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Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-02-07
A brick yard is being serious

A brick yard Is beng serious
ly considered and prospects are
bright for one. G.. H. Wilson, an
experienced brick man of Sui
phur Springs, will be here Mon
day or Tuesday for the purpose
of taking up the matter with our
citizens.
J. NJ. Hughes, formerly of the
Silverton Enterprise and now Of
the Nueces Land Co. at Corpus
Christi, writes The News that H.
G.. Rogerson died on the night of
January Both of pneumonia. Mr..
RogerSOn was well known here
and still has property interests
in Randall county.
w. w. Allison advises us that
he has connected himself with
Keiser Bros. & Phillips Land Co.
of Canyon City, and will move to
Canyon at an early date. We re-
greet very much to see Mr.. Ali
son leave Tulia, but wish him
success in his new eld.-Tulia
Standard.
Commercial Club. Regular
meeting next Thursday evening
at 800 p. N. Business Of more
than usual importance to attend
to. Look out for the secretary
the first of the week-he desires
to see each member before the
time of the meeting referred to.
A gentleman living at Ipava,
Illinois, enclosing a subscription
to The News, wants to know if
Canyon City has a bakery and a
ieweler shop. He could not find
any notice of such in this paper,
he says. They are here never
theless, one jeweler, several pla
ces where jewelry is sold and
one bakery.
Mrs. G.. A. Hitchcock moved in
town Saturday and is occupying
the Frank Park house on HouS-
ton street. She will buy or build,
she says, in the near future and
become a permanent citizen. Her
daughter, Miss Mollie, who has
had unusual facilities for acquir
ing musical education, proposes
to teach that accomplishment.
In announcing John Rowan,
Sr., for county commissioner of
this, precinct No. |, The News
should also have announced his
candidacy for justice of the peace.
These two offices run together in
that they are the only two which
one individual may hold in Texas.
In Canyon City Mr.. Rowan can
easily attend to both offices with
out bother either as to counting
his fees or the time taken in at
tending TO his official duties.
Miss Mollie Hitchcock will be-
gin her class in piano, voice and
harmony on Monday, Feb. 10, at
her home (the Frank Parks
place.. Prices and terms on APP
plication. 43-2
Good time for getting ont trees
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-02-07

Have you seen the devil: He's
coming with FAUST
w. G.. Baird was among those
laid up with grip this week.
Roy Cullum and Sam Marshall
spent Sunday at Hereford.
The Methodist church installed
a new piano this week
Have you seen the devil? He's
coming with Faust
Dr.. Ingham is now building a
substantial barn at his residence.
Mrs. J. l.. Howell, Jr., came in
Tuesday from Lake Arthur.
p. n. Sumrall is now working
at Plainview.
Carl Coffee is working at ANA
rillo.
Tree planting time is here
again.
Amarillo has secured a branch
of the Federal court. Good.
The ground hog saw his shad-
Ow on the second.
Mrs. Chas. Long, here visiting
her parents, returned homeTues
day.
A. H. Thompson is fixing to
put up an Eclipse windmill at his
residence,
II. A. Foster is confined at his
home this week. Heart trouble,
Joe says.
Judge Bean, Lubbock law
yer, was a visitor in town Satur-
day.
Lon ID. Mars, secretary of the
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce,
was among our visitors Monday.
Mrs. Hortense Lester returned
Sunday from visiting friends at
Hereford.
Tuesday marriage license was
issued by the clerk to Herbert
Vance and Miss Lille h. Vance.
|. w. Scott, in town Tuesday,
appears to have about gotten over
his spell of sickness.
j. II. lowell of Hereford, is put
ting in an apple orchard of 100
acres.
j. w. Prichard was sick last
week with something like chick
enpox. He is getting well.
The advertisements in The
News should prove to be its most
interesting reading matter to all
consumers for nowhere in the
Panhandle are goods sold so
cheay just now as in Canyon
City.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-02-07
BUSIW ESS LOCALS
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For Sale--One paid up share in
the Palo Duro Club.
c. X. BURROW.
Fresh Pork-Half or whole hog,
small or large. at cents.
CANYON MARKET.
For aIe-Forty five head of fat
hogs. They will average about
40 pounds. VIII take $3.50 for
the lot JOHN n. WILSON.
VIII buy, sell or rent town lots,
houses or lands. See me if you
want either Office opposite the
postolicc JASPER \. HANEY.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-02-07

The Hereford Brand reports
eighteen thousand bushels of
wheat sold at that point last
week at from ninety cents to one
dollar per bushel.
E. II. Aclley returning from
Fort Worth last week goes again
this week to accompany his wife
on her return from visiting rela-
tives at Waxahachie.
John Howell came up from
Lake Arthur last week to be with
his father, who at this date, is
thought to be improving some
over his condition during last
week.
The Ice and Light company
well has been finished at a depth
of 372 feet and plenty of water,
soft water, is reported for all
purposes.
Thomas Lester, residing four
miles northwest of Umbarger,
says that about one thousand
acres of wheat have been sown
in his naborhood.
Mrs. W. G. Baird returned
last week from a visit to her
daughter, Miss Avis, who is a
student of the Christian Univer-
sity at Waco,
The O. X. barber shop is now
in the Writ building on the north
side of the public square, the
shoe shop moving on the west
side next door to electric light
office.
G.. p. Hutchings has been re-
elected business manager for the
Canyon City Supply Co, for an
other year with a substantial in
crease Of salary. A better choice
could not have been made.
Mrs. J. h. Harter of Lake Ar
thur, New Mexico, arrived Fri
day on a visit to friends, Mrs. Il.
G.. Oldham, and other former ma
bors. Canyon City looks good to
her, she says,
Tom H. Rowan has sold his
livery business, horses and roll
ing stock, to J. ID. Gamble and
Geo Reynolds. Tom is now de-
voting his time to the electric
light plant.
Leading Denver and Rock
Island officials were in Amarillo
last week consulting over the
the building of their union depot.
The Santa Fe appears to be out
of it, or rather, we may say, not
in this deal.
DR.. G. +. Morris and wife of
Dalhart, were in town the first of
the week. Mrs. Morris was for
merly Mrs. j. w. Cummings and
DR.. Morris was here as defend
ant in a suit brought by j. w.
Cummings in which the plaintiff
charges Morris with alternating
the affections of his, Cummings
wife, claiming damages by reas-
on of it to the amount of $4,000.
The case was continued.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-02-07

buy among the crowd the auction
sales would have tailed up well.
Considerable trading was done
on the side. We must do better
on the March first Monday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-29
A ThouahtfuI TYrant.

Major Hayford Thorold, second IN
command of the First battalion, Duke
of Wellington's regiment, had an odd
experience in Matabeleland in 1896
when sent to restore order in a little
township called Gwelo. On arrival
there he found the acting commandant,
an ex-storekeeper, in a state bordering
on delirium tremens, so he had him
locked UP. The commandant how
ever, managed to break out and make
his way TO the telegraph Office, where
he dispatC he'd the following wire:
Chamberlain, London:
Man here named Thorold questions my
sobriety. Who is Thorold? Wire at once
to avert bloodshed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-29
Cards Are Out.

81 am glad your name is Mary" said
Mr.. Slowcoach to his sweetheart, whom
he has been counting for several years.
"Why So?" she asked.
Because l was reading today and
came across a line which said, Mary
is the sweetest name that woman
ever bore"
THAT is POLITICALLY expressed. I've
heard my father say it to mother,
whose name is Mary. 1t is from some
poet, isn't it?"
81 believe So"
"But I've heard my father say there
was even a sweeter name than Mary"
ST think he must have been mis-
TAKEN" said the lover as he tenderly
pressed his sweetheart's hand.
mo. 1 don't think he was mis-
taken"
"What was the other Manner
A beautiful flush suffused the maid
ems cheek, the silken lashes fell and
yelled the lovely eyes, and, In a tone
as soft as the whisperings OF an AGO.
Ian harp, she murmured:
"WifeP'-London Answers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-29
ENGLISH Army Horses.

Every horse in the English army is
numbered and has little history kept
for it all to himself. The number Is
branded upon the animals hind feet
the thousands on the near hind foot
and the units, ten and hundreds on the
off hind foot Thus the horse whose
number is, say, 1854 will have an on
his left bind foot and 354 on the other
one. On what is called his veterinary
history sheet" everything about the
horse VIII from time to time be writ
ten.-London Army Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-29

during their stay occupy the Baptist
parsonage.
Victor Patterson kindly sent us
copies of the Anaconda Mont. Stand
ard, one of the best papers in the west.
We perused it's columns with much
interest.
Sam Clark, residing two miles
northeast of Bagley, will have a sale
July 31-frst of the season.
A number of friends and relatives
gathered at the W. E. Lewis ranch in
Bridgeport hollow Sunday, and passed
a pleasant day. Those who went
from this town were Messrs and
Mesdames ]. M. Donnelly, DIR. Files
and L. M. Greer. Misses Baldwin and
Key, VIM. Lewis, DR.. NARROW, John
Thompson, Mrs. Mcnamara, and Mrs.
Foshay and daughters. Misses Dolan
and Hughes of Platteville and
Clemens of Iowa were guests at the
ranch.
The Glen Haven Kids defeated our
Kids Sunday, the score being II to 7.
At Cassville Sunday our ball team
went down to defeat. Score 7.
j. M. Donnelly and Editor Bishop
attended the democratic convention
in Lancaster Monday.
Berna Wooffenden and J. M. Don
nelly expect to attend Ringling's
circus in Madison today.
A. r. Wanezek and wife visited
their sons at Burton and friends in
Cassville Sunday. Their daughter
Lillian is visiting in Lancaster.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-29
TOLD BY THE THUMB.
One Way, So They Say, of Reading a
Persons Character.

TSfSon CHARACTER
The closer the thumb is set to the
wrist, the greater the amount of amia-
bic qualities a person possesses. And,
conversely, the higher on the hand the
thumb is set, the lower the order of his
mental and moral makeup.
Monkeys thumbs abut from the hand
at point close to the fingers. The
closer to this formation a human being
comes the more mOnkey-like intelli-
gence and character he is apt to have.
A thumb set very close TO the wrist
shows sympathy for all in distress,
great generosity, independence, love Of
liberty for self and others and readf-
ness to share with the unfortunate.
When the second phalanX of the
thumb is much longer than the nail
phalanx, there is a discordant relation
between reason and will.
Reason prepOnderates to such an ex-
tent that the entire life is spent in
planning what to do without ever do
ing.
A person of this kind sees clearly
what, is best for him, but lacks de-
termination TO put it into execution.
He sees the goal and the steps neces-
sary for attaining it, but in the same
glance he takes in all the obstacles,
and while he is bordering the matter
the opportunity to win success escapes.
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-29
A LITTLE ONE SIDED.
An Exchange of Presents That Was
Not Wholly Satisfactory.

lNOA NsnOhy SdliSI aSGSiJs
John Mitchell, the labor leader, was
discussing on one occasion a labor
struggle of the past.
You see, they didn't give us fair
DEAL" he said. cit looked fair on it's
face, but really it was like the deal of
Harvey Barr of Braidwood.
Harvey Barr, a successful lawyer,
had a wonderful talent for getting the
best of people Even at home he kept
this talent in play His wife said to
him one morning:
g Harvey, dear, this is the fifteenth
anniversary of our wedding. What
are you going to give me?'
This is what l am going to give
YOU Harvey answered affectionateIy,
and he handed his wife SIS in crisp,
fresh bills.
sob, thank you! And what shall l
give your the gratifed wife asked.
''"That meerschaum pipe I've been
admiring so long Harvey promptly an
nounced.
In the evening on his return home
the pipe awaited him. 1t had cost
just SIS. He lit up and began to color
it carefully. But as the evening wore
on his wife seemed i'll at ease.
"'Where is my present, HarveyT,
she said at last fretfuEly.
why, my dear, Harley explained,
you gave me a pipe gave you $15.
Don't you see? We're just even -
st. Louis Republic.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-29
Seeking the LIGHT.

At dinner during an Episcopal
convention at Richmond a young lady
sitting near the bishop of London said
to him.
Bishop, l wish you would set my
mind at rest as to the similarity or dis
similarity between your country and
ours on one point Does the butterfly
because the tomato camp
The bishop laughed heartily at this
yivacious sally. Not so a young Eng
lishman of his party, who after dinner
sought his host.
81 want to know, you know" said he,
"abOut that joke of Miss BIS. She
ahsked If butter flew because tomah-
toes could. Pray tell me what the
point s."-Lippincott's Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-29
A Chinese Superstition.

When Chinese baby takes a nap
people think it's soul is having a rest
going out for long walk perhaps. If
the nap is a very long one the mother
is frightened. She is afraid that her
baby's soul has wandered too far away
and cannot find its way home. If it
doesn't come back, of course the baby
will never awaken. Sometimes men
are sent out into the streets to-call the
baby's name over and over again, as
though it were real child lost They
hope to lead the soul back home If a
baby sleeps while it is being carried
from one place to another the danger
of losing the soul along the way is YER.
great. So whoever carries the little one
keeps saying it's name out loud, so that
the soul will not stray away. They
think of the soul as q bird hopping
along after them
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-29
An East Indian Festival.

A religious festival which plays an
important part in East Indian life is
the Nagpanchami, which occurs in
July and August The monsoon or
rainy season is supposed to end with
this feast. and it is therefore more ex-
tricts than in the inland parts. 1t is
the great holiday for seafaring men
and fisher folk generally. The cobra is
worshiped, and offerings of milk are
placed in shallow dishes in spots which
these reptiles are known to haunt.
Thousands Of cocoanuts are thrown
into the sea.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-29
Old Fashioned Wit.


The standard of wit varies from time
TO time What passes for the genuine
article at one period without challenge
is at another condemned as puerile
Stories were commonly told Of Beau
Brummel and his friends which there
is good reason to believe to be au
thentic, but which would now be re-
garded as too silly for cre&ence. The
famous man about town once laid
wager with the prince regent that he
would see the greater number of cats
If the prince chose which side of
Regent street he pleased. AS the re-
suit Brummel saw about twenty, while
The prince had not encountered one.
He was asked to explain the system
on which he had gambled and did SO
thus: 1t was q very hot morning, and
George ", who liked to take his ease,
chose the shady side of the street. But
cats like sunshine and gratifed their
inclination by summing themselves in
large numbers.
Beau Nash's wagers were not always
so successful, and he once found him
self nonplused by a young woman at
Bath. Having bet that he would take
a rise" out of the girl, he addressed
her with the remark that no doubt she
was familiar with her Bible and had
read the history Of Tobit and his dog.
"NOw," said he, ''can you tell me the
dogs name?" The reply was as
prompt as it was pertinent: ooh, yes,
sir. His name was Nash, and very
impudent dog ne was" London Globe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-29

caller in our burg last Wednesday.
Henry Vergane, of Milwaukee, was
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. Macke.
Mr.. Zollicoffer. of the firm OF
Zollicoffer and Wlllmers, of Du-
buque, transacted business here q
few days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Jewett took a
trip to Platteville last Saturday.
Miss Florence Willmers has been
engaged to teach the Rigsby Hollow
school again this coming term; thi:
makes two terms she has taught al
this same place.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-29
THE NEW COLORADO SPECIAL
ELECTRIC LIGHTED.

Leaves Chicago daily 10 100 a. IN. /,
for Denver, through without change.
Only one night enroute Pullman
drawing room sleeping cars. free
reclining chair cars and observation
parlor cars. All meals in dining
cars la carte.
$50 90 for round trip, Chicago to
Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo,
daily until September 30th, via Chi
cago. Union Pacific & North Western
line. Correspondingly low rates from
all points Two trains daily For
full particulars. apply TO any agent
The North Western line. 55-w-3.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-29
Something Comic.

Brownbigge Ito waitress who has
handed him a newspaper)-Ain't yer
got nothing comic? l likes tc have
something funny to look at while I'm
a-heating. Waitrass-There's looking
glass straight In front of you, sir.-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-29

dearest girl, Miss Twitchell. You've
heard us talk about her so often"
And, as usual, the woman saved the
day.
"Mr. Witherspoon and l are old
friends" said Alice as she took his
hand and locked up into his eyes with
merry twinkle in her own. But
the perSsn l want to meet is the in
vincible Mr.. Billy Brewster, said to
be world famed for his fascination"
The guests at Mrs. Hardy's celebra-
ton, which lasted until Monday morn
ing, promptly realized that two of the
party were almost continually missing
from the circle. When bridge whist
game was announced neither Mr..
WitherspOOn nor Miss Twitchell could
be induced to make up a table When
swimming was suggested in the morn
ing Alice declared it a bore to get
ready, and Witherspoon agreed that
sitting on the porch was preferable to
a dip in cold water.
Try as he would, Billy Brewster
could not secure a moments cOnversa-
ton with Alice without seeing With
erspoon inconsiderately near and glow
ering at him. To be sure, they conde-
scended to appear at meals with the
other guests, and at the dance Satur-
day night Witherspoon was decently
attentive to his hostess.
Monday morning arrived with I'M
seemly haste, and who can say how it
happened that the wagOnette would
hold only six of the eight guests re-
turning to town? And who will ex
plain how it happened that Wither-
spoon and Alice were the two selected
to go in a hired trap?
1t struck Alice that the drive to the
station was much longer than coming
from it, despite the most agreeable
company by her side Finally the old
horse drew up alongside the platform,
and Witherspoon helped her out. She
looked in all directions for their fellow
guests
"Why, where are the rest of our
croWd?' she asked i'll amazement
''A-hem!" started Witherspoon. ut
looks as if we had missed another
train
"HOw can that be?' suggested Alice.
eve started at the same time they
did, and now we will have TO wait
thirty minutes for the next train.
How could it have happened?" she re
peated.
."Well, the fact is" confessed With
erspoon, sit didn't happen by accident.
l paid the driver So to miss the train"
Alice looked at him searchingIy to
see if she really heard him Alright
''You see." continued Witherspoon,
81 wasn't going to have Billy Brewster
staring at us all the way in town. L
wanted you all to myself. And l want
to say something to you"
'Not here in a railroad station!'
cried Alice, with feminine premOniti0n
of what that something was.
"Why not?" asked Walter recklessly.
''We're all alone, and l want to tell you
that l love you, and, oh, Alice won't
you say 'YesY"
"Want the New York tramp yelled
the station agent.
Eyes, of course" replied Alice.
Witherspoon beamed on her and
grasped her hand. ''Oh, sweetheart,
if you knew what a happy man l am
and do you really love me?'
81 was speaking to the station agent
when 1 said Yes" said Alice blush
ingly. "But maybe the same answer
will do for BOTH"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-29
An Unhappy Outlook.

I Prospective Tenant should want
the studio for sculpture. Caretaker-
Yes, sir. Some of these is rented for
that. There's a sculptor molding next
door, sir.-Harper's Weekly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-29
Mutual Reluctance.

''Here is my seat, madam, out can
dor compels me to say that think you
are as well able to stand as l am"
"Politeness compelS me to say Thank
you, sir Chicago Tribune
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-29
a Rit of Tact.

do you say you paid compliment
to that hideous and spiteful baroness
didn't think you could be so insin.
cere"
Il merely told her that her face was
as beautiful as her heart. "-Fliegende
Batter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-29
First Necessity.

"How would you define a crying
needT" asked the teacher of the
rhetoric class
"a handkerchief" replied the solemn
young man with the wicked eye.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-29

There are people who only seem to
take pride in telling the truth when
they know 1t is going to hurt some
body's feelings.-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-29

A good 4-ring. 15-key B flat clari-
onet for sale at bargain. INQUIRE
of NJ Porter at the Northwestern hotel
or this Office
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-29

Satan Gucked nervously at passing
"honk!" and gazing at the distant
cloud Of dust sighed: $40 think was
once considered the worst of horned
thingsi"-YaIN Record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-29

Rooms to let for light house keep
ing. Mrs. John Burns.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-29
Poor Satan.

The great and the little have neeC
OF each other.-Shakespea
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-29

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered
by reason.-Pascal.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-15
EMPTIES REyLOVER
AT FLEEING THIEVES
Burglars Enter Imperial Hotel
and Secure S275 and Jewell
ry Before Driven Off

Burglars entered the Imperial hotel,
s51 Eddy street, at an early hour yes
terday morning, and looted several
apartments before Harry Holbrook, one
OF the guests, compelled them to flee
by emptying his revolver at the crooks.
The thieves, supposed to be two in
number, obtained a ladder and placed
it against the rear of the building. One
on guard while the other, reaching the
fire escape, climbed to the third story.
The culprit entered the apartment of
Theodore Schmidt, druggist at 706
Golden Gate avenue, and secured S210
in money, a gold watch and several
diamond pins. He then descended to
the second floor, entering the room of
Harry Holbrook, where he got s65 and
a watch. The burglar then entered the
apartment Of George Hanley. who was
awakened by the noise and asked the
fellow what he wanted.
The burglar leveled a revolver at
Hanley and ordered him to keep quiet.
Haniey shouted and the man fed. Hol-
brook, who had been awakened by
Hanley's shouting, pursued the thief
and fired several shots at him with
out effect. The burglar and his ac-
complice made their escape.
Several weeks ago similar burglary
occurred at the Imperial, in which
the land lady, Mrs. c. l.. Clark, was
robbed of $500 in jewelry
Detectives Thomas O'Connell and
Leo Bunner have been detailed on the
case.