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THE CANADIAN RECORD
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VOLUME 21, NUMBER 50.
CANADIAN, hemphill COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1920.
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Former Canadian Boy
Accidentally Shoots
Self While Hunting
NEW ROAD OPENED TUESDAY j Enrollment Canadian
Houston Hanna, son of Judge
R I. Hanna of Ochiltree coun-
ty, accidentally shot and kill-
himself early Saturday
filming while out hunting ducks.
He was supposed to have shot
himgelf about six o'clock. At
about 10 o'clock a traveler found
him with one foot hanging on a
wire of the fence. He had appar-
ently crawled thru the fence,
pulling his shotgun after him,
and the gun had fired, the load
of shot cutting off the entire fore
part of his head from the mouth
up.
Houston was a young man of
about twenty-five years of age.
•fudge Hanna is one of the pio-
neer Panhandlers. He came from
Silverton to Canadian about twen-
ty years ago and filed on the
land that is now John Nolen's
home place. He farmed aiid was
deputy county clerk. About fif-
teen years ago he moved to Ochil
tree County and was caunty judge
there for four years. Mr. and
Mrs. Hanna recently moved to
Fayettville, Ark., but still owned
their land near Perryton and
their sons were farming, putting
out a wheat crop this fall. The
hoy had started for a lake to
shoot ducks when the accident
occurred.
The remains were taken to Sil-
verton for burial, the party com-
ing thru Canadian Tuesday.
SON OF BOSTON BANKER
IS KILLED BY LIGHTNING
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The commissioners court Mon-
day opened the two miles of
road from the north end of the
new Dry Creek public road to the
Lipscomb County line. This will
give a road from Canadian almost
straight north to Lipscomb Coun-
ty.
The county road grading ma-
chines are in the south part of<
the county at work. The Red Deer
Bridge could be completed in
about forty days if material in
sufficient quantities can be se-
cured to keep the work going,
A scarcity of cement has delayed
the work.
Tuesday for West
Side Ward School
A large attendance was at the
Chamber of Commerce rooms for
the session Tuesday night, and a
iarge number of important mat
ters were taken up.
The discussion of road mat-
ters took considerable time, as
all the roads are in bad condition
on account of the heavy rains
during the past few weeks. The
Gem road has been washed out
and all draws have overflowed.
The official report of the Abe
Pass delegation to Clovis was re-
ceived. Each county has been as-
sessed $75 for marking this high-
way.
The voters of Precinct No. 2
have asked the Chamber of
Commerce to co-operate with
them in securing a first class
road from Glazier to the Lips-
comb County line along the Santa
Fe railway. A petition was or-
dered drawn and it is expected
that Canadian citizens will assist
in circulating the petition.
A committee consisting of J. L.
I HH|| HH I Jennings, E. S. Humphrey*,-J. O.
about\ three miles north of the■; Wooten. H C. Ammons, and F. V|
Canadian River bridge yesterday Studer was appointed to see that
lights are installed
Schools for 1920-21
Surpasses All Records
The enrollment in the Canadian
schools is far greater than it
has ever been at this time of
year. It is easy te see that this
is the last year it will be possible
for the schools to take care of
the pupils with the present facil-
ities. Already in three rooms the
enrollment has exceeded fifty, and
the records show that the enroll-
ment always increases twenty per
cent during the year. It is there-
fore expected that the attendance
in .these rooms w^U greatly exceed
sixty—almost twice as many pu-
pils as should be in a room.
In the high school alone 135
pupils have already, been enrolled.
By the end of October this will
likely have increased to over 150.
At the end of the first month of
school only two years ago the en-
Hemphill County Will
Prepare Good Entries
for Big Wheat Show
The Panhandle-Plains :¥ Cham-
ber of Commerce, of which Hemp-
hill County is a member, is goins
to send a splendid display of
Panhandle products to the Wich-
ita Wheat Shew in October, and
is very anxious that Hemphill
County have a suitable exhibit.
There is no question but that
this, of all years, is the time to
show the world what can be
grown in this wonderful country.
Our crops were never better/ and
we ahonld try to prepare an ex-
hibit and be at Wichita with the
very best of our products.
It has been suggested that the
citizens of Canadian arrange next
week on some suitable day a trip
to the country, making if possi-
ble a trip over most of the county,
meeting with our farmer friends
and asking them to show us that
they really have the wonderful
official census figures Program Edison lone-
The official census report on
Hemphill County is.
Precinct No. 1, including Ca-
nadian, 2,494.
Precinct No. 2, 559.
Precinct No. 3, 620.
Precinct No. 4, 601.
Canadian city, 2,187. There are
additions to the town which have
newer been taken into the incor-
poration, and most of the popula-
tion of the precinct outside of the
city is in these additions.
Hemphill County had 3*170
people in, 1910, and 815 in 1900.
Wheeler County has 7,397.
Shamrock has 1,225.
West Texans Make
Strong Convention
rollment in the high school was J crop they have been teliing about
Brock, an employe of
B..~. lfl. .. ranch north of the Ca-
nada n River in Potter County,
was ^nstantly killed by lightning
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about noon. He , was vbrot to Am-
anita shortly afterwards by Sloan
Kritser, foreman of the ranch,
and taken to the Griggs under-
taking company's establishment
where it is being held pending
communication with the young,
man's father, George E. Brock,
a banker of Boston.
<i.The incident was witnessed by
L F. Gregory and Dick Dooley,
who also were on horses and
within about thirty feet of Brock
when the lightning struck him.
Mr. Gregory remained with the
body while Dooley went to notify,
Mr. Kritser.
After the body had been brot
to Amarillo Justice of the Peace
H. R. Airheart examined it, and
examined the witnesses, but die}
not hold a formal inquest. He
stated formally, however, that
his verdict would be to the effect
that Brock was killed by a strok(
of lightning. He said following
his examination of the body, that
the lightning first struck the man
on the right side of the head,
crossed his right shoulder, went
down his spine and left the body
at the left hip.—Amarillo News:
Hennington Will Hold Sale
A. Q. Hennington has an ad. in
this week's record telling of hi?,
public sale next Tuesday at his
nrm at Gageby store. Mr. Hen-
nington has sold his farm to A.
E. Crosier of Wheeler County anc\
will move to Elk City, Okla., for
the winter. fl
Mr. Hennington has lived in
the Gageby community for twelve
years, and his neighbors regret
to see him leave. They feel that
«>ey are losing a valuable citizen
nd a highly esteemed neighbor.
Twelve years ago Mr. Hennington
purchased his farm for. about
$20 an acre and he sold it this
fall for $62.50 an acre. He has
nice buildings and a good orchard
on the land.
electric lights are installed at-
the tourist camping park.
.1. L. Jennings, P. V. Studer,
and J. W. A. Jackson were ap-
pointed a committee to confer
with the county commissioners
and the city officials regarding the
trash dump at the bridge.
Carl Studer, for the Red Deer
Hereford Breeders Association*
presented before the Chamber of
Commerce the proposition of
holding the next show, which
comes in February, in Canadian.
The Association asks a subscrip-
tion from the town where the
show will be held of $250 for,
prize money. The Chamber of
Commerce guaranteed to the as-
sociation this amount for tho
show to be held here.
W. A. Stigler presented the
school situation before the meet
ing, stating that the buildings
were now crowed and that a ward*
building for the west part of
town must be had for next win-
ter, and that work should start at
once on the plana so that th<
building will be ready in ampb
time for next year. H. C. Ammons
W. C. Isaacs and W. A. Stiglej
were appointed a committee to
make plans, secure estimate*
for the building erected and fully
equipt, and to prepare ■$ petition
for a bond issue for construction
of same. i
The old academy property came
in for the usual respects that are
paid to it at almost every Cham-
ber of Commerce meeting||and
various other matters of more or
less importance were discussed.
Panhandle Population Figures
Carson County has a population
of 3,078. Panhandle has 688 peo-
ple.
Hardeman - County has
Quanah has 3,691 and Chillicothe
has 1,851. ■ ,
^Swisher Cqunfir has 4,^8. Tu,
rhaa 1,189
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Lefs boost for the ward school.
88. There has been an increase in
two years in attendance in the
high school of over 53 per cent.
Over twenty outoftown pupils
are boarding and attending the
Canadian high school, and several
more wanted to attend but could
not find places to stay. Many peo-
ple who have been sending their
children away to school are this
year sending them to the home
schools. There are this winter
more than twenty boarding pupils.
Such has been the increase in
enrollment in the schools that not
only have the grade rooms been
crowded to an alarming extent
but in the high school it is nec-
essary to use the auditorium as a
At the same time it can be ar
ranged to either get the display
for the Wheat Show, or have it.
come a little later. This will be
an opportunity that we will all
enjoy and the trip will be great
and every place of business ought
to have a representative and help
make it a go. What do you say we
make it next Tuesday or Thurs-
day. L. A. McAdams.
Farmers and ranchmen along
Wolf Creek lost a large number
of hogs in the flood last week.
The creek was the highest that
has been known in fifteen years.
Those who had pens along the
creek had never been bothered
class room. The time has come | by flood waters, but the hogs
when we must have a new ward were trapped this time and
school building and use the main drowned. In some cases the water
building exclusively for high was so high the hogs floated over
school purposes. I the fences and swam to safety.
Santa Fe Boys in Mourning—Turk Meets Tragic
End—Good. Story of Remarkable Railroad Dog
Turk, the trained dog who per-
formed various and numerous
duties in the Canadian freight
yard, was killed by a yard engine
Friday afternoon, Sept. 10th.
Turk escaped from a "zulu" in
transit and strayed into the
switch shanty when a pup. He
was a good looking specimen with
a friendly disposition and the
switchmen took him in and gave
him room and board. He slept,
with "Dinty" Moore in the switch
shanty and took his meals at the
Harvey House.
e; than some old timers in the
service.
In addition to his duties in the
freight -service he met all the
night passenger trains and stood
guard over mail and express mat-
ter while the clerk was busy
about his other duties.
Turk had an aversion to wear-
ing a badge to identify his rank
in the service and he was often
reprimanded,for his failure to dc
so, but his most grievous fault
was his uttep.ijisregard for "safe-
ty first" rules of self-presevation.
He followed the switch engine He would staftd on the track at
around in the performance of its the end ojf a string of cars, thot-
scattered duties and it required ; less of the fact that they might
a main line rate of speed to out-1 be' shoved frpm the ojher end,
run Turk from one end of the and he once lost part of a foot in
yard to the other. Turk learnec' this manner. We have seen human
t-i perform many tricks of the beings do the same thing. Hf}
trade that were very helpful in, would run. between the rails
the daily routine and was soon ahead of an engine instead of
self-appoir.(:ed to the task of/ ■ alongside the track, and he for-
piloting arriving trains into the! f cited his life by this practice,
yard. When the switches had j We have seen people do the same
been properly lined up for an j thing.
entering train he immediately I the time of h>9 death he
Thomaa-Foaeett Wedding
B. F. Thomas and Mrs. Alice
Fossett gave their friends a sur-
prise last writ by slipping off to
Amarillo 4 married;
They were unnev ~i marriage
Wednesday afternoon at the res-
idence of the Rev. Cathright, pas-
tor of the First Baptist Church
of Amarillo. They returned to
Canadian Friday and are now at
their new home in the South
Side Addition.
The many friends of this splen-
did couple take great pleasure in,
extending to them congratulations
find best wishes.
Mrs. May Dunn of Wheeler
has Moved to Canadian. She is the
e Baker home near the
took a position a sufficient dis-
tance in the direction from which
the train was expected and when
the engineer of the approaching
train whiatled for a "high-ball"
Turk would start in a run down
the track in advance of the train.
The engineer would follow in ab-
solute confidence that the dog waa
leading him to a clear track.
Was running • between the rails
ahead of "Smoky" Mason and the
2209. When <, he stopped to exn
change a few kind Sniffs with an-
other dog the engine overtook him
and cut hbq in twain.
Ora Johnson, Ed Morrow, and
Otto Anderson were on the foot-
board, and were unwilling to wit-
ness the sad end of Turk. Whcffl
When the train had cleared the 8aw t* t%be tragedy was in-
lcad and failed to stop within p, evitable, they tamed their faces
reasonable distance Turk would and shivered. Turk was well and
spring at the rear angle-cock, favorably known, and hie demise
striking it with his foot, thus jis much deplored by the Santa Fe
applying the airbrakes and bring-' employes. His remains are in the
ing the train to a stop.
He was especially vigilant in
his inspection of livestock passing
thru the yards, and when cattle
were seen to be down he would
stand alongside the car and con-,
tinue to bark until attention had
been attracted to that fact.
If any member of the switching
crew strayed away from his du-
ties and tried to "soldier" on the
job old Turk was at his heels
with a loud, bark until the slack-
er was back at his proper place
and work. He eould take a lantern
In his teeth and pass all the
standard signals better and plain-
hands of a taxidermist, and wheij
mounted they wlij be given stand-
ing room in to* office of Yardmas
ter Hansbr% i
Iggjlgf
this good*
track was
arid cars
must stay
to function,;
from a fixed
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a lesson from
ess; dog. The
the engine
on and they
track or cease
cannot detour
ourse, and they
sometimes take advantage of th<
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We can and should keep off the
Moore.
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The temper of East Texas to-
ward West Texas was stesvn in
the Democratic state convention
at Dallas last week, when the
question of a West Texas A. and
M. College came before the res-
olutions committee. East Texas
opposed the placing of such a
plank in the resolutions, and
controlled the committee.
Lee Satterwhite of Panhandle,
Carson County, presented for th§
minority an amendment to the
report calling upon the legisla-
ture for the creation of a West
Texas A. and M. College. Mr.
Satterwhite asked for forty min-
utes in which to discuss the prop-
osition. Four speakers were heard
ii; opposition to the plank and
seven in its behalf. Lee Satter-
white, M. E. Sosser of Scurry
County, H. B. Hill, Wheeler Coun-
ty, Mrs. Charles Schenber, Tar-
rant County, Former Attorney
General R. V. Davidson of Dal-
las County, S. J. Isaacs of El
Paso County, and Congressman
Marvin Jones of Amarillo Hpofcr
for th« West Texas A. and M.
plank. S. L. Staples of Bastrop
County, John H. Veatch of John-
son County, Lee J. Rountree of
Bryan, and W. C. Davis of Bryan
snuke against the plank. It was
the only semblance of a scrap
that this convention has seen,
and partisans made the most of
it. West Texas grew belligerent
when Mr. Staples said it was his
information that there was so
much need of conservation in
West Texas, that hoot owls, prai-
rie dogs and rattlesnakes hiber-
nate in the same hole. They howll
ed cheer after cheer when H.
B. Hill of Wheeler County es-
poused the cause of a new agri-
cultural college. John H. Veach
was as loudly applauded in oppo-
sition.
Mrs. Charles Scheuber of Fort
Worth, the only women who took
part in the contest, was given an
enthusiastic reception. Mrs;
Scheuber said it Was a bad situa-
tion that West Texans who go to
Washington find senators of New
Mexico and Arizona more con-
versant with their problems than
their iSwn representatives in the
Upper house of congress.
Lee J. Rountree, now of Bryan,
formerly of Georgetown, op-
posed the minority report. He de-
cried the suggestion which he
said he had heard made, that
West Texas would form a new
state if that section fails to get
a new A. and M. College and ad-)
equate legislative and congres-
sional representation. Mr. Roun-
tree argued for "a Texas undi-
vided and undivisible."
General R. V. Davidson of Dal-
las spoke for the West Texas A,
and M. plank.
Mr. Davis said that tho he
was a resident of Bryan in the
shadows of the Texas A. and M.
College, he was a citizen of Tex-
as, closed for those opposed to tile
amendment. He declared that a
granite hill is no place for the
location of an A. and M. College.
Congressman Marvin Jones of
Amarillo Said that the question
was not whither there will be
one or two A. and M. Colleges in
Texas, but whether or not there
shall be education tor the young
men of Texas. He said transpor-
tation alone would cost a student
from Amarillo $140 annually go*
ing td and from College station
and that the agricultural co
'-i x $ <f "M i '■f.'h, *4'*
Test Musicians Draws"
Big Crowd to Church
The Methodist Church did net
have seating capacity sufficient to
accommodate the audience that
gathered last Friday evening to
hear the joint recital given by tliie
musicians and the New Edison,
"the Phonograph with a Soul".
There were more than three hun-
dred people in the building and as
many as fifty people who enjoyed
the concert just outside the
church windows. The recital was
given under the auspices of Ba-
ders' Pharmacy, which handles
the Edison in Canadian.
The program was delightful
and it was highly enjoyed. The
failure of the soprano, Miss
Claire Lillian Peteler, to appear
with the company required a re-
arrangement of the program^
Miss Peteler left the company at
Hutchinson, Kansas, on account
of illness, and a specialist order-
ed her to return to her home in
New York.
The company which appeared
in Canadian was composed of
Madeleine Mac Guigan Sokoloff,
violinist, assisted by Mr. Igor
Sokoloff, 'cellist, and Mr. Erl
Beatty, pianist. Their numbers
were pleasing and the different
tone test numbers with the Edi«
son were enjoyed by all. The tone
test numbers showed the perfec-
tion to which this wonderful ma-
chine has been developed in re-
creating music.
The Edison used in the concert
is the very same machine that is
sold at Baders' Pharmacy, the
factory model showing it to be
identical with those in stock at
the pharmacy.
The concert gave the audience
v new vision of the extent to
which this phonograph has been
perfected.
DR. A. W. DAWSON ASSO-
CIATED WITH DR. CAYLOR
Dr. A. W. Dawson has associat-
ed himself with Dr. H. C. Caylor
in this city in the practice of med-
icine and surgery, and he now
has offices with Dr. Caylor.
Doctor Dawson is a Kentuckian
but has been practicing in the
Panhandle for several years. He
is a brother of Dr. G. W. Dawson,
owner of the Trans-Canadiaq
Sanitarium of Dalhart, one of the
pioneer hospitals <if the Panhan-
dle, and he has already several
friends in this city who are glad
to know that he is locating here.
Mrs. Dawson and the children^
are visiting at their old home in
Kentucky, and on their return
the doctor will be able to an-
nounce his "at home" address in
this city.
The estimated cost of produc-
ing cotton in 1920 is placed at
46 cents, which should entitle the
raiser to 50 cents for the best
grades.
station
alleges
W. C. Sherman, road foreman
of engines for the Santa Fe, has
moved to Canadian from Amarillo
and is now at home in this city.
The drill at the Shaller deep
test well started to drilling again
Tuesday after a delay of a few
days. ■ |M
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of Oklahoma, Kansas and New
Mexico are nearer than the col-
lege of Texas. He charged that
the opposition had injected the
question of dividing the state.
He said what others had said*
that there was no demand for im<|
mediate action, but that the West
Texas A. and M. College should
await a better condition of the
state treasury. 4
The vote roll call resulted in
its dSfeat by a vote of 522 to 878.
While the Vote'was being taken
Mr. Satterwhite thanked those
who had given support to the
proposition. It was understood
from the beginning, he said, that
the amendment would probably
be defeated, but that it was de-
sired to put all of the counties o£
Texas on record with reference
to their stand on West Texas ~
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Loomis, L. P. The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 16, 1920, newspaper, September 16, 1920; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth125465/m1/1/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.