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The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09
BOWMAN OPENS DEL
ECATES COMPAIGN
(From Tuesdays Daily)


Hon. j. r. Bowman was the speak
or Of the day Saturday afternoon at
mass meeting in the district court
room at Canyon, and formally open
ed his campaign for the election Of
the delegates at large named by the
Fort Worth Bailey convention the
week before. Judge Laird of Ran
dali county, introduced the speaker
to representative audience OF RAN
dali county citizens who signified by
frequent applause their endorsement
of the principles advanced, n
Place with the delegates at large,
of whom Senator Bailey, according
to the Fort Worth convention. is to
be one, is al honor rarely given to
men outside the, more populous parts
of the state, and j. r. Bowman con-
tinues TO receive congratulations
from many sources on having achiev-
ed so envlable distinction. As a
candidate for alternate, Mr.. Bowman
will be subject to the direction of
the central committee and will prob
ably make a number of speeches in
various parts OF the Panhandle be-
fore the delegates primary in May.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09

refused 10 give his name after the
accident, Mrs. j. u, Swanson, OF Dem
yer, now the guest OF her daughter,
Mrs. u. 10. Plckerel, sustained pain
full bruises and a badly bpralned
wrist. Mrs. Swanson was carrying
her little grandson In her lap at the
time OF the accident and e. Il. Pick
erel her son-ln-law, was driving the
runabout in which the three were
riding The little boy was also
thrown out over the dashboard to
the ground but fortunately escaped
serious injury.
At tho time OF the accident MT
Plckerel was driving his runabout
back to town on one OF the roads Ia
the Eakle addition. None Of the
three had noticed the coming of an
other car till REQ touring car with
two young men In the front seat and
two young women in the rear shot
past them at about twice the rate
their own machine was going. In
cutting back into the road the driver
OF the other car failed to make prop
err allowance for Mr., Pickerel's ma
chine and instead OF clearing It, the
rear hub OF the touring car caught
the front OF Mr.. Plckerels machine
and spun It around. Mrs, Swanson
and the little boy we're thrown vio-
lently over the dashboard and Mr..
Plckere was thrust against the steer
ing wheel
After the accident the driver OF
the other car came back and offered
to take the party back to town II
the machine was injured, but he re-
fused to give his name or the name
OF any OF the occupants OF the car
The car carried registry card No. II
but It is thought that It was not be-
ing driven by It's owner.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09
reduction IN Wages.

Providence, r. l., April GA gem
eral reduction in wages OF cotton
mill operatives amounting to 10 per
cent. was put into effect today by
the knight company and other
Rhode Island cotton concerns. The
knight company employs 5000 OPP
eratives in It's mills In Providence,
Woonsocket, Centreville, Lippitt,
River Point, Arctic Natick, Pontiac,
Jackson and White River, r. l., and
Dodgeville, Readyille, Hebronvllle
and Manchaug, Mass. All these
mills have been running on three
quarters time for a month.
A 30 per cent reduction was also
made At the mills OF tho Goddard
Brothers. in Lonsdale, Berkeley,
Ashton and Hope, II. l., and Black
stone. Mass, and by the Manyllle
company's Globe, Social and Nourse
Mills, Woonsocket, and Manvllle
mills, OF Manville The Rhode Is
land cotton mill interests I'm the
three states employ $4,000 opera
tiyes.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09

the daring ranchers who had pushed
out into the unmapped Panhandle.
Later he returned TO his home In
Buffalo, N. ". completed his educa-
tion and since then has been almost
continuously In the undertaking bus
mess. In Chicago, he was in charge
for nine years Of the Ralston broth
ers undertaking establishment. Re-
spending TO the call OF the govern
ment during the spanlsh-Amerlcan
war no went, after the rigid exam
nation OF the national board, as the
only successful applicant OF largo
class 10 Cuba and later to the Phil
ipplnes. In another emergency call
later during the bubonlc plague ep-
ldemIc in Mexico he satisfied the re-
qulrements OF the health board OF
that country and as result obtained
one OF very few 81 not the only per-
NIT held by an undertaken in the
United States authorizing him to en-
balm bodies for shipment from old
Mexico.
The new establishment will be
open some time this month and will
be fully equipped by the middle OF
next month
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09
AUTO SERVICE
IS POPULAR
New Line Has Five Cars In
Operation Between Here
and TuCumCarl
tFrom Mondays Dally3

Z. G.. Carpenter OF Tucumcarl, SUI
porIntendent OF the Amarillo Auto
company. is in the city today In the
interest OF his company.
This company installed an auto
livery service between this city and
Tucumcarl about week ago and
the service Is already proving a pop
ular means OF transit between the
two points. The distance OF 1870
miles Is covered in eight hours, cars
leaving Tucumcarl about o'clock
In the morning arrive In Amarillo
IN time TO make connections with
the . O'Clock Denver train
The company has now five cars
In service and employ a corps OF
expert men in all departments. A
half way house at Endee provides
against emergencies OF any sort.
The route includes the towns OF
Vega, ontario, Endee, San Jon. and
Revueto. The fare from one ter
minus to the other Is IS and a pro-
portionate fare for intermediate
points. In addition to the regular
scheduled cars, the company will
make special trips at any time de-
sired.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09
EXCLUSIVE UNDERTAKING FIRM
Il. II, Gail to BE Proprietor OF New
Enterprise.

Under a lease executed last week,
with the Num- Telephone company,
Il. f. Gail secures the two first floor
front store rooms OF the new build
ing on Fifth street for an exclusive
undertaking establishment which he
will open In the next few weeks.
The two rooms are each 20x40 and
together present one OF the hand
soonest business building fronts in
the city An arch through the par
titlon between them will be cut away
so that the two rooms may be used
together, The east room will be used
as the display and stock room OF
the house and the front of the west
room will be fitted up as a chapel
for use in conducting funerals from
the establishment An addition Will
be built along the west side OF the
present building TO be used for stor-
age purposes as barn for the teams,
hearses and ambulances OF the firm.
Both white and black hearses Will
be used, and IN addition to the black
ambulance, the firm plans to bring
a new white electric automobile am
bulance here for use at all times.
Both white and black teams Of
horses will be kept in the stables
for the use OF the patrons OF the
firm.
r. Il. Gall. who becomes proprie-
tor OF the new firm has been in
Amarillo with the o. NJ. Eakle es-
tablishment now for about a year
but his first visit to the Panhandle
ante-dates by many years the COM
Ing OF all save a very few men now
living. AS a boy nearly thirty years
ago Mr.. Gail spent about three years
with the ranch outfits OF some OF
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09
Industrial Union Meets.

Chicago, April Laboring men
OF socialistic tendencies are gath
cred IN Chicago today for the gem
eral convention OF the Industrial
Workers OF the World and allied la
Dor bodies. Members OF the United
Brewery Workers, tho United Mine
Workers OF America, the Western
Federation OF Miners, the National
Union Of photographers and other
organizations are also In attendance
II is hoped that the conference will
result In extending the principles Of
industrial unlonism," upon which
inc Western Federation OF Miners,
the famous Moyer-Haywood organ
ization, Is based.
Leaders In the industrial union
movement denounce the Civic Fed
Grafton which is alleged to be IAN
ally OF the capitalists and the la
Dor leaders who belong to It are
called "mlsleaders." II is declared
that the old style OF labor unions
tend to the permanent enslayement
Of the workers through the wage
system
The Industrial Workers OF the
World is based entirely on Socialist
ideas and has never been very sue
cessful In its propaganda except
among the miners or the western
states.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09

The Temple Telegram thus ex'
claims: lions and tons OF paper
barrels and barrels OF printers Ink
all consumed daily in Texas--in
the interest OF what, Politics pure
ly. And not an inch OF the white or
a drop Of the black, for'the states
needed commercial and industrial ad-
yancement. Turn Texas loose!"
Not so fast, All the papers Of
Texas are not ignoring development
Of Texas in order to print politics,
Not a single one OF either West Tex
as or the Panhandle is doing II, and
they have some good papers in those
sections. The Abilene Reporter isn't
doing It, nor either are the Amarillo
Panhandle, the wichita Times, the
Hereford Brand, the Chlldress Post,
and a dozen others. Why not get n
different kind OF exchange list?--
Fort Worth Telegram.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09

A dearth OF local news often leads
to murmurs on the part of those who
prize local news above all else, and
It Is not at all the fault Of the pub
Usher, Any live newspaper will give
all the local news that comes to his
knowledge, and when the local de-
partment is short you should not rail
at the editor but remember you
might have committed suicide, got
married, whipped your neighbor,
stole a horse, robbed a chicken roost
or done hundreds Of other things to
make local news. II newspaper
should publish all the current gossip
or the hints at the best people OF the
town, 1t would be ostracised and the
editor horse whipped or burned at
the stake. Think a minute OF the
mean things you say about your
nelghbor and imagine how It would
look in print. Don't criticize a news
paper for what it does not print. A
newspaper that contained one-half
the nonsense current among the best
people would be considered unfit TO
read. Rlchland Springs Eye-Wit-
ness.
The poor editors wall is almost
pitiabe. He evidently rightly be-
lieyes in the products OF the legiti-
mate school of journalism, but isn't
there still a chance that he has not
yet acquired the so-much-needed
nose for news?"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09
TROOP B STANDS
OFFICIAL INSPECTION

Under the eye OF Major Ayers,
Ninth United States cavalry, Troop
B went through the dismounted drill
Saturday afternoon in way that
can hardly fail OF getting the organ
ization favorable mark. Saturday
morning was devoted to an inspec-
ton Of the armory and the visiting
officer carefully checked out every
bit of equipment which is now in
possession OF the organization. Very
little of the equipment is missing but
as II has now been several years
since much OF 1t was issued and as
a considerable part OF 1t was ordered
discarded last year, the troops show
ing in this respect may not be up to
standard. This will not be charged
against the personnel of the company
however, and will really be OF as
sistance in hurrying up new equip
ment for the officers and men.
General orders for the July en-
campment have already been receiv-
ed and posted here and the men
are now looking forward 10 the
greatest summer maneuvers in which
the troop has ever taken part,
These will be held at Leon Springs
aear San Antonio and will begin
about July 1.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09

Tucumcarl goes us one better by
establishing another long automobile
line. This latest enterprise is a pas
senger, mail and express route to
Amarillo, 1I5 miles, with stops at
all towns along the line. The OPP
Grating company will keep five big
cars on the line, and there will be a
car each way daily, covering the dis
lance in about eight hours, There
is great need for such a service be-
tween here and Las Cruces, and II
would certainly seem as If FL Paso
might do at least as we'll as Silver
City. Roswell and Tucumcarl in ex-
tending the transportation routes
I'll Paso Herald.
Don't this speak volumes for the
Panhandle? Notice the ground Gov
cred and territory run through. The
principle is to connect all this coun-
try by lines OF transportation and
so, facilitate the marketing powers
OF the producer.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09
ROY BLASENGAME
BURIED TODAY
tFrom Mondays Dally)


This morning at ii o'clock the
funeral OF Roy Blasengame, the
young hack driver whose death was
reported saturday, was conducted
from his home at 500 Johpson street.
Rev. Ferguson OF the Methodist
church olllciated at the services,
Until the report OF the chemists
who will make an examination OF
the boys stomach is received mere,
the coroner cannot complete his in
quest and return verdict. A num-
Der OF witnesses who knew some
thing of the circumstances were ex-
amined at the closed hearing which
Justice Holman conducted Saturday
afternoon. 1t is understood that the
case stands substantially as reported
Saturday.
Floyd Motley, sojourner at the
Foster house at North Jackson and
Second, was lodged In the county
Jail Saturday on charge OF negligent
homicide in connection with the case
Motley is the man, according TO the
boys story. who had the "yengshi"
or opium seconds which the two
strangers procured and ate and OF
which Blasengame also ate.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09

The press reports RECENTLY carried
story about a six-months-old baby
in New York that ate up court sum-
mons intended for It's mother and
was declared TO be in contempt Of
court. The court. is Is declared,
hasn't yet learned one-tenth OF |
per cent OF the full measure OF that
baby's contempt.-oklahoma City
Times.
No and It depends greatly upon en-
vlronment whether said contempt
increases or decreases in the next
twenty years,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09
Delaware G. o. p. Convention.

Dover, Del, April six delegates,
four from the state at large and two
to represent the Delaware congress
slonal district, will be selected to-
morrow to represent Delaware in the
national Republican convention in
Chicago. Taft adherents are making
strong efforts to secure the indorse-
ment of their candidate, but it is
likely that the delegation will go un-
pledged. Tomorrow's convention
will consist OF 100 delegates.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09

cause may sanctfy effort, Who hon
ors man for wealth degrades man
hood. Wealth honorably acquired
and nobly used, is worthy OF honor;
Is not tainted in getting or in use,
That men despise the dishonest rich
is proof OF progress, 1t was not al
ways so.-Abllene Daily Reporter.
No, but one thing remains abso-
lutely the same viz, that more nerves
are wrecked, more bodies ruined
moro minds distracted In pursuit OF
the filthy lucre, than in any other.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09

The education OF the children OF
the past twenty years is the force
that is now driving the saloon into
the last ditch. No amount of agita-
ton can greatly hasten the work OF
exterminating the liquor traffic--but
1t is doomed. The harder the liquor
interests fight the faster the army
of home defenders will grow.-Ros-
we'll Daily Record.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09
GETS $4,000.
John McSwain Given Judgment
Against Santa Fe.

In district court In Gray county
last week, John McSwain, formerly
of the roundhouse force here and
later engine watcher with the crews
near Pampa, was given judgment for
$4,000 against the Santa Fe railroad
company McSwain sustained inju-
res some time ago while at work at
Pampa and the suit is the result of
the action brought by him against
the company. Cooper G. Sanford, OF
Amarillo, represented the plaintiff
and Hoover and Taylor of Canadian,
and Madden and Trulove OF Amarillo,
represented the company.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09
Inspect Father Of Waters.

st. Louis, Apri 6.-Members of
the Mississippi River Commission left
st. Louis today on the steamer Mis-
slssippl for the annual inspection Of
levees. Hearings will be held in
several cities during the course OF
the trip down the river.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09

The territorial auditor OF New
Mexico has decided that plowed land
on unpatented homesteads is not tax
able as improvements, This ruling
is equitable and there will be time
enough to tax the farmers after they
have begun to MAKE good and have
acquired something more than a
mere right to sweat.--N Paso Her.
aid.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09
TO Be BURIED
BY OLD SOLDIERS
tFrom Mondays Dailya

Al 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
the veterans here OF both the blue
and the gray will unite In the burial
Of Thomas NJ. Mccullough, the old
man who died FRIDAY night in the
city Jail. After It was discovered
that the old man served as a union
soldier IN the civil war. the veterans
here had already planned to bury
him IN a manner beiitting an old
soldier. whether his relatives could
be located or not But yesterday
Mccullough's brother was located at
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09

Texas sends good crop" greetings
to the world. And while the weather
and the man behind the pillow are in
such splendid accord lets do some
thing to promote and encourage the
reminding OF furnace fires and pay
roll activities. Fort Worth Star.
There's a display OF spirit such as
will keep cob webs from accumulat-
ing on the wheels of industry, and
will be the means of enticing many
here who otherwise would hesitate
long before taking the step.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09

FarweA rs going some. She now
has her daily paper, which was chris
tened 1.-THE Twin City Bee"
May she be kept as busy as the
proverbial insect, is our salutatlon
10 the new sheet.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09
U. c, v. Camp Co.opeptes.

AS there are only few union
veterans here and no G, A. II. camp,
United Confederate Veterans have
generously offered their assistance
in caring for the body OF the veteran
OF the other side and tomorrow the
veterans OF both causes will unite
in the services at the grave OF the
old soldier whose life by mischance
came to such a pathetic close Sat-
urday.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09

A great deal is said about Texas
immense school fund, but as mat
ter of fact the state raises less than
Sc annually for each person Of scho-
lastlc age. Colorado raises over SIS,
and California $25. The average
monthly salary for men teachers in
Texas is $50, and for women $56.S1.
The average salary OF male teachers
in Massachusetts, is nearly $3.50 a
month.-Fort Worth Telegram.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09
INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT.

(From Tuesdays Daily)
AS the result Of an accident yes
terdsy on tho part OF a driver who
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09

Contractor c. A. Clayton will rush
the work and in few weeks Clovis
can boast OF a real brick opera house.
One that would be a credit to
town OF 10000 inhabitants.-Cloyis
News.
This promising little town has had
many set-backs, but she keeps her
nose to the wind and with her push
and perseverance should eventually
effect something worth while.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09

market at s6.2b with receipts over
1000 Tuesday, Isn'Llt Il pity that
most OF the monty for them goes to
Oklahoma instead staying in Tex
as?-Fort Worth Telegram,
Most OF the monoy may have boon
going oklahomawarS' but watch this
section from now on. Several good
doors have taken iNllial steps for
the spread of the indAstry to these
parts and you may rest assured That
when once started the gAme VIII he
played for all it's WORTH and we
may yet show Miss okAahoma .
thing or two in that dirccNn'
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09

The getting OF wealth is vile am
bition. Who has no higher would
disgrace any penitentiary. II beyond
getting there be noble purposes, then
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09
Tho Cows Horn Trumpet.

To number OF men here, the old
man told OF the rude homemade
trumpet which he carried had seen
service with him through the war.
Mccullough, as his papers show was
trumpeter In the Third cavalry.
and while the cows horn trumpet
was undoubtedly not the regulation
trumpet which he used In the service,
II Is possible that he also carried the
other horn and made use OF It, The
horn is big one. nearly two feet
long and curves very little, and the
animal which wore 1t and It's mate
must have presented a truly formid-
able front. The horn was scraped
down by hand, fitted with a mouth
piece, with brass rings toward each
end through which the owner had
plated hemp rope for bugle cord
and with brass binding at the large
end. In the hands OF novice, such
trumpet would OF course not offer
cd much possibilities for noise but
with an experienced bugler behind
II. the old horn would send out
strange and strident notes OF far
reaching power.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09

The state Of Texas is aft& the
Southwestern Livestock INSURANCE.
company to compel 1t to report No
the insurance commissioner the same
as life insurance companies doing
business in this state are required TO
do. Every livestock insurance com
pany ought to be chartered by the
state and compelled to report reg
ularly, and be under the supervision
OF the insurance commissioner. This
swelling up like a toad and saying
1--WE are all big rich people, we stock
holders" like some of these COM
panles do, don't by any means guar
antee a sqaure deal. You don't al
ways have to sue a livestock insur-
ance company TO find out that II
will arbitrarily lay down on It's con-
tract. It is absolute safety that the
insured wants, and in many cases
he don't get it,--Postmaster Carrier.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09

"Abe Lincoln split rails to build
his fences; Roosevelt merely rails to
build hls."-Henry Watterson.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09

Melrose, n. NJ, nd he Immediately
directed the nndgtaker here TO pro-
ceed with arrangements for a fun
eral.
Had Not Dawn Pension.
1t appears nor that Mccullough
had not yet dram the years back
pension to whle the letter found
In his grin show him TO have been
entitled, and as y made no attempt
to dispose OF lid money before his
death, II Is doubtful II II can be OBJ
tanned now. Iteems that he had
disposed OF a cldm In New Mexico
a short time agband that he had a
little money In lis possession when
he reached Angelic, He was evil
IDENTIFY subject tdBome chronic weak
ness and bottn OF medicine In his
grip shows That had been taking
treatment. witt this bodily weak
ness and with he childishness Of
old age. he was iardly competent, 10
care for himselfSere He had stop
ped over here fo- several days and
had been drinking TO quite an ex-
tent but he had bever become disor-
derby. Thursday night when he
seems to have den not wholly ra-
tional, he asked one OF the night
force who knew nothing OF him to
put him In somewhere. He never
gave a connected account of himself
or gave evidences OF possessing any
means. He bad complained OF feel
ing sick but his case had not been
such as TO excite alarm and neither
the other men IN the jail nor the
officers were prepared for the find.
ing OF his dead body Saturday morn
inc
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09

Hogs we're sold on the Fort Worth