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

naked hands as capital to start
and run such an enterprise. But
if | could have had something
like the backing that you would
have in your present position, it
seems clear to me that even
there it would have been sue
cess.
We human being look too con-
stantly and too persistently for
immediate results, and are too
apt to ignore the most valuable
achievements because their re-
suits are in the distance. A man,
when compared to the universe,
is but very small speck and the
life time of a man when com
pared with eternity is but as one
tick of watch, yet it sometimes
happens that the little speck
during that tick of eternity's
clock starts movement which
produces great results during
eternity's later hours.
Gentlemen of the commission:
You for the moment stand at The
dividing of the ways" In your
hands may now rest the destiny
of untold thousands who have or
will have bright minds in healthy
bodies to be made useful or Diet
rimental to those around them.
Do not, | pray you, let the shall
low wit of a flimsey editor nor
the prating of pessimist dis
suade you from the noble task
that our splendid leader has as
signed you, but go fearlessly
though cautiously on studying
faithfully and profoundly the sit
uation in all its bearing, and
recommend whatever in your
candid Judgment is best for the
whole people in this and in all
coming generations, and may the
God of our fathers" amply
bless you.
Sincerely and respectfully
yours. G.. S. WHITTIER,
Canyon, Texas
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
Make Every Day Count.

The one who starts out in the
morning with a determination to
do something during .. the day
that will amount to something,
that will be distinctive, that will
have individuality, that will give
him satisfaction at night, is a
great deal more likely not to
waste his day in frivolous, I'M
productive work than the man
who starts out with no plan.
Make up your mind at the
very outset of the day, that you
will accomplish something, that
you will not allow callers to chip
away your time, and that you
will not permit the little annoy
ances of your business to spoil
your days work. Make up your
mind that you will be larger
than the triileS which cripple
and cramp mediocre lives, and
that you will rise above petty
annoyance and Interruptions and
carry out your plans in a large
commanding way.
Begin every day, therefore, a
program, and determine that,
let what will come, you will
carry it out as closely as posi-
bic. Follow this up persiStently
and you will be surprised at the
results.
Make every day of your life
count for something, make it tell
in the grand results, not merely
as an added day, but as an added
day with something achieved
O. s. Marden, in Success.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
Didn't Want the Job,

During a recent examination of
applicants for the position of
mail carrier, a colored boy APP
peared before the civil service
commission. How far is it from
this earth to the moon:" was the
first question asked him. Say
boss, if you's gwine to put me on
dat route, | doesn't want de
job" and with that he left as
though he was escaping from
some calamity.-EX.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15

learning. We have plenty OF
these and they are good, and
available to all who have the nee
essary means, but we do need
more and better schools that are
within the reach of the poor boys
and girls of the country-schools
that will teach them how to live
better, do better and be better,
and how to build homes, that
will be more suitable for the
rearing of good families right
where they (the to be parents)
we're born and are destined to
rear their families.
Some department of our own
probably the AgriculturaD has
issued a bulletin, entitled Il
think "A German School with a
Garden" in which is described
such schools as are run in some
provinces along the Rhine and it
has recommended a trial in our
country of that plan and the
school garden idea has been tried
with success in many large cities
but the cultivation of the soil is
not a novelty to country children
as it is to the city children.
Germany, France and Switzer-
land, | believe have been pion-
GERS along Industrial lines for
schools and many of our best
educators strongly recommend
this course. The people of the
United States are not lacking
means, facilities and ability to
train properly the young, but
they lack system and a judicious
Harvesting or uniting of the var
ious powers into one harmon
ious force for the betterment of
our own people in coming gen
eratiOnS. We have as means at
hand the several common school
systems of the different states,
with their large funds and the
machinery for collection and dis,
tribution, colleges and universe
ties, agricultural colleges and
experiment stations, the Agri-
cultural Department of our gov
eminent with its representative
in the cabinent, the most lib
eral congress in the world with
all of it's machinery, thousands
of periodicals for the distribu-
ton of information, the various
Christian Churches with their
ramifications, the most gener-
Gus rich people in the world and
wealth and trained ability with
out limit and | believe it has
been left to me to discover the
connecting link that is to con
meet these various powers to-
gether and direct their united
force toward the grand achiev-
ment of lettering ard making
more attractive the rural life of
our people. This connecting
link is what | see tit to call The
School Farm
Let Us stop building those
Little red school houses" on
those I acre tracts out in the
woods and out ON the prairie
without fence or tree or garden
or shrub or flower upon the out
side, nor ornament upon the
inside of them, and let us stop
employing such teachers as can
teach only such things as they
have learned from books. Let
US have our country school house
on farm that is owned by the
school district with a dwelling,
a barn, an orchard, "A garden,
some vines, some shrubs, some
flowers, some bees, some stock,
some poultry and Il team and
tools and let it be under the man
aHcmcnt of the school board.
Then let the school board hire
man and his wife, who are pract-
jcal farmers, home builders and
teachers, by the year, to run
that farm and teach that school.
4 4
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
COUNTRY LIFE COMMISSION.
Randall County Citizen Writes Interesting Letter
to Chairman Of the Central
Committee.


discussion of the work and plans
of the Rural Life Commission
appointed by President to inves,
tigate the conditions existing
among the farmers in the var
ious sections of this country.
This commission served without
any pay whatever other than
their actual travelling expenses
and are now preparing their re-
ports. Of course the newspapers
throughout the entire country
have commented upon the mat
ter both pro and con.
G. S. Whittier, a resident of
this county has given the matter
much thought and is deeply in
terested in the outcome of the
work. Acting upon the request
of the Commission that the citi-
zens write them giving their
thoughts and ideas about the
matters in their charge, Mr..
Whittier has forwarded a letter.
We give an extract from the
| letter forwarded below.
Canyon, Texas, Nov. 30, 1908
To the Rural Commission,
Care of President Roosevelt.
Gentlemen:
An article in the Kansas City
Journal startles me, because it
creates a doubt in my mind as to
favorable outcome to the work
assigned you, and from the
first | have been deeply interest
ed in it and very hopeful of bene
fetal results. The article is en-
titled Rainbow Chasing" and
is an attempt to ridicule Presi-
dent ROosevelt's Rural Commits
sion, and show that the whole
idea is whimsical.
My only excuse for writing
is the fact of my deep interest
and the belief that if the com
mission fails. | shall always re
greet having neglected to make
an effort to strengthen your
hands.
| will introduce myself as
man of 20 years, that was reared
on a northern farm and has lived
in the South land" (mostly east
of the Mississippi river for
about 10 years. Have generally
been farming, but have worked
at carpentering and school teach
ing considerably and have travel
ed from house to house on foot,
thousands of miles in the rural
districts.
Several years ago | formulated
a plan-not wholly original-for
the betterment of rural life, and
tried to put it into execution, but
found myself too weak, single
handed and alone, to fairly test
its merits. Admitting my own
flat failure it seems entirely
clear to me that you are now in
position to accomplish much if
you will but adopt the general
course that | shall attempt to
outline.
There is a cOncenSuS of Opin-
ion among prominent educators
that the education of the masses
should be more closely connect
ed with actual life and the art
of good living in the country
and not too much attention paid
to polish, varnish and finish for
polite society in the cities. b.
T. Washington says-in sub
stance-"It is almost a crime to
take the young from their coun-
try homes and educate them in
a way to vastly increase their
wants, without teaching them
how to supply their wants and
therefore drive them to the cit
les to live by their wits and in
many cases to become gam blers
and street walkers, instead of
returning to their old fathers
farm and showing him how to
,rnduca marc from an aero
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15

things and that they put on ex
hibitiOn object lessons in agri
culture, Orcharding, gardening
home building, house keeping
and kindred arts and that they
teach these several arts to the
children.
1t seems to me that this could
and would become a social as
well as an industrial center
where such things as farmers
organizations, farm lobor, good
roads, postal facilities and SAM
tary conditions would be dis.
cussed and where such ideas as
are taught in the higher institu-
tions would be brought home to
the people right where they live.
Our agricultural colleges and
experiment stations are good
things but they do not reach
more than one per cent of the
people that they should reach,
and the people need to know the
lessons that they teach. If these
state and national institutions
could have foothold in say one
tenth of the districts, right at
the homes of the people, where
they could have something to
say about methods and where
they could cooperate with some
one who was favorably inclined
and who was in the business of
improving rural life. They could
exhibit where it would do the
most good" specimens of what
ever they wished to introduce,
whether plants or other things.
Let us require of these teachers
that they make regular reports
of their work for publication, and
let us encourage a friendly rival
ry among the teachers of such
schools.
| do not recommend that every
district in every state be forced
to take this step, but | do recon-
mend that there be selected one
or more states, and in those
states one or more counties, and
in those counties one or more
districts where there are gener-
Gus, ambitious and patriotic peo-
pie enough to do for themselves
and their offspring and for their
neigbors and their neighbors'
offspring these things and re-
port the results. If the scheme
is worthy it will spread and
grow, if unworthy it will die out.
Suppose, for illustration, that
a man was authorized to go into
each of the districts Of a single
county and explain what is
wanted and say to the people of
each district, if you people will
with your own money, buy and
deed to your own district 10 or
more acres of land for a school
farm, build or move onto it a
suitable school house (uSing the
public school fund to build the
housed and then make some
other improvements upon it with
your own means, we (the L. >.
government or the state govern
menO will make as many and us
valuable improvements as you
do. In other words, we will du-
plcate every dollar that you put
onto your own school farm in
improvements, and your share of
the public money shall go toward
paying the teachers, for that will
be the public school Of your dis
trict. Is it not reasonable to
suppose that some districts in
each county can be found that
would accept such an offer and
make the start and then the re-
ports? My experience has sat
isfed me that such districts can
be found in any county.
| must tell you Of one case to
the point. While living in the
mountains of South Carolina |
offarn1 ot a rpliUiouS mpptinp tn
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-15
Il Makes a Difference,

Dyer What do you call your
machine, an automobile or
motor car:
HARTLEY call it either when
it runs. When it doesn't, | call
it other ngs.-Human Life.
Bryan'S Commoner and The
News, both one year $3.50.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-18

Viborg, Finland June IA steam
ship has been fired upon by Russian
torpedo boat for approaching too close
10 the bay on the Finnish coast where
Emperor Nicholas and Emperor VIII
liam are to meet today. According to
the story mere the steamship is she
Woodburn, Captain Robertson, flying
the British fag. She was hailed and
fred upon last night off Wirolahti,
Island Of Bic rke The projectile from
the torped., boat pierced steampipe
and one member of the crew Of the
vessel was wounded. The incident
shows the extreme nervousness for the
safety Of Emperor Nicholas even at
sea
Russian torpedo boats have been pa
froing Pitkipas kay, the rendezvous OF
the two emf errors, and it was one or
these guar1 vessels that fired on the
British steamship.
The Gerrar imperial yacht Hohen-
zollern, with Emperor William on
board was sighted off Viborg early
this morning.
London. Jnre 17.-Neither the British
foreign Office nor the Russian embassy
here has issued any statement regard
ing the B..tish steamer Woodburn be-
dng fired upnll by Russian warship in
the vicinity of Viborg. The owners of
the vessel, "a hitkNd g. company, of
Newcastle, have received telegram
from Capts.u Robertson, dated Freder-
acks Haven. confirming the reports of
the attack cn his ship.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-18
WAVE OF HYsTERIA
HITS NEW YORK EAST SIDE.
Blocks AlE Traffic, Calls Out Re-
serves.

New York, June 17.-One of those
sudden waves of hysteria which from
time to time sweep the crowded ten
ements of the East Side temporarily
closed three public schools with an
attendance of more than four thou
sand pupils today, blocked all traffic
on Grand street for an hour and did
not subside until the police reserves
were called out. Beyond the fact that
many Jewish parents have lately been
receiving threatening letters demand
ing one dollar from each family, on
pain of having their children murder
ed, there is no explanation of the
outhurst.
First gust of wind carried the
uneasy tattoo of a fire engine on the
gallop to the pent-up children of a
school that houses 1890 pupils; the
engine whistled Nshrilly; a little girl
shrieked in answer, and in minute
the Railways were filed with mob of
shrieking, fighting boys and girls and
angry, panic-stricken mothers from
nearby tenements, tugging and kicking
at the outside street doors As If by
prearran cement, another passing en-
gine upset the nerves of children in
a second school, The rumor spread
through the excited, surging streets
that the school was on fire. Before
the crowds could get to it, there was
shout that third school had been
blown up by the Black Hand. Then
there was no holding the people Par
ents fought with the police for their
ehildren-and many we're torn and
bruised in the scuffie. All traffic came
to stop and it was long before order
was restored.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-18
INCOME TAX QUESTION.
Comes Up Again in the Senate To-
day-cauous Of Democrats.

Washington, Jupne 17.lsWhen the
Income tax question comesj up in the
kenate tomorrow, Senator Aldrich, the
frhairman of the finance committee,
: will again move that tion be de-
ferred until after the shedules and
! the tariff bill have been gone through
with.
This motion will carry with it Pres
Ndent Taft's programme for the en-
6ctment of law taxing net earn
lngs of corporations and the adoption
spf a resolution submitting the ques-
aion of amending the constitution so
ms to permit congress to levy and col
lect a tax on incomes without re-
gard to apportionment among the
Hates Mr.. Aldrich will make the
statement that he believes considera-
tfon of schedules may be finished by
Monday and he will suggest that the
bostponement of the income tax and
corporation tax measures be until that
2Mifre. At a caucus of the democrat
&enators today it was decided that the
minority shall stand by its previous
Eeclaration in favor Of the enactment
iqbf an income tax law at the PRESENT
messiOn.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-18

ing enough to aeduce testimony that
the wife wa affable when herself if
only he cCu Il contrast her good nature
with testimonv which tended to show
she was viCient. abusive, uncertain in
her motives and confused in her ac-
tions at those moments when she was
alleged to have been drinking. There
was no abatt men of her ordeal today,
and as the burden of iteration grew
heavier she frank visibly and look
of pain came into her eyes. At other
times she smiled broadly. shook her
head in amused denial and several
times stared The witness out of counte-
nance.
Broker Chapman Called.
Only ono, was there was break in
the procession OF footmen, buffers,
chauffeurs, maids. walters and bellboys
on whose testimony it is sought to
prove Mrs. Gould was an impossible
wife, and that was when Mr.. Nicoll
who was gfest of the Goulds on their
yacht, the Niagara, during several
cruises of the year 1908, and his mar
rative was li,se that of the others He
several times said Mrs. Gould was IN
deniably drunk ard, led on by Mr..
Nicoll. he described several alleged
outbreaks. with emphasis on the over
bearing manner OF the WlIe and the
efforts of 1e husband to soothe and
conciliate he
Word "Backmaip Offensive.
In the effclts to discredit this wit
ness Mr. SIcarn forced the ugly word
'"blackmail'' from Mr. Nicoll. who be-
came so much agitated at it's applica-
ton to his own conduct of the case
that for son's moments he was unable
to continue his cross examination. The
court ruled the use of the word Of
fensive and Mr.. Nicoll apologized for
introducing / but did not retract it.
On the contrary. he reiterated that
he could prove it. Justice Dowling
wished the Incident closed and it was
so considered before he had an oppor-
tunity to make good his assertion.
Fifty More Witnesses.
The crowds of the curious at the
doors of the court room continue to
swell and as Mr Shearn has announced
that he will call fifty or more wit
nesses to shut the testimony of the
defense it is probable that the care
will last ano,ber week or ten days, so
to shorten l. as much as possible Jus
tice Dowlihg is holding court until 6
O'Clock daily instead of until 4, the
usual hour If adjournment.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-18
Wife was AffabIe
When Herself
ABUSIVE, VIOLENT AND UNcER-
TAIN AT OTHER TIMES.
TRIAL OF MRS. GOULD
No Abatement of the ordeaI--Maids,
Walters, Footmen, Buffers and
chauffeurs, All Testify Against Her.

New York, June 1.-THE spotlight Of
the cross examiner continued to oscil-
late today the trial of Mrs. Howard
Gouid's suit for separation from the
estate at Castle Gould to the st. Regis
hotel, to thu farm at Blue Gap, Nir-
ginia, on Niagara, the Goulds yacht,
and back TO New York again, but ex-
cept for tn ,se moments when it lin
gered or Dustin Farnum it never got
very far from the buffers keys to the
wine cellar There was visible an at
titude on me par. of the defense, which
in this trial of many surprises has
curiously shifted over to what is vir-
tually the Prosecution, to prove that
Mrs. Gould was not only so frequently
under the influence of intoxicants as
to fall within the rulings of Justice
Dcwling tna' she must be proved an
haEitual drLT <ard before her husband
car be justified for leaving her, but to
prove that when she did drink her
character underwent transformation
for the wors,.
Look of Pain in Her Eyes.
Delaney NiCoh formerly district at
torney Of he county of New York. and
now counsel for the husband, was will
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-18
YOUNG MEN ATTACK
THEATER COMPANY BAND
Fatal Feud in an illinois city-Jeal-
ousy the Cause.

Fairfield, H., June 17.-As a result
of a feud between certain young men
of this city and members of the band
in a theatrical company now here, DR..
Chase l.. Leininger, secretary OF the
Wayne County Fair association. is
dead with a bullet wound in his heart.
Frank Mccullough is dying with gun
shot wound in his abdomen, and Rich
ard Sloan is shot through the thigh.
Herbert o. Pinnick Is years old, OF
the show company, whose home is at
French Lick Springs, Ind, is i'm jail.
Male members of the company had
been paying court to some young wo-
men here against the protest of sew
eral local "gallants." Last week Pin
nick was assaulted by several young
men, and badly beaten.
On dark spot ON West Main street
three men attacked young Pinnick
last night. Three pistol shots rang
out. and DR.. Leininger fell dead. PIN
nick telephoned to the sheriff to come
and arrest him. At the coroner's in
quest today, number testified to see
ing the men following the Snowman.
The inquest has adjourned until the
arrival of Pinnick's relatives.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-18
WOOD PULP AND PRINT PAPER.
Battle to Place Them on Free List
Opened in Senate.

Washington, June 1z2The battle to
place wood pulp and print paper upon
the free list was opened in the senate
today under the leadership Of Senator
Brown of Nebraska. Going over to
that portion of the chamber in which
Senators Aldrich Hale, Frye. Lodge,
Gallinger Smoot and other leaders
have their seats, the Nebraskan stood
in the mi Idle os the Opposing force
and with .sOod nature banded thrusts
which came to him from all quarters
as he delivered a telling speech in be-
half Of the cause he had espoused
Showing familiarity with all avail
able Information or. the wood pulp and
paper schedule, Mr.. Brown frequently
quoted authorities to sustain his con-
tention that wood pulp and print paper
are both PRODUCED in the Ulited States
with cheaper labor and cheaper ma
terials. resulting in cheaper product,
than can b. obtained in the Dominion
of Canada.
Citing ra-es of wages in this coun-
try and Canada. he undertook to show
that the United States has an advan-
tage in that respect. Turning TO his
republican colleagues. he asked them
how. IN viz Of that fact, they could
qualify a duty on these products for
the production of labor" Without
divulping he source of their inforna-
tion in any definite manner. Senators
Aldrich and Hale fatty contradicted
these statements with reference to
wages and cost of production. They
insisted tina. the Mann committee Of
the house of representatives, from
which Mr.. Brown quoted was lacking
in accurate testimony and contended
that, even accepting the report that
il could no- be maintained that the
United Sta es had an advantage in the
production This dispute ran along for
two hours.
Mr.. Brown still, held the floor when
the senate ijourDed earlier than usual
to permit e. democratic caucus. He Will
resume consideration of his amend
ment for free paper tomorrow.
The senate To-Day adopted the win
dow glass schedule placing a lower
duty on such glass than is provided
either by the Dingley law or by the
house bill.
Because OF intense competition by
German manufacturers, the duty on
illustrated , ostcards was Increased 325
per cent. NbCve the Dingley law The
schedules relating to photographic pa
per, calendars, cigar bands and simi.
lar products were adopted.
At 3.54 clock the senate adjourned.