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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24
OSAGE CITY VISITORS.
Called on Commercial Club and
Pledged Support for Train Service.

When the Topeka Commercial club
Santa Fe plug train service on from
Topeka to Usage City it's members did
not think that the business men of
that town would be particularly
strong for the idea, but they were
pleasantly surprised last night when
a. delega ton of business men from
Usage City representing d big and
progressive Commercial club of that
place arrived here and pledged their
support and cooperation in the effort
to get this increased train service.
T. J. O'Neil, B. NJ. Laver, Emil
GAMBIA, +. J. Morgan, W. L. McEl-
fest. August Rapp, Chas. L. Howard
and Otto Massey composed the com
Fe officials and petitioned for the eX-
tension of the Topeka and Kansas
City plug to Usage City. They also
called at the Topeka Commercial club
rooms and had q pleasant visit with
the members present
The bunch from Usage are live
ones and they made a good impress
sion here.
The plan is to have the Santa Fe
plug which gets in here from Kansas
City at GAO p. m, go on through to
Usage, arriving there about 7:40. Re
turning the plug will leave Usage at
$50 a. m, and would arrive at To-
peka in time to leave here at 1885
The Usage business men declare they
are not afraid of competition from
Topeka and welcome the chance to
increase their train service and thus
bring as many people as possible to
their town.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24
KANSAS WOMAN HURT.
Mrs. Abbott of Garden City Caught
in Il Colorado Cloud Burst.

Boulder. Colo, July 24-Three
are dead and two seriously injured as
the result of a cloud burst that de-
luged Two Mile canyon north OF
Boulder at 8 o'clock today.
The Dead.
VERNE CARLISLE, aged 13. Rob
inson. Ill.
WE'RE CARLISLE. Robinson. III.
ARTHUR DICKERMAN, aged 25,
Greeley.
The Seriously Injured.
Mrs. Virgie Abbott. Garden City,
Kan.
Miss BristoW, University. Colo.
The dead and injured were mem
bers of a picnic party. When the
rain began to fall the party sought
shelter under a huge boulder. Pres
emily a torrent swept down the can
yon to a depth of two feet. The
picnickers made d wild scramble for
safety. The walls of the canyon were
precipitous and it was with great
difficulty that they found places of
safety.
six were able to gain shelter, but
aiding their companions Arthur
Dickerman and the Carlisle girls for
got themselves until too late and were
swept to their deaths. Mrs. Abbott
and Miss Bristow were also caught
by the flood and sustained serious
injuries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24
NEGRO SLAYER ESCAPED
Reward for His Apprehension Will BE
Onercd.

Wichita, Kan, July 24.-Police Off
GERS sent to nearby towns last night
are returning today without informa-
tion concerning John Robinson, the
negro wanted for the murder of John
s. Stewart at the DoId packing house
yesterday afternoon.
After a quarrel Robinson returned
and struck Stewart with a gas pipe,
fracturing his skull and causing
death. Sedgwick county will offer
$500 reward for the capture of the
negro if he is not taken today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24
Cut Her Head Of.

st. Petersburg, July 24-News has
been received here of the murder of
the young Princess Alexandria Nest
chersky at her fathers estate in
Smolensk province. The housekeeper.
in revenge for being discharged. de-
capitated the 14-year-old girl with an
axe. The family of Mestcherskys is
one of the oldest in Russia and repre-
sentatives of its various branches
played prominent roles in Russian
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24
Prominent Hotel Man Dies Suddenly

Wichita, Kan. July 24-W. H.
French, prominent hotel man, who
is well known in many places west of
St Louis, was found dead in his room
at the St. Francis hospital where he
mad been taken for treatment French
has been suffering with an attack of
typhoid fever and heart disease His
nurse left the room to get him
drink Of water and he died before
she returned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24
SIOUX TO NICARAGUA.
Chief Little Bison Has Arranged to
Take Out a Celony.

New Orleans. La. July 24.-That d col
ony of Sioux Indians will remove from
the Dakotas to an unsettled tract Of lard
in Nicara qua. is declared by Little Bison,
a Sioux chief. who has reached New Or
leans from BIuefelds. He went TO
Nicaragua to arrange for the concession
of the land with President Zelaya. Little
Bison declares he will Immediately lake
100 Indian families to Nicaragua and that
his colony will soon be increased by the
addition of several hundred other fam
iIics of North American Indians,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24
PREVENT CAR SHORTAGE
Railroad Officials Anticipating Heavy
Rush of Traffic.

Chicago. July 24.-Although there are at
present 260,000 idle freight cars in the
United States, Canada and Mexico, ac-
cordtng to the reports of the American
Railway association, traffic tonnage has
been Increasing so rapidly of late that
railroad officials are taking steps to pre-
vent possible car shortage this fall. Espe-
cial attention is being devoted to the coal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24
STRIKE WILL CONTINUE.
Miners Arbitration Committee Failed
to Reach Agreement.

Pittsburg. Kan, July 24.-The ar
hitration board that has been seek
ing to settle the Usage county, KAN
sas strike, adjourned today without
reaching an agreement and the strike
viii continue.
The strike which has been in effect
for nearly a year, affects several hun
dred men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24
TRANSFER IS MADE.
Gravson Is President of Louisville
Club.

Louisville Ky, July 24.-The direc-
tors of the Louisville baseball club to-
dar elected William Grayson. jr., of
st. Louis president and treasurer and
Thomas ChiVington, secretary and gen
eral manager. Heine Pietz will con
tinue as playing manager. Mr.. Chiv-
ington announced today that he would
go after new players at once.
Mr.. Grayson released the club
from George Tebeau late last night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24
VACATION AS UMPIRE.
Washington Official Gets Leave of Ab-
sence TO Work in Southern League.

Washington. July 24.-J H. Coli
nicipai building here. has been zee m granted
fifty days leave, without pay, to en-
able him to finish out the season in
the Southern league. Collif1ower
knows baseball and the league has
secured him to call balls and strikes
and announce safe and yer out"
He left today for the Southern dia-
mOndS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24
UNION PACIFIC WAIVED.
Failed to show at Preliminary for
Exchanging Transportation.

Omaha, Neb.. July 24.-The Union
Pacific today waived preliminary hear
ing on two complaints, involving the
state law forbidding the issuance of
transportation to newspapers in ex-
change for advertising and to physi-
clans who are not paid regular salaries
for their services. The cases will be
taken at once to the district court to
test the law
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24
HOME FOR GRAND OPERA
Hammcrstein Promises to Donate
667 900 to Chicago Theater.

Chicago, July 24-Oscar Hammerstein
announced yesterday that he would con-
tribute 3wo-thirds of the 1 million
dollars he deems essential to erecting
a Chicago home for grand opera. The
remaining one-third mus. be donated
by persons here who desire to have
a perma lent opera company in the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24

anti-alcoholic congress, which con-
cIuded its labor this afternoon ac-
cepted the invitation of Queen VIII
helmina to hold their next gathering
at The Hague in 1911.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24
Weather still Pleasant.

The official weather forecast is, gen
orally fair tonight and Sunday" Up to
date. the warmer spell threatened in
yesterdays forecast has not developed.
The temperature promises to spend the
day in the same part of the thermometer
1t occupied yesterday. This afternoon the
wind is blowing only 8 miles an hour
from the east. and the hourly tcmpera-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24
Weather Indications

Chicago. July 24.-Forecast fer
I, Kansas: Generally fair tonight and
Sunday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24

" NEII nc TIgTd pfohIbitIon law pass
ed by the last legislature went INTO
effect last May all the social and fra
ternal clubs in the state closed out
their stocks of liquors and bowed "a
the law. The Topeka club. comnoseG
of the leading professional men. polite
fans and business men of the state
alone continued its system of the mem
bers keeping liquor by means of tta
locker system When Chief Of Police
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12

is per cent, making for this the
the total of $1,000, paid out an
nually for insurance on the
square and Immediately adjoin-
ing it not to speak of the resi-
dence district which would be
protected. Suppose we install
the water system and secure a
reduction of say only twenty per
cent which would be very small.
This would be a reduction of
1920 on the insurance named
alone. a reduction of one-third
would be more likely. Then say
we have insurance on residences
within the protected district
amounting to 100000 with rate
of 1.50. making total of 81 800
with a corresponding reduction
of one fifth or $500. These two
totals would more than pay the
interest on the total bond issue.
Certain it would be that the reve-
nues derived from water connec-
tons would pay the operating
and maintenance expenses and
we would be enabled to carry
more insurance for the same
money and we would have the
benefit of the great good arising
from sewerage system. Then
there are other matters that
could be considered but we de-
sire this article to be on strictly
a financial basis. Would the
waterworks and sewerage sys-
TEN pay the city: Could you
deny but that it would: 1t is
only question of how to secure
the means. Any live city could
do that
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12

People do not know just what
they can do for a town until they
try. Recently one gentleman
from Canyon City remarked on
the streets Of a northern city
that the town needed a market
for produce, chickens, eggs and
such like. Result: The gentle
man addressed was here this
week and announces that he will
come down in about a month and
established a house for the buy.
ing of poultry. Just speak a
good word. 1t won't hurt you
and it will help your town and
neighbOrs.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12
BRoUGHT HOME TO US.

You know, if you have been
reading the columns of this
paper, that the editor is an
earnest advocate of the idea of
patronizing home institutions,
particularly in spending money
with the home merchants.
Now the editor does buy consid-
cradle goods from the merchants
and he wishes he could afford to
buy more. Last week his wife
made a trip away from home into
the southern portion of the state.
While away she needed some
little articles and she purchased
them. When she came back
home she saw a friend with some
of the same kind of stuff which
she had bought in Canyon City
and upon inquiry found that the
friend had bought the same
goods here at just SO Is per cent
less than the editors wife paid in
another city-and she thought
she was getting the goods cheap
too. Well, we don't regret the
money the wife spent. She
ought to have spent more for her
pleasure trip, but we are glad
again to say that it pays US to
patronize our local merchants.
1t is a mistaken idea that you
can buy cheaper elsewhere ex-
cept in some very isolated places,
and then The people selling YOU
the goods does not have any in
terest in your future. Better
buy at home anyway where you
can know who You are dealing
with. Your home merchants
make a profit and should do so.
They are entitled to it and they
are also entitled to every dollar
that you have to spend for goods
which they handle.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12

If you want people to love you,
compliment you and take you
completely into their confidence
just join them in their efforts to
discredit their enemies. Men
are, undoubtedly, the least ap-
preciative of their good fortunes,
of all domestic animals. Even
the pig, when he hears or smells
the swill bucket approaching,
will raise his head and squeal out
his sentences of gratitude to his
captor and master; the dog will
wag his tail and bark a. joyous
note when he is fed; the COW will
jump side-wise and the horse
will neigh, but man in all his
glory will sit down and partake
of a sumptuous meal and grum-
BILE because it is not better, and
will cuss his luck and his neigh.
Dor, and will not like any man
who will not join him. -Vidette.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12
SOME STATISTICS ON PROTECTION,

We have, from time to time,
been discussing the idea Of fire
protection and sewerage in this
city and recently others have
begun to give the matter some
investigation. 1t will be recalled
that some idea was recently given
about the cost Of the installation
Of such a system, the engineer
estimating that the two systems
Offering sewerage system to the
most of the town and fire pro
lection for almost the entire town
would cost the city about SIS, 900.
If bonds to this amount were
issued with five per cent interest
we would have an annual interest
expense of Sl,440. AS against
this we have two things TO con.
slider. The first is the amount
of saving to the city. We made
Investigations about the rate and
on the square and Immediately
close TO the square there is-ear.
ried not less than $4,000 insur,
ance upon which the average
basis rate III a town of our rating
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12
TEXAS FINISHING ITS OWN CATTLE.

In a recent nun Der of the Tex
as Stockman-Journal, the follow
ing appeared as a portion of an
article relative to the Cattle
Raiser's Association of Texas:
Texas is no longer a mere
breeding ground for cattle, the
discovery of the fattening value
in cotton seed and its products;
the discovery that valuable for
age crops will grow in semi-arid
regions of the state have changed
the cattle producing business
that Texas grasSerS are getting
rarer each year on the market,
while the state each season is
sending more and more finished
stuff to market. Time was when
the great cattle market of the
state was at San Antonio, where
traders came from all parts of
the country to buy stockers and
feeders, as well as finished grass
stuff. The opening of the mar
ket at Fort Worth and establish
ment of packing houses here has
changed all this and million
and more calves and finished
cattle sold at Fort Worth last
year shows how complete the
change has been. Even now
those who look ahead may see
the day when no more calves or
yearlings will be shipped from
Texas except for slaughter. In
the Panhandle feeders have al
ready begun finishing with corn
and sending shipments from
their feed lots to compete with
those of Kansas, Missouri, Iowa
and Illinois.
Reduction of the ranges and
the settlement of former pas
ture by farmers is also having
its effect on the cattle. produc-
ton Of the southwest. If any
result has been noticed thus far,
it has been one of increase in
quantity and improvement of
quality. The farmer on a sec
ton of land has more time to
attend to his cattle, to see that
they are well. fed and cared for
and his corresponding profit is
larger than that of the man who,
in the old days, let his herds roam
over four counties.
In very few years Texas will
ship the largest amount of the
best meat that goes upon the
market. In this western portion
If the state the rapid develop
nent from the old long. horn to
he heavy and sturdy beef cattle,
S causing much feeding to be
lone and ere long on every farm
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12
WHO ARE THE SUCKERS?

Every once in a while you will
see some grouchy cuss standing
on the street corners GUESSING
out the people who are coming to
this section of the country and
paying from twenty to forty
dollars per acre for the same
land that could have been bought
ten years ago from the state at
S1.00 or a little more per acre.
Very often the grouchy fellow is
one who did buy from the state
at a low price and afterwards
sold the land at about $500 per
acre and is now sore because he
did not hold it until it reached the
present prices. He has no right
to feel sore because Of his own
fault. No one forced him to sell
and no one is keeping him from
buying land at the present price
and gaining the increase which
is sure to come. 1t takes a little
more money to handle the land
now, but the investment is just
as sure as ever.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12
TINE TO THINK ABOUT IT.

Last summer, you will recall,
when the neighbors had so many
blooms and blossoms about the
place and the lawn looked so well,
and the vines gave such honey
appearance to the premises-last
summer you probably decided
that next year" you would do
something yourself in the way of
identifying your home by plant
ing a few flowers. Well, it is
time to begin thinking about it;
time to begin planning and asking
questions, and devising a system
of landscape gardening on a
small scale.
But you never have any luck"
with flowers, you say? Neither
does any one else. There is no
luck about raising flowers or
anything else for that matter,
except children. Certainly there
isn't any luck about having the
proper soil and planting the seed
at the proper time and taking
care of the plants in a common
sense way. That isn't luck.
Luck is that which prevents a
good many people from breaking
into the peni Tertiary where
flowers are distributed to the
guests Easter Sunday. That is
the only connection between luck
and flowers.
Oh, yes; there is plenty of
room about your place for flow
ers. Ever notice how very little
space a plant occupies. An old
woman once raised a stalk of corn
in tin can in a window high up
from the ground that was the
amazement of all London. A
cigar box makes a big enough
flower garden if a fellow can't
have one any larger. Six square
inches of ground by the side of
the front stOop is plenty of room
for the roots of a vine that might
trail over the entire front of the
porch. Six quare feet Of ground
is a farm if it is all the space one
can devote to flowers.
It's time to be thinking about
all of these things; to be asking
questions and making good reso-
lutions about what you are going
to to do just as soon as the
weather gets warm enough
Daily Panhandle.
1t is always time to think about
identifying the appearance of
the home and the city. Proper
planting and proper attention
after planting makes a success
of trees and flowers in this coun-
try. Its time to beautify the
home and city.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12

The commercial organization
of our sister city of Hereford had
a rousing reorganization last
week with the result that they
have practically every business
man in the town as a member
with dues paid up for six months
in advance thereby giving the
club sufficient funds with which
to do some work.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12

In a recent edition of the paper
the Daily Panhandle Of Amarillo
intimated that it was dry down
Texico-Farwell way and in last
week 5 Farwell Banner the editor
gets after the Daily Panhandle
in Ben Tillman style. Of course
we grant that the Banner might
have had some cause for the
raking given the Amarillo paper
but then we are all apt to make
mistakes and it is up to the Pan
handle to bow in sack cloth and
ashes and sue for pardon.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12

The Farwell Banner comes out
last week in all home print edi-
ton which they propose to keep
up in the future. That shows
that the paper is progressing and
that very rapidly. People of
the Panhandle country appreci-
ate the newspaper efforts and
the newspaper men appreciate
the patronage of the people.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12

The Panhandle Cattlemen s
Association is TO meet again this
year at Roswell; the date for the
occasion having been set for
April Z and 8. a reduced rate
from all Texas points has been
made by the railroads and from
the information given out from
the Roswell headquarters the
Roswell people and preparing to
put THE big pot in the little one"
and give the. cattlemen. the time
of their lives: $3.50
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12

Last month 4 merchant thousand
miles from Chicago wanted TO place
over his store an electric light sign
he had heard about in Chicago. Made
q special trip there for specifications
and terms. Too high.
Mr., Merchant returned home and in
cidentally told the local electrician
about his troubles. Mr.. Home Electri-
clan replied that he could reproduce
the Chicago sign, with improvements,
at price that suited. And he did so
JUST THINK THIS OVER, WILL
YOCf
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12

will appear the feeding pens of
the farmer. 1t is a fact that
every man in this county who has
tried feeding steers for market,
has made a success of it in a
financial way.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12

No, johnny, Canyon City hasn't
any live commercial club. They
have an organization but expect
to hold funeral services at any
time over it.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12

Where is that promised fire
department? Maybe it has been
loaned to some other town.
Guess we don't need it anyway,
at least the people of this town
seem to think so.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12

Any erroneous reflection upon the character.
standing or reputation Of any person firm or
corporation which may appear in the columns
Of The News viii be gladly corrected upon its
being brought to the attention Of the publisher.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12
Contributors Notice.

The editor Of this paper is anxious 10 receive
from time to time, communications from its
readers, but We request that al such com
munications be signed not Tor publication.
but that we may know the source from which
the article comes.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12

Maybe this town is as good as
it ought to Be and Maybe it ism t.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12

Be News subscriber.
Phone Al when you have an
item Of local news.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

FOR CITY MARSHAL,
j. H. lowell requests US 10 announce
that he is candidate for the Office OF
City Marshal election 10 he held
April 6, 1909.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12

Papers sent out OF the county promptly dis
,ntinued at expiration Of time paid for.