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THE RANDALL COUNTY NEWS.
Vol. XII.
Canyon, Randall County, Texas, Friday, November 20, 1908.
No. 34
EASTERN RAILROAD OFFICIALS ARE HERE.
Vica President, Secretary and Assistant Treas
urer of the C. L. 4 C & A. in City
"I never knew how great a
state Texas was and and how
great a field it is for the investor
in railroad and other properties
Under favorable circumstances,
until I made this trip," said
George II. Ross, vice president
of the Clover Leaf route and the
Chicago & Alton, who is en tour
of this state with a party con
sisting of Traffic Manager W. L.
Ross, James Stewart Mackie,
secretary and assistant treas
urer, New York; H. C. Steven
son, assistant general freight
agent, Chicago, and P. W. Mahl,
general purchasing agent of
Colorado it Southern, Denver.
The party arrived here last
night over the Houston & Texas
Central from Houston, after hav
ing visited Houston and Galves
ton, coming into the state over
the the Katy from Denison and
Dallas and then up to Fort Worth
from Houston. Only daylight
Large Scissors, Small Scissors, Embroidery
Scissors, Button-Hole Scissors, Clerks'
Scissors, Barbers' Scissors and
Also SCISSORS
rices
49 Cents Per Pair
Saturday, November the 27th
('omniencinp; at 7 o'clock in the morning; on the day above.
Xo excuse for asking; the tired husbands to fix the old
scissors. If you don't g'et a pair of these scissors we will
know you have not g;ot the 49 cents.
The hour is set, the date you know.
Don't Fail
The Amarillo Business College
iv-ipvmiv The only school in the west having a Santa Fe train wire direct J
J hlihdHAl 11 i into the school, affording every opportunity to its students to get a i
practical experience in railroad telegraphy.
oiinifTH V I) High grade school, attended by mature young men and women,
nmmi iu. it why are anx;ous to better their condition.
Hundreds of graduates occupying the highest positions. j
TYPEWRITING Write Man for a copy of the College Journal. 1
We teach by mail. We stand for merit. J
BOOKKEEPING Pride of the Panhandle. Write at once for full information. J
' You can enter this school any week day in the year and pursue j
your studies to a successful completion. i
! PENMANSHIP AddressDrawer 519, Amarillo, Texas. I
runs are being made so that the
state may be seen to best ad
vantage. Prom here the party
will make a' trip up the Denver
road to Wichita Falls and over
the Wichita Valley to Stamford
and Abilene and back to Wichita
Falls, and then up the Denver,
Colo., by daylight.
J. Stewart Mackie, the secre
tary and assistant treasurer of
the Clover Leaf and Chicago &
Alton, is secretary and treasurer
of the Trumbull lines, which in
clude the Colorado & Southern
system. Mr. Mackie is here on
an inspection tour and to attend
the annual meetings of the rail
roads in which he is interested.
He expressed himself as being
highly pleased witli the pros
pects in the state up to the pres
ent, and when asked if any im
provements were in prospect for
the Trumbull lines, he said: "I
have never known the time when
you could stop railroad improve
ments in Texas."'
This morning Mr. Mackie and
party will look over the Denver
road terminals and the Trinity &
Brazos Valley terminals at River
SCISSORS
front $1.00 down will In; placed on
to Get a Stove Mat Tomorrow
HARDWARE DEPARTMENT
ercantile Company
West Side of Square.
side. The party will leave here
about 1:510 this afternoon for an
inspection of the Denver and
Wichita Valley lines Ft. Worth
Record.
Among the Trumbull lines
mentioned in the foregoing arti
cle is the Texas Central which
runs from Waco to Rotan. This
one of the prospective roads
which may build to connect with
the new proposed railway out of
Canyon City to the southeast
with connections into Galveston.
The Cattle King Restaurant.
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Artt
have re-opened the Cattle King
restaurant across the street
from the depot in this city and
propose to run an up to date
place where you can get a reg
ular meal or a short order at any
time. It
Rev. M. E. Hawkins has re
turned from Waco to which
place he went to attend the meet
ing of the North West Texas
Conference of the Methodist
church.
I I
sale for Cash at
THE COMMISSIOMERS'
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
AFTER BEING IN SESSION ALL WEEK AD
JOURNMENT WAS TAKEN SATURDAY.
Much General Business of County Was Tran
sacted All of New County Officers are
Sworn Into Office.
The Commissioners' Court of
this county certainly had a
strenuous time last week. They
had business galore to transact
and early in the week they wad
ed into it with a will and much
of the accumulated business of
the former administration was
cleared out, all the officials gave
their bonds and were inducted
into their several offices, settle
ments with all thecounty officers
had and a general clean-up par
ticipated in.
We gave, in our issue of last
week, the proceedings of the
Court up until Wednesday after
noon and during the remainder
of the week the proceedings as
reported below were had.
About the most important
item transacted during this time
was the order appointing the
County Judge as Commissioner
to have the cemetery ten acre
block of land subdivided into
blocks and sold to white persons
for burial purposes. This ac
tion was taken in order that
some definite understanding
might be had as to the owner
ship of the various plots of
ground. The Ladies Improve
ment Association of this city
is working in connection with
court and it is intended that all
money received from the sale of
blocks or lots shall be expended
upon the grounds in the way of
beautifying and improving them.
The transactions of the court
as shown by the minutes were
as follows:
The treasurer was instructed
to pay to Joe Foster, county as
sessor, upon warrants drawn up
on him, out of the first funds
collected upon the tax rolls for
the year 1!MX the following
amounts as his fees for assess
ing the state, county and dis
trict school taxes for said year:
Assessing state and county
taxes $i)73.7ri, district school
$-0.i!0.
The two bonds of Joe Foster
as assessor of state taxes and as
assessor of county taxes were
examined and approved.
Taxes upon the north half of
survey 4i, block Hr. were ad
justed on accounn of double ren
dition. The bonds of I!. II. Sanford as
sheriff and as state and county
tax collector were examined and
approved. They amounted to I
'$1. '5,000.00. J
! The petition of I. N. Hicks, etj
; al for a public road running from
the northeast corner of survey
111:!, block to the southwest
! corner of survey 140 in same
i block, was deferred for further
i consideration.
The petition of John II. Hell
was again considered. This pe
tition was for a road beginning
!at the southeast corner of sur
vey ".), block M" and running
north to the northeast corner of
survey block 1, and the peti
tion was finally deferred for still
further investigation and consid
eration. The report of W. J. Redfearn
as justice of the peace for the
quarter ending October 31, was
examined and approved.
The quarterly report of S. V.
Wirt, county treasurer, was
checked up, examined and ap
proved and final settlement with
' him had.
! Tli- finance ledger kept by the
'county clerk showing the ac
counts of the various county of
ficials was approved.
The report of Judge J. C,
Hunt, treasurer of the Canyon
City Independent school district
for the year ending August 31,
was examined, checked and ap
proved. Taxes on survey No. 70, block
M9 were adjusted on account of
erroneous rendition.
The following order was
passed:
"It is hereby ordered by the
court that the county judge is
empowered to have the cemetery
situated on section CO, block B5,
II. & G. N. Railway Company
land in Randall county, Texas,
consisting of ten acres in the
northeast corner of said section,
surveyed and a plat dividing
same into blocks and each block
subdivided into lots made and
said plat recorded in the deed
records of Randall county, Texas,
and the said county judge is
further authorized and empow
ered to sell said lots and make
deeds therefor to white persons
for the purpose of burial."
The "per diem" of the several
officers of the court was allowed
as follows: A. N. Henson, county
judge, six days, S1H.00; J. U.
Knicely, commissioner, six days;
Slrt.00; R. E. Baird, commis
sioner, two days, $0.00; S. H.
Iiofton, commissioner, two days,
$0.00; W. J. Redfearn, commis
sioner, four days, 12.00; M. S.
Park, commissioner, six days,
H.0O.
WILL PLAT THE CEMETERY.
Improvement Association Will Join Commis
sioners' Court in Beautifying the
Burying Ground.
As reported in the issue of
this paper last week the Civic
Improvement Association met in
adjourned session at the court
house last Monday afternoon
to hear the report from the com
missioners' court relative to the
work in the cemetery grounds
south of the city.
County Judge A. N. Henson
was present and gave a report of
the action of the court which is
given in full in another column
of this paper and the action of
the court was fully concurred in
by the Association and steps
were taken to have the grounds
platted and the new building
which is to be erected there lo
cated, so that the carpenters
might complete the building at
an early date.
Considerable enthusiasm was
evoked on the part of those pres
ent and arrangements were made
for the cemetery committee and
other members to go out to the
cemetery last Wednesday after
noon to begin the work.
On Wednesday afternoon quite
a crowd of the Association mem
bers met Judge Henson at the
grounds and the location for the
house was decided upon and the
work of surveying begun. As
soon as the surveying is com
pleted the plat will be recorded
and the blocks will be offered for
sale. The money resulting from
the sale will be spent in beauti
fying the cemetery.
Judge Jasper N. llaney has re
turned from Denison where he
was in attendance upon meeting
of the Red River Improvement
Association. He reiorts that the
proposed bill for the establishing
of a National Park in the Palo
Dnro Canyons in this county re
ceived much favorable progress
during the meeting.
Miss Willie Sowder, one of the
teachers in the public school at
Tulia, was in the city last Sun
day on a visit to her relatives,
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Sowder.
Mrs. A. N. Henson has return
ed from an extended visit to
Kansas City and St. Joseph, Mo.
THE THANKSGIVING
DAY SERVICES
JOINT CELEBRATION TO BE HELD BY
CHURCHES THURSDAY MORNING.
Interesting Program Arranged For Annual Ser
vices Which Are to Be Held With Presby
terian Church No Sermon.
It has been the custom of the
various churches of this city to
arrange for a joint meeting at
some one of the churches on
Thanksgiving day. This arrange
ment has again been made this
year and the meeting will be held
in the Presbyterian church on
West Evelyn street at 10 o'clock
next Thursday morning.
An interesting program has
been arranged. There will be no
regular set sermon, for as one of
the pastors of this city re
marked: "It is hard for a person
to keep his mind on a dry ser
mon where there is a roasting
turkey waiting for them." How
ever there are to be several ad
dresses the longest of which is
limited to ten minutes.
Those who have the matter in
charge desire the attendance of
as many as may make it conven
ient to come and give thanks for
the blessing of the past year.
They also request that the busi
ness men close their places of
business by 9:30 a. m. so that all
of their employees may attend.
The services will begin promptly
at 10 o'clock.
We give below the program as
arranged:
Organ Voluntary . . Mrs. Ingham
Gloria Patri Choir
America Congregation
Nicaca Congregation
Invocation Hro. (J roves
Anthem: "Ijet Mount Zion Re
joice" Choir
Address 15ro. White
Quartette
Address Hro. Harder
Duet
Add ress Prof. Redus
Solo Prof. Peterson
Address Pro. Hawkins
Anthem: "Praise Ye the Fath
er" Choir
Collection for the needy in which
all may have part.
Doxology.
A gentleman by the name of
Rollins from Falls City, Neb.,
has purchased a tract of 100
acres .of land east of this city
and this week returned to his
home for the purpose of loading
his car of household goods and
will return here as soon as pos
sible to improve his land. Two
other gentlemen from the same
place, Messrs. Fischer and
(Jresham, have bought land in
the Ceta neighborhood and will
move to their new lands within
the next month.
Rev. and Mrs. .1. M. Harder
have returned from Fort Worth
where they went to attend the
State Haptist convention which
was in session in that city last
week.
.1. M. Renshaw, a former resi
dent of this city hut now of Ksta
cado, was in this city Tuesday
closing up tin- sale of his home
place here to Marvin P. Garner.
I. W. McClure ami daughter,
Miss May, were among those
who attended the Haptist con
vention in Fort Worth last week,
returning the first of this week.
Judge and Mrs. L. C. Lair
were delegates to the Haptist
convention at Fort Worth and
have returned home reporting a
very pleasant trip.
Mr. A. 11. Thompson returned
last Saturday from a months
visit with relatives at Alvarado.