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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05
Racing WIN Be Barred in Mexico.

Neutrality-suspicious. racing on the
track az Tia Juana, Lower California.
sixteen miles across the international
boundary line from San Diego. Cal.
will be prohibited after October /. in
accordance with an amendment to the
regulations on gambling made by the
Mexican government. This is the re-
suit Of representation made by the
United States I'm response to petitions
from San Diego and Los Angeles The
location of a track at Tia Juana fol.
lowed the passage of the law prohibit
ing race track gambling in California.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05
czAR VISITS ENGLAND
Spectacular Event at cowes When
Royal kInsmen Meet.


Cowes, England.-The first official
visit OF Emperor Nicholas to England
was one OF the most impressive and
spectacular events that Cowes, accus-
toned to naval pageantry, ever wit
messed. King Edward. with most OF
the members OF the royal family, put
out on Monday on the royal yacht
Victoria and Albert and met the i'm
perial yacht STANDARD and the squad
ron of warships accompanying 1t OF
Spithead Emperor Nicholas imme-
diately went on board the British
royal yacht, where he was greeted by
King Edward. After luncheon the
Russian squadron. with the Victoria
and Albert leading the way and the
monarchs reviewed the British fleet.
The British had $50 ships aligned in
three files between Cowes and Spit
head
Crowds lined the water front for
miles, and all the houses were draped
with bunting and flags The yacht
races lost their interest, for every
one was absorbed by the visit Of the
Russian imperial family.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05
President Delighted With Tariff Bill.

Washington.-President Taft has
expressed himself as pleased with the
tariff bill as it was agreed to by the
conferees Friday even -g. At IS Known
he is not entirely satisfied with all of
the bill, and he told several Of his
callers that it would be a miracle If a
tariff bill could be designed that
would please everybody. The presi-
dent said there were a great many
things about the bill that he was de-
lighted to have had part in, and that
he would be equally delighted to sign
and defend the measure in its finished
state.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05
Settlement in sioht.

Washington After negotiations
which have continued unsuccessfully
for several years between the govern
ment and the Truckee Electric com
pany for the use Of storage water In
Lake Tahoe for irrigating the Truckee-
Carson irrigation project In Nevada
it is believed an amicable settlement
shortly win be reached. A contract
for the use Of the waters has been
drawn up and only requires the re-
moval Of certain technicalities before
being signed by the secretary Of the
interior.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05

Cleveland, Ohio.-The Schmidt ordi-
nance providing for the grant Of a
franchise to Herman Schmidt, insur-
ing three-cent fares on a part of the
city street car lines. was defeated nj
a referendum election here on Tues
day By a majority Of 1882. The total
vote was 3o.944 to 1896. The schmid.
ordinance was fostered by Mayor Tom
p. Johnson. Mayor Johnson. munich.
pal Office holders and others held hun.
dreds Of tent meetings and ureed The
granting of the franchise. A commi,
tee OF 100 business men opposed it,
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05
Kills Two Children and Commits Sui
eide BY InhaIlnq Gas.

Chicago .-Marital troubles caused
Mrs Emma Michael to kill her two
children, 70 and Is years old, and
then commit suicide by inhaling gas
on Sunday The children were found
dead in bed, with every gas jet in
the house open. and Mrs. Michael,
also dead, was seated in the kitchen
In her mouth was a rubber tube, one
end Of which had been attached to a
jet. Mrs. Michael left a letter in
which she gave the reasons for her
act
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05
FEw VII en- FARMS.
One Out Of Every Thirty Applicants
VIII Secure Homestead.

Spokane, Wash.-Twenty-nine out
Of every thirty applications for home
steads on the Spokane. Flathead and
Occur d'Alene Indian reservations
Will not even be given a number by
the government so great is the rush
for lands superintendent James
Witen announces that the land de-
partment viii draw just $500 names
out of the huge heaps of applications,
It being estimated that even this will
be thrice the number of good home
steads actually available for location
on the three reserves.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05
VII FIeHr PROHIBITION.
Business Men Of Boise Do Not Want
Dry Town.

~-@"ft'~~~ tNf@tl W Rrlo1 10 INoh W NUA
Dry Town.
Boise, Idaho.-At a meeting Of
business mems organization formed
TO fight prohibition in Boise and to
make a campaign to defeat 1t at the
forthcoming local option election, a
resolution was presented asking the
city council to pass an ordinance re-
curing that all screens. etc, be re-
moved, leaving a full view Of the sa-
loon premises from the street, and
that booths and private boxes in res
taurants be torn down; that all card
tables. pool or billiard tables and
chairs or stools be removed. except
ing chairs for the personal use Of the
saloonkeeper. and that the city IL
cense be Increased to $4,000 a year
more than double the present license.
The resolution. action On which
was deferred. pledges the support or
the organization to rigid enforcement
Of such an ordinance.
Leaders of the movement said II
the saloon men objected to reason
able regulations they would join the
prohibition forces
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05
NAM PEoPLE SHAVING.
All Crops Destroyed by Terrific Heat
Following Earthquake.

Mexico City.-With all crops de.
stroyed by the terrific heat following
seventy-three distinct earthquake
shocks, thousands of persons in the
district of Acapulco and elsewhere
,n the state OF Guerrero are starving
to death. Heavy demands have been
made upon the rural districts by per
sons living in the open in the strick-
en- cities. but those on once fertile
farms are as badly in need of food as
the refugees in the cities where the
suffering is reported to be terrible
Heavy rains are falling and soak
ing them to the skin. Raids have
been made by the famished throng on
the supplies that were buried in the
ruins when the store buildings crash
ed to the ground. and with the water
supply greatly curtailed the condition
of the people Is pitiful
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05
sPANIsA FoRoEs Defeated.
Were Driven Back Under Walls Of
MeIila by Moors.

Madrid-Omcial dispatches re-
ceived here admit that the battle be-
tween Moorish tribesmen and the
Spanish forces outside Of Melila on
July q was a disastrous defeat. The
Moors cut of the communications
with the Spanish outposts and the
main force of the Standards was driv-
en- back under the walls Of the city
where fighting continued desperately
in the city. The Spanish killed and
wounded numbered almost 5000.
which takes no account of the men
at the advance posts. who evidently
were cut off and abandoned to their
late. Melilla is full of wounded men.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05

Morelos. Mexico.-Two men were
killed. three hurt. several houses
swept away. and all crops destroyed
by the bursting Of dam across the
San Juan river near here. The wreck
of the dam was caused by a cloud
burst, and the damage is estimated
at S500.OOO
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05
cALIFoRNIANs ZOE eoop ROADS
Million and Quarter Is Voted by San
Diego County.

San Diego. Cal.-At a special cleo
ton on Tuesday the people Of San
Diego county voted upon a proposition
to issue s1,250,O0O bonds for the pur-
pose of building 455 miles of first
class highways in the county
The money win be expended under
the direction Of highway commits
sion. composed of E. w. Scripps, A.
G. Spalding and John d. Spreckels.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05

New York.-Wives ought to remain
with their husbands during the hot
5eason of the year. If they would.
here would be more happy husbands.
the family cannot aford to include
the husband in its trip to the noun
tains or seashore. the better half had
better stay in town. too. This conclu-
sion is reached in interviews with
New York residents, who agree that
The city's summer danger is the
separation OF husbands and wives for
the several months when the Their
mometer mounts skyward
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05
Governor Hughes at the Exposition.

Seattle.-Closing a busy day at the
Alaska ukon-Pacihc exposition, where
New York day was being celebrated,
Governor Charles e. Hughes was the
guest OF honor at a banquet given
Monday night in the New York state
building by the exposition manage
ment During the day Governor
Hughes visited the various exhibit
buildings, delivered an address in the
exposition auditorium and held a pub
lie reception at the New York build
ing. During the course of his ad-
dress az the exposition Governor
Hughes touched upon the problems
confronting American national life.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05
Having Trouble in GETTING Married

Walla Walla Wash.-After obtain
ing marriage license here. Frank
Ishikus a Japanese. aged 80 years.
and Miss Minnie Crockett. aged SO,
white woman, both of Wana Wana.
were unable to find minister willing
to perform the ceremony. Refused in
turn by all the sixteen clergymen in
Walla Walla. the local justice of the
peace and Judge Brents OF the SUI
perior court. the couple assert they
will bring mandamus proceedings
against the superior judge to force
him 10 perform the ceremony.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05
HELD FOR RANSOM.
Two Children of Wealthy Italians Are
Stolen.

St. LOuis.-Two children were alb
Quoted and held for $4,000 ransom
here on Monday. the affair causing
furore in the local Italian colony, Of
which the children's parents are
among the wealthiest members. The
police have arrested five on suspicion,
but have not found the children.
Samuel Turrisi was seen with the
children shortly after they disap-
leared
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-05
GREAT SCRAMBLE FOR TEXAS LANDS.
Farmers in Dakotas and Minnesota Seeking
More Genial Climate and Richer Soil.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 24,-
People are simply land mad,
that's the best way to put it, ="
says w. f. HalSell, one of the
richest men in Oklahoma, in
speaking of the great scramble
for lands in the Southwest. Mr.
Halsell lives at Vinita, Ok, and
probably owns more land in Tex
as, Mexico and Oklahoma than
any living man.
He refused to state just how
much land he owns, but he ad-
mittcd he refused nearly $1,000,
GOO for his Texas holdings.
When asked why he refused
such a large sum, he replied.
What would | do with that
much cash in Oklahoma: The
land in Texas doesn't eat, and is
growing more valuable every
day; taxes down there are so low
at present and getting lower ev-
cry year, that a man doesn't t
miss the amount. John ID.
and his crowd have been so com
pletely skinned down there
lately that Texas has money to
burn.
practically every cattleman
in Texas is forced out of the bus
mess by the hungry horde of
landseekers. The day of the so
called cattle barons' has passed
and gone, and the man with the
hoe is supreme. The farmer is
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-05

the coming baron of the cattle
and the poor 'longhorn' raiser
will soon be thing of the past.
In fact he has been walking
around for several years to save
funeral expenses.
There never was a time in
Oklahoma and Texas when com
mon dirt was so eagerly sought
after by class of men who pro-
duce wealth by honest industry
and true American thrift. | am
glad to see this wonderful trans
formation. 1t only teaches the
old time cattleman that it don't
pay to graze an onery old COW,
worth S15 to $50, on lands that
will produce that much every
year per acre. | have about all
the money | want, and | am
willing to see the other fello w
get his share"
AS a further evidence that
people are becoming land mad"
Dan Donovan and Sanator Wing
of Minneapolis have just return
ed from the Texas Panhandle
with a dozen or more North Da-
kota farmers, who bought, all
told, nearly $4,000 acres. Sen
ator Wing stated last night that
hundreds of North Dakota farm
ers are flocking into Northwest
Texas to avoid the rigors of the
North, and that Minnesota farm
erS are going to the southwest
in droves. He said the great
Southwest offers many hattering
inducements to Northern farm
ers on account of the climate
and that Missouri and Kansas
lands are also being bought by
them.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-05
A New One on Maud,

We've heard of Maud on a hot
summer day, who raked, bare
footed, the WmOwn hay; we
have read of the maid in the
early morn, who milked the COW
with the crumpled horn; and
we've read the lay that the poet
sings, of the rustling corn and
the flowers of spring; but of all
the lays of tongue or pen, there $
naught like the lay of the Texas
hen. Long before Maud raked
the hay the Texas hen began to
lay, and ere the milk maid stirs
a peg, the hen is up and laid an
egg. The corn must rustic, the
flowers spring, if they hold their
own with the barnyard ring. If
Maud is needing a hat or gown
she doesn't hustle her off to
town; she goes to the store and
obtains her suit with baSketful
of fresh hen fruit. If the milk
maids beau makes a Sunday
call, she doesn't feed him on
milk at all, but works up eggs
in a custard pie and stuffs him
full of chicken fry" and when
the old man wants a horn, does
he take the druggist a load of
corn? Not much, he simply
robS the nest, and to the town
he goes you know the rest.
He fingers there and talks per
chance, while his poor wife
stays at home and scowles, but
is saved from want by those self
same fowls, for while her huS-
band fingers there, she watches
the cackling hens with care, and
gathers the eggs and these she II
hide, till she saves enough to
stem the tide. Then hail, all
hail. to the Texas hen, the great.
est blessing of all to men. Throw
up your hat and make Rome
howl, for the persevering barn.
yard fowl. Corn may be king
but it's plainly seen that the
Texas hen is the Texas queen
Exchange.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-05

.
the commercial world. The
system will protect any and all
of your buildings within the cor
porate limits if adopted. 1t will
include a powerful Howe No. 20
Fire engine capable of throwing
800 to $50 gallons of water per
minute through 1000 feet of 2]a
inch standard cotton rubber
lined fire hose at a pressure of
from $50 to l75 pounds. 1t will
also include two 500 foot hose
reels of standard manufacture
and equal to any on the market
today, with 1000 feet of rubber
lined cotton fire hose manufac-
tured by the leading hose manu-
facturers in this country which
is guaranteed to withstand a
pressure of $50 ponnds per
square inch for period of five
years and will be in fifty foot
lengths with patent couplings.
so far | have not had time to
ascertain the number of reser-
voirs that will be needed to cover
the entire town but think that
two of them of $4,000 gallons
capacity each should be placed
on the square and thea others
as needed in other portions of
the city in order to reach all the
residences. [ shall have to in
veStigate as to the needed num-
ber before making my PROPOSE
ton. These cisterns, however,
will be made of reinforced con-
crete and will be placed at least
two feet under the street grade
and will be guaranteed for a
period that will thoroughly test
their permanancy. Arrange
ments will be made with adjoin-
ing property owners for the fill
ing of these ciSternS after they
have been emptied by the use of
the engine in case of fire. In
any ordinary town they will not
be required to be filled much
oftener than once in six months
as they will only be emptied in
case of fire.
Il expect to return to your
city within the next fifteen days
with full set of blue prints
showing in detail the proposed
location and CONSTRUCTION of the
reservoirs and we shall test the
engine in your city before the
city council will be asked to
make a purchase of it, or any of
the other supplies for that mat
ter though of course we shall
not install the reservoirs until
the city is thoroughly satisfied
that our engines are of sufficient
capacity to protect the property
from fire
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-05

We believe in today and the
work we are doing; in tomorrow
and the work we have to do, and
in the sure reward which the
future holds. We believe in
courtesy, in generosity and in
good cheer. May we serve you?
CANYON LUMBER Co.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-05

One set of new harness, three
mares, three colts for sale. Price
$3.50, half cash, balance on time.
4i2t 4. .. MAY.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-05
WOULD PURCHASE
PAL0 DUR0 CANYON.
REPRESENTATIVE BOWMAN FAV0RS STATE
OWNERSHIP OF SCENIC GRANDUER.
Money From Fine Against Water-Picrce Oil
Company Should be Invested in
Great State Park.

Austin, Feb. 1.-Unless there
is miscarriage of plans by the
time this is read, Hon. Richard
Bowman, who represents the
Panhandle section in the lower
house of the Texas legislature,
will have a bill before that body
seeking to use the money OBJ
tained from the big Waters
Pierce Oil Company fine for the
purpose of purchasing Palo Duro
canyon and converting the same
into an enormous State park for
the benefit of all the people of
Texas.
1t is my honest belief" says
Mr.. Bowman, that the people
of this great State do not wish
to pay their officials, nor dis
charge their obligations with
tainted money. While it is true
that to the pure all things are
pure, it is likewise true the he
who lies down with the dogs may
expect to get up with. the fleas
and furthermore he who plays
with smut may expect to get
smutty.
ITO my mind it would be lit
tie short of criminal to use the
money obtained from criminals
for the purpose of escaping tax
alton or for the purpose of pay.
ing the salaries and the expenses
of this State. This money will
be obtained as the result of
crime. Before it is deOdorized
it will have to be purified by
Mother Earth, the birthplace of
the wealth of the world.
Texas needs just such park,
Statewide park, as the Palo
Duro canyon will make. The
season-tired people of Texas will
be able to go there for camp
ing trip in the summer time and
during stay that will be so
brief that those who take advan-
tage of it will count the seconds
as golden periods of pleasure,
these South Texas inhabitants
will be able to stock on a supply
of energy that will stand them
in good season for "A twelve
months.
THE State of Texas needs
such a park, for there is no place
in the entire State where every
prospect is so pleasing to the
eye and every scene so delight
fully harmonious with the great
est of the landscapes painted by
the Great Artist, as Palo Duro
canyon. This ideal area, this
Yellowstone park of the south
can now be purchased by Texas
for a comparatively nominal sum.
Texas, when this huge fine
against the Waters-Pierce Oil
Company is collected, will have
ample means on hand to make
this purchase without taxing the
property owners of Texas a sin
gle penny. In addition to having
enough money to purchase the
entire Palo DurO canyon this
tlOI ulOuS uIlc Will Dt ldISc
enough to create fund, the in
terest on which will be sufficient
to keep the Palo Duro canyon
park in good shape for the bal
ance of the time. | cannot say
whether or not this proposition
will be received with favor by
the Legislature. | can and | do
say, however, that this is the
wisest and the best use to which
this big fine could be put, and if
the legislature will give favorable
heed to this prayer generations
yet unborn will rise up and call
the members of the Thirty-tirst
blessed. ID. l.. c. McCaleb in
Tt lED,+b Sta,. V'nln,r rrop,
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-05
CITY C0UNCILMEN
ARE INTERESTED.
MEETING OF CITY DADS HELD WEDNESDAY,
FOR DISCUSSION OF PROTECTION
Estimates Invited for Cost Of Fire Fighting
Apparatus and System. Bid will be
Submitted at Early Date.

~ iiON ot'l'Npi - tliiI oOLlS NV
i've interest in the matter of
fighting destructive fires in this
city is being taken by the city
council. For some time this
body has had under considera-
tion some plan for the protection
of property of all kinds in this
city and these considerations
have resulted in a meeting which
was held at ten o'clock last We'd
nesday morning when a special
meeting was held in Mayor Han
ey's office.
1t will be remembered that
sometime ago the council asked
for estimates on a system of
waterworks since which time a
civil engineer has submitted the
estimate for an eight inch pipe
to run down two streets dis
tance equal to the distance from
the court house to the depot,
around the square making con
nection with each other, togeth-
er with 100000 gallon water tow
er with well and pumping plant,
the estimate aggregating about
S19,000.O0.
On Wednesday, A. b. Cas-
grain, representing the Howe
Engine Company appeared be
fore the council and explained to
them their engines and a plan
for the protection of the pro
perty, Briefly speaking they
propose to install an engine run
by gasoline motor, of sufficient
power to throw two streams of
water at the end of hose 1000
feet long to the top of the court
house. They also propose to in
stall concrete underground res
ervoirs at different portions of
the city from which to get water
in case of fire.
There was considerable dis
cussion of the different plans by
the council at this meeting some
of uhe members preferring the
waterworkS system which would
allow the citizens to use water
thereby giving a revenue to the
city and allowing an extension
from time to time as the finan-
cial ability of the city allowed.
Others thought that on account
of the cost of installation the
fire fighting plan alone was the
better.
In order that some definite
idea of the proposition might be
had the city dads, by resolution,
requested Mr.. Casgrain to sub
NIT a proposition to the council at
an early date covering the de-
tails of his proposition, giving
specifications as to the costs of
installation and the various items
necessary for the system in
cluding not less than five reser-
voirs of a storage capacity of
10000 gallans each, together
with 1000 feet of two and a half
inch hose of good quality. This
Mr.. Casgrain agreed to do with
in ten days from this time.
In conversation with the News
reporter Mr.. a. B. Casgrain, the
representative of the Howe En-
gine Company said that he had
no doubt but that his proposal
which he will make to the city
would meet all the requirements
of the town for many years to
come.
Our fire fighting system will
meet the requirements and reg
ulations of the underwriters of
fire insurance and will raise
your city from the present rat
ing to third class, thereby saw
ing your people many dollars
each year in insurance rates
alone not to speak of the other
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-05

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