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VOLUME 28, NUMBER 12.
CANADIAN, HEMPHILL COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1920.
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 THE YEAS
CANADIAN NUT BUSTERS POTTER COUNTY WINS SUIT
ENJOY ANNUAL BANQUET
The 1920 turkey banquet of the
Canadian Nut Busters at the din-
ing room of the W. C. T U. build-
ing was ushered in with auspi-
cious promises Saturday night
and the event was beyond even
the wishes of the hosts as a suc-
ML cessful affair. It was the largest
^ banquet that has yet been giver^
i•> the railroad boys, and it was
a magnificent success from the
iiint bite of turkey to the last
moment of the free for all bull
throwing contest that followed
the turkey feast. The spirit of
good fellowship that prevailed
and the happy responses to toasts
made the time pas9 rapidly.
The entire attendance was
around one hundred fifty, and
the boys in charge of the eats,
the smokes, and the drinks were
fully alert as usual in seeing that
everyone was banqueted to his
full satisfaction.
The Nut Busters compose the
men in the repair department of
the Santa Fe division in Canadian
and their annual get-together is
always looked to as one of the
events of this section of the Pan-
handle. '
The Rev. B. G. Taylor was
toastmaster for the evening, and
he superintended the program
with his usual pleasing address.
Mayor Taylor helped the boys
plan their first banquet and has
been a fixture ever since.
The Rev. W. L. Swinney invok-
ed the blessing upon the magnifi-
cent repast; and following the
feast, while the smoke incense of
the devotees of the cigar was
casting a blue halo over the
room, binding together the spirit
4P of fellowship, Toastmaster Taylor
called upon a number of those
present for toasts. J. L. Jennings
responded first with a tribute to
the comradeship as expressed in
the meeting where preachers,
lawyers, business men and rail-
road men from the superintend-
ent's department down to the sec-
tion men met on a common level
of good fellowship without regard
to the differences of their official
positions as wage earners and ex-
ecutives.
Newton P. Willis next respond-
ed with a burst of oratory and
humor that set the meeting on
a high pitch and for an hour
mirth reigned supreme. Those
introduced and responding after
Mr. Willis were 0. J. Ogg, su-
perintendent, of Amarillo; J. B.
Briscoe, assistant superintendent,
cf Amarillo; Bert Bertram, safe-
ty agent, of Arkansas City, Kans.;
R. E. Block, trainmaster, of Am-
arillo; W. C. Sherman, road fore-
man of engines, of Canadian.
A happy number of the pro-
gram was the response of Coke
Oliver of Slaton. Coke is one of
the principal reasons why the
Nut Busters bust ail precedents
once a year with banquets such
as this, and after his toast the
origin of the event was fully dis-
closed.
Others who responded were the
Rev. W. H. Terry, Judge J. E.
Stephens, the Rev. W. L. Swinney,
Jack Lewis, W. N. Newton, and
L. P. Loomis. The Rev. W. H.
Terry closed the program with a
reverent benediction.
Other guests from out of town
were M. F, McLellan, chief clerk
to the superintendent, of Amaril-
lo; and E. C. Bost, conductor, of
Amarillo.
Letters of regret were read
from many who could not be
present. This Nut Busters ban-
quet is becoming such a magnifi-
. cent affair that an invitation to
* it is a mark of special favor, and
no one invited misses if he can
possibly avoid it. In fact, the*
women have been rather insistent
that the charter be amended and
the rules be written so that they
can enjoy the program.
It seems that the railroad boys
try each year to make the annual
banquet bigger and better, and
it comes right along each year in
proportion to their anticipations.
Normalcy is one word that is ab-
solutely forbidden at these ban-
quets, and the happy hour is a
cherished memory along the mile-
£ clones of life.
A want ad will get it for you.
The officials of Potter County
instituted suit against the C. C.
Slaughter Cattle Company for the
possession of the school lands in
Cochran County consisting of
17,712 acres. The case was heard
in district court at Lubbock last,
week, and the verdict was in fa-
vor of Potter County. It is esti-
mated that this will mean $150,-
000 to the school funds of that
county. The lands were purchased
by the Slaughter Cattle Company
in 1895 for $1 an acre on an op-
tional purchase contract.
GENERAL BEN HILL DIES
IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
General Ben Hill, secretary of
war in Mexico, died in Mexico)
City last week after an illness of
several weeks from stomach trou-
ble. General Hill went to Mexico
from the United States. He is a
cousin of John E. Hill, vice pres-
ident and general manager of the
Panhandle Lumber Company, and
the cousins attended college to-
gether in their home state, In-
diana.
General Hill was one of the
prominent public men of Mexico
and he had an especially strong
following among the Yaqui In-
dians. who mourned deeply and
loudly when they received word
of his death. He was a popular
official in the work of building up
a new Mexico and his death will
be keenly felt.
EARLY SELF-PROPELLED VEHICLE
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A wagon load of wheat was
stolen from the granary of Ernest
Reynolds about six miles north
of Pampa Tuesday afternoon or
night. Sam Bayless and Mrs. G
F. Cherry have been arrested in
connection with the case and
placed in the Amarillo jail await-
ing a hearing.—Pampa News.
CANADIAN COMMANDERY
HOLDS CHRISTMAS SERVICE
Canadian Commandery No. 63
will hold their Christmas services
at the Presbyterian Church Sun-
day, December 26th at 11 a. m.
All . Knights and visiting
Knights are urged to be present.
The public is cordially invited.
W. C. TEAGUE, Recorder.
SYRIAN RELIEF
Those who could not attend the
box supper at the W. C. T. U.
building Monday night, given for
the Syrian relief, and who wish
to contribute to this cause may
bring or send their donations to
the Fair Store, and it will be ap-
preciated. Any amount accepted.
MRS. INSELMAN DIED DEC. 21
Word was received in Canadian
Wednesday this week of the death
of Mrs. J. P. Inselman in Kuna,
Idaho, of pneumonia. This will
be sad news to the many friends
in this city of this excellent lady
Sheriff Ben Wofford accompa-
nied by Tim Sammons, city-mar-
shal of Shamrock went out to the
Pakan community Sunday and
brot back Mike Mertel and a ten-
gallon capacity still which it is
claimed he was operating on his
farm. It is not known just how
long he has been operating the
still. It is complete in every de-
tail, and the ten gallons per day
were netting him a neat little
sum. Mertel made a cash bond
Monday and was released. He was
formerly a merchant of McLean.
—^Wheeler News-Review. (
The office of Miss M. F. Blair,
county clerk, will be a very busy
place for several weeks, as the
commissioners court has autho-
rized her to install a new index
filing system to replace the ole}
one installed several years ago.
the old index system has been
found very cumbersome and diffi-
cult to trace out, and the new sys-
tem is not only very complete,
but is concise and simple. This
will be a great innovation for
those who have occasion to look
thru the county records, after the
transfer has been made from the
old indexes.
ODD FELLOWS IN HIGGINS
A number of degree staff work-
ers from Canadian Lodge No.
349 I. O. O. F. went to Higgins
Tuesday night to confer degree
work for the lodge there. They
conferred the Initiatory, First,
and Second Degrees on four can-
didates. Supper was served by the
Higgins Rebekahs. A splendid
time was enjoyed by all. Those
who made the trip were W. C,
Tc-ague, Geo. Galloway, G. R. No-
le-n, J. II. Ficke, B. F. Thomas,
W. J. Ruttman, Gus L. McCarter,
Chas. All'ord, and L. P. Loomis.
SOUTHWEST NATIONAL TO
OPEN FOR BUSINESS JAN. 10
AMARILLO CANTON I. O. O. F.
IS THE LARGEST IN TEXAS
Another stage In the history of the automobile was unearthed recently
when Ciatu'iel Pollock, in searching through some old relics, came upon what
Achile Philion, who invented It in 1808, maintains is the first self-propelled
vehicle to appear In the streets- of Chicago As a park lizanj It was some
boat, in those days.
DRILLER KILLED WHEN GAS
CAP BLEW OFF LAST WEEK
A. B. Cook, about 35 years old,
an oil well driller, was instantly
killed Saturday morning about
8.30 o'clock when the cap of the
Masterson gas well No. 1 blew
out, almost cutting his chin from
his face and otherwise cutting
and bruising him about the head
and shoulders.
W. E. Lyon, helper to Cook,
who had both hands on the well
cap, was thrown about twenty
feet and knocked unconscious
from the tremendous, gas pressure!
when the blow-out occurred. The
roof of the derrick was torri to
bits. According to Lyon, who
was helping Cook in making an
adjustment on the well, they
were screwing the cap into place
when the blow-out come. He said
that when he regained conscious-
ness Cook was buried under the
debris of the derrick house.
J. E. Sweet, superintendent of
the Masterson well No. 1 said
MIAMI'S LIGHT AND POWER \
MAY COME FROM CANADIAN
Two representatives of the Ca-
nadian Water Light and Power
Company were here the first of
the week in conference with the
city council regarding running a
high powered line from their
plant to Miami and thus furnish
lis electricity instead of making
it ourselves. Canadian is now
placing an order for a large
steam engine and fixtures for ad-
ditional improvements for their
plant which will be increased if
Miami decides to buy from them,
Amarillo interests are also in-
terested in running a line from
Amarillo to Miami, Panhandle.,
Whitedeer and Pampa, we learn,
being interested in a high power-
ed line.
Our city officials of course have
gone into no agreement, and pos-
sibly will not until the matter is
thoroly gone into, but one propo-
The campaign that has been
waged for the last three months
for new members in the Canton
Lodge of Amarillo was brot to a
close with the conferring of the
Patriarch Militant Degree on 39
additional candidates from all
sections of the Panhandle at the
I. O. O. F. Hall Friday night fol-
lowed by a banquet at the W. O.
W. Hall in which all participated,
and the annual inspection by
Judge J. M. Stidger.
At the beginning of the cam-
paign it was announced that the
goal set was 100 new cantons.
This goal was reached and almost
doubled, nearly 200 having been
initiated into the degree during
the campaign. Even prior to the
waging of the campaign, however,
Amarillo lodge was the largest in
the state of Texas and was com-
peting with the Cantons of Fort
Worth and Dallas for member-
ship.—Amarillo Tribune.
Announcement is made in the
i Record this week that the South'
west National Bank of Canadian
will open its doors for business
on Monday, Jan. 10, 1921, in the
new bank home just now being
completed. This business building^
is one of the best and most mod-
ern that has ever been erected in
the Panhandle. It is being equip-
ped with the most uptodate fur-
niture and fixtures to be found in
any bank in the Panhandle.
The Southwest National Bank
has a capital paid in of $100,000
and a surplus paid in of $25,000.
The officers are J. F. Johnson,
president; A. V. McQuiddy, vice
president; W. I. Whitsel, vice
president, and H. S. \Wlbur,
cashier.
The directors are T. S. Jones,
chairman; W. I. Whitsel, W. A.
Johnson, W. H. Hopkins, John
Dorsey, A. V. McQuiddy and J.
F. Johnson. The net worth of the
directors and stock holders is
given as over four million dollars.
See the big announcement in
the Record of the opening of the
Southwest National Bank.
A. H. HOLT KILLS EAGLE
SUNDAY; IS 70 YEARS OLD
RANCHING IN SOUTH AFRICA
FRAUGHT WITH DANGERS
Ranching in South Africa • is| i
as fraught with danger and al-
most as thrilling and hair-rais-
ing as is the experience of Daniel
ir the Lions Den narated in the
Holy Scriptures, according to
Richard Walsch, better known to
Panhandle cowmen "Dick",
Walsch, who is visiting in the
Panhandle from his ranch near
Buluwayo, State of Rhodesia, in
South Africa.
Mr. Walsh owns an extensive
interest in, and is manager of a
large ranch operated in South
Africa by a London syndicate.
More than 100,000 head of cattle
. 8 .1
ter is that the power comnany as! a'e maintained on the ranch, and
soon as they can figure the cost; experiences related by llim
that the force of workmen were | rj the iine would make the city a : are as interesting as fiction,
preparing to move the equipment! proposition to furnish current de-1 Mr. Walsch is a typical Pan-
A. H. Holt shot a large Eagle
ntar the Wheeler County line
Sunday, cutting the bird's throat
at three hundred yards with a
Winchester. The bird was seven
feet two inches from tip to tip
and it weighed about twenty
pounds. Its talons were one and
a half inches long, and the esti-
mated age of the eagle was 60 to
70 years. They live to be one
hundred years old. Mr. Holt sent
it to a taxidermist at Pampa to
be mounted. This is the second
eagle to be killed in Hemphill
County within the past year, a
large one having been killed near
Canadian last winter. 4
The engineer and a force oi
men with the pile driver are at
work driving the piling and mak-
ing all the preparations for a fin-
ish job on the Wolf Creek bridge.
The piling will all be driven in
few days and the rest of the
work will probably take a month
before the bridge will be ready to
use. In the meantime Walter Gir-
ton is putting the people across.
There is something over seven
hundred feet of new bridge to be
put in, but if the people will be
patient we'll soon have it fixed,
then our north side friends can
shake hands with us on this side
The weather man put one over
this week. The thermometer fell
to about 12 above the first of the
week.
M'rat «\V* a 1 >. c h
and were spooling the lines. He j jeered at Miami at a stipulated , handle ranchman, and was man
said that the well registers about: am0Unt per kilowatt. The city | a*-rer of the J- A. ranch near Clar
5,000,000 feet of gas daily and j knows about how much is used , endon ■ fifteen years ago. Mr i _ _ _ |HH
the pressure is about 400 pounds 1 per month and how much it costs' Walsch is well and favorably I an(j j(eep on coming to' Shattuck
at the braden-head, or cap, of the to produce it, and if another town known thruout the Panhandle j to jo their trading.—-Shattuck
well. lean furnish it cheaner than we, ant* many of his old cowboy
Cook had been employed in the can majje jt> then there will be friends have come to Amarillo to
Amarillo gas field since the Mas- some trading done, and we will v'sit with him. He is now at the
erson well was begun.—Amarillc, yiave twentv-four hour service Goodnight ranch visiting old-time
Tribune. , every day.—Miami Chief. J friends and will return to Ama-
- ! . 1 rillo for a few days before re-
News dispatches state that The Higgins oil well was 3,232 (turning to Africa.
Mexico is not anxious for recog- foot Heen last Friday, says the 1 "Liens and crocodiles are the
Monitor.
Canadian merchants have lnd
a real Christmas trade thh week.
nition by the United States.
Higgins News.
CHRISTMAS DAY
Oh, blessed day which gives the eternal lie
To self and sense and all the brute within—
Oh, come to us amid this war of life;
To hall and hovel come; to all who toil
In senate, shop, or study, and to those
Who, sundered by the wastes of half a world,
111 warned and sorely tempted, ever face
Nature's brute powers and men unmannered to brutes-
Come to them, blest and blessing, Christmas Day.
Tell them once more the tale of Bethlehem—
The kneeling shepherds and the Babe divine—
And keep them men indeed, fair Christmas Day.
—Charles Kingsley.
A CHRISTMAS WISH
Wherever there is sickness, may Santa Claus bring health;
Wherever there is poverty, may Santa Claus bring wealth;
Wherever one is weeping, may tears to smiles give way;
Wherever sadness hovers, may joy come Christmas Day.
To every heart that's aching, may peace and comfort come,
And many an outlook rosy supplant each outlook glum;
May friends now separated soon reunited be,
And everyone find gladness upon this Christmas tree.
—Edgar Guest.
chief sources of annoyment to
stock raisers in South Africa,"
said Mr. Welsch. "Our men killed
seventy-seven lions this year and
fifty-five last year, and more than
800 head of cattle were lost to the
crocodiles from our ranch," he
continued.
In explanation of the dangers
from the wild beasts Mr. Walsch
said that the ranchmen split their
cattle into herds of two hundred
each, and two African natives are
placed in charge of each herd.
The natives are armed with
spears and are required to sleep
with the- cattle, keeping close
lookout for the appearance of
lions. At night the herds are
penned in high corrals, construct-
ed of brush, timbers, and thorns,
and made impenetrable. Two
herdsmen have been eaten alive
by the beasts since Mr. Walsch's
residence there. When the lions
are unable to prey upon the cat-
tle or other game they will at-
tack the human beings, and once
tasting human blood they appar-
ently go mad and cause no end of
trouble.
For the service of guarding the
cattle and exposing themselves
to the dangers from the beasts
of the forests these native herds-
men are naid the sum of $4 a
month and two pounds of meal.
Innumerable cattle are lost by
j being devoured i>y crocodiles.
! said Mr. Walsch. The cattle will
| go to a watering place and while
I drinking the crocodile will grab
them by the no3e and carry them
under the water.
One of the most interesting
features about South African life
is its romance, according to Mr.
Walsch. The matrimonial market
is also a business barometer, and
a method of determining a man's
financial standing. It costs five
dollars to procure a marriage li-
cense, and once procured the
bride-groom bargatns with the
father of the bride, paying eight
head of cattle for his wife. If he
is fortunate enough to own onq
wife he is considered in fair cir-
cumstances, financially. If per-
chance he owns two wives he is
considered to be extraordinarily
welltodo, while if he owns three
wives he is looked upon by the
natives as being a rich man.
Mr. Walsch declared that the
type of cattle best adapted to
the South African country are
very small, and when dressed will
weigh about 300 pounds. He said
that when cattle are secured to
restock their ranches they have
to select a country as nearly like
South Africa as possible. The cor-
poration which he represents has
lost many cattle imported from
sections of the world where the
climate and alt'tnde are entirely
different—Amarillo Tribune.
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Loomis, L. P. The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1920, newspaper, December 23, 1920; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth125478/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.