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The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-24
Texas Editors And Others

the northwest take all tho honors
for displays at an exposition which
will attract thousands of touristsl
The majority OF Texas people have
no idea OF how much good was done
Texas by the building and display al
the ST. Louis fair. Yet It Is not mis-
stating the facts to say that at ST,
Louis the Texas building was a.
greater center Of interest than any
other state building on tho grounds.
The Same result can DO attained at
Seattle II the people OF Texas want
their state advertised. II Is the be-
lief Of the Telegram that there
should BIO a display from Texas at
every fair OF Importance held any
where In the world at any time, from
the trades displays IN Glasgow,
Scotland, 10 the territorial fairs OF
New South Wales. No argument
reaches people more quickly than
one which appeals to tho eye The
most eloquent speaker on behalf oe
Texas would fall short in getting
immigration when compared to am
agricultural or manufacturing dis
play II IA getting along in the
season and the Seattle onportunity
ought not to BIO overlooked. Why
not get busy now?
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-24

steamships, mills and furnaces, in
dustrial structures and much Of the
needed working capital to keep these
In operation, are the result OF invest
ed wealth, The millionaire with
two, and the new multimiliOnalre
with twenty millions sterling keep
only trilling sums lying idle. All
else they put 70 work, much Of II
employing labor They can not es-
capo this unless they turn misers
and keep the gold TO gloat over,
which no rich man does whom tho
writer knows or has heard OF. On
the contrary, The millionaire as a
rule IS Both mindful and shrewd,
more apt than those Of smaller for
tune TO invest his capital carefully.
Besides, he Is usually a man OF sim
pie tastes and averse TO display
Whatever impressions the work.
ers may receive Of the Weather
classes the fact IS indisputablo that
their surplus money minus a small
fraction, must augment the wage
fund, and In some line or other ben
eft those who labor. Even their
eXtrayagances must in their course
contribute TO The business OF many
people struggling to obtain a com
petcnce, and hence 70 tho employ
mcnt Of labor Little can be spent
by the rich without drawing upon
the labor OF others, which must be
paid for sll that the millionaire
can get out OF life Is superior food,
ralment and shelter. Only a small,
a very small percentage Of all his
millions can be absolutely wasted
when the socialist, therefore,
speaks OF all wealth going back to
the state, he proclaims no great
change in It's mission. The state,
sole owner, would use it just as the
owners now use all but a fraction of
il; that Is, invest il in some of the
multiform ways leading to the re-
ward Of labor,t II IS simply a ques-
ton whether state as against indi-
vidual control OF wealth would prove
more productive, which, judging
from experience Of state and lndl-
Wdual management so far as yet
tested, may grayely he doubted. It
could not make much difference to
the workers whether the title TO the
wealth rested in the state or in in
dividuals II tte state decided. as in
dividuals now do, to recompensc la,
Dor according TO values as deter
mined by demand-the fairest stand
ard All would remain very much
as now; one would still get five
talents, one ten, and a few would
get very many talents, and individ-
uallsm would reign"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-24

lncluue HAltl under the Dlankol or
protection now thrown over her Is
land neighbor, Santo Domingo. The
Philadelphia Press says:
THE United States has not even
a remote desire to possess Haiti. 1t
could be Of no possible advantage to
us and 1t would merely amount to
the acquisition OF trouble.
THE people OF the United States
are not colonially inclined. oppor-
tunitics at home are so magnificent
that there Is no incentive to move
into different country. A dollar
planted in Haiti could never bear
greater fruit than dollar invested
In the United states. Americans
know this, and that is why they keep
their money at homo,
Business reasons as we'll as pollt-
lcal motives have driven European
nations to send colonists to every
remote nook on tho globe. These
adventurous spirits have accomplish.
ed wonders, New lands invited de-
yolopment, and these furnished u
needed outlet OF oyercrowded con-
ditlons in the old countries. They
supplied the means for investing
money as well as labor profitably
"But the United States does not
need, and does not desire, a foot OF
foreign territory. We already have
the fertile land, the minerals. the
timber, the climate, the wealth, the
facilities, and the people requisite
for the acquisition OF more property
and happiness than can fall to the
lot Of any other country. What rs
more, the people realize this thor
oughly
There is no desire to move on.
There is none to send money away.
There Is feeling OF opposition TO
the United States extending its ter
ritorial boundaries. As for annex
ing a little country like Haiti, that
Is more fruitful Of revolutions than
anything else, that is one Of the last
steps the people OF this republic
would sanction"
The New York Tribune traces the
deplorablc condition In the negro re-
public, in part, to the neglect and
abuse Of the larger nations, thus:
"Other nations, America included,
have not done their duty toward
Haiti. They have suppressed in a
measure the trade in gin and gun
powder in Africa. are moving for
abolition Of the opium traffic in Chi
ma, have waxed fearful over the woes
OF the Australian aborigines, and
have sent handkerchiefs and decaI-
comanias 10 Borrioboola Cha. But
Haiti at our very doors. has been
not only neglected but actually in
jured. It has been a case of give
a dog a bad name and hang him
Great civilized powers have practl-
cally said that Haiti was not able TO
govern herself well, and should not
show herself able TO do so II they
could help It. The fall OF Nord
Alexis is not creditabIe to the people
of Haiti. 1t is still more positively
discrcditable to their very superior
neighbors in two continents"
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\ SHOULD UNITED STATES
INTERFERE IN HAITI.

What the press at first mstook for
the periodical opera-bouffe revolu.
ton in Hayti, appears to have de
veloped into a more serious matter.
For the first time in six years, the
government at Port au Prince has
collapsed, Nord Alexis, the ninety
seyen-year old president has fled on
foreign vessel, and the republic
now waits for the rebelling forces
under General simon to divide the
spoils OF war and determine the new
political leaders. In an interview
aboard the French battleship, the
deposed president said. 1.-THE future
of my country is anarchy, but rather
than call for American intervention
| would have preferred to blow up
my palace and die in the ruins"
The orgies attending the new rev.
olution, however, and the continual
menace Haiti presents to the peace
Of the commonwealth OF the nations
has stirred the press Of both Europe
and America to new discussion of
outside Intervention for the purpose
OF restoring settled and responsible
government The London Daily Mail
believes that it IS the duty of the
United states in the interest OF CIV
ilzatlon "to intervene and remind
the negro that peoples unable to
profit by independence or to use it
rightly must submit 70 the control
Of stronger and wiser races" With
this view of the situation the st
Louis Globe-Demoerat agrees. We
read: b T.
Washington may soon be com
PEELED to tell Port au Prince that if
she can not perform her dutv as a
member Of the comfy OF nations we
must step in and take control of az
fairs. The necessity, II it arises, will
be disagreeable, but our own peace
as we'll as the voice of the world may
compel us TO act"
"If the Haitians do not set their
house in order, some kind Of pres
sure from the outside will infallibly
be applied" says the New York Post
and the New York American regards
Washington as the only possible
source of remedy for the anarchy OF
Haiti. t 4r
Many OF the press, however, al
though deploring the conditions IN
the negro republic, can moi under
stand how 1t is either desirable. or
necessary, for the United states to |
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little or no muscular movement be-
cause in such a case the beam could
be kept more perfectly at balance,
and any loss occurring readily noted.
The patient was under observa-
ton for three hours and forty min
utes before death, lying on a bed
arranged on light framework built
upon very dellcately balanced plat
form beam scales. The patient
comfort was looked after in every
way, although he was practically
moribund when placed upon the bed
He lost weight slowly at the rate of
one ounce per hour. due to eyapor-
alton OF moisture in respiration and
evaporation of sweat.
During all three hours and forty
minutes kept the beam end slightly
above the balance near the upper
limiting bar in order to mal1e the
test more decisive if it should come
cat the end Of three hours and
forty minutes he expired and sud
denly, coincident with death. the
beam end dropped with an audible
stroke, hitting against the lower lin
ting bar and remaining there with no
rebound The loss was ascertained
to be three fourths of an ounce. "a
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-24

Roswell Record: There are many
people in Roswell who read the Rec.
ord religiously and faithfully, who
do not pay one cent for the support
OF the paper from the beginning 10
the end Of the year. However, this
is not the first time this has happen.
ed as the following from the paper
published by Benjamin Franklin be.
fore the revolution, shows: This
paper having met with so general
an acceptance In town and country
as to require a far greater number
OF them to be printed than there ia
Of the other Publlck papers; and II
be besides moro generally read BY
a Vast Number Of Borrowers, who da
not take it, the Publisher thinks
proper to give this publick notice for
the encouragement of those who
would have advert!sements inserted
In the publlck prints"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-24
MOBEETIE NAMES
ITS FAIR DATES
Citizens From Rich Region Visits in
Amarillo and Talks Of Com
ing Success.

F. p. Reid, president Of the Mo-
beetle Fair association, was in the
city last week. and stated that the
organization at which be stands the
head, has already met and named its
dates for next fair-october 7 and
s. He is specially DESTROYS not to
conflict with the dates chosen by
Amarillo. and is anxious to know
what time will be selected by the
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-24

back In betterments Tor the Pannan-
die road, the management has poured
IL all into Colorado, ombellishing the
lines in that state aud the Panhandle
could So hang. The company has
absorbed our wealth as greedy
sponge and given Us in exchange the
proyerbal two streaks OF rust
Though now the road Is in the
hands Of James J. Hill, the empire
builder and that he will make a
real railroad out Of II Is a hope which
the Panhandle fondly cherlshes.
That he will do SO we have every
reason TO believe, as this man Is not
known to tolerate rotten railroad
lines in any portion OF his great
holdings in Western America.
The Panhandle has wheat TO ship
to Europe and TO Asia, and now the
Panhandle will be able 70 choose the
east or the west, the occident or the
orient, for its grain and its FLOUR
The Panhandle soon will be ship
ping packing house products, and
likewise can reach eastward and
westward. The Panhandle will now
have competing lines to the west
coast, the Santa Fe and the Hill sys-
TEN. To the Galveston port we have
the Rock Island and the Hill sys-
ten, Cthe Fort Worth e. Denver
and Trinity & Brazos Valley.
No manipulation on the great
American railroad chess board could
have been happier for the, Panhan-
die OF Texas than this stroke by Hill.
Great as Is the fertile Panhandle
now, the days to come are TO bring
greater things, and every owner OF
a tract Of land in this wide domain,
and every realty holder in Amarillo
and the many other live towns in this
region, may congratulate themselves.
The moment that this gigantic rail-
road deal is closed Thursday in Now
York, then that moment Panhandle
realty, municipal and rural, will be
worth more money than 1t was the
moment before. The Panhandle Is
the best land under the sun, anyway,
and now that its great northwest and
southwest line is in strong hands we
may look for even greater things. Mr.,
Hill is welcomed to Texas In general,
and most particular welcome is his
to the great Panhandle. The people
here will meet him and his endeavors
with the most acute pleasure He
will find no railroad baiters on this
great rich plateau, but broad-minded
men, who will lend him every sup
port possible in his building up of
the existing line and other lines
which we hope and have reason to
believe he will construct in our
midst.
Welcome the Burlington to the
Panhandle; welcome James ]. Hill
and his big associates TO the Pan
handle. and Amarillo stands ready
to receive these gentlemen person
ally in her midst, and will do the
honors with true western hospital
ity should they visit Amarillo, the
Queen City of the Plains.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-24
GREAT PANHANDLE WELCOMES
]. J. HILL, EMPIRE BUILDER
Acquisition by Railroad Magnate Of Fl. Worth
and Denver Road Of Vast Benefit
to This Rich Region

Great interest was manifested in
Amarillo Saturday, and continues to
be the talk Of most Importance,
when tho Daily Panhandle announced
IN It's Associated Press dispatches
the purchase OF the Colorado &
southern railroad system by lanes
u. llill and his associates. Tho Bur
lington, INNS great road, absorbg
the Colorado & Southern systom,
witch includes the Fort Worth h
Denver BY this stroke Hin has
practically tied together The great
world ports Of Seattle on the Pacific
northwest an Oriental depot, and
Galveston on the Atlantic southeast,
a European depot,
How does Hin get into Galveston
Oy the purchase OF the Colorado e.
southern, as Fort Worth lis the
southern terminus Of the system,
seemingly? is question now being
asked, The answer Is, that the Col
orado & Southern and the Rock Is.
land are joint owners Of the Trinity
q Brazos Valley railroad. 1t was
suit in the last two years and now
'tfords the Colorado 4 Southern its
direct line from Denver 20 the Gulf
Of Mexico. Hence when Hill builds
short pieces Of road, which he is
20 do, especially one from Grin juno
ton, Wyoming, the northern termi-
nus OF the Colorado & Southern, to
Billings, Montana, connecting with
his Northern Pacific trunk line, a
direct and continuous route will then
exist from Seattle to Galveston,
hhrough the great Panhandle OF Tex
2s, over his Fort Worth & Denver
Foad.
' An Associated Press dispatch TO
dhe Daily Panhandle today gives the
following from this mornings issue
"a bn0 ShiSaSO AllOuuNs
J Tho acquisition OF the Colorado
6 Southern by James j. Hill is sim.
ply another step in the long pro-
tracted contest between Hartman
and Hill for supremacy in traffic
control OF the West" Continuing
The paper says: by securing 1880
miles Of Colorado & Southern system
Hi has not only swelled the total
Ot miles controlled by him to nearly
2f,oOD miles, but by securing along
desired outlet to the Gulf OF Mexico
and completing route from. the far
Northwest to Galveston, he has in.
raded his rivals territory iustgas
Hartman strengthened his own po-
Iition by pushing out new lines into
the Southwest"
Thus Hill has at last conquered
In his efforts to reach Galveston, and
be does so through the great Pan
handle, and the Panhandle reioices
With him.
This great good luck was unex-
,hctcd by Amarillo and the Panhan-
lie and nothing better could have
allen to us, seemingly. than this ac-
Iuisltion by Hill of the Fort Worth
Denver. The road has been
5onderfui money maker but instead
u turning some of the increment
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-24
Donison Herald: The two gentle.
men who blew out the gas In a Mem.
phls hotel we're from Arkansas.

Golfers: Last Christmas the WON.
ems clubs OF New York City induced
tho postoffico department to turn
over to Thorn several thousand letters
addressed TO Santa Claus by children
These misslyes, many OF them inno-
cent OF grammar and spelling, alike
attested eagernes5 for share OF the
good saints pack Amusing as they
were on the surface, thero was a
ring TO many that unconsciously
sounded the pathos OF o gftloss
Christmas. one boy wrote: 81 amt
got nothln', and that's all. Please
send something" A little girl said:
Dear Santa-My mamma has got
eight chllds and my papa has not
been working for nine months" Let
anybody who dlsbelicyes In toy-giv-
ing watch the row OF noses flattencd
against the toy-shop windows. It
Is worth while satisfying a few such
limp, suspended stockings and hun
cry hearts Tho Sophisticated can
hardly realize what II means to such
youngsters to drop i letter to Santa
into a prosaic mail box and in ans
wer receive a doll or fire engine And
there are other ways Of reaching, and
helping to a happy Christmas, the
CHILDHOOD that IL starved.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-24

Error Corrected---In a recent IS.
sue OF the Daily Panhandle appeared
statement TO the effect that Mrs.
Or. Cunningham was Ill in Califor-
MIA. This part OF the statement now
appears to have been incorrect, the
ladies being i'll were Mrs. David Park
Of Canyon City and Mrs. Yates of
Fort Worth.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-24
GOVERNMENT COTTON REPORT.
Associated Press.

Associated Press
Washington, Dec. 21.--A total OF
11,S92,115 running bales of cotton
we're giuned from the growth of
1908 to Dec. 10, against 9,2S4,O70
the same date last year, was an
nounced BY the census bureau in its
report today. The report OF cotton
ginned to December 10 last and num-
Der active ginners in Texas is given
as S,S65,9S9 bales and 4,1S3 gin
neries.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-24
100000 DISAPPEARS.
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Lisbon, Spain, Dec, 21.--The new
ly elected municipal court has un-
earthed a big scandal in the city's
account, over s7,OOO,OOO having dis
appeared. The former monarchial
councillors admit some irregulari-
ties but lay the blame upon the gov
eminent which they say Illegally
took the eity's money
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-24

Fort Worth Telegram Gtis several
weeks since the Texas Commercial
Secretaries association took up the
problem Of advertising Texas at the
Alaska-Yukon fair in Seattle next
year, but so far there has been no
announcement Of an adopted plan.
Does Texas intend 10 let Canada and
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-24

Charlotte News: A Texan Is pr.
dieting the end OF the world within
thirty days. Like most OF tho in
habitants Of Grand Old Texas, he is
no doubt of the opinion that any
change will help.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-24

Houston Post; Texas has this year
perhaps the most majestic line OF
Christmas windows the world ever
saw and they come high, a circum-
stance that refutes the assertion that
the cost of living is again on the
decline.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-24

Bloomington Paragraph. In these
days when 80 many people go wrong,
II may be well enough to remember
how many here are who so right The
newspapers blazon all the bad breaks
of humanity, but they do not pretend
TO keep track of all who behave them
selves and are faithful to every
trust. The reason is obvious. For
one person who goes wrong a thous-
and or more 20 right. But going
wrong Is sensational news and doing
right is taken for granted. The ex-
ception to the rule makes the story.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-24

olney Oracle: We had rather be
an old -iashioned citizen, living in OIL
ney than out In some deserted coun-
try playing slap in and slap out"
with some Vicious bear.
Fort Worth Telegram: This con.
fession is rather remarkable. Just
how anyone can be an old-fashioned
citizen in olney passes all under
standing, We have thought that
since olney got a real railroad that
everything in that place was Just
about fifteen minutes ahead OF all
schedules for up-to-datcncss.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-24

Atlanta Constitution: The Saints"
that have settled in Texas may have
been high flyers but it is evident
that they didn't know where to
light,
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-09-08
THE DAILY WORLDS SHORT STORY

Ia minute he revealed brick of dull
gold
THE gold brick game sneered J.
Frederick Colvin. They played it
in Nineveh."
Hiram Hopper tapped at the yell
low brick meditatively; then he
searched the girls downcast eyes.
You amt tellin' no lies about it,
are you, honey"
She shook her head and Colvin
burst into laughter.
That's all right" declared Hiram.
Give you s25 for the outfit"
The girl gave a glad cry and
rushed into the street, and a man al
most ran over her.
You haven't seen a pale-faced
girl with a bundle that she might
have wanted to hide?" he cried ex-
citedly.
What's that" snapped Colvin.
"Oh," groaned the man, I'm just
out $4,000. In the assay Office | let
a starved workman get away with
bar of virgin gold, and he passed it
to the girl"
You'd give a heap for that gold
brick now, | reckon?" asked Hiram.
TRY me and see.''
"A hundred dollars?"'
well, rather
The Reuben chewed meditative,y.
Any questions asked?"
''Not a question"
Lets see your hundred dollars"
demanded the man of Pasquedunk,
retreating into the store. The assay
man followed, placing ten crisp bills
on the counter, and Hiram Hopper
passed over the yellow brick of gold.
Purity easy money" smiled the
you lucky idiot" growled Colyin.
But you were fool to touch it just
he same
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-09-08
A GOLD BRICK.
BY Stuart II. Stone.

From PaSquedunk, in Connecticut
he came to the City of Curious De-
lights and the markings of his Yam
kee home-craft were upon him in a
hundred verdant manifestations.
Yet he was such stuff as steel-rail
bllllonaires are made of, | would
have sworn.
Hiram from Pasquedunk stopped
at the entranse of the Mogul cigar
store. J. Frederick Colvin, the blase
proprietor chaffed him, winking at a
group of small boys who stood near.
And then a maid of middleton
age stepped beneath Colvin's great
Indian Mogul sign. She had big,
frightened brown eyes and a pale,
slckly face. The girl carried news
paper package which she Rugged
close to her as she studied the faces
of metropolitan and hayseed with her
hungry, appealing eyes.
L would like to show you gentle
men something she whispered.
Colvin, the cigar man, frowned on
dunk seized her by the arm.
Come right in, Sis" he assented.
My brother is SICK" she answered
gravely.
Well growled Colvin. This is
no charity society,""
Poor little girl sympathized the
Pasquedunker
She continued hopelessly. eve
are poor-dreadfully poor-my ia
Their works in the big government
building and he got hold of this.
It's wrong-but there's little Joe and
the operation. Look at the bundle.
please, and give me what you can
for it,
Colvin said nothing. but Hiram
Hopper tugged at the package. In
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-09-08

AMMO CONVENIENTLY F. A. War
rem has withdrawn from the War
ren-Littleton Engineering Co. The
company will continue to do bust
ness at their stand on Palouse St,
next to the Rock Island Feed store.
They make specially of pumping
for irrigation, ana the sale of land
under pumping projects, as well as
doing a general real estate business
Let them sell your property. War
ren-Littleton Engineering Co. 90