The Cross Section, Volume 16, Number 5, May 1970 Page: 3
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May, 1970 THE CROSS SECTION Page 3
OWNERS OF WATER WELLS
QUITE WILLING TO SHARE
By GERRY BURTON
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Staff"Bring your buckets, barrels and
jugs for all the water you need."
Words like these never fell on ears
of pioneers who turned guns on friend
and foe alike less than a century ago
to claim and keep West Texas' most
precious possession -- water.
But they did come Tuesday to
waterless Lubbock . . . words from a
handful who sought to share their
water wells with a waterless popula-
tion that dwarfed all the cattle roaming
the South Plains when water meant
riches or ruin, plenty or poverty.
Tuesday it meant a drink for parch-
ed throats that had gone all night, dry
at first from horror and despair, dry
at last from dust and powdered debris
that clung in nostrils and throats longwithout water. It meant, too, a drink
of water for a small child who woke to
his normal world in an undamaged
section of the city.
Bottled water disappeared from gro-
cery shelves with the first opening of
doors and the promise of water cours-
ing from pumps in city sandhill wells
70 miles away did not help the thirst
that was now.
The offer of water had no limit-a
person's necessity and conscience was
the only guide to the amount he could
carry away.
"If you need water, come . . ." the
message said.
Many did come and the pitcher of
charity continued to pour until the
need was satisfied.I'
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Removing city debris blown onto farmland located northeast of Lubbock, Texas,
by the May 11th storm.
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D~an Seale (in bed of pickup truck) aids in the disaster relief operations after the
My11th storm.JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, & APRIL, 1970
County
New Wells Replacement
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$i4Ain44t~rDuring the city water shortage that followed the May 11th storm, both rural and
city well owners offered free water to anyone who wanted it. Lawson Farrar drinks
from the hose from his well, southwest of Lubbock, that filled many water jugs.
The wooden windmill tower in the background fell victim to a previous tornado.
(Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Staff Photo)ARMSTRONG
BAILEY
CASTRO
COCHRAN
CROSBY
DEAF SMITH
FLOYD
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5May, 19 70
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High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 (Tex.). The Cross Section, Volume 16, Number 5, May 1970, periodical, May 1970; Lubbock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1532942/m1/3/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.