The Avalanche. (Lubbock, Texas), Vol. 20, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 4, 1919 Page: 1 of 24
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THE LUBBOCK AVALANCHE
LUBBOCK LUBBOCK COUNTY TEXAS THURSDAY SflPTEMBER 4 1919
NUMBER 10
VOLUME XX
CLUB BOYS 10 CIS BALLY DAY
WILL BE SEPTEMBER 20TH AND A SHOW 'OF PRODUCTS
AND THEIR WORK WILL BE EXHIBITED
A NICE LIST Bf Mi PREMIUMS WILL BE OFFERED
Itself th Development of the South Plaina
A murh we regretted it last
week announced that there would
be no fair thin fall in Lubbock coun-
ty. The reason assigned being the
inability of procuring a suitable place
fnr exhibition purposes.
The Boys Curia and Women's
Clubs all over Lubbock county under
the supervision of Mr Thompson
County Farm Demonstrator and Miss
Millie llalaey. of the County H.mie
Demon lit rat ion Department are t
have a rally day the twentieth of
September which will (five them an
opportunity of carrying on their
work unmolested by the change of
plans for the fair
Lubbock county boys and eirls
and women are possibly the best or-
ganized of any county in the stnt
and they have all been doing great
work this yesr. and had progressed to
point thnt would work great
hardship and disappointment to aban-
don the idea of exh bits from the-
departments. So it has been d-cided
thnt on the 2tht of September there
will b a rally for these rlub mem-
bers and their friends and a list of
premiums will be offered by the
Chamber of Commerce to encourage
their work. Th.. list will appear next
week as it was too lengthy for pub-
lication in tins imuc
STORY TELLING HOUR FOR
CHILDREN TO BE CHANGED
Pre!:rn:uary plans specif wations.
Tomorrow afternoon. Friday thel(pi(J Mtimtd f()(tg fl)(. hundred
nth. will probably be th. last "Story 'thUMnd d()jjPf modem four story
Telling Hour" to be held on that ho buiWinr ln ow m num 0f
date School opening Monday mnw m.kmg by our lc d Architect Wal-
ing. wll e.iuse the hour to W chang- Uf E TayOP
d.to Saturday afternoon. This Tn't bui!n)t w b qu pped
movement has been greatly enjoyed ' mo(Jrrn throughout a' lobby with
by the small children of Lubbock 2fl) f(tt of noor
and the 20th Century Club -.ty ert room each e.pped
receive thanks from the City's pop-'wlth bah)l nd tem h(.ati . an
Uce for this good work also congrat- evltor
illations are due Mrs. Frank W.nn. Wh ; h . h gn
and Mr t :oyu uei wr ine .........
lhv have created among the small
children in this hour. These Udies.
being active members of the com-
m.ttee holding th "story telling
hour" under the.r superv.a.on. It is
earnestly requested that all the chil-
.Ir.n tViat nn m TlTHHl C I. ftl II fTO W -
.....
auernoon at o cuca
RALLY DAY FOR BOYS. GIRLS
AND WOMEN'S CLUBS
RALLY DAY FOR BOYS AND
While it has been impossible to se-j CIRLS AND WOMEN'S CLUBS
eure space for a fair thia year the
Board of Directors of the Chamber; While there wdl be no regular fuir
of Commerce have decided to hold a this fill on account of the lack of
rally day for the club member who space the Chamber of Commerce will
have been doing work under Miss hold a rally day for the cluba work-
Halsey and Mr. Thompson. This day '"if vmivr the supervision of Misa
will be September 20th. The exhib- Halaey and Mr. Thompson Saturday
ite will be placed in the two frame September 20th. The premium lists
buildings just opposite the Avalanche H announced in the next issue
office. All exhibits must be entered t he Avalanche and will be based
by ten o'clock in the morning and " the work of the clubs. Owing to
judging will begin immediately after ck of spaca this list is held up. Let
inn.P every club member be prepared to
enter.
TEXAS LAND AND OIL
EXCHANGE OPENS OFFICE Mr .j M. c. a Coint of Fort
1 Worth accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
The sbove named firm have leas- Oon (Uyton passed through here
ed the Robinson building on the this week enroute to Cripple Creek
South Side of the square and have Colorado where they will ipnd sev-
opened for business. The company prai dayi on catjun Bnd visit with
is composed of Jas. P. Posey and C. acquaintances.
W. Alexander of this city and they j
I...... D I k.:. .
re wain... ...... S- snrum or Texarkana re-
ad in this issue of the Avalanche. gently arrived here and accepted a
position with the Hub Barber abop.
CHANCES MADE IN AVAL- ;Mr. Shrum was accompanied here by
ANCHE FORCE RECENTLY hl wife and they will make their
home in our city.
Chas. H. Boyd until very recently '
mechanical foreman of the Aval-' Joe Powell left this morninjr for
anche. after reaigning that position Hubbard City where he will be for a
accepted the same position on the few days. He was accompanied there
Knid Daily Eagle a daily newspaper! by his father who livea at Hubbard
of Enid Okla. W. C. Edwards hoCity and has been here yiaiting on-
was foreman at the Avalanche before ly a short while.
entering the army. aul who has ben
job printer since a.s return is now i Wa rail attention to the display ad
hotJuif the poaitioo made vacant by"' 0- C. Jones Company thia week.
Mr. H..)d's resignation Jee Holt. Mr. Monte Bowron has acquired an
also fi.rmer employee of the Aval-
anche arrived bre last Thursday
afurnuon from E iil-md. hr hi
was tmployej un the O I IK It News
a tic f r ) J t.l iahr. in that nty.
hi is 1.1111 en the J"b with
. .!.. k . J4 '"t'L. i -i
It is to be hoped that the clubs
will make this a really rally day and
.that every rlub will be represented
land the entire membership present as
Inear as possible so that it will make
'a good showing. The club work in
Lubbock county is developing some
.... .1
jsplendid talent ami It is expecien
that the showing from the various
sections of the county will surprise
'even those who have kept up the
I closest with the work they are do-
.ing. The clubs if they will join in the
campaign for a sure enough exhibit
'kil .. h- tm'ir n-t ve will hrinir
.nan i"i m- ..... j -
it to oaas without a question and at
this meeting there should be launched
'a campaign for an exhibition hall and
jfair grounds for the 1920 fair which
we trust will not go overboard for
'the same reason that this one has.
Lubbock county cannot afford to
let this orcir again. The develop-
ment of the great South Plains is too
'important and the exhibition of the
'products in county state and inter-
state fairs is of too great value to
permit the que'. ion to lag.
Do not let the pressj'e of furm
'work interfere with this roily. b:i.
nke a day off and attend. Make it
a banner day for the County Arrieul-
jt'iral and Home Demonstration De-
partment of th a county.
! PLANS BEING MADE FOR
j FOUR STORY HOTEL
Ptflf:ltion mai. ; not lnown bv u
at the prenent time nor the location
where the budding will be erected.
However in a few days we hope to
g:ve this news to the public.
That Lubbock is in dire need of
surh a hotel build. rg is well known
several times in the past we
have
n pwope here on.b.
to secure
lodging within the city and hare left
on that account.
! GEO. W. BRIGUS.
interct in this buameaa and la Invit
ng hi friends to see h in when in
need of work in their line.
V - E.lern Rath an.l
Jiihfiton sirnt last Sunday
uh kaienta nar Muuiite
Elbert
v isilir
DALLAS MAN CHOOSES
SOUTH PLAINS FOR HOME
I When a propos.tion whs put up to.
Mr. K V. Norwood of Dnllas by a
certain tractor company concerning
the district in the State of Texas
that he preferred to make his home
'also for the district which he thought
would be be for sale of tractors It
was answered by him "South Plains."
I Mr. Norwood and wife have recent-
ly arrived in our city and will make
their home here in the future. Mr.
' Norwood.in choosing the south plains
for the agency of this tractor (which
lis a Texas product) had for one of
his best reason that of the large ter- Also in the lime communication the i
ritory practically undeveloped; the local boys are requested to be repre-
era of development whic h is at hand sented at the State Convention. Of- j
and the tremendous success of the ficers to be eelcted Friday evening i
tractor for farming large acreage n
the smooth country.
CETS 27 DAYS WORK
FROM 90 DAYS TIME
Lee Fulton of Terry County who
passed through here today enroute
home from the north plains where
he has been more than three months
helping in the harvesting of the big
wheat crop. Mr. Fulton says during
. . i. it iL !..:..
tne ume ne was on me norm ji.a.nB.
or about ninetv davs. he was only
able to work 27. This was accounted
for by rainy weather breakdowns
with machinery and many other mis-
hsps that go with harvesting.
LARGE CROWDS CO TO
SLA TON FOR REVIVAL
Following the close of the revival
services here whic h lasted two weeks
conducted by Evangelist G. A. Klein
'arge nui ihers of Lubbock people go
to Slaton. sixteen miles from here to
attend nijht service conducted by
Mr. Klein. Tho who have attended
ome of the services there report
great sue ess of the revival in that
town.
LUBF.OCK PARTIES ATTEND
;. SINGING CONVENTION
M' ssrs R. A. Holnind and family
1 1. F. I!..'.;and an.l P. O. Broc k were
in attendance at the Lubbock County
Singing Convention which was held
last fun.iay at tne .Acua acnoo.
. nullum .near uini
attendant at the meeting plenty of
good eats for dinner and fine sing-
ing.
A. BURGESS ACCEPTS PRIN-
C1PALSHIP AT MERKEL
R. A. Burgeas who was principal
of the George M. Hunt iGrsmamr)
school in th.s city the pu.-tt term ar-
rived here Wednesday afternoon
from Autitin where he has been at-
tending the State University this
.summer. Mr. Burgess will spend a
few days visiting with his parents
who live east of th.s town a few
miles. During the summer months
or while at Austin. Mr. Burgesa ac-
cepted the principulship of the Plain-
view scnooi lor me coming term a
little later however he decided to
resign that position and
take the
same position at Merkel. Mr. Bur-
gesa having taught that school a few
years ago
there.
ami
well
acquainted
MRS.
ED MANN AND CH1L.
DREN CO TO CALIFORNIA
Mrs. Ed Mann three daughters
and little boy left thia week for
Ballenger where they will visit a few
day at the home of Mrs. Mann's sis-
ter Mrs. Vancil. After spending a
few days there they will leave for
Los Angeles Calif. where they will
make their home for at leaat nine
. ... ..
montns. me children will enter
school in that city. They will be
accompanied there
by Mrs. Vancil.
from Baliinger
j W. S. Dixon and wife of Dimmitt
passed through here Wednesday en-
route to Concho to spend a few day.
V.I TRLIlltlll. 1 IITZ J . CI o
panied there by Mr. Dixon's brother
Charlie. j.
I J. G. Keele of Taylor county. who(TerT- county through here
aa been here several days prospect- thj WPe enrouta to piainview t
ing after securing a farm near Lo- 'penda few days visiting with
renxo left We.lnes.lay morning for frend .nd aciuainlanre..
his home. Mr. Koele will move his I
family here thia fall and make their
home.
Jim Robinson Jr. and family left
thia week for Wichita Falls where
they will make their home thia win -
ter. They will likely return to Lub-1
bock early next year to make this:
their permanent home.
The little son of Jim Scott suffer-
(. a very immful accident last Thiirs ;
day by having hia thunib crushed ii
a feed gnndrr. The thumb was am-
tuialtil IhuriJjiiL t-irj.ng.
F.XSOLDIFRS TO MFET AT
COURTHOUSE FRIDAY EVE
A meeting of all the ex soldiers
has been called for Friday evening at
7;.')0 by Lieut. Dean. The purpose
being for the election of officers and
the perfection of the organization
of a Post for the American Legion
Communications with State officers
of this organization hav been ear-
ried on lately. Mr. Shirley of Fort
Worth has much to say in regard to
the organization. "The State Con-
ventir.n will meet at Dallas October
10 and 11 and bigthinga are on tap
for those days". Mr. Shirley says.
w... m. rot v - r .ju.-o.
nuance wim-er ami uisiorinn
I
W.
B. POWELL AND O. E. !
SEARS FORM PARTNERSHIP
W. B. Powell senior member of'
'.I f ... a l J ef:l- .
in wu.ramy -rin anu iki
company ana w. e. near m.iepen.j -
ent real estate dealer this week form-
ed a partnership and will both deal in
real estate. No doubt these gentle -
m am tar 11 A.i much f its- i -A t k a Amttt
-
opment Bnd settling of the south
leased his interest in the abstract
plaina. We understand Mr. Powell
and title business to C. L.
junior member of the firm.
Adams
BANKERS OF ROCHESTER
PROSPECTING IN LUBBOCK
i W. M. Koonu president of a Rueh-
ester Bank and W. J. Lee also a
banker of that place were here the
latter part of last week prospecting
and visiting with acquaintances. -We
understand these gentlemen have
property on the south plains. Mr.
K'oonti says Lubbock county has
much better crops than many south
of here.
BLEDSOE SCHOOL WILL
OPEN MONDAY MORNINC.
Miss Altha Fulton of Terry Coun-
ty arrived here ttulay to spend a day
or two in our city visiting with
friends. Misa Altha has accented t!.e
pnnpjpaah.p th. Bledsoe school
which will open Monday morning
September the tHh. This is one of
i.ubocic county's best rural schools
and will be in session eight months.
SEVERAL TRADES IN REAL
E3TATE MADE RECENTLY
A. H. Arnett. recently purchased
the nice brick residence in the west
part of the city from the 'McAdams
Lumber Company. Consideration re-
ported to be $I.4H0.(MI.
Mr. Forbes who owned two hun-
cired acrea of land near the Canvon i
school building sold recently to Mr.
Roberts for S52.50 ner acre. I
A. H. Arnett sold his residence in I
th.. e.tv th t.. vi-m- imh..r!
C() fur m conHieratilin of $oimmmI
. r v r-
Otis fliiwlanil ann .f W V r..nu.
.... . ... ' '.
. . ... . . .
nort. mirt . T ;. -
iiuiiiiirii aim iweniy-i ive arres in me
to hjjve Ehs
TvxaiI man fHP i;(0oo.
OIL STOVE EXPLOSION iceM n tverv Anu Kood alien-j ."". . ilUiii.i..i:u
CAUSES ANOTHER FIREiiunce for t'ach svrmon- Altogether by R. H. May and W. F. Holland all
;one hundred and five new members. of Whitewright are here this week
Ttlo rwiilun... .f 1 W rtl.nL.r.
. . . ... " Q".1 .
ing. was probably saved bv the quick
and effective work done by neigh-
u i . i
bora. An oil stove explosion caused
thm 1 Vm TK f 1 ra .1 u n. H n. u n t .1. n .
... ' . .
ly extinguished before it arrived at
K . .
the scene
About .fifty dollars dam
age was done to the intenor of one
room.
Rev. W. M. Lane and wife of Floy-
dada visited their daughter Mrs.
Hugh Atkins northeast of Lubbock
Monday and Tuesday and visited in
Lubbock for w hour Tu.y
ternoon.
Jewell Bell son of Mr. and Mrs.
Noah Bell of the northern part of !
... T.... ..
Walter E. Taylor of this city who
hM hern with the A. M. College
of thia State for some time waa re-;
'rently appointed Home Economic I
Specialist for that College. jMrs. Joe Stokes of Tahuka who
has been here several days receiving
I treatment in a sanitarium was able!
to return home Tuesday niormng.
Mis Ct A. Ih.Hiias. uf Tahuka un-
Li rut an operation In a lotal tan-
Uriuiit the Is'.trr part of lat '
- 1
Li cum is Anno
PEOPLE ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES ARE LEARNING
ABOUT THE GREAT SOUTH PLAINS OF TEXAS
BUD BUMPER CROPS M ftTTRAGTING MANY PEOPLE
Farmers Who Have Ben Renting in Other Sections are Looking
This Way for Hornet and are Highly Pleased When They
See Our Great Crops and Fine Farma
Lust year when the west was get -
ting such an array of criticism. When
the writers in the daily papers in the
of wfu condi.
tions of the went. When they -vens make from a third to a bale to the
picturing the people of the west as acre. This is the way the crop con-
in destitute circumstances unable to ditions are stacking up and it look
stay and unable to go. When they good to the fellow who is used to
Iwere writing column after column
bout the devastated condition of ;he
. rdictd that iti doom Vss
est and predic
1 . .
forever sealed.
. ppope wouM
p thjnk o comjnif baok . to
i thought they were doing us
i 1 .
Rr)Vt injustice but in place of that
it wai probably the very ne.t t h .' n u;
that could have happened to bring
this great rich productive country in-
to the eyes of the people.
Every
prediction that this country would curiosity but front investors and peo-
never come buck has fallen flat and pie who are really wanting a new
proves thBt the writers thereof knew location in whirh to buy a farm a
nothing about the great west. home or open a business
j The drouth was broken lust fall Chester T. Crowell representing
'and with one crop season the South the West Texas Chamber of Corn-
Plains has redeemed itself and 'merce is now in Indianapolis Ind.
shows that no country in the world 'where he is in charge of an exhibition
'can come back and recover from a 'of farm products from West Texas-
severe drouth as rapidly as the great Counties at the Indiana State Fair
South Plains the Lubbock country writes the Chamber of Commerce
Hundreds of prospectors are com- here for additional literature about
ing here every week and mnny have ' the Lubbock country. He says the
.bought others are buying and many! West and especially the South Plains
will return when they have marketed is attracting more attention than
their crops on rented farms and will any other section of the United
buy a home of their own in the Lub- States and the exhibits from the
bock country. Others are buying res- west ar opening the eyes of home-
idental property in Lubbock and some seekers and investors. The result of
are coining here to engage in busi- this exhibit will mean a groat deal
ness. It goes to show that this coun- to all of the west and many people
trv has got their attention and they 'in all lines of industry will be at-
are coming to the great west for
hnu.g invi.tmvntil.
The crops in this country this year of it.
are greatest in many seasons and the4 The Chamber of Commerce are
prices are going to be the highest preparing to have a large quantity
which is bound to net the farmers a'of advertising literature printed and
good profit and these immense crops will send it to Mr. Crowell and will
are attracting the attention of those also distribute several hundred thou-
who have heard of them and have sand copies at the Dallas State Fair.
come out here to see for themselves. ;
Many of the muize and kaffir farms
wi)l produce over two tons of grain
per acre the corn from tnty to
forty bushels to the acre and very
little of it lesa thun twenty-five
' '
METHODIST REVIVAL CLOS.
tU WAS UKtAI 3ULI.ll.J9
Rev. G. A. Klein of Memphis
Tenn.. who has been in this city
about two weeks holding a revival
meeting in the Methodist Church.
in
ift Mn.li.v mnrninir for Slaton. af-
t
ter closing his meeting here Sunday
evening. Rev. Klein began a meet-
Img Monday evening at Sluton.
I The meeting here was a great sue -
were added to the Methodist church
! twenty-five by letter and eighty by
coneeraion. There are others ex-
Pted to join soon.
'
Hi... Pi.hfrn o.wl Wife fit I'. fllA fl-
fi . or. hurm him w !..
stand that Mrs. Renfro underwent a
serious operation Wednesday morn-
ing of this week.
Wm. L. Rush brother-in-law of A.
B. Conley. Jr. of Decatur and son
are here this week visiting at the
Conley home
at Decatur.
Mr.
Rueh is a banker
Miss Ruby Deakina of the Man
hattan Parlor returned home this
week from a few weeks visit and va-
: . : i x'.n. ..krj
. 0.hpr rHint.
'
i vt . . .
L GtoT' .W' N" P' . bltor of
Hrownfielcl passed iBroiyjn nere 10-
day enroute home after spending
several weeks in Gomiap attending
to business matters.
Rev. Smith pastor of the Metho-
dist church at Croabyton accompan-
ied by his family were here Tuesday.
Mrs. Smith was over having some
dental work done
Mia Ina Mathia of Irno pass -
ed throu.h here la.t Saturday morn -
ing rnruute to hr home afior ien.-
irg the week . t.nrf lh e-ia!i
in. and Wesr IlMvi.f.IJ.
j wheat the bent that has ever been
raised in Lubbock county also the
finest oat crop. Sudan equal to the
'b.nn.P frop yP11-. nd
cotton will
getting less off J250 acre land while
this fan be bought for $60 an acre
and down according to the improve
. . HlllfanP( from rai!ro..l
or county
j secretary Brifrpii 0f the Chamber
'of Commerce savs he is receiving
' ....
'more inquries along all lines this
year thiin this organization has ever
handled and from sources that resl-
ly menn something. They do
not
come from people filled with idle
traded to this section of Texas who
otherwise might never have heard
The west is not only coming back
but is already in the redeemed class
and the people have found that this
is one of the greatest countries in all
the United States
Come to Lubbock.
. . -r-
MORE PROSPECTORS IN
OUR CITY THIS WEEK
.
G. C. Beavers and brother-in-law
Mr. Anthony both of Ladonia Tex-
as were nere mis wee prospecting.
! We understand that these gentlemen
bought about two hundred and forty
.acres south of town
i iicy are buc-
cesaful farmers of the Ladonia
country.
j T. H. Sears father of our local
; visiting with 0. E. Sears and also
prospecting.
We understand that
-r. ...a -u ...r '- .u uu-
" Property in Lubbock county be-
fore returning.
j "
R. E. Kilpatrick. conductor on the
C. & S. F. railroad between
I Brownwood and San Ang4lo was
I here last Friday and Saturday look
ing after his property interest.
C. L. Griffin manager of the Cat-
tlemen's Hog Creek Oil Company of
I Desdsmonia is here this week visit
ing hi family and attending to bus-
iness matters.
Mra. C. R. Baldwin of Slaton who
has been in a local sanitarium for
several days following an operation
recently waa able to return home
Wednesday morning.
Three children of I. L Hicks of
jScagraves Fay Frances and Clyde
were in a local sanitarium the latter
part of last week receiving surgical
'treatment.
R. Q. Barrier of Sylvester father
of Barrier Bros. has rccsntly moved
here to make hia permanent home.
Mr. Barrier has lived in our city be-
fore. ;
1 Mr. J. O. Green and ii-!er. &' "
O I. Junes rturn.l ron'.'j f
a few we.ks n.t iih r '
;riu.nl ji-i 'a (')Uim
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