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Newspaper
Canyon City News
Location
Canyon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
3
Poignant wartime verse recalls fallen soldiers as ranks thin and graves multiplied. The speaker laments the passing of the valiant and true, the youth who gave life for country, with the echo of a solemn volley signaling their farewell.
A subscriber asks if law protects crops from chickens owned by anabor. The News notes common law offers damages for trespass but statutes are silent. Civil action for damages against the owner is advised, plus a traditional Texas practice to stop trespassing chickens by “put them in the pot.”
W S Todd of Tulsa and Cyrus Eakman with wife visited town. Several Amarillo lawyers attended court. G Wilson of Plainview says health forced him to quit law. Frank Jordan faces Denver charges over attempts to cash seven thousand dollar paper and related frauds. Miss Pattie Casseday plans to return in two or three weeks to resume music class. The News thanks Mrs B Frank Buie for a basket of peaches and plums from the Buie orchard in North Canyon.
A railway car carries navvies arguing loudly as one man boasts profanity cannot be learned but is a gift. A passenger questions, and the swearing navvy explains that the tongue reflects the country he is bound for, not his origin.
The Canyon City reunion offers premiums totaling 116 dollars on stock and related items and 170 dollars in prizes for agricultural exhibits. Dates set are August 11 to 13 inclusive.
The real estate men of the town led by manager C. I. McAfee will oversee the agricultural exhibits and pay the premiums. Exhibits must be on the grounds the first day and remain the property of the real estate group unless agreed otherwise. Premiums totaling 170 will be awarded on the second day with details to follow.
The livestock division will be under the direct charge of the Reunion executive committee. Competent judges will award prizes on the evening of July 13 and premiums will be paid by the committee.
The event lineup features auto mobile and horse races, mule runs, fat man races, bronc and cow riding, and other amusements. Organizers expect broad crowds and lively entertainment at the county fairground.
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