The Randall County News. (Canyon City, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1910 Page: 4 of 8
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THE KANDALL COUNTY NEWS. JANUARY 21. 91Q.
The Randall County News
My Chat. K. Necdham
I. B. Christman Managing Editor
Entered l iKMtoftipe it Cnson. Tetas. is
tecond ci matter. Office of j.ublicnlion.
Kvelyn street.
Hiilmcriptinn Kate.
One yenr. In county
One year outside of eounty
ix monthH.
Two months
tl.00
. 1
. .75
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PaixTS sent out of the county promitl dis-
continued at expiration of time paid for.
Contributor Notice.
Th editor of thi paper is anxious to receive
from time to time communications from its
readers but we request that all such com-
munication be signed not for pub'ieation.
hut that we may know the source from hich
the article comes.
Anv erroneous rettccl ion upon the character
landing or reputation of apy person tinn or
corporation which n.ay appear in the columns
of The News will be plad'.y corrected uion its
beir.i broiiklit to the att ent ion of the publisher.
Railway Time Table.
MAIN LINK. WKST ROUND.
No. ST to Ci..v.s.
No. ! t:t. to I'arW n1
No. ts l.oc;ii Kreitfht
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MAIN I. IN K KAST HO'i'ND
No. .'t. from ("oris
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PHINVIEW BRANCH NORTH IJ"NU
No. . to AiuanUn ? Vp- m.
No. W. I."Citl l' rt-it-ti: I'- R1
r". AINMKW BRANCH SO. BOL'ND.
No. ST. to Riiinviow 1I'K m.
Mi. fa. Ixca: Frev'iit .:U a. m.
T.-in No. ST on the Main line leavmir fan-
vor. City at S;i p.m. is made up here and
Tr...:. N".-. "i! the Main Line arriving from j
"lovis lit In a. ";. s'O'" at this place.
Iyocal freichts slid trains Nos. 37 and S don't
run on s-undsy.
Announcements.
We are authorized to announce the
following jtersons as candidates for
the respective offices subject to the
action of the voters at the Democratic
Primary to be held on July 25th lulo.
For sheriff and tax collkctor.
K. II. SAXFORD.
For corxTv and district clf.rk.
M. 1'. GARXER.
For county attoknky.
W. .1. FLKSHHR.
For county treasurer.
'. H. Yol'XG.
Folt TAX ASSESSOR
G. G. FOSTER.
T. V. SLACK.
QUALITY CF RANDALL COUNTY WHEAT.
' Ik; re is what was found:
The News 1ms iu-i a numb-r The human cells scraped from
of letters from non-residents as the lips of the drinkers were so
to the quality of wheat raised in nuuieroU!i on the upirj third of
Randall county. In answer to of tho tnat tiie iiead 0f a
someoftiie questions the News; pin couu not be placed any-
wishes to state in the first pl-u-e ; where without touching-several
that wiiat applies to nandaH of these bits of skin. The sali-
apphes to most any county in va by running down on the in-
the Panhandle country. The side of the jlas.s jj;u carried
wheat grown in tins section to-1 Lvlls aR(j bacteria to the bottom
gather with the other small iy counting the cells present on
grains have been placed on ex-! fifty different areas on the glass
hibition at both state fairs andas seen under the microscope it
National expositions and have j was estimated that the cup con-
captured first prizes both for tained over .0000 human Jcells
baking qualities and strength. ! or bits of dead skin "As many
The wheat lias not only been in ias yo0 gerins were seen clinging
competition with the wheat in j lo a single cell and very few
this country but with the best jcfells showed iess than 10 germs
wheat of any other country on eft there hy the smears 0f sa.
the giob.-. and the Panhandle j iiva deposited by the drinkers
country wheat has been the! Not less than one hundred
winner of first prizes in some of i thousand bacteria were present
the tests made. In order to ar-
rie at a satisfactory bi-is on
which to test the true merits of
eac-b s.u:;;.!e of wheat like quan-
tities wei-.; :i:ide into bread and
the tet eroved that Wi.eat
raised in the Panhandle cojntrv
was the prise winner in that it
produced o per cent more
bread with the same quantity :
of wheat used thus proving eon-;
clusively that the Panhandie
wheat was of much greater ;
strength which is one of the
greatest factors with the baker j
It only confirms the opinion oi
the News that this section of the j
l-uuiiaimie country ana me
State of Texas is destined to be-
come one of one most renowned
wheat producing sections in the
United States if not in the
world as the soil the climatic
conditions and every other con-
dition that is essential to the
growing of wheat is right here
combined in this section of the
Panhandle country Randall
county Texas.
The News is informed that
there are farmers lie re who have
made wheat raising a study and
have made the growing of wheat
of prize winning quality a busi-
ness for a number of years and
that they have never had a fail-
ure nor even a partial failure of
a crop. The secret of their suc-
cess seems to lie in the fact that
they are close students of
intensive farming or scientific
soil culture. Every farmer who
comes to this locality can do the
same thing if he will only unite
his brains or head work with
his physical efforts.
The outlook for an abundant
wheat crop in Randall county
was never more promising at
this season of the year than it is
now and the farmers have high
hopes of a large harvest the
coming spring.
The News is glad to be in-
formed that some of our good
citizens are making some effort
to make the city more beautiful
by cleaning up the old trash and
hauling away what can not be
burned. The News wishes to
commend them for the good
wonc. .now let. otners iook
about their premises and see to
1 ...
it that their door yard is cleaned
up. Make the city sanitary if
you cun. Don't wait until the
health officer compells you to
act. let it be voluntary on your
part.
The Randall County News re-
ceived the past week a copy of
"Texas Almanac" and state in-
dustrial guide for 1910 as pub-
lished by "The Galveston-Dallas
News." It is not only an '"En-
cyclopaedia" within itself but a
complete and up-to-date authora-
tive handbook of Texas and
should be in every library.
What is needed in Randall
county is farmers to raise more
; hogs to buy more land to raise
more corn to feed more hogs to
buy more land.
Jjst Think!
A drinking-glasji used in a
school for nine days was recent-
ly nut under a microscope and
on every square inch of the
riass. Ex.
Natice.
dl.id Uj say I am backiin Can-
yon to stay. I have been with
Mr. H. R. Williams Furniture
Store in Piainview for the past
tiree years. Since Jan-. 1st I
have been with Thomas Bros and
expectations are to make as much
success with the abovtJ nriQ and
if the Kood jieople of Canyon will
slay with m j expct to make
When you need anything
in the furniture line figure with
n v.r.f v. r.i. .v.r.
I am going to make a live and let
live pric. Remember I am a
licensced embalmer and am rea-
dy in a moment's notice to ans-
wer any undertaking call.
Yours for business
W. F. Gaknek Mgr.
Thomas Brothers.
If you want something extra
on Saturdays for Sunday dinner
call us. -we have it. Phone 172.
43tf Dawson Bros.
SED.
A Story That Won a Prix and Yat
Wss N.ver Published.
A number of yearn uku a series of
prize for the tHt detective story
was offered by a i-ertuin well knowu
western uewspaper. uud the late F. tt.
Burtou in coildborutiou with a fellow
craftsraaa. entered the competition.
Their story the theme of which In-
volved au ingenious method of rob-
bing a safe in spite of the protection
afforded by a time lock was one of the
fire which wou prizes and the authors'
portraits were duly published in the
Issue of the paper which announced
the result' of the competition. The
prize money constituting a considera-
ble sum waa promptly paid over but
to the author's surprise' although the
other four winning stories were pub-
lished that of the time lock failed to
appear. After a few weeks a repre-
sentative of the paper called upon Mr.
Burton explaining that the editor was
anxious to know . what authority be
bad for his story and whether It would
really be possible to rob a bank after
the fashion that he had set forth.
With the help of a pencil and a few
diagrams Mr.. Burtou easily proved
the accuracy of the method to the ap-
parent satisfaction of bis Interviewer
and thereafter looked forward to a
prompt appearance of the story. But
a few days later the secret of the de-
lay was revealed. A special envoy of
the pner waited upon him full of
consternation ami npology. and pre
pared to make any amends withiu rea
son but was emphatic iu announcing
that it was absolutely imiwssible to
publish the story because after ex-
pert investigation they had become
convinced that if it should appear in
print it would destroy the protective
power of every time lock safe in the
country and the representative of the
newspaper did not take his leave un-
til he had obtained what Mr. Burton
under the circumstances easily grant-
eda signed agreement releasing the
paper from its obligation to publish
the story and solemnly pledging him-
self not to attempt to publish it else-
where. Accordingly the curiosity
piqued by this bit of inside history is
likely never to be gratified. Bookman.
HE BOUGHT IN PARIS.
Thon Ha Found H Could Hav Don
Better Nearer Home.
Enrico Caruso the famous tenor
told a curious story once while In
conversation with a man prominent in
musical circles in Philadelphia. The
two were ascending the stairs from
the basement of the Belie vue-Strat-ford
when at the first landing they
halted and Caruso pointed to a mar-
ble bench of ancient Florentine pat-
tern. "I am a great admirer of those
benches" be said "and last summer I
had a strange experience with them. 1
bad just purchased a villa In Italy and
was always on the lookout for some-
thing decorative in the way of novel
furniture.
While in I'ariJ I happened to see
one of these benches uud at once con-
cluded to put a dozen of them about
the grounds. I found the dealer and
asked the price. lie saM f.'o apiece.
I ordered the dozen.
"A few weeks later I was at my
villa looking it over and happened to
discover across the hedge at the bor-
der a marble yard and there was the
marble cutter working on one of those
same benches.
" "I climbed the hedge and after chat-
ting with the man a few minutes and
admiring the great care he was exer-
cising I asked if he usually made such
benches. 'Ob. yes!' he replied. "I
make many. I have an order now for
twelve of them for the great tenor Ca-
ruso He ordered them in Paris.'
"When 1 recovered from my surprise
I questioned him and found that be
was really the man who supplied the
Paris dealer. I asked him how much
he would make me some for and he
replied. 'Twenty dollars apiece signor.'
"So I was paying $50 for the priv-
ilege of buying in Paris what was be-
ing made at my own door in addition
to freight both ways and extra inci-
dental expenses Now when 1 want
to buy anything for my home 1 go o
the nearest place first." Philadelphia
News.
A Chinese Joke.
There was n uiun in Ch'angan who
was very fond of giving dinners but
the food given was atrocious. One day
a guest threw himself on his knees in
frout of this gentleman anrl said "Am
I not a friend of yours?"
"You are indeed" replied his host.
"Then 1 must ask of you a favor"
said the guest "and you must grant It
before I rise from my knees."
"Well what is It?" Inquired bis host
In astonishment.
"Never to luvite me to dinner nny
morel" cried the guest at which the
whole party burst into a loud roar of
laughter. North China Herald.
Persistent.
Shopkeeper (to commercial traveler)
Can't give you an order. Quite over-
stocked. Traveler Let me at least
show you my samples. Shopkeeper-
Spare yourself the trouble. I can't
look at them. Traveler Then will you
allow me to look at them myself? It
is three weeks since I have seen them.
London Penny Pictorial.
English Cigars.
"Do cigars ever contain rope?"
"No. That's Just a pleasantry of the
jokemakers. As a matter of fact
hemp is too expensive to put in the
cheaper brands of cigars." London
Mail.
The eruptions of Vesuvius greatly In-
crease the fertility of the ground In
the vicinity.
The Fat of the 0 ;:.
One of the inot -tr:eii.u:ii y earn.-
trophies that have lieliillen vexsels of
the United States destroyed the sloop
of war Oneida In iSiiti. She was Ixuiud
homeward with a jolly xhip's com
puny eager to see wives aud Hweet-
hearts and native laud uce more
when not far out of port she was
struck by the British vteamer Bombay
coming In. The stem of the Bombay
cut off the stem of the Ouelda. The
hip was sinking rapidly and guns of
distress were immediately fired but
tbe Bombay steamed on her way and
left the vessel to her doom. She went
down aud all but one or two of her
crew were drowned. Tbe captain of
the Bombay gave no other reason for
his conduct than that be hud Lady
Eyre the wife of a distinguished Brit-
ish satrap on board and did not wish
to disturb ber nerves with scenes of
shipwreck. lie was mobbed when be
reached Yokohama dismissed from
tbe service socially tabooed from that
time on and died in disgrace a year or
two later.
Where Hypnotism Failed.
When Daysey Mayme Appletou re-
turned recently from a party where
the influence of several minds over one
bad been the evening's entertainment
and told her mother how six girls
with their minds bent on one thought
bad made a man stand on Ids head
another man at their sileut command
bad tried on a woman's hat and an-
other man had tried to eat water with
a fork it put a suggestion into Mrs.
Lysander John Appletou's bruin That
evening when Lysander John came
home his wife and four daughters sat
In a circle with their hands covering
their faces and their heads bowed. To
all his iuquiries thy said nothing and
at last fearing they hud gone uiad. he
sent for the doctor. "We concentrat-
ed our minds on the thought that Ly-
sander John must give us So each und
Instead of that we have n doctor bill
to pay." sobbed Mrs. Appleton "and
they said it would be particularly easy
to work if the man's mind was a
blauk." Atchison Globe.
To Get His Money's Wo.-th.
In a Tillage near Edinburgh there
lived an old baker aud his sou. Their
trade was iu a flourishing conditlou.
but unfortunately In tbe midst of their
prosperity tbe old man. who bad once
been a great drinker tamed Insane.
The sou who was renowned for bis
lore of money was forced to put him
in a lunatic asylum and. according to
tbe terms of tbe establishment to pay
a fee for three months in advance
amounting to i'M. Tbe old man was
scarcely In a fortnight however
when he died. The son thinking to
raise au actiou against the establish-
ment for the recovery of the as be
termed It unused money Inquired of
an old lawyer who was a bit of a wag
whether he thought it would be pru-
dent to try to recover the mouey or
not The chip of the law putting on a
grave face replied seriously. "D'ye no
think It wad be best to gang and put
in the rest o' the time yersel'V"
He Saw a Great Light.
Wrecks on the coast of Cornwall
England were once n source of reve-
nue to the natives. A writer says
that in the local dialect "the folks on
the coast tuich their children to zay
in their prayers uight times. '(Jod bless
father an' mother an' zend u'sliip ta
shore vore mornin'.' " The Cornish
folk were great smugglers too. The
Rev. Ti. S. Hawker had In his service
as man of all work old Tristram l'eu-
tire. the last of the smugglers. One
day he made to the vicar this notable
confession: "Well sir. 1 do think
when 1 come to look back and to con-
sider what lives we used to live-
drunk all night and idle abed all day
cursing swearing fighting gambling
lying and always prepared to shoot
the gauger I do really believe sir we
surely was In sin!"
Brought Down the House.
On one occasion when Arthur Rob-
erta the English actor was perform-
ing the part of Captain Crosstree In
the burlesque of "Black Eyed Susan"
at Glasgow he converted an awkward
contretemps into a bit. In ene of the
scenes Crosstree entered supposed to
be Inebriated and staggered about the
stage. In doing so Mr. Roberts acci-
dentally came in contact with the
scenery of the inn. bringing the whole
set down. The curtain had to be low-
ered and the vivacious comedian
came to the front and said. "Ladies
and gontlenieu. you see when we come
to Glasgow we always bring down the
bouse."
The Generous Barber.
"Here. I say: Be a bit more careful
with that razor. That's the second
time you've cnt me."
"Well well so it is. But there: 1
always deduct n ha'penny for every
cut. Why. It's nothing for a man to
go out of here having won fourpence
off me." London Tatler.
Might Be on One's Nose.
"Don't get down In the mouth old
man" said the optimist. "Look on the
bright side of things."
"That's all very well." mournfully re-
plied the sufferer "but what is the
bright side of a gumboil?"
Belated.
"I understand that Frailman has
come to the conclusion to contest his
wlfe'a will."
"Well what is there courageous
about that? She's dead. Isn't she?"
Th Touch of Fortune.
"What do you think my dear? Such
luck! We leave for Paris in an hour."
"Yes; we're going to Pasteur's. My
husband has Just been bitten by a
mad dog." Bon VIvanL
A GOOD
Of carefully manufactured and well
LONG LEAF
is constantly carried in our sheds.
If you desire high grade we are the
people you are looking for. :
CANYON LUMBER CO.
New Firm in
We beg; to announce that S. A.
Shotwell and H. J. Sevall have pur-
chased the business of Crowdus Bros.
& Hume Company and will take
charge on Monday January 10 1910.
We will handle farm seeds of all
kinds and will be in the market for
all kinds of grain and feed stuff. Al-
so offer the lowest prices on the var-
ious kinds of feed.
OUR COAL STOCK
will be held uo to the highest stand-
a a .
ara ana we win quoie you prices oi
J. t I A. I - ! J -T iL A Im. . .4- u .
tne lowest Kinu lur iiic ucm gruuci
of coal. We will expect cash trans- j
actions selling and buying on that j
basis thereby saving you and oui4
selves much annoyence and trouble
and in addition giving the purchasr
the advantages of a much lower
prices as there will be no losses froii
bad accounts.
LET US FIGURE WITH YOU ANYHOW.
Shotwell & Sevall
Office East Evelyn Street.
Good Building Materia
is usually hard to get but we are plentifully sup-
plied with the best lumber that is now cut and we
bought it in time to get the low prices which we
offer to you.
Another feature of the matter is that every
customer is a satisfied customer just because we
have the lowest price and deal fairly in everything.
Let us figure on your building material anyhow.
No harm done if we can't sell the goods to vou.
f
Fulton Lumber Co.
Phone 9
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Christman, L. B. The Randall County News. (Canyon City, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1910, newspaper, January 21, 1910; Canyon City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth322642/m1/4/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .