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La Junta tribune., 1908-06-13

CHAPTER v.
ALIAS" cried Bennett. oh.
iivIo,is of his surrounding
Of everything except that
- the girl he had so long MISS
Ell and who had inspired him TO all he
had achievcsi--that she was standing
before him.
II was Dallas herself who brought
him to sense Of the Others presence.
for as he sprang forward to meet her
and eagerly grasPed both her out
stretched hands the girl bowed In
mock reverence and answered his ar
dent greeting with 4 demure:
Good afternoon. your honor
'Don't." he begged half in jest ITS
so good to see you again that r.
II sent word that had N surprise
for you Alwyn." interrupted his moth
er. Il knew II would please you. But"
with glance at the alderman. you're
busy? Perhaps we"-
''Not at all mother May 7 present
Alderman Phelan? Miss Wainwright.
this is
Alderman Phelan OF the Eighth"
amended the politician. thoroughly III
Mt ease In the presence OF the visitors.
II must I've goin' now. your honor. r.
But Dallas. had come forward with
smile that melted the speakers en-
barrassment in mn instant.
"The Alderman Phelan who gives
turkeys to all those poor people nj
Christmas" 2" she asked In genuine In
terest i've often read about
THE same. na'am. al your service.
axsented the delighted Phelan. Il AL
l'em with turkey an coal In winter
ah' / take their wives an kids on
outings In summer. Ever been to one
of the James q. Pl,eian outings. Miss =
'.No.'' replied Dallas. with perfect
ly grave face. I'm sorry to say I
haven't. Tell me about them. won't
yoti!"
They've got to be xeen to lie under
stood. 4 thousand poor tired wives
an white faced. spfnd,y kids turned
out into the country for the only
glimpse Of green grass an shady trees
they ever get all year. A thousand
mothers an children out In cool
grove with nothing to do but roll
around the soft grass an play an
eat all the fancy grub they can hold.
Maybe, miss. 1t wouldn't mean lot to
La Junta tribune., 1908-06-13

II had surprise J.r yom. Al,rvn," tn
tcryuptcd his 'nDfher.
you, but II you'd been wOrkin' an
IIvIn' an sieepin' an starvin' for
twelve months In sthffy. dark. smelly
back tenement room. toiIIn' like slave
to keep food an clothes betwixt the
Kids an starvation. an was barely
able to keep body an soul together
well. maybe then you'd understand
what them outings an turkey tests an
loads Of coal means to the poor. And
they won't turn down Jimmy Phclan
at Horrigan's orders"
II do understand" cried Dallas. her
big eyes bright with tears. II under
stand, and, In behalf OF all women and
children. thank you with my whole
heartr'
you're all right. miss" muttered the
delighted, embarrassed Pheian, at once
at 1 loss for words. You're you're all
right. III leave II to his honor ff''-
..Indeed she isw broke IN Z suave
voice 1t whose sound the little spell Of
sentiment was broken and which caus-
ed Phelan aud Bennett to turn 10 an
noyance toward the door.
Scott Gibbs. bland. well crowned.
quits ignoring the other mems lack Of
,reicome. stood bowing on the thresh-
La Junta tribune., 1908-06-13

of Miss VAIN
wright's fortune
and OF her broth
er's has been put
by Wainwright
into Il oroug Ia
s I o c X. III the
franchise is beat
en-. that stock
will collapse aud
iss w n n
wright Will Ike 4
pauper. You'll
l'eggar the girl
you're Ia love
with and her
young brother II
you veto that bill.
Now YOalieail and
La Junta tribune., 1908-06-13

banged open and
Horrigan. red
faced aud angry.
burst In. Il un-
dcrstandl tn n I
You've oh. ]
didn't know you
had a lady call
Ing on you.'' he
broke on.
"Wel.. I have"
retortel Bennett.
furious at the
untirnely intru-
% II. Ingram
should have told
you that at the
door"
Il don't stop to
hear what folks
tell me at doors.
La Junta tribune., 1908-06-13

II WAS HOrrigan's trump card. and
he l,ad played 1t well. White. ST.
lent. Bennett walked back to his
desk. The fight seemed all Knocked
out OF him. Heavily lie moved. like
man overexhausted. Picking up a pen.
he wrote rapidly. then cast aside the
pen. crossed TO the window and looked
out Into the snowy. crowded park.
you've signed the bllll" cried Hor-
rigan In delight.
"I've vetoed it," replied Bennett.
La Junta tribune., 1908-06-13

Don't trouble to wait. Goodby"
lyon can bet I'll trouble to walt.
snarled H0rrigan. There's something
you and I have got to settle today.
Understand? I'll I've outside. Don't
keep me waiting long,
La Junta tribune., 1908-06-13
Iro BE cosr,suED.l
No Place For II.

I like to see little dog
When out upon the street.
But not when In the restaurane
l order sausage meat.
La Junta tribune., 1908-06-13
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

There IL Il big class of young people
who have exceedingly high aspirations.
They expect TO begin at the top.
La Junta tribune., 1908-06-13

1t always seems funny to hear a fat
man talk about being poor.
La Junta tribune., 1908-06-13

Every fellow that scrambles Into the
band wagon hopes sooner or later to be
footing his own horn.
La Junta tribune., 1908-06-13

"Don'f keep me rnii-
ing long sad
H0rrigdn.
I'll wait outside TIL
La Junta tribune., 1908-06-13

so III e people
admit q great
deal, some sub
nIit as much ~
they have to.
but the most
pleasing kind is
tn" kind that re-
NIT freely.
1t would proba-
bly, he wrong to
suppose that ev-
erybody has hy-
dropllobia w b o
has an aversion
to water.
La Junta tribune., 1908-06-13

Probably the reason that there mas
been such scarcity OF prosperity In ina
country is because the presidential can
didatcs have been boarding for their
own special ends.
La Junta tribune., 1908-06-13
CHAPTER vi.

~ YHAT n strange man" ex-
M claimed Dallas Wainwright
wv In wonder. as the anteroom
door slammed behind the
La Junta tribune., 1908-06-13
CHAPTER v.
., ALsERr PAYsoN rERHuNE-
Copyright. r~c, by George II. Rrn.dhHrs,

CHAPTER v.
"~ ALIAS cried Bennett. oh.
iivions of his surrounding
Of everything except that
IL tbe xirl he had so long miss
La Junta tribune., 1908-06-13

Money to burn and money to earn
sound very much alike. but the wide
difference Is appreciated only By CIV
ing each a trial.
There are at present too many men
who are becoming eligible to b ths
fathers-in-law Of princelings. dukelines
and loriettcs for the continued pros
perity Of the country.
when you aren't yourself II i safe b
presume that his Satanic majesty
knows best who you ars.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17

1.-THE Missouri critic asks. VIVA
do you want to leave Jasper count,
for? You will appreciate your bless
ings there perhaps, 81 you get whero
they are denied VOC, and that is tn,
only reason would suggest for yol
to try a change, BE satisfied ant
you'll be happy
Now what do you link of man
who would lambast country. pick
every flaw imaginable, wilfully mis-.
represent actual conditions and then
wind up a long, rambling description
by saying; And this is the ONLY
reason would suggest for you to try
change. Be satisfied and youll
be happy Wouldn't this put YOUR
cork a-bobbing. The truth u.s. this
man Is one Of those weaklings who
occasionally get away from home,
and when home sickness comes over
him, begins to dish out free advice
by the handful, let it be right or
wrong, II makes no difference,
PERSONALLY, am not interested
In the Panhandle country, but am
willing to 60 on record that II OF.
ters greater opportunities TODAY for
the man with ordinary means and
who is not afraid to work than any
region on the American continent.
Farm lands in the heart Of the
plains can be bought today at from
S15 to $50 an acre, on easy term.,
and whore else on earth can one
beat this? The Panhandle country
Is not a land of milk and honey.
but 1t Is land of great opportunltie-
and possibilities already partially de.
veloped, The country Is not an arid
waste, with dry river beds ana fire.
luent disasterous drouths and 'booms
that catch suckers as our friend
would have one believe This knock.
W Is only one Of those misguided.
islnforned and malicious hemesick
armers who hopes to farm the farm.
n rather than buckle down TO real
lome- making He looks through
moked CLASHES. His hammer IS
nurely too light to do much harm.
lowoyer.''
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17
MARKED FOR DEATH

Three years ago / was marked for
death A graveyard cough wa,
tearing my lungs TO pieces. Doctors
failed 10 help me aud hope had fled
when my husband got DR.. Kings
New Discovery says Mrs. A.. q.
Williams, OF Bac KY The first
dose helped me and Improvement
kept on until had gained IS pounds
In, weight and my health was fully
restored" This medicine holds the
worlds healing record for coughs
and colds and lung and throat d.
seases, It prevents pneumonia. Sold
under guarantee at H. o. Thomp-
son 6 Co.'S drug store. soc and 800.
Trial bottle free
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17

Asks for Damages d c. Trigg
an Son ys. w. Weisepielt ct al ia a
suit filed today with the clerk of
the district court in which the plnin.
lifts allege that certain described
property, including houses and i'm.
plements, together with grass on a
section of land was burned, approx.
imatlng $L275, and asks for this
amount, Plaintiffs allogo that the
defendants operating steam pillow
allowed sparks from an engine to sot
their property aflre.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17
MEDICINE THAT IS MEDICINE.

Il have suffered a good deal with
malaria and stomach complaints, but
have now found a remedy that
Keeps me well, and that remedy is
Electric Bitters; medicine that is
medicine for stomach and liver trou-
bles, and for run down conditions, q"
says w c, Kiestler, OF Halliday
Ark, Electric Bitters purify and en-
rich the blood, tone up the nerves
and impart viEor and energy to the
weak. Your money will be refund
ed II 1t fails to help you, soc at L.
o Thompson & Co, IS drug store.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17

BOOSTER" UNDER BAN.
*++++

The following viii bo appreciated
by all men who dislike windy
methods in advertising a country es.
pecially one so fertile and so pros
porous as the Panhandle. II is from
the pen Of Editor Johnson, at Mem.
phis, publisher of the Hall County
Herald The Herald says:
The name boosters never did
sound good TO The Herald and while
we have ever held up the Interests Of
this country in its most favorable
light, still We have always steered
clear Of any charge of being boost
err The fact is, We have always
looked upon the booster az being a
man who was not reliable and whom
II would do we'll to pass up. In fact,
IN a class not far different from
the confidence man. For this rea.
son and many others you have never
read in this paper the statement that
1t was booster. In fact, It is no
such thing and never has been It's
sole province Is to supply its sub
scribers with the local news. In this
It has long since succeeded beyond
the average of the local pVess. nj
We can continue in this high sphere
and can better the condition of fellow
men by its advice and counsel we
shall not have lived in vain. In the
meantime let the other fellow be the
booster If he chooses, but excuse M. |
Such a self-styled name does not ap-
zeal TO the farmer or home hunter as
hat fellow is not looking Tor boost
RS but for plain facts truthfully
old"
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nearly everything they had. Many
walked out whIle on every road we're
covered wagons drawn by lean horses
taking the once prosperous families
back 10 Gods country
Quoting further he says, But the
whole Panhandle country is some
thing different when II does not rain,
Then all crops fail tho grass dries
up cattle perish, fruit trees wither
aad die, and gloom and despair is
everywhere cXtant throughout the
region,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17
OF Interest To women.

TO such women as arc not seriously out
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hdd cares\or In social duties and iuncS
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aswefayt nursing mothers, DR.. Pierces
Fayorite PSFription has proved a most
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Eorlous sickness aud. suffering may IA
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% In good time The "FayorIte Prescrlp'.
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mothers by preparing the system for thu
coming OF baby, thereby rendering child.
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Bear In mind, please that DR.. Pierce's
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patent medicine, against which the most
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averso, because Of the uncertainty as 70
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but is y MEDICINE or KNOWN COMPOST
ll'Ni ID lAl IAb Nl hll JUS llBItlltNH btlNk
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wrapper An examination OF this list Of
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A little book 81 these endorsements VIII
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Or PlsFce's Pleasant Pellets smrs con-
stipation. Constipation is the cause "a
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The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17

Lady Improves Mrs. T.. J. Nc.
VIE Of 500 North Lincoln street, r.
steadily improving from effects Of
an attack Of fever. She was bellev
ed to be in a dying condition several
days ago and relatives were called
from various parts OF tho country.
She is now believed to have passed.
the danger point. Mrs. McDoyitt hai
been confined TO her bed more thar
forty days.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17

In this regard It is Of interest TO
kown that a Missourian Of jasper
county" has lately visited Amarillo
and the plains Writing from ANA
rillo 10 a Carthage. Missouri, paper
this individual sees no good IN all
this great country. His mind is too
small TO take In tho blgness Of things.
The editorial writer Of the Daily
Panhandle once held in his arms
little child 40 he stood on a cliff over
looking the Pacific ocean. "See. now
there is the great ocean, little one"
said the newspaper man, Where,
where Is It'll don't sec IT," plain
lively spoke the lule child. It was
too Big for the tot TO see and TO
grasp, mentsiiy, until some moments
had passed. But the child finally
reahZed the perspective, which Is
more than the Mlssourian has done,
although he was Shown" by a num-
Der OF broad-minded men.
Men Of the great West have scant
respect for the provincial individual
at best; but when enc Of these spc-
cies visits this country and brings
along eyes TO see and ears TO hear
and then can not grasp conditions
and realize the present prosperity
and see the future greatness in store
for this country--this individual, we
may say, is beyond redemption"
and his presence among this people
Is not desired at all. The Panhandle
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17
bOURIAN COMES, SEES,
BUT NOT ABLE TO ABSORB
EN- to Task by Magazine Writer for Vapid
Criticism of Panhandle

nc was whom mo people OF the
andle were on the defensive re-
Inc adverse criticism oil this
TRY by individuals aud uewspa-
here and there over tho United
,es and oven iu our own state.
q time, however has happily
sed, The great plains has develop
into such q prosperous empire, %
iusJric5 are so many railroads
owing In number and The scram-
G so acute 10 secure land in this
rifle region, that the pioneers and
Il others among us can now snap
aeir fingers at the man who sets up
weak wall regarding the great PAN
landlc. Criticisms against this re.
Elon are noticed now only In a spirit
OF humor Tho citizen of the PAN
handle can sit at case ard read such
stuff without rurilgd feeling as
these criticisms are similar to poll
lets rafting against a stone wall
they may make fun for the small
5washbuclller but do no harm to the
wall.
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THIS IS WORTH READING.

Loo, r. Zellnski, OF 6S Gibson ST.
Buffalo, ~ " says, ~ cured the
most annoying cold sore i over had
with Bucklen's Anica Salyo. APP
piled this salvc once a day for two
days, when every trace OF the sore
was gone Heals all sores, Sold
under guarantee az l., o, Thompson
e. Co.'S drug store. 25c.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17

Former Residents Marry News of
the marriage Of G. W. Jessup and
Miss Nell Clayton at Alyorado, Tex
as, has reached Amarillo The newly
welded pair formerly lived in ANA
rillo, The bridegroom was at one
time cashier for the Fort Worth &
Denver city railway and while en-
gagged in that capacity met and won
the affections Of the young lady,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17
4 DANGEROUs OpFRATTOy.

is the removal OF the appendix by
a surgeon, No one who takes Or.
Kings New Life Pills IS ever sub
jeoted to this frightrul ordeal. They
work so quietly you dout feel them
They cure constipation, headache
biliousness and malaria. 25c at l..
o. Thompson & CO.'S drug store.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17
t+t++tt*+++++++
ROUND ABOUT THE CITY.


Wrist Bone Broken Mrs Ca-
mousse, am aged lady living at 1O5
Johnson street was painfully nIu,
ed last evening when she tripned
and fol- on the sidewalk near the
Grand opera house. one of tho
bones Of tho forearm was fractured
and the hand was laceratcd.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17

Goes 10 Dallas--Rcv. r. r Jcn.
kens' pastor of the First Baptist
church, leaves this afternoon for Dal.
las to attend two days meeting of
the executive committee of the
Baptist state convention. The object
Of the meeting is to outline the mis-
sienary work for the incoming year,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17
YOUR HAT
May BE a stylish Ons, Bat II Makes
TrOuble.

May BE a stylish One, Bat II Makes
TrOuble.
man usually buys a hat that's "ir
| style" but the modern hat for men has
lots TO answer for
Baldheads are growing more numer.
Gus every day. Hats make excellent
breeding places for The parasitic germs
which sap the life from the roots OF the
hair.
When your hair begins To fall out and
your scalp Is full OF DandruR IL is a
sure sign that these countless germs are
busly at work.
There is but one way TO overcome the
trouble and kill the gems-that way IS
10 apply Newbro's Herpicide TO the
scalp-it will kill the germs and healthy
hair is sure to result.
Sold by leading druggists. Send i0c in
stamps for sample TO The Herpleide Co,
Detroit, Mich.
Two slzeB---6o Genes ana SH.oo.
Il. D. Thompson Il Bro., Special Agt&
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17

To Kansas. l.. Higginbotham
left yesterday for Woodward. Okla.
From that place he will go TO Hol-
ton Kan to join his wife and spend
the holidays with her there.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17

VIII Make Address Prof. c. G
Foster, superintendent OF tho Anna
rillo public schools, viii 20 to Pam.
pa to attend tho Gray county teach.
ors' Institute Wednesday evening
Prof Foster will deliver an address
before tho teachers, his subject to bo
The Touchstono Of Teaching"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17

Body Is Held The body of Juan
Bosques, the Mexican railway cm-
ploye who died suddenly Saturday
morning, is being held in the Mad
drey-Kenyon establishment awaiting
Information from relatives in Old
Mexico, But little Is known Of tho
dead Mexican, and the parties in in
terest are attempting to get in touch
with relatives. It is learned that he
has son and daughter in his native
country, but they have not been
located
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17

workman Falls-Petor Norcn. 4
workman engaged on the construc.
ton of the Santa Fe roundhonsc.
iell from a scatfold this forenoon
and painfully injured one ankle and
one hand. He was removed 70 st.
Anthony's sanitarium.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17

Building Crosswallks Tho work
OF building crosswalks continues.
one walk was laid Saturday across
Seventh street at tho east side Of
Polk. To-day one rs being made on
Seventh street at the east side o
Taylor street.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17

This crudite gentleman with the
small hammer also mentions dry
river beds In the Panhandle, and
attempts TO dccry the fate OF suck
ers who might be lured into that
country by land grafters' and others.
The truth is, that only one stream
crosses the great plains country, the
Canadian river, and that runs across
the extreme northern edge of what
is known as tho plains proper His
reference to the Prairie Dog fork of
Red river the Palo Duro canyon, is
Islander on the people Of the PAN
handle, and shows how totally ignor-
ant he Is on the subject he attempts
% deal with, The Palo Duro can
yon will ere long, become ma
tlonal park and game preserve. It
is one OF the most wonderful goTges
on the American continent, and will
become famous rendezvous for sci.
entists and men who seek rare ma
tural treasures and the handiwork Of
God. II contains numerous never
failing springs, and through its CEN
ter runs a beautiful clear stream Of
water, II has not been dry since
1866 according 10 Captain Charles
Goodnight the oldest settler in all .
hat romantic wonderland.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17

Nacogdoches Sentinel: President
Roosevelt has had his last say,--the
message to Congress- The docu-
ment Is noteworthy for many things,
not the least of which is It's strong
ness in the entirety Even with the
nauseating egotism that the chief
executive is burdened with and his
extremely dictativo habits, he is a
great man and his ideas are empha-
tically along the reform line.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17

Leave for south Mr.. and Mrs. ].
l.. Smith left this forenoon TO visit
several points IN South Texas. Mr..
smith, as president OF tho NauonoI
Bank Of Commerce, viii not DO N tb,
institution until tho close OF the
present week.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17
Marriage LiCcnsc-Clerk Wolfln
has issued a marriage license to Fred
c. Davis and Mrs Ethel Policy.

Enthusiastic Meeting Dr. Dora
Martin, the national organizer of
the Anti-Cigarotto League and the
international organizer OF Holy
Grails and field worker for the
Texas Sunday school association had
a successful campaign yesterday and
this forenoon. During the afternoon
she talked in the First Baptist
church taking as her subject: Girls"
Az night she occupied the Polk street
Methodist church with an addess the
basis of which was "Boys.'N This
forenoon she entertained the Path
ers and Mothers"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17

Grand Jury Resumes-The Potter
county grand jury resumed its duties
this forenoon after a recess of several
days.
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Term Ends Saturday Tho pres.
ent term OF the district court will
come to an end Saturday by opera
tion OF law. Tho criminal docket
was finally carried over this fore
noon, and all Of tho regular jurlcs
dismissed. The attention Of the court
is given for the remainder OF the
week TO minor non-iury civil cases.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17

Guests of Parent Mr. and Mrs
J. NJ. Hobson OF Canyon City ara IN
Amarillo as guests Of their mother.
Mrs. Brooks, at sos Jackson street