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NEWS.
Vol. XII.
Canyon, Randall County, Texas, Friday, March 5, 1909.
No. '49
"WHERE THERE'S A WILL
THERE'S A WAY"
Is an old and a very truo
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 hut what he saves
that makes wealth. Start
a saving's account this month
with
The First National Bank
of Canyon
The Acme Pulverizing Harrow
7K
The Best Implement Made
An examination will prove
Canton Disc
mmuum
IT I. l- i -f ! I r Vf
In all sizes, from 12 to 16, with or without
tongue trucks and with all the latest improve
ments. Durable, simple and easy to handle.
We also have a good stock of Genuine
Baker Perfect Barbed Wire,
the best to be had.
Most Complete Hardware and Implement Line
IN THE TOWN-
Wagons, Buggies, Harness, Saddles, Well and
Water Supplies, Eclipse Windmills, Tanks,
Stock Drinking Tubs, Heavy and
Shelf Hardware..
CAU, AND
Thompson Hardware Company
EAST SIDE OF SQUARE
if
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for its intended use.
its merits.
Harrows
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CIVIC IMPROVEMENT
ASSOCIATION
i
I LADIES ORGANIZATION HOLDS INTEREST
ING MEETING AT COURT HOUSE.
Commttee on International Improvements
Start Work for More Shade Trees
Along Streets of Canyon.
We doubt if there was ever
; held in Canyon City a meeting
l tilled with more enthusiasm for
the benefit of Canyon City than
! the one held at the court house
' in this city on Thursday night of
! last week under the auspices of
the Civic Improvement Club.
; The meeting came too late for a
! report in the columns of this
; paper last week. The meeting
! was held primarily for the dis
cussion of ways and means of
inducing the property owners of
Canyon City to get interested in
; the planting of trees along the
! streets of the city. In fact the
i principal portion of the discus- j
! sion was along these lines and
some very interesting talks and
! ..: ;
; sujesinjns i'i c inaue.
: At the request of the presi
dent of the club, County Judge
(A. X. llenson presided over the
i meeting which was very largely
i attended. Judge llenson stated
j the object of the meeting and
also gave his views relative to the
subject matter, lie is a man of
much experience in the tree line
'and his remarks were listened
to with much interest. He was
not in favor of having the same
kind of trees planted on all the
streets but rather suggested that
different kinds of trees be plant
ed on the several streets and
n f rrrw t ml tiii'-li t rant n Tilflfl."
i .oenst. White I', in :im iiv K i or
is being the most desirable for
this '-lunate. lie also suggested
that where hedges ana desired,
the June rose should be planted.
! U I"' iTnlloi' l.-nnwn in this
county as the tree man for the
reason that he is one of the old
est settlers in the county and has
had a great deal of experience
with trees, both ornamental and
fruit, having the best orchard in
the entire Panhandle country,
lie was not opposed to the plant
ing of the Black Locust but sug
gested that other trees might be
used to better advantage on ac
count of the spreading of the
roots of tree and thought that
.1 r i - ii i i' e
line .uapie wouiu ue nis iavorne
but also thought the Russian
Olive, Norway Maple and Jap
anese Umberella trees would
have a thrifty growth and would
1,0 hardy, j
Dr. S. L. Ingham was called
upon for a few remarks. He did j
! not dwell so much upon class of j
trees to be planted as he did upon I
S the necessity for immediate ac-j
tion. Ho stated that there was ,
no question but that every street j
of the town should have this j
much needed improvement and
that the only thing to do under i
j the circumstances was for the j
I citizens to take immediate and j
concerted action in the matter.
The suggestion was offered and
a resolution to that effect was
carried, that four streets, Cedar, j
Houston, Evelyn and Chestnut, j
be first taken in order to pro-;
; mote the planting of trees and j
! their cultivation and it was also ,
decided that the chairman should day night when O. 13. Popham
appoint such committees as he, and Mrs. Viola Butler, both of
thought desirable for the work. Canadian, were united in marri
Chairman Henson appointed as. age. The couple left the next
!a committee to solicit orders for
trees from the different property
owners on tho diSercat Erects.,
which consisted of tho following:
j Mrs. S. L. Ingham, Chestnut
L street; Mrs. B. T. Johnson,
Lvelyn street; Mrs U . M. ttew-,
art, Houston street; Mrs. J. O.
Pipkin, Cedar street.
A committee for thc purpose
of establishing the uniform lines
for the trees and soliciting sub
scriptions in order to plant trees
in front of lots owned by non
residents who would not pay for
the trees, was appointed and con
sists of the following: R. G. Old
ham, Chestnut street; M. S.
Lusby, Evelyn street; Mrs. J. L.
Howell, Houston street; Joe Fos
ter and Rev. J. M. Harder, Ce
dar street. Prof. V. J. Flesher
was appointed as an advisory
member of this committee to
assist in the surveying and con
forming to regular lines on each
entire street.
Altogether it looks as if the
ladies of the town are going to do
more for its appearance than the
men. The News reporter has
heard several persons state, du
ring the past week, that they
would like to see. a contest be
tween the men and ladies of the
city to see which would accom
plish the most. If such a con
test is started the reporter's
betting money is going to be
placed on the ladies.
NORTHERN MAN PLEASED IN COUNTRY.
Rich Milwaukee Manufacurer Finds Many
Surprises Great Promise to Panhandle.
Judge J. A. Altizerof Jericho,
Texas, was in the city yesterday
in company with his friend 0. 1).
Starkweather of Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. Mr. Starkweather
is a capitalist manufacturer, and
this is his initial trip to the Pan
handle of Texas. Speaking of
this country, he said:
'"Annually I have spent more
or less time in European coun
tries. I have visited with various
interests in view, the different
points over the United States and
Canada, but this is my first visit
to the Panhandle of Texas. I
have only recently begun to hear
much of this section of the great
Lone Star State, and for that
reason had never given it any
attention. At last tho stories
came so thick and fast from what
seemed to be an authentic source,
that I determined to come and
investigate for myself. The re
sult of the visit is a series of sur
pries. "None have given me an ade
quate idea of the many advant
ages of this country. They are
countless, and I know that the
time is near at hand when the
fertile prairies will give off a
wealth of harvest equalled by few
localities in the United States
and surpassed by none. This
statement is made of course in
the assurance that such crops as
thrive best, will be planted."
Judire Altizer is authority fori
the statPnu,llts that at every turn ,
the wealthy northerner express- j
v( the most complete siipri.se. i
it seemed wonderful to him that I
SUt.h a country could be in the;
United States, his own country, j
and his knowledge of it have been
sQ limited for such a long time. J
He predicted greatest prosperity j
jor the Texas Panhandle,
It is not improbable that this!
capitalist who has found so much '
to admire in the Panhandle will !
jlivest liberallv in tho soil that he !
calls fertile and full of promise:
for almost incalculable returns, i
Daily Panhandle. j
Popham-Butler. ;
County Judge A. N. Henson
officiated at a wedding last Mon-
day for points in Colorado for a
wedding trip after which they
ill bo at hemt it Caaad'au.
Arrange to Burn Trash.
Fm. SQmu tim0 thc streets of
. ... ...
this city have been looking like
jtbc backyard of a paper factory
on account of the large number
of papers which arc daily swept
out of the stores and offices into
the streets. A number of the
stores have been piling the pa
pers up and burning them but
then that left the ashes to blow
about and mess everything up.
Those who occupy the Canyon
National Bank building and the
Supply building have solved the
question of this nuisance. They
have clubbed together and have
had made a sheet iron furnace in
which to burn all such trash
thus obviating the uncomely ap
pearance of the papers as well as
stopping the likelihood of lire
arising from them. The furnace
serves the pupose well and is
inexpensive and we think there
should be others in use in the
city.
The editor is a widower this
week on account of the fact that
his wife has gone to Galveston
as a delegate to the State Con
vention ot Kebclcalis wlncli is
meeting in that city this week.
PROPOSED SANTA FE LINE.
Extension of Pecos and Northern Texas Rail
way Planned to Connect With Gulf Line.
New York, Feb. -J7. Although
no new construction work what
ever is under way for the Atchi
son, Topeka and Santa Fe at the
present time, it is said that as
soon as conditions warrant addi
tional lines will be built in Texas
as the possibilities in that state
are looked upon as most promis
ing. Probably the first improv
ment work of this sort will be to
build an extension to the Pecos
and Northern Texas Railway
Company to a point on the gulf.
Colorado and Santa Fe, thereby
establishing a low. grade short
line in conjunction w'th the rail
ways of the Eastern Railway
Company of New Mexico and of
the Atchison company for traffic
between points on or near the
Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific
Coast.
J. A. Stanard arrived in this
city last Thursday from his
former homo in Iowa, and was in
the city on Monday purchasing
lumber for the erection of his
house and barns on his lands in
the Block pasture east of the
city. In conversation with the
News reporter Mr. Stanard
stated that he was well pleased
with tho country and that he
thought that it had a great future
before it. He also stated that if
steps to that end had not .already
been taken, lie wouui agnate "-'j,. leaner and purer. "Cleanliness
establishing of a rural free dc-i js next to Godliness." L?t us
livery from (.'anyon City running! show that we appreciate tie
east and south. Mr. Stanard j truth of this axiom.
will build a modern house upon1
. . .. , mi t . -r i. City L ection Notico.
his tarm and will have one of the ; 7
most pleasant places in which to !
,. . .. ii t ii It is hereby ordered that an
live, in the entire Panhandle. '
election be held on 1 uesday the
Texas' Independence Day.
Tuesday was tho annual day;
fn,. th r.r.lnh.-r.tinn of tho Toxils'i
Independence and the banks ot"1 u C1,-''L ., ,
this citv were closed in obscrv. joflieers to serve said c.ty as sucl
acocof the occasion. The city ! for the succeeding two .vears.v,:
schools, however, did not closed ,! "'-sha!, (who
and the banks seem to have been
the only people in town who cel
ebrated this independence.
Had Success at Trapping.
Bert Phillips and N. C. Bishop
of this city have been spending
the past few weeks camping in
the canyon east of this city
taking a vacation and incidently
doing somo trapping. They re
turned last Monday and report
bat they bad bad good mcces
having gathered in altogether 112
pelts of various kinds.
O. B. Cotton is having quite a
siege with an attack of eresype
lis this week.
CREATE TEXAS
CLEAN-UP DAY.
CIVIC COMMITTEE OF WOMAN'S FEDERATION
APPOINTS DAY FOR GENERAL CLEANING.
Efforts Being Made for Permanent Annual
Cleaning Day on March 10 Club
Women Behind Movement.
The Civic Committee of the
Texas Federation of Women's
Clubs, after conferring with our
State Health officers have decid
ed on March the 10th as our an
nual Clean-Up-Day. On this day
the ladies will importune our
local authorities, mayors and
county commissioners, and re
quest them to do their part in
cleaning up. It is not fair for
the ladies to do it all. They are
willing to thoroughly renovate
their homes, but "what is sauce
for the goose is sauce for the
gander," and so they want the
men in office to see that all pub
lic buildings, streets, alleys,
ditches, etc., arc cleansed as well.
The following is something
like the schedule which it is de
sired to carry into otiect. First,
all buildings either public or pri
vate should be dusted, swept,
derived of cobwebs, scrubbed,
sunned, aired, white-washed, re
painted or re papered. Second,
all premises should be freed
from accumulated rubbish and
trash. Everything burnable
should be turned into ashes. All
heavy stuff should be transport
ed to the dump ground. Third,
all weeds, grasses, and other
vegetable growths should be cut
down or pulled up and burned
or hauled away. Fourth, the
stables and other out houses
should be thoroughly cleansed
and disinfected. All stagnant
pools should be drained or oiled.
All cisterns and rainbarrolls
should be screened, and if al
ready screened they should be
examined for repairs. Fifth, all
street and alleys should be treat
ed like private premises,
thoroughly deprived of all weeds
rubbish and stagnant pools.
livery citizen in this State can
do some little thing to help Clean
Up-Day. If you are anticipating
a general clean-up let it be done
on this day, because insects, and
vermin, rats and mice and other
nuisances when attacked from
all sides at once suffer more.
Let us co-operate. In no other
wav could energy oe better ex-
j ppmUl(1 than in ,natjnfj our Stale
T.th day of April, VM at the
Court House in Canyon City,
Texas, at which time and place
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will uo an assessor aim conecior
of city tax , one city secretary,
(who will also discharge the dut
ies of city attorney) and one ald
erman for each of the three
wards of said city. Each voter
regardless of the ward he re
sides in may vote for one alder
man for each of tho said three
wards.
The following named persons
will as presiding officers hold
and conduct said election and
may appoint two judges and two
1 Unfold- ward v0. i; Sam Hyser,
clerks to assist tnem. z; .
ward No. 2; Sam Shotwell, ward
i No. 3.
A gentle ixmy with saddle for
sale. See K. J. STLtN. Up