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-29

L. L. Beal, who underwent an
operation at the sanitarium some
time ago is recovering rapidly.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-29
CHOICE OF
LOCATION
tcOutlnued from Page onc)

AAkhNANhNA ANNN hkf ChNfl
Now / understand that the station
that that list was gotten up for is
about six miles west Of town and
In Randall county ! did not under
stand Il that way when / made my
subscriptions and / did not give
my money for that farm
Secretary states Situation.
MY connection with tae matter
said Vernon Bcggs, who took the
floor next, is through the Chamber
OF Commerce. Last "Wednesday a
number Of subscribers came to me
rs secretary OF the Chamber of Com
merce and asked me TO take up this
experimental farm proposition for
them, They told me that Mr. Ca
node had charge Of tho list and !
went and talked the matter over with
him lie expressed himself as bcing
anxious TO get the matter settled
and TO do anything fair toward clos
Ing up the proposition, reported
back 10 the subscribers and they
suggested that Canode call a meet
Ing Of all the stockholders Tor tho
purpose OF deciding the location OF
the farm This Mr. Canode, when
called on him again, declined to do.
Then | asked him for a copy OF the
list Of subscribers and he refused
that saying that he had spent about
SIX weeks OF hard work getting II up
and that he did not propose giving
It away submitted that this was
either = public or private matter
and II Il was public no harm could
be done by giving the subscribers
choice in the settlement OF all Ques-
lions regarding the spending Of their
money He again emphatically
stated that he would not give up the
list
I'm the meantime, through Mr.
Dorsey, number of subscriptions on
tho list had been collected When /
approached Mr. Dorsey on the sub
Jet Of calling meeting Of the sub
scrihors, he replied that he would
follow Mr.. Canode's Instructions in
the matter Afterward when saw
Mr. Canode, he told me that he was
good for all the amounts paid in
and that he would be q guaranty
for their safe keeping
Refuses ITO Return Subscriptions.
Some Of the subscribers" said
Mr. j. l.. smith, have asked for
the return Of their subscriptions till
the matter OF location Is decided by
a majority vote. We asked for ours
and II was refused the same day II
was collected. Mr.. Dorsey said that
he had turned the money over to
Mr., Canode"
Some OF the men present suggest
ed that Mr.. Canode bo tolsphoned
and asked to attend the meeting. It
developed, however, that Mr.. Canode
had a few hours before left for a
months vacation He had been adj
yised OF the action about to be taken
and had left his part OF the affair in
the hands Of Mr.. j. II. Wills, Mr..
Wills was also absent from the meet
Ing although he had been asked to
attend.
The oasis., 1907-12-07
Nogales People Abroad |.

MORALES MERCHANT. $. A. o. Brien, one of the most prominent merchants in Nogales, arrived in the city yesterday from his home town in order to replenish his Christmas stock of goods which has been depleted by reason of an ex- ceptionally heavy holiday trade. He will remain here until Tuesday, when he will return to the line city.-Tucson Star.
 BUYING GooDs. NJ. Marsteller, a prominent merchant in Nogales, came in the city yesterday for the purpose of buying goods for his store in that city. He has placed a great many orders for Christmas goods, but said last evening that he had nearly sold out all his holi- day articles and was obliged to come to Tucson to replenish his stock.-Tucson Star.
 Robert Fleischer, the we'll known cattleman of Nogales. Ariz., visited friends in Albuquerque yesterday. Albuquerque Journal.
The oasis., 1907-12-07

sl.21, with common steers at S3.50 t0 &3 00, stockers and feeders s3.Gj to S395 for anything desirable, cows $2 SO to S3.55 heifers s3 co to S375. bulls $40 to S2S0, pan. handle, Eastern Colorado and New Mexico COWS at $40. to $3.15, stockers S3.25 to S3.70, calves S3.S0 to S425, veals up to S6.50, killing steers $3.70. While future prices are more of a guess than usual, and there is more confidence apparent each week.
 Range sheep and lambs are fall- ing off rapidly, and fed stuff is be. ginning to move. The feeling is strong among dealers here this week, but q big decline at Buffalo and Chicago was reflected here 10 the extent of 10 to 15 cents. Market is closing today strong to 10 higher. Top range lambs this week $500, fed lambs S6.25, range yearlings $500, fed yearlings $5.40, fed weth- CTS $4.S0, ewes $4.50, grass ewes S425. Country grades are gen. erally common quality, and move only at the seasons low figures, lambs $4.SO to $5.15, ewes $3.25 to $4.25, wethers and yearlings $350 to $400. Light supplies will rule for a week or two, but fed stuff will likely be marketed earlier than usual this season, as most feeders will lose money, and wish to close up as soon as possible.
 J. A. RICKART, l.. $. c.
The oasis., 1907-12-07
Live Stock Market.

KANSAS CIrY, Nov. 29, 19O7.- The cattle supply has been smaller this week, 38,000 head, including 5000 calves, and the market is higher the two last market days, after small decline on Monday. Market conditions are not yet normal, but there is a vast im- provement over q week or two ago, as killers are not so timid, and many buyers from the country have come in, and have cleaned up every thing suitable at an advance of 9 cents over the low time about ten days ago A large number of range cattle have been here this week and last, sales of Colorado
 beef steers this week at $4.15 and
The oasis., 1907-12-07
MEXICAN cenrRAt's NEW PRESIDENT
It Is s. N. Felton, Head of the Alton
 and a Hartman Man.


 Ou Wednesday of this week, S.. NJ. Felton, president of the Chicago and Aiton railroad, a Hartman property, was elected president of the Mexican Central railroad. Eel, ton is Hartman man and the question naturally arises: What does it mean? Is Hartman in control of the Mexican Central? What will be the effect on the pro posed merger of the system with the other railroads controlled by the Mexican government?
 Of course it is known that Standard Oil Is in control of the Central through H. Clay Pierce of the Waters Pierce Oil Company. Hartman is practically acknowl- edged as the Standard OiPs chief railroad manager and Hartman Is building a railroad from Guaymas to Guadalajara down the west coast of Mexico and he Is the man who conceived the brilliant scheme of a merger of the principal Mexi- can railroads in connection with roads in the States when President Diaz 'beat him to it."
 Owing to the great stringency in the money market the Mexican government has been unable thus far to finance its deal for its pur- chase of 255,000 out of 300, ,000 shares of Central stock under the control of H. Clay Pierce. Ac- cording to report few days ago the government had been given four months extension on the deal, but the latest information Is that nothing will be known as to mat ters until some time i'll February next.
 In the meantime everything looks like Hartman as the coming railroad king of Mexico in control of the Central east of the Sierra Madres and Cananea, Yaqui River and Pacific, now being constructed, on the west. Something new and startling in the railroad situation can be expected to develop in the next few months.
 Mr. Felton was in Mexico City on the 16th inst, having been met in Fl Paso by Vice President c. k. Hudson. At that time 1t does not seem to have been known that Mir. Felton was to be made president and director of the Gen. tral.
 It appears that there has been received in Mexico no information in the matter but it is presumed Eben Richards, who has been pres ident of the Mexican. Central since the retirement of A. A. Robinson will resume his old position as general counselor with headquarters in New York.-Chihuahua Enter prise.
The oasis., 1907-12-07

Save money by having your Articles of Incorporation drawn and all details arranged by THE OASIS BUREAU OF INCORPORATION" "#
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-10-19
THAT SEATTLE SPIRIT

The Seward Gateway lays itself open to the charge of being not a little pre- jew-diced in. this which it calls the "best analysis of the Seattle Spirit::''
 "The Seattle Spirit is not psy- chological but chemical; it is dis titled from neurine, yaporized, and as hot air Its efficient properties are incessant dilatation of the absorptive and -prehensile organs and crass gasconade. Its functional activity is abnormal, its afflatus a crude alchemy which seeks to trans mute brass into gold, and it's para mount instinct causes it to cling to every tangible chattel like viscous radiate to submarine rock.
 By the law of natural selection this curious amalgam of commercial craft, effrontery and rodomontade pre- fers gall to gray matter and exalts as- sertive mediocrity above mere ability. From which it results that brazen im- pudence can climb higher and stick longer in Seattle than in any other spot in the half-civilized world.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-10-19
FACTS STRANGER THAN FICTION

If anyone imagined that Ida Tarbell wrote fiction when she furnished the public what was purported to be his tory of the Standard Oil company, all doubt has been dispelIed by the invest igation of the government now being held in New York.
 Every indictment brought against the company by Miss Tarbell has been proved, and the government has struck pay dirt that escaped Miss Tarbell's notice.
 Rebates were demanded as a matter of course, and given, apparently as matter of necessity, railroads obvious ly fearing the enmity 6. Gs s.so u. Standard. When competing companies requested like favors, they were invariably turn ed down.
 Whenever an independent company threatened to become dangerous, the Standard had very effective plan for putting it out of business. If its offic- ials showed friendly inclination, the Standard purchased the property at a reasonable figure.
 If it showed fight, it was driven out of business by a system of persecution that has no parallel in the industrial world. And few were allowed to continue as independents in name, the Standard exercising the privilege of inspecting their books, handling most of their products, and bagging most of their profits.
 Under such autocratic conditions, there is little cause for surprise that the Standard was enabled in less than ten years to show balance of nearly billion dollars, and that some of it's subsidiaries cleaned up for the stock holders thousand per cent. And perhaps it should not be matter of surprise that men who had the nerve to play the game have now the hardi- hood to stand up in court and stoutly maintain that these profits were only reasonable. But such unblushing effrontery no longer goes with the neonla
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-10-19
ANOTHER OPTIMIST

John Wanamaker, former post master general, and q good one, is one of those men who believe that the general business conditions in the country are tiptop and that Wall street can have it's little tantrum without any permanently bad results. he says:
 "There is nothing the matter with business in America. Wall street is little world in itself, and every now and then 1t amuses itself by kicking as though it were engaged in foot ball game. But ali Uni, has no real effect on the business of the country. That goes on expanding and growing stronger every day.
 ''Stock jobbing has little or no effect on manufacturing either. As long as there is a demand for things, the mills must run.
 Never before have wage earners received such large compensation as they are receiving today, and never before have the working people had such big savings bank accounts. A few mistakes in railway management, or in the controlling of our big indus trial corporations are not going to throw discredit upon the honesty and energy and ability of the entire Amer ican business world"
 This cheering view, and there is much of sense in it. Mistakes have been made in railroad management and in other things. Perhaps in some measure mistakes have been made in the manner of rectifying those other mistakes. Certainly we have fallen on period of at least temporary un- settlement. It is, however, not an unmixed evil. The readjustment go- ing on had become necessary. We will doubtless emerge from it safer and sounder and more stably pros- porous country. The readjustment process is not pleasant, but there is nothing about it that calls for giving up all hope.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-10-19
FUDGE.

The department of publicity of the Alaska Y ukon-Pacifc Exposition fav- ors The Miner with an occasional let ter for publication, some of which it has printed as being likely to serve the purpose for which they were in- tended. and for others of which it could find no more appropriate recept- acle than the waste basket. Of these latter the following is fair sample ::
 Documents, which would have been of great importance at the time of the conference in London in regard to the Canadian boundary question, have been recently unearthed in Alas ka by Leo Nabokoff, a friend of Count Leo Tolstoi. They are ancient Russi- an papers showing how Russia manag- ed to lay claim to the entire northern coast of North America.
 'Nabokoff has forwarded some of the documents to the Governor General of Canada and they will in all probability be exhibited in the Do- minion building at the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, which will be held at Seattle in 1909, as they would have played an important part in the his tory of the countries the fair will be held to exploit had they been brought to light sooner.
 1t was while in Sitka where be was sent by his government to put in order the archives kept by the Russian authorities that Nabokoff discovered the papers. They were written in uld Russian which he had studied. One of the records was an order from the Russian government to the Czar's governor of Alaska to bury tablets bearing the Russian coat of arms at different points along the coast which were to be carefully noted, so that in after years when the country became valuable they could be dug up and used by Russia to claim the territory. This was done in part and the purport of some of the documents is that Rus sia appropriated the whole of the Alaska coast. Had these records been brought to light before the boundary decision some five years ago they might have affected it, but now that the coast line is forever settled they are chiefly of interest as relics.
 "Nabokoff located some of the tab lets and they will be secured for ex- They were buried as far south as British Columbia. Had they 1een unearthed and claim laid to that ;erritory, the United States, by the purchase of Alaska, would DOW own
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-10-19

infrequent and short lapses of sun shine. In summers when the sun shines most of the time vegetation grows at rate which is incredible to anyone who has not seen the results.
 In Seward also small gardens thrive and many families raise their own vegetables, or part of them. All the flowers indigenous to the northern states are cultivated here and attain great size and unsurpassed luster in coloring.
 The soil in which these vegetables and flowers flourish is gravel wash from the mountains, with thin coat of vegetable mold. It staggers the unbelief of a denizen of the Mississip- pi valley to see such rank growth in ground where scarcely any soil is vis- ible, as he understands the term, yet Illinois and Iowa do not produce bet ter vegetables in their black loam than Kenai peninsula does in wash gravel.
 The market gardens north of town have been under cultivation several years by w. A. McPherson and Ole Martin. They largely supply the Se- ward market with fresh vegetables. The gardens are hewed out of the timber and are surrounded by stumps and logs, forming. an oasis in the des- ert of gray woods with its rank growth of underbrush. Mir. McPherson was a professional photographer before he carved homestead in the Alaska wilderness and he spends part of his time now in making photographic views.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-10-19
GARDENING IN ALASKA

The Seward Gateway, of recent date, gives the following hint of what can be done in the way of farming and gardening in that section of Alaska, the climatic conditions of which are not unlike those of large part of Alaska
 ''Three miles north of Seward lie two market gardens in which grow all the ordinary vegetables that thrive in the northern states-potatoes, tur- nips, carrots, rutabagas, peas, beans, cauliaower, cabbage, lettuce-nearly all of unusual size. This in spite of the fact that the present summer has been cool and rainy throughout with
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-10-19
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN
(By Leo Ranney)

Conditions are such that we have decided not to issue the monthly re- ports of pupils for the first month, but September's grades will be found on the cards when issued in October
 This year if a pupils grade in de- pertinent averages 90, on a5Oye, he will be excused from examination in those studies in which he has an aver age of 90 or more, but he must take examinations in all other branches. II pupils grade in department aver ages below 90 he shall not be excused from any examination. This regula- tion, however, does not excuse pupils from written lessons that the teacher may give from time to time.
 Funny things occasionally happen now in school, even as when you were young; and nothing is quite so funny as something that is funny in school. Some time ago two Ketchikan boys were trying to decide upon some fam iliar game 10 play. One Napoleon said to his comrade, Say let's play train. I'll be captain and you can be mate.'
 A primary arithmetic class was re- gently studying lesson in subtrac- tion, when, without any warning the teacher asked what is it called when one number is taken away from an- other. A heavy silence followed. little master mind spoke up, "Well, I don't know unless it's called unaddition.
 A pupil of the Wrangell schools was
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-10-19
PROFITS PROVE A MONOPOLY

fhOt11O 1hON IL A hOANoI OL
 The statements of dividends and profits of nearly score of subsidiary corporations belonging to the Standard Oil company of New Jerey, the trust, submitted in evidence in the New York hearing of the governments suit to dissolve the combine, reads more like the glttering prospectus of some self-exploited gold mining con- pany than the actual financial transac- tions of a legitiamtee-hhHss.1iiness -upder- taking. Fronts of 1000 per cent earn cd by the Standard of Indiana are un- usual even in these days of get-rich- quick improvement companies, min- ing bonanzas and fake promotions. The profits of the rest of the allied corporations also run into fabulous percentages, as based on their paper capitals. How much of this stock, in the aggregate, is watered, is a ques- tion the answer to which undoubted
 ly would still further swell the rate of earnings. From the sh0wings here made it may be safely concluded that on it's actual investment the Standard Oil company of New Jersey, including it's subsidiary possessions, is making profits far in excess of those of any other enterprise in this or any other country. Contrary to the economic rule that the larger the investment and greater the business the smaller is the margin of profit, which applies to most competitive industries, the Standard company's fiscal statement shows the reverse condition, or a tremendous increase of the profit mar gin as the business has expanded.
 These profits are abnormal, exces- sive and illegitimate. They repre- sent the practice of extortion upon millions of consumers. They are sim ply preposterous when measured in the light of returns from any other investment of large character. That it is possible in single year to pile up net earnings of sl0, GOO, GOO on cap ital of sl, ,000 900, or turn one dollar into ten, proves that the prices of kerosene and the by-products from the petroleum industry are many times what they should be. Compare these facts with the statement of H. H. Rogers and defenders of his corpora tion that Standard Oil is philanthro- pie industry, that it has been a bless ing to mankind and that it sells ''cheap' oil to the public. The truth is that the lighting of humble homes with kerosene is the most excessively paid for necessity that has to be pro- vided. Instead of being cheap, it is the dearest of all commodities. There is just one and only reason why this is so. The Standard Oil company is a monopoly. Its war against competi- tors has been so successful that it has been enabled to practice extortion to any degree its greed might dictate. It's profits alone prove that it is an illegal combiration, to say nothing of the direct evidence establishing such contention.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-10-19

recently visiting in Ketchikan. He liked he town; he liked the people; he thought that he'd like the schools. But when asked how he liked Wran- gell, his face suddenly lighted up as he exclaimed, "Wrangell's a fine city; they used to have horse at Wrangeil but somebody came along and shot it.
 In certain room of the Juneau schools, the song, ''Alaska My Alas ka" was being sung AS Juneau pupil wrote the song they take -espec- ial pride in singing it. You may re- call that the last stanza runs thus: "From now, o land of ice and snow
 The wealth from out thy hills shall flow
 And cast o'er all radiant glow Alaska, my Alaska. /"
 At the close of the singing a boy raised his hand to exclaim, Well, Miss -, don't see what castor oil' has got to do with it.. There are many children in Ketchi- kan who know but little of street cars. It is reported that one of our eighth grade boys, overhearing conversa- tion about the street cars of Seattle, became very enthusiastic. When a lull came in the conversation he ven- tured to remark, "Say, but I'd like tc see them rope a street car when she tieS m v
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-10-19

It is said that in northern Ontario there will be a stretch of seventy miles on the line of the Grand Trunk Pacific, the western terminus of which will be only about one hundred miles from Ketchikan, which will be with out curve or rock cutting. phis, it is stated, will be the lor est piece ot straight track oD-..,,le continent. Re. -rr.GGfrs rGGffrts of surveyors speak very highly of the country in northern Ontario, which the new trans continental rail- way will travse.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-10-19

It may have been an inspiration in the line of unselfsh patriotism. but, it would be we'll to wait and see if the inspiration wasn't merely the prompting of a desire for something in the way of official promotion. Reference is had to the action of the mayor of a Massachusetts city in veto- ing an order of the council giving him a retroactive raise of $500 in his salary.