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FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 20, 1830.
Ec-tice.
Those who receive a paper tins week
with a cross on it will understand that
their subscription is out and unless
they remit at once this will be the last
copy of the paper sent them. We have
sent copy after copy with a cross on, to
delinquent subscribers and have re-
Hi
lie comes well
Ui.-ii. v . >•- • id * i-1
has located with us.
the Sutherland Hotel.
recommended from his old home.
Messrs. McKnight & Crabtree have
bought the lumber yard at this place
and have reduced prices 011 all kinds
of lumber. They are receiving a new
stock and will sell everything in the ;r;f
line of lumber, hardware and building
material at not torn prices.
Canadian's legal lights have all re-
turned from the Lipscomb court. They
have not "come home to die,'" but to
THE PAKKAKDLE
ceived no response. We have not the
time nor the inclination to drive j rest for a few days, as 01:1* legal talent
around and see them, or write each one
The state of Texas has been des-
cribed as an empire in itself. The
phrase is a just one. V;sst in extent
and wonderful in its agricultural and
industrial capacity, it is bound to be
one of the most magnificent municipal-
ities in the civilized v.*crM. And the
grandest and most fertile section of
this great state 13
THE PANHANDLE,
which is the descriptive name given to
the northwest portion of the state,
i; tl 1 ¡i aii-1 - :
The average heights of the x-iuins
above the bed of the Canadian river is
700 feet, and the average distance from
the upper level, or l*cap rock"' of the
plains, as it is called, to that river is
about eighteen miles.
Some coal is found in the northern
t' * i T
'i exas
Oonditiors ef Sale-
Lands'
R 1). MeivNIGliT,
The public lands in the Panhandle of
Texas are owned by the state of Texas
and have been classified as pasture, ag-
part of Dallam county, and as the leg- ! ricultural, and timber lands. These
asking if they will not please send us
$1 50, and have tired of sending them
marked copies. -
bounded on the north by the narrow-
is so well known all over the Panhan- public land strip, on the west by New
die they are not allowed to remain j Mexico and on the east by the Indian
at home more than a few days at a Terriio'y. It contains 27 counties, viz:
tir.:e. being called to remote sections of j Dallam. Sherman. Hansford. Ochiltree,
Lipscomb, Hartley, Moore, Ilutchin-
LOf'AL AM) PERSONAL
Come to Canadian on the ISth.
Streets are crowded with homeseek-
ers.
the country on legal business.
Hon. L. E. Finch and son came son« Roberts, Hemphill, Oldham, Pot-
•wn from Brrlingame Mcnday night, ter, Carson, Gray. Wheeler, Deaf
Finch, Lord ¿c Nelson's fine stock were Smith, Randall. Armstrong, Donley, hinds of f 1 nit and foliage tiees fioiiiish
1 ~ ~ ■ ~ - in this climate and soil when protected
from fires.
islature has just passed an appropria-
tion for the geological survey of the
state a more thorough knowledge of
the extent of these Texas coal fields
may soon be obtained.
The prairie fires which in years past
have swept over this region have pre-
vente! the growth of timber, except in
the canons and in the immediate vicin-
ity of the numerous streams and
springs, where cedar. Cottonwood and
hackberry grow rapidly. Recent ex-
periments have demonstrated that all
awarded so many premiums at the Collinsworth, Greer, Palmer, Castro,
countv fair held there la-1 week that Swisher, Brisco, Hall and Childress.
Cattle are still being shipped from j üie J"<lges v-ere compelled to call aj having an area of nearly 9,000,000
here.
J. II. Hopkins has gone to Topeka
t«> attend the fair.
Our merchants all report doing a
large and increasing trade.
%'i Jno T>dd. man isrer Texas Land
i Cuttle < V ¡s in the citv.
halt and give a few to < ther portions of acres.
the county, as they were afraid a fair
would be a
con tin n ed.
Among the many solid men of the
This is the only large body of unoc-
failure next year if they j cupied lands of unquestionable fertility
in the United States and they can be
furnished at a price so low and
Panhandle we noticed at Lipscomb ; terms so favorable that they are witli-
Mr. Xew t Locke, district and : in easy reach of the humblest son of
county clerk of Wheeler county, not- ¡ toil who has the ambition and energy
N !a Oliver of Mobeetie was in the withstanding he knocked an editor to enter and develop their resources
city the first part of the week.
Mrs. Geo. Ford, Jr and the children
are in Kansas visiting friends.
Mr. Dave llargrave of Roberts coun-
ty. was in the city Wednesday.
Mr. Jno. llerrington and family re-
turned from Kansas this week.
Messrs. Brown and Hall were down
from Hutchinson county Tuesday.
* Sheriff Jas. Gober of Potter county,
has been acquitted of killing Givens.
O. S. Jordan of Macon, Ga.. is here
on a \isit to his friend, C. B. Willing-
Lam.
Maj. Julius Shloss of Panhandle
City, shipped some cattle from here
Sunday.
W. J. McDonald went through en
the train Tuesday bouud for the Neut-
ral Strip.
WANTED—A good cobbler, also
blither, to locate in this town. A good
opening for both.
If yon want to keep posted as to the Po-
litical Complexion of the Panhandle rec.d
the PSEE PRESS.
Six hundred and forty acres good,
smooth land in Hutchinson county,
pries $1.25 per acre.
C. B. Willingham, manager of the
Hansford Land & Cattle Co's ranch,
was in town Monday.
Jno. Lord and Assessor Seaber of
Roberts countv, were in the city this
week purchasing supplies.
II. M. liowe of Itowe Bros., Chil-
dress county, was in the city Sunday
ami M nday shipping cattle.
Mr. Walstead, one of the old settlers
of Ochiltree county, was in town
Thursday purchasing supplies.
We have 126 acres of good smoot!'
land for sale in Ilartly countv at 81.50
down while there. We doubt not but
that the aforesaid editor deserved it
or he would not have been floored.
Editors, like common people, should be
very careful what they do or say.
O ICO. OliTlI.ACTI
Sells Salt pork for S cts. per lb.
Evaporated apples for 8 cts. per lb.
111b brown sugar for 81.00.
Green coffee 20 cts. per lt>.
15Jb prunes for 81.00.
White Rose flour, $2.25 per 100.
Old Gold 82.40 " "
Golden Sheaf *' $2.50 " "
Mr. Editor,
Dear Si it, I am in receipt of a let-
ter of recent date from See*y F. P.
Crastro of American Council, No. 51,
of .New York city, of the Order of
Chosen Friends, of which Council I am
a member, requesting me "for the good
of the Order,*' and at tlie request of
the Council as a body, to furnish them
by means of a letter to be read before
the Council all information possible
concerning this county in particular
and country in general.
This Council or Lodge consists of
nearly one hundred and fifty business
and professional men and their fami-
lies. They are physicians, lawyers,
real estate dealers, builders and men
engaged in various kinds of business,
and to such men I desire to furnish
full, concise and above all, authentic
information regarding the resources
and capibilities, the probable future
(together wit-'i prices of land and laws
contr Hing same) ef this part of the
Panhandle of Texas.
Realizing that my short residence
here has not enaMed me i<> fully ac-
quaint in; self with the county and i'.s
rc.'i le. its capabilities, its possibilities,
what can and what cam. -t ] v snccess-
f 11 v raised, e'e.. ai.d kno
:a: von to
per acre. Inquire at this office.
. .. r .i , • , , 11 e an old resident and believing you to
A hue line of fall-and winter dress
, , . . be m full accord with the best interests
goods, latest styles and designs just
received at Chambers & Hays.
4428 acres in a solid bedy in Dallam
county; price $2 jkt acre. This is one
of the best counties in the Panhandle.
1 Mr. Jas. Mackenzie, manager of the
Cress well Ranch and Cattle Co's ranch
in Ochiltree county, has gone to Den-
ver.
Chambv s & Flays have just received
a large stock of fall goods. Special re-
ductions made in prices on all summer
goods.
State Agent Jno. IIoffer came up
Tuesday and drove over into Roberts
county. Miami Sentinel, please take
liolice.
3500 acres near the centre of Gray
countv in a so.id body watered by two
< itks; pi ici'$17 j per acre. Inquire
at this otlice.
'■ Boots." Jim BenVs raccoon gets
drunk most everv day. His chum, a
young wild cat, is sfc^tly temperate—
except in disposition.
Judge A> A. Parsell of Roberts
county, was in the city Thursday load-
ing up with supplies. The Judge
wears a smile on his face now.
The heavy rain of last Saturday
placed the ground in good condition.
We hope our farmers will take advan-
tage of it and sow a largo acreage in
wheat.
Canadian society has received a val-
uable addition in the return of Mrs.
Ilenry Hamburg from Sherman, where
sire has been for several weeks visiting | settlement of Hemphill county w ill
write and tell what they know. \> e
and development of the community. I
herewith respectfully request your aid
in the matter.
I would further request that you
through the columns of your represen-
tative paper invite your subscribers
and all who wish to to furnish me by
mail or through the medium of the
Canadian Free Press, their personal
experiences with crops and gardening,
the raising of cattle and hogs, the
breeding of horses, droturht-, rains and
rainfall, anecdotes, statistics or any-
thing and everything that has come
under their notice that is likely to be
of interest and that they may see fit to
offer.
All communications v. ill be appreci-
ated and duly acknowledged and their
aid and responses may redound to their
credit or profit as well as to that of my
lodge friends.
Mr. Editor, it remains with you to
set the "ball a rolling."
Yours, very respectfully.
Turkey Creek. E. S. Gesner.
Sept íídnl. 1880.
We would suggest that our readers
study the above letter well. There is
more in it than a person would suppose
at a glance. Mr. Gesner is from New
York city where he formerly ran a coal
yard. lie learned something of this
county in some way and came out a
few months ago and settled. Now a
number of people from the same sec-
tion are asking for information. We
hope those who are interested in the
her mother.
If you find an X opposite your name
on your paper, you will know that your
subscription has expired. An early
renewal will be appreciated, as it takes
money to run a newspaper.
That soild business man of Cana-
dian, Mr. D. B. Veateh, returned from
Kingman and Wichita this week. He
reports all Kansas on a boom as a
result of good crops everywhere.
Our modest and popular postmaster,
Locke drove over to Mobeetie Tuesday
returning Wednesday with his family.
(It is a bouncing girl.) Mother and
child are well and Matt is smiling.
W. A. Henderson -was arrested at
offer and would be glad to publish all
letters giving the experiences of the
writer. _
To Chicago.
The Chicago, Santa Fe and Califor-
nia Railway is the shortest line be-
tween Kansas City and Chicago. The
handsomest train in the world leaves
Kansas City union depot daily at 6 p.
m., and arrives in Chicago the next
morning at 9 o'clock. A select library
for the use of passengers, properly ap-
pointed smoking accommodations and
handsome sleeping and reclining chair
cars are in this train, which is lighted
by electricity and heated by steam. A
Miami J. McDonald and taken I competent elsctrician accompanies
south the first part of the week charged eacl> train t0 atte,,,, t0 the h«hts " d
with killing a man in the Public strip
two years ago. Another good affidavit
man gone.
Miss Capitola Gerlach of this place,
has taken charge of the Miami public
school. The citizens of Miami are to
be congratulated upon securing one so
well fitted by grace, dignity and accom-
plishments to teach their school.
signals. It connects in Chicago with
the new fast express trains 011 the
eastern lines, which all leave Chicago
after 10:00 a. m. Ask for your tickets
via Kansas City and the Chicago,
Santa Fe and California.
J. J. Byrnk, W. F. White,
Asst Gen Pass Agt. Traffic Man'gr.
II. A. Bonn, Western Pass. Agent,
S12 Main St.. Kansas Citv, Mo.
Aside from the adaptability of these
lands for agricultural purposes, there
is a mild climate throughout the entire
year, where farmers are not, from nec-
essity, compelled to expend the whole
earnings of the summer to provide for
the necessities of the winter.
There are transportation facilities
affording advantages with reference to
established and permanent markets,
where both the cost of production and
consumption are much reduced, when
compared with that of the older settled
states between the lakes and the Mis-
souri river, and where the great ques-
tions of lumber and fuel supply are
solved, whereby the coal fields of Colo
rado and the pine forests of southeast-
ern Texas are rendered accessible at
reasonable cost.
The history of the pioneer farmers
who settled and developed the great
country west of the Mississippi river,
in acquiring lands at two or three dol-
lars per acre, and having them en-
hanced ten or twenty fold within a few7
years, thus creating wealth while en-
joying the comforts of a life of iudu -
try, will be repeated in this new field,
and with quicker results than have
ever been realized in the past.
The climate and situation of the
Panhandle of Texas, combined with
the richness aud sustaining power of
the native grasses, make it preemi-
nently a grazing country, and it can be
considered in that connection by in-
tending settlers. But this need not
cause any detraction from the country
for the purpose of close agricul-
tural pursuits. To the agricultur-
ist who seeks in the Panhandle for
a home the inducement is held out that
he can obtain a pasture also. The
state permits a settler to purchase 640
acres at 8'2 per acre on long time at
live per cent, interest, one small pay-
ment being made at the time of filing
10 bind the bargain. The state does
not permit the settler to <ile 011 the
land and then reside in Chicago or
elsewhere. The settler is required to
settle on the land and make permanent
improvements.
The actual settler never settles 011
less than a section, and there is no ob-
ligation to cultivate any portion of it,
but he can cultivate so much as he de-
sires. and it is a sensible move to fence
in the entire section, reserving the
grass as agifinst the roving stock loose
upon the prairie.
Of the unsettled lands of the United
States in states and territories the ac-
tual settler can obtain but 160 acres,
lie gets this free, but in so many terri-
tories so much of the land is taken up
that the choice is very limited and de-
sirable tracts are scarce, if situation
and soil are both considered. I11 Texas
all the land has to be paid for, but 040
acres of agricultural land and three
sections of grazing land can be had by
one individual. Where the land has
permanent water upon it the section
costs $3 per acre, but 25 cents per acre
will pay to water any section of the
Panhandle by wells and windmills, so
that the dry lands are the cheapest and
least broken.
The Panhandle of Texas is a country
inviting a special class of settlers;
those for example who can handle one
to four sections of ground and bring
enough capital to start themselves
right with good teams and agricultu-
ral implements, money for fencing and
a few good stock to graze the abundant
grasses while the crops are maturing.
To such a class of settlers the Panhan-
dle offers more advantages than any
other new country.
DESCRIPTION
The country varies greatly in sur-
face, soil and quality of watei. To-
ward the south and east the surface is
abrupt and broken, containing large
beds of gypsum and numerous salt
springs. The northwestern portion,
extending from the divide between
Mulberry creek and the Salt fork of
Red river, to the New Mexico line, is
ot a rolling character, with many
creeks and water courses with broad
rolling prairies between.
To the south and east the land des-
cends by easy slopes to the Red river
basin, and on the north and west to
the Canadian and its tributaries.
There are numerous fresh w*ater lakes,
around which grow the most luxuriant
grasses. In tlie eastern part the soil
ranges from a light sandy to a choco-
late loam, some of the hillsides and
'•breaks" l>eing bald, gravelly knobs.
In the northwestern the predominat-
ing soils ai*e the "black waxv.r rich
This extensive region is a vast, undu-
lating prairie, except where it is broken
by the Canadian river, which runs
from west to east entirely through it.
and as rich in soil as Illinois, and more
on ! fertile in promise than Kansas. Very
little farming has been done in the
upper Panhandle, but there has been
enough to justify the belief that it will
be the great wheat producing section
of the United States, not surpassed, if
equaled, by either Oregon, Washington
Territory or Dakota. The average al-
titude being some four thousand feet
above the sea, makes it a country of
extreme heaithfulness. Consumption
and kindred diseases do not originate
here. It is above the zone of yellow-
fever, and malaria is unknown. It is
destined to become the home of a
healthy, hardy race of people, and that
which is true of the human race ap-
plies equally well to the health of all
domestic animals. The nights are al-
ways cool, and the summers are thus
much more endurable he "e than m the
northern states, while the winters, on
the other hand. 011 account of its south-
ern latitude, are mild, and there is no
month of the winter in which the far-
mer may not follow his avocation with-
out hindrance.
The average rain-fall in this section,
as shown by the meteorological tables
kept at Fort Elliott for the last eight
years, has been 27.8 inches annually.
From the upper Panhandle the precip-
itation increases slightly as you
approach the gulf, until the average
reaches some thirty inches annually at
Dallas and Fort Worth. As twenty-
tour inches annual rainfall is consid-
ered all that is necessary, it will be
seen there is an abundance of rain ali
the way from Raton Range to the gulf.
—American Breeder.
Big Bargain-
A one-third interest in 960 acres of
land for sale for $350.
Notics!
The A. T. & S. F. railroad will sell
harvest excursion tickets from any
point on its line to the Panhandle for
one fare for the round trip. These
tickets will be sold on Aug. 6 and 20.
September 10 and 24. and October S
only. Limited to number of days
necessary for continuous passage. Re-
turn limit 80 days from date of sale.
Those having friends who think of
visiting the Panhandle should be ad-
vised of this.
Summer Tourist Sates.
may be settled upon and purchased at
from Í2 to 5" per acre, by actual set
lers, in quantities not less than 160
nor more than 640 acres of agricultural
amis,nor more than four sections of
grazing or pas in re lands. County
clerks will give information as to the
value placed upon each section of land
¡11 his county and from whom also
blank applications to purchase can l>e
procured. To secure these lands the
purchaser makes his selection and de-
scribes the same in his appli-
cation. The whole sum to be paid is
divided into forty annual payments.
The first payment in cash, with thirty-
nine notes drawing five per cent, inter-
est per annum, are forwarded toll. M
Hall, State Land Commissioner, Aus-
tin, Texas. Sale is held as effected
when this application to purchase to-
gether with the first payment and t he
notes properly executed covering the
deferred payments, shall have been re-
ceived, and tiled with the commission-
er.
The greatest depth of the ocean is
eight and three-quarter miles or seven-
teen thousand feet more than the
height of Mount Everett, the highest
mountain in the world.
FOR SALE:—A Bargain. 480 acres
of land; level and rich soil; 3 miles east
of this town. Price $2.00 per acre.
This is cheap for it as the owner must
sell. Inquire at this office.
If you dont believe we will make you
prices to suit the times, come and try
us. Chambers & Hays.
If yon want to keep ported on the Cat-
tle Markets read the FEES TRUSS. We
will pablióh tlie latest reports during the
summer.
Ladies and gentlemen, call and see
our mammoth st x'k of boots and shoes
just received. Chambers & IIays.
If you want to make a good invest-
ment, send to W. S. Decker for his li.*.t
and prices of cheap lands in the Pan-
handle.
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Hardware - Furniture - Groceries,
STOVES, TINWARE. QUEEXSWARE, WAGONS. FLOWS, PUJUi S
windmill ;, barb wire, window glass,gasoline,oil.
It will pay to get my prices before buyiug.
canadian, TEXAS.
headquarters for bargains.
o.
—DLALE1
HAYS.
C1II.
b
OQTS, SHOES, HATS and CAPS
109s.
% #
Iierelies' \í/
cap.
And all articles in the General Dry G-oodsHne.
Buying at great bargains, we defy competition. The only exclusive house
of the kind in city. We cordially invite all to call, éxamiue
our stock and be convinced.
Prices to Suit the Times-
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IMJVIIV STREET,
CANADIAN, TEXAS.
Temporal uro Record.
For the past week, as recorded at the Free
Pa ess o.Iice each day ; t " p. in.:
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Mean temperature,
Saturday, Sept 14.
-- 70-
Sunday,
15.
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Monda v, "
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-- 7J
Tuesday, "
17.
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Wednesday 44
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Thursday,, 44
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Friday,
20,
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No. 14
Citation.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
Colorado and Las Vegas Hot Springs
New Mexico, hav° become famous as
pleasure and health resorts. As the
"heated teinr'approaches, many peo-
ple are preparing for a summer tour to
the mountains. They should keep in
mind that the Santa Fe Route has
double daily train service, with through
Pullman sleepers, to all western points.
Round trip tourist tickets, at reduced
rates, to Denver, Colorado Springs,
Pueblo, Trinadad and Las Vegas Hot
Springs are now 011 sale at all coupon
ticket offices. For further informa-
tion, call 011 or address
N. F. Howard, Agent,
A. T. & S. F. R. R.,
Canadian, Texas.
Geo. T. Nicholson, G. P. & T. A.,
A. T. & S. F. R. R.,
Topeka, Kansas.
California Excursions.
Low-priced excursions to California
and Pacific coast points were first es-
tablished by the Santa Fe Route.
These excursions have been success-
fully run over this line for years, but
have been managed by well-known
outside excursion agencies. Since Jan-
uary, 1889, the Santa Fe Company has
been running special California excur-
sion parties, conducted by its own em-
ployes, engaged especially for the
work. They will continue this ar-
rangement—the excursions leaving
Kansas City every Friday evening.
The ticket rates are the regular second
class rates. Pullman Tourist Sleeping
Cars, with all acessories, are furnished
at the rate of $3.00 per double berth.
Kansas City to California points. The
excursions are personally conducted,
and every comfort and convenience of
travel are guaranteed to members of
these parties. Those who contemplate
a trip to the Pacific Coast, and wish to
save expense, should inform themselves
regarding these excursions. For folder
containing full particulars, dates,
rates, etc., address
N. F. Howard, Agent,
A. T. & S. F. R. R.,
Canadian, Tex.
Geo. T. Nicholson, G. P. & T. A.,
A. T. & S. F. R. R.,
Topeka. Kansas.
TO THE SHERIFF OU ANY CONSTABLE OF HEMP-
HILL COUNTV—Oil EETING:
Oath therefor having' horn made as re-
quired by ia-.v, you r.rt* here'ny commanded
that, t y making- publication o; this citation in
:-omo nett\spa\i r pu hslu-d in said county onec
a week lor lour consecutive weeks previous
to the return day hereof, you summon .joso
iJcmez. defendant, to he and appear Lei;¡re
the District Court, to bo hold -a in and lor the
a'.orcsaid County of Hemphill, at the Court
liou.-e thereof in Cunadiu 1 011 the third Mon-
day in November, I . then and there to an-
swer tae petition of Simen McCarthy and
Margaret 11. McCarthy piaimiirs, filed in said
Court on the ::."th (iav of Muy 1883. and num-
bered on the docket of said Court Fourteen
against the said Jose Gomez and alleging in
substance as follows:
That the plaintiffs on or about the 1.1th day
of November, I:v., settled upon, owned ¡>nd
controlled what was then thought to be J.ot
Xo. 13 in block íí) in the town ot t anu;iii n and
cccupied the same as their home; that about
March 31st, IS-^S, j lvintiiTs learned that said lot
was not a ¡.art of s lid town piat, but was real
ly a portion of the fol'o vin-r described tract
of lan l situated in Hemphill county, Te?;us
and being then and there unappropriated pub-
lic domain ot the stato of Texas:
(hi the waters of Canadian river about
mile South, 45 degrees west from Canadian
City, al out 92 miles north and :'2 west of the
initial monument on the lOOrh meridian W. I..
Beginning at the south-west corner ol' survey
IT.;, block 41, of the Houston & Texas Central
It. 11. Co. lands in the county and state afore-
snid. as established by.I. Long, state surveyor,
in h:s resurvey of said Block 41, the same be-
In,? a stake marked r , W. 173, an earth mound
and four pits. Thence west at 1197 varas cross
the Southern Kansas 11. Ti. track, at r«!0 varas
pass a st ke marked S. W. 77, the same being
the south-west corner of survey No. 77, Block
4:T. of the H. & T. C. It. It. Co. land, as cstab
lished by said J. Long. 2018 varas, an earth
mound and four pits from which a ccttonwood
S inches in diameter bears N. 234 degrees VV.
I4ü varas another cottonwood 13 inches diam-
eter bears N. 3fHi degrees W. 11J 3-5 varas.
Thence south 345 varas an earth mound and
four pits on the noith line of the Henry ffeni-
bol i survey. Thence east crossing the South-
ern Kansas R. R. track 2G18 varas toan earth
mound and four pits in the north lin-? of the
David Sanders survey, from which t<:e south
end of Court House in the town of T^anadirn
bears N. 3-'J degrees W. Thence north 345
varas to the place of beginning, containing
lf>0 acres.
That being entitled to receive s homestead
donation of 16 acres cf land from said state
upon complying with the terms and conditions
prescribed by law, Margaret 11. McCarthy.
¡.iaintiiT, made application for a survey of
«ame and aftici: vit of actual and bona fide set
tlement on same, which application and aCi
davit were filed and recorded as required by
law; that she is and has been since said 15th
day of November. 1 ^7, an actual bona fide
settler on said land and that no other person
or persons has so been; that about February
20,18S;>, defendant Jose Gcinez made t.ppliea
tion for a preemption of said land and affidavit
as an actual bor a Sde settler on fame in gcoc
faith, vhich application and affidavit were
filed and recorded, but that defendant was not
at said date a citizen of the state of Texas
but of the Republic of Mexico: that said affi-
davit was false, fraudulent, untrue and void,
ih ":t defendant is not and never was an actual
bona fiile settler in good faith on said land and
was not under the law entitled to r preemption
of same; that defendant is setting up claim-
ing and avowing ownership unlawfully to sa d
land, which claim is a cloud on plaint if!V title
to their damage Sl.G.d; that plaintiffs have
complied wi-h all the frnis and conditions of
the homestead laws and were entitled lore
eeive said land as a homestead donation, and
have made improvements on same to the
value of §1,000; and praying for judgement
declaring null and void the file, location and
surve made by and for defendant, *that the
right, title and claim of plaintiffs be confirmed
against defendant and all others claiming by,
through or under him, for writ of restitution,
damages, costs of suit and general relief.
This action is brought for trespass io try
title as well as for damept-s.
Herein fail not. but have yon thrn and there,
before «liii Court t'• :.j writ, with your return
thereon, skewing how you have executed the
same.
Issued this the l~th dr.y of September, A. D.
1^3.
Vitpecs: .7 TT. ITcpinn=. Clerk of the FMs-
tric! • ourtofTTomphnSco-r.tr. Given nndr-r
niy hrud and the of said «Vurt, a.t office,
this the 1-th daj cf September, A D. 1S89.
DEALER IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
AND OUTFITTERS.
We carry the LARGEST and BEST seiec-
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GROCERIES, FLOUR and MEATS
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We will give you better prices for CASII than any other store in the r n-
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MAIN ST., CANADIAN, TEXAS.
HEMPHILL COUNTY OFFICERS
Judge,
Sheriff,
Deputy Sheriff,
L'icrk, ...
Treasurer.
County Attorney,
Justice of the l'cace,
\ssessor.
Mirveyor,
R. E. Polly
T. T. McGee
A. M. Tarbill
.1. II. Hopkins
J.J. Gerlach
irst District,
-econd District,
t hird District,
Fourth District,
Nelse Peet
It. C. Nail
W. II. II. Cunningham
COMMISSIONERS.
Da\ id Fay
- Wm. Itickard
J. W. Bradburn
District Judge,
district Attorney,
Wiliiam Grooms
Frank Willis
F. E. Miller
TERMS OF COURT:
County Court, for both civil and criminal
insiness, first Monday in February, Maj\
August and November, and maj' remain in
-fession three weeks.
Regular terms of the Commissioner's Court
second Mondays in February, May, August
and November.
SCHOOL TRUSTEES.
j.J Sutherland, II. M. Baker & W. Crabtree.
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Dealers in
Fine Wines and
Liquors.
RAILWAY TIME TABLE.
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry.
in fiffect sunday, junk 17, 188Í .
Trains arrive and depart as follows:
East bound, passenger and express, - U: 22 a m
freight. 2:00pm
West bound, passenger and express, <7: l*1 ¡> in
" freight, 8:50pm
N. F. Howakd, Agent.
Only Pure Goods kept
in stock.
importad and Domestic Cigars i specialty.
v
Only place in the city that keep*the
worlds-famous Schlitz beer.
Canadian,
Texas.
THE MAILS.
Mail is received daily from both north and
south.
Post office is open every day except Sunday
from 8 a. in. to ü p. m. Open Sunday from 8 to
10 a. m. and from 5 to 9 p. m.
Mail frota the East open at 7.00 p. m.
Mail from the Weit open at 9 a. m.
Registry Department closes every day at 5
p..m.
Mail for Cataiine leaves each Saturday at
7 a. in., and arrives from there at 5 p. m.
Mail for Adobe Walls leaves ench Saturday
at 5 a. m., and arrives from there each Friday
at 12:00 p.m. M. A. Locke, P. M.
THE FREE PRESS
contains more texas news Til an
a li. of tii15 other panhandle
papers combined.
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—- Clerk restrict Court,
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P.y A, C. YOUNG, Deputy.
W.H. Woodman. lírown-nTá: Mnddf v.. Free-
nan Ü. Miller. Attorneys lor plaintiffs.
IT IS THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM
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All work done neatly and at short
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Decker, W. S. The Canadian Free Press. (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, September 20, 1889, newspaper, September 20, 1889; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183716/m1/3/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.