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CANYON
HE STATE
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO STQCK-FARMNG.
VOL VII.
CANYON CITY, TEXAS, FRIDAY. MARCH 20. 1903.
NO. 1.
SALUTATORY.
While not altogether a strang
er to the Plains county, the
new proprietor of this paper is,
or rather was, until within the
last few days practically un
known to the citizens of Canyon
City and Randall county and we
deem it right and proper that
we should give some account of
ourself as well as outline the fu
ture policy in the conduct of
this paper.
Concerning self, will say that
our boyhood days were spent on
the Texas frontier, mostly in
the saddle, "punching" cows.
For the last thirty years we
have resided in Burnet and Lam
pasas counties; there we mar
ried; there our children, were
born and there we leave many
friends, as good and true as
ever it fell to the happy lot of
mortal to have and some as vin
dictive enemies. While at Bur
net we owned and run for sev
eral years the Bulletin, one of
the oldest and best newspapers
in Central Texas. We after
wards owtud and operated the
Silver Star oflice, one of the
best job printing establishments
west of Austin, and so we come
to the people of Randall coun
ty, fully prepared by experience
not only to conduct a first class
newspaper, but to do any and
all kinds of commercial and
legal printlug commonly called
job work.
We went to Burnet county
when that section was consider
ed the frontier and this part of
the State was thought to be a
howling wilderness. Burnetand
Lampasas counties were then
only spoken of as a "stock coun
try" too dry to grow any kind
of crops so said the few set
tlers there, and so we believed
at the time, but we have lived
to see the day when farming is
about as certain there as any
where in Texas, and such we
hope to see here. The hills,
brakes and rocks have yet many
attractions for us;our old friends
and neighbors we hate to leave
can we ever replace them?
but we are seeking a higher al
titude, purer air, a longer lease
on life and a brighter future for
ourchildren. Canyon City gave
promise of such and here we
are.
Touching the policy of the
paper, our intention is, to make
of the News, (Stayer) a strictly
county newspaper. In a parti
san sense it will have no poli
tics. In a religious sense, while
moral in tone, it will be strictly
non-sectarian. In everything
that promises to build up Ran
dall county from capital to bor
der, including also the Plains
country contributory, the News
assures its patrons that it will
be very much alive. In a word,
we expect to make of the News,
a paper that every citizen of
Randall county will be proTUl of
and that 110 reasonable, fair
minded man or woman can take
offense at. Just such a paper
as we have outliuecl will build
up any town and country that
has merits of its own. We can
give you as good service in that
respect as the West can boast
of and all we ask ii: return is
your co-operation in the way of
a reasonable patronage.
Respectfully,
Geo. A. Brandon.
The night Not to Tuko Sled
icinc. (Printed by Request.)
The overwhelming defeat of
the bill prohibiting "the prac
tice of Christian Science, mind
and faith cure in healing" in the
lower house of the New Hamp
shire legislature isl)ighly cred
itable to the intelligence of that
body and highly satisfying to
those who have any conception
of the menace to personal liber
ty involved in such measures.
No matter what may be the
individual judgment or opinion
concerning the efiicacyof Chris
tian Science, in the treatment of
disease, to prohibit its practice
would be pracLicall y to deny to
persons the right not to take
medicine, and this would be a
flagrant infraction of personal
liberty. The state might as well
undertake to say that only allo
pathy shall be practiced in heal
ing, thus denying to all the
right to receive homoeopathic
or eclectic treatment.
The Christian Science healers
give no medicine.
The practitioners of both the
allopathic and homoeopathic
schools give less medicine than
they did twenty years ago. The
medications are not only not so
strong but increasing depen
dence is placed upon nursing,
and upon hygiene and sanita
tion. The practice of medicine
is necessarily an experimental
science. Distressing failures to
cure or give relief are noted on
every hand. But the vast ma
jority of people still have faith
in medicines. Their eflicacy in
many ailments has been fre
quently demonstrated.
But independent of all discus
sion or speculation as to the
curative power of medicine, the
right of a person not to take
medicine is inviolable. Deplor
able as it may seem to some,
this right cannot be denied with
out striking at the most element
al liberty of the individual. If
the right not to take medicine is
im-iolable, then the right to
practice a system of healing
that does not employ medicines
cannot be denied by the State.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Webf ooteri Farmer.
The Farmersville Sentinel
says: Plant something that
will make feed as quick as pos
sible. Feedstuff is high and
scarce. The Dallas News in
comment adds "that the farmer
must be webfooted to take the
advice of the Sentinel," owing
to the miry condition of the
ground.
Poor, suffering Dallas. Every
time we think of her besieged
with so much mud and waferwe
recall to memory the old moss
covered pond with its tlock of
geese.
if $ t f t a n $ $
t Notes For Stockmen, f
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Senator Geo. W. Savage has
introduced a bill to make radi
cal changes in the statutes per
taining to the lands of the State.
It abolishes the lease line alto
gether, and throws all the lands
on the market. It provides that
present lessees shall have re
funded to them the amounts due
from the unexpired period of
their leases in the event of sale
of the properly. It also pro
vides that where lands sold or
leased by the State are within
the pasture inclosures of others
such purchasers or lessees shall
not turn more than one head of
cattle or horses, nor more than
four head of sheep or goats, up
on said land for each tifteen
acres owned or leased by them.
The bill further provided that
where more than one person
shall make application on the
same day for the purchase of a
particular tract of land the
County Clerk shall on the fol
lowing Monday conduct a draw
ing to determine which of said
applicants shall be awarded the
tract. The bill provides in de
detail how such drawings shall
be conducted.
The purpose of such last men
tioned provision is to thwart
the "bonus jumpers, " who are
said to have gotten in line at
the various cpunty seats for the
purpose of selling their places
or to take up the tracts of land
for various interested parties.
The plan contemplated by this
bill will make it immaterial who
shall reach the County Clerk
lirst on tiie day when the land
shall be placed on the market,
Jack Surreys of Montana,
Pierre Webeaux's buyer, comes
forward with his annual address
to the Texas cattlemen in a re
cent interview he seems to have
lost sight of the fact that the
season in the ground this year
is fifty per cent better than it
was last year, and yet he is
howling for still lower prices.
His nerve is commendable, to
fay the least of it. He says:
"If they are expecting last
year's prices down there, they
have a dose of disappointment
coming. Conditions have been
radically changed in Montana
lately. The man who runs cat
tle there now must own his laud
and that is expensive. Unless
Texas growers drop consider
able in their demands northern
men will not buy this year, for
the simple reason that it is not
a paying proposition. Ifjhey
don't get their two-year-olds
down to $18 they needn't ex
pect to sell a hoof to Eastern
Montana men this year." Sao
Antonio Express.
The Fort Worth correspon
dent of the Dallas News says:
An item of news developed
here today which is of great in
terest to the cattlemen who are
watching the course of the Bry
an quarantine bill. It was to
the effect that the cattlemen be
low the line who are active for
the passage of the bill have
agreed to certain changes re
garding the ten months' inspec
tion period. It comes from a
reliable source that an amend
ment will be offered to the bill
when it is taken up in the Sen
ate that if the agricultural de
partment or, rather, the animal
industry bureau of that depart
ment and the Texas livestock
sanitary board, in their wisdom,
leel that at any time the line
should be closed during the ten
months during which cattle are
allowed to pass by inspection,
that this can be done at such
times as the authorities may
think proper. As to the two
months absolute open season,
however, there will be no con
cessions, the supporters of the
measure maintaining, that the
line should pe kept open during
the winter season from Nov. 1",
to January 15.
SCHOOL NOTES.
K.litc-cl !v the
County Superintendent.
The county schools of Ran
dall county next year, especial
ly those voting the 20c tax, will
have a good local fund. Now
would be a good time to enlarge
and improve the school houses.
Some of the school houses are a
disgrace to the county. Let us
not be content until we have
good comfortable rooms, well
furnished, which will be a com
fort and a pride to patron,
teacher and pupil.
o
We understand the assessor
for Canyon Independent School
District will at once make an
assessment of the property in
the district to determine the
valuation and determine the
propriety of ordering an elec
tion for the purpose of voting
bonds for the erection of a
school building.
o
The six counties of Donley,
Hall, Collingsworth, Armstrong,
Randall and Deaf Smith will be
entitled collectively, to one ap
pointment to the Girl's Indus
trial College at Denton, Texas,
which will be open to students
in September, 1U03.
Applicants must be white
girls of good moral character,
not less than 111 years of age,
who have a good knowledge of
the common school subjects.
For further information call
on or address the county super
intendent. A. N. Henson,
County Judge and Ex-Ofllcio
Supt. of schools,
Randall Co., Texas.
THOMAS BROTHERS
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S PEOPLE'S FORUM. f
A citizen of this town, who is
at present at Amarillo, is loyal
yet to Canyon City and offers
encouragement to its citizens in
the following:
Amarillo, Texas.
Editor News: Having spent
some time here and having wit
nessed the enthusiasm of the
people in the upbuilding and
advancement of t lie town, has
set me to thinking of the wel
fare of our own little city.
Canyon has many natural ad
vantages, but that alone will
never make a city. We must
have facilities for carrying on
every trade necessary for t lie
welfare and happiness of the
people.
The roads, schools, churches
and social development are be
ing looked after but there are
other things necessary to keep
Canyon City abreast of other
towns and somebody should
look after them at once.
When the citizens sit down
and wait for things to come.
the other town generally gets
them. It is the "get up and go
after it" town that gels the re
sults and if we want anything
more at Canyon we must ask for
it, work for it and probably pay
for it.
Shall we let Canyon "die in
the shell'' while other towns are
out growing their winter clothes
already? Let's let the world
know we are here and moving.
We may watch the current of
Plains development until wu
imagine it .s us moving and yet
be chained fu our place and
some day lind that we have
waited too long.
Something ought to be done.
Something must be done or we
may crawl out of our den some
day and tind ourselves so far
behind that we may never catch
up.
Neighbors, give your town
one week's careful thought and
then let us "put our heads to
gether" and our "shoulders to
the wheel" and with a pull all
together bring Cauyon to the
lront. A Citizen.
Amen! Ed.
Low Itates to Chicago.
For the International Live
Exposition at Chicago. This
will be your opportunity to make
a cheap trip to the City on the
Lakes. See your local agent
for dates of sale, limits, condi
tions, etc. Don A. Sweet,
Traffic Manager.
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Don't lose the key to the box
of money at A. L. Anderson s.
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US BEFORE BUYING.
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