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Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-06-14

At regular meeting of the Wo.
mans Book Club Wednesday after
noon it was decided to reproduce
the amusing farce, "Deestrict
Skule," during the Reunion. Pro.
ceedS to be used by the club to fur
nish their room, buy books, etc.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-06-14
U. D. c. Notice.

Robert E. Lee Chapter U. d.
G. will meet at my home Monday
afternoon at / o'clock, June 18th.
All members requested to be
present as there is important
business to come before the
chapter. Mrs. j. G.. PIPKIN,
President.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-06-14
BUSINESS LOCALS
4 HHHHHHH

Books with cattle bills of sale.
Fine Candies Best in town at
Wilson'S.
Good quality calling cards
100 % cents.
AT A. H. Thompson's Drug
Store-Candies in bulk.
The Canyon Lumber Co. has
just received Il car of No / fence
posts.
You will make money by buy
ing your lumber from the Canyon
Lumber Co.
A. H. Thompson, Druggist,
has all the late Magazines and
Periodicals.
All kinds of Racket Goods
School supplies and Confection-
cry at Wilson'S. Try us.
Go to the Canyon Lumber Co.
for anything you want in lumber,
posts, lime and brick.
For Sale One 5-year-old work
horse, See me or phone 76.
j. r. COLEMAN.
Don't you think they are very
cold at Thompson's Store?
What, their clerks?
No, their Drinks.
Say, Friend, don't walk your
self down going from place to
place, you can find what you
want at Thompson's Drug Store.
Did it ever occur to you that
perhaps you are making mis-
take by not buying your building
material from the Canyon Lum
Der Co.
WHY" Dear, you seem un-
usually pleasant to-day.
Yes, Hubble" | have just re-
turned from Thompson's Drug
Store and found everything
needed for my Toilet.
Siberian MilIet Will mature
seed sixty days from sprouting
and will make bright, green hay
at the same time. Like kafflr
corn in its deep roofing and
drouth enduring power, Has
made full crop when sprouting
as late as July -. Price S1.60
per 100 pounds-sufficient for s
acres. G.. G.. BRAN,
Pat Canyon City, Texas.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-06-14

Mrs. L. S. Carter and daughter,
Miss Helen, and Mrs. Bette Ebler
came in this morning. Mrs. Garter
attended commencement at Carr.
Burdette College, Sherman, where
Miss Helen attended school this
year and won a medal in competa-
tive elocution.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-06-14

Married home of the bride,
Detroit, Michigan, Tuesday, Travis
Shaw, assistant cashier of our First
National Bank, and Miss Bowen.
This statement is made on most ex-
cellent authority and congratula
tons are in order.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-06-14
- II ii 4. II II - i

Dr.. Pepper was refreshing
drink this week.
Mrs. D. a. Park went to ANA
rillo last week to visit relatives
Miss Lille Leonard finished
her school near Happy and re.
turned home this week.
Mrs. Jim Piplin is expected
home from Mineral Wells today.
Jim returned last week.
County Clerk Tate issued mar
riage license Saturday to W. C..
White and Miss Florence STRAIT
ton.
Miss Belle Shotwell is at Den
ton going to the Normal, leaving
here last week with Miss Dixon
Lair.
Frank Ellsworth, on trial last
week at Amarillo for the murder
of Earl Doc kray, was given a life
sentence.
j. n. Donohoo and Rev. Shutfier
of Plainview, passed through
here the first of the week bound
for Mineral Wells.
Jim Coleman is authority for
the statement that John A. Wal
lace has secured Jake TAYLOR to
cut his oatS-with a razor.
John Hutson says that the
small grain about Umbarger is
going to turn out well" much
better than was expected"
S. A. Diehl of the Mantle, CHI
Express, was a caller with us
Friday as was also Geo. n. Kern
of Mason City, Illinois.
J. II. Harter has moved from
Boaz to Lake Arthur, New Mex
leo. Mrs. Harter, who was here,
left Wednesday to join her hus-
band.
The jury at Austin in the case
of the State of Texas vs.. Waters
Pierce Oil Company, rendered a
verdict for the plaintiff in the
sum of 81 100000.
The first crop OF alfalfa,
now coming into market, Is rath'
en- short this year. 1t Is bring
ing all the way from SO to SD
loose and about SIS baled.
j. X. Drinnon and one of our
carpenters, J. G.. Matthews, left
on Monday for Canyon City, Col
orado, where in afcw days their
families. still here, will join them.
Hay is not going to be Il drag
on the market this fall and those
who can fix for it should SOW
largely of millet, Good millet
hay is the equal of anything in
the roughness line for milk COWS.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-06-14

Roy Cullum came in yesterday
morning from Mineral Wells and is
with the Canyon Mercantile Co. in
the capacity of bookkeeper. Roy
is fine business young man and
"haS come to stay" Canyon has
room for many more Of his ilk.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-06-14

Rev. A. b. Haynes on Monday
started for the Presbytery meet
ing at Wichita Falls.
Miss Hattie, daughter of Judge
J. r. MCGEE of Lubbock, is Wis
ting Miss Bess Haney.
Clifford Reynolds and Grady
Oldham returned from their trip
to Stonewall county Wednesday.
The new Baptist preacher, ex-
pected here this week, has rent
ed the l.. G.. Conner todd resi-
dence.
Mrs. A. b. Axtell has her
grandmother and sister, Miss
Cassidy, of Waco, with her this
week. They arrived here We'd
nesday.
The spring movement among
old-time prints" has fairly be-
gun. Two of them, one an old
acquaintance, j. Kennard, were
here Monday.
j. w. Stoddard and j. M.
Craig, w. q. Bates and J. l.. Will
son have purchased harvesters
that can be used as headers for
their small grain crops.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hamilton
and mother, Mrs. Phillips, of Ro-
tan, Texas, on their way to Cali
fornia, have called by to stay a
short time with Mr.. Johns broth
er, A. f. Hamilton.
Considerable talent was shown
at the musical concert Monday
night. The audience, a good one
for such occasions, can be prop
erly credited to the hustling
qualities of our Eastern Star la
dies.
Miss Lola and Willie Word
came in home Saturday from
Waxahachie, where they have
been students in the Trinity Uni
versity. j. p. Hicks, also going
to the same college, returned
with them.
Oscar Edwards and l.. l.. Mon
roe will open up tin shop and
do a general plumbing business
about the first of July. They in
tend occupying the old Thomas
Bros. furniture store on the
North side.
w. S. Keiser, wife and two
daughters, came in last eXcur-
sion and will remain for an indef-
mite time. The firm sold on last
weeks excursion some eight
quarter sections out of their
Hutson purchase north of town.
w. McCranie put his religion
to severe test Tuesday. He
has a contract to pasture some
of the town cows, taking them
from the pens in the morning
and returning them in the even
ing, and was making his first
trip. The News wants to bet
that he thought of "cuss words"
anyway and is willing to leave
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-06-14

Died-At the residence of Mrs.
Banks, this morning. the infant
child of J. |. Compbell. 1t was
three months old today. The child
became suddenly i'll yesterday with
an affection of the brain.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-06-14

Miss Bessie Haney gave lunch
con Wednesday in honor of her
guest, Miss Hattie MCGEE. 9th
ers present were Miss Emma Boyer,
MeSSrS. Oscar Gamble and Mack
Bell and Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Taylor.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-30
LAST or STONE AGE Mo~.
rssmanlan AboriuInes Not Apprselat.
cd Until II Was Too Late.

The visitor 10 Tasmania can have
an experience that Is novel-he can
call on the last Of the native race Of
the land. She is Trucaninnl. and she
holds receptions In n glass case in the
National
There Is only the skeleton left, but
Judging from that she a a well-or-
ganized little body OF about four feet
The Tasmanian a~borigine was a
clean sort of person. moving every
day, 80 as not to have the dirt or
ashes Of yesterday In his camp.
The mods was uncut hair for men,
shaver heads for one Roth wore
at times a necklace and also on occa.
slons tied a strip of fur around the
calves Of their legs. They seemed
TO get along very well with this, even
though the winters we're cold.
Then came the white man with his
gun and his modesty. Between the
gun and the blanket and some other
clothes and the permanent shelter,
there vas only one left In the '701,
and ELECTROMAGNETIC at about
the age of 20 years In 1876, and her
bones, we'll articulated and polished,
stand In state to-day.
When this face had disappeared the
'paleozoic fellows" discovered That
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-30
THE DAY or THE tARwsr.
Useful Tiier Of the Soil Has Genre to
His Own.

The farmer who Is not an amateur
Is a really increasing factor IN to-day's
life. In fact farming is rapidly be-
coming one OF tho professions. We
have our agricultural schools Just as
we have our law schools.
Il is getting to be a business a.
well. Farmers have their trusts. like
other manufacturers.
II Is a far cry from the Sew Eng
land farmer. trying to range an ex-
ploded granite quarry into a stone wall
that he may have room in which to
plant his crop. and that master of cap
ital. science and black earth ten feet
deep who plows with a traction engine
and reaps with a ten-horse team. And
between these two types Of farmera
the DRIFT Is steadily toward the lat
ter.
The comic paper does not laugh at
the granger" % frequently as IL
used to laugh. II wants his subscrip-
ton.
The capitalist does not foreclose
mortgages on the prairie farm now.
He borrows money of it's owner
And. what Is vastly more important,
the entire country looks with n respect
bordering upon apprehension OF this
new type OF American who has decid-
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-30

country solely according TO whether
70 produces more. OF material or OF
morality, than he He may
iroduce very little, yet II his wants
tro less than that little - Is still a
Profitable investment for the nation
10 may. On tho other hand, apparently
produce millions; yet II he consumes
nore than that, or II he undermines
'ur standards Of morality. or II he
3 found TO produce actually much
ess than he apparently produces, he
nay be a great source OF loss. In spite
Of his prominence and power.
The people understand this we'll.
Il Is their habltuai application OF this
new economic trysquare to men In the
public eye which Is now making mil
lionairlsm 80 uncomfortable.
What 10 immigration WORTH
To which class, then, belongs the
average immigrant? Is he a producer
or a d%issipator OF net wealth and NOR
atty? II the former. what is our I'M
migrant worth. net. 10 the nation?
The law a y that a dead male adult
constitutes a loss OF $4,000 to his fam
lily. In this Il strikes a rough average
and draws no distinction of any sort
between individuals. So g Is hard to
get at II In that way.
The average adult malo immigrant
land half of our immigrants arc OF
this sort) earns Mt least $500 per an.
mum oon after his arrival. Rather.
that IL what he IL paid. My estimates
have led me TO state. elsewhere, that
his actual productivity Is from three
TO four times that amount. the balance
going to pay the cost Of doing bust
ness" with what he produces and con-
sumes. But tho benefit Of this doubt
viii be left, for the present. 20 the OPP
position.
The right will be reserved. however.
TO Class ali immigrants under this hg-
ure, for the majority of them have
been here long enough 10 expand their
income beyond $500. That Is to say,
most OF those who were classed as
children at the time of entry are now
adults. or the women some are on
set in their unproductlvity by the men
who earn more than $500; the rest
are producing more than that value in
tba lorm OF children.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-30
sy Emerson Mcmillan.

Chairman ConclliRtory Committee OF tho
Civic Federation.
Decidedly I favor an intelligent rc
~striction of immigration on both u
eastern and western s~eaboards. With.
out being an alarmist. l venture to say
that the problem grows more difficult
each year and must ultimately de
mand a solution. America has accom-,
plished wonders In assimllating great
hordes Of immigrants from many diff.
fereat countries, but II Ia a very seri-
Gus question how long at the present
rate OF increase she can continue to
do 30. Now IL seems to me that when
foreigners come TO us In such mum
bers that they form separate and dis
tinct communities. preserving their
language and traditions intact, they
constitute a menace. When such n
colony is formed II is dificult to break
up. Assimilation goes on very slowly.
AS a rule, the immigrant of recent
years differs from US widely In his
ideas OF morality. his attitude toward
tho law and in his general point Of
view. When we read OF the violent
crimes committed, the names are usu.
ally foreign. The Black Hand out
RACES. for instance, have doubtless
ueen greatly exaggerated. but such as
they are they are & foreign imp0rta-
ton. and OF very recent years.
II Is undeniable. of course. that the
coming OF these millions of laborers
has contributed much TO the wealth
and prosperity OF the country. But
should this army of workers be In.
creased indefinitely We have a pop
ulation to-day In zee OF $4,000 900
very active and alert people. Ii would
seem that tho natural resources OF
the country could be developed and
the great business OF the land carried
forward very well with present
population and it's natural increase.
And I am not among these who have
any fear Of race suicide. Tho In
crease In tho number OF immigrants
from year to year is astonishing. Can
we continue to receive this army in
definitely without some day reducing
our scale OF income 10 that Of Buropef
Docs II eem probable that the Slavs.
tho Russian Hebrews. tho Sicilians
and others who are coming TO us In
such numbers today will In a few
years have risen az have the Irish.
aud have become as good Americana
And II these foreigners with traditions
and very different from our
own are not asslmilsted. the problem
becomes a very serio's one.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-30
The selfish rwo-step.

Our social pleasures are individual
isuc and selfish. This is vol typi-
led In the popular dance of our tinea
the two-step--where two people may
spend the entire evening enjoying
themselves without touching the gen
erai social life of tho assembled coE-
pany. Tho square. line and ring
dances, nov so sadly out OF style. ara
old folk forms. generated by tho So
cial cooperation OF the group, reflect
ing the joys. sorrows. occupations and
interests OF the people-Charities and
Commons
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-30

A boy and a girl In Alabama whose
parents are named Ashmead have
gathered together a happy family con.
slsting OF a cat, a rat, a dog. a mouse
and a canary bird. The dog will brace
his feet and let the cat jump on his
back. Then the rat will climb on
her back. Then the mouse and the
canary Will complete the pyramid.
Rhen all will grab each other by the
tail. the canary coming last, and
march around the room. They have
been taught to perform many other
tricks, and the young people are quite
proud OF their circus.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-30

these Tasmanlan aborigines were
probably the worlds only specimens
OF the people Of the stone age.
But the discovery came too late.
The folk who had mixed up with
them were not of the caliber to give
the world n very good. to say nothing
OF reliable. record OF the inner char
actcristics of this extra primitive peo-
pc. Or their traditional account of
how they got marooned on this iso-
lated island.
Their principal record left is that
they did not worry-a fact from
which It may be reasoned that bald
heads and gray hairs were probably
not known In the days when slabs OF
granite @ legal tender.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-30
ax Robert Watehorn.

Commissioner OF Immigration.
Public opinion Is all wrong. or ear
ly so. upon many phases OF the immi-
grafton question. With more than a
million immigrants n year we cannot
supply the urgent demands for labor.
The army Of workers adds enormously
To the wealth and prosperity of the
country.
II Is not the scum OF Europe We are
getting. but tho pick Of the most ear
nest and Woodworking of its popula-
ton. AS to the morality of the immi-
grants Of today. II seems to me that
IL compares favorably with that OF
our native born population.
All this is not a matter OF mere
opinion or sentiment II is borne out
by tho actual statistics. Mr.. Reeves
figures, II seems 10 me. In some re-
spects, understate the facts. He men,
lions $500 q year as the earning power
OF these immigrants. AS a matter of
fact. these mon will carr more, on
the average. than a dollar q day. |
think tho figure may safely be in
creased by at least so per cent. With
in a few days Mr. Charles Lorhn. the
New York state commissioner of la
Dor. came TO me In search OF men |
could not supply. He estimated that
Now York state alone needed 100000
meu, TO whom he would pay S25 a
month and board on the firms alone,
Now. that docs not look much like
o~vercrowding or the impossibility OF
asslmllating we hear so much about.
or the million. or. 70 be exact. the
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-30

cd views on railroads. trusts. and. In
fact. on every subject from the green
bug to the lecturer at his chautau.
qua. This rise Of the farmer into
national significance is welcome In
view OF the i%nundation Of great cities
by immigrants who have Significance
only on masse.
The farm is tho nursery OF lndlvid-
ualism. II you are a cliff dweller In
the city send your boy there. and let
him seo what II means 10 create
wealth with the help Of nature. rather
than with tho ticker; You will help
make him a better American.-The
World To-Day.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-30
AaItator Punished.

Two years Imprisonment was the
punishment melted out the other day
in the Punjab to a Hindoo who had
gone about telling the people that
there would be no plague at all did
not the English poison wells in ordor
to reduce the population. He had an
accomplish who helped to mako his
story plausible by putting balls OF
-four and other substances into tanks
and fountains.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-30

"weil. how did you get OF at your
irst appearance?" asked a man Of a
rIend who had just Joined the theat
1cai profession.
"Oh. ] got on well enough" was the
eply. but ! couldn't get on half quick
moughi--Exchangs.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-30
IS, GOO, 900 Per Annum.

During the last 20 years some 49,
900. 900 or II. o .0CO immigrants have
arrived. The exact figure does not
matter. for ali we wish is an estimate
Of the number now alive and working.
and many who came before 1887 are
that. II these people are producing
an average OF $500 worth OF goods
and. children apiece their current pro-
ductivity is now $4,000. 0O0. 900 per an
mum.
This Is 200 times as much as our
new automobiles cost us last year.
This enormous fund OF current income
we should have lost had we rigidly
excluded immigration In 1887.
How much capital do these immi-
grants embody. not In their pockets
or bank accounts. but In their strength
OF body and character?
Assume that out OF tho 1900. 900
aliens arrived since 1887 10000. 900
are now adult males. For each of
these that you kill his family can col.
lect from you. by law. $1,000. lie
must be worth at least half that. That
Is to say. we have got from Europe
during the last two decades. for moth.
ing, a working machine which capital
ICES at from 25. 600. OOO. 900 to 5O,OOO.-
0OO. 900.
This figure agrses fairly well with
our estimate OF tie animal p%roductiv-
ity Of this great hIman machine. But
the exactness OF the figures does not
matter. 1t Is plain that, however they
may DO modified Ia detail, thoy will
still remain enormous. Our crops
have certainly been enormous of re-
cent years. but II has already become
plain that they cannot stand alone as
an explanation OF remarkable
prosperity. We not only grow hun
dreds Of millions of dollars worth of
corn, wheat, and cotton at the cost of
much labor each year, but We also i'm
bibe from another continent, without
a cen Of cost to ourselves. upward of
a billion dollars worth of human live
stock per annum
We do not hesitate to assign a solid
value to every other form Of live stock
which the land needs for its working.
/ Why should not our immigrants be
figured as a similar asset?
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-30

w many SlTCicb throughout tHc CouU-
Try there Is In progress a serious dis
cussion as TO the advlsability Of curb
ing the immigration flood. This nat
urally has led up to the question Of the
Immigrant, his value or his menace,
and his position In the social machine.
The New York Herald has invited
opinions on the subject. ard presents
the views OF three men who may reason
ably be said to have studied the
situation. We reproduce them below;
BY Sidney A. Reeve.
Former Professor OF Steam and Hydrau-
I've Engineering at Worcester Poiytcch-
nir Institute and Lecturer at Harvard.
Current conversation aud the peri
odical press are full of condemnation
of our lax restriction OF immigration.
All the evils to which our country Is
heir are explained by the undesirable
horde" OF aliens which Is pressing into
the land with yer Increasing volume.
The steady increase In criminality
which has now become unquestloned
f. attributed TO this overflow" OF tho
urdesirablcs from the older countries.
and these countries are accused Of col.
fusion with the steamship companies
toward q promotion OF tho volume Of
liberation. That portion of our citi-
Sens which is interested In the labor
market Is In chronic rebellion against
this iEnax cf cheap labor. destined 20
compete upon an un-American basis
WITH American labor. Those OF us
who arg Interested In purity OF poll
ilcs see In the lnnowing torrent n cur
rent supply OF %corruptibles upon
whose votes political machines may
be reared and supported.
Upon every side arises thls denun-
citation Of immigration. Nor Is It a re-
cont phenomenon. Look up the litoTa.
ture Of Immigration. and you will ind
the decade Of lS40-iS50 supplying It's
fair quota Of kicks" In goodly proper
ton to what cur Increased population
puts forth to-day. For 60 years we,
as a nation. regardless OF whether our
continent yet contained undeveloped
Territory. as in 1Si7. or u~ndevelopeS
possibilities. as in 1907. have been oh
toctiBg strenuously TO immigration.
Meanwhile the immigration has
been steadily Increasing. except dur
ing The period Of the civil war. and at
Che cad Of tho GO years we enioy pho.
nOmenal prosperity.
There is an inconsistency here
sonewhcre between the theories OF
the pesslmists and the facts. aud a big
M TOO.
what are the facts?
Question Of crininality.
AS 90 afiminality. We c1n lad none
supporting the theory that Ia general
immigration Is OF a criminal sort,
Here and there may be found minor
facts and figures On that side, 70 Do
true. The southern Italians. without
question, are unusually iliterato and
addicted 10 the settlement of d.