The Lubbock Avalanche. (Lubbock, Texas), Vol. 12, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 18, 1912 Page: 2 of 14
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Wheelock's Dress Shop
Ladies Furnishers
WE NEED YOUR BUSINESS
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Texas Industrial Notes
Furnished by the Texas Secretaries Association
Four carloads of Northern i sub-divided for colonization pur
homeseekers arrived at Browns-! poses.
ville last week and will buy
homes in that section of the
state.
During the first week of April
building permits to the amount
of JjsJU.hoO were issued at Hous-
ton. A $100000 bond issue has been
voted at Waco for the purpose of
erecting a new water filtering
plant.
Eighteen head of i'atile re-
cently sold at El Paso for $")
000.
The citizens of Amarillo are
i Oklahoma capitalist are mak-
ing arrangements for the erec-
tion of a $310 (XX) warehouse at
Beaumont.
The State Bankers' Associa-
tion will hold their 'annual con
vention at San Antonio May
7th and St h.
Five crops of alfalfa have
been cut off one farm near
Pecos so far this year.
The steamship Delia has ar-
rived at Aransas Pass with a
consignment of oil for the
Refining Company.
capital stock from $75000 to
$100 000.
The Texas Livestock market
shows an increase in March over
February and the amount of
stock and poultry sold is esti-
mated at $u45o.uoo.
Plans have been perfected by
the Chamber of Commerce for
the erection of a ten story office
building at Dallas.
MILLIONAIRE SENTENCED
the First National Bank of
Snyder during the year PK)7.
naKer was cashier ot this in
stitution and Wishnrd was uro
moter of a cattle company. The ' ?K t
case was tried here in 1!XW and
resulted in a hung jury. Just
previous to this trial the de
fendants paid off the balance
of their indebtedness to the
Here From Sterling
Frank Neal and wife
evident surprise to the defen-!
dants as they were confidently I
cajh Limn ri im t ji avuiiai (
iWishard is about 50 years 0fj Sterling City are here visitij
and it is estimated that relatives ana may remain
he is worth over $1000000. At ' Lubbock several months. Fr
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me nroM i me Mneireci crime ne flay the winter was rath
was a oorrower irom rne nanK. - l u . .
Fblrer it hot -1(1 vr. of ntro "fVPrP " th? "V industry I
and has borne a good reputation.
they succeeded in
I int-y junmini III p;ivm)f H gyff
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F. Baker is Sentenced
Serve Five Years in
Leavenworth
to
hank amounting to ahou .f.iO.-! Jt has been truthfully said that' rhr mny friend will be
000. The cases were continued i ... ' . lighted to have them back
from time to time until the pres- ftknn(k "'ill somet.mes lav you Lhhnrk ar! 'J
ent term. i but a boost will always raise among the young' people of r
The verdict of guilty came as i. vou up. I city.
Abilene Tex. April 12. -After
consideration of the case
(Julf.since 2;.'0 o'clock yesterday
afternoon the jury in the case
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IF WE DID NOT SATISFY WE COULD NOT SELL j
A car of strawberries were re-! against T. F. Baker and John A.
making efforts to have that citv
placed on the route of the Newjcently shipped from Alvin to IWishard returned a verdict at
York and lios Angeles Auto Denver Colorado. !' o'clock this morning finding
highway. A bond issue to the amount of the defendants guilty on counts
'1 he San Angelo Water Light $:."iooo was recently voted at ' 1 and 4 of the indictment and
and Power Company of San An-1 Padueah fur civic improvements j Baker was found not guilty en
irelo has tiled an amendment in- Bids are being received for ' count 3. A short while after
crensing us capital stock irom i me construction or 4 nines oi ine vermci whs returned .hihim
$2J;0iMi to $."iioOtiO. i rock roads in Lamar county.
The Santa Fe railroad reports! The Commercial Club at San
that it has shipped out 3io cars ' Benito has donated a site for a
o' cattle from San Angelo to1 cotton compress and work will
noithern markets in the last . begin soon on the building
sixty days. j Three thousand steers were
The Brown wood North ami : sold last wek at Ijiredo for a
South Texas Railroad has in" consideration of $1oooiki.
An oil gusher was recently
brought in near Olney. Young
County.
The Bral v Neelv (Irocerv
Company of Amarillo has filed
an amendment increasing its
fnun
pur-
creased its capital stock
$'! ' in m i to .22:".000 for til"
prse of extending its lines.
A tract of land. "2 SH acres
n-ar San Antonio was recently
sold a: d will be irrigated and
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and as our sales nre constantly increasing there is room for
us to believe that we are satisfying our trade. Our stock is
more coiyflete at this time than possibly it ever was before.
PJkl: DRlXiS PATI-NT MKDICIM-S. TOIIJ-T
ARIICUIS CAM)lf:S AM) CNiAKS
ale If
brf
uiul In our store of the standard tested ami true
amis. If vou can find what vou watit in these line in
town ou will be able to find them at our store. Pe member
our Prescription Department is conducted bv careful com-
petent pharmacists. : : : : :
r.uwaru k. .Meek overrule a I
motion for a new trial and sen-j
fenced the defendants to serve
five years each in the Leaven-j
worth penitentiary. Each gae
notice of appeal and their bonds i
set at $lo.tion each pending ap-1
peal. I'p to the present tin
they have not made bond but
their counsel savs they will be
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The defendents were charged
with vinlu f ii itia nf Ihii t-iQfim:i) S
banking laws in connection w i-h COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOf
The Lubbock Drug- Co.
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Phone 152
BUILDERS HARDWARE
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A builder has a good reputation if he uses good builders' hardware in the houses he
builds.
Our builders' hardware has the best reputation because the best builders come to
our store to buy their supplies.
Not only. do we keep coarse goods for heavy building but the very finest materials
for finishing the insides of fine houses.
The Western Windmill Co.
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Dow, James L. The Lubbock Avalanche. (Lubbock, Texas), Vol. 12, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 18, 1912, newspaper, April 18, 1912; Lubbock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth287901/m1/2/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .