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THE RANDALL COUNTY NEWS. DECEMBER 11. 908.
The Randall County News
Published Kvi-ry Friday.
The News Publishing Company
K. A. Terrill, Manager lvditor
Kntercd nt is!oftii'e al Canyon. Texa.
second class matter. Dtlice ol imblioation.
West Kvelyn street.
Suliripl ion Kattn.
One j pur. in cmmiy
(me ycur. outside of county
Six months
Two months
11.00
1.35
. .75
l'niHirs sent out of the county promptly dis
continued Ht expiration of time paid for.
Contributors Notice.
The editor of this upt r is anxious to receive,
from tin.e to time, communications from its
renders l'Ut we reimest that all such com
munications he signed, not for puMication.
hut that vre nm kr.ott the source from which
the article cunies.
Kailwa.v Time Tattle.
MAIN UXK,
No. ST lo Clous. . ...
No. i. to 'arlstnul
No. laical Kre-ht
WEST
nor xn.
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10:1.) a. m.
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MAIN" UXK, KAST HOl XIi.
No. . from Clovis Mim n. m.
No. ?J. to Knnsn City :. m.
No. 71. Local I-Yfiiit 2 40 p.m.
ri,AIXVli-:V HKAXCH, XOIJTH iTnD
No. . to Anmr.::o Ifrfl a. m.
No. W. Local rrei-'V. '"'" p. m.
l-M-AIXVii;W BRANCH. SO. BOUND.
No. 17. to I'laintie ft' p- m.
No. OT, Local rri'ir-lit Kit) a. in.
Trains No. ;T on the Ma.n l.ne ieiwinir Can
yon City at 2:.Vi p. m is made up here, and
Train No. 3. on the Main Line arrivini: from
Clovis at 10 a. m. slops at this place.
Local freights anil trains Nos. 37 and RT don't
run on Sund.iy.
The editor personally under
took the investigations and cot
prices at which the goods were
sold, from the people who in
vested h these "cheap'' goods.
He did not go to see all of them
but he saw enough to satisfy
himself as to prices. Then he
went to three firms in this city
who handled groceries and got
their prices on exactly the same
quantities of goods and demand
ed prices on the BEST qualities.
The following is the result of his
investigations:
There was only one article
sold that the price was lower
than the local merchant would
sell at and that article was
Raker's chocolate which is made
in two or three grades, which
article the traveler who buys no
products, spends none of his
money for anything that we have
to sell, whose home is under his
hat, pays no taxes and is of no
benefit to the community as a
man, sold at the price of S3 1-3
cents per pound while the retail
dealer here sells the best of that
article at 50 cents per pound.
On his canned corn he met the
prices of the local dealers on the
local dealer's best grade in dozen
can lots, towit: 1.10 per dozen.
On not another single thing did
this "cheap"' salesman meet the
local man's price. The traveler
sold 3 pound cans of tomatoes
(don't know what quality, in fact
the brands of all his goods are
entirely unknown to any person
in this city so far as we have
heard) at the exceedingly low
price of of $1.39 per dozen while
the local man wants just $1.23
per dozen for the very best
brands. He sold gunpowder tea
in 0 pound lots at ."o cents per
pound while the dealer would be
glad t j sell you the best grade in
such a lot at 40 to "0 cents per
f f I ? P f, I Pund- pound lots of roasted
)Mr JyJ ' ocna an( Java coffee were sold
iu i viic-a ju uuu aiiu nit:
local dealer will sell you the best
quality of the same kind one
I pound lots at 23 cents and will
! make you 22i cents per pound
i f TTJErC price if you want ten pounds at
once. The rice which he had to
sell was somewhat cracked "on
Pome statistician Cgnires that $250,- j account of being handled so
much"' and he got 0 to 7J- cents
'per pound while your dealer will
sell the full head rice at 10
; pounds for a dollar. His "What
i Not" "Dr. Cook" or some other
i kind of baking powder brought
j him 23 cents per pound while
! the groceryman will sell you bet
j ter at a cent per ounce. He
j sold hams for lflc if you took two
at once and the groceryman will
sell you one at 13c to 17c per
ixiund. Breakfast bacon of an
unknown brand brought 21c per
pound and the highest price
quoted by local men was 22c.
The salesman would not sell
you sugar for "I can't save you
From time to time this editor any money on that." (Every -has
been preaching the gospel of j body knows just what sugar is
What Man Do
You Strangle ?
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body. Just consider that you
are getting what is coming to
you.
Your local groceryman spends
money in this town.
It was a noticeable fact that
every man of the very large ex
cursion which visited Randall
County last week was greatly
pleased with the country. It is
reported that by the largest
number of sales were made dur
ing this excursion that have ever
been made in any one week.
And the most pleasing fact of
the whole matter is that most of
those who bought will move to
this county as soon as they can
make their arrangements in the
Northern states. Keep your eye
on Randall County. It's going
to be the most thickly populated
county in the western portion of
the state before long.
The News will issue a special
Christmas edition next week and
will be the banner issue for a
paper from this county. The
cover is an elegant one, some
thing that you will like to pre
serve for all future time. It will
cost this office considerable but
then we are confident that our
exertions to give the people who
are subscribers the very best
that can be had will be duly ap
preciated and it will only be
casting bread upon the waters
which we hope will be returned
before the many days are
passed.
The Santa Fe to Extend.
Lady in Trouble.
OO'.y.xD every J'f i i!ns diverted
from tin; local merchants of this coun
try to the mall ordor concerns in the
great cities.
How much of that MONUMENTAL
MOUND OF MONEY goes out of this
coiuiiiiinlty ?
Every dollar so Kjnt helps t
SWELL THE HEAP iu the city that
has u use fur us except to j:-t our
;oOI MONEY.
Every dollar mailed away helps U
STUANfjLE ENTEIU'IIISE AND
SCUTTLE UKOSrEUITY right here
at Imiiie.
When you straug'.e your neighbor
you Birangli- yourself.
Announcement is made for a
meeting of the people of this
county to be held at the court
house next Monday afternoon at
2 o'clock for the purpose of hear
ing the report of the committee
who had charge of the Reunion
this past year and for the elec
tion of the committee for the
coming entertainment. This is
an important matter and should
deserve the attention and attend
ance of every energetic citizen of
the county. Come out and see
if you cannot help the matter
along by your presence.
This last week has been one of
rather moment us development
in railroad circles, and the com
ing two weeks will probably
bring more surprise to the peo
ple who are watching railroad
movements in this section.
Rumor that the Santa Fe had
contracted to build on to Lub
bock from Plain view within a
short time has been verified and
land values at that place have
doubled themselves within the
last week.
It is also rumored but not ver
ified, that the Santa Fe soon
starts teams to work on the Tex
ico cutoff to Plainview within a
short time, while the Altus, Ros
well and Kl Paso has teams at
work out from Roswell, Lubbock
and Childress, so that things
will have to be doing about in
Floyd county in a short time.
The Floydada citizens have al
most subscribed the required
amount for the building of their
proposed line and according to
this subscription heading must
begin work by January 13 or the
stock forfeits, or rather be
comes of no value.
All these various movements
are of interest to Ijockney in as
much as they show than some
thing is "going to be doing" and
Loekney must certainly do or be
done soon, for the operation
won't be in California or East
Texas but right around some
where close, the proximity of
which we believe the people of
this town are to an extent capa
ble of saying if only an effort is
made now. Ijockney Beacon.
Louis Perkins of Elkton. Ky.,
was in the city the first of the
week visiting two of his former
Elkton friends, Messrs. ('. P. and
(ieorge Hutchings.
Mrs. M. J. Rainer was placed
under detention about noon to
day by officers, it being alleged
that she was suffering from a
mental strain, under the inilu
ence of which she could not fully
control herself. Until further
disposition may be made of the
case the lady is occupying the
county hospital ward. It is
learned that Mrs. Rainer form
erly lived in Amarillo, on the
north side, but later moved with
members of her family to Can
yon City. Her presence here at
this time is due to a visit with
friends. The' lady has been in
ill health for several months, but
it is learned that the stress has
become more tense within the
past few days, resulting in the
condition requiring outside as
sistance and medical attention.
Daily Panhandle.
Veterinary Surgeon,
Dr. C. B. Lohr, a veterinary
surgeon and dentist has arrived
in this city from Staunton, Va.,
and has located here with his of
fice at the livery barn of the (ieo.
Reynolds Co. Dr. Lohr comes
well recommended and will prac
tice his profession in any portion
of the Panhandle country. He
is well versed in his profession
and those who have required his
services since his arrival speak
well of his ability. 37-1 1
Dan K. Vsery, who lias been
one of the Star force for the
greater part of the time for the
past year and half, left Tuesday
for Canyon City, where he will
work on the Randall County
News. Stratford Star.
J. C. Compton of Port ales, N.
M. was in this city last Sunday
the guest of friends.
Be Content
The desire to get rich quick
lias been the ruination of many a
man. It has led men to wander
afar in the hojHi that luck might
lead them to wealth and as a
usual thing they have found dis
appointments at the end of the
trail when following in the con
servative path success was cer
tain. The same desire has led men
to put millions of dollars into
holes in the ground where they
have succeeded in digging out
but few and the same desire,
coupled with gambling instinct,
has led and will lead many to
disgrace a self inflicted death.
There has never been a stu
dent of real life who has not ex
tolled the surroundings of the
tiller of the soil and every day
brings further testimony from
men who have sj)ont years in
seeking the very thing they were
leaving on the old farm and when
their sun commenced to set
spend the remaining years in be
wailing their misspent lives.
The farmers of Young county
have much to be thankful for and
but little to lament. Nature has
dealt kindly by them and their
acres respond quickly to the
men who farm intelligently and
systematically. Blessed in
health, blessed in possessions
and blessed in their surround
ings, they have all the things
that go to make up contentment
and happiness, so it is the part
of wisdom to not be led away
into pursuing phantoms when
the substance is within your
grasp. Graham Leader.
Rev. J. M. Harder, pastor of
the Baptist Church left last
Monday for Cooke county where
he will be engaged in holding a
revival for the next week or ten
days.
GOT SKINNED ON GROCERIES.
Do you want to shop with !
pleasure? If so, go around and j
look at the Christmas goods 1
earlj. The clerks in the various !
stores can do only so much dur-,
ing a day's time and if you wait J
until the last day the stocks will j
all be picked over and you will
not be satisfactorily waited upon
which is exasperating to a care-!
ful purchaser. j
R. II. Caler of the Happy com- j
m unity was in the city Tuesday
and to the News man said: "Say,
that is a spicy pater you are j
getting out and we are always j
glad to get it. Don't ever bej
late in sending it out or we will :
be disappointed at home.''
buying your supplies from your
local dealers giving various good
and valid reasons for so doing
the mainmost of which were,
that you could buy just as cheap
and in addition could have the
satisfaction of knowing just what
you buy at the time you do buy
and if not satisfactory your
dealer would make the matter
good.
This week we are k'oing to
bring the matter straight home
worth and he wasn't tfoing to
lose any money while business
was good). Canned California
fruits sell on the local markets
at 2.00 per dozen while this man
sold his lowest priced goods at
2.40. When it came to anything
in the spice line he revelled in
the "exceedingly low prices
which I am offering you." He
got eighty cent per pound for
nutmeg while the dealer will sup
ply you forever at 40 cents while
to some of our people who think i the oppers, cloves and spices
that they can buy from some; of all kinds sell locally at 30
traveling ' representative" for
some unknown firm in a faraway
city. There has been a man
among our people this week tak
ing orders for "cheap" groceries
for his firm in Kansas City or
some other place. The editor
heard about it and is willing to
investigate such matters in order
to satisfy his curiosity and to be
thoroughly satisfied that he was
right in his contentions. We
are glad to say that a great
many of the ieope were sensible
enough to know that they could
buy better goods at less prices
right here in town but some of
t hem took the Cork under and
lught goxls which will be hero-af1-r
delivered.
cents per pound, in pound lots
this gentleman raised the price
33 1-3 j)er cent and got 40 cents.
So we might go on and quote
you the prices named and secur
ed on many other articles but
we think the list given is suffi
cient. To those who did not "invest
in these bargains" we have to
say that we honor your good
judgment and to those who were
tempted and fell we want to say
that we are glad that you got
skinned. It was nothing more
than you deserve. When the
man comes to deliver these
goods take them and pay for
them and if they are not satis
factory don't say a word to any-
Canyon City is making history ;
for the younger generation of!
people and we wonder if we!
would be glad to read the his
tory now being made if it were
written up some twenty-live j
years from now.
Better get ready to defend our
business houses and homes be
fore it is everlastinglj' too late.
Which is cheaper, a fire or a fire
fighting aparatus?
Which is safest to the health !
of the community, the cess pool
and open closet or a system of !
sewerage?
What lias become of the Can
yon City band?
Must Be a Necss'rty.
In making a remittance to this
office for the News this week
Phil Schneider of Ilinton, Iowa,
sends word that he is very glad
that he has purchased a section
of land in this county and that
he values this land but that next
to the land he values the Randall
County News and therefore does
not want to miss a single copy.
Thompson Hardware Company
The Bowshcr sweep mill is the only
mill that will grind Kaffir Corn and
Milo Maize in the head successful.
Grind your feed and realize twice
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Everlasting.
Combine the Fence .
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theuouaw American JJolIarsf
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Harness and saddle
department, is com
plete. AM goods
hand made from the
vary best California
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can buy. -:-
Ve have a full line of
Eclipse vind mills,
pipe, casing and all
kind of water supplies, wagons, buggies and implements of
all kinds. Call and let us show you our immense stock.
THOMPSON HARDWARE CO.
EAST SIDE OF COURT HOUSE.