The Avalanche. (Lubbock, Texas), Vol. 14, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 25, 1913 Page: 1 of 12
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THE LUBBOCK AVALANCHE
VOLUME XIV.
LUBBOCK LUBBOCK COUNTY TEXAS THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 251913
NUMBER 12
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I irrigated acre with other irriuat-
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MONEY IN BEAR GRASS
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eo vi'ttexariics in proporuonare
production and maricet oale. j
Mr. Lloyd now ha on exhibition i
S. B. Oliver Representing a St.
Louis firm Here to Investigate
Quantity and Quality of Grass
I at the Lubbock Chamber of
Commerce a Japanese buaaeri
I bean hk1 1 1 inches long and .' 1 2
CITY AND WHAT IS 1 inches around.
; $10.(HK WORTH OF MI I.KS KROM
'AMARILLO VISITOR LEARNS ABOUT OUR
BEING DONE
S. I!. Oliver who was at one
GENERAL AIR OF SATISFACTION
DEPARTMENT
PREVAILS IN EVERY
time a citien of this citv. and i
ONE KARM
j who is acquainted with a number!
old of our people arrived in the citv. I
'Morton J. Smith lately
from hi Lubbock county farm a! Tuesday afternoon from Logan I
drove or ! young mulis lor .iCff ifAii-uf wnere ne na? oeen
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PROMS
01 MONTH OF SCHO0
AND A
Hill Hi- L U UL U rftmUUUUV II Ml K I LlUMLrKl well on its way to become one of When seen by an Avalanche
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The Writer Tells in Brief of the Splendid Condition of Things
Abound Lubbock Agr cultura'ly Lubbock County
Shows Up Magnificent'y.
j the people
bear grass
in the shipment of
to a St. Iiuis firm.
new
county
I "Judging from it prolific! soft and its forage exceedingly
harvest series. My Lady Ceres j succulent. To all of which can
t herself hns taken the Lubbock te added that it excells in fatten-
repion into her personal favor ing realities.
and placed it ut lr particular I St dan grass
".'x n . 1 Sudan grass i another
in j.uuu.H- rrKi.ra "H ur.ijM amj an.Mnfu Iblioek
" "r1' JT . T. prop. Six farmers each so.ved
nr7" "Ul five acres of this gra.s this vear
practically annually one of whom has soured 1 12
. " L " U"R"""V'-: tons of hay for the first
i? mir nine un ur-rw a jrar in
which some crop or crops did
not mature. These fortunate
farming facts being doe to the
combination of a fertile soil; a
varied production and a generous
moisture Lubbock county stand-
ing second among the counties
of the Panhandle and the South
irne county s itpsi valuable irira-MLuvr ne smirii inainisi
assets. mission to tms part of the
VFW S VIT RM-t ivuuiij vt a iu iiy u inienesi
in nv. viri it'll t'uiiiicii lull)
7'" j - "J "ri - i . In :A who are buying all thev can Ret.
I endrXoccu Vy the ZmTr d ! "i" 3 very rbU?
1 larger Tremont hotel the interior
j of the building being particually
i rebuilt. The sanitarium will
have thirty one rooms and will
be of model modern equipment.
I The resident physican will be
1 1 r. M. ('. Overton of Lubbock
'and Dr. Wagner late of Chicago.
TO HAVK COI XTY FAIR
"Lubbock will hold a county
f.tir on the first Monday of next
month. An incident of which
IS
THAN LIST YEAR
price tor same.
He says this is becoming quite
a popular ami paying industry in
his section of Hie Plains. There
iB large quantities of the grass in
New Mexico and utaoy of the
farmers are makingagood living
and some money by the sale of it.
He says it brings at his town
$7.(K) per ton. and a person can
cut a too a day.
The preparation of the grass
tor shipment consists of cuttinir
will tie the hanging up of prize j it down and splitting each bunch
New Pupils are Entering Every Dav and the Total Enrollment For
the term Will Exceed all Previous Terms Patrons Visit
the School Society Well Attended.
Plains in ten years of rainfall.
THK HARVESTS THKMSFI.VKS
"Lubbock county harvests in-
clude milo maize katfir corn
cotton. Indian corn sorghum
Kgyptian wheat broom corn
cowpeas alfalfa feterita Sudan
grass orchard bush and vine
fruits sweet potatoes melons
and garden vegetables.
WHAT THK HARVESTS YIKI.P
"Milo mai.e and kaffir corn
run from .'V tt M busnei rer
acre: sorghum is of heavy aver
age returns aa are also a falfa
cutting.
I with two cuttings to come and
in addition harvested l." bushels
of seed rr acre which he sold
for M cents per pour.d. Sudan
grass has about th same feed
ing capacity afl Johnson grass
but has not the spreading nature
which so often makes the latter
nra more pestiferous than
profitable. Large areas of Sudan
grass will r sown next year in
the county it being certain to
prove in its way as great a sue.
cess as feterita. J. r . Bullock
remarking in ihis
purses ny tne l namoer ot Lorn
merce. "- ('. R. Caldwell of Anv
rillo in Amarillo News.
GOOD ROADS PROCLAMATION
November 5th ad 6th Designated
as Good Roads Days Road
Proclamation
Austin. Sept. 2). - The gover-
i nor issued the following procla-
mation todav:
j "Whereas an adequate system
of improved public roads is one
iof the great needs of our state
connection . and good mads lend powerful aid
'Feterita and Sudan grass make i to everything good in modern
Kgyptian wheat ami rovpeas turns of from fcto to H peracre.
wr.ile cotum has recorded yield
time ami again of over a bale to
nte. wnne rwni roaiis torm an
obstacle in the path of progress.
P.ecogni.ing this fact the people
of Texas have taken hold of this
problem with tremendous interest
and it is now one of the foremost
' Peanuts are yearly adding to econ()mc luestmns confronting
acreie with re- i ' ur PnP'. ami mucn goon worn
the world look gocl." The fact
that LubtKck county is such an
important portion of the world
giving added weight and signifi-
cance to Mr. Bullock's words.
PRot.irir PE.AM TS
' Water in irreat abundance
lies under the Plains in this
cisintv at the depth of from :)
to Km feet the average being
about .V) feef. That this water
cannoc oe exnausteo" is now
the acre and will average year in
and year out at leat one-third
bale.
"This season the ciunty has
about y.'usi acres in cotton fr m
which 3(ss) bales doubtless will
be ginned. With cottwn at its
prenent 'rices and cottonseed
shying at $i7t) per ton Lubbock
ounty farmers are already
assured of beteen fTuiMj and
s).(Kj a bale which means the
ch eisinting this fall of over
$JW.Mi cotton dollars. Kastern
money has long stood rea.iy to
erect at Lubbock a cotton oil cake
mill as soon a county cotton f"t Pure entirely free from
ptoducing conditions would alkali or other injurious qualit-
justify the outlay. Agents of IM- The wells already drilled
this KaJtern money are keeping ahw from 100 feet upward of
tab on the situation and it is water bearing sand which shows
possible that the mill will be the supply of water to be im-
built next er. mense.
FEED aso fat 1 "WiU the average amount of
"Last year Lubbock .Ution'S" J'Ti. tlfl;
hipped fiiJOcariof li restock and L?rl?llt' P0t
aart Siofroilomaize and katfir "r2. . '7
corn. The advent of the lo and ?.BHTcl?Xr ? P!
an increased fattening and finish-1 huh. L ?antedV A"d
in of beef and porV on mxUti'WmuhiwrT
maJuand kaffir corn wilL how-1 .hw .'T1 VrJ
ererreault this fall and winter ?"bJy' " v? ot
in a lesser shipment of milo and L! JTi lt'
ISSSi&TT.mE SILOS I "ffSJSSS
-Siloa are being rapidly added hi liTSs rSSfT?Jta!
to with eapwitie. reaching up to j"" 1 ? tf &
Xf tonevd an esUmated opera- 5ff!S k
uJn this f.11 .nd wintV or hl"..W.tr .nd Cmn UM UCh or
aim mm n cuuuMSB ana is ai
no expenae except when using
the water. Nor doo h hnv I
Feterita j any trouble about water rights.
'This year a great many Lub- That this ia a great advantage
bock county farmers have tried ia readily seen because of the
feterita the new grain ana lor- dimculties that the average farm-
age crop with the unanimous er in other irrigation districts
verdict. We have found what j is constantly meeting
we have been long looking for. ; "Alfalfa is a big crop under
A verdict whose veracity is irrigation and is a big money
attested to by the fact that maker for the farmer katlir is
feterita under not too favorable very prolific under irrigation
moisture conditions weighs out sw k;tx potatoes lnikk ikuk;a-
tion
"From three arrea of irrigated
eet potato- Mr. Don Itiggeis
has already gathered and nolil
l.isKt buhhels with thrte or four
hundrel bushela yet to be mar-
keted. Mr. I-Siggera sld his tlrst
potatoes at ft cent er pound
the entire crop bringing him be-
their counfv
nas peen done throughout the
J. B. Posey having this vear as 9ate ln ne f?w y'arsin the
a reanut instance. 1 In acres in i wav of improving our public
tms equally valuable market sale highways.
or feeding and fattening pro-' 'Now therefore realizing the
ducts. j necessity for a system of work
WEt.r. I'I mi'ack irrigation. Iiong mis line in conformity
"The following is an excerpt i Wltn my sense of duty in this
from a late pampnlet issuect by 'matter. 1 hereby designate Nov.
the Lubbock Chamber of Com- r aml 1;l;l. '(''MI Kads
merce:
1 1 my ami can upon tne people in
every county and section of the
state to make preparations for
working the roads on those days
and have meetings to discuss
ways and means in the future
for building good roads in the
this fall and winter
seventy-five of these great meat .
producers and dairy stimulators.
as high as two tons of heads per
acre with a proportionately
heavy foiaite yield. KetcnU I
a wrek iaru r th.n milo niaie;
three eek earlier than katlir
corn: revels in a h inted rainfall;
laughs at drv wea'.her and sue
tesiuiiy iiniriti aviuai
ilri'UK'it; is proi.nc in u-tn grain
and furage returns; and is hived tevn ll.ooi) and $i.tSM.
of mills and hotra. A love which j tomato..
isemphasued by the fact that It "M r. L'oyd has sold over
grain is eueptioial!y large and $1 V worth of tumatoea from an
known from the wells already in ' various localities throughout the
use. This water is e h rPPi state generally.
in testimony wnereoi i nave
hereunto signed my name and
caused the great seal of Texas to
be affixed hereto at the city of
Austin this the . -tnh day of
September. A. D.. 1913.
"0. B. CoLQt;tTT
Governor ot Texas.
By the Governor: F. C. Wein-
ert. Secretary of State."
Canyon Newt
School has been suspended
for a month of cotton picking
New interest ia being taken
in the Farmers Institute. At
the meeting Saturday night
several new members were en
rouea ana mucn interest was
ahown in the discussion of the
fall market.
Tyalor Crim has purchased
the farm of S. T. Lawrence
While we are sorry to see the
Lawrence iamiiy leave we are
glad to welcome Mr. Crim into
our neighborhood. We under-
stand that Mr. Lawrence will
move to town.
Choir practice was held at the
home of M. Green Sunday night.
Miss Callie Dean of the Ripley
neighborhood spent Saturday
night and Sunday with the
Misses Warren.
Itev. Gruniblea occupied the
pulpit here Sunday afternoon.
Following is the program for
the Mothers and Daughters
Club which meets Oct. ;trd
Opening Song "Help Somebody
Today" by members.
"Snail We Kt-ad Novels;" led
by Mrs. Burtord followed with
general diacunaion.
Reading -Alice Williamson.
Vocal Solo " hen The Stone
Is Rolled Away "-Mra. Harris.
Refreshment servd by Mts
Cline and Mrs. Harris.
TArri.kM.
open so that it will dry. It takes I
about thirty das for it to season J
in ordinary weather. After this )
it is baled with a machine ;n jh i
the same in design as the bro v '
corn baler and hiped to ti
mill in that way. where it is
ground i.ito pulp and made inio
paer.
Mr. Oliver says he believes
there is enough of the grass in i
this country to pay tanners or
others who wish to gather it to
do so and he expects to investi-
gate the supply around Lubbock
and further west and try to
show the people who want to
make a few dollars extra from
their farm or other Itbors that
thev can do so over the bear
grass route. He stated that
there were some farmers in his
community that cut the grass in
the winter and baled it in the
summr at odd times and one
man had in this way this year
aside from planting cultivating
and gathering a pood big crop
marketed over $1'0 worth of
bear grftos.
Mr. Oliver says they are begin
ning to cultivate this peculiar I
product in his locality as it can
be cut and will produce a good
crop every two years.
County Farmer's Institute
Following is the program for
the Lubbock County Farmers'
Institute to lie held at the Canyon
school house Oct. Uth at S:(K!
o'clock p. m.
1st Music by committee.
2nd. "My method of raising
poultry on the tarm. Mrs. W.
R. Burford.
'lrd. "My success with deep
and shallow cultivation." Victor
L. Cory.
4th. Music by committee.
5th. "Best variety of cotton
for this part of the plains."
Denis Warren.
W. B. Burford.
Mrs. W. B. Burford.
A. C. Buchanan.
Committee.
W. J. Morris who haa been
foreman of the mechanical de
partment of the Avalanche for
nearly five year haa decided to
break away from spaces and
Suads and the usual hum-drum
the print shop and take up
ranch work and accordingly
This week closes the first ; his place in school
month of the school with an en-1 Misses Mable McLarry and
rollment of fifty more pupils than Wrinnie Clayton of the senior
were enrolled the end of the first class visited in Post last week
month last year. Couldn't there be some plan
. Several new pupils entered ! devised bv which the Ward build-
school this week. ; mg might be moved near the
There are now twelve members high school building? It is doing
ui uie senior ciass eigni young i no good where it is but if it
men and four young ladies. j were were on the high school
The football team under the campus we could use some of the
management of Mr. Bowers is ; rooms and rent the others
progressing nicely. The schools in Lubbock were
We read in the papers that a never in better condition and the
former history teacher of the ( prospects for a very successful
Lubbock high school married i term were never better
recently wonder what thej There are outside influences
present history teacher thinks I which keep worthy young mn
about the matter? I and women out of school. U'milH
A few children are late tolnotit be complying with the
school of mornings parents iGolden Rule if you don't deBi re
please get them here on time. jtogo to school yourself to let
The Mother's Club has ordered j those who do alone?
hitching posts put up at the Wonder what is the matter
school building. What would with Aynes? Couldn't he stand
the school do if it were not for! the pressure?
the Mothers' Club? j Some pupils come to school
The rail road managers have only two or three dayB during
offered to take all school children i the week and either loaf or work
and teachers of Lubbock cocnty I the remainder of the time. Such
to thf Dallas Fair round trip pupils had as well remain out of
$i 5 ) each. This would be a ! school entirely as they do no good
nice trip for the children and here. In order to keep pace
also educational. with your classes you must be in
The following ladies visited the school every da
school last week: Mesdames Will Izard a pupil of the high
noney nuiaon isurns ivy scnooi made a business tnn to
lahoka last week.
The Literary Society last Fri-
day evening was excellent. We
find that we have some orators
among the girls as well as the
boys. Most of the grade teachers
have also organized societies in
Reed Hunt. Crawford Posey
Slaton Benson. Jasier and
! raig. also Mr. Ivv. The
teachers and children always
welcome their friends and
parents aa it shows thev have an
interest in them and thereby en
courages them. Come often.
We are glad to report that
Leslie Faw is again able to fill
their rooms which
splendid gaining for
fellows.
means
the little
WOULD CHANGE BANKING LAW
State Commissioner Will Make
Recommendations. Should
tie Placed at $25000.
Austin Tex.. Sept 17. -Commissioner
of Insurance and
Banking W. W. Collier today
announced that he would rec-
ommend to the next session of
tbe Legislature the passage of
an act raising the minimum
amount of capital stock neces-
sary to the formation of State
banks to $25000.
The present law allows the
formation of banks with a capi-
tal stock of only $10000. Fed-
eral statutes require capital
stock of $25000 for Federal
banks and the Commissioner be-
lieves that the State laws should
conform. This wouid place
banks on a sounder financial
condition.
turned hia working tools over to
another and ia this week moving
to the 06 ranch where he haa
emvloyment Bill was a splen-
did workman industrious and
faithful to his employers and it
ia with considerable degree of
regret that the Avalanche Pub-
lishing Co. gives up his services.
Competent and obliging help
has been put in his place how
ever and we are in position to
do your printing in a workman
like manner as before.
rij r. n . tx . L . - . t in
ciaer r oy r. vtaiuce came in i nn uvrr ine immure is oi i inins i
Siituruay morning from iieorge-
town. He is preparing to ship
WARNING TO STOCKMEN
Failure to Record Brand Might
Bring About Serious Trouble
Other News Items
Yuafcum Coanlr N'i:
At the last term of our district
court Judge Spencer called the
attention of the county to the
tact that the law requires all
brands to be recorded and a fail-
ure to do so on the part of a
stockman subjects him to heavy
fine. If any have failed to re-
cord their brands they should d
so as the grand jury will meat
here on the 13th of October.
Rev. B. F. Dixon will com-
mence a protracted meeting ia
Plains the last of next week t
continue ten days. He will have
with him the Rev. S. F. Baueoo.
a well known revivalist and his
singer.
Mr. J. P. Long's folks receiv
ed a letter this week from Mrs.
Beal which gave the first oart-
iculars learned here concerinr
thejdeath of Joe and Uncle l urk
Beal. Roy and his familv. J am
and his family and Uucle Tur
his household goods etc. back
to Georgetown where he will
make his home in the future.
Mr. Wallace has the sympathy of
this community in the recent
death of his wife whom he
brought here hoping to benelit
hir health attrrard taking
her to the coat wht re she died.
Mrs. I. N. Cutwater.
and Ruth lludon were hrre
Monday from Plains. They
auloed over and returned Tun-dy.
J. M. Pullman and J. D. Ear-
nest. Mrs. J. T. Gainer and Mrs.
Tandy composed an r?to party
that came over from Plains Mon
day. Mesdames Tandy and
Gainer were taking subscrip-land his family were on the road
tions for the building of the i moving from Magalena New
new Methodist church at Plains. Mexico to Silver City that state
They succeeded very nicely we j when Joe died. They had stop-
understand and were feeling ped to noon and Joe being seat
ed a short distance from tbe
soun bavin; a church building others was heard to utter a
They do not have one at present. scream and then fell over and
but the building they were tak- died before any one could reach
ing subscriptions for is now him. After they had reached
under construction and thev Silver City. I'nrle Turk was out
with his team and turned the
wagon over on himself. At
first his in juries wi-re not con
sidered pertous. but on the loth
cl day complications developed and
' be died the thirteenth day after
t emg hurt.
ivington. New Mexico were. .. c ... ....
her. Wednesday and bought . . - "' .. l
snd Unijiht nu bill of g-hj
of l4iiU mnhs.'.t.
hoe to have it completed to
such extent that they will be
able to hold services in it soon. (
Mr. P.. R. Ivy was in the
tfadmg Wednesday.
John! Mr ni Mrs. dinnm ham of
t viny win. irw
nice bill of gum is from our merc
hants.
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