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The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03
TOPICS IN BRIEF

Postal savings banks would furn,
ish guaranty that would guarantee
Chicago News.
Mr., Roosevelt might feel more at
home editing a powder magazine
New York American.
oh, by the way, the Hon James
Schoolcraft sherman, has also been
elected,-New York Mail
Mr., Foraker Is among those not
prominently mentioned for cabinet
posItions,-Chicago News,
Those whiskers are to Governor
Hughes credit. They prove his
moral courage Cleveland Leader.
What the esteemed Balkans need
worse than anything else is simpli-
fled spelling.--Ohio state Journal,
Mr., Bryan's trick mule will prob
ably give up mascoting and return
to his old job of muling.-Clovcland
Leader.
it looks like the psychological mo-
ment for Colonel Bryan to go over
and run against Mr.. William Hohcn-
zollern.-ohio state Journal
Magazine explodes," reads a head
line Impossible, Mr., Roosevelt
has not yet Joined the staff of The
Outlook.-Columbia (S. c. state,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03
MARLIN HOTEL BURNS.

Marlin, Texas, Nov 2S,--Thorc
were more frantic and scared people
at the Arlington hotel between /
and o'clock in the morning than
has been known in Marlin since the
destruction Of the first Arlington on
the site several years ago.
The building suddenly became
filled with smoke at the hour men
toned from fire that started in
the kitchen and made rapid progress
through the inner walls to tho up
per stories. Occupants Of the rooms
we're aroused by Night Clerk Parnell,
who scented the burning Of the tim.
Der before the smoke had entered the
lobby.
The damage is estimated at about
$4,000. 1t is said there is no in
surance on tho building or contents.
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THE HOG ASCENDANT.

The Fort Worth Telegram says:
Our familiar; though somewhat taci-
turn friend, the great American hog,
Is coming into his own in the south
west At the beginning, like many
other excellent citizens, he was not
an American, but had to be import
ed in order to get a start in this
land Of the free and home of the
brave. But since coming, he has
done fairly we'll
1 II has been only a half dozen
years since two Chicago packers,
coming to Fort Worth, began az
vertsipg for hogs and telling the
profits in raising them. The Tele-
gram in those days printed and re-
printed many times the slogan,
PLANT more hogs" as did other pa
pers foreseeing the profits which
would coma from the increased pro-
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03

by those in the packing business is
that within reasonable limits there
cannot be too many packing plants.
A new packing house may for "A
time, curtail the shipments to an
older establishment, but the end is
always greatly increased production
for everybody
If It would stimulate hog produc-
ton more, the Fort Worth packers
could almost afford TO establish
small packing plants at half a dozen
points in Texas.
But the hog supply Of the south
west is increasing The last live
stock census OF the state gave Tex
as 100000 head. 1t would not
be surprising If the next shows g.
600, 900 And the supply will con-
tinue to increase so long as there is
a demand for pork in the South.
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duction or pork.

duction or pork
Some OF the seed sown seems to
have taken root. The hog now APP
pears on the ascendant in the south
west, Fort Worth will handle 1907
600 more hogs this year than in
1907. Amarillo has begun working
on packing house the management
OF which is counting on 100000 hogs
in the Panhandle to supply its needs.
Oklahoma City is making overtures
to the S. G. S. company. And now
comes Shreveport, La with an
agreement to furnish 100000 and
$4,000 hogs the first year a packing
plant Is established
There is plenty OF room for the
packing house at Amarillo and for
one at Shreveport. Oklahoma City's
advantages are not so apparent since
there is already a considerable es-
adjustment at Wichita Kan. But
nevertheless the broad view taken
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03
The FirStPubliC Schools In Texas

An interesting communication Ia
the Houston Chronicle, written by u
Texan, who signs himself "Neritas,"
Is ~ follows;
70 the Editor OF Tho Chronicle:
As matter OF some interest, fol-
lowing up conversation OF some
days ago Where and by whom the
first public schools we're established
in Texas" recalls an article writ
ten some time ago, in Galveston pa
per signed Ben stuart" lie seems
10 have the records OF same better
than this writer The school fund
in 1889 was large in quantity, but
poor in price. Millions OF acres be-
longod to tho state or general fund
No sales at any price, Railroads,
canals, cleaning rivers etc, In
fact most any old thing was solicited
10 como to the state. Large bon
uses, from eight sections TO sixteen
sections OF land offered per mile "a
section OF land Is GO acresl, and
one Instance, az late as 1867. TWEEN
~ sections were given to the In
ternationa and Great Northern rail
road, per mile, free Of taxes for %
years, OF course this was land scrip
and It was hawked on the market as
late as 1875 at and cents per
acre, No settlers coming in, al
though the thousands OF acres be-
longing 10 the state (alternate sec
tions) we're given away TO actual set
Tiers, upon condition OF occupancy
but few came. No railroads, no
Sc hools, no roads--the country was
oyerrun with buflaloes and wild, sa-
wage Indians. With all OF these
the settlements of Ma
cogdocheS, San Antonio and Colum-
bia started and around the first two
were the abode forts and churches.
These We're the nucleus. 1t required
not only courage, but months Of trav-
ol to get TO them. A wonderfully
immigrant! In the
midst OF these brief statements Of
Ihcse troubles and embarrassment
the states obligations out for mil
iions OF acres in land scrip, locatable
upon any OF its domain, Scrip
worthless! What could Texas do to
raise a fund TO support schools?
Plenty of school lands! No buyers!
No money.
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ton In 1Si5, was not tho first to
start public schools in Texas Pro-
grcssivc, pushing knew him, In
the midst Of an difficulties, Plenty
OF state school land, but no buyers.
No schools, money excessive know
that out Of his personal assets he
kept this first public school, going
six months. not much, must adj
nit in dollars in cents in 1S45, but
1t was the incentive, not the dollars.
! say j. S. snyder, mayor OF Gal
weston In 1888, was the first man to
establish public schools in Texas.
Can any one refute Il?
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Trained Mind UntOIdS The Story Of the Romance
OF Sugar" and DweNS on Some Stu
pandOuS Figures

Increase, Hence you SEQ the crying
need for more and many more sugar
factories in our country
ono Of the greatest advantages in
tho beet sugar industry Is that beet
sugar can he manufactured in tho
white mans country that is q il
no, confined to the exhauslng humid
climate OF the tropics ms is the case
with the cane sugar Beet sugar can
be and is being produced In the tenn
peralc zone where the Anglo-Saxon
has his home and where he desires
TO remain. The cane sugar industry
is limited to the present area now
devoted to rs production, and can
not thrive or exist over the wide
area and in harder climates as does
the sugar beet
Beet sugar will supplant cano
sugar and beet sugar will continue
10 grow in favor and volume with
marvellous rapidity,
THE belief that one can know cane
sugar and beet sugar apart In the
markets is not true. The great sugar
refining companies take say, $4,000
pounds Of raw beet sugar and $4,000
pounds OF cane sugar, melt II up to.
gother, refine It, and the product is
the sugar crystal, chemically and
physically the same in one product
as the other Sugar is sugar and you
can't make il anything else.
The contention in some quarters
that beet sugar will not make good
pastry, preserves, jams and jellies,
is wrong, Beet sugar and cane SUI
gar, when refined, are identical and
the fault for failures in the cooking
line lies in some other direction.
This prejudice against beet sugar
was so strong in California, where
large amounts are manufactured,
that il was necessary TO place dem.
in the retail stores to con-
vince the ladies that there was no
between the product OF
the cane and the beet Sometimes
the grocer the jobber, the travelling
man, pretends 10 know the differ
ence, but you may take my word for
il, they don't know; and this is be-
cause there is no difference when
both products are refined
The reason for this is a chemical
one, as follows: Sucrose tnot glu-
cosc) is the true sugar crystal. It
Is the same in the maple, the cane
and the beet. The peculiar flavor Of |
maple sugar, the brown, uurefined |
product, is due to what we may call |
the impurities, the sap and the wood |
odor. When refined into the true
sugar crystal the maple is the same
as the cane, the same as the beet
all three being identical sugar crys-
tails. Hence you see beet sugar is
sugar, and nothing but sugar. Grape
sugar is manufactured from the corn
stalk and Kindred plants and does
not crystalize.
I'm round numbers 20 per cent OF
the worlds production Of sugar is
from the sugar beet In America
We have the great advantage of
virgin soil compared to the soil OF
Europe which has been under cult
laton for hundreds Of years. In
America we have the most wonderful
market in the world among ourselves
and the time is fast coming whom this
wonderful republic Of ours will he
feeding all our people with all the
sugar they want and will be salts
'ying the sweet tooth Of the globe
It is stupendous industry now but
will grow greater as the years come"
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WOMAN WEARS MANS CLOTHES.
Says She Did II TO Get Better Work
and Wages.

Dallas, Nov. 2S.-Convicted of ap-
pearing in public in male attire. Mrs.
Carrie MAZE Vanderveer was fined
$40 in the corporation court Of Dali
las yesterday morning She had en-
tered a plea OF guilty and Judge w.
L. Mathis made the fine light, as he
had the promise of the woman that
she would not repeat the offense.
The testimony offered was to the
effect that what seemed to be a youth
OF about 20 was arrested on Tuesday
night by Patrolman Taylor near Tur-
ner Hall, where the young man had
attended ball and had danced with
a number OF the ladies', being ac-
counted an excellent dancer.
The youth, after arrest, confessed
he was a woman and was placed in
the woman's department at the city
hall In the hearing before the
court yesterday morning the pris-
oner wore dress.
She stated that she had taken the
male attire because both the work
and the wages for young men are
better than the opportunities for wo-
mon. She said the name given is
not her real name. She had been
in Texas about five months, and in
Dallas about as many weeks. She
was employed as a man by local
concern, where her sex was not sus-
pected.
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That's the way to do business and
that is the way this business is 10 be
done. And Col. Groom is happy
over the matter, as he has all conf
dence in the result.
The question is asked, whore are
we to get the bects? Col. Groom
answers that question as follows:
Take Amarillo as center of a one
hundred mile radius. In that circle
We have 800 miles of Santa Fe road,
200 miles OF Rock Island and 200
miles OF the Denver. That is a total
OF zoo miles Of railroad within a
hundred mile radius of Amarillo,
Now with production OF beets Of
only seven acres to the mile, total
of 1900 acres of beets will result.
And there are your bects for the
Amarillo factory"
This fact can not be disputed and
with the rapidly extending railroad
mileage in this territory and the
rapidly growing fields where turf
now exists, the question OF produc-
ton to feed factory is not ono TO.
worry over, The beets can be fur~l
nished and heavy tonnage at that
Mr., Iotchkiss, on the authority OF.
his company makes the statement.
to the Daily Panhandle that sugar
beets, in real sugar beet country,
Is tho most profitable crop 10 the
farmer, and one which will average
better for a series Of years than any
other crop grown.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03

] could write a history OF that
legislature that the majority of read
ers would not believe. Ignorant ne
groes composed the majority, in fact,
but not in action, that passed that
one per cent tax for school purposes
and gave that railroad or this rail
road enough state bonds per mile to
build Il.
Let us not look back too far, but
let us take our present schools and
universities, now furnishing under
conservative, honest preservation
OF that great endowment, the school
lands Of the state,
Today millions of that trust fund
lay in the vaults OF our state treas
ury and hundreds Of thousands Of
acres unsold, increasing daily. / am
conservative when I say, will pro-
vide a fund ultimately OF at least
$2o0,000,000, belonging to the chill
dren OF the state--sacred to that one
purpose.
Is there any one TO dispute that
John S. Sydnor. mayor of Calves
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bet SUGAR FACTORY May RISE IN AMARILLO
OWNED AND OPERATED BY PEOPLE OF PLAINS
EyIt Comes to This City 10 Investigate Con.
ditiOnS and 10 Test the Panhandle
I Sugar Beet

plant at any point in tho country
where the conditions OF soil and cli-
matc will not allow u profitable
sugar beet 10 he grown, And no
amount of money can induce this
company which stands At the top of
the list Of such manufacturers, to
violate this law OF their own MAX
ing. The reason for this is, the
Dyer company can not afford to erect
plant where they believe failure
will result because this failure viii
operate TO dim their high reputa-
ton IN the business world and give
opportunity for lessor competitors to
point finger OF scorn and herald
q report that "the Dyer company
made failure OF their work In the
Texas Panhandle" or any other sup
posed locality Hence tho people of
this region may rest assured that n
Mr.. Hotchl>isS and his company re-
port In the people here, after thor
ough investigation, physical and
chemical, that tho Panhandle is n
profitable sugar beet region then the
people may rest assured that the
Panhandle is just what this company
declares it 20 he.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-03
TEXAN AND WIFE DIE IN FIRE.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". G. Treude Burned
to Death in Yorktown.

Yorktown, Texas, Nov. 2S.-Mr.
and Mrs. w. C. Treule who lived
about nine miles south of here, near
Weesatche, lost their lives Wednes-
day night about 10 O'Clock in fire
which consumed their home and con-
tents. Only part OF the charred re-
mains were found.
II is supposed that lamp ex-
plosion took place, originating the
fire and in trying to save one an
other both lost their lives. The
young couple we're married less than
year ago.
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1t is a recognized fact, the Pan
handle will state on its own author
ity that net profit of $50 an acre
is always expected by the sugar beet
grower; and in some localities the
profits exceed this very materially.
Much depends on the farmer himself.
II he is up and doing and applies
brains to the business then his pro-
fits are always good,
Mr. Hotchkiss and Col. Groom will
take in the regions round about and
from this beginning it is hoped a
sugar beet factory for Amarillo will
result
Mr.. Hotchkiss' company, when It
builds plant for any locality, names
an agricultural expert which the To-
cal company employs to aid the farm
ers in the production Of beets,
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FEAR TRANSPORT DIX
IS DISABLED AT SEA
Associated Press.

Washington, D, c., Nov 2S.-
Alarm is felt here over the fact that
the army transport Dix, en- route
from Seattle to Manila with a cargo
Of 20 horses and $50 mules, Is six
days overdue. 1t is feared the Dix
was caught in the same typhoon that
disabled the hospital ship Relief. A
vessel has been ordered sent from
Manila to locate the Dix.
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KILLED IN TEMPLE YARDS.
Switchman Luther McGrcgor Dies
Under Wheels OF Train.

Temple, Texas, Nov. 2S.-Luther
McGregor a Santa Fe switchman,
was killed in the yards here. He
was coupling cars when his foot got
fastened in a frog and the train ran
over his body, crushing the right
side and beheaded him.
The decedent had been employed
by the railway company about five
years, was married and has numer-
GUS relatives residing here and at
Pondleton, Funeral Services were
conducted here this afternoon under
the auspices of the Brotherhood Of
Railway Trainmen and the Modern
Woodmen Of the World.
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The people OF the United 4
r States need vast quantities Of 4
4 sugar which they are now buy 4
r ing abroad The people Of tho =
Panhandle must help supply 4
r this demand 4
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Few people there are In the Unit
ed states who know the story of tho
romance Of sugar" The term no
nance Of sugar is a pleasing way
to introduce subject clustered
about with stupcndous facts,
| Sitting at ease in bis room in the
Amarillo hotel last evening Mr.. W,
c, Hotchkiss discussed this great
question with a representative of tho
Daily Panhandle Lying in front of
him was a manuscript prepared by
the head OF his big firm, to which
Mr.. Hotchkiss referred from time to
time And in addition to this man
uscript Of notes and statistics Of re-
cord, Mr.. HotChkiss' own mind and
memory Is royalty equipped to dis
cuss such a subject, as he is one of
the shining experts in the sugar
world. II was pleasure to listen
to this gentleman unfold the story
Of sugar, and coupled with this was
the refreshing fact that his words
were always conservative, as Is the
habit OF men OF big affairs.
In part MIR. Hotchkiss gives this
Information to the people of the
plains through the Daily Panhandle:
some years ago America was buy
ing steel rails from England and
paying from 500 to 1925 a ton for
this commodity. We are now sell
ing England steel rails at about $25
tom
I'VE are nov buying sugar abroad
The time will come when We Will
be selling sugar abroad,
Beet sugar has been commercial
ly manufactured in , Germany for
more than ninety years, In the
United states tho beet sugar indus
try was established on profitable
and substantial basis some time in
the early SOS, but the past decade
has seen its most rapid and substan-
tial growth.
In the United States today there
exist and are at work about sixty
beet sugar factories, Michigan lead
ing with fourteen, Colorado with
twelve, and California with nine. The
amount of money invested in these
factories totals in the neighborhood
of the vast sum OF $5O,O0O,O0O.
"The United States consumes an
nually close TO 100000 tons, not
pounds, Of refined sugar, cane and
beet, Yet while we OF this country
consume 100000 tons, we only
produce coo, 900 tons, requiring us to
purchase abroad and import the
huge amount of 100000 tons. The
importation Of this amount OF sugar
costs us considerable over two hun
dred millions OF dollars.
Now to supply our own demand
and 10 check this fearful outlay of
money abroad we need over $50 SUI
gar factories of the same average
capacity as the sixty We now have
in operation, Again the increase in
of sugar in the United
States is about 8 per cent yearly,
hence the beet sugar factories now
being built barely take care of this
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\ VERSATILE COLLEGE GIRL.
4 She Introduces New Ideas in the 4
\ Commonplace Affairs of Life. X
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\ Commonplace Affairs of Life. 4
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Good Housekeeping. A merry
Smith college graduate maintains
with superb audaclty that college
girl has a crushing advantage over
any other girl in amy job she puts
her hand to-" IF that job be matrl-
mony" she persists cody, she does
that better. 0, yes, / know" she
hastens to anticipate your inisnua-
tons, the college girl doesn't mar
ry 50 soon as other girls simply be-
cause she can't catch man as soon,
but once caught she holds him faster.
Did you ever hear OF a divorced col
lege girl?" she asks with an air of
finality in clinching the argument.
A minister also remarks on this
NeTsatlIlty OF genius OF the college
girl.
They are a boon to the race" he
says. They introduce new ideas
which are positively delightful into
the most commonplace affairs Of
life. The other day / christened the
first baby Of a married college girl,
and all during the ceremony it smil-
ed up beautifully into my face. Now,
babies usually cry while they are be-
ing christened and SO ! congratulated
the young mother on her little ones
lamblike behavior, and what do YOU
think she said? why, of course he
behaved well. His father and |,
with a pail of water, have been prac-
ticing christening on him for the last
two days The idea of rehearsing
a christening Who but a college
girl would think of such thing"
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WILDCAT DIsTILLER.
Special to Daily Panhandle.

Special to Daily Panhandle.
Waco, Nov. 2S.--Wilbur H. 3.
spurlin, charged with running
wildcat" distillery in Oklahoma was
arrested at Prairie Hills. Limestone
county today by Federal Marshal
Carper and brought here ~ w.
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And may ! digress a little: Pub
lie schools, even in 1880, were not
looked upon favorably. Times rolled
on. In the 4Os! Then began some
movement. The planters and mer-
chants began to send their children
abroad or establish private schools
or private tutors The republic be-
gan to ill up with immigration and
demands for the benefit of the school
fund The old aristocracy held
alooi.
Some little cash had begun 10 ac-
So, upon the application of John S.
Sydnor OF this city Of Houston, and
John S. Sydnor, deceased, one time
county commissioner OF Harris coun-
ty, a merchant and stockman of
Lynchburg. He O.. S. Sydnor)
started the first public school in
Texas. This school was run five
or six months and suspended for
want of funds-plenty OF school
lands but no money--lsnd poorAnd,
If / remember correctly, then gem
eral revival Of the public schools
came after the civil war--reconstruc-
ton days, when the lands Of the
state were taxed one per cent OF their
value. Many paid this one per cent
and many fought the Edmund J.
Davis administration procedure as
graft, and the supreme court IN
der a democratic administration de-
cided that the one per cent was UNI
unconstitutional
Every bookman, furniture man,
contractor, in accord with the Da-
Wis administration rushed TO the
state when the one per cent tax bill
passed. 1t was the time of all times
OF graft---the days Of the Eleventh
legislature.
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PEOPLE OF PANHANDLE

4 The people oftbo Panhandle 4
= may soon have an opportunity 4
4 10 plant hundreds Of acres Of +
4 this fertile landto sugar bects, 4
= as the iollowh article will 4
= clearly show. 4
EtttttH ~ ~ ~ ~ 4 n
IN important grlyal in this city
yesterday was VIC. gotchkiss, rep
reScntins the Dyd company OF Cleye-
land, Ohio, constructors of beet sugar
factories. TIE arrival of Mr..
HoDch0dss IN Amarillo Will in all
probability, pcau that at no distant
date Amarilb will be the site of a
prelondous leet sugar factory. Tho
coming OF bis gentleman to ANA
rillo at MS time is duo to the eff
forts Of Col. IL. T, Groom.
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REFEREE IS STRICKEN.
Special to Daily Panhandle.


Houston, Nov, 2S,--Just as be
finished signing an order declaring
a 5 per cent dividend in the House
estate for December 10, H. L. Bor-
den, referee in bankruptcy, was at
tackled by heart failure and fell. He
was taken home where his condition
is critical, ,,.