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THE RANDALL COUNTY NEWS. DECEMBER 11. 1908.
j US AND SOME OTHERS
Vernon has the advantage of
all the other Panhandle towns in
one particular at least, viz: in the
abundance of her water-supply.
While nearly all the other towns
along the Denver Road are being
compelled to construct lakes or
pipe away to some distant stream
to obtain a supply, Vernon re
joices in the fact that she has an
abundant supply only about
20 feet beneath the surface a
supply which is not likely to
ever be exhausted by a town of
less than 20,000 people. Vernon
Record.
Say, Brother Ray, when you
folks down there get thirsty and
dry just come to Canyon City
and get a drink of good, pure
water.
The C. II. & G. surveyors were
in Dimmitt Tuesday pulling
chaing all over town, and after
sizing it up well pulled out south
without saying a word, but just
the same the Plainsman will do
all it can in helping get the road
at an early date; and all of the
citizens are ready to help them
put it through when they show
that they mean business. If
they do not build this road soon,
or make some attempt to start it
moving, we are liable to start a
motor line to Canyon. Dimmitt
Plainsman.
Come ahead with that motor
line. We would be glad to have
you coming this way and will ex
tend every effort we may be able
in order to assist. We are close
neighbors.
The eyes of the people of east
Texas have been opened to the
wonderful productiveness of the
west. They were "shown" this
year that we could produce just
as good and even better than any
other part of the state produced
at the state fair. We were
caught with the goods and it was
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clear that the eastern people who
have been turning up their nose
at the name of West Texas are
now "tearing their shirts" to get
to the once depreciated west.
Come on people, we are a big
hearted set of fellows out here
and will forgive you for what
you said ugly about us and wel
come you as prodigal sons to our
magnificent country. Welcome,
thrice welcome. The Avalanche.
Sure, they are bound to ac
knowledge that we have a tine
country if they will just lay
aside prejudice for a few days
and come out to see us. They
will see a prosperous people who
who live in good homes and have
plenty of feed in the cribs and
barns, lots of stuff to eat, good
horses and cattle and the finest
water and best health to be
found anywhere.
In this country a hustling,
keep-busy farmer can not only
make a good comfortable living
for himself and family, but will
in a short time be in circumstan
ces that will enable him to en
roll himself upon the retired list
and live pretty much as he
chooses. Memphis Democrat.
And that farmer can make his
comfortable living so easily if he
but observes the right methods
of farming.
The Dimitt Plainsman comes
to our exchange table thorough
ly revived with Frank W.
Thomason, a newspaper man of
experience at the helm. It is
neatly printed and certainly con
tains a large amount of the Cas
tro county news. In his open
ing editorial Mr. Thomason says
in part:
All we ask is that the people
of Castro county and its tribu
tary give us their support and
patronage. We may sometimes
make mistakes and do the wrong
thing but we want our friends to
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Buy and Sell Panhandle
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. A, J. A. J. A A,
Investigate Panhandle
Kelser Brothers &
; tell us of our faults, for kindly
criticism will always be appreci
ated.
One thing is sure, the Plains
man will always boost Castro
county in print and by word of
mouth and we will work for the
interest of our towns and citi
zens witn an our might, ana a
good word will always be said
for neighboring counties when it
is deserved.
The Panhandle papers cer
tainly do boost their sections. It
makes one think that they either
have the finest country in the
world or are the biggest liars in
the world. But they have some
thing to back the boost. Every
paper shows convincing evidence
of prosperity and get up and get.
Their subscription prices are
$1.50 a year, their advertising
rates are high yet the papers
are full of live ads. Even the
doctors and lawyers run cards,
gins, livery stables, wagon yards,
laundries, bakeries. These pa
pers may stretch things a little
but not a great deal.- Jacksboro
News.
Everybody out in this section
knows that he lives in the finest
country that exists and is there
fore glad to let other people
know that they do live here. As
for advertising, the people have
long since been educated to the
fact that advertising pays. Come
out and we will show you that we
do not stretch things out here
when we speak a good word for
this country. In fact we do not
state all that could be said for
fear that you might doubt it.
Anyway just come out and see
for yourself whether or not we
are saying too much. We are
willing to run the risk.
The Canyon Mercantile Com
pany pays the highest price for
butter, eggs and produce of all
kinds.
Brothers
CANYON CITY, TEXAS,
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HTHE COUNTRY of good crops, fine climate,
00 plenty of water, moral, prosperous and
happy people, great advantages, cheap and
productive lands. Lands are cheaper now than
they will ever be again.
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Cheap Hog Feed Makes Big Profits.
The low price of cotton sug
gests with emphasis the wisdom
of having something to sell to
help out at this season of the
year. A nice young horse will
easily bring $150 spot cash, and
mules are equally high in our
local market. Good milk cows
are worth a fancy price and they
are easily raised here in the
West. And then there is a fine
opening for raising line pigs at
fancy prices since there are few
hog raisers in this section.
There is good money in this in
dustry, especially for the first to
enter into the business. Even
now there is a great demand
among farmers for pigs to make
their meat for another year at a
fair price. There is no place
where hog feed can be raised in
greater abundance and variety
or more cheaply. Maize, sor
ghum, kaffir corn, pie melons,
and kershaws grow almost with
out cultivation. Kaffir corn and
milo maize are exceptionally fine,
especially if crushed or chopped
and soured.
Another advantage is the
abundance of cool, clear water
pumped from wells, and the fact
that a case of hog cholera has
never been known here. Hogs
seem to be almost immune from
that disease.
With immense packeries at Ft.
Worth, Texas, there is always a
good market for any number of
good hogs that can be raised.
Thoy recently sold for 7 cents,
gross.
It would seem very apparent
that this would beat cotton at H
cents for Texas. John Ballew,
Mazeland. Tex., in Dallas Semi
Weekly News.
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CQAL
For Everybody
Highest Market Prices Paid for Wheat and Oats
Highest Cash Price Paid for Hides, Hay, Maize, Kaffir Heads, Etc.
We are a Strictly Home Concern and Desire Your Patronage.
Canyon Coal Company
Adjoining Town
I am offering for sale 160 acres of land, the
West portion of Section 30 in Block 135, adjoining
the town plat of Canyon City on the North side.
This property is finely located and has a run
ning stream of water with fine fishing place with
about 50 or 00 acres of very fine sub-irrigated al
falfa land about half of which is already planted
and the remainder is plowed ready for planting it.
The place is located convenient to town and
good public schools and a bargain is offered to the
man who wants a good home.
Would subdivide the tract to suit purchaser.
W. E. BATES,
Canyon City, Texas.
Phillips
Lands.
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Lands.
Phillips
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