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The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
Bids for County Depository.

Notice is hereby given to the
banking institutions of Randall
County, desiring to bid for the
privilege of acting as Depository
for the county funds of Randall
County for the next two years,
that the Commissioners Court
of said County will at 10 O'Clock
a. m. on the second Monday in
February 1909, the same being
the Sth day of said month open
bids and award said privilege to
the said bank making the high
est bid therefor, but the said
court reserves the right to re-
iect any or all bids. Each bid
must be sealed and marked on
the outside as such bid and must
contain a certified check for the
sum of $4,000 as an evidence OF
good faith. A. n. HENSON,
County Judge
42-3t &C Randall County, Texas
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
A True Patriot.

He was doing some figuring with
pencil and paper on the head OF a
barrel in front of a grocery when the
grocer came out and called his atten-
ton to some heads of cabbage that
had just been left by farmer.
Eyes, them cabbages is all right"
replied the man, but | don't care for
any. | was reading the other night
about proposed treaty between this
country and China The paper said It
could raise the price of washing d
shirt to nine cents, and | made up my
mind | was agin It,"
$50 you won't favor such 4 treaty."
was asked.
Yes, think l will, since have fig
gered on it. | find that 1t would make
a difference of only six cents a year to
me, and il the rest of the country
wants it won't be so dog-goned mean
as to hang back"
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
MUCH LIKE AN ADVERTISEMENT
Patent Medicine Man Rather "Had
One" On Physician.

Parker NJ. White, the advertisement
writer, was talking in Pittsburg about
the universally of advertising.
Doctors. lawyers. clergymen," he
said. claim not to advertise, but some
how or other, we see their advertise
ments occasionally. Am not right?
The millionaire proprietor OF a pat
ent tonic called on a well-known doc.
tor one day.
Look here he said you are the
DR.. Lacey Fisher who is attending Sen
ator Stoxon, are you not?"
Il am, SIR the physician an
swered.
Well said the tonic man, 'what'll
you take to put on the daily bulletins
that you give out about the senator
this sentence: Use Blood Bitters
They Ward Of Disease?
why, man. said the famous doc,
tor, Indignantly. I wouldn't do that
for anything. Those bulletins are not
advertisements.
The other chuckled harshly.
Amt they?' he said. Then take
your name off EN-"
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
Cigarette Makers Lose Jobs.

Many workmen are planning to
leave the island of Samos, 43 miles
southwest from Smyrna, because of
the introduction of machines for Gig.
arctic production, which permits dali
" output of 100000 cigarettes. The ex-
ports in cigarettes from Samos island
amount TO 5O,OOO,OOO, England. Ger
many. India and the Transvaal being
large buyers. The wages average 35
cents for every thousand cigarettes
rolled. Wine is also a great source OF
wealth there. Consul General Harris
of Smyrna points out that Samos is a
vassal of Turkey and pays a nominal
annual tribute. which the sultan gives
back TO the people Of the island to
build and repair the much-needed
roads.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15

previous to the return day hereof,
in some newspaper published in your
County, to appear at the next regu-
lar term Of the District Court OF
Randall County, to he holden at the
Court House thereof, in Canyon,
Texas, on the first MOnay I'm Febru-
airy, A. D. 1903. the same being the
LIST day OF February, A. ID. 1909, then
and there to answer petition filed
in said Court on the 9Th day OF
January, A. D. 1909, in suit, num-
bered on the docket of said Court
No. 40, wherein The First National
Bank OF Canyon, n private corpora
ton organized under the national
banking laws OF the United States OF
America, with its place of business
at Canyon, Randall County, Texas,
is Plaintiff, and William Harvey,
Defendant, and said petition alleg-
Ing that the defendant Is due the
the plaintiff the sum of $4,000. in
terest and attorneys fees, upon a
certain promissory note for said sum
of $4,000 dated May q, 1908, pay
able to the order of plaintiff, due on
Oct. first, 1908. after date, bearing
interest at ten per cent per annum
from maturity until paid, and pro-
viding for ten per cent additional on
the amount Of principal and interest
then due II placed in the hands of an
attorney for collection or suit Is
brought on same; which said note Is
secured by n lien and mortgage upon
20 shares Of the capital stock of the
First National Bank Of TeXico. New
Mexico, issued to defendant on or
about May ~, 1905, and now located
in Randall County, Texas; but which
stock plaintiff alleges is insufficient
to pay the above Indebtedness, and
says that defendant has other pro-
perty in the State of Texas.
Plaintiff prays for judgment for
said sum Of $4,000. interest and at
torney fees, for costs OF suit, for
Judgment foreclosing its lien on the
above described property, and for
general and special legal and equit-
able relief
Herein fail not, but have before
said Court, at its aforesaid next reg
ular term, this writ with your re-
turn thereon, showing how you
have executed the same.
Witness, NJ. =. Garner, Clerk OF the
District Court OF Randall County.
Given under my hand and the Seal
Of said Court, at office in Canyon,
Texas, this the 9th day OF January
A. ID. 1909.
[sEALl NJ. P. GARNER, Clerk.
District Court, Randall County.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
Coin Of tho Realm,

During civil war times Gilman Fay
local character known by all as Gil
went to the general store In Fayville
Mass. kept at that time by Colone
Dexter Fay. to make his purchases
The amount was GS cents. and Fay ten
dered the clerk dollar bill Change
being scarce In the store, as was Otter
the case during those strenuous times
the clerk passed him some slips Of pa
per with figures on them to equal the
amount OF change due. Gil looked al
the change and then at the clerk and
slowly said. What's all this?"
why, that is what we are giving fol
change now. When you get dol
lars worth we will redeem them" re-
piled the clerk. and Gil went out
A day or two later Gil went to the
store again for some tobacco. The
clerk passed out the plug, and Gil put
his hand in his pocket and pulled Out
a handful OF pumpkin seeds and hand
ed them to the clerk. saying:
These are what | am using fol
change now When you get dollars
worth | will redeem them"
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
Not Used to Women Doctors.

The librarian of the University q
Wyoming at Laramie is DR.. Grace
r. Hebard. lawyer by education and
a doctor OF philosophy. She is also al
authoress. having written. among 9th
er things. n volume on THE History
Of Wyoming" Or. Hebard and DR.
Agnes Wergeland. member of the
faculty of the university, have a coy
home in Laramie. which they call Doc
tors Inn. A stranger called Mt Doc
tors Inn to see Or. Hebard concerning
the third edition OF her book on Wyo-
ming Ringing the bell. he was met at
the door by the doctor herself.
II wish to see Dr. Hebard"
81 am she"
"Dr. G. r. Hebard. the author Of
The History Of WyomingT"
The same"
but expected to find a man"
"And why?" the doctor asked.
Never heard OF woman, and q
young woman. being called doctor.
and it takes my breath away"
He recovered sufficiently. however.
to transact the business satisfactorily.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15

Il was my duty as commonw ealt-
attorney to prosecute him. soon fir
ished my examination of the witncs
and turned her over to defendant
counsel for cross examination.
What night was this? he thur
dered.
Thursday night answered the wi:
ness.
Thursday night, you say? Wha
the Of n.ghtg
a'About s O'clock
THAT was about the time the p;
rade was passing your houseT
"'Yes. sir, the parade was just pass
In: my house
"'Street full Of people?'
"'Yes. sir. the streets were full c,
people
"'Did you ever cry out or scream?
"'No. sir. | did not
"'Will you please tell this jury VIII!
with the streets thronged with peop,
and this man hugging and kissing yo
against your will. rs you claim. 20
never uttered single cry for help OF
asslstanceT
"'Yes. sir will tell the jury and
everybody else that you'll never ketct
ne hollerin' at no Republican gath
erin'r Judge.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
ak.

We are told that 1t is harder to
make talk than it used to be. Yet talk
was never cheaper than now
Probably nothing has happened ex.
cept what is all the time a happening
in every kind Of manufacture-ancien
processes have been superseded. A
woman who. In this day and age. ex'
poets to make talk by hanging out her
winter furs to air will most likely be
disappointed. But what were she to
drink cocktails and smoke cigarettes
in the principal restaurant, or, II her
womanly delicacy shrinks from that,
to overdraw her husband at the bank
TO pay her losses a bridge?
We are so exacting a generation
that almost any sort of worthy
achievement is conditioned about as
much on the employment of strictly
modern methods as on whole hearted
sndeavor.-Puck
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
Citation by Publication.
THE STATE OF TENAS.


To the Sheriff or any Constable OF
randall County-GREETING:
You are hereby commanded to
summon G.. c. Marshall by making
publication of this Citation once in
each week for four successive weeks
previous to the return day hereof,
in some newspaper published in your
County, to appear at the next regu-
lar term of the District Court OF
Randall County, to be holden at the
Court House thereof, in Canyon,
Texas, on the first Monday in Feb
ruary, A. d. 1909, the same being the
list day OF February. A. d. 1909, then
and there to answer Il petition filed
in said Court on the 9th day Of jan
uary, A. ID. 1909 in a suit, numbered
on the docket OF said Court No. 400,
wherein The First National Bank OF
Canyon, n private corporation or
ganizcd under the national banking
laws of the United States OF Amer
lea, with its place OF business at
Canyon, Randall County, Texas, is
Plaintiff, and &. G. Marshall, Defend
ant, AMI said petition alleging that
the defendant is due the plaintiff the
sum Of S2l00.00, interest and attOr-
ncy's fees. upon II certain promissory
note for said sum of S24OO,OO dated
| February T., 1905. payable to the
order Of plaintiff, due sixty days
after date, bearing interest at ten
per cent per annum from maturity
until paid. and providing for ten per
cent additional ON the amount of
principal and interest then due il
placed in the hands OF an attorney
! Tor collection or suit t. brought on
same: which said note is secured by
Il lien and mortgage upon y shares
OF the capital stock of the First Nat
ional Bank of TeXicu, New Mexico.
! issued To defendant on or about
| Dec. -. 1901. and now located in
Randall County. Texas; but which
stock plaintiff alleges il insufficient
! to pay the above Indebtedness, and
says that defendant has other pro-
perry in the State OF Texas.
Plaintiff prays for Judgment for
said sum OF S24OO.O0, interest and at
| torney's fees. for costs OF suit, for
Judgment ioreclosing its lien on the
above described property, and for
general and special legal and equit-
able relief.
Herein fail not. but have before
said Court. at its aforesaid next reg
ular term, this writ with your re
turn thereon, showing YOU have eX-
ecuted the same.
Witness, NJ. P. Garner Clerk OF the
District Court of Randall County.
Given under my hand and the Seal
OF said Court, at office in Canyon,
Texas. this the 9Th day OF January,
A. d. 1909.
IsEAL1 VI. =. GARNER, Clerk,
District Court Randall County.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
The Only Way He Could Help.

Justice Matthews. while presiding
over the supreme court at Washington,
took the several justices Of the court
for run down Chesapeake bay. a
stiff wind sprang up. and Justice Gray
was getting decidedly the worst of 1t
AS he leaned over the rail in great dis
tress Chief Justice Matthews touched
him on the shoulder and said in n tone
of deepest sympathy. is there any
thing | can do for you, Gray?"
mo. thank YOU" returned the sick
justice, unless your honor can over
rule this motion Ladies' Home Jour
nal
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
Eating House LANGUAGE.

1t takes the frequenter of New Y6rk's
cheap restaurants quite awhile to be
come familiar with tie language in
which his orders for edbleS are trans.
mitted to the cook. He soon learns
that Beef and" means beef and
beans and that liam and" refers TO
ham with the same nutritious vegeta
BILE
Before long he grasps the fact that
Draw one is an order for coffee
Draw one in the dark meaning
black coffee; that Brown the wheats.'
Is the correct command for buckwheat
cakes. and that Hash in the steamer"
is the open sesame to the supply Of
cOrned beef hash
Perhaps YOU may know eggs. fried
on one side. are ordered in Bowcry
eating houses rs White wings. sunny
side mp" Recently Il visitor ordered
fried eggs and gaspcd half a minute
before he could answer the darby
walters polite query: Yes, sir. Will
20 hab dem blind or loobin' at yo'?''
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
BUSINESS LOCALS
o q & q q q q q
80 . q q q .

Cowart'S for candies.
Cowart's candies are all good.
Let Cowart sell you some
candies.
If you think of buying a fine
piano call on w. r. Gillian. He
keeps um. Att
Oliver Typewriter An Oliver Type
writer, second hand, in good re-
pair for sale. Apply at this of
flee. 39tf
For SaIe-A five room house with
block of land in west part of
town; $3.50. r. j. STEEN.
42-1t
Lost-During the holidays a
cameo head locket. Please re-
turn to this office for reward. 42f
Hay For Sale have a quantity OF
Alfalfa hay and baled sorghum
for sale at my barn just north OF
the square. NJ. f. Slower. 37tf
Cattle Wanted.-Ranch and Live
Stock to handle on shares. APP
ply at this office. 3stf.
For anything in the music line
see w. r. Gillian at the Vic
toria. 4l-tf
Horse For SaIe-One heavy work
horse weighing about 1900 lbs.
Apply to Frank Wurster, . II
miles north of Umbarger. 40-3p
One Mason & Hamblin organ,
good condition, S15. See W. T.
Gillian. 4l-tf
For Sale good heavy work
horses; also wagon and two sets
of harness. Cne-half mile west
of school house.
lO-4t-pd J. II. LANGENDORFEP.
Piano to Trade Have piano to
exchange for horse or buggy.
Exchange" care of News office,
CANYON. Texas. 4ltf
For SaIl-Onc section of land six
miles from Canyon City: also
one half section, mostly alfalfa
land, one mile from town. Ad-
dress Land Owner No. ," care
of this office.
Soil For Sae-A large amount of
good soil dirt for sale. Also
good gravel for filling lots or
barn-yards. Telephone 113. John
Wiley. lO-3t
House ard three-fourths of a
block of land for sale. Good 10
cation.
41-2tp C. p. SHELNUTT.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
Systematic Abbreviation.

There's the LATEST man who ever
signed hotel register" remarked the
hotel clerk.
Hes Il drummer. and his name is
Samuel Parker Scdgewick Elliott. Ten
years ago he used to sign his full name
in very deliberate and careful man
ner. using considerable flourish. Then
he began to abbreviate it slightly. like
this:
Samuel u. s. Elliott
"Then noticed on the register
SAINT r. S. Elliott
1.-THE following trip disclosed a fur
Their slight elision. s. +. s. Elliott
Coming In one night rather late. he
took the proaered pen and wrote Sam
Elliott
"On his arrival here last week saw
re had the habit incurlbly. Here IA
what he scrawled: s. Eliot"
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
Auction Sale

On Saturday, January 16
at 2 o'clock | shall offer for
sale at public auction at the
feed yards of Geo. Reynolds
Company on the south side
of the square the following
articles:
One good young team of
mules, wagon and harness,
one good driving horse with
new buggy and harness, one
double row corn planter,
new last spring, one sod
plow, new last spring, one
cook stove, one dining ia
BILE, one cupboard, twelve
chairs, one sewing machine,
one center table, three iron
bedsteads with mattresses,
all new last spring; about
twenty-five yards of carpet.
A. B. MORLAN.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
The ~
Scrap Book
Attractions Of a Pastoral Life.

A philanthropist sent child from
the New York slums to the country. To
this child, raised among slum horrors
all the beauty and poetry of a pastoral
life was offered. One day the man
went to see the little girl He took her
on his knee. glanced with appreciation
about the quaint old farm kitchen and
said:
And do you find the country very
beautiful. my dear?"
"Oh. beautiful" the youngster an.
swered.
And what have you seen during the
weeks sOjOurn here
"1've seen eighty-scven turkeys killed
and mans nose broken in a pumpkin
rattle"
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
Collie and 0iarrhoea.

These diseases are quickly
cured by Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and DiarrhOea Remedy.
This remedy has been in use for
many years, and has a wide rep
utation for its cure of these dis
eases. For sale by the City
Pharmacy.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
Johns ficmory.


a pcrspirug man. laden with bun
dies. BUSTED into railway station,
upset small boy. carried away half a
yard of iiounce from the skirt of q
lady and finally stopped, painting and
exhausted beside Il small woman sit
ting TRANQUILITY in the waiting room.
John
There. now, | know what you are
going TO say. Jane-that same old ques'
ton My dear. ! forgot nothing"
But. john
mo. did not forget to buy the
fruit or the towels or the seven and
thrce-quarter yards of cambria or the
spool Of silk. There you are the
whole list: not a thing missing"
His wife smiled up into the trium'
plant face and said. Yes, dear, but
In which shop did you leave your hatT'
And then the train came In.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
Knew His Father.

"Elnathan." asked the teacher OF q
boy at school. If your father borrowe
from you 500 and should agree to pay
you at the rate of $40 per week, how
much would he owe you at the end Of
seven weckS?'
"One hundred dollars" said the boy
I'm afraid you don't know your
arithmetic. said the teacher
well" said the boy. 81 may not
know my arithmetic. but | know my
father"
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
brakes Pun.

Having made as much as a modern
oil baron Drake decided to go out OF
the buccaneering business.
We'll, boys" he announced as he
hauled down the Jolly Roger, 'as am
a Drake, guess it is time for me to
duck"
Later on Queen Elizabeth heard of
the fun and offered to make Drake
editor-in- hief of London comic paper.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
Citation by Publication.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,
To the Sheriff or any Constable OF
Randall County-GREETING:
You are hereby commanded to
summon William Harvey 10y making
publication of this Citation once In
each week for four successive weeks
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
Poe's Fame.

Many years ago an admirer of Edgar
Allan Poe boarded the stage to drive TO
Fordham. then suburb of New York
city. where. in II small cottage. Poe
wrote many of his famous tales
"Why are you so anxious to go 10
Fordham?' asked the stage driver
Because Poe lived there
Poe wouldn't ha' been much thought
Of If he'd only lived at Fordham. 1t
wasn't on that account he's famous. 1t
was on account of them there PONIES
and tales"
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
Priest and Parishioner.

There was a priest who had among
his practitioners an Irishman who, with
q lot Of others, was digging a ditch I'M
der an Italian boss The priest thought
he would get rise out Of his parish
Toner as he met him going to work.
Good morning. Pat"
"Mornin', father"
How do you like your glnny' boss,
Pat?"
"Oh. all right, father. How do you
like yours
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
The Exception.

Two old negroes. gazing at many
colorcd circus poster. were comparing
the merits of the old time circus with
those OF the up to date performance.
Der am no argument necessary"
said Rastus emphatically 1T have
been know lodged dat de John Robin
sou circus am &c best III de world.
"Wha: 70 yOu tax like dat, man?'
Jackson replied Der ain only one cir
Gus WORT mentioning. and dat am de
Barnum X Bailey greatest show on
earth Look at de picture. man! See
where IL say greatest show on
earthT"
shore All sees dat. but you neglect t
look in de far corner where it say
somethin' else"
What else il say
1t say. greatest show on earth
SEPT |. 'ccpt ona-an' dat one am
de John Robinson circus" - Lippin
colts.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
Tried to Make Good.

whats uerouIe Oh dat little chame-
leon M"nl. dad:" inquired Rufus.
oh. de fuul chile done lost him." re-
piled Zeke she WIZ playin wifi him
one day. putin him OH red to see him
turn rcd aLd Oh uiUr TO see him turn
blue an Oh I p";I to see hin turn green,
an so on: den de fool gal not satisfied
wifi lettin' wen enough alone. went an
put him Oh Il plaid. an de poor little
thing went ~ bust himself tryin' TO
make good Every body's.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
Made a Hit.

Miss Sue Brette-And you say he
took aim and threw an egg at you?
Foote Lights-He did.
"Was It bad?"
The egg was, but the aim was not"
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
A LOYAL Partisan.

a Loyal FartIsdh.
st was just after W. o. Bradley was
elected governor OF Kentucky In 1905.
and the Republicans in my county were
holding big ratification meeting"
said Colonel w. +. Thorne of Kentucky,
telling Of one Of his experiences. Brass
bands. all kinds of floats and banners
and hundreds of men and women and
boys had been paradng the streets.
A young girl claimed that while stand
Ing on her front porch. which was al
most covered with vines and foliage
II different kinds. she was repeatedly
1ugged and kissed by a young man
whom she hardly knew. 4 warrant
vas sworn out for her assailant, and
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
CANYON Residence for Land.

We have one of the best dwell
ings in town to trade for half
section of land.
If LAIR-COWLING LAND Co.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
THE ETERNAL CIRCLE.

fIL Z r.TV4NNls NINC LIZ.
II this great world of Joy and pain
Revolve In one sure track:
II freedom. set. will rise again
And virtue. flown, come back,
Woe TO the purblind crew who fill
The heart with each days care
Nor gain from past or future skill
To bear and TO forbcar!
WOrdsU0rfi
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
J. C. Hunt,
Lawyer

Does both criminal and civil practice
Twelve years experience. Land titles passed
upon. Write all kinds of contracts and instru
ments. Notary in ONCE. ONCE northeast cor
nrr public square. up stairs. Canyon. Texas.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
Buie, Rollins & WooI|ey,
Lawyers

h. Frank Buie a. :. Rollins
". WoOlley
Court practice solicited. VIII attend to
cases in all courts of the state. Examina don
of land titles II specially. Notary in office.
ONCE in Smith building. Phone %.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
R. A. SoWder,
Attorney-at-Law
and Notary.
and Notary

Complete abstracts OF rGrG... county lands
once over Canyon supply CO. Phone III.