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Vol. XIV
Canyon Handall County Texas Friday June 24 1910.
No. 13
RANDALL COUNTY
BIRTHDAY OF OLD GLORY HONORED.
Origin of Flag Day and Stoty of Nativity of
Freeman's Banner 133 Years Ago.
On June 14 nearly every state
irr the Union took official cogniz-
ance of the natal day of the Star
Spangled Banner 133 years ago
June 14 1777. With formal cer-
emony tribute was paid to the
banner that has never been trail-
ed in the dust. The story of its
victories will be recounted and
the lives of those who fought and
died beneath its glorious folds
were set forth with patriotic
zeal. The symbolic meaning of
its red and white stripes its
blue union and its white stars
will be retold and its history
from its infancy to its maturity
was the theme of many a speak-
er. "Did Glory" did nut spring
fullgrswn into being. It was
not mature at its birth. As all
things worth while it was a
growth. The origin of its pat-
tern is unknown although a
number of theories are advanced
and stoutly supported by various
adherents. George Washington
is generally given credit for the
idea of the alternating stripes
and the stars. The bookplate of
the Washington family shows
live stripes and the stars. Many
contend that this argument scar-
cely holds for the Father of his
Country could then be accused
of placing his own family book-
plate in the national standard
an act decidedly at variance with
his character.
Indeed the beautiful story of
Betsy Koss is severely arraigned
by several parties. They hold
that Washington did not draw a
rough pencil design for her in
Philadelphia which she followed
except in changing the stars
from six-point to live-point and
that she did not make the first
American Hag. Others hotly
contend she did.
It is pretty generally agreed
that the. very first Hag in Ameri-
ca that showed thirteen stripes
was one presented by a Captain
Abraham Markoe to his troop of
light horse at Philadelphia in
1775. This flag is still extant
being kept in a safe by the City
Troop of Philadelphia as a prec-
ious inheritance.
The red of the flag was con
sidered symbolical of energy and
war the white of justice and
the blue sky with the thirteen
stars a new constellation typify-
ing the thirteen colonies united.
This was the first flag of the
American republic.
It is claimed by some that
John Paul Jones first raised the
new Hag on his ship the Ran-
ger in Portsmouth harbor New
Hampshire. This Hag was said
to have been made by a number
of patriotic women of the town
and is believed to have floated
over the famous Bon Homme
Richard. This entire statement
is contested by authorities who
claim that the Hag was first giv-
en to the breeze by another
American Joseph Barney at
Baltimore.
Vermont was admitted to the
Union in March 1791 and Ken-
tucky in June 1792. In Janu-
ary 1794 congress changed the
flag to fifteen stripes and fifteen
stars in recognition of the en-
trance of the two new states.
No further change was made in
the Hag for about twenty-three
years oo tne war oi us a
matter of fact was fought un-
der a flag with fifteen stripes
and fifteen stars and further-
more the flag to which Francis
Scott Cey penned his immortal
verse was not the Star Spangled
Banner of the present day but
the one with fifteen stripes and
fifteen stars.
In January 1817 congress
met in committee to take action
on the flag. The number of
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states had increased to eighteen
and it was obvious that with the
entrance of each new state an
increasing inconvenience would
have to oe met in adding addi
tional stripes. After much dis
cussion congress finally decided
on the fourth of July 1818 to
reduce the stripes to the orig
inal number thirteen an to add
a new star for each new state.
By this time there were twenty
stars and they were so arranged
on the blue field as to form of
themselves a five-pointed star.
The army and navy departments
made several other ararngernent
of the stars in 1818 and from
then on placing them in rows.
Texas came into the Union in
December 145 with a Hag with
a blue perpendicular stripe next
to the stall' one third of the to-
tal length of the flag and a lone
white five-pointed star in the
center; besides this perpendicu-
lar stripe were two horizonal
ones equal in size the top one
white and the bottom one red.
For this reason Texas was
known as the "Lone Star State."
Astcry of the Hags used on
American soil could scarcely be
complete without mention of the
Confederate Hag. Many of the
Confederate states and military
organizations used their own
Hags. In 1861 the Confederacy
adopted a Hag with a red field
diagonal white stripes through
the center one-third the width
of the Hag and a blue union with
a circle of stars corresponding
with the number of Confederate
states. There were several
changes however as the war
progressed.
Hog Raising in Texas.
Tarrant County Texas topped
the Ft. Worth hog market Sat-
urday June l! with Poland-
Chinr hogs selling at $9.35 per
hundred pounds which was 10
cents higher than the same class
of hogs sold in Chicago on that
date.
The hogs that brought this top
of the market price were raised
bv T. J. Lewis of Crowley and
they averaged 335 pounds. Each
hog brought $31.99 and one
fourth cents and were a little
over a year old. They were pro-
nounced by hog buyers to be
as pretty hogs as were ever sold
on the Ft. Worth market.
The present reign of high pri-
ces in the hog raising industry
in the United States is without
precedent in the history of pork
in times of peace and plenty.
The average price of hogs during
the decade of 1900-1909 was
higher by at least 20 per cent
than during any recent decade
and yet the figures for 1910 have
gone far above the average for
the decade. The fact that the
population has increased more
rapidly than has the number of
hogs is largely responsible for
this although the prevalence of
tuberculosis and cholera among
hotrs is believed to have had
f. i -iti it rt ia
SUUllT HIHIH w v.
'Ol IJUUUUU I . SoUK StOltOS
said that 2 per cent of all the
hogs slaughtered at the abattoirs
of the country are afflicted with
tuberculosis and that one-tenth
of these are so badly diseased
that they have no value except
for the making of fertilizer or
grease.
One of the principal ways of
spreading tuberculosis among
hogs is the returning of unpas-
teuized skimmed milk to the
farm from creameries. One tu
bercular cow may spread the in-
fection to a whole neighborhood.
The susceptibility of hogs to in-
fection in this way is illustrated
by the fact that in one instance
83 per cent of a herd of healthy
hogs contracted tuberculosis
after being fed only three days
on milk from tubercular cows.
Among the domestic animals
of the world the hog ranks third
in number there being 138000-
000 hogs. Sheep have the first
place with 59400000(1 and. cattle
second place with 431000000.
There is one sheep in the world
for every three persons one bo-i
vine lor every four and one hog
for every eleven. The United
States leads all the countries of
the world in hog production
with 49000000 swine on its
farms while Europe has more
than any other continent there
being 71000000 on that contin-
ent as compared with 53000000
in North America. Among the
states of the Union Iowa holds
the palm for hog production
being accredited with a stock of
0483000 swine. Illinois Texas
and Nebraska follow in order
each of these states having more
than 300i000 hogs.
TEXAS HEALTHY FOR HOGS
It is said that nowhere else in
the United States are the hogs
so healthy as in Texas this be
ing due to the faet that they are
raised largely on ranges and
come in contact with few of the
diseases that are peculiar to the
hog in the eastern states. The
de partment of agriculture be-
lieves that it is incumbent upon
the hog raisers of the country
to improve their stock asserting
that pork will feel the first pinch
of under-production in the Uni-
ted States. The average value
per head of the hogs in the Uni
ted States even under the high
prices prevailing at the begin
ning of the year was only $9.14.
It is believed to be possible to
produce a standard with a value
of at least $15. To do this it
will be necessary to improve the
stock of more than half the hogs
of the United States and to
adopt more modern methods of
feeding and fattening.
SPECIAL TRAIN WILL ENCOURAGE
In order to aid in the work of
inducing farmers in Texas to
raise more hogs and to place
Texas at the head of the hog
raising states in the Union the
Cotton Belt and the Texas &
New Orleans railways will run a
hog demonstration train between
Dallas and different points in
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East Texas. The first train will
leave Dallas at 1 p. m. July 1.
This demonstration train will
be for the sole purpose of en-
couraging the important work of
raising hogs in Texas and co-
operating with those who are
desirous of furnishing practical
assistance to farmers and others
in Texas by providing them with
information in regard to the best
breeds of hogs raising feeding
and marketing them. The rail
road company will furnish cars
for this purpose to be run over
its lines the cars to be fitted up
specially for demonetratiou pur
poses.
These cars will start from Dal
las and will stop and give dem-
onstrations at all prominent
points on the line of the Texas vt
New Orleans between that city
and Beaumont.
America's Hand In Manchuria.
From whichever side we may
view the matter it seems obvi
ous that neither Russia nor Jap
an would countenance any such
proposal as has been made by
Mr. Knox (i. e. That the Man
churia railways be neutralzed).
Why then did a statesman of
Mr. Knox's sagacity put forward
such an obviously unfeasible
proposition? Perhaps however
the real significance of the pro
ject lies not so much in its own
merits as in the indication it
affords of America's determina-
tion to play a leading role in the
Manchurian drama. Small won-
der that in certain quarters it
has been intimated that Mr.
Knox himself did not expect
either Russia or Japan to accept
his recommendation. 1 lie pro
posal was rejected but it made
the powers recognise that Amer
ica is no longer a negligible
ouanitv in the disposition of the
Manchurian question. But the
Washington Administration is
not content with exercising such
moral influence; so far from it
it has launched a more substan
tial project which will be of im
mediate benegt to this country.
That project is the construction
of the Chinchou-Tsitsiha or rath
er Chinchou-Aigun railway
which is the impelling force of
American industrial life.
In the execution of this gigan
tic project America must over-
come the objection which Russia
has offered against it. It was
also feared that Japan would join
hands with Russia in the effort
to prevent the realization of the
American scheme but this ap-
prehension has been dis pelled
by the report that the Mikado's
Government notified the Chinese
Government endorsing the pro-
ject on the condition that China
should allow Japan to build a line
which would effect a junction
between the South Manchuria
Railway and the projected Chino-
American Jine. On the other
hand Russian objection is of
more vigorous nature. The fact
that the proposed Chinese-American
line must necessarily tap
and make junction with the Eas-
tern Chinese Railway requires
China to secure Russir's consent.
But the granting of such a con-
sent would mean to Russia the
abandonment of her cherished
hope of making the Eastern
Chinese Railway the trunk line
in the great transcontinental
system thus making Vladivo-
stok the first port in the com-
merce and intercourse between
Europe and the Far East. The
addition of another line whose
advantages promise to eclipse
evon those of the South Man-
churia Railway is all but certain
to nullify tho raison d'etre of the
Russian system. China says it
is no business of Russia's to in-
terfere with the Chino-Aineri-can
scheme but Russia thinks
otherwise and has proposed an
alternate line. It seems inevi-
table that prolonged negotiations
should be enteaed into between
St. Petersburg and Washington.
K. K. Kawakami in July Pa
cific Monthly.
Official Democratic Ticket.
The committee on official bal
lot submitted their report to the
State Democratic Executive
Committee on June 13th during
their recent sesion at Dallas.
The following was presented:
Dallas June 13 1910.To Hon.
A. B. Story Chairman Demo-
cratic Executive Committee: We
the committee on official ballot
beg leave to make the following
report:
We find the following names
entitled to be placed on the offici-
ol ballot:
Candidates for Governor-
William Poindexter of Johnson
County; Robert Vance Davidson
of Galveston county; O. B. Col
quitt of Kaufman coumty; Cone
Johnson of Smith county; James
Martini Jones of Cherokee
county.
Lieutenant Governor II. Has-
com Thomas of Hopkins county;
A. L. Hawkins of Midland county
James T. Hammons of Eastland
county; J. II. Webster of Dallas
county; A. B. Davidson of De
Witt county.
Attorney General Jewell P.
Lightfoot of Camp county.
Comptroller W. P. Lane of
Tarrant county; D. C. Burkes of
Bell county; B. F. Teague of
Washington county; liob Baker
of Bexar County.
State Troas u r e r W i 1 1 i am Win -
ningham of Limestone county;
Sam Sparks of Bell County.
Railroad Commissioner (regu
lar term) Therdore B. Thomas
of Harris county; L. T. Dashiell
of Leon county; Allison Maytield
of Grayson county.
Railroad Commissioner (u.."X-
nired term ') William D. Will
iams of Tarrant county.
Land Commissioner J. T.
Robison of Morris county; Chas.
W. Geers of Tarrant county; H.
Ellis Hill of Harrison county.
Commissioner of Agriculture
Ed R. Kone of Hoys county.
Superintendent of Public In-
struction F. M. Bralley of Fan
nin County.
Court of Criminal r;i-
A. J. Harper of Limestone coun-
ty; Felix J. McCord of Smith
county; P. A. Tuaner of Bowie
county.
Associate Justice of Supreme
Court T. J. Brown of Grayson
county.
Tnited States Senator-Chas.
A. Culberson of Dallas county.
Respectfully Submitted
11. F. O'Neal Chairman
Mrs. W. S. Keiser accompan-
ied by her danghter Mrs. Eckor
and grand child Jenette left on
the morning train. Monday for
Long Beach California to be
gone tor an indefinite period.
Their many friends join the
News in hoping that the change
and trip will prove beneficial to
Mrs. Reiser's health.
Star Forty-Six.
The skies north of Red river
are lit by a lurid and unnatural
glare as we go to press.
Star 46 has thrown off a wildly
scintillant segment and the nu-
cleus has developed several large
patches of special red fire.
From this distance the phe-
nomenon looks decidedly porten-
tous and full of eruptions and
we earnestly hope it will not
move southward during our own
political upheaval in Texas.
Apparently the newest state
now has constitutional govern-
ment at Guthrie and carpet bag
rule in Oklahoma City.
Governor Haskell holding
that the capital location election
changed the seat of government
automatically just as a barber's
chair shifts from a shaving .slant
to;i hair-cut uprightness looked
at tne bulletin board sized up
the returns and moved his wash
ing to Oklahoma City.
The citizens of Guthrie about
to be stripped of their capitaline
dignity and left forlorn among a
lot of empty boarding houses
hugged the enableing act and
hurried to the Federal court
with shooting pains in their pa-
triotism and pleaded for injunc-
tional medicament. The enabl
ing act declared Guthrie should
remain the hub of Oklahoma and
the hinge of civilization until
1913. The Federal court found
it was so nominated in the bond
and granted tentative assuage-
ment to the Guthrie paroxyem.
Then some of the state officials
hesitating between the hegira
ami the old home nest sat down
opened their books and began to
consider their county's call to
service and the patriotic pur-
poses of pay day in almost their
usual placidity of mind and
mood.
In the meantime Governor
Haskell had housed the great
seal in an Oklahoma City hotel
and was suavely but informing
a Federal process server that he
would kick him downstairs if he
fooled with the prerogative or
tacked his little old subpoena on
the palladium which was under
bureau in his room.
With one horn of the dilemma
in Oklahoma City the other
grasped by frightened local
pride at Guthrie the best con-
stitution in the world hanging
between thus a matter of great
pith and moment awaits the turn
of fortune's wheel.
The old capital has the records
and the pay rolls; the new has
the executive ar and the pardon-
ing power.
The parmount issue the per
capita of farm loans the initia-
tive and referendum imperial
mandate and recall are supposed
to be sccttered along the road
and will no doubt be found after
the excitement has passed.
But-
The contest in the courts has
perhaps just commenced and in
advertising for bids and bonus-
es and trying to get a state house
for nothing there will possibly
be as much worry and expense
;n straightening out the muddk-
as a good capitol building con
structed in the usual way would
have cost.
Oklahoma is a fine rich and
promising state in resources
production and industrial pur-
suits; but as headquarters of
positical wisdom as an instruc-
tor pre-eminent to show the rest
of the world how constitutions
should be built and model com-
monwealths are conducted it
has not so far proved a conspicu-
ous success. Star Telegram.
Judge Hunt left on the Tues-
day evening train for the pros-
lerous city of Claud to address
the citizens in advocacy of his
candidacy for representative
from this. 100th district.
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Christman, L. B. The Randall County News. (Canyon City, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, June 24, 1910, newspaper, June 24, 1910; Canyon City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth323560/m1/1/?q=cemetery: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .