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Canadian, Hemphill County. Texas, Friday, July 19,1889.
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HOMES IN
TEXAS
What the Settler Has Before Him and
the Ease
WITH WHIOH HE MAY SEOTJBE
The Very Best of Lands at Mout
ileanonable Rates — Thirty-
Four Million Acres on
Almost JLny Terms.
Every newspaper in Texas should
print, especially just at this time, the
following from State Land Commis
sioner Hall: Just at this time, when
the eyes of the Union aie directed to
Oklahoma and landless multitudes are
astir, a rare opportunity is given for
effective action on the part of the
press and people of our state. The
tide now beginning to flow southwest-
ward should not cease nor lessen in
volume, until Texas is the moat popu-
lous of all the states. Offering as she
does inducements nnknown and impos-
sible elsewhere, I feel sure that noth-
ing is necessary but right now to in-
form the restless what Texas is and
what she offers to secure wonderful
and immediate results. Tell them of
the millions of acres of fertile lands
for sale by private persons, companies
and corporations; lands more desirable
in every way than t* e quarter sections
of Oklahoma, for one of which men
now seem ready to fight and die.
These millions of acres of Texas lands
can be purchased at a low price on lib-
eral Uerms, and in quantities to suit
any and all elasses, whether
farméis, stockraisers or town-builders.
Tell them especially that Texas has
34 1*00.000 acres, an area as large as the
states of New York and New Jersey
not yet alienated which she is ready-
to give to the homesteader or sell on
terms must liberal. Of these 34,000.-
ooo about 3 000,000 acres are public do-
main. lying near the Texas and Pacific
railroad, and in nearly every county
north therH'rom to the extremity of
the panhandle. Out of this any per-
son who is the head of a family may
select fur himself ISO acres, and any
single man may select eighty acre, and
it is to him a fret git'f from the state
upon condition that he occupy it as his
home for three years. Is there a
homestead law on earth more liberal
than this? A quarter section so ob-
tained in Oklahoma must be occupied
five years. Of the remaining 31,000,
0Ü0 acres, 2,000,000 are university lands
and 29,000,000 school lands. These
school and university lands are for sale
to actual settlers at $2 and ¿3 per acre
on forty years' time at 5 per cent in-
terest per annum. The purchaser may
buy not less than eighty acres nor more
than four sections (2560 acres). This
enables a man of very limited means
to secure land not only for himself,
but he can also provide homes for his
children while lands are cheap. The
man who makes a judicious selection
of a section of this land now
may safely count on being able to
sell one-half of it within a few years
for enough to give him free the part
retained. What commonwealth on
earth offers to the industrious and en-
ergetic better facilities than these for
securing a competency?" What man
who is willing to work would ask a
state to do more for him? By paying
10 cents (the interest) per acre per
year, he secures the land and is not re-
quired to pay the principal ($2 per
acre) until forty years have passed.
What will the land be worth then?
The spreading of a knowledge of such
facts as are above given will turn at-
tention this way and I am sure would
result in great good to our state and
people. The want of information in
regard to Texas on the part of the out-
side world is in my opinion the only
reason why thousands do not seek her
borders where hundreds come. Hop-
ing you may find in the above some
statement or suggestion which may be
utilized to the benefit of Texas, I am
very truly your3.
COMANCHE JACK
A Frontier Character of the Bom&ntic
Stripe.
We publish the following for the
reason that while it may be "an old
chestnut," having been circulating
over the county in different papers for
six months, the subject in question is
well knowu to many of the readers of
this paper in this city and the Panhan-
dle. A correspondent of the St. Louis
l'o&t Dispatch, wriling from Wichita
says:
In this v* estern city, ou the streets
and in the hotel lobbies, every day one
meets with many of the most noted
western characters of the day. Hret
Harte would here find many subjects
for wild western history thai wvulu
throw some of his previous creations of
fiction in the shade. The Indian
territory is near by, where there are
employed a large number of brave and
hardy men -its deputy United States
marshals, who appear periodically i;. the
largest city most convenient to their
working place, so that Wichita is often
called upon to entertain visitors of al-
most as much notoriety as "Billv the
Kid" or Jesse James. Chief among
th's number is Deputy United States
Marshal Jack Still well, now stationed
at Ft. Reno, I.T. Jack or rather "Co-
manche Jack." as he is familiarly
known, is a handsome looking chap,
with lauphing blue eyes, curlev hair
slightly tinged with gray, for this'noted
border man is just 50 years of age, 5
feet 10 or 11 inches high, and of mas-
sive build. He Is also the acknowl-
—1
edged crack pistol shot of the west, and
even in the days of that Kansas cyclone
known as "Wild Bill." who never
missed a shot. Stillwell ránked high.
The number of men killed by Jack
is estimated at from twenty-five to
thirty-one, and it is known that in ad-
ditiun he has aided in sending seven-
teen other men over the valley of death
by means of the hangman's noose.
Even in this country w here "killers"
are met with every dayOommanche
Jack" Stillwell is a curiosity, and is
pointed out to strangers with a mix-
ture of awe and pride.
By this it must not be understood
that this gallant deputy United States
marshal is a desperado who goes about
glorying in his bloody work. On the
contrary, he is rather retiring in his
disposition and only when he has been
drinking boasts of his deeds. When
desperate work is to be done or a bad
desuerado is to be taken Stillwell is al-
ways the man who is detailed to ac-
complish it. The territory despera-
does and cut throats all know and fear
the intrepid officer, and are aware of
the fact that if he goes for them he
will get them, dead or alive. Mam
are the traps that have been laid to
will him, but l^e is as cunning as he is
brave, and has always managed to
evade the snares that would have
caused the death of a less accomplished
plains man.
Brought up as he was among the Co-
manche Indians, Jack has never exer-
cised the right of franchise, and at the
age of 50 has never cast a vote. lie
speaks the Comanche and several
other Indian languages as well as the
Indians do themselves, and during the
sitting of the United States court in
this city it is always an amusing sight
to see the Indians dressed in their
primitive way, following the great
"White Chief." as they call Jack,
about the streets. lie calls them his
"menagerie," and says they are a lot
of dirty, thieving wretches for the most
part, as well as the most accomplished
liars in the world.
AN0THEE R. E- FOR CANADIAN.
Washington correspondence St.Louis
Globe-Democrat: Ex-Gov. Thomas C.
Fletcher, of Missouri, left to-night for
his home in St. Louis. lie came to
Washington seve.ial days ago to secure
the location of the right of way for the
Choctaw Coal and Railway route
through the Indian Territory. To-day
the final adjustment was made and
Mr. Fletcher left i« r home. The new
line begins on the Arkansaw river near
Ft. Smith and runs 36 miles to the
< o.'s mines, a branch, which in real it-}
will be the main line, wiil be continued
on through Oklahoma City, Ok., to Ft.
Reno, through the western part of the
Territory to a point on the "Santa Fe
in the Panhandle." What is the mat-
ter with us getting this line? All we
want to do is to work.
Longevity of civil service was short,
existing through Grover Cleveland's
administration only.
The black spot recently discovered
on the sun has been investigated by
Prof. Tood of Amherst college and
found to be 30,000 miles in diameter.
The total number of employes in the
New York post office is 2607. The
total number of pieces of mail deliv-
ered through the office during the year
1888 was 302,939,901.
Pat Eagan, our new representee,
now on his way to Chili, is so mixed
up, and so suspiciously so, with the
murder of Dr. Cronin, we can't see
how the administration can, with any
degree of respect, allow him to retain
his commission.
In addition to the large number of
applicants to be allowed to bid for fur-
nishing machinery for our creamery
plant, now comes one for furnishing
an ice freezer for same. At the pres-
ent outlook and the coolness of the
weather no ice freezer will be needed.
They are still on the war path in
Oklahoma. Wanting to hold another
election for the purpose of ousting the
present city officers of Oklahoma City.
Ok., Mayor Couch has wired Gen. Mer-
ritt for troops to prevent the other
party from holding an election. Troops
will be sent as trouble is expected.
Kansas must be reconstructed. An-
other lynching affair his been added to
the one of last week. The last victim
was suspected of theft, and strung up
by the neck twice for the purpose of
extorting confession. The last time
proved fatal; the man died, but with-
out confession.
Fort Worth Gazette: "Why cannot
Ft. Worth and Northwest Texas unite
in an organized intelligently directed
effort to promote immigration ?" We
can. Bro. Malone. and with your
assistance will be glad to go to work
at once. We need people and must
have them, but do not know exactly
how to go to work to get them.
The Ohio Republicans at their last
convention declare fo "more protec-
tion. On what, pray? Are not the
necessaries, such as the poor man is
compelled to use. already taxed l>e-
vond endurance? Raise your revenue,
gentlemen, on such as these, and let
raw silk in duty free. Such is Repub-
lican doctrine.
There is a rumor that the Houston
& Texas Central R. R. will build up
into the Panhandle the coming vear,
and that it will cross the "Ft. W. D. at
Childress.—Childress Co. Index.
This we have always believed the n.
& T. C- B. R. would do, as she has
many thousands of ac~es of land in
this and Lipscomb county north of us
that she can make very valuable by
building through.
LOCAL AGENT FOR THE
TO WN O F C A N A DIAN.
EX-COUNTY SURVEYOR
LAND IS THE BASIS OF ALL SECURITY.
LOAN AND INVEST MONEY, COLONIES LOCATED.
W. S. DECKER
Attorney At Law and General Land Agent for the
P AN H A N D L E
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Cheap lands for sale in the Panhandle and Western Tékas, from
75c. an acre up, in tracts of from 320 to 150,000 acres in a solid body.
In no portion of the Union are the lands so cheap, the resources so
great, and the climate so healthful and agreeable as in this vast won-
derful empire called the Panhandle of Texas, and from the system-
atic presentation of the vast resources of this country, to the settler
and the investing public, as they never have been before and upon
the completion of the rail roads already under construction and
those projected through the country, bringing these cheap lands
closer to market, it is reasonable to suppose that these lands will
double and thrible during the next two years.
CANADIAN CITY
For the past ten years the far sighted, thinking men of the west have agreed upon one point, and that was: That when this vast rich country wasopened
to si ttleinent by the It. It's a city would lie built some where in it that would rival the far famed cities of Fort Worth and Wichita. And from the way in
which the successful business men of the Panhandle purchased lots the day they were offered for sale, they evidently believe this is to be the "FUTURE
GREAT."
Canadian the county seat of Hemphill county is well located on a hill overlooking the broad Canadian river, and Red Deer creek. She is geographically
located to command the trade of seven counties, as well as that of the western part of Oklahoma. It is in the natural location to make a It. R., center, from
the fact that the A. T. v: S. F., have built a very expensive bridge over the river at this point which will be used asa union bridge by other roads, as this
river is very wide and the cost of bridging is very great.
Alread\ we h;;ve the A T. S. F., It. It., which will snon be extended to Albuquerque and El Paso in the near future making this their main line.
The A tlant ic mid Pacific or St. Louis & San Francisco R. R.. are now building west from Sapulpa an I will use the A. T. & S. F., track and bridge from
thi.^ point west. The II. & T. C\, li R. company own large tracts of land in this and adjoining counties and will build to this town iu the near future.
THE CATTLE KING.
road survey from Dodge City south follows the old cattle trail and passes near this town, will be built in the near future, and other roads are projected which
will without doubt make CANADIAN CITY the It. IÍ. center of the
PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST TEXAS.
And a great jobbing p >int as she will be the great outfitting town and command the trade of Western Oklahoma.
There will also be h eated here a
CHEESE FACTORY AND CREAMERY.
and also a STG Alt MILL for the purpose of working the sugar cane which grows here the dryest years, into sugar. The companies are already organized
for both of these enterprises and will at once commence operations.
NOW IS THE TIME
to get on the ground floor. Liberal inducements will be o fie red to good manufacturing enterprises and jobbing houses.
Patronize Home Industries!
W. P. HARDWICK,
-AGENT FOR—
Phillip Best Brewing C o's
Milwaukee Lager Beer.
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Texas.
One of our exchanges, in a fit (it may
be "simón pure") of moral indignation
accuses some of his neighbors with
prevarication, yes. even to lying, in
the boom given their own locations.
Neighbor, re mem tier tl *se Í are hot
sultry days. Our motto :jS, ''Keep
Cool."1 If too big a dose ^be prepared
take what you can stand and let the
other fellow take the balance.
There have lieen combines on almost
every article rn trade, and nowr comes
something entirely new in that line.
A company h*ts been incorporated in
Illinois for the purpose of doing a gen-
eral execution of criminals convicted
of murder. They propose establishing
an agency in each state. The object
is purely philauthrophic. Recent
bungling execution induced the step.
Capital stock. $25,000.
A paper published in some little
town in lower Texas, called the Anson
Western, lias the following:
"Temple Houston is suggested for
Lieut. Governor next year. Will some
well informed brother please point out
his qualifications." For their informa-
tion we will say that Temple Houston
is a bright, brainy man, an able law-
yer. and v.-ho served severai terms as
State Senator with satisfaction to his
constituents and credit to himself.
This man Tanner, more familliarly
known as "Corporal Tanner." the man
Ben Harrison appointed Commissioner
of Pensi ns. is carrying things with a
high hand in his department. He has
set out to amend the laws pertaining
to his office wherever Congress has
failed to enact according to his ideas,
and substitutes and acts accordingly.
He flatters himself that lie knows what
Congress ought to have done, aud acts
as if such had really been done. lie
appreciates the evil of a surplus in the
treasury and sets himself to work to
get rid of it. Go it. Corporal, the rope
is not endless.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
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Llou^ jf* pices.
Pure Liquors for medicinal purposes
Ki own. lian nan.
Tthe odell d
YPE WRITEÜ
Í 1 K will buy the ODELL TYPE
«pío WHITER. Warranted to do
as good work as any $100 machine.
It combines simplicity with,durabil-
ity—speed. ease of operation—wears
longer without, cost of repairs than any
other machine, has no ink ribbon to
bother the operator. It is neat, sub-
stantial, nickel plated—perfect, and
adapted to all kinds of type writing.
Like a printing press, it produces
Snarp. Clean. Legible Manuscripts.
Two to ten copies can be made at one
writing. Editors, lawyers, ministers,
bankers, merchants, manufacturers,
business men. étc.. cannot make a bet-
investment for $15. Any intelligent
person in a week can become a good
operator, or a rapid one in two months.
$1,000 offered any operator wlro can
do better work with a Typewriter than
that produced by the ODELL- ZWfte*
liable Agents and Salemen Wanted.
Special inducements to Dealers. For
Pamphlet, giving endorsements, &c.,
address the
ODELL TYPE WRITER CO..
The Rookery, CHICAGO, ILL.
TIMMS CITY,
Lipscomb Co., Texas,
Is located in the north part of the county and
on the proposed route of two main systems oi
railroads. Is situated on the Kiowa creek
which is a tributary for a large body of fine
land as can be found in any country. Plenty ot
water flows in its channels and an abund-
ance of timber skirts its banks. The town,
though only a few months old can show
buildings which would be a credit to a town
as many years in age. Business men can lo-
cate here with a certainty of a lucrative
trade as the country is nearly all smooth ag-
ricultural land which will be settled thickly
in a very short time. Prices on lots are now
low as comnared with other towns with sim-
ilar advantages, and are sure to double and
treble in the next few months. Speculators
or those wishing to invest in town property
where it will bring them a big innumeration
should by all means come o Timms City.
For farther information call on or ad-
GEO. R. TIMMS,
Timms City, Texas.
D. B. Veatch,
—Wholesale and Retail Dealer in—
Grain, Feed,
and Coal.
GARDEN AND FIELD SEEDS A
SPECIALTY
LARGE STOCK ALWAYS
ON HAND.
LOWEST PRICES IN
THE PANHANDLE.
GIVE ME A CALL!
Canadian, Texss.
George A kins.
Postoflice
Canadi a n.
Rangeon
G ageby
creek.
Hansford Land 4 Oattle 0*. Lix i¿ i
J. M. COBURN, Genere! Manager.
Corner Ninth and Wyandotte SUe?
Kansas City,
C. B. WILLINGHAM, Sunt.
Mobeetie Texas
Ranch:—Hutchinson and Carson comi-
ties Texas.
This com-
pany ow ns
all 11 amis
form er 1> be
longing to
the Ad obe
Walls. tig-
Word & Sni
dei ranches. All increase of these In da
will be run iu theffflbrand amW^e^r
marks. HH
The foliowij g are the princ
brands belong o the company.
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br^idsbelong
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Horses mainly
branded in
TEXAS LAND AND CATTLE
(Limited.)
Additional brands.
on either side.
On left hip and side.
W. H. Hopkins, liancb Superin
Canadian, Texas.
John Tod. Manager, Sun Antonio, Texaft.
CRESSWELL RANCH AND CAT-
TLB CO.
James Mackenzie, Manager,
cc
Postofflcc, Cana-
dian, Texas, llanch.
in Uoberta county,
on Canadian river.
Various brands. Al-
so ^ on left side
with various marks.
Horse lirand C
with bar over ou
left shoulder.
Kar mark previous
to 1885, crop off left only.
Also a I- connected on left side: close crop
the left, swallow fork the right. Alto tlyinir
Aon left sido; crop and under bit the lert.
swallow fork the right. Also B B L on lert
side, crop and uiiderult the left, crop and split
the right.
ear
swallow
fork
right
under
slope
the left
"to
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E. E. Polly
Postofllce, Ganndlan
Texas.
Range on Morgan
Creek, Hemphill conn
ty, Texas.
m
ROCKING CUA1U RANCHE.
(Limited.)
(tange on Elm
creek and Salt
Fork of Hed
rlver.ln Whee-
ler and Col-
lings w orth
counties, Tex*
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rocklnv chair
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thick
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branda:
X Hj D left
aide
K lefneck
H left *fio
W left side
and thlga
on left
Efttogh?
Drfght si
Bide, H left neck.
O left hip.
| ,teft side, X> right side.
Hteftneck, "V left aide. D left
D on either side.
on either tide.
on
Mi
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Canadian
Tejías-ranga I
on Gageby
Isiir.e
cattle l*av«i
an 8 <f 8
on left Ride,
with this brand wily.
Also AY on rlgfe&litp
8 BE on the lsit,
Alw¡]:i
bit and under bit the left
cross on left
either side; _
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