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THE RANDALL COUNTY NEWS. DECEMBER 18. 19QB.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE COUNTRY.
HOMESEEKERS WITH MONEY.
Nuw Homes Being Built as Rapidly as Material
and Men Can Ba Had For Their
Construction.
This county has had a very
material growth for the past
several years but at no time dur
ing the entire period has greater
activity been shown than at
present. New houses are spring
ing up almost every day in var
ious portions of the county.
New people are coming in every
day and every builder and
every carpenter in the county is
as busy as any man could wish
for.
There are thirty-one new
houses being built or have just
been completed in Randall county
and the larger portion of them
are on farms which clearly shows
that the development of the
farming lands which surround
us has farly begun.
During the past week quite a
number of people have arrived
with their household goods and
they must begin work at once on
their houses.
Ira II. Jenkins of l Jattle Creek,
Nebraska, is hero and has begun
the erection of his buildings on
his section three miles north of
town.
George Ditto of Topeka, Kan.,
was in town Monday and hauled
out a portion of the lumber for
his new house? on the (Jeorge
Abbott section near Umbarger.
George Renner came in last
Saturday from Lanark, 111., and
will at once begin his improve
ments on his laud. His family
had preceeded him a few days
and activity on his place is the
order of the day.
.1. G. . Dorsey of Greenfield,
Iowa, is also among those who
arrived this week and will ar
range to begin at once the con
struction of a home on a portion
of the Dr. Mack land eight or
nine miles south of this city.
Altogether there have been
nine cars of household and farm
ing implements belonging to
northern people which have been
unloaded in this county during
the past week which shows some
idea of the rapid increase in our
population.
Rules For Christmas Giving.
(jive willingly.,
(live tactfully.
Put thought into your giving.
Don't consider return gifts.
Never give to others what yon j
wouldn't want yourself. j
The unexpected gift insures a .
special appreciation. j
To give ostentatiously is the
height of bad taste.
Give to the sick and the sor
rowful if you would know the
true joy of giving.
Never give more than you can
can afford. Your friends know
your circumstances as well as
you do yourself and the pleasure
of both giving and receiving is
lost. Exchange.
Ibv. Bj d Robinson to Spsafc.
.Announcement has been made
that the Rev. Bud Robinson
would deliver an address at the
Methodist church in this city on
Saturday evening December 21,
at 7 o'clock.
Rev. Robin.Mm has traveled
quite extensively and in Texas,
his home state, he is known as
the Texas Wonder, while in many
other states he is designated as
the "walking Hible." Those who
have heard him say that his talks
are very cutertai. iing, instructive
and helpful.
Madam Rumor says tli itTyrer
Watson has sold his well digging
outfit to Albert Watson and that
he will leave in a few days for
North Carolina where lie expects
.to take unto himself a better
half. He has not decided wheth
er or not he would return to this
section of the state.
K. S. Cook, a prominent citizen
of Happy, was in the city Mon
day looking after some of his
A Texas Feedstuff.
Texas has such a variety of
fattening feeds for livestock that
the wonder grows among the
students of animal industry that
more fat cattle, sheep and hogs
do not go away from the farms
and feed lots of the state to the
livestock markets of the country.
It must be that, having looked
upon corn as the chief fattening
food for all varieties of livestock,
and not raising it in extensive
quantities, the farmers of Texas
have come to the conclusion that
it was useless to attempt to com
pete with cattle feeders in the
corn belt. How ill-founded such
a conclusion is, upon what flimsy
foundation it rests, may be seen
from an examination of the ex
hibits in the beef classes at the
annual National Feeders and
Breeders' show at Fort Worth,
wherein may be found the re
sults of judicious blending of
various fat-producing products
of Texas soil.
Cotton seed meal and hulls,
cotton seed meal and crushed
corn, black strap molasses and
cornmeal, molasses and cotton
seed meal, and a combination of
cornmeal, cotton seed meal and
molasses, have produced fat
steers shown at the various Fat
Stock shows at Fort Worth in
the past that in smoothness of
finish ripeness of flesh and mel
lowness of touch were had to ex
cell anywhere.
The feeds herewith mentioned
do not half exhaust the menu
that Texas can spread before her
livestock destined for slaughter;
they are mentioned as most
readily coming to mind.
In the newly opened section of
West Texas the culture of Kaffir
corn and milo maize has come to
be regarded as indispensable to
successful farming, since these
non-saccharine sorghums pro
duce a top crop of seed that is as
valuable as corn in a fattening
ration, while the stover or plant
stalk and leaf blades, is relished
by stock as much as corn fodder.
Hitherto in West Texas the use
of these two varities of grain has
been mainly confined to carrying
stock through severe spells of
weather in the winter when, be
cause of snow orsleet, the ranges
were not readily accessible.
Now they are coming into use as
a fattening ration, it having been
demonstrated that they are as
valuable as corn in this respect.
- Fort Worth Record.
Half as Many Again to Arrive and 100 Per Cent
More Will Purchase Land.
That ")0 per cent more home
seekers will come to Texas this
winter than for any previous
period and will make 100 per cent
more purchases is the opinion of
C. W. Strain, general passenger
agent of the Frisco lines in Texas.
Mr. Strain has been in close
touch with the homeseekers
movement and notes a remark
able augmentation since the re
cent financial depression and the
pre-election scare. "They are
coming with bags of money," he
said.
"The improvement in the class
is most noteworthy. The great
bulk coming in now are thrifty
and will make good citizens.''
lie says that on this week's ex
cursion half a dozen train loads
of homeseekers will reach Texas,
and that there will be an increas
ed demand for land for home
steads. "Texas is in the minds of the
farmers of the United States,"
he continued. "There is no place
in the world where the land is as
fertile and as cheap, the climate
as good and the possibilities of
diversification so great. I look
for the population of the state to
double within the next ten
years."' Dallas News.
Yuletido Musings.
There are too many boys and
girls in the country and city, t
more in the latter than in the
former, who are prone to look
upon worlc as beneath them.
There are thousands of them on
the threshold 'of maturity who
retain the same views and
habits which found encourage
ment in their earlier years.
What becomes of this class of
people':' Some of them awaken
and after a desperate struggle
overcome that habit and learn to
work, to save, and to prepare for
tin inevitable rainy day. Many
of them, however, drift and drift
until they become acceptable re
cruits in the hobo army. Then
they speedily reach the conclu
sion that things are mighty un
equal in this world; that the ad
vantages are all with the rich,
and that a poor man has no show.
-ClovisPost.
How One Doctor Successfully Treats Pneumonia
" In treating pneumonia," says
Dr. W. J. Smith, of Sanders,
Ala., "the only remedy I use for
the lungs is Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. While, of cou re,
I would treat other symptoms
with different medicines, I have
used this remedy many times
in my medical practice and have
yet failed to find a case where it
has not controled the trouble. I
have used it myself, as has also
my wife for coughs and. colds re
peatedly, and I most willingly
and cheerfully recommend it as
superior to any other cough
rvMnerlv to mv knowledge." l or
The joyous time is drawing
nigh, the time of turkey, pud
ding, pie; nor do we dream of
after ills, of squills, and pills,
and Christmas bills.
A girl begins to hang up the
mistletoe at about the age when
she stops hanging up her stock
ing. A pessimist is a fellow who
wouldn't hang up his stocking
for fear old Santa Claus might
swipe it.
Christinas cigars are not al
ways puffed up with pride.
There's many a slip 'twixt the
Miss and tin' mistletoe.
Don't make it too strong.
Many a man has been knocked
out by one good, stiff punch.
As a truthful woman what she
enjoys most about Christinas,
and she will tell you the bargain
sales afterward.
To sing a rhyme of Christmas
time (that line is but the first of
it), here's hoping that you may
not feel blue because you get the
worst of it.
When a child writes a letter of
thanks to Santa Claus, it should
be cherished like a rare plant.
That kid isn't long for this world.
No Christmas present is so
useless that you can't pass it on
to some oik else next year.
Remember that it is better to
give than to receive the things
you don't want.
Take off the tags. Many a
friendship has been severed by
the price mark on a Christmas
present.
I have often wondered where
in consisted the wisdom of Solo
mon when he had a thousand
wives. Iain now convinced that
it must have been in living in the
days before Christmas was cele
brated. It's all right to pity the poor
at this peace-on-earth seasion,
but it is also well to remember
that sympathy doesn't fill an
empty stomach. Auxiliary.
The United States is the only
country in which the son of the
poorest mechanic or laboring
man may become its ruler and
where the daughter of a farmer
may become the wife of a presi
dent and the mother of senators.
It is the only country where all
earthly honors are within the
reach of every citizen, and where
it deM-nds upon the individual
himself whether he be a senator
or a street-sweeper, a railroad
president or a railroad section
hand, a millionaire or a pauper, a
general or a policeman, a banker
pr;io;.n krup.r, J stU-JJ -
FURNITURE
For Gift Making
What is more pleasing, what more
sensible, useful and durable than a
nice piece of furniture as a gift?
Could anything be more appropriate
than some article to cheer the
home?
The perplexed gift seeker should
visit our store. Here you will find
gift inspiration on every hand. Let
us suggest that you get
For Father or Husband
One of our heavy rockers, a library
table, a book case or any one of sev
eral dozen things that would make
his home more comfortable and enjoyable.
For Mother and Wife
Pictures, a China Closet a nice Buf
fet, comfortable sewing rockers, an
elegant Art Square, a Kitchen Cab
inetone of the many useful articles
that the housewife appreciates so
much because of the labor saved
and' the comfort given.
For Everyone
Articles that are useful, durable and
ornamental, things that will last
for years and will bring fond remem
brances to the user everytime they
are used.
About the Price
This store has always been recog
nized as a money saving store. No
matter what it is you have wanted
to buy whether a small article or
the furnishings for an entire house
you can always find it here cheaper
-than anywhere else in this Panhan
dle country.
If you are in doubt, come here. If you
have made up your mind,
COME HERE
THOMAS BROS.
The Furniture Men
Canyon,
Texas.
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