The Randall County news., November 06, 1908, Image 4

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THE RANDALL COUNTY NEWS. NOVEMBER 6. 7008.
The Randall County News
Published Every Friday.
The News Publishing Company
It. A. Tcrrill, Manager Editor
Kntered t po office at Canyon. Texas, as
vrnrxl clans mailer. Office of puliliCHtion.
Went Eveljn litreet.
Subscription Kate.
One your, in county
One year, outride of county J.i
Six months. 75
Two roontlw $
Piipcrs wnt out of the county promptly dis
continued t expiration of time paid for.
Cont rilmtorn Notice.
The editor of this pner is anxious to receive,
from time to time, communications from its
readers, but we request that all such com
munications be sitrned. not for publication,
but thai we may know the source from which
the article comes.
RAILWAY TIME TABLE.
MAIN LINK, WKST HOl'NI).
No. 11, to AbuiiueriMie a. m.
No. Jul. to Carlsbad p. m.
HAVE YOU ANY SENSE?
NOKTH Borxn.
MAIN I-1NK,
No. 3i. to Kansas City S-.V p. m.
Xo. 12. to Amarillo lui'S p. m. j OUT Well being?
PL.AINVIKW BRANCH. NOKTH B'.NDi
No. 19V. to Amarilio
PI.AIXVIKAV BKAXCH, SO.
No, 197. to Pininvicw
You may think you have, but
really have you any sense? I do
not mean that high-faluting book
learning but that oldtime horse
sense which taught our fore
fathers to take care of their own
interests. Now not much of that
commodity has boon shown in
this town lately and this editor
wants to make you think about
it. Do you not think it would
be exercising very ordinary good
judgment for the city to protect
its property from tire?
Don't you think the town
ought to take steps toward the
installation of a small water
works and sewerage system? If
this town ever amounts to any
thing in this wide world we will
have to have these things and
why not have them now so that
we may enjoy them as well as
have the protection to property
and health, which is essential to
"SHAME ON YOU!'
This town has not energy
enough to wake up. Now don't
dodge the question, for if you
b-.via.m. ; THE PANHANDLE MIRROR.
Borxn. !
...a-r.p. m. i The tirst number of The Pan
: handle Mirror is just off the
press and the .News acknowl
edges receipt of the paper. It
is a monthly journal devoted to
the upbuilding of the entire Pan
handle county. The make-up of
are a citizen of the town you i the paper is good and the read
know it. This editor has, from j ing matter contained therein is
time to time, been trying to ad- j to the point and this new journal
vocate such things as he saw was j will fill the one vacant place in
for the best interests of all the j the journalistic line needed,
people and I have made it j An excerpt from the saluta
especial business to find out j tory of the Mirror follows:
whether or not I have been ad-i 'With this publication it shall
vocating anything that was not j be the constant purpose, and en
. , r , . deavor, to seek and publish facts,
for the advancement of those in-; and to rellect true conditionS)
terests. j noting the progress in all lines
Hie editor has decided to put: of industry and effort of what
his thoughts on some of these j soever character. No advance
claim shall be made as to results
matters in just such language as
achieved, but a faithfulness of
the time requires, lie has found : effort and zeal and a never wan
that there is no further use in; ing fealty to the best interests
trvintr to induce the people of1 of all the plains country are
this town to try and wake up to!Pled&ed R ha11 never lend its
some of the necessities which
abound lie re.
of the different towns and sees
where one has doubled its popu
lation in a few years and where
another's population, has de
creased one half in the same
length of time, the question will
come to their mind why these
changes? You have seen towns
spring up and grow to a popula-j
tion of several thousand withj
very little developed country !
surrounding it. It was once !
thought that in order for a town j
to become a city it was necessary '
for it to have several natural ad-
vantages; this, however, has !
been shown to be not an absolute j
necessity. Natural advantages,;
it is true, are a benefit to a town,
but in this day and age if the!
town has the right kind of men I
behind it they will see that ad-i
vantages and inducements arej
put out for the new settler: in;
other words they will see that '
he is located in their town. A'
good up-to-date town can be!
made' in any new count rv so long
as it has reasonably good rail-',
road facilities, plenty of country
to draw trade from and an intel-!
ligent class of citizens who have i
push and energy and who arej
not afraid to spend a dollar once
in a while where it will do the
town good as well as themselves;
and above all they must be a unit
in all their undertakings. Here
at our little town it is not neces
sary for us to make many ad
vantages or inducements to the
new comer as we have already
several natural advantages which
under ordinary circumstances
who would make a town of four
or five thousand population. We
have a large farming district, as
rich as the sun ever shown upon;
we have a vast area of grazing
land outside our farming district
over which thousands (if cattle,
horses and sheep graze. Hager
man is entitled to trade from
the Cap Rock to the Texas line;
on the west eighty miles we are
entitled to one half the trade.
With all these advantages llager
man is a small town compared
with what it should be. What is
the caused
We believe that the cause can
be traced to this one thing. We
lack that essential unit. We are
kicking and knocking at one an
other all the time and act at
times as though we were afraid
somebody else will make a dollar
and would not give us ninety
nine cents of it. How can we
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L. T. Lestor.
I'rewiilent.
John Hiitsiin,
Vlee-Pres.
D. A. Pin k.
Cashier.
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Asst. (JiikIi.
THE FIRST NATIONAL HANK
CAXYOX, TEXAS.
At Close of Business, September 23rd, 190S.
STATCMCNT CONDBNSIO FROM MPOUT TO COMPTHOLLt
Resources Liabilities
Loans iiikI Diseonnts SiMH.IlM.O:! Capital Stork $100,000.00
Boiuls & Premiums I.Vl.T-Hl.C.'i Surplus tint Profits..
Hk'jr House, Fix tu res A: Keulty l:!.1!).00 Ciii-ulatlon
Due from V. S. Treasury :'.:!00 00 Deposits
Cash n ml Exehnnji-e 1j;..IMi!.i:
Total
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certify that the above is correct. D. A. PARK, Cashier, j
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The First National Bank ot Canyon j
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utterances, columns or influence,
to things misleading, speculative;
or iionar, sirning always ana lovnoft t- muVo n t,in-n -uh r.nr.
Among other things that this! only for the highest standards, j h'af tne cjtizens bull and the
editor has been trying to arouse Und best ideals and tra- j other half bears? Kvery last one
an interest jn is some sort of tire ! itions. intending thereby to ;of us neods to taw . dose of
protection Now vou cannot in ! hlne a modest unit, and an ylxer medicine and forget the
prottction ow jou cannot m bld nstrumentai Qf in , crrjevanco we hold
any possible manner say that casing strenth, and usefulness j otlier Sw berime
we do not need a fire department , in promoting the common good, j a unjti c.very man shoulder to
with something to fight fire with, land all things else tending to the j shoulder in "our undertakings.
You know we need it and there ;ean- imimem or me ciestinyTake the okl iiatt.het out and
. . . . , .. iniarnea jut tor the great I'an
is no use in trying to deny it. ; handle Qf Texas.
Now we are certainly in the
past tense and there is only one! What is your pi.ivate opinion
way to have any future nowandof th(? man who won-t (o hjs
that it to WAKE UP. Now thejpart, Don-t say k out oud f(jr
editor does not mean to wake upr . a , ... mai.
and then drop quickly off to
sleep again. Wake up and stay
awake stay awake before it is too
late. Many a dollar is daily j
risked in this town to the ravages j
of the flames. Why, we have ;
even let the little progressive ; that) as t() ,vhy they do not be
cuy oi i una on our souui oui-
shal who might want to take
charge of you if you said what
j you really think.
Some ix'ople may have reas-
aim ici I U'u itra.TioiJ. clL
strip us in this respect. That
town this last week received an
equipment which would be a
credit to a much larger town,
and if they continue showing
such forwardness it will not be
long before it will be much
larger.
This editor certainly does not
know what to do to raise your
sleeping soul to the necessity
that confronts us. If he did he
certainly would make you think
you had been eating mince pie
and having bad dreams, for if
there is anything that we ought
to do is to protect our property.
Say. this editor thinks that it
was a dad blasted shame that
Randall county did not have an
individual exhibit at the Dallas
fair this year. The county could
have the best exhibit shown
down there if the people had
been up and doing as they should
have been, and right here this
editor says that Randall county
will be represented next year
and represented right. He is
going to keep after the Randall
county people and have an ex
hibit there or make the jxjople
acknowledge that they are quit-j
ters of the first water. Don't!
get mad now if he gets after you
pretty strong for Randall county
must be represented.
lieve such and such a new idea
suggested from time to time,
but no citizen of any town any
where has any good reason to
offer why he should not help
build that town.
bury it and be sure that you do
not leave the handle sticking out
so you can't run and jerk it up
at the first little ru Mo that
and comes up. It would be well
to raise a fund to buy a railroad
ticket for the chronic knocker.
Get him out of town and keep
him out.
Keep in mind that old say
ing that was handed down to
us from our forefathers, "United
we stand: divided we fall." If
each one of us would follow these
few simple suggestions we will
soon have one of the best little
cities in the southwest.
The Hedley Herald, a small but
newsy paper just began publica
tion at Hedley, has come to our
editorial desk. Thomas Durham
is the editor and if he keeps up
the paper like his two initial
numbers it will be greatly ap
preciated by the people in his
section of the. country.
The Farm and Ranch have nn
dertaken to advance the culture
of corn in the state of Texas and
have therefore offered prizes for
various amounts aggregating
$1000.00 on several items. We
this week publish a list of the
pri7.es and trust that our readers
may read this list carefully.
In the last week's issue of the
Hagerman, N. M., Messenger,
there apjears a good article un
der the head of "What Makes a
Town" and we publish the same
in full. It has much go d thought
for the people of this county and
we want our readers to read it
and think it over. You don't
think enough, and we are not
knocking you, either.
As one looks over the census
A man may use a wai t on the
back of his neck for a collar but
ton, ride on the back coach to
I save interest on his money until
! the conductor gets around, stop;
j his watch at night to save wear;
and tear, leave Ins l or t
without a dot or cross to save!
ink, pasture his mother's grave '
to save corn, but a man of this :
j sort is a gentleman and a scholar ;
as compared with the man in-j
vested with the power to do good
I or boost his town and fails to ex-;
j ercise it. What we need right!
i here in Clovis is a man with a,
supreme ego, a man that isn't !
afraid to get out in the street, .
throw his, hat up in the air and I
say "I'm for this'' because its
right, regardless of what may be !
said, done or acted. There are
things in Clovis that need atten- j
tion immediate attention and i
its going to take men firm in
their convictions, men who are '
not afraid to take a stand for fear .
of making some one hot, to ac
complish them. Enmity should
not be courted, but it becomes
necessary for men who are hand
ling the destiny of a town to do
things, regardless of seeming
enmity or friendship. Isn't that
time ripe in Clovis? And isn't
this right' Clovis Post.
The word " Profitable" applies to your
buying at this store as we have now the
largest stock that we have ever carried and,
having been prepared to buy just at the right
time, we have bought this stock at good dis
counts which places us in a position to un
dersell the usual price.
Dry
Never before have we been so well pre
pared to meet the requirements of the people
of this section of the state and never before
have we been able to give such excellent
values. It is a positive saving in all depart
ments for you to buy here, and in addition
we have all the latest goods to select from.
The Dallas State Fair is now holding
their exposition, but we are holding an ex
position of our own in all the accessories for
the men and women as well as the children.
And you get your money's worth if you come
to see us.
Books with cattle bills of sale.
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II Canyon City supply Co.
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