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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-05

never meet You face to face and say: This is l.
You WILL said Billy suddenly You'll meet me to-
morrow al Dawson's Art Galleries
Not tomorrow or ever.
81 have something 10 tell YOU
"yor must tell me everything the wire l
can't meet you
Very well Are you listening?"
Yes"
"Then it's just this: You'll heve to consider me
some in this affair Perhaps You never anticipated
the present situation. You me; and you cared
enough for what you to make advances which.
as you say no girl should make. Well, I've only
heard you; but 1 enough now to be ready, as
you will let me. to make the most serious
advances make. Do you understand
TT don't know
Then I'll put it palmer I've hundreds OF
girls, but wished to marry them It's only
since I've talked you that I've cared to think what
marriage might mean don't know who you are,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-05
Copyright, ,eoz. b. 1se~.as H. Mckee.

Copyright, 1907. b, Taeras II. Mckee.
~ IT'S niche in the tiny hallway, the tele
phone bell began to ring violently.
| broke the dark silence of the place, and
| ~ brought Miller, who was smoking In the
dusk, out of his reverie with an angry
start. He rose. half felt his way across the room
toward the hail. and the light leaped out suddenly
he reached the electric button at the door
The hail. like every apartment in Miller's snug
quarters, furnished with every convenience. not
excepting the inevitable telephone. whose bell was
at the Furnishing itself with deafening
clatter Miller took down the receiver and gazed
meditatively at the wall paper.
Hello" he said.
is this - Madison"
Yes"
rs this Mr. William Lindlay Miller?"
1T is" said Miller, anil his lost their medita
tive stare. The voice woman's, and it was
unusually sweet, with soft magnetic quality that
provoked an instant interest At her next words
Miller stinened with surprise.
Its really Billy. Billy Miller! Isn't it funny how
easy II Is get you the wire. Until now you've
able
Miller frowned.
''Who is ths?' he demanded sharply.
The voice rippled little "Of course you'd ask
that. but can't tell you because I'm ever
heard Of If we do unconventional things.
We must be careful Cali me Nobody-Nobody Of
Nowhere
There a silence. Miller said nothing. because
he trying to think OF something noncommittal
and could not.
Then What you doing? said the voice, guard
eddy.
Looking up the number of the Bloomingdae
Insane Asylum
NONSENSE" There another ripple OF laugh.
ter. Is any one there with your"
only dog. but he's very intelligent Would you
care to speak to him."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-05

"ID CALL UP EVERY NUMBER IN THE BOOK
IF 1T WOULD DO ANY GOOD.
NO: I'm coming around. / shall be there in
few moments. Good-by."
the telephone excitedly.
What" he shouted: Here, Central, don't
off, want that party again Be quick You can't
Blame it, you--oh"
Miller slammed the receiver into the rack He sat
down chair. and brindled terrier came and
in front of him. and thumped stubby tail the rug.
Here's a mess, said Miller, with q wry smile.
and unlimited lady. But she had pretty voice"
He went back into the smoking-room where he
Strengthened the magazines on the table and stacked
she couch cushions in stiff man-fashion.
At eleven O'Clock he threw all the cushions at the
innocent Fritz. and cast himself upon the couch III
disgust. The evening had been uneventful and he
could only conclude that some one had been trying
to make stupid and point1ess joke 1t some
comfort remember that they had obtained very
little satisfaction the wire.
On third day after. which Sunday I.o-
kari. Millers Japanese. woke him from his morning
doze with summons the telephone Miller went
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eyes, and Billy shuddered as he turned away
"She can't be like that he protested, inwardly-
at isn't possible, and he thrilled suddenly at the
memory of the voice with the sob in it. Dear Billy,
no. no, no" Id stake my life on that voice., he
thought, and looked again at the girl in the black
hat.
Suddenly he threw back his head and walked
across to where she stood, before large painting.
He leaned forward and 1ooaed keeny into her face.
$50 you came, after ALL he said
The girl retreated in genuine surprise There
was nothing in her clear brown eyes but startled
displeasure.
You're mistaken 1 think she said and turned
her shoulder upon him.
Billy muttered apology he walked axay.
He left the gallery with hot cheeks
1T wasn't her voice" he told himself, land I'll
never try that again
Late that night left his club. where he had dined
and spent the evening at cards The mission clock
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-06-27
.EpWORTH LEAGUERS
IN AMARILLO
(From Thursdays Dally)

In attendance on the first indie
pendent conference OF the Epworth
League for this district a large num-
Der OF delegates are In Amarillo to-
day from various leagues over tho
north Panhandle. About thirty del
cgntos had registered at noon today
and others are expected, Tho Wis
TORS are being entertained In the
homes Of the Amarillo members and
committee from the local league arc
taking general charge Of the meet
ing.
The gathering opened this morn
ing at 10 o'clock in the Methodist
church and continued with the reg
uar program Of talks and discus
sions, "The Epworth League as a
Home Missionary" WAS one of the
subjects whIc h was treated in an in
terestlng general discussion this
morning, w. T. Dudgeon led
thoughtful discussion of the "Ep-
worth League and Worldly Amuse-
ments."
The regular program Is being
taken up in oredr this afternoon.
This evening there will be special
services at the church under the
leadership Of a we'll known visiting
minister.
Tomorrow the conference will CON
tinue with sessions in the morning
and afternoon on the subjects assign
ed in the program, Tomorrow
evening the visiting delegates will
probably be informally entertained
by the members of the local league.
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Az the close of a meeting which
has been signally successful, the Ep-
worth League conference for this dis
trlct elected yesterday afternoon the
following officers for the ensuing
year: Rev Miller, Clarendon, pres
ident; Miss May Stevens, Canadian,
first vice president; Mr.. Arnold,
Memphis, second vice president; Miss
Lois Curtis, Claiming, third vice
president; Miss league, Clarendon,
superintendent of junior work; S. r.,
Fish, Amarillo secretary and treas
urer. The vice presidents of the
conference are each assigned special
departments of the work to super
wise. Rev. Miller is the presiding
elder for this district and will have
an opportunity for visiting all the
leagues in the conference.
Memphis was fixed upon as the
place for the next conference which
will be held some time next spring
All the members and delegates have
been much pleased with the working
of the Independent conference plan
and expect to make the gathering
next year even more representative
of the movement.
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Amarillo Is Astonishing,-"It is
simply astonishing how Amarillo
grows" said Editor Blake or the
Clarendon Twice-a-Week Chronicle,
who was another of the callers at
the office yesterday afternoon. "Ey-
cry time | come here | am surprised
at the strides the city is taking. We
think we have better country than
down there in Donley than you have
here and our development so far
seems to show it, but Amarillo just
keeps on growing without the coun-
try. OF course you will get the coun-
try populated too, in time but 1t is
not coming as fast here as It is in
Donley and counties south.
"You must not think, though, that
our city is not growing. We are
steadily growing and steadily i'm
providing. We are getting ready to
show all Of you down there on the
third and Fourth Of July. We have
Joe Bailey and Governor Lanham for
the celebrities and we have enter
tainment for everybody. We want
the whole Panhandle to come and
enjoy Clarendon hospitality"
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BRIDGE MAN DIES.
John Alwyn Succumbs to Injuries
Received in January.
(From Saturdays Daily)

(From Saturdays Daily)
Yesterday the Eakle establishment
conducted the funeral OF John Alwyn
who died Thursday at 700 North
Polk street from injuries received
last January. Alwyn was a young
bridge workman whose home was in
Elgn, Ill.
While at work in one OF the deep
caissons for the piers of the new San
Ia Fe bridge across the Canadian,
last January, Alwyn was overcome by
the terrific pressure under which the
air at the bottom of the caisson had
to be kept. When brought to the
surface he was unconscious and con-
tinued in that condition for days.
He was brought to Amarillo and had
been under treatment ever since but
never rallied from the effects Of the
collaps. The Missouri Valley Bridge
G. Construction Co. paid the mans
nursing and funeral expenses.
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EDITORS EN- Route
FOR PLAINv|EW
Stop Over in Amarillo, Enjoy Visit Here andLsNe
E. on Special Train for Convention Of North
west Texas Press Association.

The enterprising men and women
who are steadily promoting the best
interests Of the northwest corner OF
this big state have called on Anna
rillo yesterday and today in force.
For all Of them the people of ANA.
rillo had the glad hand and appar-
emily the feeling developed on the
part Of Amarillo were mutualto both
parties TO rthe visiting scribes with
out exception were in favor of ac-
cepting Amarillo invitation for the
next meeting of the Northwest Texas
Press association.
Yesterday afternoon many Of the
newspaper men who had arrived on
early trains favored the Daily Pan
handle office with visits and others
called this morning. In every de-
partment of the paper as elsewhere
in the city the visitors proved them
selves good visitors and received
warm invitations to call again and
bring their friends Among the Wis
1tors who were Yin evidence this
morning we're Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
Proctor, Boyd index; Mr. and Mrs.
f, RI Jameson, Canadian Record;
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. McKeehan,
Vernon Hornet; Mr.. and Mrs, John
w. Nix, Springtown Local Editor
Johnson, Hall County Herald; Mr.
and Mrs. NJ. w. Holcombe, Wise
County Messenger; Il, w. Harris,
Greenvllle Morning Herald; Mr.. and
Mrs. Shafer, Hale County Herald.
Many others came up on the noon
Denver and made connection at once
with the special train which left at
o'clock for Plainview.
Auto Ride Over Amarillo.
the thoughtfulness of Mrs. r. W.
Morgan and the generosity Of a
number of AMARILLO citizens was the
means of giving the visitors a ride
over the city this morning in auto
mobiles, p. L, Person, T, f. Tur-
ner, Wright & Byars, John Mcknight
and others loaned their toUing cars
for the occasion and six car loads
of the editors and their wives en-
ioyed a spin over the city and sur
roundings for over an hour.
Plainview Committee on Hand.
The Plainvew people sent up
committee last night, consisting Of
Mr.. and Mrs Shafer of the Herald,
Judge Lancaster and Mayor Delay,
to greet the visitors and as some
suggested, "to see that some OF the
delegates didn't stay in Amarillo"
The Plainview people had badges
and welcomes for everyone
At 1 o'clock the newspaper men
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"And 1t calls back people from
too much attention to wheat, corn
and oats and turns their efforts to
the staples that are good here at all
times. l quite agree with you that
milo and kaffir corn are not only
crops Of sure production but are
crops whose value are not yet fully
rallied. They are In a way peculiar
to this western country but they are
all the more valuable on that account
and they add big element to the
resources of country" aadd
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Panhandle for the Panhandle
II have watched the Daily PAN
handle with a great deal Of interest, +"
said f, r. Jameson, the wide awake
young newspaper man who Is at the
head of the Canadian Record. Mr..
and Mrs. Jameson we're welcome
callers at the office and plant of the
Daily yesterday afternoon and
watched the machinery OF the estab-
lishment with the close appreciation
OF fellow craftsmen. 81 realize that
this daily Is more than an Amarillo
institution and that it can and is
lending big influece to the upbuild-
ing of the whole big Panhandle. This
is the first opportunity I have had
for visiting your plant and / am sur
prised and delighted with what I
see. 1t is a big enterprise and 1t is
making good.
"our town Canadian, like all the
other Panhandle towns Is feeling the
development of the country and is
getting her full share Of It, We
have a rich country surrounding the
town and Canadian merchants are
making the most or their opportunl-
ties in drawing trade to the place.
! have a good list Of subscribers over
the line in Oklahoma and our mer-
chants realize a valuable trade from
the farmers over there
you see those people across the
line on the quarter section farms.
are making better use of this rich
soil than we are yet in the Panhan-
die 1t ought to put US to shame.
but 1t has the consoing point about
It that 1t Is continual assurance Of
what we can do when there are farm
ers enough to use all the land This
Panhandle of ours is going to sup
port vastly larger population and
our towns are going to be centers Of.
rich and progressive communities.
Our rainfall has been a little
short this year, although I believe.
we have had little more than you
have had on most of the outer plains.
country II puts stop to extraya-'
giant claims and at the same time
calls attention to the ability OF PAN
handle soil, to produce satisfactory
crops with limited rainfall and right.
farming.
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WRECKED AT GYPSUM.

Conventional Accident on the Denver
Tied Up Traffic Yesterday.
a. bad Bit of track threw north
bound passenger No. 2, due in ANA
rillo at 1850 Thursday night, off the
track at Gypsum south of Childress
and caused wreck which delayed
trains on the Denver all day yester-
day. The first train north reached
here at 1880 yesterday evening. Al
though the wreck at Gypsum smash
ed the tender and baggage car into
a bad case for the repair shop, none
Of the passengers or trainmen were
injured. t
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-06-27
Do It Now.

Now is the time to get rid of your
rheumatism. YoG can do so by ap-
plying Chamberlain's Pain Balm.
Nine cases out of ten are simply
muscular rheumatism due to cold
or chronic rheumatism, and yield TO
the vigorous application Of this lin
iment, Try 1t. You are certain to
be delighted with the quick relief
which it affords. For sale by Gold
ing Drug Co.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-06-27

Developing Resources, This is
what 1 like" said Edgar proctor,
head pencil pusher for the Boyd IN
dex, yesterday afternoon as he
watched the big perrectlng press
Keeling out eight page papers faster
than man cares to count. 81 like
TO watch fine machinery running
smooth and you certainly have It,
This office is revelation to me.
But then this upper Panhandle keeps
on giving us surprises every time we
come up here.
Down with us we are beginning
to develop home resources more than
we have in the past. You know my
brother, orion Proctor is manager
of the Bridgeport index, fifteen miles
from Boyd, and we publish the two
papers in connection with each 9th
.er. Bridgeport has the coal n%nes
which are being more and more de-
veloped and now we are beginning
to get industries there to take adj
vantage Of that coal, We have a
cotton oil mill lined up and a COM
press and we are going after other
things. The community is well de-
veloped and with the opportunity fer
manufacturing which the coal gives
we are going to make more out OF
our country"
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and the families and their friends
gathered and started for the metrop-
oils of the south plains, on the spe-
cial train which had been provided
for the convenience of the visitors.
The convention begins at Plalnvlew
this afternoon and continues tomor-
row. ..,,
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Do Not Neglect the Children.

At this season OF the year the first
unnatural looseness of a child's bow
els should have immediate attention.
The best thing that can be given Is
Chamberlaln's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy followed by cas-
tor oil as directed with each bottle
Of the remedy. For sale by Golding
Drug Co.
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Have corraled the Chiekens.-oo

Have CorraIed the Chickens.-"O,
yes" said Mayor j, r Delay, of
Plainview, this morning as he drop
ped into the Daily Panhandle office
with Judge ]. e. Lancaster, also of
the Plainview reception committee,
1--WE have corralled all the yellow
legged chickens Mrs. Shafer tori the
editors about last year, and we have
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-06-27

Mrs. Hannah Chenoweth and
daughter, Mrs. NJ. e, Cox, have re-
turned from an extended visit in
lower Texas and are now at home
at sos Van Buren,.
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Death From Lockiaw.

never follows an injury dressed with
Bucklin's Arnica Salve It's antis.
optic and healing properties prevent
blood poisoning. Chas. Oswald,
merchant OF Rensselaersvllle, N. Y,
writes! 1T cured Seth Bursh, Of
this place, Of the ugllest sore on his
neck ever saw. Cures Cuts.
wounds, burns and sores. soc at
l.. o. Thompson e Bro, drug store.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-06-27

L w. Harris. editor Of the Green
vile Morning Herald, is here to en-
JOY the Panhandle climate for a
few weeks and went down to Plain
view this morning to visit with his
fellow craftsmen in this part Of the
state.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-06-27

Another Amarillo Boostcr.-"Thls
plant of yours, here" said Il. w.
Harris, editor and owner of the
Greenville Morning Herald, yester-
day afternoon, lis ahead Of anything
of its kind in any town like this in
the whole country, but then II
matches Amarillo. have been
visitor to Amarillo and the country
around here every year or so for
long time and every time I come
am more delighted with it. A few
days ago when | left Greenville, !
could hardly breathe from asthma.
Now my lungs are clear and | feel
like new man. II is simply won
derful what your air does for me
| have to have few days of II
every year to keep me going right"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-06-27

OF the country and had bottor facIl-
ibles for locating land,
1--WE came up here after we got
those certificates and located the
land in here aud west OF here. The
land was then patented and later In
1878 and 1880 was sold to Glidden
and Sanb0rn for 40 cents an acre.
This land here that Amarillo Is now
on was part Of that. The pool made
80 cents al acre on II but YOU sec
we had TO come here aud find II and
survey II, and thea patent II, so we
Adn't make much above n good
price for the work.
1--WE sold Goodnight his land about
tlrat time for 20 cents an acre We
sold to the Tx ranch, the Creswells,
the Prairie Land & Cattle Co., the
Turkey Track people and to nearly
all these ranches up here, Much
OF the land was on tho certificates
given railroad companies for build
ing in the state. We made a bust
ness OF hunting up those certificates
and getting the work of locating the
land. In a good many cases the
land granted to the railroad compa-
MES and other such companies was
made to alternate with school sec.
lions and in surveying We had to
survey the school sections too. SO
we really had to survey twice as
much as we got,
Brushes With the Indians.
eyes we had brushes with the In
dams a few times. The first time
we were up here in 1878, there we're
very few Indians here and we didn't
have any trouble. After we left
a great force and drove out the buff
falo hunters, the only people in the
country. They had the big fight at
Adobe Walls in Hutchinson county in
the spring of 1875. The Indians
we're defeated there but most Of the
hunters got out Of the country after
That.
1--WE travelled with a regular guard
all the time and never left the camp
off guard day or night. Besides
having all the chainmen, compass
men and everyone in the party armed
to the teeth, we had gun carriers in
the seasons when the Indians we're
most active. The Indians swept
down on our camp north Of the Ca
madam one evening and tried to
stampede our horses but we had
them tied so they didn't get away,
The Indians shot at the camp as they
went by but no member of the party
was hurt. We dropped one Of the
Indians ponies and hit the brave,
He rolled in the grass and we
we had him, but when we
went to look, we found that he had
off and escaped That same
season we buried some buffalo hunt
ars who had been killed by the In
dams down near the mouth of White |
Deer creek. .....
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been feeding them on kafflr corn
and milo maize. We are proud OF
our town and we have made pretty
extensive preparations for the en-
tertainment Of the visitors Mr., and
Mrs. Shafer OF the Hale County Her
aid, and Judge Lancaster are the ad-
vance reception committee sent up
here to greet all the visitors.
There are, some things" added
Judge Lancaster, eve nave that May
or Delay didn't mention but /
haven't time to tell about them now.
Come down and enjoy them"
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Old Hens But-"Well we've. got
those chickens / told you about at
the meeting last summer" said Mrs.
Shafer, of the Plalnvlew Herald this
morning, "but I am afraid they are
old hens now. We have fifteen pret-
ty Plainview girls on the reception
committee though, and we've got
Judge Lancaster, the only old bach
elor in Plainview to come up here to
meet the visitors as an additional at
traction, I've got my boy Toms
picture in my grip too and he'll
meet the train when we get into
Plalnyiew We have Plainview
ready for the editors and their people
and l believe they will like IT,"
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Undcrestlmated the Country.

20, yes we underestimate the val
lie Of this land then like a good many
people have since. We thought it
could never be anything but stock
country and we didn't know about
that sometimes, It's just the same
story here that it is all over West
Texas in my time. People are just
learning more about the land, that's
all But they haven't learned all
all about it yet"
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Draws Run With Blood.

"By the next year the government
forces had pretty nearly got the best
of the Indians in the Panhandle.
forget whether Colonel Miles or Ma
ior Mckenzie was here them Both
of them were through here a good
deal during that campaign, 1t was
Mckenzie that put finish to the out
break. He surprised them in camp
somewhere down here on the upper
Palo Duro canyon and simply slaugh-
tered them. The soldiers shot them
I nthei rtents, shot their horses, and
simply moved them down. McKen-
zie reported a good many killed but
he never dared report how many
really were killed. | have been told
by men who were there that that
little draw fairly ran with blood aft
err the fight.
"The soldiers rounded up what
souaws and children we're left and
the rest of the horses and took them
back to Fort Sill. That year at Fort
Sill we bought some of those very
horses for the trip,