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The San Francisco call., 1907-03-14

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Brocl<wav MatcnIf
Mr. and Mrs George D. Metcalf. Miss
Marian Huntington and Ensign Martfn
r. Metcalf. U. S. N. have gone IN the
Broekway Metcalfs' motor to Del MoTts
for a brief stay
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-14

Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Porter Bishop
and Grantland Voorhies have returned
from a months stay at the Bisnop
ranch in Santa Barbara County. where
Mr.. Bishop and Mr. Voorhies had some
excellent shooting.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-14

a N event of this evening will be
Y the dinner to be given by Mrs.
F. Walton Hedges in honor of
- Miss Inrrafna de La Mnnfanva
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-14
The Irlsider
Saws Government Has Problem to Solve
in Finding Successor for Colonel Heuer
and Tells How Latter Folled Schwer1n

The predicament Of the War Department
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-10
Of qualification to him that the town
md country have prospered to such
nm astonishing extent
CONCERNING LAST
R. R. PROPERTY

The commission appointed by the
court in the condemnation proceed
Ings for the property east OF the Pc
cos Valley limos is in session today
in consideration Of the last residence
to be purchased. rms is the prop
erty OF Mrs. l., A. Beall, at 1909
Hayes street aud is now occupied by
her and her family as their home,
The building Is a square, i-room and
hall, frame house, on two twenty
five foot Inside lots, facing west, II
Is next door and is practically the
same in character as the Pepper prop
erty which the commission passed on
last week and allowed the owner
about $1,1OO.s7 In the hearing today
Judge l.. c, Barrett is representing
Mrs. Beall before the commission
which consists OF Messrs. l.. A. Wells,
Charles l.. Green and w. A. Crossett.
Besides the residence property,
the last OF which is now being ac-
CURED, there remains yet the prop
erty belonging to unknown owners,
For this the commission has to so
through a process of law which con-
sumes considerable time, 1t is
thought that all the property for
which the owners are not known can
be acquired this month
Deed Made for Last Residence.
BY compromise affected this
morning, Mrs, Beall agreed to make
deed tot he property in question for
the sum Of S1,150. This is higher
than has been allowed for other
property in the neighborhood but the
Beall property had been improved
and cared for more than some of the
other places and the commission de-
cided that it would be better to make
the concession and close up the mat
ter rather than carry the question
further at increased expense. Deed
will accordingly be made and with
this deal all of the property belong
ing to known owners will be ready
to turn over the railroad.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-10
NOT WORTH A YEARLL G APIECE
But the Eight Lots Arc Now Worth
$4,000.

Ten or eleven years ago. re-
marked r. NJ. Warden, deputy
United states marshal, from Dallas,
during business call at the Daily
Panhandle office the other afternoon,
"my son Hewitt was back here, you
know, after we had moved down to
Dallas He was working with Hank
Siders then on the ranch and yearl-
ings we're good property, good deal
better property than real estate IN
Amarillo or anywhere around 1t. |
had some lots left here that / want
ed TO get rid of. They weren't any
good to me and ] just had TO pay
a little taxes on them every year so
| wrote up to Hewitt to trade them
off or sell them There were eight
lots three of them were over there
in the next block Corner of Taylor
and Eighth and the others were
right around in there. So | wrote
Hewitt to trade those lots off and to
ret a yearling a lot If he could. He
witt tried but the yearlings looked
too much like money and the lots
didn't. He wrote back to me that
ne couldn't get yearling a lot and
so we gave up the trade and had to
keep the lots. kept them on for
a year or SO longer and sold them
for small sum-
The lots which Mr. Warden and
the public generally valued so lightly
then are now worth easily 10000.
Mr.. Warden related that his section
east OF town which he sold for $3.50
about the same time has sold recently
for S17 per acre or over 10000.
The remarkable rise in property val
ues and the accompanying growth
of Amarillo and the Panhandle coun-
FRY are causes for wonderment to
Warden. He came to this country
twenty years ago before there was a
house on the present site Of Anna
rillo and when the little settlement
at the "old town" was just starting.
He was one Of the first sherffs of
the county and served for number
of terms during the early days OF
the town. He lived here through what
might appropriately be called the
starving time" of the town and
country and moved away before the
new growth began. Although he
greatly regrets that he did not keep
some of the property he owred in the
earlier days, he has never lost his
interest in Amarillo and 1t is a source
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-10

1000 a year and is one OF the best
equipped and best organized IN the
state, The work Of lis chief, more
over, Is no! so strenuous but that It's
new incumbent will have time for
relaxation
Sloan simpson Is a frequent visit
or TO Amarillo in connection with his
ranching interests o. Boyna and
elsewhere, He Is rlnchman who
has had the time, the inclination and
the resources to develop many other
interests and he Is a thorough man
Of the world, As a member OF the
famous Rough Rider regiment In the
Spanish-AmerIcan war he formed
a personal acquaintance with Theo'
dorc Roosevelt which has been con
tlnued since In hunting expeditions
together and IN frequent visits to
the Roosevelt home,
In state Republican party politics,
Simpson has taken leading part,
lie has been state and national COM
mitteeman and delegates to various
national conventions, In other or
CARNATIONS as In the Cattle Raiscrs'
association he has been chosen for
official positions which he has filled
with characteristic energy and abil-
party record and very probably his
intimate acquaintance with the Pres
ident have combined to give him one
Of the most coveted positions in the
giving of the federal service in Tex
as, the Dallas postoffiCe,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-10
CONTRACT FOR
NATATORIUN

by contract completed yesterday
with I'D Gross manager Of the Gross
Brothers Cement Construction COM
many, that firm Is to construct In
the near future a swimming pool for
The biz natatorium TO he erected at
Famous Heights Park, Under the
terms Of the contract, the pool is to
be 36Xl,0 In ground plan with a
depth from one foot al one end to
seven and a half feet It the other,
The walls are to be OF solid concrete
and part OF the pool, ljX6O feet will
be set apart to be filled with warm
water for those who do not wish a
plunge into the water at the natural
temperature In the big pool
over the pool after the cement
construction is finished will he erect
cd a building about 7OXliO with tiers
Of seats for spectators extending up
from the edge OF the pool, with Of
ficcs and waiting rooms for attend
ants and patrons, There will be two
hundred dressing rooms for the ac-
commodation Of bathers,
Into the pool, It is the intention
OF the managers, to keep a stream
Of fresh water running at all times
and stream will be running out
at all tines into the lagoons. At the
present the drillers are at work on
the ground putting down wells both
for pumping and for drainage In time
of high water from rains,
Besides the natatorium building
the managers announce a band stand,
dancing pavilion, and a boat
house For the boat house, the
management has already ordered
sample boats and the kind will be
decided later. The lagoon about the
island which is to form the park
proper will be seventy-two feet wide
on an average and Will be ABOUT I'VE
feet deep. This is deep enough for
any of the boats and is at the same
shallow enough to remove any dang
err from chance accidents in the
boats
The Clarendon nursery people who
are TO do the tree planting and gard
ening, are shipping their tents and
SUPPLIES here to put in camp on the
grounds. They are to do all the
blowing and preparing of ground for
trees and are to plant, besides the
trees and shrubbery in the park,
about seven miles of trees along
streets. Walks in the park will prob
ably foe of macadam but the walks
to the park from Tenth street, to be
built Of cement, have already been
contracted from the Gross company.
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CHANGE IN LAND FIRM.
The Oakcs-Sadlcr-Witt Company Is
New Name.


by change announced this week,
&C. h. Cakes becomes member OF
the land firm which has had sue
cessful years business under the
name Of witt & Sadler, The firm
name Is now changed and will here
after be the Oakes-Witt-Sadler COM
pany L, j, witt and James f, Sad
Ter, Jro continue in the business as
the other members Of the firm. The
company is now located in the Of
iices in the Eakle building which
witt & Sadler have occupied.
Mr.. Cakes, the new member OF
the firm is a veteran Panhandle bus
mess man, Here and at Claiming
he has been in business for nearly
eighteen years and in that time he
has been intimately connected with
the forces that have made the won
derful development Of the country,
re WIS lOI years udHdStI vi Tue
Claiming Mercantile & Banking Co,
and disposed of his interests there a
few years ago to become president
of the Amarillo National Bank here.
He continued in the management Of
that institution till few months
ago when he retired from active con-
necton with the administration of
the banks business. He is already
an extensive owner Of Amarillo real
estate and with his knowledge of the
country and people he will add eff
fcct"ge strength to the firm he now
enters.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-10
A LUCKY FIND.
MachiniSv Who Picked Up Roll Of
Bills Refused Any Reward.

w. II. Defreis, a farmer Of the
Indian Territory near Bixby, who is
here looking over the Panhandle
country, is very grateful to a ma
chinist in the Pecos Valley shops
here and he will go away from ANA
rillo with high regard for the hon
esty and square dealings OF Amarillo
citizens.
Yesterday Mr.. Defreis ate dinner
at the Saddle Rock restaurant on
Lincoln street and after he had fin
ished his meal paid the check with
some silver from pocket purse. He
then walked out Of the restaurant
and stopped a short distance away
to talk to some acquOintances.. A
few minutes later he was surprised
to have man approach him and
ask if he had lost any money, Then
in an instant he discovered that a
roll Of bills amounting to more than
a hundred dollars was missing from
the pocket in which he carried his
purse for silver. He answered that
he had lost roll Of bills, described
the amount and the character of the
bills, and the man handed over the
roll which Mr., Defreis had lost.
In making the payment In the
restaurant the roll OF bills had caught
on one side Of the purse and had
dropped to the floor when he took
out the purse. Here IL had lain un-
noticed till w. J. Fleishman, the next
man to eat at that place sat down
and happened to find the roll He
Immediately made inquiries with the
result that he found the owner in
Defreis
But do you know" said Defre S,
in telling of the circumstance yester-
day afternoon, that man wouldn't
take cent of reward. He just said
for me to do him that way If 1t came
my way to do it. tell YOU there
aren't many men like that"
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ENTERTAINs NEwsBoYs.
Daily Panhandle Distributors Take
in the Big Show.

Any subscriber OF the Daily Pan
handle who wishes to know anything
or everything about Mr.. Pawnee Bill
and his show can learn same by con-
versing with the carrier boy when he
brings the paper this evening. This
afternoon the force OF enterprising
youngsters who take the daily to the
city subscribers is being entertained
at the big show. All the boys on
leaving the office this afternoon
promised to be back promptly at
half past four but none of them took
watches along and 1t may be that
they will be unable to correctly Judge
time in connection with Wild West
and Far East standards. But sooner
or probably later, the boys will take
the paper around and 1t is quite like
ly that they will be able to give out
a quantity Of interesting details
about the big show.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-10
ALL RECORDS BROKEN

The Tyler Commercial College of
Tyler, Texas, the largest business
college Of the country, enrolled al
most 200 new students during the
month of September. The Byrne sys-
tens, class care Of students, all day
sessions, discipline, good board at
low rates, the best teaching, most
successful students-these are the
bed rock on which this greatest of
commercial institutions rests.
You, reader, may not know that
this great college is absolutely the
only one In the state that teaches
bookkeeping and business by real
face to face dealings from the start,
teaches the banking used in medium
and smaller banks as well as in the
larger ones, that gives expert ac-
counting and foreign exchange work,
yet such is the case. II is the only
one equipped with miniature electri-
cal railway, motor generators, rail
road and Western Union blanks and
record books, giving the literary and
typewrlting work needed by operat-
ors free with the course.
Reader the business world needs
you. Fit yourself in the big bust
ness college that guarantees results,
and gets the best positions.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-10
IS. nj. CRITTENDEN.
Notice TO Creditors.

Estate of Mary NJ. Sweet, deceased.
Whereas, letters of administration
upon the estate of Mary NJ. Sweet
deceased, were granted to tho under
signed by the County Court of Pot
ter County. on the 9th day of Oc-
tober, A. D. 1906, all persons hold.
ing claims against said estate are re-
qulred to present the same within
the time prescribed by law.
My residence is at Amarillo, Tex
as, and my postoffice address is at
Amarillo, Texas, care of Madden G.
Trueove. DON A. SWEET,
BY Madden G. Trueloye, Attorneys.
80 ic
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-10

80 PER CENT
POStOttiCe Receipts Keep Up
Rate OF Phenomenal Growth
During Summer Quarter

Although the quarter Just passed
is usually the dullest one of the year
in postoffice business, receipts in
Amarillo showed such enormous in
creases that the quarter ending Sep
TENDER 80 reached the highest total
in the history of the office, The in
crease over the same quarter last
year was over thirty per cent. The
figures are as follows;
Summer quarter 1907.....$77SS.1i
Summer quarter 19O6..... 5,37S.7O
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=, STATE FAIR umN wu
Special to Daily Panhandle.


sedalia, Mo-, Oct. 5.-This was In
augural day at the Missouri state fair
and final preparations were COM
pleted and exhibits installed for what
is likely to prove the greatest week
in the seven years history OF the ex-
position. Over $4,000 in clsh
premiums are offered this year and
have attracted an exceptionally good
quality of agricultural and live stock
exhibits. AS usual, Missouri mules
will be numerous at the fair and will
again emphasize the lead of the
show-me state as the mule-breeding
center OF the world. A number OF
running and harness events are card-
ed daily for the mile track BY an
appropriation Of the state legislature,
three new fire proof stock barns
have been erected since the last fair
A ten mile automobile race for a
purse Of $1,000 will be run Tuesday
afternoon. Governor Folk will visit
the fair next week and deliver an ad-
dress
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-10
TAX TOTALS
ARE DOUBLE
1907 City RendItIOns Show
Nearly 100 Per Gent. In,
Grease Over 1906.

The completed tax rolls for the city
Of Amarillo which city Assessor Gee
brought In for approval at the last
meeting Of the council show totals
which are slightly less than double
the figures last year. The increase
in property values accounts for part
Of this but the large increase in the
area Of the city by the annexation
of additional territory last December
causes quite u part Of the increase.
Tho lists for this year and last
are as follows.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-10

other night. He was running his
own engine through the yards here
and in passing another engine which
was standing on another siding. an
ash hoe from the tender OF the other
engine caught against his own en-
CINE and swung around so that It
struck him in the back. The speed
Of the engine made the blow so hard
that It knocked Easley out for time
but on examination the injury was
found not to be serious. He will
have painfully sore shoulder for
time but It will not result in per-
manent injury.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-10
WOOD BURIED
IN OAK CLIFF

The Dallas News today makes men
ton of the burial in Oak Cliff of the
remains of Peter Wood, who died in
a sanitarium there Monday night.
His family who had gone to Dallas
a few days ago in response to tele-
grams advising them OF his critical
condition, was with him at his death.
1t has been known to Mr.. Wood S
friends for many months that re-
covery from tuberculosis, of which
for years he had been a victim, was
impossible and the news Of his death
does not come unexpected. 1t is
none the less a shock and the large
number Of people mere and over the
Panhandle country who knew him
will distinctly regret his loss. He
came to Amarillo nearly ten years
ago as observer at the local weather
bureau and in this position he con-
tinued till last fan when he resigned
in the hope of gaining further relief
for his malady by living SO far as
possible in the open air,
While filling the duties of his po-
stion at the weather bureau, Mr..
Wood took the opportunity of enter
ing actively into the life of the com
munity. He became great lover OF
the Panhandle climate which he be-
lieyed had prolonged his life many
years. He was thorough believer
in the future Of the Panhandle coun-
try and faithful worker for the adj
vanccment and development of the
country. He eXemplified his Chris
tianity by living a Christian citizen
ship. In the congregation Of the
First Presbyterian church, of which
he has always been an active mem
Der, he will be especially missed
Mrs. Wood, with several younger
children and John Wood, of the
county surveyors office survive him.
All the members Of the family live
in Amarillo and will return here as
soon as the affairs connected with
the interment are. concluded.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-10

The revolver that is not loaded
continues to keep its place in the
armory of the angel of death.-Chi-
cago News.
1t is queer logic that permits one
set of men to agree on prices and
denies that right to another set Of
men.-Waco Times-Herald.
The New Jersey wife who horse
whipped her husbands affinity, has
rather discouraged the soul-mate
stunt. Beaumont Enterprise.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-10

outing since the accident, He was car
ried down town To-Day and hereafter
he will he given regular outings, A
special invalid chair for him arrived
today and he will now be able to care
for himself much more than he has
since the accident occurred
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-10
Chapman Dewitt Improves.

. Although the injury to his spine
renders his lower limbs practically
useless. Chapman Dewitt who was in
jured last July at the state encamp-
ment, continues TO improve and to-
day he was taken out for his first
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-10
/ 80
Si,NOS.982 S25O5.2lS

From the list it will he seen that
the nonresident list has increased
only a comparatively small amount
during the year This is owing to
the fact that lats year the property
OF the Amarillo company was listed
as belonging to nonresident owners.
This year all this is credited to resi-
dent owners and the resident list Is
greatly increased by the change
TO Reduce Unrcndcrcd List.
The unrendered list in both years
is comparatively large but this year
the total is three times what it was
last year, The unrendered property
Is largely in what IS known as the
odd town" and in the Mirror add
lions. Both of these were outside
the corporation at the last rendition
but by the annexation nearly all OF
both additions were included in the
city limits. When the big delinquent
list which is now being prepared in
the Daily Panhandle office, is pub
lished, much OF this unrendered
property credited on the rolls to un-
known owners vii be cleared up
and the back taxes will be paid This
Will return a considerable sum to the
treasury and will also greatly reduce
the unrendered list.
Total Available Taxes.
The total available taxes on this
years and last years rolls are as
follows.
1907 1906
$32,30S.65 S16,772.73
Poll taxes for this year are fig
ured in the rolls at $50. Last year
the number on the rolls was i95
The number of voters who vii ac-
tually pay poll taxes will be much
larger than the rolls show. Next
year is an election year and the
payment of poll taxes will be much
more general than it has been In
1907, for instance, which is IN "off
year" politically,
City Running on Over Draft.
The present year has been espe-
cially hard for city finances. When
the annexation was made last De-
cember, the city increased its area
nearly four times but did not in
crease its revenue for this year a
single dollar Greatly increased de-
mands have been put upon the city
by reason of the annexation and by
the rapid growth in all sections but
these demands have had to be met
by the revenue from the cramped
limits before the increase In area was
made. None of this additional rev.
enue will actually be available In
cash till in December and January
BY arrangement with the banks,
however, the city is spending part of
that money for expenses now and the
banks are carrying the Indebtedness
as over draft to be paid when the
taxes are paid.
Although the revenue next. year
will be almost double what il has
been this year, it is probable that
it will be taken up as fast as the
small sum has been during the pres
ent year and that this time next fall
the city will again be borrwoing
money on over drafts to maintain
expenses. But in the meantime ANA
rillo will have a number Of new ce-
ment crossings, several streets will
be paved, there will be scores Of new
lights on the streets, and in the va
rious departments of the city from
streets to offices, there will have
been added additional men and i'm
provements for handling the citys
growing business.
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Notice In Probate.

Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons having claims against the estate
Of w. II. Pate deceased, that the un-
dersigned was granted letters testa-
mentary in accordance with the will
of said w. II, Pate, deceased, on the
18th day of July 1907 by the coun-
ty court Of Potter county Texas and
all persons having claims against
said estate are notified to present
the same within the time prescribed
by law. The residence and postof-
flee address of the undersigned Is
Amarillo, Texas,
S. D. CRITTENDEN,
Executor Of the will of W. II. Pate,
deceased "a &c
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-10

A Louisville couple married under
the water the other day. Kentucky
is constantly inventing uses for water
other than drinking it.--Houston
Post
1t is not so important how much
you know, as to the practical use to
which you put what you do know.
whether little or much.--Laredo
Times.
President Roosevelt will no doubt
observe on his trip down the river
a continuous noise that sounds like
a clamor for. an appropriation
Houston Post. 'T