The Twice-a-Week Herald. (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 53, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 3, 1906 Page: 3 of 10
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THE TWICE-A-WEEK HERALD JULY 3 I9O6.
The South Plains Road.
Everything is on the jump now
along the line of the new Santa Fe
extention to Plainview. The grad
ing of the road is practically com-
plete and the steel and bridge tim-
ber is rapidly being unloaded. In
a very short time the track laying
crew will begin work. Sometime
in September the road will be com-
plete to Plainview open up to the
world of commerce and agriculture
one of the best countries in the
world. All kinds of grains fruits
grasses and vegetables grow and
yield as well as anywhere else in
the great Southwest.
This new extention is sixty
miles in length running a little east
of south to Plainview which is a
flourishing inland town of nearly
2000 inhabitants. Half way be
tween Plainview and Canyon is
located Tulia the county site of
Swisher county a thriving village
with about 1000 inhabitants. The
postoffice of Happy formerly Hap-
py Hollow is located in this
country. The name it derived
from the Indians that being a
camping ground where water
could be obtained from the Happy
draw which runs through a sec-
tion of land that has been reserved
as atownsite and which is now be-
ing platted and will be put on the
market in a short time. Half way
between Tulia and Plainview and
in one of the most densely populat-
ed sections of the south plains
another townsite is reserved
which is christened Wright and
right here another healthy and
prosperous village is scheduled to
be.
C. L. and E. R. Talmadge of
Chicago E. B. Stahlman and D. C.
Bunten of Nashville and Maj.
Gordon of Georgia the gentlemen
who promoted and secured this
railroad extension for the people
have opened up a large general
office near Canyon City and are
preparing with the largest land
organization in the country to put
on the market 100000 acres of
land and four townsites secured
as bonus for obtaining the railroad.
Proposed Amendment to the State
Constitution Fixing Salaries
and Per Diem of Legislators
House Joint Resolution authorizing the
Bubmission to a vote of the people of
the State of Texas of a proposed
amendment of Section 24 Article 3 of
the Constitution of the State of Texas
fixing the salaries and mileage of mem-
bers of the Legislature and preventing
the acceptance for themselves or for
others by members of the Legislature
of free passes franks rebates privi-
leges or advantages from certain per-
sons and corporations.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Leg-
islature of the State of Texas; That at
the next general election of the State of
Texas or at any previous election in case
an election for the State shall be had or
ordered by the Governor for any other
purpose there shall be submitted to the
electors of the State of Texas for their
approval or disapproval the following
amendment to the Constitution of the
State of Texas as provided for in Section
1 Article 17 of said Constitution relat
ing to proposed amendments thereto it
being intended to amend Section 24 Ar
tide 3 of said Constitution relating to
the pay of members of the Legislature so
that the said Section shall read as fol
lows:
Section 24. The members of the
Legislature shall receive from the public
treasury such compensation for their ser
vice as may from time to time be Drovid
ed by law not exceeding one thousand
dollars for the year succeeding their elec
tion payable in equal installments on the
first days of January February. March
and April of the year succeeding their
election and five dollars per day for each
day ot every day of every special session
held during the second year of the term
for which said member shall be elected.
In addition to said compensation the mem-
bers of each house shall be entitled to
mileage going to and returning from the
seat of government which mileage shall
not exceed throe cents per mile the dis-
tance to be computed by the nearest and
most direct route route of travel by land
regardless of railways or water routes;
and the Comptroller of the State shall
prepare and preserve a table of distance
to each county seat now or hereafter to
be established and by said table the mil-
eage of each member shall be paid; but
no membe. shall be entitled to mileage for
any extra session that may be called
within one day after the adjournment of
any regular or called session' It shall be
unlawful for any member of the Legis-
lature during his term of office to accept
any free transportation over any railway
line or nnss in this state and any member
of the Legislature violating the provisions
of this Act prohibiting the acceptance of
free transportation shall forfeit the office
to which he has been elected. And it
shall be unlawful for any of such mem-
bers to accept receive have use or en-
joy directly or indirectly for themselves
or any other person any free pass frank
rebate privilege or advantage not ac-
corded to the goneral public from any
railroad company telegraph company
telephone company sleeping car com-
pany or other corporation or any person
firm or corporation acting as a common
carriar in this State. Any member of
the Legislature violating this provision
shall forfeit his office. And the necessa-
laws shall be enacted to carry out the
provisions of this Article.
0. K. Shannon Secretary of State.
A true copy.
Never Sent a Han to the Hospital.
During the Spanish-American
War I commanded Company G 9th
Illinois infantry. During our stay
in Cuba nearly every man in the
company had diarrhoea or stomach
trouble. We never bothered send-
ing a man to the surgeon or hos-
pital but gave him a dose or two of
Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy and next day
he was all right'. We always had
a dozen bottles or more of it in our
medicine chest. Orra Hatill.
This remedy can always be de-
pended upon for colic and diar-
rhoea and should be kept on hand
in every home. For sale by Gold-
ingDrugCo. 53Tm
New School for District No. I
Messrs. Currie and Foster of the
community north of the city were
in town Monday making final ar-
rangements for the term of school
to begin in the Ford school house.
This is a new school house having
just been completed and is about
seven miles north from here. Prof.
Vinyard brother to Dr. Vinyard of
this city a former student of the
State University will have charge
of the school. Messrs. Currie
Foster and Tom Holing are trus-
tees of the new school.
Take a Vacation.
Now is the time to take a vaca-
tion get out into the woods fields
and mountains and visit the sea-
shore 'but do not forget to take a
bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy along
with you. It is almost certain to
be needed and cannot be obtained
on railroad trains or steamships.
It is too mnch of a risk for anyone
to leave home on a journey with-
out it. For sale by Golding Drug
Co. 53Tm
DR. ALBERT J. CALDWELL
Specialist on disoaset of Eye Ear
Nose and Throat. Offiice Rooms
1 and 2 Eakle Bldg corner 6th
and Polk. Hours 8 to 12 a. m. 2
to 6 p. m. S6-TF
Proposed Amendment to the State
Constitution Relating to Cer-
tain Exemptions from
Taxation.
Joint Resolution to amend Section 2 of
Art. VIII of the Constitution of Texas
relating to certain exemptions from tax-
ation. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the
State of Texas:
Section 1. That Section 2 of Article
VIII of the Constitution of the State of
Texas be so amended that the same shall
read as follows to-wit:
"All occupation taxes shall be equal
and uniform upon the same class of sub
jects within the limits of the
authority levying the tax; bi't the
Legislature may by general laws
exempt from taxation public proporty used
for public purposes; actual places of re-
ligious worship; places of burial not held
for private or corporate profit; all build-
ings used exclusively and owned by per-
sons or associations of persons for school
purposes and the necessary furniture of all
schools also the endowment funds of such
institutions of learning and religion not
used with a view to profit and when the
same are invested in bonds or mortgages
or in land or other property which has
been and shall hereafter be bought in by
such institutions under foreclosure sales
made to satisfy or protect such bonds or
mortgages; that such exemption of such
land and property shall continue only for
two years after the purchase of the same
at such sale by such institutions and no
longer and institutions of purely public
character; and all laws exempting prop-
erty from taxation other than the proper-
ty above mentioned shall be null and
void.
Section 2. The Governor of the State
shall and he is hereby directed to issue the
necessary proclamation for the submission
of this amendment to the qualified voters
of the State of Texas at the next general
election for State and County officers.
Section 3. The qualified electors for
members of the Legislature for
the State of Texas shall vote upon this
amendment on the day of at
which election all persons favoring said
amendment shall have written or printed
on the ballot as follows: "For amendment
to section 2 Article 8 of the Constitution
exemptingf rom taxation endowment funds
used exclusively for school purposes."
And those opposed to said amendment
shall have written or printed on the ballot
as follows: "Against amendment to sec-
tion 2 Article 8 of the Constitution ex-
empting from taxation endowment funds
used exclusively for school purposes."
Section 4. The sum of 15000 or so
much thereof as may be necessary is
hereby appropriated out of any funds in
the treasury of the State of Texas not
otherwise appropriated to pay the expens
es of such publication proclamation and
election.
A true copy 0. K.Shannon
Secretary of State.
Section 2. The Governor is hereby di-
rected to issue the neeess&rv nrnr.lamatinn
for submitting this amendment to the
Constitution to the Qualified vntnr nf thn
State of Texas on the first Tuesday after
tne nrst Monday in November 1906 at
which election all voters favoring this
amendment shall have written nr nrintnH
on their ballots "For the amendment to
authorize the levy or a tax to pay jjrors.
The voters opposed to this amendment
shall have written or printed on their bal
lots "Against the amendment to author-
ize the levy of a tax to pay jurors."
I A true codv. 1 O.K. Shannon.
Secretary of State.
Praises Korean Wofn.
An English missionary to Korea
John IVrry wru'o to ;m English friend
defending the j;ool looks of Korean
women saying Unit "they have very
pood rom (ilex Ions m e tall and grace-
ful and when Been In their own rooms
exceedingly picturesque their pretty
colored clothing often sweeping the
ground and they are also most attrac
ttve and affectionate."
For Gay Window Gardens.
The peasants of Europe vie w ith one
(mother ns to which wll' have the gay-
est window gardens n ilttle strife that
would lead to Rood results In this
country. Put plants In every window
J on ran train vims over them hang
up baskets filled with plants that are
easy to cultivate siirb an the aspara-
gus fern or the tnul'oaii'la. Brook-
lyn Eagle.
Ivory From Various Ssurces.
Ivory cornea from other sources
than from the elephant and is Jut
as good. Ivory dealers and workers
In Ivory have long known this. Tusks
from the hippopotamus furnish Just as
good Ivory .s conies from any one of
the twenty-live varieties of elephants.
It Is also proved that the hour nar-
whal right whale and alligator fur-
nish excellent ivory. Even the West-
ern hog gives many an Ivory tusk
to the Chicago packing houses.
Church With a Rock Floor.
St. Michael's Chapel Torquay
erected many centuries ago Is situat-
ed on a cliff the entrance helnj? near
the edge. It Is a compact mass of
masonry of Immense strength. No
nttempt has been made to mnke a
floor the rocks Inside the chnpel serv-
ing that purpose liy whom or when
this place of worship whs erected Is
a subject for conjecture. Good
Words.
Dorothy's View of Shaving.
Dorothy la a tiny nratd of 4 years
whose father alwayii gets shaved at
the barber's. When on a visit re
cently she found an uncle who shared
himself. She watched this perform-
ance with Intense but silent aston-
ishment for two or three mornings
but finally broke out with "What
makes you do that Uncle VV1I1T My
papa doesn't wash his face with a lit-
tle broom and wipe It with a knife."
Disciplined Army of Fish.
There Is a species or mullet fish
found among the coral islands of the
Pacific which swims about In armies
with officers and van and rear guard.
Each array Is also provided with
scouts above and below When dan-
ger threatens from above the upper
scouts plunge down; If the danger Is
from below the lower scouts dart up-
ward and thus warn the army.
Do You Want to Buy or Sell
Property?
We want your patronage wheth
er you want to buy or sell. We
are in shape now to sell you or sell
for you. List your property with
us. Or if you want to buy come
and see us. 52-55
The P L. Person R. E. Co.
Phone 76.
No Fool!
"Falling In love" In its larger Im-
plications Is the one thing in life
worth doing for It Is the source not
only of the human race but of all Its
ideals. The man In love Is no fool.
Cosmopolitan Magazine.
.Control of Africa.
All parts of Africa except Abys-
sinia Morocco and Liberia are con-
trolled directly or Indirectly by some
Eupropean power. French Africa Is
about equal In nrea to half the United
States.
Birds as Weathercocks.
All birds when perched on trees or
bushes serve as weathercocks as they
Invariably roost with their ;eads to
the wind.
The Faithful One.
A woman can have more fur read
ing old love letters than a man can
reading new ones. New York Press.
Spend Little for Food.
Of all Americans those of Frenct
extraction spend the smallest propor
tion of their income on food.
Proposed Amendment to the State
Constitution Authorizing: the
Levy of a Tax to Pay
Jurors.
Joint Resolution amending Section 9
of Article 8 of the Constitution of the
State of Texas providing for the levy-
ing of a tax of not exceeding fifteen
cents on the one hundred dollars valua-
tion to pay Jurors.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Leg-
islature of the State of Texas: That Sec-
tion 9 of Article 8 of the Constitution of
the State of Texas be so amended as to
hereafter read as follows:
Section 9. The State tax on property
exclusive of the tax necessary to pay the
public debt and of the taxes provided for
the benefit of the public free schools
shall never exceed thirty-five cents on the
one hundred dollars valuation; and no
county city or town shall levy more than
twenty-five cents for city or county pur-
poses and not exceeding fifteen cents for
roads and bridges and not exceeding fif-
teen cents to pay jurors on the one hund-
red dollars valuation except for the pay-
ment of debts incurred prior to the adop-
tion of the amendment September 25th
1883 and for the erection of public build-
ings streets sewers water works and
other permanent improvements not to ex-
ceed twenty-five cents on the one hundred
dollars valuation in any one year and ex-
cept as is in this Constitution otherwise
provided;and the Legislaturemayalso au-
thorize an additional annual ad valorem tax
to be levied and collected for the further
maintenance of the public roads: provid-
ed that a majority of the qualified prop-
erty tax-paying voters of the county vot-
ing at an election to be held for that pur-
pose shall vote such tax. not to exceed fif-
teen cents on the one hundred dollars val-
uation of the property subject to taxation
in such county. And the Legislature may
pass local laws for the maintenance of the
public roads and highways without the
local notice required for special or local
laws.
Short and Good.
Shut your mouth and open your
eyes and soon you will be considered
wise.
Extraordinary Extremities.
Plaster casts of a girl's feet six
teen Inches in length were shown at
the last meeting of the Surrey branch
of the Incorporated Medical Practi
tioners' association at Croydon Eng
land. The girl is 10 years of age.
Claims Immortality of Beasts.
Prof llowlson of the University of
California at Berkeley Cal argues
that since intelligence Is eternally ex
istent and since animals have Intel-
ligence ergo the beast of the field is
immortal.
Buttons Long Worn.
While buttons were known as far
back as the time of Edward I. of Eng
land It was not until the reign of
EIlzab( ;h that they came Into general
use in the civilized world.
Boiton's Fondness for Bean.
More money Is spent each year In
Doston In buying baked beans than
would buy the largest battleship In
the United States navy.
Collector of Dwarfs.
Klrg Philip IV of Spain collected
dwarfs and many diminutive speci
mens ot humanity were sent him on
his birthdays.
Legal Terms.
The "commonwealth" Is the whole
body of people In a state the body
politic the public. "SS" means "to
wlt.M
Fatherland of Parsley.
Parslsr was first known In 8Jdlala.
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The Panhandle
Do You Know Where the
Panhandle of Texas is?
I)o you know of the many advan- Southern Kansas
tages the Panhandle holds out to RajJw q y j
Homeseekers? If you don t and D r u t
want to know all about the Pan- ecos Valley Lines tra
handle write me for descriptive VCfSC the Panhandle of
literature. Texas.
REDUCED RATES TO HOMESEEKERJ
D. L. Meyers
Traffic Manager
P. V. Lines and Southern Kansas Ry. Co.
t-utLml OF TEXAS.
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VACATION SEASON
"See America First"
Spend your vacation in Colorado which is brimful
of attractions where the exhilaration of the pure dry
air enables you to live the genuine outdoor life where
game is plentiful where the streams are teeming with
trout and where you will see the most famous moun-
tain peaks passes and canons in America.
During the tourist season the
Denver &RioGrande Railroad
"Scenic Line of the World" will make special low rates from Denver
Colorado Springs Manitou and Pueblo to all the scenic points of interest in
Colorado and Utah. Our booklet "Vacation Estimates" tells you about the
many wonderful places in Colorado Colorado Springs. Manitou Pikes Peak
Royal Gorge Marshall Pass Ouray and Glenwood Springs and the cost to
see them.
A Thousand Miles Around the Circle or atrip to Salt Lake City
and return are unsurpassed in scenic attractions and inexpensive.
Open -Top Observation Cars SEATS FREE
Through the Canons during the Summer Months
Write for free descriptive literature to
S. K. HOOPER. Qen'l Passenger Agent
Denver Colo.
Rock Island Rates are Low
Tourist tickets are now on sale daily to Chicago
Kansas City St. Louis St. Paul Denver Colorado
Springs San Francisco Portland Los Angeles
Memphis Louisville Cincinnati Buffalo Detroit
Hoston Montreal Mackinac Milwaukee and all
other important resorts in the country.
To the Southeast
We sell every clay this summer to the resorts in
Alabama Mississippi Georgia Tennessee Arkan-
sas Virginia North and South Carolina Kentucky
West Virginia.
Elks to Colorado in July
One fare round trip rate to Denver July 13 14 15.
THROUGH SLKKPKRS to CHICAGO and DKNVKR
DAILY leave Dallas 7:00 p. m. Fort Worth 9:00
p. m. Send for beautifully illustrated Colorado and
California literature.
For full information write
PHIL A. AUER
G. P. A.C. R.I.&C
Fort Worth Texas
W
ait for the Jamb
There is no fence like it. Made of
high carbon steel Always holds
its shape. Strongest wire fence
made. Always gives satisfaction.
E. S.
Burgess
Sole Agent-
Amarillo
Texas.
ARE YOU HUNGRY?
I make a business of feeding hungry people night or day
at my old place under improved conditions.
Short Orders on Short Notice.
STAR RESTAURANT
ED ENQMAN Proprietor
Second Door Cast of Postoffice. Phone 408
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