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The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-11-19

trustees of the said district solo
and conveyed to Myrtle H. BON
az the said block of land, it being
made to appear to the commits
SiOnerS court that the said order
was made and that said trustees
were directed by the commission
erS court to sell said block.
Now therefore it is ordered
: that the said order, that should
have been entered by record, is
here and now entered of record
as of the date of Nov. 20, 1891
and that in all things this court
hereby ratify all the said acts OF
the said commissioners court,
and trustees of said district in
the sale of said block to Myrtle
H. Bomar and that the same be
entered of record in the minits
of this court and it is so ordered
The report of Vetesk & Ditto,
butchers, was examined and ap,
proved.
SATURDAY
Certain claims against the
county were allowed as shown by
the claim minits.
1t is ordered by the court that
the clerk of the county is in
structed to draw warrants on the
county treasurer in favor of Joe
Foster as compensation for as
sessing the taxes for the year of
1909 for the following amounts,
on the general funds for S327.00.
Road and Bridge Fund 1928. 90
Court house and Jail S32S.00
And the eCOnnty Judge is instruct
ed to draw warrant against the
fund derived from local taxes
for school purposes for the sum
of $1,000. All of said sums to be
paid out of the first money that
comes into the treasury of the
said funds.
The court proceeded to ap-
point Clay Ross, Justice of the
Peace for Precinct No.
1t is further ordeded that this
term of court for civil and Grim
inal business in said precinct be
held on second Monday of each
month at the store house at Ralph
in said Precinct No. The re.
port of County Judge as to mon
eys was approved as shown by
the claim minits.
1t is ordered that per diem be
allowed the Off GERS of this court
to be as follows:-A. n. Henson,
County Judge, for 6 days, $500;
W. j. Redfearn. Commissioner
Prect. No. /, $500; E. W. Neece,
Com. Prect. No. ,, $500; J. d.
Knicely, Com. Prect. No. 3, $500;
NJ. S. Park, Com. Prect. No. t,
$500. 1t is ordered that this
Court stands adjourned for the
term.
The foregoing minits were
read in open court and approved
this 18th day of November, 1909.
A. n. Henson, Chairman
NJ. p. Garner, Clerk
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-11-19

Bedford Carter, a carpenter,
came in Sunday from Wichita
and will work on the New Bank
building. Mr.. Carter was here
all last winter and was one of the
carpenters on the court house.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-11-19
BUSINESS VS.. BONUSES.
Wherein the Extensive Land Owner has Proposition to Figure

When Mr.. Willard, Vice-Pres
ident of the Burlington System,
visited this country last spring,
in the course of short conver-
sation with the writer, he re,
marked; L am agreeably sur,
prised, you have a country that
Is much greater than | had eX-
pected to see. Naturally the
plains should soon be one of the
greatest farming countries in
the world. Only the short sight
ed policy of the land owners and
the Indifference of the people
can prevent or retard this.
Railroads do not calculate sc
much on what they will haul in.
to a country as they do on what
they will be able to haul out of
it. a community that only re-
ceiveS freight will soon exhaust
its substance, but a country
that ships out stuff will always
have money with which to ship
in more stuff. 1t is the country
that produces more than it con-
SumeS that is always prosper
Gus and gives railroads double
tonnage"
w. B. Storey, Chief Engineer
of the Santa Fe, recently made
this emphatic if somewhat rude
remark to a committee that
called upon him in regard to
business matters:
Il don't give copper cent for
the speculator. Maybe he is a
good fellow and serves his pur-
pose, but he doesn't serve mine.
| want to see people come into
this country that will put it in
cultivation. We want to begin
hauling trainloads of produce
out, and we will never do that
until the farmer gets absolute
possession of the country
E. P. Ripley, President of the
Santa Fe, visited the Plains re-
Gently and he said:
The great work before the
Santa F'e now is to help you men
to bring about the agricultural
and industrial development of
the country, and the great work
before you people is to help the
Santa Fe in this
Ben B. Cain, Nice-President
and General Manager of the
Gulf, Texas & Western Railroad,
in company with otlIer high of
ticials of that line recently visit
ed the Plains country and made
forcible, sensible talks to the
citizens of several towns. He
dwelt with especial force upon
one important point and that
was this:
Bonuses do not appeal to US
so much. 1t is business we are
after. When will the land own
ers, particularly those below the
Cap Rock, be convinced or
forced to put their lands into
cultivation, either by doing this
themselves or by disposing of
their lands to those who Will:
There is not a more productive
country than this, no country
that will, if natural advantages
be utilized, make a more pros
porous people or give greater
traffic to railroads"
| have presented these facts
because they are significant.
The tonnage from one years
good crops in a great country
like the Plains means more to
railroads than several times the
bonuses they receive for their
construction. With a sufficient
production, there will be no
more bonuses to pay. The
roads will come for the tonnage.
This is the best and only sensi-
BILE way to give a bonus.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-11-19

land in cultivation. Idle land is
a dead weight, producing land a
profit and benefit, and if the
land isn't for sale, it should be
in use. The man said he tried a
renter and the fellow had done
no good. Wouldn't half work
On the same principal it is fair
to suppose that if a business
man hired a worthless fellow to
clerk he would close his store.
He certainly would if he tried to
conduct his business with worth
less help, but the sensible busi-
ness man would very quickls
fire the bunch and hire more,
and he would continue to hire
and fire till he got the right peo-
pie. Observation has convinced
me that the trouble with the
tenant proposition is more trace
able to the land owner than to
the tenant. In the first place,
the principle is wrong and in
the second place, the land own
er will pick up any individual
and expect great results. The
right kind of tenant when treat
ed right will produce the right
kind of results.
| know one man who worked
the proposition scientifically and
practically. He had cOnsidera
BILE land and it was idle. That
didn't appeal to him. He went
into Missouri and Illinois and
would spend a week or two in
each community where he
stopped. He would get pretty
well acquainted and when he
found a man that suited his pur-
pose he would make him a prop
ositiOn. He would rent him land
with the option of buying at a
specified time at a fixed price,
or he would sell him the land
outright if the purchaser would
put up one thousand dollars
worth of improvements to 100
acres. The purchaser paying
one dollar per acre down, with
good time at : per cent on the
balance. The man got good pri-
ceS for the land and the improve
ments made the paper negotia
BILE. That was three years ago.
Without exception the tenants
have bought the land and those
who purchased to begin with
have paid for their land. The
secret of this mans success
was in the fact that he went
right into the market and hun
ted the people he wanted to sell
to and he sold to no other kind.
He gave worthy people the ad-
vantage of his offer and he prof
tied by it. A chump or worth
less fellow is d bad bargain no
matter in what capacity, and
the trouble with too many land
owners is the fact that they
merely want a tenant or buy
er and are not at all sensible or
careful in their selection.
The writer has personally in
terested two extensive land own.
ers to adopt this mans policy,
and knows a third man who has
voluntarily decided to do like
wise. There is but one thing
necessary to success with this
plan and that is to pick out the
right man.
The big land owner had better
read the signs of the times. So
ciety's economic necessities will
not permit the land to lay idle,
for idle land is a burden and a
barrier to the progress of a COM
munity. If the land owner
doesn't act wise and solve the
problem himself and to his indi-
vidual benefit, he will have a so
luton forced upon him and it
may be a bitter solution.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-11-19

Walter Lair of the Canyon
Supply Co. was a business
caller to Amarillo Tuesday.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-11-19
COMMISSIONERS COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Court Adjourned last Saturday, ImpOtan,
Business was Attended TO.
THURSDAY

County Clerks accounts with r.
II. Stanford, Collector of taxes
for Randall County appear the
same and finding that the account
of said Collector in the different
fund does not balance, the Clerk
is instructed to draw his warrent
in favor of the tax collector
against the County advalorum
fund for S76.21 and against the
county special fund for 5000. 05
The County Superintendent of
Schools is instructed to draw an
order against the available school
fund for S320.64.
1t is further ordered that the
collector be required to pay to
the county treasurer in the form
of sinking fund of S459.09 and
county poll fund the sum S1.13.
The Clerks account with the
various county officers were eX-
amined and approved.
Now comes to be considered
the partition of Jim Foster and
thirty other citizens of Road Pre-
cinct Nos for a change in the
public road running north from
the n. f. corner of survey No. "a
block B-5, H. and G. n, so as to
avoid a hill on survey No. | in
said block B-5 and it appearing
TO the Court that such change is
necessary and that the interest
of the community demand such
change. 1t is therefore ordered
that the change be made and
that j. l.. Pritchard be allowed
the sum of $1,000 for right of
way necessary to such change.
1t is further ordered that
Claude Crawford, road overseer
of said Precinct No. 8, be instrut-
ed to at once open up and put in
passable condition, the new road
made by such change.
The report of the First Nation
al Bank of Canyon as treasurer
of the school funds was examin-
ed and approved.
The report of James Davidson
credits for the quarter ending
Oct. 31st 1909 was examined and
approved.
Now comes to be considered
the matter of the report of
Jury of View on a road petition
ed for by John Otis and others
and it appearing to the court
that the order of this court at the
May term 1909, refusing to ac-
cept said report and establish
said road, was an error. 1t is
therefore ordered by the court
that said road be established in
accordance with said report eX-
cept that the damages claimed
by said Jury of View be reversed
soas to allow the following dam
ages and none other, b. A. Vau-
ghn one mile as survey No. 80, B.
S. e r., $500, II. j. Webber,
: mile E. side Survey No. SO,
T. T. Ry, $3.50, Gustav Tech
ner = mile f. side survey No.
SO, r. T. Ry. $3.50, John Grouse
9 mile w. side survey No. "a,
II. r. Ry., $3.50. The road over
seerS are instructed to extend
this road northward from the
north end of an established road
running north from Canyon City
and in the same direction as said
established road.
The quarterly report of w. D.
Scott, County Attorney, as to
moneys that he collected for the
county was examined and APP
proved.
Certain claims against the
were allowed as shown by the
minitS.
In the matter of the entering
of the sale of Block No. 6S in
Canyon City, Texas, by the trus
tees of school district No. , in
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-11-19

]. b. Ratliff of Amarillo was
in Canyon Monday looking after
business matters.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-16
KILLED RUNNING
 FROM A KISS
Fastidious Boy Falls and Ink Eraser
 PierceS His Side.

New York, Feb. 16.-Running away from a stenographer who said she was going to kiss him George Spencer Mill lett, an office boy in the correspon- oence department of the Metropolitan Life Insrance Company at 1 Madison avenue. who was 15 years old yester- day, fell on the floor and the blade of an ink eraser that he had in his pock- ct entered his left side in the region of the fifth rib and severed an artery. He died in the New York Hospital half an hour later
 The young woman was arrested later according to formula and put on tke police biotter with charge of honi- eide, afterward changed to suspicion. :" She is Gertrude Robbins, who lives with her mother, Mrs. Gertrude Rob pins, at 163 West Eighty-f1rst street Such facts as the police of the West Twentieth street station were able to get about the case came from the young woman, and they believe that she was telling the truth and that the boys death was an accident.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-16
.CARMACK'S SLAYERS
 ARE ON TRIAL TODAY
Prosecution Will Endeayor to Prove De liberate Murder-Defense Will Set
 Up Self Defense.
Special from United Press.)

\OpCCldl ILOIIl OulIcO 1EeSS.)
 Nashville, Tenn, Feb. 16.-With the jury box filled and every witness pres ent the trial of Colonel Duncan Coop CT. Robbin J. Cooper and John B. Sharp, charged with the murder of Ex-Senator Edward < Carmack, began at this morning. Mrs. Carmack was in court with her brother-in-law Sam uel c. Carmack, the prosecutor in the indictments. Mrs. Dunnington, the aged mother of Mrs. Carmack, is near deaths door, never having recovered from the shock of the tragedy. The courtroom was crowded.
 The theory of the prosecution is that the killing of Senator Carmack was unprovoked and that he, was given nc chance to defend himself. The de- fense will set up that Colonel Duncan Cooper was attacked and that his son came to his rescue; that Carmack was killed in self-defense.
 For John B. Sharp it will be repre- sented that he had absolutely nothing to do with the killing. Of the witness es for the state, Mrs. Eastman is con- sidered the most important. She it was who saw the tragedy and charges that Carmack was the victim of an unprovoked murder. It is assumed that the three defendants will be plac- ed on the witness stand in the order in which they are named in the indict- ment
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-16
SCANDINAVIANS HEAR
 MADAME MOUNTFORD
Eloquent Missionary Who is Native of
 Jerusalem Discusses the Bible.
(COmmunicated.)

Last night at the First Methodist Madame Mountford. The lecture was under the auspices of the Scandinav- ians of the city. Rev. N. J. Chilstrom, pastor of the Swedish Methodist church presided. and Rev. J. o. Ham marberg. offered prayer. The congrega- tlon sang Fanny Crosby's famous hymn. II Shall Krow Him. first in wave of enthusiasm over the audience that was thrilling in effect.
 Madame MOuntford alluded to her visit to Sweden and Norway and said: "I can synpathize with you whose native land is across the sea. and know of the good things you ought to treasure, that were dear to you in your home land. and you should not forget them now that you are in America, So now will try and take you on a jour ney to my native land. the land of the Bible and the land of the Christi
 There was not a man woman of child but who was interested. as graphically she described the Shepherd life in Palestine. Peter feeding the sheep and the meaning of the 23rd Psalm, and Jesus 'The Good Shepherd.''
 Great good is being done by these lectures in getting people to study the Bible and to better understand the mission of the Christ.
 Tonight the subject is Jerusalem My Happy Home. and will be one of the best as Madame Mountford was born and raised in Jerusalem. The lec- lures are in English and all are in- vited to attend.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-16
Dalton's Experiment.

The English chemist Dalton was a schoolteacher. He worked without a laboratory and with crude apparatus, mostly made by himself from simple materials. Here is an example describ- ed in his own words:
 s'eTook an ale glass of a conical fig ure, two and half inches in diameter and three inches deep; filled it with water that had been standing in the room and consequently Of the tempera- ture of the air nearly; put the bulb of the thermometer to the bottom of the glass, the scale being out of the water. Then, having marked the temperature, put the redhot tip of the poker half an inch deep in the water, holding it there steadily for half a minute, and as soon as it was withdrawn dipped the bulb of a sensible thermometer into the water, when it rose in few seconds to 1S0 degrees"
 He then determined the temperature of the water at the bottom after five minutes, after twenty minutes and aft CT an hour and found that it rose grad ually from 47 to g degrees. This simple experiment. proved that water has the power to conduct heat, which had been denied by no less an author .ty than Rumfocd.-Youths Compan- lon
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-16
NEWTOWN.

A whist for the benefit of the Sandy Hook Library will be given at the pleasant home of MT. and Mrs Frank H. Mitchell on Mile Hill on Wednes- day evening. Feb. F. The public are cordially invited to attend.
 The men of Trinity parish have made elaborate plans and preparations for their supper to be given Thursday evening. February IS. beginning at 5:3O o'clock and continuing until all have been served. Clam choWder will be a principal feature with many other ed1bleS too numerous to mention but well worthy the price of admission. A program N-f music and stereopticon views will be given after the supper.
 Rehearsals are in progress for the musical burlesdue. "Fads and Fancies" to be produced at the Town Hall by members of St. Roses Dramatic Club A large house is predicted. The pro- gram promises to be very interesting
 Paul J. Beardsley of New York has been an over Sunday guest of his par ents. Mir. and Mrs Charles F. Boards lev.
 Miss Mildred Stone of Bethel spent Monday in town.
 Miss Catherine Campbell of New Haven. is the guest of her parents, MT. and Mrs. Patrick Campbell.
 MT. and Mrs. H. B. Van Giesen of Bridgeport, have been guests of friends in town.
 Miss Roberta Neville. of Bridgeport, has been the guest of her sister. Mrs. Frederick Briggs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-16
"I was Afflicted
with severe sick headaches for years. They seemed to arise from disordered stomach and impure blood.
 "Not a morning could ! arise without dull feeling and pains In my head.

'I tried family physicians pills, lax atlves and blood medicines, all failing to produce the desired result.
 My confidence in medicines was badly shaken, but I thought I would give Hoods Sarsaparilla trial In a short time my appetite improved, my headaches diminished, and the de- spondent feeling gave way. to a cheer full spirit.
 My headaches have been cured, and l recommend Hoods Sarsaparilla
 II have been keeping @ general store for nineteen years, and in that time have sold a great deal of Hoods Sarsa- parilla. My customers universally praise it. and in my own experience it has done what no other medicine could do.' R. A. GOuwens, So. Holland, Ills.
 Hoods Sarsaparilla, effects it's won derful cures, not simply because it contains sarsa Darilla but because it combines the utmost remedial values of more than 20 different ingredients, each greately strengthened and en- riched by this peculiar combination. These ingredients are the very reme- dies that successful physicians pre- ments. There is no real substitute for Hoods Sarsaparilla. If urged to buy any preparation said to be ''just as good'' you may be sure it is inferior, costs less to make. and yields the dealer a larger profit.
 Get Hoods SarsaDarilla today in usual liquid or tablets called Sarsa- tabs 100 Doses $1.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-16
The Mistake He Made.

He sauntered into the central police station and approached the desk ser geant. There was a careworn look on his face. He stood there a moment as if in reverie. Finally as tears coursed down his checks he timidly said:
 T want to give myself up."
 "What have you done that you should seek a felon's cellw the sergeant asked
 "I have long been fugitive from justice. The welfare of society de mands that should be punished"
 But what is it? What heinous of fense have you committed?''
 T am a bigamist-yea, polygamist and I don't dare think what worse. No longer must keep 1t from the world. Lock me up. I am ready to do penance."
 'But will you not explain?''
 "Yes, if you insist. thought I mar ried only the daughter, but I have found, to my sorrow, that the whole family was included. ."-Kansas City Independent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-16
An Eeoentr;e Russian Doeter.

The famous Russian, the late Dr.
 Zaharin, was noted for his eccentric methods. When summoned to attend Car Alexander III. in his last illness, Dr. Zaharin required the same prep aration for his visit to the palace as to any of bis patients houses. That is to say, all dogs had to be kept out of the way, all clocks stopped and every door thrown wide open. He left his furs in the hall. his overcoat in the next room, his galoches in the third, and. continuing, arrived at the bedside in ordinary indoor costume. He sat down after walking every few yards and every eight steps in going up- stairs. From the patients relatives and every one else in the house he re- quired absolute silence until be spoke to them, when his questions had to be by ''Yes' or ''No' and noth- ing more.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-16
HILMA WILL REJECT
 AUSTRIAN PROPOSAL
Especial from United Press }

Especial from United Press.)
 Constantinople, Feb. 16.-The fears of the diplomatic corps that the recent governmental overturning will serious ly affect Turkeys negotiations with Austria and Bulgaria, were strength ened to-day by the report that Hilma Pasha, the new Grand Vizier, is under a pledge to the Young Turks to re- Ject the Austrian agreement and that Ali Riga Pasha who was reinstated as the head of the war office, is se- cretly preparing a. coup against Bull garia.
 Despite Hilma's peaceful expressions the diplomatic corps refuses to be re- assured.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-16
POINTS OF IN'rTDEsT.
Van Dyk Stores

Van Dyk Stores
 will be closed all day Washingtons Birthday, Feb. 22.
 s'No Dull Times Says MT. Meymarian
 Tn our store we do not have any dull times. Always busy; our goods sell fast because they are what people want and the prices so reasonable. Our brass and copper goods, all hand hammered, are mostly, made especial ly for our store, and they are such pretty designs. People who give Card Parties find that we have the most suitable prizes. No fancy prices. Our Oriental jewelry has been the talk of town, they are so attractive and neat, and not any two alike. We have them in Topaz, Amethyst fhe lucky stone of the year), Turquoise, Hap 5slasia, Jade etc. You are welcome to visit our store and see for yourself if our claims are right. Oriental Rug Store. 143 Golden Hill St., near Main.