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The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-03
Regular Meeting Commercial Club Next Tuesday 400 NJ O'clock Court House

feet wide and capable of taking
care of about six hundred stu
dents. The building can also be
duplicated in the future thereby
giving a double building with a
court between which will make
the entire building as large as
any state normal building in the
United States.
AS for the improvements
which will be upon the grounds
when the school is started here,
this West Texas State Normal
will have buildings which will be
worth more than double the
buildings of any other normal
school in the State and every
thing will be new and strictly
up-to-date. Mr.. Cousins has re-
Gently returned from a several
weeks visit to the normal schools
of the Northern states, looking
at their buildings and inside ar
rangementS as well as their
equipment, and the State Board
is determined that our school
shall be the best in the State,
thereby becoming a great credit
to the administration as well as
the educational interests of the
State.
| might also state that | have
received a large number of en-
quirieS from teachers and others
from all over the State and a
few from Oklahoma, desiring in
formation about courses of
study, about when the school
will be ready for operation, cat
alogues and such matters. We
are giving these enquiries
prompt attention and if the
trend of enquiries is anything to
Judge by, my expectations are
for the school to open with at
least four hundred students.
Il. A. Terrill.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-03

Since District court has been
in session we have noticed a
good many people out early and
late. We accosted DR.. c. L..
Daniel Tuesday morning and
asked for an explanation of his
early rising. He replied that he
was 'courting." His word is as
good as his bond, but we learned
that he was like the News man
and the rest of we rabbits who
have no home or housekeeper in
Texas. Doc, you have our sym
pathy.
Miss Sadie Montgomery, who
teaches near Amarillo this year,
spent the latter part of last
week here with her mother.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-03
Iowa Team Wins in Stock Judging.

Chicago. Nov. 3O.-The hOnors
in the students stock Judging
contest at the live stock show
yesterday went to the five man
team who represented the Iowa
Agricultural college at the expo
sition. The Ontario school,
which was expected to take first
in this contest. had to content
themselves with second place,
Ohio State University coming in
close third.
Iowa students showed their
superiority in the Judging of
cattle and hogs and won by a
comfortable margin of 200
points. The score of the best
team at former shows totaled
only 1850 points, while this
year Iowa managed to accumu-
late 1910.
AS a result of the contest, the
Iowa men go home with the
$3.50 scholarship offered by j.
Ogden Armour. They also won
for the second time the trophy
offered for the best student
Judging, and have only to win it
again to retain permanent pos
session.
Professors DinsmOre and Ken
nedy have been the coaches of
the successful team. The Uni
vorsity of Nebraska, which is
represented by about one hun
dred men at the exposition, took
fifth place by two points. The
Iowa students making up the
winnins team are M. G. Thorn
burg, j. l.. Thompson, O. D. Ba-
ker and r. w. Cassidy.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-03
To Whom it May Concern.

Owing to the death of my bro
ther, and the present condition
of our business, | would respect
fully ask all those who
know themselves to be indebted
to the firm of Thomas Bros. .
to please call at our place of bus
mess, promptly, and close their
account either in cash or good
note, also all persons holding ac-
counts against the firm or my
deceased brother, individually,
please present them at the Office
of the firm and oblige,
Yours truly,
G.. NJ. Thomas.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-03

On Wednesday afternoon
there was standing in front of
the News Office new, up-to-date
and right out of the shops"
opera coach, upholstered in dark
leather, enclosed with beveled
plate glass and with side door
entrance. \ six passenger We
hicle, just the thing for three
couples to ride in going to and
from an opera or some amuSe-
ment in stormy or inclement
weather. The News learned
that this handsome coach was
the property of Brent c. Taylor
and that he would be glad to
serve the public at reasonable
rates to any point within the
city and that that you could get
him by calling for phone num-
Der 20. Mr.. Taylor certainly
deserves some patronage as a
matter of encouragement in this
business venture he has under
taken.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-03
Pieasantyiew News.

The rain that commenced Sat,
urday night and fell until Tues
day with intermittent spells of
sleet, then rain and some snow,
and finally turned to a warm
rain, was disagreeable to man
and beast but was a great bless.
ing to the growing wheat crop
and will help to soak the sod so
that blowing will be much
easier. OF course the stock
that was without shelter suf-
fered some but the duration of
cold was short. Owners of
stock must prepare for just
such emergencies. | am safe in
saying that the amount of rain
fall was the greatest | have wit
messed since coming into this
locality some two years ago.
| consider it a great blessing to
this grand Panhandle country
since it insures to us plenty of
so called units of moisture and
an abundant harvest next year.
Early Sown wheat that is up will
continue to improve and that
which has just been sown will
come up quickly as the warm
sunshine which now pr evails
will make things git"
This neighborhood has all rea-
sons for being thankful as Prof.
Crowley slaughtered a fine beef
and presented each of his neigh
bors with piece of it.
On account of the inclement
weather Sunday there was no
Sabbath School but we are in
hopes that all will be in attend
ance next Sunday.
Mr.. Smithen's child was quite
sick the past week but is re-
ported some better at this writ
ing. The health, generally
speaking, of the balance of the
neighborhood is good
Born on November - to Ed
Gibson and wife blue-eyed son,
thus you can say that we are all
doing our mite towards populat-
ing this portion of Texas. Ed is
now looking for more of this
Panhandle land. A peculiar cir
cumstance in relation to this
last acquisition to the Gibson
household is that this is the
third one of their children born
on this same date. November 28.
Ed laughingly says. No race
suicide in my family"
Booster.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-03
Insurance Long in Force.

The practice of insuring origi-
mated from marine insurance
for merchants sending goods by
sea in early times. They usual
ly accompanied the ship them
selves and were liable to capture
by Moorish or Turkish pirates.
With a view to providing the
necessary ransom to secure
their release, it became custo-
mary before embarking to pay
an agreed premium to certain
individuals called underwriters
who were willing to guarantee
payment of the ransom in the
event of the mere hant being
captured.
From this beginning, theprac-
tice was gradually extended to
inSurlng the lives, tlrSt OF mari
ners then of other persons.
In 1874, Queen Elizabeth
granted a patent to Richard
Chandler under which he estab-
lished Chamber of Insurance
in London with the object of reg
ulating all contracts of insur-
ance, but this Chamber, with
probably all its records, was de
stroyed by the great fire of 1866.
The earliest recorded life policy
was issued in June 1888 and pro
vided that if a certain William
Gybbons shall die within twelve
months, the underwriters would
pay L3S3-60-Sd the premium be-
ing at the rate of eight per cent.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-03
A Thanksgiving Dinner.

Mr.. and Mrs. Keiser enter.
tanned at dinner on Thanksgiv-
ing Day party of relatives and
friends, assisted by Mesdames
j. E. Winkleman, Weber, S. l..
Ingham, Ecker, c. D. keiser,
Hoover, Luke, Cullen and Grif-
fin.
The dinner was served in the
cOmmodious Office of KeiSer
Bros. and Phillips on Houston
Ave, the dining room being
prettily decorated with the pro-
ducts of the field-Kaffiir corn,
milo maze, wheat, oats and al
falfa-as grown on stem and
stock. The serving, to the more
than thirty present, was done
by some half dozen young peo-
pie. The menu consisted of
most everything that was good
to eat and any attempt to emu
merate or describe would be
useless. Those who ate were
abundantly satisfied, there be-
ing plenty and to spare. Mr..
Turkey" was much in evidence
and the guests were not long in
declaring war on the Turk" F."
cranberry sauce and all the nec-
essary trimmings that is usual
at a good, old fashioned Thanks
giving dinner. 1t was fixed up
and served TO the queens taste"
and the guests all ate with a be-
coming appetite. We take this
opportunity to state, and we
speak from. experience, that
when any of the Keisers have
you as their guest, you can rest
assured that you will be enter
tanned "royally''-by a Prince
and the Queenly Keiser ladies',
all of whom are good cooks.
After dinner, amusements be-
ing in order, some played "42"
and others took automobile rides,
the day being ideally warm and
bright.
At evening time, another re-
past was served and still plenty
was left to be taken home.
Some of thOSepresent were: w.
S. Keiser and wife, j. +. Winkle-
man and wife, Sadie, Audry and
Ben Winkleman, Henry Weber,
wife and sons, Charley and For
est, DR.. S. L. Ingham, wife, son
and daughter, Roy Cullen and
wife, Fred Luke and wife, Guy
Hoover and wife, DR.. S. r. Grif-
fin. wife and daughter, Mrs.
Ecker and daughter, Mrs. c. d.
Keiser and daughter, Mrs. Hoff
and daughter, DR.. c. l.. Daniels,
J. Vetesk and l.. b. Christman.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-03

c. V. Wooley who has been
sick for several weeks with ty-
phoid fever, has recovered and
left last week for visit to his
parents at Terrill.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-03
Synopsis Of the John Williams Case.

The case of the State of Tex
as VS.. John Williams, in which
the defendant stands charged
with the killing of John Arm
strong of Bovina, Nov. II, 1908.
1t will be remembered that John
Armstrong was X | II cattle
ranch foreman, and seems that
he armstrong; had caused the
defendant to be arrested for cat
tie theft and thereafter bitter
feeling was engendered which
resulted in the killing of Arm
strong by Williams and the in
dictment of the defendant and
Dobie Williams at Farwell, Pal
mer county Texas in December,
1908. The case was transferred
to Canyon City, Randall county
for trial in the February term of
the district court in 1909. The
case was continued at the Feb
ruary term to the one in session
now, and the defendants were
granted bail in the sum of
$4,000.
At the trial, beginning on the
%, and closing on the 20, evi-
dence of threats against the de
ceased and defendant were in
troduced and it was brought out
that on the day of the homicide,
both parties were delivering
cattle and when they met trou-
BILE ensued about the Williams
Brothers turning cattle into the
X II lake pasture at BOvina.
The deceased and Dobie Will
liams were fighting with lariat
ropes when the defendant rode
up and shot deceased with
Winchester rifle causing instant
death.
In this case there were fifty
three witnesses examined
which with the arguments oc-
cupied eight days and some
nights.
The prosecution was in charge
of District Attorney Henry S.
Bishop, who was assisted by S.
II. Cowan of FIT. Worth, w. D.
Berry of Vernon, w. d. Scott,
District Attorney, Randall Co.
and j. w. Sellars of Farwell.-
The defence was conducted by
Attorneys w. w. Gatewood of
Roswell, Knight q Slaton of
Hereford and Attorney Whorton
of Ell PaSO.
Like most of its kind, this
case was somewhat of IL dissa-
pointment to the officers of the
court and every possible effort
has been made to finish the trial.
Judge Browning has been put
ting forth every effort in trying
to finish with as little delay as
is consistent with justice to all
concerned. The sessions were
convened at $40 in the forenoon,
1870 in the afternoon and again
at 7:30 in the evening to facilitate
a speedy ending of the case.
The court room was well filed
throughout the hearing a mum
of the spectators present being
from various parts Of the Pan
handle and other sections of the
State and from New Mexico and
Oklahoma.
The case was given into the
hands of the jury Tuesday after
noon but as yet no verdict has
been returned.
Later: Thursday night, the
jury failing to agree, were dis
charged by the court. They
stood nine for conviction and
three for acquittal.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-03

Grady Pipkin Went to Plain
view Saturday to engage in the
merchantile business there with
his brother, Jim.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-03

Flake Garner and wife came
up Wednesday from Plainyiew
to be present at the funeral of
Conner Thomas who was a cousin
of Mr.. Garner
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson and
son, Johnnie, from Canadian
were guests of Judge and Mrs.
Henson last week.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-03

Ben Terrill, an employee of
this office, who has been sick
for the past week is reported
improving.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-03

j. F. White, a leading mer.
chant of Happy, was in town
yesterday and made call upon
the News office.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-03

The steel vault doors are be-
ing placed in the new First Ma
tional bank building. The tile
floor was completed last week
and is quite artistic. The final
touches are being put on, some
think, slowly yet when the pub
lie is called upon to make their
final criticism they will not Won
der long as, without question, il
will be one of the finest struc-
lures of the kind in the Panhan-
die and not many city bank
buildings can compare with it.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-03

W. f. Garner and family
moved to their farm near Um-
barger last week.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-03
Letter From R. A. TerriII.
Editor News

SOuHuy Will IclcTeIlCc W tllt
construction of the buildings of
the West Texas State Normal
College and there have been so
many inquiries made of me
about the matter that / thought
possibly statement through
the columns of the News might
be of general interest to the
people.
The State Board of Education
is proceeding with every possi-
bic haste consistent with good
management with the entire
matter. The Board was to have
selected the preliminary plans
and the architect on Friday of
last week but, after investiga-
ton they desired to have every
thing in such shape that there
would be as little delay as posi-
bic, they decided that they
would defer the selection until
Friday of this week at which
time the board will meet at Aus
tin to select them. This is done
in order that everything might
be properly worked out and in
shape for immediate action and
that there might, in the future,
be no question as between the
State Board and the contractors
for the work.
| have received a letter from
Mr.. r. b. Cousins. the secre-
tary of the Board, in which he
states that the building will GER
tainly be in readiness and the
school start in the early part of
September, 1910. Mr.. Cousins
has been appointed president of
the faculty of the school and he
writes that he expects to move
to Canyon City on January /,
and make his home here in or
der that he may look after the
construction of the several bull
dings as the representative of
the State Board. By so doing
there will be no delay in any
thing in connection with the
building.
The State Board has selected
the local board of trustees con-
sisting of l.. T. Lester, l.. E.
Cowling and myself and this To-
cal board will, according to the
law establishing the school, have
such duties to perform as shall
be designated by the State
Board. This will also tend to-
ward speedy completion of the
contemplated buildings.
While in Austin recently, |
had the pleasure of inspecting
some of the preliminary draw
ings of the architects for the
main building for the school and
| desire to state that some of
them will be of such size and
character as will exceed my eX-
pectationS with regard to this
building. OF course neither of
the plans which | inspected had
been adopted by the Board but
they were of such character as
would indicate the class of build
ing which the Board has in
mind for this institution. In
the main building, according to
the ideas of the Board, there is
to be an auditorium which will
seat fifteen hundred people or
more. There is also to be a
gymnasium and swimming pool
in this building which will occu-
DIV space of about ninety by
sixty feet. The building is to
be three stories in height and
and have some forty recitation
and working rooms including
the department of manual train
ing. If the ideas of the State
Board and the President of the
school are carried out, the main
building will be about two hun
dred and thirty feet iH length
and about a hundred 3hd forty
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-03

Rev. John Welch of Lubbock
visited friends in town last week.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-03

The Williams Armstrong case
was transferred tOPotter county.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-03

]. T. Bellomy of Texico was
in Canyon Monday on business.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-03

Be a News subscriber.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-12-03

Ia a Hongk0ng paper a short time
ago there appeared a paragraph recit-
Ing that a wealthy young Chinese
whose mother controlled a large busl-
ness In Caution had been spending the
money OF the firm too laylshly. the at
traction Of motorcaFs and other vehi.
cles OF extravagance being too power
ful for hlm. After various endeavOrs
TO control him the mother az length
prepared chains and letters and bad
him locked up. he, however, escaped,
and the lrate mother announced her
intention TO exercise her maternal
rights on bis return by cutting the
tendons OF bis ankles and thus Grip
pling him. The account proceeded 10
say that this treatment is often re-
sorted 70 By lrate parents With prOdi-
gal sons.-From China" by Norti-
msr Msnpes and Sir Henry A. Blake.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-12-03

TrinitrM \. d. Church, South. /. 8. Pettsrson.
n1for Services Sunday a ~ q. n. and 7slQ p. %.
5nnior NDNarth Leaguo. AGO p. n Senior 20.
worth LIaglas 400 ,. n All melnbcr9 requested
t1nftrnI The public and atfanGUfa HpceiallT N
gito1 % uuEuslp with ~
ps,yturian Church, Rev. VIM. n. Zionler. Pas
~ --nular services IS n O'clock q. n, and ut
Iro o'clock D. m. Sabbath echool at go q. N,
NilWoek services On Wednesday evening q TO
IA
Filst Baptist Church, Rev. J. 3. Prustt. Pastor.
onFVicas. Sunday &c II 9 N and 80 p. M Bible
ncto0l tf5 q N; Junior b y. i. u. clock p. n
e1nioE II ~ 2. ", Friday at go D. MI Prayer and
PEnlso ryiee wednesday evening az I:S0 y; m
EgoEybody woieona.
az Jqkn's EplscopaI Church: RsV. Samuel No
ran. nacior. Early eclabration- Sundays and Holy
Dsga 40 q M Morning prayer end sermon ~
y -. nqaninr prayer and sermon. 20 pm ~
~ sveolng 40 evening prayer and lecture. Re-
h1lrsaI e choir Friday night after sorvice. Sun
dsy sclool safe a "a.
Christian seisnos. Services are hold every sun
anV ~ 81 o'clock 4. m. and Wednesday evoning a.
yfclnrk n n the Odd NsIloWa Hall
Gomez ~ AGsms and Clinton Utreeil. Tbs reom =
cleo ua11 a. q Christian 9ci1noe r1adlnE ro1ln,
en- u cbon daily ercept Bund1ya Ard Erl1ay
af1ntrna. between the hours u 10 and ID elclt
n ~ 40 and o'clock b. ~. All are cordlnlly
I1eilod The Sunday School y he|d Sandy I1oln-
iHg non 20 - los
ctfhrl,s Chusoh--Rsv. Father Nolan PRIEST Ia
ehaera Services ever Sunday % 7sa9 q. N.
Msgs drrinE the week at TO q m
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-12-03


Julius Caesar. who oh one of the
closing days of August IN e5 B. &.
landed On fhe Keugish coast has had
many British namesakes. including
great crlcteter. bat the best known a
Julius Cesar. master Of TIE rolls un-
der James L. about whom Lord Car
endon % the dfut volume Of biz his
tory tells tue amusing story. ~Remem-
Der Caesar" The unpopular Fart Of
Portland sat up ell night 10 a barria
oaded house with bis friends and re-
tainers armed 10 the teeth because he
found 10 bis pocket a slip Of paper
bidding hlm Remember Caesar"
which really bad reference not 60 the
assassination Of the Roman statesman.
but 70 some preferment promised 20
son OF Sir Julius Caesar The tomb
OF Sir Julius Caesar, with quaint
epltaph IN legal phraseology, Is among
the many curious monuments OF St.
Helen's, Bishopagate. London Family
Herald.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-12-03

"Piease help q bllnd man." said a
fellow With green goggles as he held
do cup toward tha line Of people issu
ing from the Union depot. Il always
help TIE blind" said one Of two young
men who were passing. and be stopped
and took out q ave dollar bill. Can
you get q quarter out Of thisT -
guess so" said the blind man, nshlng
out z handful Of change and counting
out e4.T5. "Well. John" said the ben
'oEOlsnt yOUng man's companion ~
they Waike6 on. you're q bigger fool
man z TOOK you % be- '.Am ~ uald
John. eyes. you are. That fellows no
more blind than I am. How could be
tell that vas q 6ve dollar billr
Blamed Il tnow." said John limo
cohtly. ''but BE- must BE- mighty near
sighted not 20 zee that It was q couB.
tsrfsit Chicago News.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-12-03

rsif aes nF msa me 1ynamlle uar
81 stlck form and a quarter of an inct
in diameter q contained - per cent
q nitrate Ammonia powder Iha sticks
Wcrn pilced twenty-five feet aDaEt and
tha hQles Were drilled 10 q depth OF
threo fest The shois Cred by the BAT.
iary seemed % give the beet results.
seemed 20 shake the gfouD6 better and
leave O b. q better condition. a. ths
whole surface Of the gFoEnd vas shas-
- e once.
Eaeh ehct Leaves & Reservoir.
Tho soil was thoroughly pulyerized
Cor q distance OF ak feet from each
shot. Cracks ran 10 each direction
from ire sbota showing that the ex.
ploslves had lefi dsBures 10 every al.
rection under the ground ss well 90
on top.
It Is estimated By those who have
experimental ~ this class Of ground
culture that each shot leaves a reser-
voir where several hundred gallons Of
water can collect and furnish moisture
from the bottom instead Of receiving
al Of the moisture from the TOP. the
water thus carried into the ground
feeding the roots or whatever Is plant
"a much more readily than II all the
water came from the surface. The
ground that was shot" az the Manual
Trimming Normal school VIII be planted
An trees and shrubbery.