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The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12
WILL BUILD NEW WEST TEXAS LINE.
10 Run From Big Springs on Texas & Pacific
10 Soash-WI Take Place Of
Presen, Auto Line.

A new railroad will be built
out of Big Springs, the money
for which is already guaranteed,
and a model town established in
West Texas by Dave and ". 7.
Soash of Waterloo, Iowa. Fur
thermore these Iowans have
purchased the famous Slaughter
ranch of 100000 acres, north of
Big Springs, and expect to set
tie it in the next two years.
In furthering this model town
plan and cutting up the big
ranch into farms, the Soash
brothers will run big homeseek-
er excursions thorough Fort
Worth to Big Springs twice each
month. The Rock Island will be
used to this city and the Texas
& Pacific on to the destination.
The new railroad will be TWEEN
ty-two miles long, connecting the
model town with Big Springs.
In honor of the land agents the
town will be called Soash. 1t
has already been laid out by en-
gineers and an immense hotel
has been constructed.
Dave and W. p. Soash, who
were in the city Monday, declare
it is their intention TO have the
entire ranch under cultivation
within two years. They expect
to guarantee the building of the
new railroad, too. According 70
the Soash brothers and the rail
road men who were in Big
Springs Saturday night, s125,'
600 was subscribed towards the
new line. Whatever else is need
ed will be guaranteed by the
people.
In speaking of the new town
project Monday, the Messrs.
Soash indicated their purpose to
make Soash a civic model. Al
ready an immense park has been
laid out. Wide streets and broad
sidewalks will complete the i'm
provements in the town. At
present a line of autos is plying
between Big Springs and Soash.
FIT. Worth Star-Telegram.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12
An Experts Diagnosis.

When your heels hit hard,
And your head feels queer,
And your thoughts rise up
Like foam on beer;
And your knees are weak.
And you laugh like hades
At some darn fool song,
Your drunk, my boy; you're drunk
When YOU wake on the garment-littered
floor
The morning after the night before,
And see, no matter which way you
toss,
The grinning features of r. f. Morse;
When your dark-brown mouth tastes
just about
Like Chinese family had just
moved out;
When you swear, for drink you'd
cut each vice,
And find your pockets are shy the
price;
When the clink OF the ice in the pitcher
tall
Is the sweetest tune, 20 Your ears,
of all;
Then YOU'RE SOLDERING up, my boy.
This may not be very good
poetry, but it's facts.
Williamson Haffner Eng. Co. 5
Lariat."
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12

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100 IS cents.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12
Needed Repairs.

When l bought this automo-
bile from you a few weeks ago
you said you would be willing to
supply new part if it broke
anything" said a purchaser to
the manufacturer.
Certainly, sir. What can l
have the pleasure of providing
you WITH" was the inquiry.
Il want a pair of new ankles,
a floating rib, a left eye, three
yards of cuticle, a box of assert
ed finger nails and four front
teeth and a funny bone" he re-
piled. Elk.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12
Wanted a License.

\ young man of Plainyiew who
had not reached his majority,
walked into the county clerk 5
Office a few days ago with guilty
look on his face and approaching
the official said: Il want a
license in hurry whereupon the
clerk turned to him and inquired
if he was u years of age, and
receiving a reply in the negative,
replied that an order from his
parents would be necessary 70
procure the said license. The
young man was visibly perplex-
ed, but thinking there was some
way out Of the dilema, informed
the clerk his parents were re-
moved several hundred miles and
it would take considerable time
to get their consent.
Just then the thought struck
the clerk, rs the young lady of
age:" and he gave utterance to
that effect. The reply somewhat
startled him. Thunder, ! don't
want TO marry, want an auto.
mobile license. "--Plainyiew News
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12

The Canyon City aggregation
of professional and amateur foot
light devotees made defined and
well-earned hit at the Hereford
opera house last Monday night,
played to good house. The or.
ganization had been drilled and
coach by Mr.. and Mrs. Horne,
well known artist performers.
The play, Out of the Fold, was
well characterized and staged,
the young people of the neighbor
city winning laurels for them.
selves.-Hereford Brand.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12
Announces for City Marshal.

Canyon City is to have an cleo
ton for city officials on the 9th
day Of the next month at which
time aldermen, mayor and city
marshal to be elected. J. II.
lowell, the present encumbent,
this week announces himself as a
candidate for the office as City
Marshal. At the time the
former marshal, J. W. Turner,
resigned about one year ago
the City Council appointed Mr..
lowell to the office which he
accepted and during the time be
has acquitted himself with credit
to the city being entirely fear
less and impartial in the dis
charge of his duties.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12

Every family should have a
curfew which should ring to-
night and all other nights if
needed. These curfews are in
expensive and can be made at
home. Take piece of siding
two feet long and white one end
to a handle. Take the boy who
needs the curfew and bend him
over a barrel. Now, take the
siding and use it as a clapper.
Put it on hot, dividing the
strokes evenly, and see that none
miss. Good for a boy up to
eighteen, and three applications
are warrented to cure the most
pronounced case Of street loafng
that exists. The music is said
to be more effective than sing.
ing, Where is Ny Wandering
Boy Tonight:"-Exchange.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12

| Shot an arrow into the air, il
fell in the distance, | knew not
where, till a neighbor said that il
killed his calf, and l had to pay
him six and a half $3.50. |
bought some poison to Stay some
rats, and a neighbor swore it
killed his cats; rather than argue
across the fence, paid him four
dollars and fifty cents, $3.50.
One night | set sailing a toy bal
loon, and hoped it would soar till
il reached the moon; but the
candle fell out on farmers
straw, and he said | must settle
or go 10 law. And that is the
way with the random shot; il
never hits in the proper spot;
and the joke you spring that you
think so smart, may leave a
wound in some fellows heart. -
Exchange.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12
Rev. AureliuS FabiuS OVerStay.

1t seems almost supertluous to
say that the well-rounded, ever
balmy brother that answers to
the name at the head of this
article was a prime favorite with
his mother. AS a token of en-
dearment she called him Fable
and to this day his nephews and
nieces proudly speak Of him as
Uncle Fable" His ardent mother
is never so happy as when she is
given the field to descant on the
infinite varieties Of her son. On
one occasion she tracked up sew
eral recollections of his boyhood
which she thought, rather illog-
ically, were foretokens of yet
unrealized greatness. For one
thing she told of taking him with
her to a cake baking of one of
her erratic and nervous neigh
bors. Fabius had never seen
such an array Of cakes and pies
before. The pies We're built in
towers and the cakes of many
denominations covered the tables
and sideboards in extravagant
confusion.
Fabius was wonderstruck. His
dreams of heaven was about re-
allied and he solemnly vowed
that he would never leave that
place as long as anything else
was left. The situation suited
him to the very center of his
palate and the mention of home
going by his mother precipitated
open rebellion. She cajoled,
threatened but Fabius said he
wanted to stay and what was
more he was going to stay. The
cake baker laughed at first as if
flattered by the policy of Fabius;
but she observed his defiant air
towards his mother, and his deep
ening devotion to the existing
order she grew restless and sug-
gested that she would give him
quite chunk of the sponge cake
to take home with him. He
the offer on the ground
that no part was an adequate
substitute for the whole. The
sequel of the story was that it
was necessary to send for the
father in order to tear Fabius
from the, delicious scene and
when he went it was upon his
fathers back and bowling dis
mally as he went.
The story is very homely, and
yet it was in a sense a prophetic
incident, for Mr.. Overstay has
shown an evergroWing tendency
to overstay his time. When he
was at college he managed to
take an extra year before he got
his degree, and afterwards won
one great grandeur and mental
complacency by playing the role
Of a postgraduate. There was a
around the college that
he was waited upon by a lot of
students and requested to grant
them the privilege of having him
embaImed and placed in the
museum. DR.. Overstay- for he
got the degree after many delays
has not been without his at
fractions and in his earlier days
was considered rather popular.
He had a smooth, ripping way
# talking that pleased q good
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12
Rev. VIM. E. Hatcher D. D. L. D., in The Baptist World

many. A few of his admirers
proclaimed him apulpit celebrity,
and being rather good looking
and for while a bachelor preach
er at the best hotel" and then
for another while a widower, he
seemed born for happy career.
AS time went on, however, it
was distinctly noticeable that his
power to hold his crowd was
alarmingly small. Not that he
seemed to notice it. For his part
he was no place-seeker, except
so far as he felt the way giving
way beneath his feet where he
was. He was happy enough
where he was, and he was never
so versatile as in his ability to
weave into his sermons and his
conversation, such hints and ar
guments as went to show that he
was pre-eminently adapted to the
place where he was. He also has
a certain air of assuming that
things are going royalty with
him-that everybody seems so
welded to him, and he is so we'd
ded to everybody that an unfed
parishoner says he is hard to get
at. 1t is positively pathetic to
watch his adroitness and fertility
in accommodating proofs that under
his ministry the church is even
rising higher and higher in the
scale of being. 1t has long been
his favorite stroke at every COM
munion season to tell how dearly
he loved the church; how he
hoped to live and die with it, and
so on, until he was very gently
and whisperingly notified that
change was imperatively de-
manded. He smiled and cried
and didn't resign.
But another church called him
and as he knew the agony of
misfits and as he had the over
staying habit he declined with
fear and trembling lest he might
be dislodged. But you never
would have known it. His church
was the church of all churches,
he said in tones of honey, the
church of his dreams and the
gate of heaven. There he was
and there he only wished to be.
Other ministers had had their
crosses and conflicts and some of
them were openly unhappy, but
as for himself he was where he
wished to be and where he in
tended to be forever. But we
blush to tell it, his foundation
shook and a strong hand lifted
him out and moved him on.
Still, he got another place
really an excellent, cosy and fer
tile field. 1t did look as if he had
come to his own at last. He said
outright and everywhere that he
had found his ideal and that he
would put down his stakes never
to be pulled up until he quit this
mortal scene.
Of course the broom knocked
the dust high for a season. He
was smooth, affable, not to say
artful and polite and fancied that
his mountain was established
forever. He grew almost
naughty and talked vauntingly of
the swing of things in his great
church. T" Indeed, he did this .
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12
Take The News and Keep Posted

perhaps all the more pompously
after he began to feel that things
were gradually becoming flat, dull
and discouraging. He tried sew
eral popular expedients but in
the language of another, they did
not explode. He got it into his
head that if he would try some
historical lectures and some extra
music he might run the town
wild. The town was stupid to a
degree and not only would not
run wild, but took no notice. He
got a notion also that some scien-
tific discussions We're the thing,
but they were given largely on
Sunday nights to the thoroughly
patient and unresponsive array of
empty benches. And then he
was inflamed with a high ambi-
ton to hit off some new doctrines
or rather the practical denial
of some old ones, but the world
neither gainsaid nor came. One
or two of his old deacons were
frank enough to say to him that
his style of preaching did not suit
them and the young people rather
approved that is the few that
came-and said that they had
often doubted about the bodily
resurrection and about God writ
ing the Bible and about whether
Jonah did have that experience
with the whale.
But do what he could he grad
ually and with sore reluctance
found that his day of power and
achievement with the church had
utterly slipped away. He knew
it as we'll as he knew anything
and the church knew it and he
knew that the church knew it,
and his wife knew it and the
town knew it and the larger
public knew it and, Of course, the
Lord knew it and, as for that,
the devil knew it.
And then, what happened? Did
he resign? Not he, by a long
shot. Why did he not resign?
He knew, of course, that his day
of usefulness was over and yet
there he stayed. Do not ask me
why he stayed. He has never
told me. Some said that he was
mercurial in temperant and sin
cerely believed that things would
take a turn and that a great re-
vival would come and that on its
great crested wave he would ride
in majestic triumph. Indeed, he
called in every SO many names
for special services and fiattered
himself every time that he was
about to strike a trail for new
There were some
cruel enough to say that it was a
question of barley cakes and
small fishes, but nobody ever
heard of his saying so and there
fore it seemed hardly fair for
other people to say so. Some of
his people, quite many indeed,
stopped coming or went off after
more pleasing preachers. twas
said that he regarded this treat
ment as exceedingly cruel, but
still he stayed. Grievous accusa-
tons he made that pastors in
1eighboring churches and COM
harbored and entertain
d his Own good people who vent
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12

around looking for spiritual food
at other places and this, too,
quite exasperated him. But he
did not go. He stayed right on.
His own children heard hard
things said about him and wishes
expressed that some other church
would call him and they told him
about it, But he did not act on
such informal and bad-mannered
talk. He continued to stay. He
went to a few of his sentimental
tender-hearted brethren and har-
rowed up their souls by relating
his discouragementS and they
went around and said he was a
good man and that it would be
one of the worst things in the
world to turn him adrift. Some
of his brethren interested them
selves in trying to get him called
to other places and he tried his
hand at the business also but did
not resign. 1t got to be the talk
of the country and sympathetic
ministers sent his name to vacant
churches and he knew all about
it, but he did not resign. Every
now then there would be rumor
abroad that his deacons were
going to take the matter up or
that his church would probably
consider it and he had sleepless
nights, but he stayed just the
same. Several times the situa-
ton grew so sensitive and irri-
table that he actually wrote his
resignation and carried it to
church on Sunday morning, but
the letter slept quietly in his
pocket and that night was turned
into ashes.
One thing was practically unan-
imous foes and friends unite
with equal heartiness in saying
that he ought to go. Even his
apologists did not go further in
his behalf than to ask for an eX-
tension of time. These sympa-
thizers watched every symptom
of the church and were always on
hand to suppress and uprising.
Meanwhile, DR.. Overstay grew
more and more nervous. Sleep
often fled from his pillow and
even the ringing of his door bell
fell upon his ear as a portent of
evil. His wife knew his anguish
but soothed him chiefly with her
silence. When his vacation came
he hailed it as a release from
prison and yet wondered what
would take place while he was
gone. When he made his SER
mons he was constantly asking
whether his theme might be
or whether this SEN
tence might not lead to trouble
and more than once when he
saw some grabbed and over-can-
did brother approaching he dodg-
ed around the corner or tumbled
into the first open door
lest something might be said to
disturb him..
But this must suffice. The de-
tails of his wretchedness cannot
be packed into this one article.
But does the inquisitive reader
cruelty insist on knowing what he
did and how it all ended? Itcan
be qickly told. He stayed and
stayed, and then overstaid, and
then.
fAdvrrti 5r;,,k,.i
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12
Appropriate.

What will you name him."
Bill"
Why Bill:'
Because he came the first of
the month"
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12

Miss Alice Pyeatt and brother,
Dudley came over from Silverton
accompanied by Miss Katie Gate
wood of Canyon, who has been
visiting their home. Miss Gate.
wood returned to her home in
Canyon, Thursday .-Tulia Stand
ard.
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The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-03-12

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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-29
CLAYTON COMMERCIAL CLUB
HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING.

The Clayton Commercial club held
its annual meeting Wednesday evening
at the club rooms, the purpose of the
meeting being to elect officers for the
coming year. and hcar reports of the
secretary and treasurer for the past
year,
G. l.. Marsh, president of the club
called the meeting to order. and Sec
Rotary Howell Earnest read the report
Of the secretary and treasurer, which
reports were approved. BY a unani-
nous vote. the social features were
eliminated and the club in the future
viii be purely a business mems club
and viii work for the promotion Of
every business interest in Clayton. The
election of the directors for the com
ing year, resulted as follows. carl
Eklund, G. II. Lawrence, a. T.. wit, A..
James Mcdonald and r W Isaac.
Howell Earnest was reelected secre-
tary.
O.. l.. Marsh. the retiring president.
delivered a short address in which he
cited many good things which the
club was instrumental in bringing
about and hen %eulogized the business
men Of Clayton for being ever awake
to business interests of clayton
Thursday afternoon The new board
of directors met AT r. w. Isaac's hard
ware store and organized hy oleeting
A. T. wilt, president. G. Il. Lawrence.
vice president. and \. James McDon-
aid, treasurer.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-29
SPOT FOREST
FIRES FROM PEAKS
Forest Service Will Establish
Lofty Lookout Stations in
Its Forests Through the West
to Locate Fire Demon.
CForest service Buuetin.)

Working along he line Cf securing
the greatest results in protection
against fire, will a minimum of ox-
cided to establish on tho mo = adNan-
tageous points OF the national forests
in the west "A series Of lookout stations
from which news of the breaking out
of forest fires can be telephoned TO
forest officials.
Since all OF these stations viii com
mand a view of the country ior miles
around the work of Il tecting and ox-
tinguishing fires in their incipiency
Will, by this plan. be greatly expedit-
ed, with the result hat many thous-
ands of dollars worth of valuable tim
Der will be saved annually,
IN most of the national forest stat
es the climate is very dry. and the
rainfall light. Conditions, therefore.
are remarkably favorable for the
spread of fire and extraordinary dill
gence is necessary in patrolling Ian
gerous areas. TO administer the vast
area included in the national forests,
approximately 1875, 600, 900 acres, the
government has about 400 men in
the field II each man could be used
for fire patrol, he would have to cover
approximately 1880 acres. AS a
matter of fact. however, the volume
of business on the national forests has
to such proportions that less
twenty-five per cen of the force
is available. This makes 1T noces-
sary to spread an average mans ser
4 f., axr.K no. Ill fa,.,. sx,.. 4 . q am .a
res, decreasing fire protection far be-
low the point of safety in many cases.
In the face of this, however, fire
losses on the national forests are kept
at a point where they are trivial when
compared with the damage which
would be caused were the lands con
tanned in the national forests unpro-
tected.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-29
CLOVIS MAKES Up WITH
TEXICO AND IARWELI

Farwell, Texas. and Texico, y. NJ,
the twin cities on the line and for
years the leading frontier trading
towns OF the plains country of east
ern New Mexico. have shaken hands
with Clovis and made up.
With the prospects of a growing
business in view of the new Santa Fee
extension from Clovis to Galveston
via the twin cities, which is now being
built. Farwell and TeXico both be-
lieve there will be room on the map
for themselves as Well as Clovis, AMI
the best way to attain to greatness Is
% work in harmony with the great.
Two automobile loads of twin city
boosters were here yesterday adver-
Using the great celebration which is
to be held in these towns July the
End and 3rd. Clovis extended TO the
visitors a glad hand, and promised
10 attend at least the first day Of the
celebration if the two own would
promise to divide with Clovis for this
city's celebration on the 3rd. 1t is
hoped that the Ratchet will be buried
and the citizens of these rival towns
will cooperate with each other in
making each celebration great.
Texico is taking on airs Of grow
ing prosperity upon the prospects OF
good crops for the surrounding coun-
try, and Tho additional business the
new railroad win bring.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-29
WAIVE
PRELIMINARY
HEARING
Men Held in County Jail for As
sault on Mrs. Majoribanks,
Will Not Ask For Formally Of
Being Bound Over to Grard
Jury.

Florencio Pfeiffer and P%rocopio MI
anes who are being held in the coun-
ty jail with three ugly charges over
their heads, as the result of their
criminal maltreatment of Mr.. and Mrs.
Goldie Marjoribanks at Abaio on last
Thursday night, will likely be salts
fled to remain in their cells until the
grand jury considers their case. 1t is
understood both men will waive a pre-
liminary hearing, although they may
possibly be taken before Judge Craig
and waive the examination in the for
NAL manner Nothing would be gain
ed by the hearing as they would I'M
doubtedly be remanded to Jail under
very heavy bonds, which it is certain
they would be unable to furnish and
would not likely care to furnish ever
if they could do so.
There were no new developments
in the ease yesterday, and il viii pro-
baby remain where it is until it is
taken up by the grand jury. While
there has been some talk of empan-
cling a special grand jury to act upon
the matter, it now seems likely that
ii will await the action Of the regular
grand jury which will onven some
time in September.