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THE RANDALL COUNTY NEWS. DECEMBER It. 1908.
Canyon City Professional Cards
D. M. Stewart,
Physician and Surgeon
limop In VUnce niililinr over A. H. Thomp
Mn's druir More. I'nUsiinswerert nluht or flay.
Geo. J. Parsons,
Physician and Surgeon
Office. ThomiiMin's druir store.
F. M. Wilson,
Physician and Surgeon
I'itv IMmrmHcy. Cm!! mum erod 1t
or niirht. lifS ikTiOo Hume No.
S. L Ingham,
Dentist
Canyon Nitli(nnl Hunk lu:Miiv.
w h minted.
Geo. A. Brandon,
Lawyer
T ent three jeiirs'rrnotloe r.ri exier:ence i
in Texns courts, offlco in court luuie
W. D. Scott,
Lawyer
( flK'o in t'tnirt hoiisf. NY
Buie, Rollins & Woolley,
Lawyers
HI':
::U Him-
C. V. Wi.
i.t'.V
,., s-iiii-i: ril. Will attend to
of the stnte. EXiimimitt. .n
u M-ee.-iir. . Xol,iry in oSit.
.( hind i;t
i'e in smith !-.i:l:n.'. I'hor.e
-J. U. Hunt,
Lawyer
lirt-s t'otli friiiiTiai iiTid civil vraetief.
Tw eh e yeiir-' exier:-r,ce. I.anO titles 'T.-sspU
iO")n. Write Minimis ! OT.trne'.s and iiistru
imtis. Notary in c.I.ee. riflioen'Ttheas! cor
ner public square. u stairs. Cnt. n. Texns.
R. A. Sowder,
Attorney-at-Law
iu.(l Notury.
''-lui'Iete at'stmcts o! jia ijrj.i ; county l.'irids.
( il.ee over Can win S'ipl:. "o. l'LoneJU.
Campbell's Soil Culture
IS MAKING HISTORY
Campbell's Scientific Farmer
HAS A FIELD OF JTS OWN
It telis vol, ,o to t'et jrood crops in dry
ean. ! the -nmpoei: S s'eiij of Soil Culture.
andli'.M to ooui'ie ttie present ieid per Here.
A ieid ff h::i!t w heitt. Ipv tije Caiupbeij
S.'Nteiu. at the VetTitsk.i Hranelj Station,
North I'.aHe. Net tti.s year hs CT bush-
(is H-r iiere.
Mr. :::i:poeil is t-sti. t.-i!i.nt' experimental
Ittmisin niany sections of the countr. This
siciii tie.n' praetieed more eicry year and
i t-'reat success is t-eeoi:.;n: more eonipietely
oi'morxriited. It's no l"i.,'er a theory, hut is
a proven faet. Saiui'le copy of the Karriier
I'ree' send for it rio. We want reliable,
netue agents for our paix-r.
An o.iort unity for jouri? iiien and noDien to
ork their ay thru school or provide for nec
essaries. We pay Mlarv and comniission.
Write for terms.
Campbell's Soil Culture Co.
-I. sj Lincoln, Nebraska
Harter & Chesser
EXPERT
Horse Shoers
...Blacksmiths Too...
STAR
Barber Shop
H. E. Muldrow, Prop.
Fine Bathing Arrangements
Agents for
Amarillo Steam Laundry
Make Count7 Life More Attractive.
The time has passed when any
man in any business can afford
to tie himself to the old ways of
doing things. The banker who
would attempt to do banking
along the lines in use twenty
years ago would be pronounced
an old fogy. The merchant who
would try to follow in the ways
of his father would soon become
a bankrupt. The doctor who
would content himself with the
remedies once in use would soon
be without patients, the lawyer
without clients and the news-
I paper man witnout readers.
Tick up a copy of this paper and
i compare it with an issue of a gen-
oration ago, and the only siinil
jarity would probably be in the
.Mi ork ! name. Farming will never oc
cupy the place it should in the
estimation of the people until un
til farmers appreciate the fact
agricultural methods are ad
vancing along with everything
else.
I We often see articles in the
j papers deploring the fact that
j boys and girls are growing away
i from the farms. Many reasons
are advanced, but the true rea
son, as you are bound to admit,
is because so many farms are
not kept up with the times.
Children born today are not
satisfied with the things that
satisfied them in your childhood.
They should not be censured
for this feeling. It is but the
evolution of the times, and they
are merely following the inborn
inclination of human creatures
for advancement. It is this that
characterizes people and distin
guishes them from the lower
order of things. Farmers who
wish to keep their children on
the farm should recognize this
fact and prepare to meet it.
Make farm life, as far as it is in
your power, such that it will be
adapted to the children of today
rather than the the children of
fifty or a hundred years ago.
When the child comes to town
from the average country home
in the South there is such mark
ed contrast with his home sur
roundings that an intense yearn
ing is created for the things
seen. He drives to town along
shady avenues and streets; there
are no prettj shady lanes about
his home, beauty being sacrific-
ledto utility, and he longs for
the things that are beautiful.
He passes by comfortable, fresh
painted homes, set on grassy
lawns, surrounded by brilliant
liower beds, and he broods over
the lack of these things at home.
He meets neatly clothed children
on the streets and hangs his
head at his own rough attire.
He hears music and laughter and
song coming, from the houses he
passes and his soul is made to
feel its own barrenness. The
! churches, the schools, every -I
tiling is in such marked contrast
witn ins own numwe surrounu
ing that he determines to escape
from the farm at the earliest
rL.-iV.1ri rr r rri ct n t onrl rl tr -qti
j J 1 'Ji-' UiVliilll) fAl&VA t lit V.U11
Endeavor to make your farm
home as attractive as possible,
and home life as pleasant for the
boys and girls as you can. Teach
them that work is honorable and
loint out to them the monotony
of the work in the town in con
trast with that of the farm. Have
a time for work and a time for
play, and do not allow the work
time to trespass on that of the
play. Take part with the chil
dren in their pleasure, go with
them when you think they would
like to have you, and stay away
from them when you think they
would like to be alone in childish
pleasures. Modle your home as
much as is consistent after
Immfisi vnu son in thp towns.
! " " '
i furnish them in the same degree
of comfort, plant and cultivate
shade trees and fruits, and
'grassy lawns and flower beds,
and ail things that go to make
home attractive.
Fill your hoine with music and
make it a place of merry gather
ings and jolly good times. Take
newspapers and farm papers and
illustrated magazines and buy a
few new books occasionally for
the family to read, and never be
satisfied just to let things "rock
along,'' but be wide-awake and
progressive in all things that go
to make your surrounding more
attractive and life worth living.
I know that some who read
this say that it can't be done,
that it sounds all right, but that
in practice it is impossible to
make a country home as attrac
tive as the city home. Of course
you cannot, if you are poor, have
all the luxuries of the rich, and
you do not need them, but you
can do many things you have not
heretofore done to create a love
on the part of the children for
the country home, and in doing
so you will also increase your
own pride in your possessions, as
well as in your family.
There are people living in town
on the most meager incomes
who have the comforts I have
mentioned, and who feel that life
would not be worth living with
out these thing. They may not
be saving up as much money as
you are, or acquiring as much
property, but they are living,
and not merely existing, and
they are giving their children in
their life-time pleasure and con
tentment and love for home that
is worth more to them than all
the property you can devise to
them at your death. Will II.
Mayes in Brownwood Bulletin.
A Linguist.
The charm of Mrs. Kuth Mc
Enery Stuart's negro dialect
stories was greatly enhanced
when she read them herself, as
she used frequently to do in the
early days of her fame, for
charity and church entertain
ments. Her imitation of the
negro dialect was excellent and
her small son, who was very
proud of her accomplishment in
this line, frequently boasted of
it among the other children.
Once when some of his school
mates were vaunting the accomp
lishments of their mothers, lie
was overheard to declare:
"Well, my mother is smarter
than any of yours. She can
speak two languages."
"What are they?'' demanded
his companions.
"White and colored." St.
Louis P"ost-Dispatch.
While There's Life There's Hope.
A little freckle faced ten-year-old
school boy stopped at the
postoffice the other day and
yelled out:
"Anything for the Murphys?''
"No, there is not."
"Anything for Jane Murphy?"
"Nothing."
"Anything for Ann Murphy?"
No.
"Anything for Tom Murphy?"
"No, sir; not a bit."
''Anything forTerry Murphy?"
"No; nor for Pat Murphy, nor
Bridget Murphy, nor Pete Mur
phy, nor Paul Murphy, nor Den
nis Murphy, nor any Murphy,
dead, living, unborn, native or
foreign, civilized or uncivilized,
savage or barbarous, male or
female, black or white, fran
chised or disfranchised, or other
wise. No, sir, there is positively
nothing for any of the Murphys,
either individually, jointly or sev
erally, now and forever, one and
inseparable."
The boy looked at the post
master in astonishment, and said:
"Please to look if there is any
thing for me teacher, Clarence
Murphy." Exchange.
Card of Thanks.
We, the members of the Here
ford Dramatic Company, wish to
extend our thanks to the people
of Canyon for their very courte
ous treatment to us during our
stay in your city. We especially
wish to extend our thanks and
good wishes to the orchestra for
their princely treatment.
It Hekefokd Dramatic Co.
Let Hibdon supply you with
celery as fine as you could wish
and home raised.
Panhandle Now is Raising Hogs.
"Certainly, we have a shortage
in cattle in the plains and Pan
handle country," said Judge O.
II. Nelson of Amarillo, last night.
"The tax records of the forty-six
counties that compose the Pan
handle section of Texas show
that there are ."0 per cent less
cattle in those counties now than
were there two or three years
ago. But the few cattle left
us are of much better grade and
stock than we formerly owned,
although the Panhandle and
plains country raises the finest
cattle in the world.
"Our country is also develop
ing into a dairying country, and
the newcomer is importing dairy
herds. Within the course of a
few years we will be supplying
the state with its dairy products
and exporting to Cuba. Why
should we not raise dairy cattle
beside beef cattle? We have the
best grain country in the world
and raise alfalfa, kaftir corn,
milo maize and Indian corn in
abundance.
"We are also going extensively
into hog raising. Up to five
years ago in the counties com
posing the Panhandle we had
only from 2,500 to 3,000 head of
hogs, while at present we have
over 500,000, and we have never
yet failed to top the Fort Worth j
market. The same cereals that j
are good for cattle are good for
hogs. Corn is cheaper in the!
staked plains country than at j
Kansas City, and corn can be !
bought on the plains for about j
40 cents per bushel where you
will pay about 00 cents in Kansas
City.
"Yes, we expect to begin work
on our packing house within the
next six months, and will com
mence work in Amarillo within
the next ten days. The propos
ed plant will take care of about
250 head of cattle daily and GOO
head of hogs. Some day we
hope to rival Fort Worth as a
cattle center. " F o r t Wort h
Record.
A Greater Surprise.
The infant mind has much to
learn in order to comprehend the
English language or the mys
teries of etiquette. It frequently
puts its instructor in a difficult
position, especially if, as in the
case quoted in Everybody's Mag
azine, the instructor be a mother
dressed to g- out, with a wait
ing and impatient husband down
stairs. "Where are you going, ma?"
asked the youngest of five chil
dren from his bed.
"I'm going to a surprise party,
my dear," answered the mother.
"Can't we go too?"
"No, dear. You weren't in
vited."
After a few moments of deep
thought during which the mother
was bidding the others good
night:
"Say, ma, don't you think
they'd be lots more surprised if
you took us all?"
A Timely Air.
During one of the political tou rs
of Mr. Cleveland, in which he
was accompanied by Secretary
Olney, he arrived during a
severe storm at a town in which
he was to speak. Ashe entered
the carriage with his friends and
was driven from the station the
rain changed to hail, and im
mense stones battered and rat
tled against the vehicle. A brass
band, rather demoralized by the
storm, stuck bravely to its post
and played.
"That is the most realistic
music I have ever heard," re
marked the president.
"What are they playing?" ask
ed the secretary of state.
" 'Hail to the Chief with real
hall!" rejoined Mr. Cleveland.
Harper's Weekly.
The Canyon Mercantile Com
pany pays the highest price for
butter, eggs and produce of all
kinds.
C. N. HAR
Fire and Tornado
INSURANCE
Only the very best companies are represented
through our agency. Mere they are:
Aetna
American Central
Continental
Commercial Union
Detroit Fire and Marine
Equitable
Firemen's Fund
German American
Hartford
Home
Insurance Co. of North America
Liverpool, London & Globe
Michigan Commercial
Mechanics and Traders
Fire and Tornado Insurance
C. N. Harrison & Co.
640 Acres For Sale
A fine section of land
250 acres in cultivation. 100
land. Living water in a running stream across the north
end and plenty of fishing.
beautiful grove of native trees.
This tract of land is finely located and will make an ideal
home. It is close to school and is within the Canyon City
Independent School district.
The soil is as good as any
attractive.
See me if you want a fine
W. E.
Half Mile Northwest of Depot
LAND BARGAINS
BEINCi an "Old Timer" here I am well
posted on values and know bargains
when I see them. I am in a position to show
you the best FARMS, RANCHES and
CITY PROPERTY at the LOWEST PRICES
L. C. CONNER
Real Estate Loans, Live Stock, Rentals
Office Building. North Side of Square. Canyon City. Texas
For Cash Only.
Come to our warehouse and p;et your feed.
Pay cash and get the following prices:
Kaffir Corn Chops, per hundred - - $1.00
Milo Maize Chops, per hundred - - 1.00
Bran, per hundred ----- 1.30
Cotton Seed Meal and Cake, per hundred 1.55
Will have a full line of all kinds of feed wjj.hin a few
days, and we will sell them at correspondingly low prices.
Figure what these prices mean to you during the year.
As an example, figure on a sack of bran. You pay $1.40 for
a sack of bran where you buy on 30 days' time. You pay
$1.30 cash here. You therefore pay 10 cents for the use of
$1.30 for 30 days or less. That is a little over 7 1-2 per cent
a month which you pay for the use of that amount of money,
a little over 90 per cent per annum. It's only good business
for you to save that 90 per cent. We give you the opportu
nity. It's up to you.
We Buy your wheat, oats, maize and kafiir corn and pay
highest cash price for same at our elevator in Canyon City.
Star Mill & Elevator Co.
E. L. Malone, Manager.
BE A NEWS
RISON & CO.
New York Underwriters
National
North River
National Union
Northern Assurance
North British & Mercantile
Providence of Washington
Phoenix of Hartford
Phoenix of Brooklyn
Queen
Roal
Springfield
St. PjuiI Fire and Marine
Shawnee
Westchester
cornering with the city limits:
acres of sub-irrigated alfalfa
lias a fine natural park with a
on the Plains and the price is
tract of land for an ideal home.
BATES
SUBSCRIBER.
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