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The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-01-07
Louis Saikman Dead.

On Sunday at his home, the
Cruikshank place, about seven
teen miles southwest of town,
Louis Saltzman died from a
stroke of paralysis. He had
just recently recovered from a
stroke when the second came on
Sunday from which he did not
recover.
Mr.. Saltzman came to the
United States from Germany
when about sixteen years of age
and has since resided in the Cen
tral states until about three
years ago when he moved to
Texas. He leaves a wife and
several children to whom the
News extends coincidence.
Mrs. Saltzman and two
sons, William and Albert, ac-
companied the remains to Len
eXa, Kansas for interment.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-01-07
Social at Or. Blacks.
Delayed

DR.. and Mrs. Black enter
tanned at their elegant home on
Wednesday night in honor of
those who took part in the en-
tertainment on Thanksgiving
night under the auspices of the
Ladies Missionary society.
In a contest on Biblical char
acters, Sadie Winkleman and
Wallace Moore drew for first
prize, a box of home made can
dies, which Mr.. Moore. on re-
ceiving, very generously passed
around. DR.. Black and G. G..
Miller drew for the BOBBY and
Mr.. Miller, being winner, was
given a small mirror framed in
green. Games were played,
piano music was furnished by
Miss Word and Mrs. Ecker and
Miss Grace Winkleman gave a
reading for the further enter
tainment of the company after
which dainty refreshments We're
served. Aside from those be-
fore mentioned. the following
were present, Rev. and Mrs.
Groves, DR.. and Mrs. Ingham,
DR.. and Mrs. Stewart, Mr.. and
Mrs. Cowling, Mr.. and Mrs.
Muldrow, Mrs. Hoff, Misses
Susie and Drusilla Knight, Ell
len Donald, Pearl Black, May
Cowling Helen Carter and
Messrs. Joe Black, J. II. Mon
ger, Earl Monger and viii Word.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-01-07
Horsemen Ambushed Near 0immitt.

While near Dimmitt on their
way home from Hereford Satur-
day night. Arthur and James
Boyd were suddenly fired upon
by two unknown assailants.
Several bullets were fired by the
attacking party and the horses
were shot from under the riders
but neither of the Boyds were
hit. When the horses fell, the
assailants disappeared as sudden
ly and mysteriously as they had
appeared, and no intelligent
view of them could be secured.
Dimmitt is aroused to action
by the dastardly deed and wild
stories are being circulated about
the affray, but no plausible cause
for the attack can be learned.
The Boyd's claim to have no idea
of whom their assailants were
nor why they were attacked.
They did not return the fire, but
took refuge behind their dead
horses to save their lives.
1t is generally believedin Dim
mitt that the shooting was the
outcome of previous trouble be-
tween the Boyds and other citi-
zens of that town. The affair is
being investigated and interest
ing developments will probably
result. Amarillo News.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-01-07
rs Catching.

Smile and the world smiles
with you, knock and you go
alone; for the cheerful grin will
let you in where the kicker is
never known. Growl, and the
way looks dreary; Taught, and
the path is bright; for a whole
smile brings sunshine, while
frown shuts out the light. Sing
and the world is harmonious;
grumble and things go wrong,
and all the time you are out OF
rhyme with the busy hustling
throng. Kick and there's trouble
brewing; whistle and life is gay,
and the worlds in tune like a day
in June, and the clouds all melt
away.-Exchange.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-01-07
Christmas Wedding Bells.

On Christmas Eve night at
the Christian Church, Rev. j. j.
Hutchison officiating, Miss EN-
ma Brandon and G. E. Coss were
united in marriage.
The bride is a daughter of our
citizen Geo. A. Brandon and has
been a resident of this place for
more than six years during
which time she has made for
herself an enviable reputation as
a model young lady. She has,
for the past two years, been
clerking in the Canyon Mercan-
tile where she was a prime ia
vorite with all her business asso-
ciateS.
Mr.. Coss came here some two
years ago and is among our most
successful city school teachers.
He has, by his hearty manner
and generous spirit, made warm
friends who wish for him
share of the best things of this
life.
The News wishes for them a
smooth journey down Times
Stream.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-01-07
Would Form Ball League on the Plains.


Pat Murphy of the ST. Louis
American baseball league, is
wintering in Amarillo and inter
esting himself in the organization
of a Panhandle league for the on
coming season.
Mr.. Murphy is an enthusiast
for the national game and states
that there is every reason why
agood league should be organized
in this part of the country.
According to a statement by
Mr.. Murphy, Amarillo, Clovis,
Dalhart, Canyon City, Plainview,
Childress, Wichita Falls and Ros-
well are to be included in the
league. All of that number of
points, Mr.. Murphy says, have
replied favorably with the eXcep-
ton of Wichita Falls and Roswell
no reply haviug yet been receiv-
ed from those two towns.
1t is stated that the outlook is
rrmarkably good for the best
league work ever witnessed in
this portion of the country
Amarillo Daily Panhandle.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-01-07
Pastor Baptist Church

Prichard-Miss Minnie Aarabella
Pridhard, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs ]. l.. Prichard of Canyon
City. died last night in Amarillo.
The body was shipped this fore
noon to Canyon City by the o.
NJ. Eakle establishment. Flu
neral from the family home this
afternoon. Miss Prichard was
in a desperate condition and was
brought to Amarillo a few days
since for surgical treatment.
The case was so extreme, how
ever, that treatment was defer
red.-Wednesday's Daily Pan
handle.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-01-07
Book Club Eutsrtains.

The great social event of tn,
closing year was the entertain
ment of the husbands anC
friends of the members of the
Book Club New Years Eve-eacf
member inviting one.
The spacious and commodious
home of Mr.. and Mrs. L. T. Les
ter being thrown open for the
pleasure of the company, was
beautifully decorated by the ap.
pointed committee in white and
yellow, the club colors, with the
exception of the reception hall
which was hung with numbers
of red Christmas bells. In ad.
ditiOn to white and yellow chrys-
anthemums were an immense
bouquet of American Beauty
roses in the hall and an equally
fine bunch of carnations in the
library. The refreshment table
was dream of beauty in drawn
work linen and centerpiece of
flowers and evergreens.
Entertainment was furnished
by pinning to the walls draw
ings in outline of the individual
states of the Union and mysti-
fed looks and puzzled brows
gave evidence of how close the
guesser was to the limit of his or
hergeographical knowledge when
the proper name was to be given
to the outline, In the library,
the titles of a dozen or more
books We're represented in diff
ferent ways and the guests had
merry times naming the books.
Partners for refreshments We're
found by matching illustrations $
from advertisements which had
been cut in two parts, the cou-
pies thus brought together go
ing to the dining room as the
name of their advertisement
was called. The club color
scheme was carried out in the
refreshments, brick icecream of
white and yellow and cake of
same colors. But the crowning
glory of the whole entertainment
was the prophecy pie. Each
guest pulled a paper from the
pie" by string and upon the
paper was a prophecy for the
coming year. Some of them
were so apt that a gale of laugh
ter followed their reading.
The guests took their depart
lre just in time, as one express
ed it, to see the Old Year pass
followed quickly by the New.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-01-07
Ladies' Aid will give Tea.

On next Tuesday, January IL,
a tea will be given at the home of
Mrs. A. H. Thompson, for the
benefit of the Ladies Aid Society
of the First Baptist Church.
Ladies of the other churches will
be entertained by the society
from 3 to $50 p. m. while the
society itself will enjoy the ev-
ening from s to IL p. N.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-01-07
The Helping Hand.

Now, Mister Browns been com
in here
To see my sister fer year
He stays each Sunday night fer
tea,
An, sometimes has a dime for me.
But | don't hint for dimes, no.
how,
Because my folks they don't al
low.
They say it's wrong to hint for
things,
To take just what good fortune
brings
An not be askin' folks, fer that
Is simple beggin', plain an fat,
But what | started out to tell
Was how | helped sis out so well.
You see, her beau KEEP comm
round
Till nearly every evenin' found
Him sittin in the parlOr here
With sis all dressed up, sittin
near
An I'd talk with 'em till they said
Twas time fer boys to be in bed.
Well. Mister Brown he hever said
A thing about if they should wed
An pa he kicked most all the
night
About the big bills fer tn light,
An ma she vowed that in her day
TIL men knowed how to say their
say.
O. course, though, sis she could
not speak
To Mister Brown-that would
be cheek,
Itwould be hintin', too, you know
Fer her to menshun it, an, so
Las night l up an asst him this:
Say, do you want to marry sis"
Well, he got red, an sis did, too,
An then he said: You bet | do
If shel have mel" An sis said
She'd tell him when I'd got to
bed.
They say l limited then, but still
My pa gave me a dollar bill.
Chicago Evening Post.
G. G.. Foster went to Plainview
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-01-07
0. Z. Stewart was in town
Tuesday from Fort Worth.

0. Z. Stewart was in town
Tuesday from Fort Worth.
DR.. Barr made us a short visit
the first of the week from Plain
view.
S. H. Heyser returned yester-
day morning from a trip to San
Antonio and Corpus Christi.
We are indebted to a number
our friends for personals" this
week. Your kindness is much
appreciated.
T. F. Reid and wife who have
been visiting a son at Ft. Worth
during the holiday season, re-
turned home this week.
Horace Gooch and Samuel
Samson, both of Amarillo were
among our business callers Mon
day.
Grady Holland returned yes
terday to Fort Worth where he
will resume his studies in the
Medical College. Grady has
been spending the Christmas
holidays with his home folks in
Canyon.
The Ladies' Book club will re-
sumo its study of King Lear on
Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 18th.
On account of the absence from
the city of a number of the mem
bers and the general rush of
the Christmas season. the regu-
lar MEETINGS were suspended for
time but the work will now
be taken up with renewed en-
ergy.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-01-07
Miss Minnie Prichard Dead.

Miss Minnie Prichard, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Prich-
ard, was born Nov. 19, 1888,
died Jan. 5, 1910, her age thus
being q years, 2 months and 16
days. She professed faith in
Christ. in the year 1900, and
was baptised into the first Bap-
tist church of Canyon City the
same year, living faithful and
consistent member of this
church until her death.
Miss Minnie was the second
daughter and the third child of
a family of nine children. Two of
her little brothers proceeded
her to the Good Land, one of
whom was Mr.. and Mrs. Prich-
ards first born.
Miss Prichard had a long spell
of typhoid fever during the fall
months and after her recovery
other things came up which
ended in her death. Every at
tention was given and every eff
fort put forth by her parents
for the restoration of her health,
all to no avail.
She was one of the most de
voted young ladies' in the Bap-
tist congregation.
May Gods grace comfort the.
bereaved family.
j. NJ. Harder,
Pastor Baptist Church
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-01-07
A Wolf Chase.
Delayed

On Christmas day some of the
local sporty inclined pulled off a
wolf chase on the "Danfair"
rsHch. A lone wolf put up a
W,ve fight against two dogs.
n. ne battle was of short duration
but very decisive as those who
witnessed the sport can vouch
for. Some who were present,
C. L. Daniels, W. |. Boyd.
Travis Shaw, G. NJ. Ackerman,
Miles Ackerman, j. A. Wallace
and son. JEFF, Mr.. Gunter and
son, John.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-01-07

The News wishes to notify all
citizens who have stables, sheds
or any other property in the
alleys within the sewerage zone
that they will do well to remove
the same, for when the contract
or starts the ditching machine
to put in sewer pipe, they will
not stop to remove any buildings.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-01-07
Contract For Normal Building Soon to be Let.

Austin, Texas, Jan. 4, 10.
L. E. Cowling, Canyon City.
Contract will be let January
29th. Letter follows.
r. B. Cousins.
Editor News;
AS our citizens are anxious
for normal news, l herewith
hand you a telegram just re-
ceived from Hon. r. B. Cousins
which is self explanatory. From
talks with and personal letters
from Mr.. Cousins, l know that
he is hurrying this matter all he
can. Some of US do not appre-
ciate the magnitude of this Nor
NAL building now but when the
plans and drawings are seen,
then it will dawn upon US what
we are getting. | want to say
also that this school is certainly
being advertised for have re-
ceived dozens of letters from
teachers wanting positions and
they are all the way from Wis
consin to Maine. The male ap-
plicants | am referring to Mr..
Cousins at Austin but the little
envelopes with perfumed letters
| am tileing away and request
ing the applicants to forward
their photos.
Yours trury,
l.. <. Cowling, Trustee.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-01-07

L. Walffarth of Lubbock was
in Canyon the first of the week
looking after business matters.
Miss Minta Gillian returned
Sunday from Portales where
she spent Christmas with rela-
tiveS.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Smith of
Amarillo were Mortified to find
their infant sor, Pascal, dead in
bed Dec. 2Sth. Mrs. Smith is a
daughter of P. D. Casey of this
place.
E. F. Swensen of Denver was
a New Years caller at the News
office. He informed US that his
company was figuring on pur-
chasing the water & sewerage
bonds of Canyon.
A woman worth S125,000, be-
lieving in philanthropy, has
worked for years as a house SER
want. She had the right idea of
what the real philanthropic
needs of the country are.
Fort Worth Record.
Be a News subscriber.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-01-07
| IS RIVAL OF BIBLICAL NlMRoD.
Trophies Sent to Smithsonian
Witt tuition Show Pvwsss.

will open your Bible
n to the tenth chapter of
ieSk of Genesis, which gives
Uof the descendants of Noah
Awill find the name of Nim-
,fod who, it is said, began to be
ia mighty one in the earth. He
Yas a mighty hunter before the
Lord" wherefore it is said "even
as Nimrod the mighty hunter be-
fore the Lord"
Unfortunately we have no cat
alogue of Nimrod's trophies.
There was no national museum
in the neighborhood of Mount
Ararat. The Smithsonian Insti-
tuition did not exist in those days.
Mesopotamia was entirely with
out magazines and newspapers.
Therefore we have no means of
comparison, but it is perfectly
safe to assert that, even if Nim-
rod was a mighty hunter before
the Lord, there are others. The
odore Roosevelt, like Nimrod, the
son of Cush, began to be a mi
ghty one in the earth" long before
he went to Africa, and since he
started in pursuit of lions;. hip
popotami, giraffe and other beasts
of the field and jungle, he has
shown himself to be a mighty
hunter before the Lord and has
sent home more than 800 casks
and bales of trophies and me-
nagerie of living things to prove
it.
The serious work of preparing
the Roosevelt trophies for eXhi-
bition will begin next week.
Scientific tanners of great skill
and long experience are on their
\way to Washington, and the at
mosphere around the basement
of the Smithsonian Institution
will be redolent of pungent odors
such as arise from the contact of
acids and other chemical agen-
cies that are employed to arrest
the forces of nature. 1t will be
more than year before any
thing will be ready for exhibi-
ton. The Roosevelt trophies
will be set up in the new muse
um building which is nearly com
pleted and it will doubtless be
open to visitors next fall. But
it will take at least a year to tan
and stuff the hides and mount
and install the other trophies
which have been received from
Africa. Exchange.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-01-07

Mrs. P. d. Casey and children
left on Tuesday for Kingston,
Ga. where they were called to
the bedside of their grandmoth-.
er who is very i'll.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-01-07

Rev. o. Hoemann of Plainview
was here Tuesday of this week.
He reports that the work of his
church is progressing there.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-01-07
New Year Resolutions That We're not Made.
Yours trury,
l.. E. Cowling, Trustee.

| have resolved that | will let
The public have a show at last;
I'll demonstrate that | regret
The course I've held to in the
past:
I'll be the peoples friend inneed
Their interests shall claim my
The greedy ones shall in their
greed
Find me their scourge and
their despair.
-N.is-n w. Aldr-ch.
Ill give up trying to appear
To hate the wealth in my pos
session;
| will not hesitate this year
To make a clear and bold con
fesSion:
I'll cease pretending for awhile
That wealth's a burden, heav-
en- bless it.
III not deny that I've a pile
Nor that I'm glad that l pos
SeSS it.
J. D. R-ck-f-l-r.
I'll strive to keep the nations
quiet,
To strengthen peace and make
it sure;
1t may be hard. but | will try it,
And | will keepmyself obscure;
And furthermore l will endeavor
With all my courage and my
wits
To never do thing whatever
To throw the English into fits.
Emp. W-ll,m.
My resolution for this year
May or may not be interesting;
Far from the gumdrop | will
steer
When in confections I'm invest
ing;
I'll loiter in some climate where
I'll need no snow shoes nor
tobOggan;
And hunt for other things to
Than rose-wreathS made in
Copenhagen.
F. A. OK.
Before this day is done
| wish to make a VOW
A simple little one,
And l will make it now;
When sail home will
Land quietly somewhere
And keep so very still
They'll never know I'm there.
T. r.
Rev. o. Hoemann of Plainview
was here Tuesday of this week.
He reDOrtS that tho work of his
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-01-07
Notice Of Change.

We beg to announce that we
have sold our business in Can
yon to S. A. Shotwell and H. J..
Sevall who will take charge on
Monday, January 10, 1910. We
sincerely thank the public for
their liberal patronage in the
past and bespeak for the new
firm a continuance of the same.
Those indebted to US will
please call at the Office at once
and arrange settlement, either
with cash or by note.
CROWDUS BROS Il HUME Co.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-01-07

G. G. Foster went to Plainview
Tuesday.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-07-14

to the mystery she fancled was in her
hand. She had such occupation before
her as she had never hoped to come
upon in a desert island, at least. The
rope added to her security. By piling
stones before the entrance to the cave
and reinforcing them with the boards
from the wreck of the boat and some
fallen tree branches on the shore, she
made a sort of barrier to it, not a
barrier that would have kept out Of
the cave any one who desired to enter,
but one which would have to be re-
moved before one could enter. And
she so arranged matters, tying the end
Of the rope to her wrist, that any at
tempt to remove it would Immediately
waken her. That night she slept Sc
cure and unmolested.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-07-14
CHAPTER ~.
Lesson and Labor.

Lesson and LABOR.
The task to which she set herself In
the morning would have been an i'm
possible one to many women, and in
deed it was a hard one to her. The
buried boat lay in the sand some rods
distant from the nearest tree. There
was absolutely no shelter from the
fierce heat OF the tropic sun. She was
not yet fully accumstomed to 1t, and
indeed perhaps she never would be
able to endure it without some sort
of a head covering. She improvised
a bonnet from the leaf of low spring
ing palm tree, which, with her remain
ing handkerchief, she tied about her
head. And then with her watchful
friend by her side she descended the
beach to the boat and began to dig.
1t was hard and very tedious work.
With the fiat make.shift shovel in the
shape of the rough piece of board 1t
was almost impossible to lift the sand.
Yet she attacked the task resolutely
and persevered sturdily for a long
time until the sweat beaded her fore
head, her back ached, her hands, I'M
used to manual toll of any kind were
almost blistered. She realized at last
that she would have to give it over.
She wondered as she ceased her
labors whether the constant observa-
ton which the man had subjected her
to would enable him to continue the
work. AS an experiment she handed
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brought back things he could neither
understand nor utter, and yet which
meant something to him.
"John!" she cried again, coming
nearer to him.
She thrust out her hand; she touch
ed him. Again she noticed that strange
emotinn consequent upon her touch.
She laid her hand upon his shoulder.
There was amity, confidence, reas-
surance. She patted him as she might
a dog.
"John!" she said, and then she
turned away and walked toward the
shore.
Ubediently he followed her. She
tnrust the knife between her waist
and the rope which she had rapidly
twisted about her. middle and walked
on in triumph. If he had learned
something, so had she. Some one else
had called this man John in days gone
by. The sound was not unfamiliar to
him. He answered to his name. That
was he, John Revell Charnock! She
felt as II she were entering upon the
solution Of the mystery of his pres
ence. Perhaps the morrow would tell
She would examine that boat and
those decaying evidences of humanity
on the farther shore.
She felt elated that night ere she
went to sleep In the cave. The clew
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-07-14

him the shovel, stepped out of the ex-
cavation she had made and pointed
toward it. He understood instantly.
She was surprised at the unusual
quickness Of his apprehension, for he
set to work with right good will and
in minute the sand was flying. She
noticed half in envy how much more
progress he made than she could eff
feet What was labor for her was
play for him, and yet after a little
space he stopped, threw down the
shovel and looked at her.
She had got in the habit of speak
ing to him as If he understood, so she
pointed to the shovel again, exclaim-
ing:
Pick 1t up and go on"
Her meaning was obvious to him If
aer language was not. 1t equally was
evident to her that he had no desire
whatever tc proceed with his task, but
he was still under the constraint of
her superior personality and presently
he did as she babe him. 1t amused
her to reflect that to all the other les
sons, so remarkable as almost to make
his brain reel and whirl, he was now
learning the lesson of toll. If she could
only keep pace with these great alb
stract concepts she was putting into
his being by giving him some mental
realization Of them. 80 that the spirit
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-07-14
CTo BE CONTINUED
plenty 10 Do.

you seem to be doing good bust.
ness" said the meter reader to the
druggist.
ITS unusually good tonight" re-
piled the cheerful druggist. I've had
seven patrons who asked to see the
city directory, Ave who used the tele
phone, IL who bought postage stamps,
and one who wanted me to remove
his porous plaster. It's rush of bust
ness like this that makes a druggist
wish he had been brought up motor
man or truck driver. "--CleVelan
Plain Dealer.