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V " ; : . . . - ,! :,) : ' . ' '' - y rHTT "IT" . : I A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO STOCK-FARMING. Vol; 5;;;' Canyon City, Texas, Thursday, November 7, 1901. No. 33 V CANYON GRAIN WHOLESALE GRAIN AND COAL ; ; All Kinds of Field Seeds. The Largest and Best Wagon '' Yard and Sheds on the Plains. . Your Business Solicited. Kansas City Stock Report. ' Kansas City Stock Yards. . - November 4, 1SI01 Contrary to the expectation of many, receipts of cuttle at Kansas City during tho month of Oetolcr Mere well up towards those of Octo ber 1900. As the month was a record breaker and the past season lias em braced many features that were , hardly conductive to a heavy fall run there was every reason to believe that receipts for October this year would fall far short of the banner month a year ago. Last month's ar rivals were over 270,(KI00nii(l less than 1K.0O0 short of October !)U0. Hog re ceipt for October were 220,500 against lMl,40()last year and the sheep supply amounted to 117,200 as com pared with 122.K00 for 'October 1000. The quality of the cattle during the past week has shown some Improve, ment and the reduction in the supply was confined to consignments of range cattle and Blockers and feeders. Corn cattle prices were probably shaded a little, quality considered, and the top price for the week was (5.45, but the absence of heavy grass offerings stimulated values of such rattle to the extent of 10 to 12 above the previous week's average. A good many thin cows nrennding their way to market as a result of tho fall range clenulng nnd herd j shaping for the winter and while thenjL no difllculty experienced in disposing ol them the range of prices is at about th e lowest point of the year. Fihnales In good flesh are not so plentiful anil sell well and quickly. Light receipts of feeders has Im proved the condition of the country shipping trade and the apathetic feeling of the previous week has en tirely disappeared. The demand for the better class of feeders continues strong, country buyers take hold of the medium qualities with a better spirit and the week closes with the yards practically free from "hold over" supplies. Shipments to the country during the month of October amounted to about 05,000 against 120,000 during October 1900. Southern steers were benefited by the falling off of range consignments In tho native division and closed 10 to 15 higher on the week. The best steers offered sold at 3.00 to 3.S5, the 3.60 price Including some cattle that Our Mr. Donaldson is at home after buying , the largest stock ever brought to the Plains WE ARE THE PEOPLE who put in six days in the week striving to please with bargains in all kinds of dry goods, clothing, boots, shoes, hats, caps, and in fact, any thing needed by OUR PATRONS. You can always you want to eat in or fancy groceries, candies, pickles, etc. at the - i Canyon Mercantile Co. . -. ... - .' ' ' v' . ' AND GOAL GO. AND RETAIL averaged less than 870 pounds. Some good dry cows sold up to 3.00 but the most of the arrivals consisted of common to fair cows that sold at 1.75 to 2.55. True to the established precedent hogs declined throughout the month of October closed 1.10 to 1.25 lower than at the beginning. Values still rule J.uo to 1.20 lugiier tnan a year ago with prime heavy hogs selling at 5.90 to 0.00; mixed and medium weiguts at o.u to o.suj; ngnts at ;. to 5.75 and pigs at 4.75 to 5.25. The shrinkage for the week was 20 to W per lWMvclgnt, ana local prices con tinue to hold some prestige over Eastern points. Mutton sheep reveled in popularity during the past week and present In dications portend still stronger val ues. All fat offerings found ready sale and leading salesmen are quot lag prime fat wethers worth up to 4.00, Western yearlings are quoted at 3.40 to 3.00 and aged wethers at 3.25 to 3.50. A eholco lot of Mexican ewes realized 3.10 on Wednesday and prime natives sold at 3.40. Choice native spring lambs are quoted at 4.75 to 5 00 and 4.85 was realized dur ing the week while prime Western Iambs are worth 4.40 to 4.(!0 and fair to good lots 4.00 to 4.40. The feeding demand shows some' improvement and feeding lambs of good quality sell around 3.25 to 3.50. One com mission firm quotes fat sheep and lambs In strong demand with the outlook brighter than has appeared so far this season. Receipts of live stock for the past week were: Cattle 44.000 Hogs (W.000 Sheep .....24,000 Tor the preeeeding week: Cattle 2,2O0 ! Hogs 59,500 Sheep .v........27,400 Corresponding week last year: Cattle 40,000 Hogs 02,400 Sheen..... 13,000 Your Prescriptions Carefully Compounded, Day or Night at Canvon Citv Pharmacy. tf M. Oscar Hunt spent last week in the lower country in the terest of Oscar Hunt & ,Co. v . in find anything either staple canned goods, dried fruits, ' Canyon City is daily improv ing, the croakers to the contra ry, notwithstanding. The Stock men's National Bank have just completed a building of pressed brick with cream colored stone trimmings that is a beauty and would be a, credit to any city. Quite a number of new residen ces, some of them handsome, are in course of construction. Go into any business house and note how busy the clerks are, some of them seem almost tireless and yet never idle for a minute. Wagons loading and loaded block the streets nearly every day. Verily for a dead or dying town, Canyon City is very lively. The Hadley Drug Company have recently overhauled their store and find they have a large stock of fancy and plain station ery which they want to sell right away. Call and get gains while this lot lasts. bar- Sam Long and others sold cows this week to John W. Puckett at prices around 18.00. Forsaleby y. j. JONES LUMBER CO. Try Harter's blacksmith for steel toed horse shoes $1.75 Mr. C. M. Hardin was down Saturday. The Hadley . Drug Company have some lovely jewelry they are selling cheap. Now is the time to buy presents for the holidays while you can get your choice. About October 18th, a pair of small ponies strayed from Can yon City: A bay branded LES on the left hip and another brand on the right hip, and has been fistuloed. The other is a small, heavy set white pony, branded with a rockingchair on the left shoulder and a smoothing-iron on the left hip. I will pay a liberal reward for their return, or the information lead ing to their recovery. J. T. Parks, the barber, Canyon City, Texas. Coal is cheaper in Canyon City than in either Hereford or Ama rillo and hundreds of tons are being hauled out from here. Oils, Paints, brushes, lead, etc., in fact, everything usually carried in a first class drug store at Hadley Drug Company's, tf For absolutely pure mixed paint sold under an iron-clad guarantee, go to M. T. Jones Lumber Compj n y. They also carry Doors, Windows, Mould ings, Cypress Shingles, Lead, Oil, Varnishes, Brushes, Glass, Putty, Etc., Etc., and you may rest assured that their prices are all right. tf Any of Ramon's Remedies can now be had at the Canyon City Pharmacy-. Running Water Notes. Mr. Bell, of Dimmitt, who has been baling alfalfa hay for Messrs. Windsor and Mayhew, returned home last week. , We understand that be baled about eighty tons for them while here Mr. Baker, from Commanche county, who bought land west of here some time ago from T. E Mathew, has arrived with his family. We welcome such citizens as Air OJaKer tn our midst. Mr. T. A. Cowart is on the road to Hereford this week. His son Charley is acting miller for him. Mr Cowart's gasoline en gine is now in good running or der. A few days ago he had it connected with all the machine ry in the house and it pulled each with sufficient speed to do good work. Mr. and Mrs. Spears are re joicing over a new born babe. The writer, in company with Mr.' Fred McCullough, attended the teachers' institute at Plain- view last Saturday. We had a very nice time, although there were only a few teachers pres ent. . Mr. Self and family, and Miss Follon, of Kentucky, arrived last Saturday. They are rela tives of Mr. J. W. Ray, with whom they are now stopping. Mr. Self expects to locate some where on the Plains. J. S. D. We are offering some excel lent things in clothing (espeo iallv youths and childrens) at prices never befdre equaled. See our stock. Smith, Walker & Co. Agents of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company in Txas and Shrevepoirt, La., have been in structed to sell round trip tick ets to Ft. Worth, Texas, No vember 22nd, at very low rates, account National Woman's Christian . Temperance Union, Ft. Worth, Texas November 15th to 21st 1901. 33 Ranch near Estacado, Texas, Nov. 4, 1901. Dear Cousins: . I have en joyed reading your various let ters; but sorry to see a disposi tion on the part of some to say cutting little things about the neighbors. Now this is all wrong. Let us strive to say only pleasant things about our neighbors. They are all nice people because there are very few sorry people on the Plains and they are not the ones we all know. X. T. Z. wants us to talk about beautifying our home, etc. Now I do wonder if he or she ever tried to raise flowers, moth erless calves, chickens : and motherless and fatherless colts, all at the same time and under the same tence,' well not exactly the same fence either, but with Dr. W. D. Patton, ... n. rtoYGNDRUG(Kt j S .,!...,.,.., np. roc tut : Drugs; Patent Medicines, Druggist Sundries, Toilet Articles, in fact, - . Everything usually kept in a first. class DRUG STORE only a wire gate between the lot and the yard and have a lot of boys who never can be made to see the harm in leaving the gate down "jest a minit." Oh dear, how faithfully I have tried to beautify and seen ray fondest hopes disappear in a lovely hen wallow for Mrs. Biddie and her babies or seen my budding rose bushes and ambitious vines fur nish a delectable morsel for the calf or colt who has just run in a minute. Verily the path way to flower gardens and landscape beauty lies not through the open gate but we can beautify the inside of our houses and cul tivate our minds if we cannot have beauty outside. The long winter evenings are here now when the young people like some amusement. The boy or girl who likes to read can by a little planning and management al ways have something new an d good to read with but small outlay; but those who neither read 1 1 ly or ting. Oh dear me, that reminds me of my big brother. He will not read, can not play or sing and how to amuse bim I am racking my brain over now. He is not old enough to go to some other girl for amusement and expects me to entertain him. If any of the cousins can sug gest something new let us have it by all means; something that will not raise the roof with noise and yet, noisy enough to suit a door-slamming boy. Well, I could write a lot more but fear the waste basket. Cattle are going into winter in fine shape. ' ""' ' Feed all gathered. Some youngsters sparking but I am not goiug to tell who they are. j If I see this in print I may try! again. Goodbye, Lillias. Harter and Sparks are rushed with work these days but never too busy to do their work right.' When in need of. any kind of blacksmithing or woodwork call at the shop next door to Canyon Mercantile Company. Immense feed crops have been harvested on the Plains thi3 year, nearly every stock farmer has an abundance and some to spare. OOOO ADVIOE The most miserable, beings In the world are those suffering from dys pepsia and liver complaint. More than seventy-five per eent. of the peo pie In the United States are afflicted with these: two diseases and their effects: such as sour stomach, sick headache, habitual costlveness, pal pitation of the heart, heartburn, waterbrash, gnawing nnd burning pains at the pit of the stomach, yel low skin, coated tonguo and disa greeable taste In the mouth, coming up of food after eatlug, low spirits, etc. Go to your druggist, J. N. a d- ley, and get a bottlo of August Flower for 75? . Two doses will re lieve you. Try it. ...... Mr. J. M. Vansant is now in the real estate business and so licits the patronage of the pub lic. Give him a trial and be nleased at the results; tr Dr. J. Ed. Crawford. r , . . A Violent Attack of Croup Cured. "Last winter an infant child of mine had croup In a violent form, " says Elder John W. Rog ers, a Christian Evangelist, of Filley, Mo. "I gave her a few doses of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and m a short time all danger was past and the child recovered." This remedy not only cures croup, but when glv en as soon as the first symptoms appear, will prevent the attack. It contains no opium or other harmful substance and may be given as confidently to a,, baby as to an adult. For sale by the Hadley Drug Company, the Leading Druggists, ' Kmmr. " ' The man who think that he to wtl Of all thla earthly elan , . He la the moat beloved bj .' The wtly bunco man. Washington Star. TOITB TBRICa AGW. Sy Mr. Doerum (dyspeptically) M dear, I can taste that lemon pie yet that we had at dinner yesterday. Willie Boerum (longingly) Oee, Xi wish I could 1 Brooklyn Eagle. 1 The llntefcet Aaria. ' The hlRh-prlced automobile Now occuplra the track; T But Q. Washington waa aatlafled With a modeat little hack, -Chicago Dnly Newa. j The War of It. Mrs. Smith Katie -Katie, tblf wa termelon isn't cold at all. Katie Well, 'tnint no fault o mine mum; Krntth he got aicb a big one that when I put it in th ice chlat I had ter take th' ice out. Chicago Cecord-Ilerald. . 1 . -! Mraaa of IdeatlflaatloB. - "Are these your clothe or mine?'' asked the athletic man of his wife. "Look in the hip pocket," was thai reply. "If it'a smelling salts they're mine; if it's brandy they're youM." Le&ue a Weekly. Her Poaltloa. "i- "Henrietta," said Mr. Meekton, ten tlmentnlly, "do you eter regret ha ing married me?" 1 "Regret it? Of course not. Iaeved notice it." Washington Star. A Liberal Offer. The undersigned will give a free sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to any one wanting a reliable rem edy for disorders of the stom ach, billiousness or constipation. This is a new remedy and a good one. Hadley Drug Com pany, the Leading Druggists. See Our PALL Shirt Waists He fore Bnvinir. - f' . if. ."..' SMITfi, IVALKEq &C9 ( J f