The Randall County news., February 19, 1909, Image 6

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THE RANDALL COUNTY NKW8. FEBRUARY f&. f9O0.
WILL BUILO NEW YARDS.
Canyon Lumber Company Will Change Loca
tiont and Erect New Modem
Offices and Sheds.
It was announced yesterday
that the Canyon Lumber Com
pany of this city had closed a
deal by which they become the
purchasers of the northwest
quarter of block 33, in this city.
This is the key block at the
northeast corner of the square.
With this goes the report that as
soon as the deeds to the property
have been received and the deal
entirely closed the company will
erect at once large commodious
offices and sheds on the block of
land for the use of their Canyon
City yards.
.7. M. Kockwell, one of the firm
of Rockwell Bros. & Co., who are j
largely interested in the Canyon
Lumber Company, was in this
city last week and the change
was decided upon. It is made
necessary on account of the
largely i n c r e asing business
which the company is doing and
in order that their offices might
Vie more centrally located and
u!o nearer the railroad.
While C. K. Burrow, the local
manager, did not authorize the
statement, it is distincly under
stood that the company will not
spare expense in making their
permanent quarters entirely ad
equate for the present business
and sufficient for the large in
crease which they naturally ex
pect in this growing country
within the next few years.
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Some of the farmers of the
neighborhood are engaged in
planting oats this week,and most
of the others are very busy.
E. J. Helms made a trip to
Amarillo, Friday.
Hester Gillahm, with his moth
er and grandmother were in the
community this week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Fisher
were at their old home on busi
ness the first of the week.
W. D. McGehee was in Canyon
Saturday.
The first meeting of the Thurs
day Night Club (we do not know
its name yet) was held last week.
This is no secret society and
everyone who has any interest in
his home, children or community
is urged to attend. The County
Superintendent has been invited
to make an address at the next
meeting.
Little Miss Lorine lie mice and
Mattie McGehee spent Saturday
and Sunday with their grand
mother. Messrs. Blackenship and Lm
gendorf, of near Amarillo were
trying to buy cattle here Mon
day. The family of John McGehee
is sick.
NEW OPERA HOUSE SCENERY.
Local Manager Renovating the Play House and
is Having New Curtains Made for It
Manager Comer Thomas is
having the opera house in this
city overhauled and renovated
especially that portion constitu
ting the stage. He has employed
Edward C. Home, a man of much
experience, to superintend the
work, and will have several new
curtains and shift scenes made
as well as thoroughly repairing
all the old material.
A new front curtain will take
the place of the old and it is said
that when the work is completed
the stage part of the house will
compare very favorably with any
in any town of our size in this
portion of the state.
Bud ford Steen, formerly of
this city but now residing in
Amarillo, was in Canyon City
this week on a visit to his broth
er, Robert J. Steen.
In our report of the death of
the Kev. W. J. Gregory in last
weeks issue, the report being
taken from the daily papers, no
other account being available, it
was stated that Rev. Gregory, as
he discovered the tire took his
wife to safety and returned to
the residence to try and put out
the tire. It now transpires that
that portion of the report was
incorrect. Rev. Gregory was
eighty-eight years of age and
was almost totally blind and
when the fire was discovered he
tried to get out of the house but
lost his way and never reached
the outside. When found his
body was near the door through
which he had evidenly tried to
pass but which was usually kept
locked or thoroughly secured.
His body was very badly burned
the lower limbs and the head
being reported as having been
burned from the body.
Howard Stephenson made a
business trip to Plainview last
Friday.
Mrs. R. P. Roberts of Ama
rillo is the guest of Mrs. C. P.
Hutchings.
Joe Black has returned from
a ten days trip to St. Louis and
Kansas City.
Oscar Gamble is at Chillicothe i
where he went for a visit to his
sister, a resident of that place, j
For Sale A few more good pigs !
and a few tons of bright, dry
alfalfa.
47-tf Jno. A. Wallace.
C. T. Bennett changed his mind
and left last Wednesday for his
visit with horaefolks at Crystal
Springs. Mississippi.
Louis Maloney, manager of the'
drjT goods department of the'
Canyon City Supply Company,!
has returned from a trip to the j
northern markets. j
Go to the Canyon Tailoring;
Company and get your suit press- j
I have decided to locate in Can
yon City for the practice of
medicine but it will be impossi
ble for me to reach there before
March 1st.
47-2t II. V. Reeves, M. D.
Joe Foster has returned from
Mineral Wells where he has been
for the past three weeks with his
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
T. A. Foster. Joe reports that
his father's health is better.
ed.
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It costs but little. Phone
"WHERE THERE'S A WILL
THERE'S A WAY"
It will only cost you 50 to 75
cents to get your skirt cleaned
and pressed at the Canyon Tai
loring Company. Phone 210.
Ab Thompson, Charley Huff
hines and one or two other par
ties expect to leave here the first
of next week for New Mexico
where they have claims. When
asked about the matter Ab said
he wanted to hire a few boys as
he said the prairie chickens were
laying eggs so fast on his claim
that he would need help to gath
er them. The reporter's private
opinion, however, is that Ab
wants someone to build his
fences while he bosses the job.
Is an old and a very true
saying, and in nothing does
it apply with more force
than in the matter of saving
money. Everyone should
save some part of his earn
ings, as it is not what one
earns but what he saves
that makes wealth. Start
a savings account this month
with
The First National Bank
of Canyon
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