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You can hava BRENT C. TAYLOR. & ft GOAL, GRAIN AND LIVERY BUSINESS. The best Teams, Rigs, Livery Bam and Wagon Yard in West Texas. Coal, Grain and all sorts of Field seeds as cheap as the same quality can be bad from any one. The best and nicest bus in the country to meet all trains. Fair and Courteous treatment to all. Business South of the square CANYON CITY, TEXAS FINE HATS Latest Shapes Best Quality tco, if you trade with mf?!!fin -ow spike,- we M c chamlee. U.S. DEALER coal, Grain and Field Seed of All Kinds. The Cleanest and Best Wagon Yard and Camp Houses on the Plains. Your patronage solicited Give us a call when you come to Canyon City. L. T. Lester, W. C. Baird and other cattle men who have bad much experience in tbis "country say that the rains are not hurt ing the grass at all, that the grass is fine and cattle are fat. Beverly Briefs. Here we come again, very newsy you know, as we always No marriages. No deaths. Some sickness but not any se- rious that we know of and those C ji sj ft o n bHlltfl, WfllfeCF CC CO. GROCERIES. that have been down with slow fever are all up now and getting tnuug an i ijju i. Tl - 1 i A . U xiarmers are aimust wiruujjn with their feed and rejoicing be cause they have beat jack frost. Mrs. C. Adair and her cabinet arrived at the JA ranch last Monday, the 28th. Mrs firpcrnrw and little daurrll- " & j o ter, Miss Mattie Hyatte and Mr. Tom Ridgeway, all of Canyon City were down visiting friends and relatives this week. Mrs. Dover has been spend ing a week with her brother, at Milo. Mrs. Webb and daughter, Miss Lillie, visited Mrs. Helms Sun day. Messrs. Holland and Julius Pietzscb are shipping cattle this week. Mr. Williams, one of the Old ham Hardware Co's. itnen, was down in this part of the country seeing how much cash he could collect. Mrs. O. S. Jackson spent last Saturday in Amarillo. W. H. Lemmons made atrip to Canyon City after more goods. Mrs. Lemmons and Miss Gray son were the guests of Mrs. Lin deman last Sunday. Mr. J. E. Pietzch has gone to Bartlett, Bell county. He ex pects to be gone two weeks. Miss Minnie Pietzsch and Miss Yula Jackson accompanied him as far as Canyon City. Mr. Hal Holland was down in this' part of the country Thurs- Wbat has become of X. T. Z? OBER IN Off hunting bim a wife? We guess he hasn't time to write as he has so many dishes to wash. are plenty of girls that would be glad to wash dishes but they are not in this part of the country, Come again X. T. Z. and let us r know when you get married; and that cowboy that "rides in the canyons and gal lopes o'er the Plains," we would like to hear from him again as he is such a nice poet. Jasper. X. T. Z's. home. t3 tr o o -i t V N cn" O n 5". 5!" cr it w tn o c cn fl P CO o!Sf) . Messrs. J. N. Hadley and Os car Hunt will soon smile regu larly on the dear people in the southern country. They will make the round of the lower country in the interest of the Hadley Drug Company and Os car Hunt & Company wholesale furniture dealers, quite often. SPREADS LIKE WILDFIRE. When things are "the best" they become "the bent Belling." Abraham Hare, a leading druggist, of Bellevlle, O., writes: "Electric Bitters are the best selling bitters I have handled In 20 years." You know why? Most dis eases begin In disorder of stomach, liv er, kidneys, bowels, blood and nerves. Electric Bitters tones up the stom ach, regulates liver, kidneys nnd bowels, purifies the blood, strength ens the nerves, hence cures multitudes of maladies. It builds up the entire system. Puts new life and vigor Into any weak, sickly, run-down man or. woman. Price 50?. Sold by Hadley Drug Co. Kates of Tuition of Canyon City High School. First grade, $1 per month. For each additional grade, 25 cents more per month. - Overs and undersand all tuition pupils charged according to the grade they study. Tuition payable- at the end of each scholastic month to the principal of the Canyon school. All tuition goes to supple ment the school fund and ex tend the term of school. By order ot the Board of Trustees. Who are tuition pupils? All unders, overs and non-resident fmpils who have not been trans ered. J. C. Pipkin, F. P. Wilson, S. A, Shotwell We carry a nice line of seasonable goods and our staple stock is full. Quality, the BEST, and our prices speak for themselves. All we ask is that you see our goods and get our prices You be the judge as to whether it New Passenger Schedule. DIRECT CONNECTION IN BOTH DI RECTIONS between Canyon City and Kansas City, through sleepers between Carlsbad and Wichita. Beginning Sunday, November 3rd, the Pecos System will put in effect a new schedule of pas senger service, the changes be ing of special advantage to pat rons of the line. Train No. 202 for the north will leave Canyon City at 6:08 p. m., arriving at Amarillo at 6:55 p. m., where di rect connections will be made with the Southern Kansas of Texas train for Kansas City, ar riving at Kansas City on the evening of the second day. A special feature of the new schedule will be through sleep ers in each direction between Carlsbad and Wichita, Kansas making close connections with the Santa Fe Kansas City sleep ers. Train No. 201 from the north will reach Canyon City at 10:05 a. m., leaving Amarillo at 9:25 a. m. tf If a person will look over Canyon City and note the shab by painting that has been done within the past two years he can realize that the coming of Mr. Trimble to our town was needed. He should not be expected to do good work at shabby prices. Mrs. R. W. Morgan left yester day for a visit to her mother, and daughter at Bowie. Littte Edna accompanied her-. i s. g ; ? IS tt? spKi & M. C. Chamlee Can fix Your watch "Any Old Time." Tk Appropriate Thtmg. Jack Do you remember that Mis Hubb, of Boston? Jill Oh.yeal "She had birthday party 1m t week." Indeedl" . ' "Yea; and aha bad blrtMs cake. . "Of course." "It wu made in the ahape of a, heart. "No?el idea., wasn't It r "Yea; and the cake wsa froated and had icicles ticking' in it Instead of candles." Yonktrs Statesman. Never try to coax a cold or cough, use the remedy that unfailingly con quers both. llALLAKDH HoHKHOUSI) Syrup Ih the great specific for nil throat and lung troubles. Price 25 and !)0f at Hadley Drug Company's .15 . Judge Lair, Miss Mae and Rev. J. T. Burnett are in Ft. Worth this week. Miss Mae will probably visit relatives be fore returning. Nice line of Paint Brushes now at the Canyon City Pharmacy. ' ,iBtiautiiitiititMii.itit.iiiH'i. x Mr. I. G. Trimble has the job of painting Mr. Lester's residence. is to your interest Eggs are very scarce and high. If you have any don't wait until the market goes down, to bring them in. Hens are molting now and soon there will be a general laying and prices will tumble. Judge Lair sold 28 sections of land in Randall and Swisher counties during the month of October. That is truly a "land office business. " Commissioners' court will be in session next Monday. RAILROADS CREATE PROSPERITY. This has been demonstrated by the marked Improvement in conditions ttloiijf "THE DENVER ROAD" THE TEXAS1 PANHANDLE. Whither other lines have come to share In the results of the good times In that section. P0SPEI7 DEfmlDS MILftQADS. The Chicago. Rock Island f Mexico Already crossing "The Denver Road" at Dalhart. The Choctaw, Oklahoma $ Gulf Soon to Join "The Denver Road" at Wichita Falls and Amarillo- The Blackwell, Enid ? Southwestern Now building to "The Denver Road" at Vernon. The Kansas Citj, Mexico 4 Orient ExiKJcted to Join "The Denver Koad at Chlllcothe. The Frisco System Which may meet "The Denver Road" at Acme. The Arkansas 4 Choctaw ' Headed for "The Denver Road" at Wichita I alls. All this, taken with the activity of Immigration and real estate agents, many new settlers, numbers buying Slcial :W i Day Hmm- ers 1 U kets and others seeking information, indicates that "THh Dh.N Ml KOAD is considered good company in a desirable neighborhood. W.F.STERLY. A.A.GUSSON, CHAS. L.HULL A. Q. P. Q.A.P.D. T.P.A, The Fort Worth k Denver City Railway, Fort Worth. Texas. N. B. If you want to get choice of best locations you may have to hasten; and remember this: 'Only Om Road," uml "i'wu Dou t Have to -Apoloi." Greatest Variety of Styles Newest Colorings Ask your dealer for them he will order for you ' or write direct and receive descriptive price list. HENRY H. ROELOF8 A CO., Philadelphia. Canyon City has had a super abur dance of 'Cheap John" business. These are usually the product of some one who wishes to make money by pandering to the desire of the people to get goods as cheap as possible, and usually results in dissatisfaction. While prices too high should be condemned, yet, we must be Th haf la thA chAABMt." 1 ' ajBBMHM T a j 1 with especial force to a Musical Instrument, which, if properly con structed, will last a life-time. The name of ESTEY is an assurance of first-class work, the finest tone quality and fair and honorable dealing. I-New Catalogue mailed to any address free. Flease mention this paper. THE ESTEY -CO. 916 OLIVE OTREET, to buy from us. 60 YEARS' . EXPERIENCE Trade Marks Designs PaBVDIAUTS At. Quickly ascertain our oplnum free whether an iiiventlnn H pronnblr putcnttiblo. Oininiiinlcn tlnnsntrlctlrcnnnilanUiU. Handbook an HalouU ant free. Olilnat auency for iecurlnii petenta. Patent! takon through Muiin ft Co. receive tptcial notice, without chnrito, la tbe Scientific American, A liandaometr ir.netmlad weekly. I. areeat cir culation of any nclenuiio Journal. 1 ertin. U years four month, 1L. Bold byaH newadealera. MUNN&Co."""- New York Branch Office. (B4 BU WMhlngiun. D. U 1 N. careful not to condemn lionet t profitable prices that yield gen eral prosperity and produce "Cheap John" establishments that give us Inferior goods and keep us continually buying. This is worse than the other ex treme for it causes men to lose confidence in his fellow men and begets a desire to retaliate. AM BEST in Tone! BEST in Quality! BEST In Everything! This old and true saying applied 8T. LOUI8, MO. A Htaiok, She I want you to promise to dd what I ask before I tell you what it Is. Papa But why not tell me what it is first? "Oh! if I did you wouldn't do U."- Brooklyn Etttfle. ( , - II Eer to Oct. Bmt " ' Towne I understand it's hard US get a cook to go to the suburb. Subbs Hard, nothing! Why, man we've had 32 at our house tn the past year. Town Topics. Weekly Stock Train. NOTICE TO SHII'PKHS. Amarillo, Texan, August 21), 11)01. We have urrangwl to start a Weekly Stock Train for Kansas City, begin ning on next Sunday night, Septem-U-r 1st, 11)01. It is expected thutthls train will leave: Carlsbad 12.H0 A. M. Monday Roswell 4.00 " " Portnles H.'M " llovlna 10.:w " Hen-ford 12.30 P.M. " Canyon City 2.00 " Amarillo 4.00 " Washburn 4.W " " Ianhandle B.35 " Miami 7.:t.- " Canadian " lllgglns .M " Gage 10.45 " Woodward 11.35 " Where It will connect with a tram on the Atchison lino that it Is hoped will put cattle Into Kansas City fof Wednesday's market, hut it mcstbm TTV-riKRHTIliiD that wk do not quar- ANTKK TO MAKKTIIIS MARKET, as We are liable to be delayed In gathering shipments all along the line, as this train contemplates, and may have to unload for feed and rest, In order to comply with the law. We have se lected Wednesday's market for th reason that we are assured that the market on the following day, Thurs day, Is equally giHd, and our pat rons are therefore protected an far aa we can protect them against loss on account of possible delay as above suggested. We will still continue to handle train load shipments, with proper notice, on any day of the week ad suits shipper. This weekly stock train Is simply intended to take care of shipments that would otherwise have to 1h handled by way freight trains and neccessnrlly suffer consid enible delay. Don A. Sweet. ( Traffic Mauaer.