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The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-16
THURSDAY, MAY, 10, 1907.
PANHANDLE WEATHER.

The Panhandle hears a great deal
Of complaint against the cold weather
we continue to have in the Panhan-
die and the lateness OF the spring
here. All who are complaining Of
our fine weather here, are referred
10 the letter OF Mr. p. l.. Person, In
this issue, written from Omaha,
where he was blizzard bound on the
Sd, unable to go out about the city.
While II may be true that the
weather here is backward, yet II is
also true that II Is better proportion
ately than in other portions OF the
country, From Nebraska Kansas,
Missouri. Iowa, Illinois and all the
way east TO New York city and along
the coast, the season has been unus-
ually bad. and backward, fruit killed
in many places, colds and grip pre-
dominating,
While the SESSION may be backward
here, II Is worse elsewhere. There
is also plenty OF time for growing
crops of all kinds, planted after the
present time. Killing frosts do not
come here until in November, giving
plenty OF time for maturing oats,
corn, spring wheat and all other
crops, put into the ground from this
time on. There is no cause for
alarm, II this country receives It's
usual moisture during the summer,
and there is ample time for bumper
crops TO be raised yet in this coun-
try. Grass Is doing we'll, and stock
are looking fine. There is plenty Of
moisture in the ground to sprout the
growing crops. and II the farmer
uses proper judgment, and properly
prepares his ground, and plants, he
will harvest good yield the growing
season being average, as in past
years, and there is no reason to ex-
pect anything else.
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NEEDS OF ARILLo.

There is demaEor some sober
thought on the pd the citizens of
Amarillo. and eAlly those who
have heavy propi interests here,
and investments pmes and busi-
ness blocks. and expect to make
Amarillo their N homes, as to
what Amarillo of future VIII be?
AT the present tin he city Is grow
ing and there is for carpenters
and workmen id lines OF the
building trades, their earnings
passing through t lannels of trade
stimulates businehll lines. There
is the diyiylOa init OF the various
lines of railroad ring here, and
the wages they butte to their
employees, which goes through
the channels OF tdand stimulates
business to that /, Then there
is the wholesalln@est, groceries,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-16
FARMS THE SOLUTION.

For years, twenty to thirty, there
has been a steady drift OF people
from the country to the cities, until
today the cities and towns are
crowded with families, the heads OF
which make a bare living the yeaI
round, and the wife and mother, in
many instances, and the children. as
soon as they are able to earn aNsal,
airy, are forced to join the ranks OF
the bread winners, to make both ends
meet, and keep up the expenses Of
the family.
For years the country population,
or many Of them, have viewed the
lot OF their city brothers, with en-.
Wy, They seemed to take life easy,
and enjoy all the conyenlences OF
| life and as soon as the children have
grown up, they have been educated
m the towns and cities, where they
nave eventually found employment,
q. re family ultimately drifts to
", ,', where they invest their earn
ings on the farm, in some class OF
business, and in nine cases out OF
ten' lose It, making a failure OF a
business they are not familiar with
and the rest OF the days of the old
people are either cared for by the
children, or they live on odd Jobs
from hand to mouth.
When will this Instrumentation q,
the trne, independent, happy life
change, and the drift be back to the
farms, where industrious and ordi-
narily intelligent people may make
good living, and accumulate IA
The Panhandle is a
believer in the idea that the small
farms is the future solution OF the
over-crowded condition of cities and
towns. There Is today need Of TIL
lers of the soil. The poor man In
the CITY, with small family. NAV
rent or buy on time, small farm.
and in this country of cheap lands.
In few years, with his savings from
labor, If he is industrious, own the
Iarm' have good living as ne goes
along, for himself and family, live
Independently, make his own hours
Tor work and not be at the dicta-
ion of any employer or union, rub
Up against nature, and live happilv
With his family in the meantime
lie can raise most everything he
wants to eat have plenty to sell
With which to buy those things neces-
iary to purchase, raise plenty to
are for stock, and there is not to-
lay any class of legitimate business
which will yield so great returns for
rains, properly applied, as farming
nd stock raising.
One don't need large farm TO do
IL this. Look at what is done at
he experimental station, and see
mat may be raised on a small patch
{ ground. Get farm, In this rich
nd fertile Panhandle, of some size,
1t is not over 40 or S0sacres. move
INTO it, study the markets and raise
hose articles there Is demand for.
nd which can always be turned in
money and see what you may do.
is much more independent, and
irer of gazing competence for old
go, tina making your chances with
lie great throng surging in the mad
'ramble TO make a dollar in the cit
s and towns.
Lands in the Panhandle can now
bought all the way from s. to
40 and $25 per acre desirably To-
ted. Get some of this land while
can be had, and then move onto
be satisfied to work and wait,
"a see how satisfactory it will prove
YOU
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t drugs and druggists suadrles, whial
q maintain their travelling men here
and employees, which brings money
= from outside and distributes II
p through the channels OF trade,
p Aside from these interests the onl,
revenue Amarillo has. is that OF the
new conner, who invests in farm or
town property, that spent by the
transient trade, and as the farm and
stock interests Of the country have
not been largely developed, the in
come from the farms surrounding
Amarillo and The trade derived
therefrom, Is not Of great conse-
quence,
There is going to be an end to
land and town lot speculation, in
time, when the town lots and farms
fall into the hands OF settlers who
use them, and when that time comes,
what is city Of 10000, $1,000 or
10000 going to live and prosper
from? It is high time citizens we're
giving these questions serious
thought for the future,
In addition to the interests ANA
rilo now has, she must secure 9TH
ers, II she would prosper and go to
the front as large city. A friend
suggests to the Panhandle, that there
is room and Amarillo Is the place
for cotton seed oil mill. ANA
rillo is in the edge OF the cotton
fields OF Texas, and she has the rail
way facilities. There are several oil |
mills at points in the cotton belt, |
which have not the railway facili-
ties we have, and which are not the
wholesaling ana distributing point
Amarillo Is. Why will not an oil
mill In Amarillo be a good invest
ment for capital? II would be one
more manufacturing industry, which
would permanently employ labor,
which is the foundation for all cities.
Let the Commercial club and citizens
who have capital to invest, and who
are vitality interested in the future
of Amarillo, for time, give this mat
ter serious consideration.
Then, also, why is not Amarillo
the proper place for large packing
mousse? We have the country, the
stock, and the railway facilities, and
there is no reason why we could not
make packing house here pay.
Other manufactures which may
find raw material here for their
should be started. !
manufactured here, !
which employs labor, and reaches out !
over the country and brings money I
10 the city, is what builds up and !
city permanently, and a
such industries are what Amarillo
mould be embarking In, IL she would n
'e the city we hope for her, in the 3
lext five and ten years,
The Panhandle would like to have q
he views Of citizens, presented 7
through its columns, on these i'm 9,
'ortant subjects. They are matters h
which should not be hushed, but q,
ooked squarely in the face, for they p
ave got to be met sooner or later, II
+ the time will come, when our n,
rogress will stop, and we will con- I,
niue to be only the city the farming a,
nd stock interests of the country u,
to the city, and the inter-
SITS here which employ labor, and
each out and bring into the city out
de money will support.
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That piece OF new concrete side
walk from Eighth to Ninth street,
and on Eighth along the north side
OF the NJ. Il. church, and on Ninth
west from Polk, are great improve
ments, and appreciated when wet
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A SPLENDID RECORD.

The Panhandle has received from
l.. d. Myers, traffic mnSger Of the
Pecos Valley lines, comparative
statement which shows the increase
in immigration to the hnhandle this
year over last. Last var was a re-
cord breaker over the Previous year,
but 1t was nothing to WHAT the first
three months of the present year
show
The statement says that for the
first three months )f this year,
there we're unloaded At points on
the Pecos Valley line in the PAN
handle, $50 cars of eiigrant outfits.
During the same perid OF last year,
there we're unloade at the same
stations on the SAP lines, in the
Panhandle, 1873, anncrease for the
first three monthsof this year Of
over Az per cent Mot
This shows a lrge Increase in
immigration to Y Panhandle for
the frat few mdhs of this year,
and shows that Gat the Panhandle
needs It is gettit a good share of,
and that is settle on the farm lands
to develop the win soil OF the Pan
handle, which avits the magic hand
of man to yield its rich treasures,
The Farmland has said before
that immigratid to the Panhandle
has but Just gun. While it is
pleased with II excellent showing
made thus far Pis year, yet 1t is
satisfied that IN fist three months
of next year wi SLOW as large an
increase over thprF sent year as this
year has over ~"
There Is lots 4 om in the Pan
handle yet for atut settlers and til
lers OF the soil, mdney are needed
and are going to DE The devel-
opment Of the far ing Interests in
the Panhandle for next few years
is going to be sonhing wonderful.
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Still the work Of building goes on,
Mr.. Rockwel"s new brick roominG
house on Harrison, is up to the roof,
and the big thirty room rooming
house down near the depot, is also
well under way, and more are going
up. There is surely room for first
class boarding house, near the bust
ness portion, which could accommo-
date a good number OF boarders.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-16

II always thought old man Brooks,
now dead, run the best newspaper
Amarillo eyes had, hpt nc was rather
crratic, apfi beng instA6 Early days
he was aiT4ys D. hropale. He said
what he lhotBtf wa sesped honest
in what he said, p said Mr., G.. d. Muir
ply to " IesiforH sstYYday might
But now | think the Panhandle Il
the best 6Ab6f Amarillo ever had
| like youE--style of getting up and
presenting the news, 1 can sit down
In the evening, and glance over the
headings, and find just what | want
without having to read the whole
paper, II do not want to-" Such are
the compliments the Panhandle ia
daily receiving on the paper now be-
ing published The management IL
pleased, OF course, that its efforts to
give to the city a iirst-class, up-to-
date newspaper, are appreciated.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-16

weather comes, When ia the city
going TO connect these fine new side
walks with concrete crossings? It
Is hoped II will be soon
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BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY.

The editor Of the Daily Panhandle
enjoyed the fine weather Yesterday,
with hts wife, by drive to the coun-
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ApvERrIsINa RArEs.

Display zoe per inch each insertion
Locals lOc per inch each insertion
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The small poX Mutation grows
better day by day, lille there have
been some new cal developed dur
ing the past few d, and two new
ones were quarined yesterday,
yet the situation better than at
any time in the t. The health
officers have the luation well in
hand, and are mfaining a rigid
quarantine, and ~ is little likeli-
hood of further spp Of the disease.
Thirty-five cases quarantine, Is
the actual and hoI number today,
and aside from dw cases which
may yet develop m persons ex-
posed, as the pats are released
from quarantine, humber will de-
crease from day lay, The num-
Der is not large alarming for a
city OF 10000 potion,
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SUBSCRIPTION 500 PER YEAR

Any errors retlectlng upon the
character. standing or reputation or
any person., firm or corporation
which may appear In the coldmns OF
The Heraldswill be gladly corrected
upon It's being brought 10 the at
tention Of the publishers.
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Entered At the Postotfice at Amar-
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THE WEEKLY HERALD

Published weakly on Thursdays
at Gle POLK street, Amarillo. Texas,
+. n. BOEsEN, Publisher.
S. A. BREWSTER, Editor aud Mgr.
, 1907-02-28
Contract for Telephone Poles.

Superintendent Stewart of the Lar
annie Plains line today awarded to the
Torrey Cedar company of C~lintonville,
Wis, a contract for 1000 standard &C.
dar telephone poles, upon which the
company will erect a private telephone
wire between this city and Centennial,
for the exclusive use of the company.
Mr.. Stewart and President Miller are
figuring with wire companies for both
copper and iron wire, and have not
yet determined which will be used on
the lines. The company will not in
stall a telegraph system for the pres
ent, leaving the business to be handled
by telephone. AS soon as the poles
arrive the line will be built and the
system installed. Instruments will be
placed at intervals along the line,
where needed, for the proper handling
of trains and the disposition of other
company business. The private line
to Centennial will be left to CONNER
cialS business exclusively.
, 1907-02-28
GET YOUR MAGAZINES AT MILLS.
Safes for Walea,

The number of combination safes
in use in Wales is limited. Many
use have contributed to this re.
suit. In the first place burglary is
not common, and "cracksmen" are
practically unknown. Then, the dan.
ger from fires cannot be great when
practically all the buildings are built
Of stone or brick. Police protec-
ton and fire prevention leave little
to be desired along that line. Last
ly, the conservative methods and the
economical bent of business men of
all classes make them satisfied with
lock and key safes, some OF very
ancient patterns. Notwithstanding
these facts, there is an opening for
combination safes on account of the
number of new enterprises estab-
lished annually, for safe dealers re-
port that they frequently take orders
n such safes. Ordinarily such safes
are made to order, and the cheaper
price of American safes should give
them an advantage with such pur.
chaserS.
, 1907-02-28
TESTERS HAVE THEIR TROUBLES
P%unishments for Failure to Amuse
Their Royal Masters.

The man who has recovered $4,000
reward for his services as a jester
may thank his stars that he did not
have to joke for a livelihood in ear
lier days at the courts of greater
p~otentates.
Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great,
and the Emperor Paul, for example,
had rough ways with their fools. A
dagger thrust would follow a poor
joke and Punishment any sign of de-
clining wit. Once when Fougere, the
Jester Of Car Paul, offended his royal
master he was permitted to depart in
peace. In the middle Of the night,
however, he was aroused, and ordered
to get up and prepare for immediate
Punishment to Siberia. He was bum
died into a dark van and driven away
on his long journey.
Day after day, week after week 1t
lasted. Upon arrival he stepped out
into the presence of-the czar All
the time he had been driven, not to-
ward Siberia, but round and round in
st. Petersburg!
, 1907-02-28
Depositors Get NOTHING,
Convict Asks Pardon,

Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 2S.-Applica-
ton has been made to the state board
of pardons by Charles Landers, who
seeks a pardon or a Communication of
sentence. Landers is now in the state
.penitentiary serving a ten years sent
ence for manslaughter committed in
Uinta county. He was sentenced on
September 10, 1900, and has served
nearly all of his term, with deductions
in time for good behavior.
, 1907-02-28
Dining Car Conductor Robbed.

The dining car conductor in charge
of the car on train No. 8 passing here
yesterday afternoon reported hat he
had been robbed Of $3.50 while the
train was in the neighborhood of Co.
lumbus, Neb. The conductor was of
the opinion that one of the Pullman
porters on the train could tell some
what of the occurrence, but he had not
been able when he passed here yester-
day to secure evidence of a convincing
nature. Part of the sum stolen was
company money and part his own pri-
vate funds.
, 1907-02-28
PRETTY GOOD N
IN POLICE COURT.

The monthly reports Of Justice
Hynds as justice of the police court
and justice of the peace, which will be
submitted to the city council and board
of county commissioners next week,
will show a fairly good month for Feb
ruary, with only twenty-five working
days, taking out the four Sundays and
two holidays. Fines in the sixteen
city cases netted s173.5O and fines and
witness fees in criminal state cases
brought $40.95, the fines going to the
county treasury for the benefit of the
common school fund.
, 1907-02-28
inns. Their bond was placed at $1,000
other Arrests May Follow.

The arrests have caused a big sensa-
ton here and has brought to the light
contemplated action against several
other prominent persons said to have
been interested in the defunct institu-
ton. The officers are carefully guard
ing the names of the suspects and will
not say when the arrests will be made,
although they do not deny that such
action Is expected.
Closed Last November.
The Beckwith bank closed its doors
on November IA last and was given
into the hands of Assignee George F.
Chapman. AS yet no definite state
ment as to the condition of the affairs
of the institution has been made. The
liabilities ARE said to be large, but the
exact amount of the assets has not
been determined.
Depositors Get Nothing.
Up to the present time the depos-
itors have received no payments, al
though it is expected the assignee will
soon be in a position to realize on the
assets n declare a dividend.
The Beckwiths were arraigned in
the justice court and their preliminary
trial was set for March G. A. V. Quinn
and DR.. F. H. Harrison signed the bond
for their appearance and they were
released.
, 1907-02-28
New Assistant Superintendent.

Bert Apperson, a former well known
and popular conductor on the Laramie
Cheyenne district, has been made as
sistant superintendent for the Denver
and Rio Grande at Helper, Utah, and
his friends here believe that he will
make good without effort. The ap-
pointment was probably recommended
by Superintendent w. A. Whitney, now
in charge of the transportation depart.
ment of that road at Denver. Mr.. APP.
person was a resident of this city for
some time.
, 1907-02-28
President Still in East.

President Gramm of the Acme Con-
~solidated companies is still in the east.
When he and President Miller of the
Laramie Plains line separated at Chi
cago a few days ago Mr.. Gramm was
feeling not very well and wen to the
home of his mother at C~hillicothe, O.,
for a few days rest. He hoped at that
time to induce his mother to return
and spend the summer with him, but
so far nothing has been heard from
him. He is looked for within the next
few days, however.
, 1907-02-28
FORMER TRAVELLING MAN
ENTERS NEWSPAPER EIE

e. 2. Bills has purchased an inter.
est in the Longmont Times and will
again take up newspaper work, says
the Greeley (Colo.) Sun. He was for
merly connected with that paper. He
is in Greeley this week, packing his
household goods for shipment to their
new home.
, 1907-02-28
AMSTERDAM Is NAMED
FOR FEDERAL ATTORNEY,

Benjamin V. Ausherman of Evans
ton, who was recommended for the DO
sition by the Wyoming delegation in
congress, was yesterday nominated by
the president for United States attor-
ney to succeed Hon. Timothy T. Burke
of Cheyenne.
, 1907-02-28
For Rheumatic Sufferers.

The quick relief from pain afforded
by applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm
makes it a ~favorite with sufferers from
rheumatism, sciatica, lame back, lum-
bago, and deep seated and muscular
pains. For sale by Eggleston Drug
company.
, 1907-02-28
CASING Sent to Front.

Several hundred feet of steel casing
for the deep well being sunk by w. w.
Doyle, and ~rethreaded at the Lovejoy
Novelty works, was sent to the site of
the well this morning. The well is
progressing to the satisfaction of all
parties.
, 1907-02-28
PREPARING TO OPEN
Cl EHTDIr A

Henry Pope and Will Reed are hav-
ing the building at 211 Grand avenue
fitted up for store purposes, including
the addition of a large show window,
and will soon open an electrical store.
Both young men are enthusiastic in
the work, having devoted much time to
the study Of the science, and will no
doubt be able to command their full
, 1907-02-28
PETERS GETS TERM IN
STATE PENITENTJARy

Floyd E. Peters, alias K. X. King
and W. H. Eaton, the men who broke
into the secondhand store of Bicksler
C Co, last week, were captured in
Laramie Saturday and brought to this
city and placed in the county jail, says
the Rawlins Republican. Peters plead
guilty before Judge Craig Monday and
was given four years in the p%eniten-
tiary. Eaton will remain in the county
Jail until a trial can be held.
, 1907-02-28
Loading Rambler Ore.

A box cal from the Union Pacific
was delivered to the Laramie Plains
line this morning, to be sent to the
western terminus and loaded with ore
from the Rambler mine to be SEN to
the smelter at Blue Island, Ill, where
1t will be treated for the noble metals,
palladium and platinum.
, 1907-02-28
Chief Clerk a City Visitor.

H. A. Connect of Cheyenne, chief
clerk in the Office of Assistant Super
intendent A. F. VickRoy of the Wyo-
ming division, was here a little while
yesterday afternoon, meeting old
friends and making new acquaint-
ances. He returned to Cheyenne on a
later train.
, 1907-02-28
NEVER BEEN ExcELLED
AS LOCAL NEWSPAPER.

The Laramie Republican is just a
before, says the Rawlins Republican.
AS a local newspaper it never has been
excelled, editorially it is the best in
the state, and now with the Associated
Press reports none of them has any
edge over it in any way.
, 1907-02-28
Hours Were Too Lono,

Elmer Roy has handed in his resig-
nation as baggage agent for the Union
Pacific railroad. to take effect the first
of March, says the Greeley (Colo.)
Sun. He finds sixteen hours a day too
strenuous.