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The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-26
Wants to Describe the Canyon.

In a letter to this city this
week one of the assistant editors
of the Kansas City Post desires
information relative to the Palo
Duro canyon which starts in this
county. The writer himself
has made a trip through the
canyon and is DESTROYS of re-
ceiving additional information in
order that he may write the
scenic value of this great nature
wonder for publication in their
paper. Intimation is made that
the paper will use an entire page
filed with descriptions and read
ing matter.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-26
Editor Revolts,

1t is told of a Michigan editor
that he grew tired of lying about
people in obituary notices, and
then have people call him a hyp-
ocrite, so he wrote up one we'll
known citizen as follows:
Died. After 56 years, six
months and - days. Deceased
was mildmannered pirate with
a mouth for whiskey and an eye
for Doodle. He came here at
night with another mans wife
and joined the church at first
chance. He owed us seven dol
lars on the paper. You could
hear him pray six blocks. He
died singing Jesus Paid 1t All'
and we think he is right as he
never paid anything himself. He
was buried in an asbestos casket
and his friends threw palm fans
into his grave, as he may need
them. His tombstone will be a
favorite resting place for boot
owls.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-26
Close-Fistedness Of Men Of Means.

Commenting on the import
ance of occurring public enter
prise, the Dalhart Texan says:
There are always a few men
of means in every town who can
always find an excuse or an OBJ
lection to raise, that will keep
them from contributing much to
movement of local importance.
They never give the real excuse,
which is a desire to see their
property values incre e d
through the efforts and the
money of their neighbors. There
never are but few of them in a
town because if there were MANY
there could be no town. They
are not in the same class with the
"knocker." The "knocker" often
gets his disposition of general
"cussedness' from his physical
condition and thinks the world is
out of joint because he has just
thrown up good breakfast. But
the class that this article is
making famous do not throw up
nor cough up nor dig up; not at
all. They think that their ex-
cuses and objections are accepted
as honest expressions while Sc
cretly they figure that the plans
will go through anyway and that
they will reap the harvest that
others have sown and grow rich
through the eXerted manhood of
their fellow men. 1t is to be
hoped that Dalhart has not fallen
heir to any of these fossilized
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-26
Panhandle Hogs,

During the past year the out
put of hogs in the Panhandle has
increased 400 per cent. 1t is the
great new field for the hog in
dustry in this state. In East
Texas, where hogs were grown
at one time, the farmers have
turned to fruit and truck grow
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-26
Smile.

Smile and the world smiles with you,
knock and you go alone;
For the cheerful grin
Will let you in
Where the kicker is never known
Growl, and the way looks dreary,
Laugh, and the path is bright,
For the welcome smile
Brings sunshine while
A frown shuts out the light.
Sing, and the worlds harmonious,
Grumble, and things go wrong,
Yet all the time
You are out of rhyme
With the busy, bustling throng.
Kick and there's trouble brewing,
Whistle, and life is gay,
And the world is in tune
Like a day in June,
And sorrow will melt away.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-26
Varsity Wit.

Hotel Clerk-"I found that
Not to be used except in case of
fire. placard those college boys
stole out of the corridor"
"Where?"
Clerk" They'd nailed it up
over the coal bin. B o S o n
Transcript.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-26
On the Trail,

I'm cunning for railroads, "
announced the trust buster.
Then come with me- whis-
pered the near-humorist. Il can
show you some of the tracks. -
SouthweStern'S Book.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-26
Extremely So.

But why did you eat the cake
she baked?"
L wanted to make myself
solid"
Did you succed?"
Il should say so. | felt like a
ton of lead. cleveland Leader.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-26
A Perfect Brute,

John, your smoke will spoil
the curtains.
That's better than having the
curtains spoil my smoke. Phil
adelphia Ledger.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-18
EMERY CLAIM IS
BEHIND IT ALL
Grievance of the United States
Against Nicaragua of Long
Standing. y

Washington. March 17.-Much inter-
est is attached to the note which Sec
rotary Knox yesterday dispatched to
Senior Espinosa, the Nicaraguan minis
ter. The note is supposed to contain a
statement of the governments attitude
on the Emery claim, which the United
States has been trying to have arbi-
trated for years.
Secretary Knox has been discussing
the Central American situation with
public men and with his congressional
callers during the short period he has
been in the state department, and it is
known that he wants to see an end Of
the perennial disturbance.
The situation has been likened TO a
hornets nest, the causes for the exist
ence of which should be forever Grad
icated-
Whether the note to Mr.. Espinosa
contains any observations defining the
governments position cannot be learned
from any responsible source, although
this would not be surprising in the pres
ent temper of the administration.
That the permanent establishment of
peaceful conditions in Central America
may be brought about by the United
States and Mexico is the opinion held
and the wish expressed by the large
South American countries, according to
a statement today of a prominent gov
eminent official and a close student of
Latin-American affairs. He declared
that there had been a recent change of
attitude in these countries toward the
United States. an attitude which would
not have been possible several years
ago.
He pointed out that the administra-
ton papers in Brazil. Argentine and
other countries are fsvoring action by
this government vigorous enough to
force Central American republics to
realize that the welfare of sn the Amer
lean republics demands that they re-
main in peace.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-18
TRAIN ROBBERS
UNDER ARREST
Federal Authorities Have Men
Who Turned the Trick on
the Rio Grande.

Fort Collins, Colo, March 11.-John
Potts, who lives in a solitary cabin
twenty-five miles from Fort Collins,
and z. ]. st. Clair. a cowboy employed
by Lady Moon on her ranch near Fort
Collins, were arrested tonight charged
with holding up the Denver & RIO
Grande train at Military Junction. Just
outside of Denver; on Feb. q.
The Fort Collins police force has been
working on the case for some time, and
has had the arrested men under surveil-
lance for more than two weeks.
Postoffice Inspector Mckee of Denver,
the United States marshal and Detec-
tives Legion and Ustick, were sent for
as the local officers expected a desperate
resistance on the part of Potts and st.
Clair. The men were arrested on the
street and made no resistance.
The officers made another arrest to-
night at Livermore, Colo, but have not
yet brought their prisoner to Fort Col
Inns. Another man and a woman are
under suspicion as accomplices in the
hold-up, and will be arrested i'm Fort
Collins before morning.
The robbery. which occurred on the
morning of Feb. q. was one of the most
daring ever perpetrated in the state.
The robbers made thorough search of
the mail and express cars in the hope of
securing 5000, 900 in gold bullion being
transferred from the San Francisco to
the Denver mint. The bullion was sent
over another route and the robbers Sc
cured but nominal amount from the
held-Up train.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-18
CHICAGO MERGER HEARING
Testimony as to Former Competition
Between Union and Southern
Pacific Railroads.

Chicago, March 17.-COmpetition be-
tween soliciting agents for the Union
Pacific and the Southern Pacific rail-
roads prior to the so-called Hartman
merger, became so active that repre-
sentatives of the roads sought to buy
business from shippers. Such was the
statement of A. H Ginz. former traffic
manager of the South Bend Plow com
pany, today in the Chicago hearing of
the governments dissolution suit
against z. II. Hartman ct al.
Speaking of the activity Of competi-
ton before the merger, Mr.. Ginz was
asked.
"what methods did the competing
agents pursue?'
They went so far as to try to buy
business"
W. H. Knight, former general agent
of the Union Pacific, testifying on the
competition between the railroads prior
to the amalgamatfOn of the Union Pa
cific and Southern Pacific. said:
Competition was so active that the
railroads loaded the cars while the ship
pers played poker in a nearby hotel and
were given rebates. instead of paying
for the loading of cars
c. S. Stebbins, assistant to the gem
eral auditor of the Union and South
ern Pacific systems, said the freight
traffic over the merged lines aggregated
81 .O00, 600 monthly, and that the passen-
ger traffic is correspondingly large.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-18
LAND FOR THE DRY FARMERS
One Million Acres in Utah to Be
Thrown Open for Entry as
Soon as Selected.
tSpeciai to The HeraldO

Washington, March Ex-senator Smoot
was notified today by Land Commissioner
bennett that ne has instructed George
Hair. chief Of the Utah field division.
to take steps preliminary to the earlv
designation of 100000 acres of land for
entry under the new enlarged homestead
act, Hair is instructed to confer imme-
diately with the engineer in charge of
the Strawberry valley irrigation project
and with the Utah state land board. and
to cooperate with them in determining
general areas in different counties in
Utah for entry under the act Having
selected the general acreas, field investi-
cations of them viii be made and descrip-
tons of the lands by sections. townships
and ranges submitted to the general land
office for formal designation by the sec
rotary of the interior
Lands to be subject to enlarged home
stead entry must be nOn-timbered Ion
mineral and not susceptible of irrigation
at reasonable cost, rot have sufficient
water for domestic purposes, and are
lands of such fertility as will reasonably
justify cultivation of agricultural crops.
While 100000 acres are named in the
act as subject to entry in Utah but half
this area will be selected at this time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-18
HEADQUARTERS At BOISE
Changes in Field Service Divisions of
General Land 0ffice-Utah
Grouped With Idaho.

Washington, March 17.-With a view to
-azreditng the investigation of cases Of
lar frauds in the west, a number of
changes have been made in the field serv-
ice divisions of the general land office.
The HALEY. BlackfOOt and Boise land
districts in Idaho and Utah have been
grouped into new and distinct division
with headquarters at Boise, Ida, with
Clinton H Harrison as chief
North Dakota has been segregated from
the division which formerly comprised
Minnesota Iowa, North Dakota, South
Dakota Wisconsin and Michigan. and
made a separate division with headquar-
ters at Fargo, \. D., with W. 5 Wade
as chief.
South Dakota has been created into a
new division with headquarters at HUI
ron. with Henry c. Cullom as chief.
Alaska has been detached from the di-
vision formerly consisting of Oregon and
Alaska and. with the land districts Of
Seattle Olympia and Vancouver. in
Washington. have been grouped into q
new division with headquarters at Sc
attic, with Louis r. CLAWS as chief.
A Christensen. formerly Of the divis-
ion embracing California and Nevada, has
been placed in charge Of division No. 1,
with headquarters at Portland, ore.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-18
NEvADA'S BROKEN BANKS
Receiver Appointed for Miners G.
Merchants of Rawhide.

Carson, New, March 17.-Judge Far
rington granted today the motion of
Mark Waller of Rawhide for a receiver
in bankruptcy for the Miners & Mer-
chants bank of Rawbide. The court
stated that the receiver would not be
given authority to disburse funds, but
patrons of the bank who have valu-
ables in safe deposit win be permitted to
recover them.
This bank has been in the hands of
the state bank examiner since June. Its
building was burned and the safes have
never been unlocked. The cause of the
failure was an attempt to combine its
assets with those of the Bank of Raw
hide, which is also in the hands of a
receiver.
Attorney General Stoddard will make
application tomorrow for a receiver for
the Nye & Ormsby County bank and
its branches. At the same time a writ
of prohibition will be asked for in the
supreme court forbiddiDg Judge Averiil
of Nye county from taking further ac-
ton in the matter of the receivers ap-
pointed in that county.
The bank commission has ordered the
state bank examiner TO take charge of
all business of the Nye & Ormsby
County banks in this state.
1t is said that the actual deposits now
remaining in the bank Will not exceed
$500. Ooo, and that this amount is fully
covered by collateral owned by the
bank
If the attorney generals application
be granted it viii Gust Receivers Gill
bert Ross and J. J. Mullin, appointed
by the district court OF Nye county,
whose appointments are held to have
been irregular.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-18
FRAMED TO SUIT MORGAN
Tariff Bill Drawn by Payne Will Ad-
init Duty Free Works of Art
Worth Millions.

New York, March 17.-Under the new
provision of the proposed tariff which
permits the importation of paintings
and works of art more than twenty
years old duty free, art treasures
valued at between $50, 000, 900 and $780,
100000 likely soon viii grace the private
and public galleries in the United
States.
Discussion of the effect of the new
tariff on works of art among artists and
collectors today brought out the fact
that the art possessions abroad of j.
p. Morgan are worth nearly Sc, 000, 900.
1t is well known that Mr.. Morgan is
one of the most enthusiastic of the
trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of
Art, and that the removal of the duty
which has kept his art treasures in
London will now permit their trans
portation to New York.
Among the canvases owned by Mr..
Morgan are RaphaePs Madonna of
st. Anthony of Padua," upon which a
value of 5000 is placed, Rubens'
Portrait of the Grand Duke" worth
$125,00O, and the famous Gainsborough
canvas, Duchess of Devonshire," for
which $3.50, 600 was paid.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-18
WHOLE LIST PASSED UPON
More Legislative Enactments Vetoed
by Idaho Governor-Some of
the Bills Signed.
Especial to The Herald. }


Boise. Ida, March 17-Governor Bra
dy today completed his work on the
grist of legislative bills. He approved
all the public institution bonding meas
ures and vetoed all the bridge and
wagon bills excepting the Bonner's
Ferry and Golf bridge in the north, and
the Frankiin-Paris road bond appropri-
atoms in the southeast. He also vetoed
the bill constituting every farmer a
peace officer to arrest trespassing hunt
ers. TIE bill was regarded as too dras-
tic. The sportsmen vehemently pro-
tested against it on various grounds,
one being that it constituted streams as
boundaries of farm lands, making it
impossible for hunters to pass along
their shores to reach open shooting
ground. The title cOnf1icted with the
body of the measure, in that il prohibit
ed hunting or pursuit of game any
where.
Among the bills approved was one
prohibiting wholesale liquor men and
breweries owning or having an interest
in more than one saloon. This measure
is designed to reform the saloon bust
ness in counties that do not vote dry.
He also approved the bill designed to
prevent government agents from prac-
ticing deceit in securing evidence rela-
tive to land matters. The secretary of
the interior sent the governor a strong
protest by wire against the approval of
this measure.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-18
POWDER PLANT ExPLODES
Three Men Killed at Wallace, Ida
People of the Town Thrown
Into a Panic.

Wallace, Ida, March 17.-Three men
were killed in the explosion of the plant
Of the Occur d'Alene powder works this
afternoon. The dead,
R J. Skalberg. foreman.
Pete Rico.
Alvin Nelson.
All the dead were residents of Wal
lace, and employees of the powder WORKS
Five frame structures, together with
the concentration of the Occur dAiene
Concentrating company, were wrecked,
four of the powder cOmpany's buildings
being practically leveled.
Friction on a copper screen in the
mixing room during the process of the
manufacture of powder is believed to
have been the cause Of the disaster IN
this room were stored more than 1000
pounds Of nitToglycerine. This explod-
ed, together WITH five tons of giant
powder stored in nearby structures. The
explosion caused a panic in Wallace.
]. K. Ogilivy, an engineer, was Sc
verely bruised.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-18
ALARM FELT BY
IRON WORKERS
Claim Payne Bill Hands Them a
Stone While They Are
Asking Bread.

Washington, March 1.-THE men en-
pIoyed in the iron and steel trades fear
the effect of the Payne tariff bill, &C
cording to a statement issued here tonight
by L. Lewis vice president, and John
Williams of Pittsburg, secretary-treas1rer
of the Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel & Tin Workers of North America.
The statement follows;
The tariff. bill presents so many and
drastic reductions in the iron and steel
schedule as TO be viewed with alarm by
the wOrkingmen employed in those IN
dustries included in the iron and steel
schedule, and other industries dependent
thereon, especially 1t this time, follow
ing a long period of depression, with hun
dreds of thousands Of American work
men idle and actually asking for bread.
The bill as presented literally hands them
a stone. Employees of American tin plate
mills will strenuously oppose the recon-
mendations in the bill of the drawback
feature as applied to tin plate. as they
believe they should secure the work now
done in Wales and imported under the
provisions of the drawback feature
I'VE are satisfied that there will be
universal protest against the sweeping re-
auctions included in this bill, hence We
request the consideration of each and
every item, to the end that American
workingmen shall be protected in their
labor
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-18
CRASHED INTO
DEPOT ROTUNDA
Bad Railway Accident at Mon
treaI in Which Four Per-
sons Are Killed.

Montreal, March 17.-Four persons
were killed and thirty injured as the
result of the blowing out of a washout
pipe on the locomotive hauling the Bos-
ton express, due at the Windsor street
station on the Canadian Pacific railway
here today.
Three miles out from the station
scalding steam filled the cab, and the
engineer and fireman were forced 10
jump. The train, without a guiding
hand at the throttle, dashed into the
station, through the granite wall into
the women's waiting room, and then
into the TOtunda, where the locomotive
after demoiishing one massive pillar
was brought to a standstill by another
The four persons killed were sitting in
the women's waiting room. They are:
Mrs. w J. Nixon. Montreal, her g.
year-old son and 9-year-old daughter.
Elsie Nilliers, u years old of Mon
treal.
A score Of men were knocked down
when the train crashed through the TO-
tunda.
The husband of Mrs. Nixon is a Cana
dian train dispatcher at Medicine Hat
Alberta. He had secured leave to come
to Montreal to get his family, and they
We're all at the station to greet him
after six months separation. The man.
gled bodies of his wife and children
were lying on the platform when he
stepped from the train.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-18
PLENTY OF BIG GAME AWAITING THE
ADVENT OF ROOSEVELT In AFRICA

name lions have been seen thus far
this year. The rains are late They
have begun to fall in the Tanti. but
otherwise they are holding off. 1t is
now certain that they win be heavy
during the first part of Mr.. Roosevelt-s
trip.
The Uganda commission hopes that
Mr.. Roosevelt will visit the big camp
I'm Uganda where natives suffering
from the sleeping sickness are cared
for Hospitality of the Mombasa club
will be extended to MIR. Roosevelt when
he reaches here, and he will be similarly
entertained at Nairobi. At this city
Mr. Roosevelt will be entertained also
by the governor of West Africa, Sir
James Hayes Sadler. and Lady Sad
'er, and at ErtebbeN in Uganda, by H.
Hosketh-Bell, governor of the Uganda
protectorate Governor Bell viii offer
Mr. Roosevelt the use of a trained ele-
plant to facilitate travel through the
country infested with the dangerous
tsetse fly.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-18

Mombasa, British East AfricS-
March 1..-Interest in the prospect for
good sport in the coming season, slim
ulated by the coming of Theodore
Roosevelt, has brought detailed reports
of the numbers of game in Momba sa
Baron Tallyan de Vicente. d prominent
Hungarian, who has just returned here
from a hunting trip, reports splendid
sport with hipropotami on the uppcg
Tanti river. and for the shooting of this
game he recommends the district be
tween the Athi and the Tanti The,
s7iau and oryx stalking is perfect, with
the exception that hunters of this game
are constantly interfered with by I'M
usually aggressive rhinoceros. Lions
are plentiful, but with some exceptions
they seemed to be timid.
A man named Smith, the leader OF
the party of twenty Beers who recently
settled in this country. was carried
Yesterday 10 the hospital at Nairobi,
terribly mauled by a lioness. No black
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-18
u. S. STEEL REPORT.
Gross Receipts Show Decrease of
s274,7o6,927 From Last Year.

New York, March 1.-THE annual re-
port of the United States Steel corpora
ton was made public today and showed
that for the year ending Dec. 81, 1908,
gross receipts of $4s2, S07, $40 were earned,
a decrease of s274, TO6, 927 from the pre-
ceding year The net earnings of the
corporation were s91 ,S47,711, a decrease
of s6s, 1868 from the year of 1907.
The report shows that no sums were
set aside during the year for additional
construction, against $4,000, 600 in 1907
The surplus for the year, after the pay
ment of interest charges, dividends, ap-
preparations and all other charges, was
SIC, 81, $50, q decrease of S4,S36,S51 from
1907
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-18
CUBAN REBELS SURROUNDED IN THE
HILLS BY STRONG GORDON OF TROOPS

Havana. March 1.-THE indications
tonight are that the government is IN
a fair way to crush promptly the in
cipient revolution that broke out in the
province of Santa Clara Monday night
After Withholding news of the trouble
all day, the palace officials tonight an
nounced that the father of two mem
bers of the band headed by Sergeant
Cortes of the rural guard. had visited
General Monteagudo. chief of the guard
at Camajuani and told him that the
insurgents implored the clemency of
the government and were anxious to
surrender on the promise that their
lives would be spared.
General Monteagudo. accompanied by
a strong escort. thereupon started for
the insurgent camp.
The insurgents are now surrounded
by a Gordon of more than 1000 rurales,
but owing to the rugged country it viii