The Randall County News. (Canyon City, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1909 Page: 4 of 8
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THE RANDALL COUNTY NEWS. JANUARY 15. 1909.
PubMm Every Friday.
The News Publishing: Company
If. A. Terrill Manager Editor
tailored at rxwiofllce at Canyon. Texas us
m-c oi.J class mutter. Ofllce of publication
West Kvelyri street.
8nlt.cri)t ion Kate.
One your in county $1.00
ttie ear. ouimiIo cf county 1. 25
Six months 75
Two mom hst 15
The Randall County News she deserves to p.roress- We
J vontntv tli. asirrtimi tli.it pvprv
fifty dollars of the amount sub-
scribed will induce some new
citizen to locate in their town
and for each five cent piece there
will be someone hear about Wich-
ita Falls that never before knew
anything about it. It takes
money to advance and money ex-
pended judiciously is certainly
well spent in the cause of pub-
licity. As to actual "natural ad-
vantages" Randall county has
that county "beat a city block"
in everything except the raising
of cotton and we can and do
raise many things that Wichita
county can never hope to raise.
Then by far a greater per cent
of the land in this county is till
able than in that county but
Wichita Falls has a live wide
wake citizenship who do not fail
to take advantage of every op-
portunity of advertising her resources.
I'ni'ers sent out of the county promptly
continued at expiration pf lime paid for.
Contributors Notice.
The editor of this paper is anxious to receive
from tlaie to time communications from its
readers hut e request that all such com-
munications he Minted rot for publication
l.nt that ne may know the source from which
the art iclc comes.
Anv erroneous reflect ion upon the character
standing or reputation of any person tirm or
CorporattMr. which n:;i: appear in the columns
ot The Nens ill he gladly corrected upon its
heitu- lTOiii.ht to the attention of the puhiisher.
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KAST
U. C. Dial has purchased from
John E. Cooke the plant of the
Clarendon Banner-Stockman and
lias taken charge of the ecitorial
department having issued his
first rarer last week. Mr. Dial
is an experienced newspaper
man and we welcome him into
! the ranks of the clan in the Pan-
Tn.x No. ..r.
i '.- ;s at P a m
I a. freights
:!.c M:-:n l..r.e nrr.vw from :
St. at this place. I 1
t nil trains N-s. a:
What Changed the
Old Town's Name?
PI.AINVIKW I'.UANVH NOKTH B ND
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PI.AINVn.W BKANVU. SO. r.OL'NP.
o e: to r.::n:eu f. P . m. handle. We regret however to
Xo. -t L.c..: rreik-lit - h'a.m. ! r
;':.:'; X.. :t: or. the Vair. line leaving .n-1 'l brother LooKO. 1 Ills Ou it H
. Cti .t S-.V p Hi. i rr.i-.dt- up here and Ivw -ntT hpi'TI lv-fsonnllv iif-
juainted with John in fact we
; began careers as "devils" to-
iiMlier in the Denton County
News office at Denton both of
. us having begun work the same
! iimrning that the fiit case was
; iaid in that office. Ill health on
: on the part of the wife f Mr.
; Cooke caused his retirement
from the journalistic field in this
it - luntry but will no doubt re-
sume the worlc in another fiield.
We trust that Brother Dial will
; r ceive the same amount of en-
couragement in his new field as
i Cooke tlid at Clarendon.
opening them to settlement the
breaking up of the Spur and
Matador ranches alone placing
somewhere near a million acres
within the reach of settlers.
There is no occasion for jeal-
ousy on the part of other sec-
tions of Texas. The rich well
watered and timbered regions of
East Texas will continue to grow
more valuable while the fertile
prairies of Central and North
Texas will for untold generations
bring wealth to owners and
greatness to Texas.
The marvelous development
of the West should be a matter
of pride and satisfaction to every
Texan for it but demonstrates
the proud boast that ours is the
greatest state in the Union with
the most boundless natural re-
sources of anv sec' ion of the
globe. Fort Worth has special
cause for gratification for the
development of western Texas
means more to this city than to
any other city in the state. As
the gateway to this vast store-
house of agricultural wealth Ft.
Worth is destined to become a
great city and to be a great base
of supply for this region and the
natural market for its boundless
wealth of products. The pres-
ent however is an age of keen
commercial competition and the
construction of the Orient rail
road through this section places
it in close touch with Kansas
City and should impress our
people with the prime import-
ance of building a direct line
from Fort Worth to Stamford
and on further west. Ft. Worth
Record.
The great West is bound to
grow. Nothing can keep it back
and we will hail with joy the time
when our nty shall have more
direct railroad connection with
jFort Worth or with anv other
large market. We will get it.
for this country is offering in
ducements to railroads that rail
road builders cannot ignore.
Tonnage is the main thing with
railroads and any good road of-
fering direct connection with the
good markets and the coast can
j certainly get plenty to haul from
I the West.
ton Enterprise.
Lot the people of Silverton set
a date preferably some Satur-
day or Monday and notify all the
counties interested and we think
there will be a response that
would be rather unexpected.
Canyon City is not centrally
enough located or we would sug-
gest a meeting at this place.
Issue a call man. That's the
way to get after it. There are
"things doing" in the railroad
world now and we must get after
them and do it now.
Live Stock and Agriculture.
; If you owned Longview what
. would you do with it? We would
1 Main-people imaging that his ' like for our readers to discuss
..r their neighbors should do the! his question purely from a bus-
mess standpoint r.r.d ?cr if we
; wo K of advancing the interests ; (.an-t up a f.(..tti.r int.rst
of the community. Why should j in our town's growth and devel-
itl.ey'r Are the neighbors to be opment Imgview News-Item.
Mr. Brown of SLEEPYTOWN
He wouldn't advertise;
So along came Mr. Strong
And took Lira by surprise.
Mr. S. as you may guess
Was strictly up to date;
liner; the game and played the a9
At early Lours and late.
Strong is still in WAKEFUL VI LIE
The merchant of the town;
lie advertises and still surprises
Such chaps as Mr. L'rown.
GET UP AND HUSTLE.
i more materially benefited than
ithe one who doen't help? If
' the neighbor gets the greater
benefit lie should have it.
worked for it.
He
If any competent business
man owned Longview or any
other good town he wouldn't let
it go slipshod ram-hok!ed or
disreputable in appeal ance. He
would try to maintain its value
- - j by maintaining its good looks.
i t . i He would lav side walks where
Somebod v ta.ie a step to or-!. '
... jthey are needed; he would de-
gamze that fire department. W e ; molish okl eyesores in the way
; need it and you know it. Every j of crude and dilapidated build-
i week the necessity is more firm-jing: he would paint fences and
ilv impressed upon each of us j residences; open the drains;
Yet we sit still like idols -doing frade 1Klve tho frr keep
. . . i down the weeds; brighten the
.nothing and waiting only to be . store fronts romove dilapidated
piaiseu. e uon i neeu any: awnings and remove swinging
"The secret of successful farm-
ing will be found in live stock"
said Mr. James J. Hill the rail-
road magnate of the Northwest
a few weeks ago. "Our farmers
must learn how to farm. Every
year they are robbing the soil
taking away and putting nothing
back. Every year the crops
grow smaller under that kind of
farming. The only rademption
is to feed as much of the pro-
ducts as possible to live stock
and return the manure to the
land. The farmers of other
countries know more than we do.
They have been farming for
thousands of years and their
lands are richer today than ever.
We must learn how to breed and
feed live stock that is the se-
cret. Establish stock shows
and the whole country should be
interested in such events.
"In l'.!"0 tho population of the
United St.it. s will be2iV.)MO000.
It will take the products of all
our agricultural lands to feed us
and if wc destroy the producing
power of our lands instead of
building it up we will starve.
The future of the country de-
pends upon agriculture. The
only successful agriculture is
that built upon live stock as a
foundation."
Mr. Hill is right but already
the people are waking up and the
interest in live stock is evidenced
by the growth of such live ex
positions as the National Show
at Denver which opens its
Fourth annual event in the new-
Amphitheatre on January lth.
Tell This to the Marines.
praise. Condemnation is
lortin and we deserve it.
our signs ne wouiu not ue a Knocif-
er. Dallas News.
We wish some good man own-
The small boy and the match led certain departments of this
had another inning last Monday j -ity if lie would run it along the
destroying a barn t iled with j lines indicated by the Dallas
feedstuff. We wonder if any News and the ownership could
leather was used afterwards j extend to cover a multitude of
Mighty good in such cases. ; civic sins committed here.
Mm-') has be'n written from :
tiiii'' to time relative to the best
lui'thods of advancing the inter-;
e-? of the town and count v as a
We had another lire last Mon-
OII.O Ol
the
Floyd county has not yet been
day and still we have no tire de- hfcr rtporlcomes it he a fav-
partment. Gradually the circle orable one. The Enterprise bo-
is narrowing toward the business ' lieves this method of securing a j e(l over 'ts saucer
railroad is practicable and one Inquirer.
section. It is coming.
whole. Of cours'
people d) not like to have it
thrown up to them that thev are
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noiuoingan mai iney migm oo i ue toiu or rue vast oeneiits in
in order to advance the interests !vou ar? uointf your best? If so i various ways that will jiccrue
.f ti ii -itf Tt .tv tr. i.r. u t i the best in some of us dfes not . from roil road connection with
rni it 1
i ne oki sea captain in orass
buttons sat smoking comfort
ably by his fireside when Jack
his sailor son burst in upon him.
"Weather too rough" explain
ed the son; so we've put in for
a day."
"Too rough?"' exclaimed Mr.
Tar with visions of his own days
on the briny. "Why sir I was
once sailing around the cape
when a storm came on and it
blew down the mainmast and
mizzenmast was swept away; but
we didn't think of putting in!"
"Well you see.'' explained the
son this storm was so bad it
blew Uie anchors off the captain's
buttons took the paint off the
ship's bows and"
"Stop!" cried the old man
'You do me credit Jack you do
me credit!"
And even the tabby cat blush-
Philadelphia
i that will appeal to the people in '
! a general way. No one needs to j
What Texas Has.
a while and well it
' amount to much.
ft
spot after
might be. It ought to be sore
for the continual "rubbing it in"
that they get is all that the peo-
ple who are trying to advance
the interests of the town ever ik 0f railroad facilities and
get out of them. On the night an indisposition of the owners of
of January .th the Chamber of! big cattle ranges to sell their
Commerce of Wichita Falls held i land has retarded the develop
ment or western lexas but these
difficulties are being rapidlv
Population of 1.") to the square
the outer world for none an in ! mile.
better xsition to realize' these
benefits more sensibly than we
who aredeprived of them. The
US AND SOME OTHERS hi i-r
a rally and jollification and had
reports from the various officers.
These reports are not under dis-
cussion in this article but there
is one
i i
Him-ii e uewe to a- SUunford & Xorthwestem
tention of the ieople of tins city. railroad which will be complet-
Dtiring the meeting a fund of led to Dickens county by next
s-lO.'HKt was raised for the pur
overcome. Railroads are being
built and others are projected!
winch are certain or construe-
thing that hapjoned to ! "l111"!? l" sen ernent vast
iiiwi fit fn f Iwi fit. !
jK.se of demonstrating to the
world the excellencies of that
rjty and surrounding territory.
Wichita I ''alls is progressing and
fall alone will mean the settle
ment and development of more
than :UH 10000 acres. The ranch
! owners are discovering that their
lands are too valuable for longer
use as cattle ranges and are
can have this road if they will go
at it right and stay at it right.
It cannot be accomplished by
fits and starts but there must
be a good substantial walking up
in the collar; no balking no Hy-
ing back no kicking over the
traces but good honest steady
pulling.
It has been moved and second-
ed that a committee of live be
appointed from each of the three
counties of IJriscoe Randall and
Floyd to confer with each other
atatimeand place hereafter to
be selected looking to the form-
ulating of a definite and feasible
plan by which the county seats
of these three counties may be
connected by a railway either
steam or electric. Are you
ready for the question? Silver-
More commercial clubs than
any other state in the Union.
2'-l7 counties organized and 8
unorganized.
jd7Nr)oK) acres of land.
45 counties without a railroad.
Excellent farm land 100 miles
from a railroad.
Nearly 13000 miles of railroad
and needs 10000 miles more.
Texas produces annually 1000
000 head of sheep 1500000 head
of horses and mules 7000.000
head of cattle and 2000000 head
of hogs.
30000000 acres of land under
cultivation and 1 379Gro00 acres
uncultivated and can furnish
support for four times its pres-
ent population.
Ue a News subscriber.
C. N HARRISON & CO.
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American Central
Continental
Commercial Union
Detroit Fire and Marine
Equitable
Firemen's Fund
German American
Hartford
Home
Insurance Co. of North America
Liverpool London & Globe
MLhiiran Commercial
Mechanics and Traders
New York Underwriters
National
North River
National Union
Northern Assurance
North British & Mercantile
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Phoenix of Hartford
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Queen
Royal
Springfield
St. P?ul Fire and Marine
Shawnee
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The London Assurance Corporation.
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W. D. SCOTT AGENT
Office in the court house Canyon City Texas
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OUR LEADER:
THE FAMOUS
Nigger Head Maitland Coal.
Globe Cattle Dip
Cottonseed Products
Grain Hay Etc.
Crovdus Bros. & Hume Co.
AttttttttttttttttttttttttA
YOUR OPPORTUNITY
In order to materially increase our attendance we have
decided to allow a 10 per cent discount on 20 scholar-
ships if sold before January 1st 1909. This gives you
a regular $50 scholarship good in any department for
$45 cash. It will be good for any date to enter. -:- -:-
You Had Better Act Promptly
or you will not be one of the 20. Get your scholarship
now-to-day-and then you can enter any time. Address
AMARILLO BUSINESS COLLEGE
Amarillo Texas
LAND BARGAINS
BEING an "Old Timer" here I am well
posted on values and know bargains
when I see them. I am in a position to show
you the best FARMS RANCHES and
CITY PROPERTY at the LOWEST PRICES
L. C. CONNER
Real Estate Loans Live Stock Rentals
Office Building. North Side of Square Canyon City. Texas
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Terrill, R. A. The Randall County News. (Canyon City, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1909, newspaper, January 15, 1909; Canyon City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth323174/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .