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The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1908-09-18
VERY RAPID DEVELOPMENT.
improvements Being Made on Lands
In This County Are Many. More
Land in Cultivation.


time TO time, been trying to get
accurate reports of the various
improvements being made on the
farming lands in this county.
This he tried to do in connection
with his work in the Commercial
Club before he became connect
ed with The News.
Toany person not acquainted
with facts. full statement of the
rapid development of the country
would seem fabulous. Last
Wednesday this reporter had
occasion to make a trip Just
north of town and his attention
was called to a tract Of land con
tanning six sections which was
last year a pasture. For the in
formation of the readers of The
News the reporter talked with
some of the people now living
and farming on that land in or
der to draw out from them the
length Of time they had been in
the county and the amount Of
land which they have in cultiva-
ton. together with other items of
interest
NJ. B. Hogle owns 100 acres Of
these sections. has ninety acres
in cultivation which he has tend
ed himself. a six room house.
well. good barn and sheds, with
an orchard Of about 125 tress
and this has been done since he
moved to the county in January
last. He will break more Of his
land this year. Speaking of his
impressions Mr.. Hogle, who
halls from Iowa. stated l
think this is the finest country
there is. l certainly have no
kick coming on the crops raised
here this year. They are better
than l expected. am well sat
isfed and think our lands ought
to be and will be worth as much
as those in Iowa where I came
from.
f. H. Griggs came to this
county from his former home at
Genoa. Illinois. leaving there
April Is Of this year. He owns
100 acres and now has forty
acres in cultivation planted this
year in kafir corn, milo maize,
sorghum and millet. Has a nice
house and good barn with plenty
of other improvements. All this
he has done since he came. To the
reporter he said L have had
much better health than | had in
Illinois, and | think the country
Is fine. a little experience will
enable Us to make the very best
crops of everything. For in
stance l found that the millet
which We planted on small tract
of land that had been cultivated
at some time, and we thorough
ly disked the ground. raised bet
ter millet. My kafir corn and
milo maize will be fine.
Charles Springer and his
mother live on a half section that
is owned by Messrs. Spellman
and Metz. They have a neat res
idence and a good barn. He has
himself broken and planted nine
ty five acres of land this year
and the products seem to be do
ing well. All this since Janua-
ry /. When asked if he were
going to farm in this section Of
the country this year Mr.. Spring
er said, Certainly. If do not
stay on this place l will hunt an
otbar "
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1908-09-18

Mrs. b. G. McCaleb of Ten.
nessee, and Mrs. G.. O. Right of
Claude, were guests of Rev. w.
II. Younger and Mrs. b. II. John
son Thursday and Friday.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1908-09-18

Cowart & Phillips handle all
the latest magazines.
The Washington times., 1908-02-09

this viii take the form of a com
plete and emphatic denial goes
without saying, and that the refu-
tation viii be thorough and con
vincing no one who knows anything
of tie subject or the President can
doubt.
4 noticeable feature of these
charges has been their nameless
character. So far no man or no
publication has given the name OF a
single official appointed Tor the pur-
pose Of helping Mr.. Taft win the
nomination II is a sort of black
hand" proceeding that the fFesi-
dent really could afford to ignore,
but which he can unquesrionably
squelch once and for all. and at this
stage Of the campaign his act Will
undoubtedly prove beneticent.
The Washington times., 1908-02-09

the Committee on the Prevention Of
tuberculosis. We all share in the
benefits 10 follow the activities of
this committee. To carry on this
great work for all the people of
Washington as well as TO help those
already stricken, the committee has
asked for the pitifuIly small sum
of less than $1,000. The committee
reports that the contributions are
few and small, yet there are MANY
men and many women in this city
of wealth who would franticallv
give that whole sum or ten times
that amount if one Of their loved
ones, seized with this living death.
could be spared them. But given
now a tenth of the sum might fend
the foe.
The Washington times., 1908-02-09
Fighting q Home Foe.

Those happy people whose lot en-
ables them TO live their waking, if
not sleeping, moments out of doors,
are seldom afflicted with tubercu-
losis in any form. and still less sell
dom does that disease carry them
to the grave.
tuberculosis is a house disease.
It is the plague OF the home, the
curse of comfort and luxury. They
are the very ones most susceptible
TO its insidious advance who are
most luIed to a sense of immunity
by their well-being, when this Is
accompanied by ignorance of the
character of this destroyer of
health and life.
One of the chief preventives of
tuberculosis is knowledge of the
disease itself. When we know what
it is, how it comes. and how 1t pro-
crosses, we are in a fair way TO
overcome It. It is not sufficient for
us 10 know this. Others must have
the same knowledge or we VIII suf-
fer from their ignorance.
This extension of "tubereular'
information is one of the objects of
The Washington times., 1908-02-09
SIGNAL CORPS MEN COMING
TO HELP IN BALLOON WORK

First Glass Privates Cecil r. Cole,
William Z. Mcconnell, Harry T. Settle.
John II. Crotty, Benjamin Schmidt, Yer
non l.. Burge, Edward o. Eldrcd. stew
arr X Rosserberger, and Charles Nc
Kim, all of the Signal Corps. United
States Army, have been ordered from
Fort Wood, y. y, 10 Fort Myer. Va.
for duty in connection with the aero
nautical work OF the Signal Corps.
These men viii assist Captain Chand-
Ter and Lieutenant Lahm in their eN-
pertinent work with diriEible balloons
and aeroplanes 10 be conducted at Fort
Myer, where they are establishing
headquarters.
The Washington times., 1908-02-09
PRESIDENT DENIES
THAT HE'LL ATTEND
THE CONVENTION
Says He Doesn't Expect
to Do Anything Seized
uled by RumorS.

President Roosevelt docs not c5utcn-
pate going TO the Chicago C1uveullga.
despite reports from Chicago tH3i aave
been published TO the cfcg- le uII at
tend that gathering. lie told friends
yesterday that ne had no intention Of
COINS.
II am not going 20 the convention
/ am not going to the Senate. ] am
rot going to Europe. 7 am not going
TO DO any Of those things they have
been saying" are the words a 5Icli-
gan delegation ascriJsd to the Pres
dent yesterday.
This delegation. headed bv Senator
Smith and Assistant Secretary 81 tile
Navy Newberry, called on the Pres
dent To invite him 20 go To- Ann Ag5Jr
in June 10 attend the dedication Of tna
new alumni memorial han az tEe Tel
EeIsity Of Michigan. The President was
reminded that IT would be an easy mat
ter for him to stop over in Michigan
iHIsmuch as he was. according 10 r.
ports, going TO the Chicago convention
Il Was in this connection the Presideu-
act II be known he was not going ID
tie convention. His presence there
would, Of course. be construed as mean
ing he wanted a third term or was on
hand 10 exercise undue influence over
the action Of the convention. He does
not propose 10 be put in such a sitls-
ton
Secretary Loeb viii he ia Chicago as
ono Of the delegates from New York
and he VIII be in touch with the White
House by wire and viii keep his ch-eL
fully advised.
The Washington times., 1908-02-09

President Roosevelt ana Secretary OF
the Navy MetCaIe are UouudIy scored
in an editorial iU the January issue or
The Navy" which has 5-at appeared,
for the supprs ssior Of a memorandum
on the report Of + az Admiral Rodgers
concerning the establishment of The
naval auNiEa-v system on the China
station when ne was ia command there
several years ago.
This memorandum was prepared By
the Bureau OF Navigation In answer to
the Gill resolution calling upoh Secre-
tary Nfetcalf Tor all memoranda bear
ing on the Hospital Ship Relief cOUuo-
varsv which led to the resignation OF
Rear Admiral Brownsou as chief o.
the Bureau of Navigation. The memo
randurn II Is stated. was stricken out
Of the mass Of documents at the White
House and accordingly the memoranda
went TO the House from the Secretary s
Office Incomplete.
Says Record Is Incomplete.
THE Navy" charges tha- the record
Of the controversy as sent To The House
IS incomplete in several points OF In
terest. Secretary Bonaparte December
L. 1906. indorsed the report OF the spe-
Cial medical board favOrinE the placing
of hospital ships under medical Of
Hcers. and report sent to the House
shows absolutely no other mention Of
the subject IL any way from that date
TO November 8. last when Surgeon
General Rixey renewed the controversy
in a statement 10 the Secretary which
brought out Admiral BrOwnson. s de
cisive reply of November IS.
In Dr. Rixeys letter Of November o
There occurs this interesting para
graph" the Navy states. which should
lead the House to ask for further in
formation, IAN The necessary ar
ranrements for the commissioning OF
this shin have been considered by this
buresu in advance, and her stores are
The Washington times., 1908-02-09
President Is Accused
Of SURPRISING Papers
in The Navy" Says Memorandum
Bearing on BrOWnsOn-RiXey Case Never
Reached Congress From White House.

either on board or at the navy yGrd.
Mare Island, in readiness to be placed
on board at short notice. This shows
the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
had proceeded 10 place the ship I'm read
mess for commissioning without con-
suItiug the Navigation Bureau, as the
regulations require, If all correspondence
on the subject has been made public"
Shows Paper Is Missing.
The fact that the missing memo
randum concerning the auxiIiaries under
Admiral Rodgers on The Asiatic station
was included IN the statement OF Ad-
miral BrownsCn, Is shown in the fol-
lowing paragraph which appears in the
aLmiraTs statement as il appears I'm
the report 10 the House. according TO
The Navy
THE experience gained with naval
auxiliaries on board of which divided
authority existed. is fully set forth III
the inclosed report from the senior
squadron command Of the Asiatic feet,
and has a direct bearing on the present
point at issue"
THE Navy holds that the placing
Of "a sailing master on a naval vessel
is entirely at variance with naval Tcgu-
lations. Criticism is also made OF Sur
gcun General RiXey being allowed 20
make a final statement on January -,
I'm which he criticised Admiral Brown
son and the Bureau Of Navigation,
whereas Admiral BroWnsOn was not
permitted TO supplement his statements
with any argum mt after the date OF his
resignation December -.
The Navy" repeats its attacks upon
the construction policy and produces
several full page photographs Of bat
tIeshins taken or the Eoorning the feet
left Hampton Roads. These photo
graphs show the aTmOr line of almost
every ship entirely submerged. Especial
fault is found with the aTmor arrange
ment Of the Connecticut, as illustrated
by the photographs.
The Washington times., 1908-02-09
ADMIRAL ACKLEYS FUNERAL
TO BE HELD THIS AFTERNOON

Funeral services for Rear Admiral
Seth NJ Ackley, L. S. n, retired, who
died Friday at his home, 1908 Nine
teenth street northwest. viii be held
this afternoon at the Unitarian Church.
The Rev. L. G, B. Pierce viii off1ciate.
The body Will be taken to Nantucket
for burial
Born In Nantucket, October Is, 1916.
Admiral AcIley entered the naval serv-
ice as a midslipman October e. ISe2.
He became a lieutel ant commander in
1881 He served as secretary of the
lighthouse board during the Spanish
American War He became an admiral
IN February, 1897. anG WAS retired last
October.
The Washington times., 1908-02-09
Malicious Criticism.

There has come from the White
House the promise of a statement
in reply to The charge made by GER
tain publications, coufessedly an
tagonistie TO the President, that he
has used the Federal patronage at
his disposal to advance the Presi-
genital candidacy of Mr.. Taft. That
The Washington times., 1908-02-09

ike him, and his superiors know his
worth and admire him.
Being from Missouri, he gets to the
bottom Of things. He is an old hand IN
the Government service, and has won
Ms present position by promotions for
efficient service.
lie win have practically complete
charge OF the office. except that Mr..
Hitchcock. If he gets lulI in tho pO-
Uucal tumult. may give him a few tips
as to certain things that Should be
done
The Washington times., 1908-02-09
BURTON TAKES CHARGE
OF TAFI'S OHIO FIGHT

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. s.-C0n-
gresham Burton arrived here today 90
take charge Of the primary dghr FOR
the Enforcement or Taft for PTlsideu-
He VIII remain until after the pTlmaTtF-
Tuesday, and possibly until after the
convention next Saturday on arrive.
he was served with q notice that he
had been appointed by the board o+
elections an election judge in his own
precinct for the Taft primary.
IF they are serious I viii serve. "La
said. T have always urged others
TO DO their public duty and I cannot
shirk."
The Washington times., 1908-02-09
LIEUT.. COM. A. l. WILLARD
TO REMAIN AT NAVY YARD

Orders issued 70 Lieut. Commando
A. L. Willard, on duty at the Wash
inston Navy Yard. assigning him to
duty as ordnance officer of the new bat
tIeship Mississippi, have been revoked
and Commander Willard viii remain
OF duty at the local yard.
Lieut.. Commander 3. B. NcCormick.
on duty at the works Of the i. w Bliss
Company, Brooklyn, y. Y, is assigned
as the ordnance officer of the NUssis-
sippi in place of Commander Willard.
The Washington times., 1908-02-09
JERSEY NEEDS ROOSEVELT!
NATURE TAXING? PERHAPS

CANTON, y. J.. Feb. S-Tsasc Bran
diff, a trapper and gunner captured
Young muskrat which had only Two Legs
and both Of these were ON ore side
OF the body.
There was no place IN the body which
would indicate that the other legs We're
provided Tor by nature and how the
animal managed TO get along is
mystery.
The Washington times., 1908-02-09
LIEUT.. S. S. ROSS
RELIEVED FROM ISTHMUS

First Lieut. Stanley s. Ross, Coast
Artillery Corps, has been relieved from
duty with the Isthmian Canal Commits
sion. TO take effect March I. He is as
signed to the Fifth Company, Coast Ar
tIIery Corps. and viii join that COM
many Immediately after his arrival I'm
New York.
The Washington times., 1908-02-09
FINES NOT ABANDONED
AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY

George T. Bowerman, librarian of the
Washington Public Library, said yes
terday that there seems to be an enor-
nous impression abroad in the city that
the collection OF all fines on library
books have been abandoned. He says
that all books taken out since the re-
opening of the library are subject to
fines If retained beyond the time at
which they are returnable.
The Washington times., 1908-02-09
PLUMBERS
BID ON GOVERNMENT WORK

Several WASHINGTON firms are among
the bidders who we submitted to the
War Department proposals for plumb
ing work in the buildings to be erected
at Fort Monroe, Va. The bidders are
James Nolan & Sons. S14.096: Darnan &.
Jones. 81, l65: and Joseph s. Reynolds
So, 2Sg.
Capt Ernest r. TiIton. constructing
qUartermasteT. will announce the awards
in few days.
The Washington times., 1908-02-09
AGRICULTURE OFFICIALS
HONOR JAMES w. PlNCH0T

The officers of the Department Of Az
ricult,re adopted resolutions yesterday
an raemorv OF James w Pinchot, who
diod AT his home in this city last
Wednesday. The resolutions TsleI 70
Mr.. Pinchot's civic virtues MS puoiic
spirit, and point ont that as the LouLluGI
Of the School of Forestry at 4aie I NJ
versity he made q place Tor hlIliseIl aS
one of the great Generators OL -Ailiel =
can agriculture.
The Washington times., 1908-02-09
MANILA BAY THE SITE
FOR F0RTIFlCATIONS

Before leaving Washington yesterday
for Kansas City, where he is to deliver
an address on Monday night. Secretary
Of War Taft approved the recommends
ton Of the Joint army and navy board
that Manila Bay. instead OF Subig Bay.
be selected as the site Of the principal
Notifications for the Philippines The
report Is yet to be approved 10y Sec
retary ot the Navy NJ, tcaIf
The Washington times., 1908-02-09
LA TOILETTE IS BOOSTED
FOR THE 1912 CAMPAIGN

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi Feb. S-E- "a
meeting in the interest OF the Presids1-
tial candidacy OF Senator Robert n.
la Toilette or Wisconsin W W. Pow.
OF Milwaukee. chief OF the ru5Iic-rg
bureau. said that the campaign started
three weeks ago and was more for the
purpose Of keeping Senator La Toilette
In line FOR the nomination iu 1912 than
IN the expectation OF procuring his
nomination This wear.
The Washington times., 1908-02-09
WANTS TO RECOVER RANSOM.

Miss Ellen NJ Stone, the American
missionary who was held for ransom
by brigands in Bulgaria several years
ago, is DESTROYS of rcimbursing the
churches, friends, and others who con-
tributed to the fund which secured
her release. She called at the State
Department yesterday and demanded
that the United States collect from the
Turkish government the amount Ct ran
som paid to the brigan1s
The Washington times., 1908-02-09
FORT RENO ABANDONED.

Fort Reno, Okla, Is to be abandoned
as military post. it having outlived it's
usefulness. a decision to this effect
was announced by the war Depart
ment yesterday. All the troops form
erly stationed there are being ordered
to other posts in the So Invest.
The Washington times., 1908-02-09
REAR ADMIRAL CoGHLAN
CALLS ON NEWBERRY

Rear Admiral cOghlan. who created
quite a stir at the famous Dewey din
ner in New York several years ago by
his toast, "Hoch der Kaiser was Al
the Navy Department yesterday morn
ing and called upon Assistant Secre-
tary NeWberry.
The Washington times., 1908-02-09
Present Position Won by
Efficient Work for
Government.

Charles =. Grandheld. CHEZ clerk en-
the First Assistant Postmaster GCner-
ais office. who is TO succeed Mr.. Hitch
cock III that Office. is 60 out nifty yoags
OF age, of InC.e than crduCrv ability,
and full Of optimism. His subordiuates
The Washington times., 1908-02-09
Two Rent Bills.

Wasting Half Million Year" With that caption statement
was made columns March 1906 of the bndsagge policy
followed by the Government in providing its clerks with offices
was then urged with all relevant testimony that the nations rent bill
the District Columbia than the interest fund large
oh to build modern repo0f specially designed structures FOR the
'ent5 then overlooking into rented buildings. The account
The Washington times., 1908-02-09
LIEUTENANT PARSONS HERE.

First Lieut.. J. X. Parsons, Second
United States Infantry, is I'm this city
on leave of absence. Lieutenant Par
sons IS stopping at the Ebbitt and will
not leave for his station until February
e
The Washington times., 1908-02-09

It now develops that those rabid Eng
fish women suffragists are also vege-
tarIans. One would have thought they
were CarnivOrous.
The Washington times., 1908-02-09

Some man without the fear OF future
punishment ir his soul has invented an
automatic cornet. Can't the line -
dr. wn somewhere?
The Washington times., 1908-02-09
BOOM AND GAFF.

The statesman had a little boom
Upon his staff.
But dark and dismal was its doom
1t got the gaf-
EXCHANGE.
The Washington times., 1908-02-09

those new elac eric cars from Annap-
oils furnish a grateful means Of getting
away from the vyhirl and stress Of
Washington wide-Open Sunday.
The Washington times., 1908-02-09

So far fIooppaH township, Posey
county, InjiaHy. has not told Congress
exactly what and when jewellers in the
Nsuonal Capital should drink and eat.
Eut there's tine yet.
The Washington times., 1908-02-09

Texas storm coming from the South
west" says a weather bulletin. All
right Just so It doesn't come from
the Northeast.
The Washington times., 1908-02-09

When you need policeman you need
him bad
The Washington times., 1908-02-09
BeIated Defense.

1t is difficult for a layman TO I'M
derstand why the authorized and
official defense of our Navy Depart
ment bureaus and of our ships in
reply to the swift and dashing at
tack made upon them by Mr.. Reu-
terdahI could not have been made
promptly, and thus more than dou-
bly, effective. The onslaught was
all the more savage because il was
couched in temperate language and
had a somewhat stunning effect
upon those Of our citizens, and they
are in the great majority, who
think of a battieshiP only as a
whole battlesh p, and are ignorant
of all the details as to armOr belts.
ammunition huists, and bToadsides
We venture to say that a majority
of the people had a vague impress
sion that the hulis of our war yes
sells were -,'UGy armored, instead
of being dImored in belts that eX-
tended only a certain distance above
and below the normal water line.
The informative character of the
Reuterdahl criticisms caused more
than ordinary interest to be taken
i'm them, and an instant desire was
created for the navy's side of the
matter. Illuminating and more or
less thorough defeuses appeared in
various publications, but none was
official. ul-temrcred interviews,
fun Of genera lizatipus of the ship
for-ship, gun-fo--gun" character,
full of brag eId buster. but failing
to meet the points brought forward
by Mr.. Rcuterdahl. have been nu-
merous. hut not authorized.
We are now promised an author
lied and official presentation of the
subject from the Governments
viewpoint. but it threatens TO be so
bulky and technical that it will
never reach the public, and It comes
at so late "a day that the chances
are all against its overtaking in the
popular mind the palpable hits made
/ by the critic.
II would be thought that in our
Navy Department and on our ships
there would be men capable Of pre-
pairing on a moments notice n com
plete refutation of any charges
against the department or the YES
sells and of presenting it in a form
as popular at least as that of the
arraignment. If our department is
rightly organized and rightly con-
Quoted, and if our floating forts and
engines Of war are what they ought
/ TO be, then no involved technical
| defense is needed. All that is re.
quired is that which will set al rest
the uneasiness of the people, and
/ Danish their doubts and misgivings
/
| Some Of the latest advices about EriI
| tend 10 distract the mind OF the sufferer
/
/ the matter with him. Don't go out o
/ the house. they say. Keep out or doors
! Drink whisky. Avoid intoxicants Con
/ suit your physician. Eschew doctors
/ Eat sparingly. Don't stint your food
/ Dress warmly. Don't bundle yoursel
up Remember you are sick man
/ Forget II.
I Judging from the reported cost o
/ that ''midwinter bali It must hav,
/ been a high one.
! AS long as Congressman are so touch!
! about passes it's a wonder they don
! cut of franks and mileage
/ Texas storm coming from the South
| west" says a weather bulletin. Al
right Just so It doesn't come from
/ the Northeast.
/ It now develops that those rabid Eng
fish women suffragists are also vege
tarians One would have thought the,
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