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THE RANDALL COUNTY NEWS. NOVEMBER 13. 1908.
I 9 . The Leader e
There is Always Something Taking Place
here that will interest you. If you are an economical buyer it will pay you to watch our announcements. If you are in
need of reliable goods at the lowest possible prices our store will command your attention. We ask you to carefully
compare our prices with any one's quotations. Look them up and we will get your business. Winter is here and it finds
Some That arc Not Prepared
but our stock is complete and it is an easy matter to find what you need.
Saturday we will change our plan of just one
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BUT WILL OFFER TWO
No. I. All Ladies' Skirts will be sold at a big discount one that you will
have to see to appreciate.
No. 2. All $3.00 Men's Hats at $2.40.
FOR SATURDAY ONLY.
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BIG PRAIRIE FIRE.
Large Scope of Country Burned Over Last
Sunday No Buildings Are Burned.
After the Big Bear.
Ewoll C. Hrown, X. C. Bishop
and S. M. Downing of this city j
left last Friday for El Capitanj
Mountain in Now Mexico, whore SALARY
THE COMMISSIONERS'
COURT IS IN SESSION
they went on a hunting lark.
They went well supplied with
ammunition for the big game,
and as there is plenty of game
reported in that section, it is ex
pected that they will have lots of
hunting yarns to tell when they
return. They expected to be
gone about ten days.
Building Elegant New Residence.
Last Sunday and Sunday night
the southwestern portion of this
county and the country south
west of us was placed in an up
roar on account of one of the
tiercest prairie tires that has
been in this section of the state
for many years. The tire started
southeast of Hereford. We have
not been able to ascertain the or
igin but it is currently reported
that some boy lighted a cigarette
and threw the match down on
the gra.s. There was a high The residence owned by I. L,
wind blowing form the south-1 Hunt, Cashier of the Canyon Na
West and the flames shot up and tional Hank of this city, has been
wont forward with the speed of moved temporarily to the back
a race horse. tof the lot and work on an elegant
The eople of that entire coun-1 new residence for Mr. Hunt was
try turned out to protect their begun this week. This reporter
property and it was only by the did not get to see the the plans
hardt-st kind of work that much for the new house but the found-
damage to buildings was averted, j ation indicates that it will be
Reports say that the territory i modern in shape and the people
covered was from six to ten working on tin; building state
miles wide. Lite Sunday after- that it will be one of the neatest
noon the wind changed to the in the city when completed.
north and the lire started south ;
and just how far it went we have! One of the bricklayers on the
not ascertained. J new court house by the name of
Several people from the scene! Malone had his knee badly
OF COUNTY JUDGE INCREASED
NEW OFFICIALS ARE SWORN IN
- GENERAL ROUTINE.
Sanford's Total Bond Will Be $43,000.00
The Court is Very Busy and Will Take
All Week to Clear Docket.
of the lire on the north side were
in the city Monday and had
some amusing incidents to tell
about how the jieople acted, and
still more serious things to tell
about how the work of stopping
the fire was accomplished. Hack
tires were started but in many
cases this did not avail.
A Methodist Minister Recommends Chamber
lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy.
"I have used Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea,
Kemedy for several years for
diarrhoea. I consider it the best
remedy I have ever tried for that
trouble, 1 bought a bottle of it
a few days ago from our drug
gist, Mr. R. K. Hrooks. I shall
ever le glad to speak a word in
its praise when 1 Irave the op
lority.'' Kev. J. D. Knapp, Pas
tor M. K. Church, Miles Crove,
Pa. Sold by City Pharmacy.
(Vlery fresh from the garden,
crisp us a new spring radish and
us line flavored us any that ever
grew, at the Uautcr phce.
wrenched last Monday morning
causing him a great deal of pain,
but he is able to be again at work
at this time.
A light fall of sleet fell during
Itst night. Indications this
morning are that the clouds
which have been hanging over
the country for the past four
days will clear away and the sun
come out again.
Ralph M. Husk and wife of the.
(.'eta community were in this
city last Monday on their way to
Hico where Mrs. Rusk's mother
is reported as being very sick.
Telegrams to this city from that
place received after departure
stat that her mother is not ex-l-cted
to live.
L. (i. Conner showed the Xews
reporter some line beets yester
day. The rejwrter expects to
get quite an item from Mr. Con
ner relative to some of his crops,
and if he does it will be publish
ed in these columns. Mr. Cori
neris very conservative in his
statements relative lo crops and
it will be therefore all the more
(interesting.
et al, beginning at the northwest
corner of section 11, block Hr
and ending at the La Platta road,
and which reported adversely on
said road at the August term,
I'.IO, were discharged without
pay and a new jury consisting of
I. W. McClure, J. D. Camble, R.
H. Redfearn, J. M. Hlack and W.
C. I laird was appointed
The bond of V. J. Redfearn as
justice of the peace Precinct No.
1 and commissioner Precinct No.
I 1 was examined and approved.
! The bonds of M. P. (lamer as
This has been a very busy ' county and district clerks were
week in the Commissioner's 1 examined and approved. The
Court of this county. There has
been work-' of nearly every des
cription to be done. There was
the general election returns to
be canvassed, settlement to be
made with the tax collector, the
treasurer and every one of the
officers who was not re-elected.
There were road matters to be
investigated, amount of officers
bonds to be fixed, bonds to ap
prove and officers to be sworn
in, officials' salaries to be fixed,
and numerous other things.
Of the officials the county
judge seems to have been the
only one who was entitled to a
raise in salary, the court having
raised it from sMim per year to
7."0. This is the ex-offieio sal
ary and does not include fees of
office or fees from the school de
partment of the office work. The
county clerk, the sheriff and
county attorney each receive an
ex-otlicio salary for SU per
year. This also does not include
fees of office.
Up to yesterday afternoon all
of the officers elect had been
sworn in except tin? sheriff and
tax collector whose bond was be
ing made and it is expected that
he will be initiated today.
The following is the record of
the proceedings of this term of
this court as taken from the
minutes yesterday afternoon:
Court met Monday morning
with the county judge and all
the commissioners present.
Returns of the election held
Tuesday, November JJrd, were
examined and the county officers
were declared elected as re
ported in last week's issue of
the News.
The jury of view which had
been apfointed upon the road
petitioned for by H. H. (Jilliam,
bond of W. D. Scott as county
attorney was also examined and
approved.
The petition of .John H. Hell, et
al, for a public road beginning at
the southeast corner of survey
:.".), block 15.", and ending at the
northeast corner of survey
block 1, was heard and the court
decided that the road was not of
public utility and application
therefore refused.
The bonds to be made by the
various officials were fixed as
follows: District Clerk, $.";
County Clerk, :;oO; County
Judge, J0()0; Hide and Animal
Inspector, s:jn): Sheriff, sCi)(;
Assessor (county funds), iOO;
Assessor (state funds), .$1K);
County Attorney. cTiOO; County
Surveyor, sloou; County Treas
urer (slate and county luncls),
1 :.', ( i; C ount y Troasu rer
(school funds), !?IVmmi; Tax Col
lector (state funds). $K,(HM);
County Collector (county funds),
salary and the clerk is authorized
to draw draft for same monthly.
All other officers salaries remain
the same as fixed in 1!H)m.
Late yesterday afternoon the
Court was busy with a linal set
tlement with S. V. Wirt the re
tiring County Treasurer.
.Joe Foster was in Amarilio the
first of this week.
Call at Cowart & Phillips' and
see their new line of candies.
Mrs. John Potter was report
ed as being sick the lirst of
this week.
Born To Mr. and Mrs. Mark
Wesley in the Ceta community,
on November 2nd, a girl.
J. JO. Rogers has returned
from Kalis City, Neb. where he
has been on a business trip.
Mrs. C. R. Hurrowhas return
ed from an extended visit in
middle and southern Texas.
Sl'2,'i; Justice of the Peace,
spMii); County Superintendent of
Public Instruction, Imm.
Hondsof M. S. Park, Commis
sioner, Precinct No. I, A. N.
Henson as County Judge and
County Superintendent, E. W.
Neico, Commissioner Precinct
No. and J. D. Knicely, Com
missioner Precinct No. were
each examined and approved.
The quarterly report of A. N.
Henson as County Judge was ex
amined and approved as was the
report of S. V. Wirt as County
Treasurer and the annual refort
of the County Treasurer as to
the condition of the school funds
of the county.
The report of M. F. Slover as
collector of taxes was examined
and approved.
The County J udge was allow
ed i7r0.W) per year as ex-ollicio
H. T. Johnson went to Fort
Worth last Wednesday to attend
the State Haptists' convention
in that city.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Row
an left Wednesday for Kansas
City and other points in the
north to be gone about1 two
weeks.
The weather during the past
few days has been decidedly
colder, there being ice nearly
every night this week. An at
tempt was twice made to snow,
but it did not materialize.
M. P. Carner has purchased
the J. M. Renshaw place in the
southern portion of town and as
soon as the deal is closed will
move to that place from his farm
west of the city.
Rev. J. M. Harder, pastor of
the Jlaptist church in this city,
accompanied by Mrs. Harder,
left last Wednesday to attend the
state Jlaptist Convention which
is in session in Fort Worth.
We do not know whether Wade
Stephenson or Ira Smith is re
sponsible for the vegetable, but
Ira brought to this office this
week a radish which measured
twenty-two inches in length and
was liftepn and one-half inches
around. We did not weigh it as
we had no scales but it was en
tirely solid and certainly a monster.
PICNIC IN BEULAH COMMUNITY.
Citizens of Armstrong County will Hold Rally
Next Saturday. Railroad the Main
Proposition.
It is announced that the citi
zens in the southwestern portion
of Armstrong county will hold a
picnic at Heulah school house
in that county next Saturday for
the purpose of having a ralley on
the Canyon City-Silverton Rail
way proposition. Extensive ar
rangements are being made for
the entertainment of the visitors
and it is thought that a large
number from Canyon City will
go down to help push the matter
along.
Rasket dinner will be served
and the people down there invite
any person who desires to do so
to come out and help them cele
brate. Arrangements have been
made for speakers who are well
posted in the matters under dis
cussion and it is thoughtthat the
subscription which that county
will have to make for the railroad
will be completed that day.
PROFIT IN GOOBER PEAS.
Randall County Citizen Raises Small Patch of
Peanuts Which Shows Amazing Results.
We have, from time to time, re
ported various kinds of crops
grown in this country and they
show that good results can lie
had from anything that is prop
erly sown and cultivated.
In conversation with J. L. Rey
nolds who lives in the northwest
ern portion of the city, this
week, Mr. Reynolds told the re
fMirter about some peanuts which
he grew out at his home this
year. He said that he had eight
and one-half rows of these goob
ers, each row being sixty-live
yards long, and that he had just
gathered the crop and from this
small patch he had secured over
twelve bushels of the peanuts.
Taking this patch as a basis he
would have grown on one acre a
little more than one hundred
bushels and at the market price
in this city he could have re
ceived $ir0.0) for the product of
this one acre of land. In addi
tion to this the tops of these nuts
are very tine for hay being very
fattening for horses and cows.
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