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The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1908-10-16
HAVE YOU SUBSCRIBED?

This is a pertinent question to
every citizenand property owner
in Randall county. If YOU have
not, what is the reason:
There can be only two excuses
for your not subscribing for the
building Of the railroad from
Canyon City to Silyerton and
these two excuses are; First,
YOU are too stingy; Second, you
expect to stand by and let some
one else foot the expense and
then yourself reap the benefit Of
another's donation or assistance.
Now don't try to offer any
other excuse. There is none
other that can be offered and
deep down in your heart you
know it.
To the stlngy man we want to
say that YOU have the sympathy
Of every progressive man in the
community. You can't help it
that God, in his wisdom, has
given you such a mind that,
fguratively speaking you could
see an elephant through a rife
Darrell with both eyes at the
same time. Your narrow mind
edness is your own besetting sin
which you have never tried to
overcome.
To the man who wants to help
the benefit Of others who are
more energetic than yourself We
want to say that Satan would APP
ear white when when compared
to you. You are worse, Satar
steals only the moral influence
and thoughts of men while you
hope to and do stealthese and alsc
the material wealth Of the fellow
citizen. You are a blot on the
citizenship of any community
where you may live. You have
no desire but for yourself and
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1908-10-16

I'll bet six bits that you would
make your wife go barefooted
about the house mot home, for
such as YOU can't have a typical
home--it is not in your nature)
so that you may have just little
more money TO spend on your
lusty self. Now isn't this true:
Just think about il. And an
other thing. Don't wait for the
committee to hunt you up.
They have hundreds to see and it
takes their valuable time and
lots Of labor to hunt out everyone,
while You could call on some one
of the committee at any time
and in a moment dispose of the
time. possibly hours. that it
would take for them to find You.
Do this now and the town and
county will reap the benefits all
the sooner.
Have YOU subscribed: If not
why not.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1908-10-16

When you send post card to
a friend select one with picture
of some building or point OF in
terest about the town and get
the booster habit. Fort Worth
Record.
That is one good way of boost
ing, and every little thing counts
when you call attention to your
good country.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1908-10-16
HAVE YOU HAD A FIRE?

Ifyou are a reader of the daily
papers you find that every day
there IS reported a disastrous
fire in some portion of the coun-
try. Now we Of this city have
not had much damage in this
way but our time is coming and
without any protection as we
now are. when this disaster does
break out here it will nearly
wipe out the entire town and the
loss will be simply immense.
We ought to take steps for some
kind of protection. y small out
fit to fight with, kept in cOnven-
lent place. will be of great as
sistance when the time comes.
1t may be years until we need it
but then again it might be to-
night. What is the reason we
cannot do something to change
this condition:
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1908-10-16
GOOD ROADS PAY WELL.

There is nothing for the benefit
of the farming class Of people
which pays better than good
roads into the town. When the
roads are good the farmer can
bring his products to town re
gardless Of the bad weather and
rains. in fact he can utilize time
that he cannot use in cultivating,
in bringing to market that which
he has to sell. This county is
admirably situated in respect to
the matter Of having fine roads
and little work experimenting
that which is done by the Com
missioner's Court, by the road
oyer-seers Of the county, would
very materially improve the
present conditions.
In this issue there appears an
article from Judge A. \. Hen
son Of this county which ought to
be Of interest to every citizen of
the county and we call especial
attention TO the matter.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1908-10-16

This editor would like to eX-
press his sentiments regarding
the quality of electric light that
have been handed out to the
people of this city for the past
two weeks but the libel laws of
the state are rather stringent
and he will not. Anyhow we
would like to say what the people
of the City of Austin want to do
to the Colorado river.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1908-10-16
RAILWAY TIME TABLE.

MAIN LINE, WEST BOUND.
No. II, to Albuquerque, 9:l5 a. N.
No. POI. to Carlsbad, scoop. m.
MAIN LINE. NORTH BOUND.
No. POP, to Kansas City, 3:35 p. IN.
No. u, to Amarillo, 1905 p. N.
PLAlNvIEW BRANCH, MORN BOUND
No. l9S, to Amarillo, 1888 a. IN.
PLAINvIEW BRANCH, so. BOUND.
No. 1917. to Plainview. 3:25 p. IN.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1908-10-16
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

For County Judge
\ y Henson
For County Attorney
W u Scott
For District and County Clerk
NJ p Garner
For Sheriff X Tax Collector
K A SANFORD
For County Treasurer
p II Young
For County Assessor
Joe Foster
For County Commissioners
" J Rediearn
E " Niece
J d Knicely
VI : Park
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1908-10-16
Contributors Notice.

The editor Of this paper is anX-
ious to receive, from time to time,
communications from its readers
but we request that all such com
munications be signed. not for
publication. but that we may
know the source from which the
article comes.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1908-10-16

Get busy.
Get busy again.
Keep getting busy.
Eou will then have the habit
of being busy.
When YOU have this habit YOU
will know you amount to some
thing and will help ont in up
building this county and city.
You will never be worth a thing
to yourself or others unless you
keep busy helping yourself and
others. I wouldn't give a snap
of my finger for a man who
wasn't busy this way
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1908-10-16

Say, this editor will certainly
be ashamed of this town if we do
not raise our part Of the sub
scription for the new railroad.
In fact | don't know whether |
shall ever again feel able to speak
a good word about you if we do
fail.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1908-10-16
LOOK At THE MAP AGAIN.
More Railroad Propositions Are Being
Made to Country South OF
Canyon City.

a. IS. AXtell, Il former feSluent
of this city and a civil engineer,
was in this city the first of the
week on his way from the south
ern portion of the state to join a
surveying party on the state line
south of TeXico.
Mr.. AXtell is in the employ of
the Quanah and Southwestern
Construction Company, and of
course this reporter butted in to
find out what he could about rail
road matters. He stated that his
company would, on Thursday of
this week. place S25, 10000 UP as
a forfeit that the company would
build railroad line from Quanah .
to Paducah, in Cottle county, .
distance of fifty miles. 1t is the
intention Of the company to eX-
tend the road to Roswell or some |
other point in New Mexico and
that the preliminary survey had
been made from Quanah out
about 100 miles and that he was
now on his way to join the sur
veying corps working east from
Roswell. They have already
made the survey about 90 miles
out of Roswell which will leave
about 120 miles of Indicated line
to be surveyed.
DO you know, - said Mr.. AK
tell, that this proposed line of
railway will be the cheapest line
of railway ever built in the
/ United States: For the first Al
miles out from Quanah the road
will only have to put in one
bridge and that will be across
the Pease river. In this whole
distance the PeaSe will be the
only running stream of water
that the road will cross. 1t is
proposed to build the road up
the ridge which lies between the
/ Pease and the Wichita rivers.
Speaking of the rapid develop
ment of the Plains country, Mr..
Axtell said: Il have never heard
of so much inquiry about this
country in my life as have
heard during ibis trip to central
and southern Texas. Everybody
seems to want to know what is
being done in the way Of farming
out here and show a very gen
eral desire to come out and see
the country for themselves. |
predict that the immigration to
the Plains from that portion OF
the state will be greater this fall
and next spring than it has ever
been before.
Mr. Axtell left Tuesday after
noon to proceed with the survey
ing work which they expect to
complete within a short time in
order to begin actual construc-
ton out of Quanah within thirty
days.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1908-10-16

The Star Barber Shop is On
the west side of the square.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-02-21
The End Came Another Way.


A distinguished actor was one time
engaged at one of our leading provin-
cial theaters in drama in which he
attempts an escape from convict pris-
on, first by getting rid Of his letters by
means of a file and lastly by getting
over the prison wall. In the act Of
doing this he IS shot at by a warder
and killed.
One particular night the drama had
run it's usual course up to the point
where the actor attempts the escape
over the prison wall. The warder, as
usual, presented his rifle, but instead
Of a LOUD report nothing but a faint
clicking sound was heard. The rifle
was lowered and after a brief delay
again pointed, but with the same dis
appointing result.
The audience now began to hiss and
jeer. The disguised actor then got off
the prison wall and, staggering toward
the footlights, exclaimed, tits all up
I've swallowed the file!' and fell prone
On the stage amid the laughter and APP
plause of the audience. Pearson's
Weekly
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-02-21
An Indignant Artist.

The sensational offers said to have
been made by theatrical managers to
the principal actor in recent murder
trial must have made professional
stars feel very much as did the painter
Hayden in 1916 when two of his finest
pictures were being shown at the
Egyptian hall. and the public thronged
into another room where General Tom
Thumb was OH view "They rush by
thousands to see Tom Thumb" wrote
the disappointed painter in his diary.
Their eyes are open. but their sense
is shut 1t is an insanity, rabies, a
Madness a Juror, a dreamw Another
entry later on runs: 'Tom Thumb had
1900 people last week, r. r. Hayden
1882 (the half little girl. Exquisite
taste of the English people!" We do
not seem to have progressed much
since then.-London Chronicle
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-02-21
Stevenson as He Talked.

He used to stand on the hearth rug In
the smoking room, says Walter Crane
in his IAN Artists "reminiscences" Of
Robert Louis Stevenson, the center of
an admiring circle and discourse very
much in the same style as that in
which he wrote. 1t gave one the inn
preston of artifciality rather-I mean
his manner of speaking and choice of
words, as if carefully selected and cul-
tivated. If remark was offered by
one of the company he would perhaps
accept it and turn about much as
cOnjurer does when he borroWS a hand-
kerchief or hat from some one In his
audience, or perhaps he would work it
into his next sentence, returning it to
his interlocutor improved-wrapped in
silver paper, metaphorically speaking.
His personal appearance was quite as
unusual as his speech-a long, pale,
thin face and lank hair, quick and pen
etrating eyes and a rather SardOnic
smile. The world in general, especial
" in clubland, wore white shirts and
collars as a rule, but Stevenson sported
black ones.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-02-21
How the Cook Did It.

He had number of guests to din
ner, and he was doing the carving. He
had deftly taken two slices off the
joint. and he was turning off a third
when the blade struck skewer, made
sliding motion and came out at the
top, with the result that the proposed
slice looked like a dead leaf curled up
by the suns rays.
He could not say intense things in
the presence of his guests, SO he froze
his wife with a glance, dug the skewer
out viciously, made a grim joke con-
corning the indigestibility of roasted
wood and ordered little Willie, who
had made several attempts to speak. to
keep silent or leave the table.
His evident temper led to an embar-
RAISING silence. and Willie saw an
opening that he could not resist
Cook burned her nose orfulr' he
announced.
TOO bad said the mother, glad Of
any excuse for conversation "How
did she do it?''
why" answered Willie very apro-
pos, trying to pull them skewers out
with her teeth"-LOndon Scraps.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-02-21
MEETING Old Neptune.

An inmate of Sailors Snug Harbo1
in speaking of the ceremony connected
with crossing the line,' when Father
Neptune presides over the initiation of
the men who have never crossed the
equator, said:
81 got my introduction to old Nep-
tune while 1 was in the merchant serv-
ice. got my lather and shave and
duckin thirty years ago and helped
Initial many seafaring men and lands
men since then. With hot tar handy.
Ner+une's crew often took liberties
VIII II would not be allowed on board
a man-of-war. The skipper used to
look on from aloft, but he was blind as
a bat to things that he did not wish to
see, and the men knew enough to mae
no complaint I know that was MA /
clear through at what l got, but con-
tented myself with taking it out of the
next man.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-02-21
Recipe For Maxine Money.

First catch your capital, however
small, or if homemade, such as from
savings, SO much the better Place in
steady, secure position, where it will
not be disturbed, and allow to stand.
Skim off all that accrues without waste
and with that at the proper season
make stiff paste of business, in
which place your capital or as much Of
it as you can use with advantage. A
little ripe Judgment should be added.
Season with hope and enterprise and
stir briskly with bunch Of fresh
energy. While your pie is cooking
watch it carefully yourself and see
that nothing goes wrong. Keep up a
good fire until it begins to brown and
don't take too much off the top for
tasting until the whole is well cooked;
then enjoy the result-London Graph
10
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-02-21

Many amusing anecdotes are told Of
Bishop Burnet's absence Of mind, but
few perhaps are more striking and
have been less repeated than the fol-
lowing which Lord Oxford used to re-
late:
Burnet was once dining with the
Duchess Of Marlborough after the
great dukes disgrace. In the course Of
conversation, speaking of Marlbor-
ough's great qualities, great services
and great fall, Burnet compared the
duke with Beiisarius, the great Ro-
man.
'But how in reason" exclaimed the
duchess, "could so great general be
Abandoned?
''Ah, my lady, do you know what
cursed birthstone of wife he hadY'
The hearers, to the good Burnet's
surprise, were confused and dumb
struck with the force of the parallel he
discovered in the cases of the Roman
and the Englishman.-St. James Ga
Zette.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-02-21
A Queer AID.

can italian with a piano organ was
turning the handle Of his machine rap
idly, but not a note was to be heard.
stopped at once. What on earth could
be the matter?"
The speaker, an advertising agent,
smiled.
Finally" he said, II went up close
to the man.
"FA breakdown? | asked.
"He pointed to a small placard on
the organs front, and | read:
""The interior of the instrument has
been removed. The relief that in con-
sequence you experience is as nothing
compared with that which Immediate
ly follows dose of Sure Cure Cough
Mixture
'It was an original ad.," the expert
ended, "and l followed it up. From
what the Sure Cure people told me,
found that the same ingenuity and
money put in legitimate newspaper
advertising would have brought SO per
cent more returns" - New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-02-21
A Memory Test.

A professor of mnemonics had gone
to lecture at or near Canterbury Aft
er the lecture was finished he had to
wait for his London train. 1t was a
most comfortless day, and he retired
to an inn for shelter and refreshment
To pass the time he began to exhibit
his feats of memory to the yokels in
the inn parlor, and one and all were
thunderstruck except the waiter. There
is always one skeptic in every com
munion, whether of saints or sinners
Do what he would he could not miti-
gate the acrid smile of acid incredulity
of that glorifed potman! In the midst
of one of his most difficult feats the
whistle sounded of the "Only train to
LoSslon tonight" and he rushed off to
catch it. He caught it at the station
and his reputation caught it in the inn
parlor, for the waiter, coming in with
some ordered refreshments and find
ing him gone, pointed to the corner
where he had been sitting and exclaim-
ed, 'Silly 'umbug, he's forgot his UNI
brella v'-Young Man.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-02-21
Juvenile Natural History,

"Papa." said Harry infant phenom
enon, aged nine, Twill you give me my
pocket money in advance? | want ia
buy a book on MOTHS
Certainly. my boy" said the retired
colonel. Here's shilling for you.
am delighted that you should take such
an interest in natural history"
That evening all the old colonel's
best friends came to dinner.
Nov is my opportunity" reflected
the proud parent. ito show these peO-
pie what a clever boy my son is.
shall have him in at dessert timer
SO Harry came in with the pears and
pineapple, and in loud tones the gal
liant colonel Remarked:
"Well, Harry, did you get your book
ON moths?''
Eyes, papa" answered his son."
"And what is it called?" pursued the
delighted father.
"Oh," said the unsuspecting phenom
enon, sit is entitled Hints to Young
Moth-ersv London Answers.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-02-21
Bachelor Seal Skin.

''Th's skim" said the furrier, "came
from young seal bachelor, youth
ignorant of love and of life''
''How do you know?" the lady asked
"By its fineness, its perfection" he
replied. '"The pile, you will note, is
like close cut velvet Only bachelor
seal skins have such pile.
''The bachelor SEAL" he went on,
''has rather sad life. The big bull
seals in the seal islands have each a
household of fifteen or twenty wives,
but the young bachelors must herd
by themselves. Let one of them at
tempt to marry and straightway a bull
Stays him. Not till he is big enough
to fight and conquer a bull-not till he
is fourteen or fifteen years old-can he
know the delight of settling down in a
home of his own.
''He leads hard, ascetic, celibate life,
only in the end as like as not to make
a lady a very fine coat. All the very
fine coats. 1 repeat, are made from the
unhappy bachelor seals "-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-02-21
Hidinq His ignorance.

An official of the department of jus
tice said in Washington of a rumoI
brought to him for confirmation by q
reporter:
'This rumor springs from ignorance
Grass ignorance of the law. l am sur
prised that you should have credited it
"The originator of that rumor is as
plainly ignorant of the law as a Ger
tain schoolboy was of French.
"This boys father said to him one
night at dinner:
"'Well. how are you getting on with
your French, my son.?
Every well, thank you. sir the lad
replied.
'The father beamed with pleasure.
"'Ask politely in French for some
peas he said.
'There was an awkward pause
Then
"'But, father said the boy, 4 don't
want any peas"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-02-21
The Count Too Touching.

In the long corridor of an uptown no.
tel they tell of certain foreigner who
until recently held court there of even
ings. At last he disappeared, and then
each of the men who had nightly been
entertained by his flow of anecdote
and his abundance of witty stories con-
fessed that he had lent the count
various sums, ranging from $500 up.
The total seemed SO formidable that a
movement was set on foot to bring the
defaulter back, his whereabouts hav-
ing been ascertained. But funds were
needed for the purpose. One of the
big men of Wall street who was a
creditor on the counts books to the ex-
tent of $500 was approached for sub
scription.
mot on your lifer' said he. Il don't
want him back He'll borrow more
money from me if he gets In town. But
I'll subscribe $25 toward a fund to
send him back to France if he'll agree
to sail from Boston. New York Globe.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-02-21
Murder In Germany.

Germany distinguishes between two
kinds of murder-one, premeditated
and intentional, is punishable by death;
the second, intentional homicide with
out deliberation, is punishable by penal
servitude for from five to fifteen years.
Dueling in Germany is misdemeano
of a special kind. Who kills his oppo-
nent in a duel is not charged with
murder or manslaughter, but with
dueling, the punishment for which is
detention in a fortress for fifteen years
London Chronicle.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-02-21
Not Up to Date,

The evidence had shown that the
brick which a careless workman had
dropped from a scaffolding twenty
feet above the surface of the ground
had fallen on mans shoulder and
broken bone, but the jury. decided
that the victim had no cause of action
The falling of the brick had no neces
sary connection with the accident.
"Gentlemen," said the judge. Il new
er heard of such a verdict You utter,
ly ignore the existence of the law of
gravitation."
"That law, your honor" answered
the foreman of the jury, sis SO old that
we decided not to consider it, It's oh
solete. Chicago Tribune.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-02-21

Mr.. Gladstone dearly loved a joke.
even at his own expense, and he pos
sessed considerable mimetic powers.
He was once guilty of an amusing
bull in debate on the question Of dis
establishment. Dilating on the hold
held ON the affections of the people by
the Church of England, he said:
when an Englishman wants to get
married, to whom does he go? To the
parish priest. When he wants his
child baptized, to whom does he go2
To the parish priest. When he wants
to get buried, to whom does he goT'
The house answered with a roar of
laughter, in which Mr.. Gladstone him
self joined, adding, "As l was con-
trasting the English church with the
Irish, bull is perhaps excusable."
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-02-21
Diameter of a Fine Wire.

Should you ever find it necessary to
obtain the diameter of fine wire, it
may be done in this manner: Wind it
carefully around piece of pencil in
one layer for an inch or so, that each
turn is touching the previous one Then
measure exactly an inch along the wire
and count the number of turns in the
inch. You then have the information.
Thus, If there are eighteen turns the
wire is one-eighteenth of an inch in d.
ameter
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-02-21
Ruffled His Feathers.

Artist Showing friend his master
piece)-Now. my boy, that is a picture,
If you like-real and natural. What do
you think of it? Friend-Capital! Cap
ital! So lifelike! Such light and
shade! | don't think I ever saw bet
ter picture of a battlefield. Artist
Great Paul Rubens, That's not bat
tlefeld-that's a basket of fruit!-Lon-
don Standard.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-02-21

A Frenchman applied to a zeal Off
cial for a passport to visit Klatter-
wingschen, in Switzerland. TIE func-
tionary, who was not a fellow of any
geographical society, studied in vain
with the spelling Of the places name.
Then, unwilling to confess his difficult
ty, he blandly asked, would you as
lief visit some other town.