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The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-19

Mamma-Oh, George, George
Our daughter has eloped with the
chauffeur.
Papa-Good heavens, Now
who's going to drive me to the
office this morning!-Cleveland
Leader.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-19
ONLY SIX MORE YEARS.
United States Land Office Man Estimates all
Public Land Will Be Taken Up.

1t will startle a great many
people who have failed to note
the rapidity with which the
! public land of the nation is pass
ing out of its hands to be in
formed that in about six years
at the furtherest, all Of the pub
lie lands of the United States
now open to homesteaders will
have been absorbed in private
ownership; that is except in the
barren mountainous areas of
Nevada and Wyoming and some
smaller but equally unavailable
tracts in Montana, New Mexico,
Arizona, Utah and Oregon. Yet
such is the result of careful
compilation of facts and figures
made by W. w. Palmer assistant
in the United States Land Office
at Miles City, Montana. He has
observed the rate at which the
yet unappropriated government
land in each Of the twenty-four
states containing such land has
been taken up during the last
year and a half; and taking this
rate as a basis, reaches the con.
clusion that the average time of
exhausting of the public lands
for all the said states is twenty
four years. But in getting this
average Montana and Wyom.
ing are given respectively $40 and
155 years, since there is next to
no call for snow clad or barren
for no m G s e a DIS. |
Omitting these the average time
n the remaining twenty-five
states is about six years. AS
he land is taken up with in.
;reasing rapidity each year; the
probabilities are that it will have
)een absorbed in an even shorter
ime than six years.
AS everybody knows a greater
art Of the recent rapid ABSORB.
ion has been by corporation and
Individuals, fraudulently using
he homestead and timber claim
cts, to enable them to acquire
thousands of acres. Yet con-
ress stolidly refuses to pass
ny measure of reform. 1t like
Use persists in allowing the
omestead law to remain unal. /
cred, thus giving to every home \
teader, and to every dummy N
epresenting himself as a home III
.eader, 100 acres of land where II
,ery 40 acres is worth more n
ian 100 was when the law was III
and where there are III
ozens of applicants now where III
there was only one III
b. Paul Pioneer Press. II|
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-19

Stella-What were the mar.
riage settlements!
Bela-She settled down and he
settled up.-New York Sun.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-19

We wish that just a few more
trees were being planted along
the streets of this city. Just a
few. That will help.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-19

Any erroneous reflection upon the character
standing or reputation OF any person. firm or
corporation which may sppear in the columns
Of The News VII be gladly corrected upon its
being brought 10 the attention OF the publisher
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-19
Contributor Notice.

The editor Of this paper IS anxious to receive.
from time to time, communications from its
readers but We request that al such com
municstons 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, 1909-03-19
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FNR CITY MARSHAL.

!. Il. lowell requests Us 10 announce
that he is d candidate for the Office of
City Marshal, election to be held
April g. 1909.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-19

81 do not believe in the mail
order citizen. IT is BETTER
THAT WE SHOULD HAVE
! THOUSAND TOWNS THAN
ONE LARGE CITY. ia plae.
is good enough for a man 70
make his money in, +. certainly
should be good enough for him
10 spend his money in. The
merchants have O just right 70
all the business, Of tho town in
which they have their stores,
and every good citizen will help
them TO get L."
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-19

Did you ever see a FINE LARGE
FACT 80 simply statedi
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-19
Railway Time Table.

MAIN LINE, WEST BOUND.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-26

= A tent of the Maccabees was insti-
.tuted at Lafayette last week. rs
Phelo Perry was acquitted7of the
charge of killing negro woman. at
Amite City. r,~'
The Caddo parish school board has
passed a resolution debarring from the
schools any child who cannot produce
a certificate of vaccination.
Baton Rouge investors have organ
lied an oil company with 100000 cap
ital to prospect for oil at Deerford,
where the land is bumpy.
Enterprise, Catahoula parish, has a
new cannery in a flourishing condition.
The Caddo police jury has donated
5000 to be used in promoting the good
roads cause as requested by Governor
Sanders.
At Winfield sulphur water from an
abandoned prospect hole will be made
the basis for sanitarium and health
resort enterprise.
Breaux Bridge is to have a munich
pal primary, just like the grown-ups
Kenner has taken this chilly time tt
organize an ice factory. 80.
The Abheville city council ha
named a committee to examine int
it's light and water plant and find gu
why the blamed thing won't pay. =
In the case of Jack: Coleman, Jr
and Sr, at Franklin, charged with tn
murder of Sidney Robichaux, the jur
disagreed.
} Jonas Volts store and warehous
were destroyed by fire at Lecompte.
The Winfield Iron Works have .b'
| gun the erection of a $4,000 foundr!
| A new council, Knights of Columbus
was instituted at Covington.
: The new convent of the Benedictin
e Sisters at Ramsey was dedicated la'
|. week. .+-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-26
PASSING Of TELLER
SUCCESSOR ELECTED TO COLO
RADIOS BRILLIANT SENATOR.
Has Unique Record in That He Has
Served 10 Years as Republican
and II Years as Democrat
Without interruption.

Observation-Disclosures dispatches re-
Gently announced simply that Charles
J. Hughes of Denver has been elected
10 the United States senate to succeed
Henry NJ Teller. Literally that was
all. Politically there was much more.
1t was that the election of Mr.. Hughes
marked the passing of Henry Moore
Teller, the grand old man of the
Rockies.
During One-third of century Mr..
Teller 10 d greater or lesser extent,
has been continuously before the eyes
of the nation. For large part Ot that
time he held high rank in the councils
of his party. Few ADLER men have
come out of the west and none who
longer held the affections of his peO-
pie. Yet when the final summary was
made up. the only mention he received
was that his name was among those
entered
Mr.. Teller's entry into the senate
was cOincident with the entry of his
state into the union. His record is
unique in that he served in that body
IS years as Republican, and then
without missing a day he served IL
years more as an independent and d
Democrat. A few older men bave
been elected to the senate at different
times by political parties OF opposite
beliefs. but period interviewed in
which they waited for the people to
experience a change. Mr., Teller re-
pudiated his old utilization and took
up with the new without Interruptions
in his service.
Since Colorado has been a state one
half of its representation in the unsled
States senate, except for three years
has been Henry NJ. Teller. TIE other
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-26

half varied, as one term followed an
other, and the ability and character Of
that representation likewise varied
Born in New York state in 1880,
Mr.. Teller when he became young
man, studied law and was admitted to
the bar. He sought the great west in
1858 and as Illinois at that time
seemed to be a long way toward the
setting sun, he came to this state and
began the practice of his profession.
He only remained here two years.
however, as he foresaw greater posi-
bilities in the territory of Colorado.
| That his Judgment was good when
he decided to take the long jump to
the new and little known land in the
| Rockies was proved by the later events
in hic $Jife. Fifteen years afterward.
while the nation was celebrating its
centennial, Colorado was admitted as
a state, and among the first acts of its
| legislature was the election of Henry
NJ. Teller as one of its representatives
Lin the United States senate.
| Chosen as a Republican, he served
in the senate until in April, 1882,
when he was called to President Ar
thurs cabinet as secretary OF the in
terror, Here he. twice honored his
state-bringing it an important cabi-
net post after only six years of state
hood, and being the instrument by
which this distinction was given to
state beyond the great American
plains.
Mr.. Teller served as secretary OF the
interior during President Arthurs
term. but near the close of the period
there was sensational election in
Colorado, and he was offered his old
. seat. He accepted it, and when his
work as cabinet member ended on
March 4, 1885, he walked over TO the
, capitol and took the oath OF office as
r senator.
: A few years later the money ques-
; ton began to make trouble for men
!, in public life, and what was destined
!. to be Mr.. Teller's greatest political
/ sorrow began to take form. A financial
stringency, followed by the repeal OF
A the Sherman act. precipitated the free
n silver controversy upon the country
l and Mr.. Teller, an ardent advocate Of
0 free coinage. found himself in confficl
: with many of his political associates.
e Subsequent developments are of TOT
d recent occurrence to require recount
d ing here. Mr.. Teller was approaching
d the end of his third senatorial tern
y His state was overwhelmingly for 81
e. yer, but a majority Of the leaders G
g the Republican party in the country
s. large were bending their efforts to o.
81 tain declaration for the gold stan
m ard. The crisis for the Colorado ma
Is was near at hand. 1t came with Il
ni Republican national convention at $
Louis In 1896.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-26
Violation of Age of Consent Law.

Crowley, La.-Arthur Thibodeaux,
aged IS, resident of Morse, was ar
rested Saturday and lodged in jail
charged with. violating the statute flX-
ing the age of consent at Is years OF
age. Alphonse Suidry, farmer llv-
ing near Morse, was arrested and
charged with completely with Thibo-
deaux on the ground that Thibodeaux
had been seen living at his home with
a girl under the age of Is.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-26
STATE AND DOMESTIC.

The Southeastern Texas convention
Of the Christian EndeaNar society adj
iourned at Beaumont Sunday.
FIVE hundred bales of cotton and
five Missouri, Kansas & Texas empty
box cars were either totally or par
italy destroyed by fire discovered
among the cotton bales on the pat
form of the Shippers Compress COM
pany in South Dallas Saturday.
Secretary Paige states that the pro-
: htbAionists intend to keep several or
ganizers in the field in Texas for the
next two years .
Sheriff Geo. Little and deputies re-
turned from Kilgore without making
an arrest ard without 3anysclew to the
bank robbery committed there night
before last. So many people Shave
walked and rode all about the place,
any sign that the robbers may have
a.iaft HAS been oblitefated The only
theory plausible is that the gang was
a travelling one. tg~
Stewart Douglac- Robinson, 10 years
DID, nephew of President Roosevelt
and a sophomore of Harvard college
fell from a six-stofy window of Hainp'
ton hall, ,Cambridgesea dormitery on
Massachusetts, avenue, Sunday and
was killed; -"
The entries in the race, for city Of
fees of Houston before the Democrat
ic city primaries are off In bunch
The race closes ON Feb. q and all the
entries seem to have hackers.
brakeman Morris Nolan and Engin
eer J, ]. Sangster of Marshall were
: killed in a wreck in Louisiana Sunday
So pleased is E. II. Hartman will
the Improvement noticed in his healtl
that he has decided to remain in Sai
v Antonio until March 1,
The Legislators had a fine time a
Galveston Saturday and Sunday. 2
-. - There is much dissatisfaction at Wa
co over the proposition to remove tn
/. Katy shops to Eddy:
Leases were signed up Saturday o
249 acres of land lying a few mile
west OF Orange. on which a series c
tests for oil will be made within tn
next sixty days.
The flour mill at West, Texas, oWne
by Levi Poteet. was burned Thursda,
Cause of fire unknown. Loss abot
$4,000; covered by insurance.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-26
Rsoin SEEDING Rice in February.

Crowley, La,-Eugene Cormier, a
prominent rice planter living in the
southern part of the parish, has 300
acres of rice land which he will begin
seeding next week. This is unusually
early for rice planting in this section.
1t is estimated that fully third more
blowing than usual at this season has
been done in this section on account
of the. favorable weather during the
fall and winter.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-26
Lake Charles AIdermanic Election.

Lake Charles, La-By vote OF to
the Democratic city committee Sat-
urday declared the two candidates for
alderman in each of the wards receiv-
ing the highest vote to be the noml-
nees. This action caused some sur,
prise as it was generally believed then
by the candidates that there would be
second primaries in three of the
wards "A contest is probable. The
committee ordered a second primary
for chief Of police Ga March 16.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST
NEWS THAT is NEWS, WHEN 1T IS
NEWS, FOR ALL.
DO|NGS OF THE DAY AND WEEK
Happenings the Wide World Oyer Of
important Events Condensed to
Good Reading.
WASHINGTON.

The senate committee on agriculture
Saturday afternoon agreed to increase
the item in the appropriation bill for /
continuing experiments to combat the
boil weevil from $4,000, which was
the amount in the bill as it passed the
house. to $250.O00 1t also agreed to
increase from $4,000 to $4,000 the
amount which is to be Immediately
available for this purpose.
Confident that the time is ripe" for
a more efficient postal service in the
South, the appeals of the people from
below Mason and Dixon's line for in
creased facilities of that character will
not go unheeded by Uncle Sam. Plans
nov being formulated by officials OF
the p0stoffice department contemplate
the establishment during the present
year of a greater number OF new ru-
raj free delivery routes in the South
ern states than in any other section OF
the country. .-,
President Roosevelt Saturday added
another stirring chapter to the secret
service controversy in giving vigor'
GUS and lengthy reply to the attacks
ysmaie on this branch Of the govern
ment in report made recently by
Senator Hemenway of the senate COM
mittee on appropriations.
The Indian appropriation bill occu-
pied almost the entire time of the SEN
ate. Saturday and was passed with ap-
preparations aggregating over $1,000
900, after an amendment by Mr.. Teller
was adopted making $4,000 available
to the president for the protection by
legal proceedings. of any Indians
deemed deserving.
There was a conference at the de
partment of agriculture, to be more
particular, in the, office of DR.. Gallo
day. chief of the bureau of plant IN
dustry, on the general subject of or
ange growing in the coast country Of
! Texas.
Two more of the annual supply bills
the diplomatic and consular, and the
military academy measures were
passed by the House Saturday in
comparatively brief time. Neither eS
cited much debate nor were the.
amended in any important particular
The rivers and harbors bill also wa
passed under suspension OF the rule
4 after Mr.. Keifer of Ohio had inausu
s rated a full-fledged filibuster agains
it in the expectation of "a senat
amendment providing for survey Q
the proposed Ohio and Erie canal.
Seventy thousand more aliens hav
returned to their native lands tina
= have come to this. country during tn
twelve morths ended Nov. 80, accort
Ing to a statement made public Thur
day by the department of commerc
and labor.
Cooperation of worldwide scop
was the keynote of an address Pres
dent Roosevelt made at the WHIT
House Thursday before the delegate
in attendance upon the North Amer
can Conservative Congress.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-26
School Improvement League.

Crowley, La-Friday at Mermentau
a school Improvement league was or
ganized, with Miss Jennie Bear as
president and Miss Lottie Coleman as
secretary. Over thirty members were
enrolled. The league is the result OF
a campaign organized in this parish
by Miss Agnes Morris. state organizer
of school improvement leagues. Near
ly every school district in the state
hasa league.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-26
Million Dollar Land Deal.

Lake Charles. La,EsA million dollar
land transfer was recorded Saturdays
The McPhersons of Michigan, heavy
land owners in Calcasieu parish, sold
to the Delta Lumber company of Del,
aware $4,000 acres fora consideration
of s1,127,4OO. The vendors reserve all
mineral rights The land is one OF the
finest stretches of long leaf yellow
pine in the South.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-26
Eioht Derricks Demolished.

Sulphur, La.-On Friday evening a
esvere rain and windstorm visited this
section. There is but little damage
reported except to the Union Sulphur
company, who lost eight derricks by
being blown down. This makes thir-
teen derricks that have been blown
down at this place within the last few
days.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-26
Good indications.

Estherwood, La-Parties in from
The oil field report fine indications OF
getting oil with good gas pressure IN
the wildcat we'll going down for the
Crowley Oil and Mineral company a
mile east of proven field, on cast side
of Bayou Cane.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-26
Stolen $1,000 in Cash.

Shreveport, La. -Burglars entered d
small store owned by Rho Manus, an
italian, Saturday, and stole nearly
1000 in silver, greenbacks ana
checks which were kept in an OLD
cash drawer.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-26
Esthermood Rice Movement.

Estherwood, Lathe Eureka RICE
Mill company has received NUMBER
of cars of rough rice, and has shipped
out more than ten cars OF Inanufac-
tured rice products in the past fe"
days.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-26
aov Fell Into Pot of Lye.

Shreveport, La.-Lee Laurlch' aged
l. son of Joe Laurich, while flying q
kite, Saturday. backed into pot OF
boiling I've water. and was seriously
scalded.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-26

UST 100 years ago, March
1, 1909, there was born in
Poland a child who was
to hold a very important
place in the world of mu-
sic, Francois Frederick Che
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-26

The Southeastern Texas convention
Of the Christian Endeaxor society al.
iourned at Beaumont Sunday.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-13
NEW SCHEME TO
FREE PATRICK

Houston. Texas Jan John /
Millihen. st. Louis millionaire, is on
his way here from New York 70 see
Valet Charles F. Jones, in the hope
.of securing a confession from him thar
will exonerate his brotherin-law, Al
bert r. Patrick, now serving a life
sentence in Sing Sing for the murder
of William NJ. Rice. IL was Jones ties.
timony which convicted Patrick
Jones. who Is dying Of consumption
lis reported ready TO make new con
fessioH which clears Patrick and
places the blame upon himself Jones
who has lived IN Texas since the trial
has been Swallowed by private detec-
tiyes vino reported regularly to NH
kin and other friends Of Patrick Tn
detective i is said discovered thai
Jones wanted 70 make new confess.
sion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-13
CANNOT PUBLISH
BETS ON RACES
LOS ANGELES PROSECUTOR
TELLS NEWSPAPERS HE WILL
ENFORCE ORDINANCE.

Los Angeles Jan. Nothing in
reference t. betting on horse races,
tips as to probable winners. or matter
that VIII in any way give compare
tive estimate of horses which have
run o. are to run In any race may
hereafter be published in any news
paper ~ pamphlet placed on sale
within the corporate limits OF Los An
geles.
This affects not only the Los An
geles daily newspapers and tip publ
cations, but the San Francisco news
papers sold here, and any other such
publications giving tips and racing
news relative to betting: II also prob
ably VIII cause the prohibition of the
daily form chart as gotten out by the
racing association.
Such. in effect, is the order issued
by Guy Eddie, City Prosecutor. Ed.
die has notified all the publications
doing business here and informed the
managements that violations will be
prosecuted He said that It might
take him two or three days TO work
up the evidence If there were viola
tons OF the city ordinance. but that
prosecutions surely would follow
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-13
DEAN HOWARD
VICTIM OF POISON

Des Moines, Ia, Jau. 9.-Dr- Howe,
the special examiner appointed br
Coroner liver G.. Newlin 10 look into the
sudden and mysterious death OF De&a
Frederick Howard. of Drake university
thanksgiving day. reported last night
that Howard was the victim OF poison.
There is nothing to show who admin
stered the pois n. Soon after dinner
the evening before thanksgiving. How
ard became i'll and was attended by 3.
physician The next morning a friend
who called found him dead.
Dean Howard was a noted musician
and tyAmensely popular both with the
students and the general public. Eis
Iluxuriant apar ments were an open
house ITO coterie OF kindred Spirits
The dean was on particularly intimate
terms with number of young COZ
legians, proteges Of his, several Of
whom shared his apartments at times
HE was known TO assise needy stu-
dents through college with gifts OF
money. The night he died he was in
Ia sad state of mind and his action
were considered strange.
Under Towards direction the Drake
university conservatory trebled its at
tendance and he became prominently
Identified with leading musical oYgani
cations of Inc west
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-13
HALE DETERMINED
TO REACH BOTTOM
INSISTS THAT INVESTIGATION OF
SECRET SERVICE QUESTION
BE MADE COMPLETE.

Washington, Jan. 7.--Complying
with the request of Senator Hale as
acting chairman of the senate com
mittee on appropriations, which the
senate has instructed to investigate
the use of the secret service force by
other departments Of the government
than the treasury, the president yes
terday forwarded to him reports from
the treasury, interior, war. justice and
commerce and labor departments
bearing upon this subject.
The determination by the senate
10 have the investigation made, grew
out OF the presidents discussion Of
the secret Eervice IN his annual mes
sage, but Senator Hale has determined
that the inquiry shall not be confined
TO the presidents connection Of con
gress with the subject.