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The Washington times., 1909-01-01
HUGHES TAKES OATH.
POLITICIANS ABSENT
Governor of New York Asks
fer Real Ballot Reform
in His Address.

ALBANY, N I-s Jan. CHARLES
Evans Hughes, the 'b0ssIess governor" q"
at nom today was inaugurated for a
second tiu5 as chief executive OF the
Empire state. Before an audience that
filled to rfoWing the big assembly
chamber I.l the 50 10000 mOnstrUsity
Albany calls the capitol building. the
man who made political history by defy
ing the leaders of his own party and
was rewarded by the people themselves,
took the oath Of office and swore 10
safeguard the rights of all within tie
Commonwealth domain.
There were many things about the iu-
augUratlOu Of Hughes that were unique.
First there was the absence Of the Re
publican and Democratic leaders who
never before have missed such an 0c-
casi0n. Then there was the presence
OF scholarly looking chaps who seemed
really interested I'm the Inaugural ad-
dress. This was a joke TO the few bosses
who at the last moment changed their
minds and got into view so that If there
was to be any pork passed the gov
ornOr would remember they were there.
Message Really Important.
Never before had any one cared what
the message" said. 1t was for public
consumption and not meant to be taken
seriously. Today Governor Hughes had
something TO say and those who were
not politicians wanted to hear it.
Governor Hughes was escorted to the
capitol by Squadron A and 200 lufan-
trymeu y. G.. S. y. y. He went at once
to the executive office where he Ta-
manned until the members OF the court
OF appeals the senate, and assembly
the various State officials, and invited
ID
family could be seated an the Enclosures
reserved for them.
Prayer was offered by Rt. Rev n. NJ.
A. Burke. Roman Catholic Bishop of
Albany, and the oath of office was aa-
miuistered by Chief Justice j.. III. Cul-
len of the CONT Of appeals.
In his inaugural address Governor
Hughes appealed to the Legislature i0G
ways. well constructed State highways,
fostering of agriculture SAFE guarding
of water service and supply. educational
progress charitable and criminal reform
For Ballot Reform
His pronunciameuto i'm this regard sent
woe into the breasts OF the bosses by
saving.
"Our electoral machinery should bo
SO safegUardeu as 20 insure the uncoT-
rupted expression of the public viii a1G
the supremacy of public right and the
lust exercise OF public privilege should
ever be enforced TO the end that i.d!-
vIduaI liberty should have it's proper
sCoDo and that the common interest
upou which tho liberty of all uiti-
matCly depend should be securD against
exploitation
This is construed 10 mean that the
governor will. i'm hIs annual message JO
The legislature demand tho direct pri-
mary laws he was refused last year
AFTER the ceremonies the governor
held public reception.
The Washington times., 1909-01-01
Italians Fight
With Troops for Food

ROME Jan. 1.-The rescue measures
now in operation in Messina and Reg
gio are proving wholly inadequate 10
meet the terrible demands made upon
them.
Reports from both these places today
say that every time food was offered
Continued on Second PageD
The Washington times., 1909-01-01
New Year Reception Bril-
liant and Successful Be
yond Those Before.
SAY FAREWELL.
TO ROOSEVELT
Visitors Remember 1t Is the Last
Affair of the Kind Of Pres
ent Executive.

To the strains Of "Tae Star -Spaugled
Banner" President and Mrs. Roosevelt
today marched to tho Blue Room of
the White House and greeted for the
last time the great throng OF people
who assemble annually TO paw their
New Year respects. Standing with the
President and his wife for the first time
was Miss Ethel Roosevelt. who had ner
debut last week.
The TACT that this was the last great
pubic reception given by Jhe President
seemed 20 attract to the tyhie House
every resident Of Washington who could
possibly arrange TO be there. Although
the general public was not admitted
Jrtl ! o'clock A long line Of people took
~ their stand at the two gates on
Pennsylvania avenue as early as 10
&C .ock and patiently stood in line while
diplomats, army and navy officers, mem
bers of the Cabinet. members Of the
Supreme Court and others prominent
.n official life iu Washington drove
up under the port cochere.
Reception Most Successful.
The reception today was he most
successful at Home" held during Presi-
dent RooseyeIts Administration. Al II
O'Clock four buglers from the Marine
Band sounded the call. The President. %
Immediately after which the band
played the tStar-Spangled Banner and
the President and his wife, followed
by members OF the Cabinet and their
wives, took up their march to the Blue
Room.
The Presidents official family were
the first to offer the greetings OF the
CContinucd on Sixth Page.)
The Washington times., 1909-01-01

Fire shortly before IT, o'clock last
night did $500 damage 10 the lumber
ga -d OfMartin WciEaud, Delaware ave-
uu- and Canal street southwest The
origin of the blaze is unknown
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Now EiHe-Hnnr Train to New Work

ton 900 a. m. daily, via Pennsylvania
Railroad. Pullman parlOr cars, dining
car and CoacnHH.-AaNL.
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Saahoard FIoTila LImIIed.

Iaudsortest and quickest train in Flor
ida service. Solid Pullman, electric-light-
ed throughout WIZ commence running
January 4 office 1921 Pa ave.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1909-01-01
Colonial Beach on Tip-Toe
As Result of Two Mystic
rious Deaths.
SUICIDE VERDICT
DENIED BY A Jury
Mrs. Vogts Husband Dies on q
Couch-C. 7. Henry Meets
Death in Same Place.

COLONIAL BEACH, Va. JAl.
Face to face with one OF the
greatest mysteries in the history Of
northern Virginia, Commonwealth
Attorney c. Conway Baker an
nounced today that he would de-
mand a searching investigation into
The death of Charles T. Henry, found
dead within the same room, and
shot in exactly the same manner. as
was John Voigt in April last.
The latters death had the same
elements Of mystery as those now
developed by the latest tragedy and
Attorney Baker viii lay the case
before the Westmoreland county
grand jury.
Henry, VINO was well known I'm Wash
ington, where he lived for q number
Of years, was found dead early last
Saturday morning in the home Of Mrs.
Annie Fogt under exactly the sana
circumstances az John Vozt. Mrs
Fogt's husband. was found dead on
April Is, Both men were found shot
through the right temple, and the same
revolver had been used in each in
stance
The Washington times., 1909-01-01

Shafers Violets for New Years Are
unsurpassed. Show rooms. 18th d Eye sts
A hTEE
The Washington times., 1909-01-01
- M0Ining Irain to - YoTk.

Leaves Washington. beginning Janu-
arv f. al g-o0 a. M. daily. via PcuusEl-
vauia Railroad. making the run 10 New
Vork in Eve hours. Parl0r ears, dining
ear and coaches.-AdFt-
The Washington times., 1909-01-01
Same in All Details.


Even TO the minutest details. the Kin
ms OF both Henry and VOgt was carried
out IN exactly the same manner and
the tragedy is regarded as one of the
most grewsome mysteries that the viz
ginia authorities have been called upon
/. 10 solve
The coroners jury. after IelI5efats.z
for several days, decided that shey
could not agree on a verdict, and the
papers were turned over TO the Com
m0nwealth attorney. While three mem
bers Of the jury favored a verdict or
suicide, the other three EXPRESSED the
belief that the man did not FIRE the
shot himself. This belief Is shared by
majority of the residents Of the town
The following facts brought cut at
the inquest make the case one OF the
most unusual on record.
John |ogt and Charles 7. Henry were
both found dead on the same lounge IN
a small room back OF the bakeshop con-
Quoted by Mrs. Nogt
Both men had been shot in the right
temple with the same revolver.
The pillow on which Heury's head
was resting when the fatal shot was
fired was stained on the under side
with the blood from Fosts head when
his brains were blown out.
The Washington times., 1909-01-01
Vogt's Hands Folded.

Bolt, who was the first to reach tbe
house in each instance. says that Vogt .
hands were folded across his chest, aui
the revolver ON his stomach. Heney
right arm, he says, was lying alongsida
of the couch, and the revolver, with the
barrel pointing toward the dead man.
was ON the floor.
The lack of powder marks on the
skin, The position OF tine revgtver DE-
the floor. and the similarity Cf his death
with that of John NOgt are the reasons
given by certain members 5f the coTo-
uer's jury for wishing to probe the mat
Ter farther.
Mrs NoEt is an unusually attractive
woman about thirJy-two years old. She
has r mass OF set black hair. black
eyes. and an olive complexion Her
checks are rosy, and tle contrast with
her dark skin and eyes give her almost
am Oriental appearance. She was born
I'm Wesmore and county not far from
colonial Beach she can neither read
ur write vet she was regarded as
a good business woman
The Washington times., 1909-01-01
Only Person There.

on both occasions Mrs #ogC was
the only person i'm the house.
Mrs. Vost told the coroners jury
that her husband and Henry had sent
her out of the house for Charles Bolt.
a neighbOr, few seconds before they
killed themselves
Henry and Vogt both enlisted from
Washington with Company at the
outbreak of the Spanish war
Both contracted yellow fever from
which they never recovered.
Both men saw active service In Cuba
under Capt Charles Dohmer.
Friends of Henry and Nogt assert
that they were both insane at the time
they were killed.
The stories OF the shooLiuEs, as told
by Mrs. Nogt. correspond in almost eV-
cry particular
The only difference between the tH0
cases. SO TAR as can DE learned, is tlle
different positions I'M which the reNo.-
Yer was found.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-04-23
PLAINvIEw SECURES JUOsMeNT.
Contestants are Losers in Fight Against Cour,
House Bond Issue in Hale aounty.

An unusual interest was mani
tested in the District Court of
Hale county last week in case
which was pending in that court
in which certain citizens of that
county sought to set aside an
election held for the purpose of
voting for the issuance of bonds
for the erection of a court house
for the county.
There We're allegations on the
part of the plaintiffs of various
and sundry kinds of irregulari
ties but on the trial of the case
which was held before special
Judge Browning who had been
transferred to that place for the
purpose of hearing the case on
account of the disqualification of
the regular Judge, tne court ue-
cided the case in favor of the
defendants.
Two days were consumed in
hearing the witnesses in the
case. The plaintiffs have filed a
notice of appeal to the Court of
Civil Appeals. The contestants
were represented by Messrs.
Crudgington and Holmes af A
marillo, and the defendants by
f. Graham, b. w. Dalton, Ran
dolph and Randolph, l.. {. Pen
ry, Mathes and Williams and
Webb and Joiner
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-04-23

to the average for the past four
teen years but still the farm crS
in this district have made money.
good money, and have been en-
ablcd to pay for their land. IF
IS \ FACT that in this. Randall
county. there has not been Il fore
closure of lien made upon any
farm in the county during the
dry period" where the farmer
owned and worked the land him
self and in fact there has been
only one foreclosure proceeding
Randall county during the past
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-04-23

is about : inches per year and
around Cheyenne about the
same, and still the great William
+. takes these two places, far re-
mote from the ninety ninth me
ridian and the great and glori-
Gus country between that and
the Rocky Mountains, and pre-
SumeS" that it is all alike.
In one place the article says:
Over most Of the territory west
of the ninety-ninth meridian
there has been 30 per cent of
rainfall above the normal for the
last three years What palpa
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-04-23

four years, and stifl the great
William K. states that they are
going to the eternal bow-vows
for lack of rain.
The only redeeming feature
about the whole article is the adj
mission that successful farming
could be done within the bounda-
rieS defined and that the soil is
rich and some of it very easily
titled. If the great William f.
cares to be put right on the
country about which he attempts
to write let him come to the
Panhandle and be shown some
thing of the real article when it
comes to farming. He will see
many farmer upon 100 acres of
land living contentedly and hap
Ply, making money faster than
he ever did before in his life,
living in great climate and a
country filled with the best peo-
pie on earth. William f. will
find that these people would not
move back to his northern coun-
try to endure the cold and nasty
winter weather and have his
crops suffer in the summer time
for want of rain near Chicago,
when he can live in the Panhandle
of Texas, enjoy u mild and favor
able winter. and in the summer
rest assured that the rainfall,
greater than that enjoyed by The
state Of Illinois, will come and
raise bOunteouS crops for the
granarieS on his 100 acre farm.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-04-23

1885 inches of rain, snow and
leetnearlyihalf of its annual per-
in five months in Win
ter, a time when moisture is not
needed for the crops.
From a glance at the article it
appears that Investigations were
made at Salt Lake City, Utah,
and at Cheyenne, Wyoming,
places west of the ninety ninth
meridian and which are as near
ly as far from the Panhandle of
Texas as Chicago itself. Around
Salt Lake City the precipitation
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-04-23

bic misstatement! Oh, William
E., why don't you investigate!
Look at the rainfall table above
and see what gross misstatement
is made in the quotation.
In another place he states that
IF normal rainfall should re-
turn. a calamity would strike
this whole area from the ninety
ninth meridian to the one humid
red and third meridian, the
whole length of the country"
Last year, 1905, and the year be-
fore the rainfall did not come up
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-04-23

l.. 7. Lester and David A.
Park have returned from a bust
ness trip to points on the South
Plains.
Harry Howell, who has been
visiting in New Mexico, has re-
turned home.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-04-23

Land for Sale:- Section of as fine
land as there is in Randall
county, entirely smooth, well i'm
proved, seven miles from Canyon,
Will divide to suit. Address p.
O. Box. 252. Canyon, Texas. 3-4t
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-04-23
DRY FARMING IN SEMI ARID REGION.

of an article written by William
r. Curtis which appeared in the
Chicago Record Herald. The
article we quote in full as fol
lows:
There is great deal of in,
curry and agitation in progress
Just now concerning the material
resources of the country. There
have been several conventions in
Washington lately to discuss
subjects of that sort. Several
commissions appointed by the
President are engaged in investi-
cations of conditions, prospects
and possibilities. Agents of the
Interior Department and the
Agricultural Department, the
forestry service, the reclamation
service, the agricultural expert
ment stations of the government
and the universities of several
states are seeking the truth and
looking into the future to locate
and define difficulties and dan
gers, so that the development
and the prosperity of our agri-
cultural sections may not be in
terrupted.
These Investigations have
disclosed some facts which
should be known to the public,
and will doubtless appear in Off
cial form with official sanction
very soon. For example, it is
thought necessary to warn land
hungry people who are taking
up homesteadS and buying small
farms in the Semi-arid regions
of western Kansas, eastern Colo
RADIO, Wyoming, Utah and other
states that dry farming 'isavery
critical proposition. 1t is also
considered important that home
seekers should know that many
million acres of our arid land
can never be irrigated under
any circumstances because of
lack of water. and that the pre-
vcntion of waste of water is one
Of the most important duties of
the American people.
"One of the ablest agricultural
experts in this country, who has
recently made an investigation
of the conditions in the dry
farming" section in the slopes
of the Rocky Mountains, says;
II have been Il pretty thorough
student of what is known as
dry farming, and have urged
farmers. when moving into the
Semi-arid section, say west of
the nincty-ninth meridian, to
purchase nothing less than a
section or two sections, and to
combine stock growing with dry
farming, and not to undertake it
at all except with enough capital
to carry them through period
of three years. In Salt Lake
City Imade special inquiry of the
president of the agricultural col
lege, and others, who inform me
that dry farming has been
practised there since 1850, and
that the average yield of the
land, which is put in wheat
each alternate year, Is elgnl Du-
shells or nine bushels Il year,
and that the land will soon need
vegetable matter in order to
maintain its fertility. At Chey-
enne | was told that the mini
mum of land needed for success
full farming was $40 acres and
the minimum of capital was s.,
600: that while some men will
succeed with 1000 or even $500,
many would fail even with 81,
600. but that $4,000 is required
to be safe. The agricultural eX-
pertinent station sent out circu-
lars. asking dry farmers as to
the amount of land required to
make living, and the average
given was 800.
Cover most of the territory
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-04-23
s*asaanaa.#*an :

have purchased their land grants
and have proclaimed far and wide
the doctrine that rain follows
the pillow. that the East is moving
/ West, and they are selling these
lands pleading that a homestead
can be secured alongside at from
So to $50 an acre. They secure
about third payment down,
which is about the original cost
of the land, and take mortgages
running at s per cent interest
for the balance.
If normal rainfall should re-
turn, a calamity would strike
this whole area from the ninety
ninth meridian to the one humid
red and third meridian, the
whole length of the country,
that would be greater than the
calamity that struck western
Kansas and Nebraska in the SOS.
In fact, | believe that the whole
agricultural population, outside
of the irrigation districts. would
be driven back two hundred
miles, bankrupt and hopeless.
"The mortgages will be fore
closed on these lands. and they
will be converted into great ran
ches and the grasses allowed to
reseed themselves, which they
will do in the course of probably
ten, fifteen or twenty years.
Il believe that dry farming. on
these soils, other than adobe and
red clay sections, could be made
profitable by men of large means
ana of the highest skill, by deep
blowing, so to speak, by putting
ciSternS under their farms. and
by subsoiling to put a lid on it,
thus by continuous cultivation |
growing a crop of winter wheat |
every other year. But to send |
poor, land.hungry people out on
these lands as hOmeSteaderS !
and sell the adjoining railroad !
lands at prices above mentioned |
is cruelty heartleSs. Men who
have made it a study for ten or
twenty years know the folly of
undertaking to farm where ma |
ture never intended anything
but the steer or the COW to eX-
list. In their judgement the
homestead laws should be so
amended as to permit the far
mers to homestead a section. as
intended in the Kinkaid law. In
this way they could dry farm
eighty acres or quarter, leaving
the rest in the grass of which 1t !
requires from fifteen to thirty
acres to support a steer, and by
doing so they could make .
living"
We have quoted this article in
full in order that every one may
know the exact statements of
the writer. Just who is quoted
as Mr.. Curtis authority is not
shown but there clearly shows
throughout the entire article
that either Mr.. Curtis is very
grossly misinformed and has
not taken time to investigate his
statements before writing or
that the statements were made
from a biased standpoint
A glance at the table of rain
fall in the Panhandle of Texas
which is west of the ninety-ninth
meridian clearly shows that our
rainfall is but little less than at
Chicago, the home of the Record,
Herald. In fact, the rainfall at
Chicago is less than % inches
annually while that in the Pan
handle is $3.50 inches. The
rainfall in the Panhandle exceeds
that at Chicago during the grow
ing seasons, that is, during the
months of April, May, June, Ju-
ly, August, September and Oc-
tober the rainfall is 2.47 inches
per month, or a total rainfall of
1924 inches during these grow
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-04-23
RAINFALL IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
As furnished by u S Weather Observer Amarillo Texas Thos Cnsdne
YEAR

Average July, August
rainfall Chicago
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-27
WILL LEAVE JOHNNY AT HOME
Next Time Mother. Visits Grandfather
Youngster Is Not Likely to
Accompany Her.

Il think the mother of a six-year-old
boy should have a pension to make up
to her for the mental agony she sui
fers,' said just such a mother. Il
took Johnny to his paternal GRANDPA
theirs last week, and believe he has
cut us out of grandfather's will. Or
course, we send him to Sunday school
and we both attend church, but we
do not ask a blessing at the table, nor
do we have family prayers. GRANDPA
ther does, and it happened that the
morning after we arrived Johnny was
excused from the table and went out
in the yard to play. Grandfather led
the way into the sitting roo and we
all knelt down in prayer. Imagine my
horror to see Johnny's little face peer
ing curiously through the blinds and
hear him sing out: Hey, in there,
what kind of a game is that you're
playing? Amt you the rotten bunch
not to let me in on it, / arose and
softly whispered to him to run on and
play, and he sang out: You're it,
mamma, you're it; make a home run
Now, what can you do with a small
boy, anyway? / "a never explain
matters to his grandfather
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-27
Weddino Fee in InstaIlments.

Some of the squires in rustic New
Jersey seem to be pretty hard pushed
for cash. To get the cash they do not
hesitate to use most unusual methods.
One of these J. P.'s advertised the
other day that he was ready and will
ing to marry couples at any time, day
or night, for a consideration of So and
that he was willing to accept 81 In
cash down and the rest in weekly in
stallments of 81 until the fee of IS
was paid up. The very night after the
first appearance of this advertisement
the ]. P. referred to vas called upon
to make good" his bluff. Shortly after
midnight a couple which had come In
an automobile awakened him from his
sleep and asked to be married under
the installment plan offered in the
advertisement. And the j.. P. was
game and made good.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-27
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