The Canadian Crescent. (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 15, 1888 Page: 4 of 8
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(¡/anadian (^resceut.
Published every Thursday Morning
FREEMAN. E. MILLER, EDITOR
AND PUBLISHER.
Entered at the Post Office at Canadian
Texas, as second class matter.
Terms of Subscription:
One Year, in advance, $1-50.
Six Months, " $1.00.
Thursday, -
March 15,188S.
There are in Texas more
limn 25,000,000 acres of
superior public lands for
sale to all actual settlers at
from $2-00 to $4-00 an acre
and onforti/ years' time at
a, low rate of interest■
The boom is headed this way; be
ready for the rush.
The railroads are rapidly making
the lease law less and less obnox-
ious each day by bringing in actual
settlers.
If Mills should succeed in getting
his tariff bill passed he will prove
quite a formidable factor in the
Senatorial race.
Is it not about time to be hearing
something from the executive com-
mittee of the Panhandle Immigra-
tion Association?
The Mills tariff bill may not be
perfect but is a long step in the
direction of revenue reduction, and
the people demand something of
that nature.
The currency committee has
under consideration a bill providing
for a larfie issue of fractional paper
w
currency • The "shin plaster' was
¡i urent convenience and would be
warmly welcomed again.
The building of the new bridge
across the Canadian river which is
now in process of construction
means much for the future ot the
town and will contribute in no small
degree to the prosperity of all this
section of county. It will add
iifty per cent to the value of all the
land in this county north of the
river. It will make Canadian the
road of ingress and egress for travel
for more than lifty mile3 in either
direction. It will make this point
the base of supply for all the north
orn and western portion of the Pan-
handle and will add in an indirect
way largely to the wealth and pop
ulation of the county. It proves
that the people of Hemphill county
are enterprising and progressive.
There is no bill of public expendi-
ture which will yield larger returns
for the outla}'. Our people may
well congratulate themselves that
such a work has been undertaken
and will soon have successful com
plction.
About the first of December last
the Crescent called a meeting for
immigration purposes, the first
movement of Che kind inaugurated
in this county. Since then the
work has advanced to a marvellous
degree. The whole state is up in
arms for the one purpose in view.
The county has organized and was
the first in all the Panhandle to
respond with her quota of eontribu-
tious. The Panhandle has organ-
ized herself for incidental work in
her own peculiar interest, and is
actively at work to secure immi-
grants to occupy her cheap, fertile
:.nd abundant lands. The move-
ment has advanced wilh tremendous
speed and swept the state like a
cyclone from the Sabine to the Rio
Grand and from the Panhandle to
the Gu:r. All classes are in crest-
ed and the success to be achieved
will not be small. Let the work so
•on until homes are as numerous as
u developed civilization can build
withla our borders.
Hon. Temple Houston is after the
judges of the Court of Appeals with
a sharp stick and seems bent on
capturing their scalps. In an able
article in the Fort Worth Gazette
he indulges in some very severe
criticims oí Judge White and Will-
son and mentions things which if
true arc ceitainly very condemning.
He will certainly stir up the animals
and have the whole circus howling
shortly.
We have recently heard consid-
erable complaint from parties at
Hansford and PUnhandle City
about not receiving their papers.
To such we can only say that the
papers have been regularly mailed
and should reach their destination.
We are making investigations and
if we can locate the responsibility
we shall not hesitate to rattle up
the dry bones a little and cause the
''offensive partisan" to suffer for
the delay.
THE PROPOSKD TRADE.
Just at present the terms of the
bill lately introduced in the nation-
al senate by Senator Morgan of
Alabama, are receiving large atten
tion tnd attracting much discus-
sion over the whole country form
New York to San Francisco. Es-
pecially have the metropolitan
dailies of Texas devoted space to a
propor consideration of the matter.
Upon this, as upon other questions
there exist laige differences of
opinion as to the merits of the pro
posed trade Many are advocating
the measure in a cautious, carefui
Une which others have already
committed themselves against it
with much firmness and acrimony.
The Panhandle press has either
ignored the matter entirely or has
spoken favorably and with an ill-
concealed anxiety haye endeavored
to asslst~the trade to a successful
issue.
On behalf of the measure it i>
argued that Texas would be a great
gainer and beneficiary by such a
transaction. It is claimed that the
south-western portion cf Indian
Territory that would be annexed to
the state is a much better watered
and timbered country than the Pan-
handle and that it is much more
favorable by nature for agriculture;
that such a trade would tend to
place the state in a square form and
throw its more northern part much
nearer to the capital and more pop-
ulous regions; that the territory
acquired will support a much
denser population than the Pan
handle can do; and that the lands
thns acquired would prove more
valuable as a wealth producing
region than the parts transferred to
the government.
The arguments advanced down
in the state against sucn a transfer
are mainly matters of patriotic sen
timents. To the old Texan every
foot of land now beneath the folds
of the Lone Star flag is sacred.
Memories of war for Independence,
of Alamo and San Jacinto, with
their holy struggles and the en-
deavors of brave men are insepabl}*
woven around the ancient bounder
ies. lie believes in Texas and in
her pa6t history. Her present
greatness is a monument tolm toils
and sacrifices; and to divide the
empire he has wrested from a for
eign despot would seem like tearing
down the results of his labors and
dividing the greatness he has
achieved simply for the sake of
unworthy gain or accomodating
expediency.
But to people airead}' in the Pan
handle a more serious oqjection yet
appears than any of them. They
have fonnded homes under old con-
ditions, ancient laws and forms un-
known to the national system. It
is therefore only natural that the}*
should he controlled by a conserva-
tive spirit against any change
which might impair their property
rights or subject them to a power
more hostile to their present pos-
sessions.
The people of the Panhandle are
proud of the immense old state and
must see something more advan-
tageous than they now can preceive
before they would willingly favor
being joined to a new political
division. If tbe two northern tiers
of counties should be traded off as
this measure provides, they will be
placed in a condition where only
territorial law would be secured
and in which a population of
various views, traditions and ten-
dencies would be found. The law-
less people of No Man's Land, and
the mongrel inhabitants of Indian
Territory would be their fellow-
citizens under the new arrange-
ment; and our people would not
hurriedly consent to such a dis->
tasteful union. The proposition
will meet with little favor in this
local ty except from ambitious
politicians in search of new fields
upon wjich to feed, and recent im-
migrants from the older states,
desirous of a place in which to man
ifest their possible powers.
We are confident that the wish of
the United States to form a new
state, square in form, and with con-
venient boundaries will rw^ceive only
small attention or encouragement
from this section. Our people are
conservative, and just as a perma-
nent and satisfactory adjustment of
land matters seems on the eve of
being accomplished will be hard to
move in favor of such schcmes as
this one. Much pressure will be
brought to bear in this direction,
but, laying aside the unwillingness
of the slate as a whole to consum-
mate a bargain of this, we are prone
t> believe that even the consent oí
that portion of the Panhandle ir-
volved therein will be very hard to
obtain.
C*AND FESTIVAL.
The ladies of the Canadian Unio*
Sunday School will give a grand
festival and tailor social in the
Court House at Canadian en Friday
*
evening, March 1G, 1888. Proceeds
to assist in purchasing an organ for
the school. Admission, and supper*
50 cents. All are invited to be
present.
NOTICE
Maps and Lands
I am prepared to furnish on si
>tice BLUE PRINT COPIES of the
short
notice
We have a lot of old papéis at
this office which make tbe best sort
of wrapping paper at 5 cents a doz.
TEXAS EXCURSIONS.
Excursions will be run from Kan-
sas City, St. Louis, Cairo. Memphis.
Indianapolis, and all principal
points to Texas, on the following
date :
March, 21.
April, 4.
April, 25.
May, 1).
May 2'.).
June 6.
Tickets to be of roouml trip, iron-
clad, signature and descriptive form,
with going and returning limit of
fifteen days each, and final limit,
of sixty days each from d^te of
sale.
Stop- over privileges will fee allow
ed on these tickets at all intermedi-
ate points within the limits then of.
ADVERTISED LETTERS.
Land Office Maps
Of all the Panhandle counties, at One Dol-
lar pea copy for each county. I control
& laiiire quantity of lands in most of the
Panhandle counties and will be pleased
tuanisli lists of them to purchasers.
J. S. DAUGHERTY, Dallas, Texs
CITY BARBERSHOP.
JAKE YJEGER, Prop'r.
For a clean Shave,
A smooth Hair cut,
A Nice Shampoo.
HOT and GOLD BATHS.
Canadian, 2nd Street, Texas.
List of Advertised Letters in the
Canadian Post Office, March 1, 1888
Archer, L. M.
Bnzter. James.
Beltour, C. A.
Be ver, J. T.
Bovnton. Mrs,
Collins. W. II.
Davis. Geo. P.
Douglas & Bon.
Garland, D. L.
G ark ins. w. A.
Gutnrov. w. II.
Lawrence, 1%.
Long. James 1Í. 3.
Nowton, Thomas.
Orr, Frank.
Stan. Mrs. Belle.
Stildery. Mr.
Smith/Mrs Elizabeth
Swincheart, Dell.
Turner, J. \v.
Webber. Frank.
AVhaston. liobert X
canadian's editors.
In an excellent sketch of the
editors of the Panhandle Press the
Clarendon News has this to say
about the quill.shovers of Cana-
dian:
%iBy taking the papers according
to age we come nsxt to our young
friend L. V. Harm who is the
industrious spirit that furnishes
copy for the Free Press at Cana
dian. Like Zaccheus, he is small
of s4ature, but h .s soul is immeas-
urably large and with any amount
of pufch in it.
Canadian being the most an,bi
tious town in the Panhandle has
secured two newspapers and the
Ckescext is manned by F. E
Miller. Mr. Miller is a brilliant
young man and is making his mark
already. By his fascinating address
of welcome at the recent press meet
ing he captured all our hearts.
CO 2V.FLI MENTAR Y
Holmes. Matthew. 2. Young, Charles.
Yea, Miss Susan.
Take the
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ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE
MENTION THIS PAPER/i
OH, YES! OH, YES!
We are Now Prepared
TO BUY OR SELL
"The address of welcome by Mr.
F. E. Miller, of the Canadian Cues
cent to the Press association wes a
schoiiily and eloquent prcduetion.
It was admired-and applauded by a
crowded house composing the
delegates iO both conventions."—
Ft. Worth Gazette.
UA splendid address of welcome
:o the brethern was delivered by
F. E. Miller, of the Ckescext."—
Mobeetie Panhandle.
A vt ry able address of welcome
'for You on ¡Commission.
List Your Lands WIth Me
AND THEY WILL BE PROPERL Y AD VERTISFD*
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j the Ckescext to the Association."
—Roberts County Ranger.
have struggled for many years to] ... „
, - ... f i was delr*ered by F# E. Miller, of
secure laws from the state favora- _ . . . . .
ble to them their interests and the
rapid development of their section
of country; And just as such legis \ An able and eloquent address oí
lation has been obtained they are j welcome was delivered to the breth-
lotli to be placed under the con-1€rn by E. Miller, of the Cke«-
trol of strange gods. These men j cskt."—Clarendon News.
APPLICATIONS
10 PURCHASE SCHOOL LANDS
Written in legal Form and
Bates-
Cal) and See me and
at the Cheapest
Money.
Freeman E. Miller,
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Miller, Freeman E. The Canadian Crescent. (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 15, 1888, newspaper, March 15, 1888; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183552/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.