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The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-07-09
THAT BOND QUESTION,

The News is always glad to
discuss matters pertaining to
the interests of the citizens of
Canyon City and Randall county.
1t is not the intention of the
editor to arise the ire of any per
son whatsoever but desires to
discuss these matters from a
fair standpoint and with justice
to one and all.
Just at this time the interest
of the people of this city is cen
tered upon the outcome of an
election which is to be held on
the 18th instant to determine
whether or not series of bonds
in the total sum of $4,000 shall
be issued by Canyon City for the
purpose of installing a water and
sewerage system for the city.
The extent of the system has
been heretofore given in these
columns and We have in this
Office a plat showing an outline
Of the systems 50 that it i not
necessary to take the space for
further description of it at this
time.
In another column OF this
paper is printed an article from
Judge George A. Brandon of
this city who is opposing the
measure and as We Judge that he
has been discussing the matter
with others in this city we are
confident that his objections re-
present the objections of those |
who are opposing the measure. |
But be that as it may, We de /
sire to discuss the article from |
Mr.. Brandon.
In the irst place he gets of Of /
the main subject when he takes
10 task the officers Of the city
for the non enforcement Of the
laws Of the city. All these laws
should be enforced but no officer
can enforce all the laws without
the assistance Of the people Of
this city. In portion Of an ad-
dress at a meeting called TO dis
cuss this matter some time ago
and by intimation in his article
here referred to, Judge Brandon
called attention to what he con
siders the notable Iaxity in the
of the sanitary laws
of the city In his article he
states that the editor had agreed
TO show those who were not in
formed about some of the out
houses of the city and this latter
the editor stands ready to do. j
According TO all arguments
brought forward by Judge
Brandon and the opponents of
the sewerage system the main I
objection is that the sanitary {
ordinances now in existence and '
those which will have to be pass I
I'd governing the houses which :
will be situated so that they
night have sewerage connection, i
would not be enforced In his :
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-07-09
Comes Back At Us.
Editor News

Editor News
In your issue of last week you
score rather heavily those fern
inst. as you express it, the pro
posed city sewerage bond issue.
and IN the same article. under the
general head. health and sick
ness. cOntending that said sew
erage system as proposed would
materially advance the healthful-
ness Of the town. you make use
of the following language. towit:
IF you doubt that some of the
outhouses Of this city are filthy,
Just come and take a look with
the editor. He will show you
something that will amaze you if
you have not investigated"
1t is possible that you, friend
Terrill, are ignorant of the fact
that we have city ordinance
regulating such matters and that
there is severe penalty provid-
ed therein for just such a state
of affairs as you describe. And
if you do know that such is the
case and imply. as you clearly
do, that such ordinance is not and
will not be enforced, how are we
to know that city sewerage sys-
TEN, which must also be regu-
lated by city ordinance to be of
any use whatever. will be attend.
ed to in any better manner:
In the above the News has
made serious, very serious
charge against the city govern
ment-that of acknowledgements
including a wilful disregard of
the lives of our citizens in its
failure to punish, as the city or
dinances direct, those who, with
out the fear of God, Mayor Haney |
or the lesser city officials, |
are so openly and so VIGOROUSLY |
treating with contempt the pow
ers that be. These charges alone,
proven as above stated by our
local newspaper, are sufficient
reason within themselves for OPP
posing the contemplated city
bond issue for, why should the
people trust further a city gov
which, as the News in
shows, is criminally
careless Of its primary duties?
But there are other reasons for
being feminist this bond issue.
1t is now generally accepted
fact that TO make a sewerage
system success you must have
4 waterworkS system in connec-
ton with it. The writer is aware
that it has been and is now con-
tended by some well meaning
people that private waterworks
such as are common here, at
Hereford and at other Plains
owns, will operate sewers. This
Hereford tried to the tune of
s25 900 and Judge Cough of that
place, in a letter to the writer
says: This system | think is a
allure" (Those interested, by
falling at my office, can read this
etter.) Having gone in that much
md got nothing Hereford is now
spending another S25, ZOO to put
n waterworks to operate her
sewers. This we cannot do as
he present proposition, S25, 900,
or US, goes the limit. In other
words, hit or miss the law, the
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-07-09


at Canyon City, has reached the
desk of State Press, and has duly
impressed him not only with the
present and future of Randall
county, but with the enterprise
and ability that underlie such a
paper. 1t is printed on calendar
ed book stock. contains twenty
eight large pages, and isas hand
some a piece of newspaper print
inc as ever came out of the west,
which is saying much.-Dallas
News.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-07-09
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT US.

The special edition of the Ran
dali County News is an issue of
which our friend Terrill may well
feel proud. Printed on plate
paper, illustrated by well printed
halftones that carry the reader
from the beginning of Canyon
City down to now, the paper is
as good as could be asked from
any town and it is one of which
Canyon and Editor Terrill may
well feel proud. Denton Record
& Chronicle.
An illustrated edition of the
Randall County News. published
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-07-09

A. 5. Rollins went to Amarillo
yesterday to attend a conference
of the Methodist churches of the
Plains.
The Panhandle Bakery, South
side of square for good bread.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-07-09

The special edition of the Kan
dali County News. published al
Canyon City, is in many ways a
remarkable paper. III contains
twenty eight pages, is printed on
heavy, superintendent book pa
per. is beautifully illustrated
and full to the brim with solid
facts about Randall county, told
in a very interesting and captl-
waiting manner. TO read it can
not fail to inspire one with an
eager desire to move West and
settle in Randall county. Hats
off to Editor Terrill and the splen-
did county which makes such
newspaper enterprise possible
by approaching and supporting
it. Fort Worth Record.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-07-09

ANY erroneous reflection upon the character.
tanding or reputation OF any person, firm or
corporation v hich may appear in the columns
OF The News will be gladly corrected upon its
being brought 10 the attention OF the publisher
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-07-09

One of the best booster, or
illustrated editions ever put out
came to our desk this week from
the Randall County News, pub
lished at Canyon City. 1t con
tains y pages of illustrations and
splendid reading matter. 1t is
indeed thing of beauty. Wheel
er County Texan.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-07-09

!
later in this article. Referring
) to the question of enforcement
of the sanitary laws. the New.
man wants this question forever
settled and he here and now
makes a proposition which is
open to Judge Brandon or ANY
| CITIZEN of Canyon City and his
proposition is this:
If the person complaining OF
the enforcement of any sanitary
/ ordinance will convince the edi-
tor that the sanitary law is being
violated, the editor will go be.
fore the officers OF the city WITH
the person complaining and will
sign complaints against those
who are so violating the ordin-
ance WITH the persons COM
planning. And the editor will go
further. In connection with
the complainant. if the officers
of the city do not take action
upon the complaints signed by
the editor and the complainant,
the editor will pay one half of
the expense of the proceeding
necessary to GUST such officer
from his official position. the
other half TO be paid by the com
plainant. Furthermore the edi-
tor will pay one half of an amount
to secure the services of extra
attorneys should that event be
necessary TO prosecute the VIC
latorS of the sanitary ordinances
Of the city. BY this method We
shall see if the compliments are
willing to come forth and express
their troubles and with the editor
bear the blame. If there is so
much violations We shall thus be
enabled to stop them whether or
not We shall ever have the sewer
age system. We shall at least
improve the present conditions.
This proposition is open to all
Corners and the editor will 90
with any person to investigate
any alleged violation. This
holier than thou sentiment
should be overcome and the way
is now open. Prosecutions for
violation are open against any vio-
lator be he mayor, alderman or
private citizen.
The editor does not make this
proposition in a spirit of braga-
docio but desires TO see that JUS
tice to all may be done and there
is only one way and that is to
see that all people regardless of
rank shall obey the requirements
of this city ordinance.
But to get back to the original
To say that the
laws are not enforced does not in
the least invalidate the propriety
Of the protection of our lives and /.
property. The necessity is even /
more great under such conditions
and certain it is that if the |
closets of this city were connect
ed with sewers there is far less
likelihood for disease as under
sewerage connection the tiles are
absolutely fly proof.
Now as to the water supply
.he editor would really like to
tuck his head in shame. We
nave so continuously, as a whole
people. Dragged about our
abundant water supply at a
shallow depth that it is won
Ter to the editor that any person
should even propose such an
objection. At almost any place
II the city fine wells of water at
. shallow depth may be had. In
act almost every house in the (;
.ity has its well and fully seven i
y-tive per cent has its windmill
nd tower tank. Whenever a :
tool is used there will be re- I
Iuired for flushing purposes not :
'ver four gallans of water. The I
to be used in bathing de {
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ton of 500 gallons of water a
the lamphole just above would
flush the stoppage out. This
can readily be applied by the
use of the fire engine and the
hose now belonging to the city
and that within very few min
utes after the stoppage is an
nounced. The hose which is
now owned would reach every
lamphole in the entire system
Referring to the amount OF
water again. Waterworks pres.
sure from a high tank has moth
ing in the world to do with the
flushing out the waste from a
house into the main. The water
in the reservoir does this and a
barrel full of water connected
with the flushing tank would do
just as much good so far as send
ing the refuse into the mains as
100000 tank attached to each
inlet. ANY arrangements for
the putting of water into the
flushing tank is all that is neces-
sary. \ trip over the city in
that part which will be reached
by the proposed sewerage sys-
tenn fails to reveal many blocks
in which there are residences in
which there is not an elevated
tank. Practically the same
amount of piping which it would
take TO connect with waterworks
pipes in the streets would con-
meet from these raised tanks
with the sewerage system.
No city can ever hope to reach
every residence within its con
fines by any system of water
works and sewerage which they
could install after the town has
been built up. The start must
be made at some time and the
sooner the better as it will tend
to make the building up of the
town more close which is very
desirable in a town that ever
hopes to amount to anything.
In conversation with the edi-
tor recently one of our citizens
said that the stencil from the
city did not effect him at home
except when the wind was from
the east bringing the fumes
from the town towards his house
when he could hardly stand the
smell. This is the position that
we desire to overcome and there !
is only one way TO do so and that |
is to put in the system and make |
everyone connect with it. You |
may prosecute violations of the !
sanitary ordinances as much as
you please but the refuse left on
top Of the ground will still smell
and always will until proper
arrangements have been made
to carry it off as it is placed
there.
Mr.. Brandon refers to the sys-
tenn at Hereford. In the first
place that system was installed
with the direct intention of hay-
ing flushing tanks which do auto
matte work and therefore re-
luires a system of waterworks
to keep the large flushing tanks
filed. The system proposed
lere is the only successful sys-
,em now being installed in the
country, every large city in the
United States which is further ,
ng their sewerage systems, us
ng the systems WITHOUT the
lushing tanks which are known {
o be a nuisance. In addition it ,
; fact that at Hereford proper {
.ttention was not paid to the lay !
NJ Of the sewerage mains there |
,eing places where the mains
re higher in altitude than the f
,oint of origin and of course it :
t could not be a success. The a
water would not flow by gravita- t
ion ND hill. This condition :
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-07-09
Contributors Notice.

The editor Of this paper : anxious to receive.
from time to time. communications from its
readers. but we request that al such com
munications be signed not for publication.
but that We may know the source from which
the article comes.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-05-27
Advice From a Nature Lover.

A home is always more a home
when the outside is cultivated and
made beautiful. Go out into the
country, oh we fiat jewellers of the
city, and make a home! Have a few
rods, if no more, of your own ground
about you, and till it, and tend it.
The flowers you raise will be sWeeter
and more beautiful to you than any
displayed in florists windows, and
no vegetables that can be bought will
compare in flavor with those you will
b raise yourself.
If every woman blessed with a
place of her own would do what she
could to interest her humble neigh
bors, giving them seeds, plants and
shrubs from her own garden, telling
how they should be planted and cared
for, and interesting the children in
raising flowers and vegetables. the
result would be not only a beautiful
community, but a bond of sympathy
between people in all walks of life
with a sOftening and refinement of
character that come from the spread
OF the love of Nature. Helena Ruth
erford Ely, in Another Hardy Gar
den Book.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-05-27
Table Manners.

You can often tell more about a
person by his table manners than In
any other way. In half an hour he
shows his training, how much OF a
gentleman he Is and many other
things. Look out for your table man.
ners. | do not mean so much wheth-
er man eats with his knife, or takes
be taken with a fork, or whether he
uses in the right order the half dozen
that he finds by his place at some
fine dinner; but other more impor-
tant things and two In particular.
First, there Is no place where there
are so many opportunities to say
please" and thank you" Proba-
bly, in all the rest of the day put
together the occasions for these ex-
pressions are less than during the
three meals. Count the number OF
times that these are used at your
table, and you will have one way OF
| judging what kind of family you
are. And for yourself alone, how
often do you employ them? Count
to yourself one day. Will you reach
please" twenty times and thank
you" as many more? And which
will you use the most? In an ideal
family, "thank you" will be said far
more times than please" because
they all practice the second point, OF
which l now shall speak.
The table is a fine place for un-
selfishness. You have heard of peo-
pie who sleep with one eye open
You should eat with both eyes open
| watching out of the corners to see
whether those on either side of you
| especially, are in need of something
Before they have a chance to ask fol-
| another glass of water, second
piece of bread, some more butter, dc
you ask if they need it, and see that
they are supplied. Be so thoughtful
that they will not need to say
please" and will have many chances
to say "thank you."-Congregation.
alist.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-05-27
How Our Hearts Are Made Clean,

There was once a drop Of muddy
water, just as muddy as mud could
be. The drop lay in the middle of
one of the blacklist puddles in the
| whole length of the road Horses
splashed through it, wheels stirred
it up and drivers complained about
1T, and the poor drop of water at
last got thoroughly ashamed of it,
self.
ooh, I wish could get away from
| all this ugliness and meanness and
| dirt!" it cried.
well, why not?" asked the
breeze, blowing over 1t.
why not? How could II" an
swered the muddy drop.
ASK the sun. He is strong and
kind, and he will lift you out of the
puddle"
But the sun is far away, so far
away, millions and millions Of miles. -
mo, his rays are here, all about
you. Can't you see them and feel
| them?"
But the sun is so great, and am
so little.'
Yes, the sun is great, but not too
great, you see, to send special ray
of light to shine just on you, small
drop as you are"
But | am so black, and dirty and
ugly, down here in the mire; and the
sun, l am sure, from his light, is pure
and beautiful. I do not dare ask
him."
Never mind that. Just ask him.
and see what will happen"
So the muddy drop asked the
great pure. beautiful sun to lift her
up out of the disagreeable, black
mud-puddle, and the sun did it at
once. Up, up, up, went the drop,
drawn by the suns kind heat, until
she rested in lovely cloud, floating
across the sky, and the cloud let her
down on magnificent mountain. She
fell into a spring, a perfect mossy
pool, full of the purest water that
ever was.
And then the drop began to fear
that she would spoil this pure water.
coming into it, and so she looked at
herself. And 10! she found that
when the sun drew her up into the
cloud, she had left all the mud and
lmpurity behind.-Amos r. Wells
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-05-27

Il Is said that Judson once stopped
in a village on the banks OF river.
Seeing a woman close TO the landing
place, he offered her his hand. and
asked how she was. A few moments
afterward he was called back to the
boat, and left her with his blessing.
Judson probably thought no more
abcat the incident; but what was the
result? The woman had never be-
fore received such courtesy from any
man. Though a princess. she had
been treated as a slave. She had
seen, she said, lone OF the sons OF
God" and after this nothing would
persuade her to worship the heather
gods again. She had served them
ever since she was child. but. she
said, they have never prevented my
husband from beating me. This man
spoke to me kindly and gave me his
hand. His God must be the God. T"
That very night she began to pray
to the unknown God OF the white
foreigners-a most touching prayer:
"Lord-God, In the heavens, In the
earth, In the mountains, In the seas.
in the north, In the south, In the
east, in the west. pity me pray.
Show me thy glory, that may know
thee who thou art" Thus she con-
tinued to pray for five years. Then
a Christian missionary came to that
district. She heard the Gospel, and
at once became a Christian. She
helped to establish Christian
Church at Dong Yahn, out Of which
two others soon grew. From that
time Gaupung Chat was her name)
tried to win for Christ all she came
in contact with. She had great pow
er with every one, for she herself
lived so near to Christ.-The Kings
Messengers.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-05-27
How Eddie Preached.

When get big enough I'm gofne
TO be preacher" said Eddie one
day.
What is a preacher?" asked
grandma.
Eddie looked surprised. "Don't
you know what a preacher is?" A
preacher is a man that tells people
what the Bible means. And he saws
Thirdly, my brethren and every.
body listens to him. It's nice to have
people listen to you"
Grandma smiled. 81 think you are
Dig enough to preach now" she said.
Really and truly, grandma?" ask
ed the little boy, earnestly.
Yes, really and truly"
m afraid not" said Eddie, after
few moments of thought, cor I'd
know how and I don't"
What does the preacher do first?''
asked grandma.
He takes text and then he ex-
plains it. 1 can't do that"
"Oh, yes, you can, Eddie" said
grandma. Here's a good text for
you to explain: BE We kind to one
another
There's nothing to explain about
that" said Eddie. you Just be kind
to everybody, and that's all there is
about it,
A good text, though for my little
preachers first sermon. I should like
to have him preach from it for a
week"
Preach week! Why, grandma,
l can't" exclaimed Eddie.
Cant be kind to everybody Won
meet for one week."
Eddie looked thoughtful. .Would
that be preaching?" he asked.
1T would, and the very best kind
A good preacher has to preach in
that way, or people will not listen to
what he says in the pulpit"
Well" says Eddie with a sigh. "I
suppose can try; but wasn't think
ing of that kind of preaching
You will be showing everybody
what that verse in the Bible means,
you know" said grandma.
1t is not kind to the teacher to
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-05-27
4 Delicious Salad Dressing.

For the benefit of those of The Ex-
aminer readers who did not see the
following recipe for salad dressing
last summer, | am going to repeat
it, as it is especially nice for summer
salads. In my own home, where we
use it constantly, we rarely have a
guest eat it for the first time with
out saying: What a delicious sa-
lad dressingi What is it made OFF,"
1t is very easily made, but care
must be taken to get the proportions
exact every time.
One large lemon,
One onion,
Two even tablespoons sugar,
One teaspoon salt,
Two tablespoons olive OIL
Slice the onion and add to it the
juice of the lemon and the sugar and
salt. Cover this tight, and let it
stand seven or eight hours or more.
When ready to serve, strain it, and
add the oil. No stirring is required.
Examiner.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-05-27

whisper In school," said Eddie the
very next day; and he did not whis-
per once.
"It's not kind to Bridget to play
along the road and keep my dinner
waiting either" and he hurried home
from school.
Its not kind to mother when
don't do errands promptly" and he
did quickly and well whatever he
was bid.
Every day and all day he thought
about what was kind, and tried to dc
1t. The end of the week came.
How do you like preaching?''
asked grandma.
why, l like 1t, but, grandma,
think everybody must have been
preaching about that text for every
body has been 30 kind to me. -
Journal and Messenger.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-05-27
The sIountaineer's Prayer.

Grid me with the strength of Thy
steadfast hills,
The speed of thy streams give me!
In the spirit that Gains, with the life
that thrills,
[ would stand or run for thee.
Let me be thy voice or thy silent
power,
AS the cataract or the peak
An eternal thou hit, in my earthly
hour,
OF the living Cod to speak!
Clothe me in the rose-tints of thy
skies
Upon morning SUBMITS laid!
Robe me in the purple and gold that
flies
Through thy shuttIes of light and
shade!
Let me rise and rejoice in thy smile
Alright,
AS mountains and forests do
Let me welcome thy twilight and thy
night,
And wait for thy dawn anew!
Give me Of the brooks faith, joyous
ly sung
Under clank of its icy chain!
Give me of the patience that hides
among
Thy hilltops, in mist or raini
Lift me up from the clod, let me
breathe thy breath,
Thy beauty and strength give me!
Let me lose both the name and the
meaning of death
In the life I share with thee,
Lucy Larcom.