The Lubbock Avalanche. (Lubbock, Texas), Vol. 20, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 11, 1920 Page: 2 of 18
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LYMC
m ID AY-SATURDAY
Darld W. Griffith
Presents
"Tfe Greatest
Question"
A Dream of Today
A First National At-
traction. 20c-40c
MONDAY-TUESDAY
"Sins
of the
Children"
Featuring
Stuart Holmes
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY
Eugene O'Brien
in
"The Broken
Melody"
And the 13th Chap-
ter of
"Smashing
Barriers"
WE HAVE---
100 PAIRS
Stacy Adams and Slater
& Morrel Low Cut Shoes
AT 1917 PRICES
Which are about 25 per cent
less than we can buy them today.
All perfetl goodsall sizessee
them and you will surely buy.
Jones Brothers
Fashion Park Clothes
Lubbock Texas
Charlie Pierre left last Friday
night for Fort Worth on a short bus-
iness visit.
' Colds Caua Grip and Influenza
LAXATIVE BKOUO QUININE TibleU noon Um
eaaaa. Thara la coir na "Brew Oulnina.
C W. GROVE'S ttcoanr M box. tuc
TO THE FARMERS
After this week will irin Friday
March 20th then quit for the season.
Yours very truly
WEST TEXAS GTN CO.
FULLER GIN CO. 372
! .Messrs. Rosa Ren fro and S. H.
I Hnlgute of Brownhcld. were here the
S.ive the pieces when you brenk it. i latter part of l.int week transuctinK
-Lubbock Welding Co 30tf j business.
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L
iHOE POUSH
BEST FOR HOME SHINES
SAVE THE LEATHER
THE BIO VALUE PACKAGES
TASTES AND LIQUIDS f-6&&SkB""
THI . DALLEY CCr.fCAT10Kl LTD- MJffAlO. H. .
Just Arrived a Car of New Fur-
niture Ready for Your Inspection
Also we are receiving shipments of
our staple line of dry goods that we
intend carrying in the future.
We are also headquarters for Peters'
shoes which aro one of the most con-
servative makes made. Sold at pri-
ces that should appeal to the conserv-
ative household.
W. S. Hodges
Gcr.tral Merchandiie
PUBLIC OPINION
I
I The Wild Turkey
j For many years past the months
of November and December was the
j open season for hunting wild tur-
j keys. The last legislature changed this
i to the months of March and April.
' Quite a number of Lubbock sports-
I men go hunting in the wild sections
of Southwest Texas and the follow-
I ing description and information about
i the Wild Turkey may prove of in
terest to them:
The Wild Turkey is the largest
American game bird. They are na-
tives of th Southern and some of
the Eastern and Western States. All
of them are Democrats therefore
were never known to live in the
Northern States. They were plenti-
ful in the early days but like the In
dian and the buffalo they passed
slowly away in front of settlement
and civilization. The few that are
left range in the unsettled sections
of the Southern States. Perhaps
there are more of them along the
Southwestern borner of Texas than
anywhere else. The Wild Turkey is
the wildest and most cunning of all
wild birds. Their sense of seeing is
equal to that of the eagle. If they
have curiosity they never let it in-
fluence them when there is danger.
Antelope and other wild game will
often linger in the vicinity of danger
through curiosity to know what the
dangerous object is. Not so with the
Wild Turkey. When he sees an ene-
my he leaves that place by a safe
route and at once. He takes no
chances. The Wild Turkey is seldom
in danger of the hunter so long as
he does not yelp strut or gobble.
With his body concealed by high
grass weeds or small bushes and
only his small neck and head expos-
ed he can not be seen by an enemy
only at close range while he can see
the hunter a long way off. When a
turkey sees a hunter in the distance
he sneaks noiselessly out of sight and
the hunter never knows he was there
Many amateur hunters have come
into camp from a long hunt and re-
ported no turkeys in the range; and
an old experienced hunter slip out
the next day and come in with sev-
eral turkeys.
The Wild Turkey is of a quiet and
serious nature in all seasons except
in 'the spring time; which is their
courting and mating period. During
this period they become to some ex-
tent reckless. They yelp strut gob-
ble and hold noisey social entertain-
ments. It Is easy for the hunter to
locate them while this is going on.
An old hunter who can imitate their
language well can sneak into the
range hide behind a log or bank and
call them to him during this reck-
less period; but the turkey seldom
heeds these imitations of his lang-
uage in other seasons of the year.
My hunting conmrade and I pitch-
ed camp one evening on the hank of
a large creek far awy from the
walks and talks of man. ihe absence
of roads the thick jungles and voice'
of many wild song birds was proof
of the virginity of the country and
delightful to the old hunter who loves
the wild woods and original nature
unscarred by the pruning knife of
Art. X I felt that perhaps not so
! many years ago and on this same
j beautiful spot an Indian brave had
wooed his dusky maiden in the moon-
light told her that her eyes were soft
and beautiful like those of the faun
and that her figure was as graceful
s that of the Gazello. Told her the
sweet and complete old story of love
that has been handed down by ro-
mance through all the ages and races
of men; how they would hand in hand
roam these beautiful forests through
life and on to the happy hunting
grounds together. Not so long ago
large herds of the great muffled buf-
falo roamed over these hills like
waves of the ocean and none but
the red man was here to bask in
these scenes of pure nature nut the
white man came and like tidal
wave ever moving westward swept
over this country and virgin nature
vanished forever. ! have diverged in-
to dream. Back to thw subject.
After putting the camp In order
John and I pocketed supply of am-
munition loaded our guns anil struck
out on our evening hunt. John went
I up the bottom following the mean-
derlngs of the creek. 1 skirted the
I foot lulls where they Joined the
1 swamp. We kept each other located
' by signal. Occasionally I would hoi-
! ler in perfect imitation of th
swamp owl and John would answer
' with the same sound. When I reach-
ad about on mil from ramp I got
In Ida run of a dry branch hrre I
muld not ha seen from a distance
' and Imitated the wild turksy rail.
Do nut fnniKltr Mta vain hi-n say
I that I have Haver known s man thai
' muld nuke a better imitation
J of In wild tuikay rail lUn
'an talk fluently la ih r vary .nf-
I naira. I ran fool all the hunters and
I nearly all of the wild turkeys I
i Immediately heard an answer about
1 three hundred yards up the branch
i After a short time I repented the
r:i!! severs! tlmrs ur.:! an nr.r.vrr
ncume buck cm h lime but it did not
'come any closer. An smiteur would
I huve imitated them there for an
(hour expecting them to come every
minutn. I anew i.om long exper-
ience that there was a hunch of them
who were satisfied with each other's
company and would not go to a
long distance call. I crept cautious-
ly up the brnnch keeping well con-
tented behind its banks for about
two hundred yards; then I peeped
over the bank.
About 100 yards away I saw
turkeys leisurely picking around un
der a hackberry tree. The ninth one
a Inrge glossy gobbler was standing
a little apart from the others perfect
ly still and his head high. Evidently
he was their sentinel. I made a low
turkey rail in a kind of confidential
tone. The turkeys quickly huddled
together and seemed to engage in a
consultation. I knew they could not
see me because only from my eyes
up was above the bank and that was
obscured by some frasseled grass. It
was between these blades of grass
that I was looking and I was still
as a king fisher on a button willow
snng. It was interesting and excit-
ing to watch those big graceful wild
birds in their natural movements
when ignorant of immediate danger.
Few men have such an opportunity
because '!! times out of a thousand
:he wild turkey sees the hunter first
and is running or flying before the
hunter sees them if he sees them at
all. After watching them a short
time I yelped again. Three of them
answered at once and started toward
me. A homely looking old brown hen
buck in the main bunch made a low
cluck. Two of the three that had
started toward me turned and went
back to the bunch. 1 think I know
what that old hen said. She told them
that the call they heard was from
strange ana1 probably dangerous com-
pany. The third one did not heed the
old hen's warning but came on yelp-
ing and frisking coquetlishly every
step. She evidently believed she
would soon be enjoying herself in
fast company. When she was In about
fifty yards of me I fired. Badly crip-
pled she scrambled off into the brush
while the others flew away to safe-
td. I had shot oft her beautiful tail.
She was seen several times that win-
ter by some trappers. She was al-
ways alone. On account of her hor-
rid appearance and the absence of
her once beautiful tail her former
companions refused to associate with
her.
MORAL: Young people beware of
fast company and always heed warn-
ings from your true friends.
WALTER E. TAYLOR.
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XjrW o 1 For mother
Hfa atncr the boy I
(V&jl and tflrls. It's I
Y2j52$ thc swect for 31
yJy tses-at work or A
iii ! yX-When you're
Hi nervous or tired
1 see how it A
refreshes!
( . The Flavor A 0i
IL "PEr?f CT 6UM rllU
ion i i jt i
v .iT won iiiifiruvru line lora-
tion. Close to school and town IS 5 i
per acre. Good terms. Write as for j
our bargain list. We have what you
want. South Plains Colonisation Co.
Abernathy Texas department J. I
352d
Sealed
Tight-
Kept Right
Farmers and others who live at a' be needed at any time for cuts sore.
distance from a drug store should
keep in the house a bottle of BAL-
LARD'S SNOW LINIMENT. It may
wounds sprains or rheumatism. It
ia a powerful healing and penetrat-
ing remedy. Sold by all druggist.
ARRIVALS THE
PAST WEEK
Of a number of new suits waists and dresses brings our
showing up to it's usual completeness.
The temptation is to write glowingly but it is nced-
'less. Instead we ask that you accept our invitation to
call and see our assortment of merchandise as they
grow and expand. You are interested in style. You are
deeply interested in price. There are values here to
testify to our merchandising ability. Without careful
study on our part of the market many of them would
be far from possible.
Uadies Suits Priced $22.50 to $75.00
Ladies' Dresses Priced $25.00 to $59.75
Cupid-Dechim and Georgette Waists Priced from
$4.75 to $15.00
K. Carter's Store
Noith SiJ Square
loilixxk Ten.
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