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Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-04-24
The Inventory That Cheers.

Mrs. Jones: Whatever have
we got ter be thankful fer,
Silas:"
Mr.. Jones: WAL, tn mort
gage hez bin foreclosed on tn
farm. 50 We hahn t got ter pay no
more interest an taxes; tn,
automobiles bin attached fer
debt, 50 we hain't got ter worry
about that no more; Johnny
Smith hez thrown over our
daughter Sal, so we won't have
him ter support. Great Scott,
Maria! we've got everything ter
be thankful fer. Elk.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-04-24
Two Don'ts

Do not fall out with a Bailey
man solely because you cannot
understand just how he can be
for Bailey. You and he will be
apt to agree heartily ere long on
some other question, and may
then be fighting hard against the
very men who are now on your
side.
Do not fail out with an anti
Bailey man because you can't see
why he stands before your ia
vOrite. In a few weeks he may
stand with you, shoulder to shoul-
der, to save the country from the
demnition bOwwOWs: or your
daughter and his son may have
fallen in love and want to get
married. Exchange.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-04-24
Who breaches the Doctrine Of Hate.

Il appeal to my friends to hate
and continue 10 hate my enemies.
| appeal to my friends to make
it impossible for my enemies TO
exist in this town or county. |
do not know that | will 90 So far
as To suggest that the jurieS be
packed against them, but do
suggest that they be so handled
as not to be accorded a jury. |
stated in the skating rink last
year that | would drive my enc
mics into the gulf. | appeal to
my friends to subject them to a
fire three times hotter than the
fire that destroyed the skating
rink. | appeal to my friends to
register in their memories the
name of every man who fails to
support me enthusiastically in
this contest. If he ever lifts up
mis- head for any Office, | appeal
to my friends to defeat him. -
From Senator Bailey's Gaines
vile speech.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-04-24
A Card Of Thanks.

The day is not far distant
when cards of thanks will be
thing of the past. When death
enters a home, neighbours never
fail to do all in their power to
place a silver lining back in the
dark cloud, and they do not ex-
pect or desire any thanks thru
the public press One subScri-
Der. however, not to be outdonp.
sends in the following:
Mr.. EDITOR desire to thank
the friends and neighborS for
their cooperation during the i'll
ness and death Of my late hus-
band. who escaped from me by
the hand of death last Friday
morning while eating breakfast.
To my friends and all who con
tributed 50 willingly towards
making the last moments and
the funeral a success. | desire to
remember most kindly, hoping
these lines will find them enjoy
ing the same blessings. | have
also 4 GOOD nilch cor and roam
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-04-24
The PLAINS FUTURE.
BY j. e. HUNT.

give YOU some of my ideas OF the
future of this plains country. II
we make n few figures. we can
readily see why this country
seems like it is not settling up
fast enough. Take the Panhan-
die counties and the plains from
/ the northern part south for
about 800 miles and a strip about
110 miles wide making 30 coun-
ties with an average of 900 sec
tons of land to the county max
ing H.. sections Of land prac-
tically every foot of which is fine
agricultural land. Now suppose
that we put a farmer on every
section. We will have $4,000 far
merS; if we put a farmer to
every half section, we will have
to settle 10000 farmers. or $50.
600 farmers if every quarter
section is settled. 1t finally will
average a farmer to every half
section or 10000 farmers, a pop
ulation of 100000 people on the
farms to say nothing ofthe cities
that will be populated. Fifty
county seats. when this country
has q farmer on every half sec
ton, will have an average Of
10000 each 70 say nothing of the
smaller towns nu- comfy seats.
So we have room for $500 0eo-
pie now. and then We will not be
as thickly settled even as Okla
hOma is. In these ~ counties
today there is not exceeding. all
told, a population of 10000 peo-
pie and we are wanting now to
put a farmer on every half sec
ton and a town population to the
county of 10000 people making
100000 settlers to come. They
are coming. will be here some
time. but had you thought how
long it will take this number of
people to get ready To pull mp
stakes and come: When We get
this. we will have a voting popu-
lation in this. the plains country.
Of 10000 people. Imagine 30
years from today, when doubt .
less the most Of Us Will be con
signed to the dust. the crossing
and recrossing of railroads. the /!
beautiful cities. a progressive .
people. automobile roads straight .
from town to town, electric rail F.
ways from one end Of the coun- .
try to the other, farmers haul /
ing the products Of the farm .
with motor wagons. see great /
Of airships moving
the air like funeral pro
cessiOns while underneath can
De seen the great fields Of way
ng wheat and oats and factories
If all kinds. And from the pres
mt tendencies, preaching of the
gospel of the lowly Nazarine will /
De reduced TO a business: public
school teaching done mostly by /
ectures; guardians placed over
)ur children to instruct them
md correct them; prohibition by
aw from eating yictuals while
rot; people prohibited from driv-
ny horses exceeding a certain
speed and compelled to feed
hem so much per day; taxation
TO protect and care for
he unfortunate Of every class
md age and a complete revision
If the laws we now have. | say
his is likely to be the case, so it
)ehooves US now TO be careful
low we legislate, how we act,
nd to have an eye on those who
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-04-24

This paper and the Dallas News
Sl.s0.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-04-04

SALE OF TIMBER. Ketchkan. Alaska, February 29, 1908. Sealed bids marked outside "Bid Timber Sale application February 20 1908, Alexander Archipelago, and ad- dressed to w. A. Langille, Ketchi. kan, Alaska, will be received up to and including the 30th day of March, 1908, for all or part of the live timber marked for cutting by the Forest officers on designated area of about 60 acres on the south side of Chasina Anchorage, Prince of Wales Island, estimated to be 300, 900 feet B. M., log scale, more or less, of living spruce, hemlock and red cedar saw timber, also all or part of the live timber marked for cutting by the Forest officers on designated area ot about 400 acres, comprising a strip l, ,OOO feet wide along both shores of the West Arm of Cholmondeley Sound, west of the entrance to the South Arm of said sound, on Prince of Wales Island, in the Alexander Arch ipelago National Forest, Alaska, esti- mated to be 700, 900 feet B. M., log scale, more or less, of green spruce. hemlock and red cedar sawtimber. No bid of less than 50 cents per thou sand feet B. M. will be considered, and deposit of $lOO. must be sent to w. A. Langille, Special Fiscal Agent, Forest Service, Ketchikan, Alaska, for each bid submitted to the super visor. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved. Timber upon valid claims exempt from sale. For further information and regulations governing sales address the undersigned. w. A. Langile, Ketchikan, Alaska.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-04-04

UNITED STATES COMMISSION
 CTS Court District of Alaska, In Probate.
 In the Matter of the Estate of Michael Northman, Deceased. CITATION
 To the Heirs of said Deceased and all other Persons, GREETING :- A petition having been duly filed in this Court on this 27th day of Febru- ary, 1908, by Frederic M. Loomis. ad- ministrator of said estate, praying that an order for the sale of the real estate of the said estate may issue, to- witt tha, certain log cabin and the land on which the same is situate, at Bell Island Hot Springs, District of Alaska. you are hereby notified that Tuesday, March 3lst, 1908 at 10 o'clock A. M. at the Court House in Ketchikan, Alaska, has been fixed as the time and place for the hearing on said petition, at which time you are cited to appear and show cause, if any here be. why sad order, AS pray ed for should not issue. Dated this 27th day of February, 1908.
 E. $. STACKPOLE. U. s. Commissioner and ex-officio PrOhate JuGpa
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-04-04

Notice of Restoration of Public Lands of the Interior, General Land Office, Washington, D. C.. February 24, 1908. Notice is hereby given that the pub lie lands in the following described area, which was excluded from the Alexander Archipelago National For est, Alaska, by the Presidents proc lamation of July 20, 1907, if not otherwise withdrawn, reserved or ap- propriated, will by authority of the Secretary of the Interior be restored to the public domain on June l. 1908, and become subject to settlement on and after that date, but not to entry, fling or selection until on and after July l, 1908, under the usual restric- tions, at the United States Land Office at Juneau, Alaska: That portion of the Kasaan Peninsular, forming a p,rt of Prince of Wales Island, which lies southeast of line beginning at a point on Kasaan Bay due west of the United States Location Monument porth A deg. 45 min. east, 6,996 feet approximately to the most south westerly point on the bay known as Lyman Anchorage. Warning is here- by expressly given that no person will be permitted to gain or exercise any right whatever under any settlement or occupation begun prior to June l. 1908, and all such settlement or occu- patton is hereby forbidden. K. A. Ballenger, Commissioner of the Gen. eral Land Office. Approved February 24, 1908: Frank Pierce, First Assist ant Secretary of the Interior.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-04-04

SALE OF TIMBER. Ketchikan, Alaska, March 4, 1908. Sealed bids marked outside "Bids Timber Sale application March 4, 1908, Tongass" and addressed to w. A Langille, Ketchikan, Alaska. will be received up to aud including the 7th day of April, 1908, for all or any part of the live timber marked for cutting by the Forest officers. and available for hand logging, on both shores of the head of Boca de Quadra Inlet for distance of l15 miles below the mouth of the stream which enters the head of said inlet, in the Tongass National Forest, Alaska, estimated to be 400, GOO feet B. M., log scale, more or less, of liv- ing spruce, hemlock and red cedar sawtimber. No bid for less than 50 cents per thousand feet B. NJ. will be considered, and deposit of $50. must be sent to w. A. Langille, Special Fiscal Agent, Forest Service, Ketchi kan, Alaska, for each bid submitted to the supervisor. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved. Timber upon valid claims exempted from sale. For further information and regula- tions governing sales address the un- dersigned. w. A. Langille, Ketchi- kan, Alaska.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-04-04

St. Paul. April 2.-Rerorts coming from Medicine Hat in Canada give the temperature there as being two degrees below zero.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-04-04

U. s. Commissioner and ex-officic
 Probate Judge.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-01

| in these two lines are almost beyond
belief.
Seattle is a great distributing point
for Alaska and the entire northwest;
and with the quality of fowls and eggs
that are, and can be produced here,
the only trouble is in supplying the
market, which can not be overstocked
for years to come.
One thing we noticed in particular
and that is, the fowls produced along
the Coast have immense bone and
frame; the Leghorns would weigh
equal to almost any of the American
classes, and some of the Single Comb
Browns we handled were remarkable
in color, shape and size. Noticeably,
Brown Leghorn cock possessed fine
style, and was almost ideally colored.
The Bronze turkeys were disappoint-
ment and those on exhibition were
very inferior in size and but passably
good in color. Leghorns and Water
fowls seem to have the greatest hold
on the Northwest. We could not help
but observe the even shade Of RICH
golden buff with rich undercolor that
seemed to prevail in all the Bluffs
that came from around Puget Sound
We are convinced, since judging
here, that those of our Eastern breed
ers who sell birds on the Coast had
best sell only high-grade stock, espe-
cially if the birds are guaranteed to
win first honors. The poultry exhibit
in connection with the Alaska Yukon
Pacific Exposition promises to be
great event. We have seen some Of
the birds that will be conditioned for
that show, and they will stand good
chance with the cream of the country
If you expect to make this show, don't
get the idea that some of your speci-
mems are too valuable to risk on such
a trip, but muster up courage and
send them. 1t will take the best to
win, and just think of the honor of
winning at such a show.
But best of all, the fanciers here
play fair and want the money to go on
the best birds. They are strictly on
the square and an honor to the poultry
fraternity.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-01
RAISING MARKET DUCKS.

Poultry dealers of the Puget Sound
district complain that ducks are very
scarce and difficult to obtain in guam
titles sufficient to supply market de-
mands. There are twelve standard va
rieties of ducks raised in this cOun-
try, and any one interested in this
line of poultry has a gOodly number
to select from. The following from
American Poultry Advocate is very
pertinent to this subject:
The production of ducks is an impor-
tant branch of the poultry business.
While less used than chickens and tur-
keys, they are usually in good demand
and may, if intelligently handled, be
counted upon to pay good profits on
the cost of production. Of the many
varieties of ducks, only two, or three
at most, claim any special attention
as utility birds. From time to time
interested breeders dress up a boom
for some new aspirant, but so far in
this country there has been only one
breed, the Pekin, which could proper
ly be called popular, or which has been
proven profitable in the open market
the criterion by which all ducks, and
eventually all other poultry, must be
judged.
Owing to several reasons, ducks
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-01
SHOWS OF THE FAR WEST.

J. C. CIipp, in Commercial Poultry.
A visit to the shows of the Far West
would certainly be a surprise to most
of our eastern breeders. At least, it
was to us upon coming to Spokane to
judge the poultry at the Interstate
Fair. The same was true when we
entered the Washington State Fair
show.
At the Spokane show there were
birds on exhibition that were of suffi-
cient quality to win high honors at
New York, Chicago or Boston East
ern judges who have never had the
pleasure of visiting the Coast shows
would doubtless be surprised at some
of the quality, that in many respects
is superior to that found in the East.
When one goes in company with al
most any Coast breeder, you will soon
learn that they are not only able to
produce and exhibit high class speci-
mems, but have the nerve to pay long
prices for birds with which to "skin"
you, if you enter competition with
them. The breeders here are as cul-
tured and refined class as it has been
our pleasure to meet anywhere.
We found at the Interstate Fair
birds good enough to enter any COM
petition, no matter how strong. In
White Leghorns, Buff Leghorns and
Orpingtons was quality equal to any
thing we ever handled; in fact, the
first Buff LeghOrn cockerel was won
der in both shape and color, and if he
could always be shown in the same
condition, it is doubtful if he could
be beaten. The first White Leghorn
cockerel was as near an ideal speci-
men as one ever sees, was absolutely
white, with snow-white ear-lobes, and
almost ideal in shape and feather.
There is no use denying. the fact
that the great West can and does pro-
duce specimens as good in quality as
can be found anywhere in this coun-
try. There is nothing to hinder the
Coast breeders from reaping a rich
harvest from the poultry business, as
climatic and other conditions are the
most favorable. The people in the
fruit sections are especially well-to-do
and are willing to pay the highest
prices for fancy market fowls and
eggs. When you come to consider
that the state of Washington does not
begin to produce a sufficient quantity
of fowls and eggs for her own con-
sumption, then it can be realized what
a great opening there is for home
seekers to settle in Washington in or
der to get a slice of the wealth of
that great country. The fruit and
poultry business will go hand in hand
there, as in no other part of the coun-
try, and the possibilities of success
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-01
POULTRY HOUSES.

There are so many different kinds
Of poultry houses that it is almost i'm
possible to enumerate the various
styles-it is like building a dwelling
house. every member of the family has
the best" ideas. The poultry house
depends altogether upon the prefer
ence and purpose of the builder, says
Mirror and Farmer. There are some
general facts, however, that must be
taken into consideration when erecting
houses for the fiocks. The simplest
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-01
MApRoNA POULTRY FARM.

ling-Houdans, Buff Orpingtons, Buff
Cochins, White Wyandottes, White
Minorcas, Barred Rocks, Indian Run
ner Ducks. All of these breeds great
est money makers on the farm. Have
bred them for years to lay, weigh,
win and pay. Large, vigorous, early
maturing, heavy winter layers of fine
large eggs. A rooster from us will
double the value and productiveness
of your flock. Foundation stock very
reasonable. Grand male birds, $3.50
to SIS each. Hens and pullets, $3.50
to 81. Fine fertile eggs, $3.50 to So
per setting; 81 to S12 per 100. Want
your trade and can please you with a
square deal at honest prices. Core
spondence or advice a pleasur Ma
drona Poultry Farm. III. b. Orr, Jr.,
Sec. Pov T. RichnO nd Reach Wash
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-01

nave not been so muCn the 1aVOr1Co OF
the fancier as have land fowl, and
the sale of breeding stock and eggs
for Matching are therefore, less fire.
quent and less profitable. In the mid
die nineties there was quite a boom in
duck raising and more or less in ex-
hibiting. The boom gradually petered
out, and since then the business has
with the usual ups and downs of all
industries, had substantial and
steady growth in production and the
resultant profits have been of a very
reasonable average.
The Pekin duck grew to it's great
popularity solely on it's own merit as
a market bird. Before it's coming in
the seventies puddle" ducks, a non
descript bird made up of Rouen, white
and scrub-bred ducks, were all the
market had to depend upon for a sup
ply. The great bulk of the birds were
CRASHED and allowed to run at large
until around the holiday season, when
they were caught up, scalded and sent
to the market. The result was car
cass as tough as a rubber heel and
frame painfully devoid of meat. Nat
urally, such goods did not appeal to
the fastidious trade, and the buying
was mostly by such new, or recent,
arrivals as FUSED to eat them at home"
Manifestly, a "boom" was scarcely
probably under the conditions. With
the introduction of the Pekin a new
day dawned, and it took but a very
short time for duck producers to ap-
preciate the fact that at last they had
something in the duck line which
would appeal to the appetite of prac-
tically all who had the price; that
they could offer carcass not made up
of sinews and hope, but covered with
juicy dark meat which was both pleas
ing to the taste and tender to the
teeth.
The vicinity of New York City has
always been the principal seat of duck
culture in this country No doubt this
condition is due to the fact that New
York and it's great market for food
stuffs has always been the home of a
large foreign-born population, and it
is to the demand from these classes
that duck raising on a large scale is
primarily due. The avenue next to
the family table was brought through
the hotel and restaurant. High class
IS0OIIo are always Ou Cu0 lOI
new and novel dishes. Cost does not
count so long as the food is satisfac-
tory, and a good many, with appetites
excited by novelty, appreciate food
more when eaten in public places, or
at least away from the familiar sur
roundings of home, carry away with
them pleasant memories of it's merits,
and plan to repeat the sensation by
it's reproduction at the family table.
A serious drawback to the more rap
i'd spread of duck on the table" is
that-sorry as we are to admit it
duck is not so economically adapted
to the family table as are most of the
other kinds of fowl What there is of
meat is most delicious, but the waste
is more in proportion than in turkeys
and chickens and though there are
large numbers that buy regardless"
the great body of the possible con-
sumers consider this point, and for
this, if for no other reason, the ducks
will always follow the others in pop
ularity and sales.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-01
These Birds Win More Prizes.

My Single Comb, Rhode Island
Reds have won more prizes than all
other red breeds combined. Watch
the show records. Send for free cata-
logue. Send for price list. Send for
letter telling how I made 100000
net last year from one-half acre, de-
voted to poultry breeding. Poultry
pays. I will tell you how. Send to-
day. Address II. A. DURR, 1914 Pa
cific Avenue, Tacoma, Washington.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-18
SAYS BANKERS SEEK
Decentralization OF GOLD

The paper money advocates are already
starting their campaign for asset cur
rency, says Denver Mining Science. On
May 10 papers all over the United States
received an article written by Walter
Wellman. boosting for it. OF course
We do not know who are paying the bills,
but il is safe 10 assume that IL is the
same interests-namely, the large bank
ing cOncerns-which have been trying to
demOnetiZe the metals for years. The first
step was to demOnetize silver under cover
of a gold standard. Now. the true OBJ
jectiVe is seen; they would demOnetiZe
gold and bury it in a paper coffin. As
set currency means the characterization of
both gold and silver. The purchasing
power of gold will be just what the man
ayers Of the paper money factory de-
cree.
Are our eastern brethren never to learn
that Wall Street is not the whole United
States; that what may be good for Wall
Street may hurt some western state very
materially? First. they demonetize sill
yer: then they plaster forest reserves all
over our mining regions; now they would
demOnetize gold and withdraw the entire
ceivable that fellow Americans would
work such hardships on the youngest and
weakest of the brotherhood of states, if
they only knew the harm they were do
ing. Ii is the duty of all who know the
facts to shout them from the housetops.
that the easterner may, for once in his
life. take his concentrated gaze off Of
Wall Street and look about a little.