The Avalanche. (Lubbock, Texas), Vol. 20, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 17, 1919 Page: 1 of 24
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THE LUBBOCK AVALANCHE
OLUME XX
UBBDCK i
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FLORIDA TO COLORADO AUTOMOBILE HIGHWAY PASSES
THROUGH THE HEART OF LUBBOCK COUNTY.
.IMMLLO Will ENTERTAIN
r. W R RnrHt.l Lubbock County. George H. Shep-
I r." . V.T
pard U Secretary of the New
of Most Important Highways in the State.
The first regular meeting of the Ji-j
rectors of the Florida to Colorado
Highway was held at Brownwood.
Monday. Something like fifty diree -
tors were present representing
the
entire state from Texline to Orang
Th
body was in session only about
five hourr but it proved to be one of
K mn.t insnintiir road meetings ever
i L.i i ; .l.. ... . n1. rnme for
i neiu in un i
only one purpose that of matting
preparation to build a highway. A
maiontv of the directors were pre-
nared to dbv their assessments and
at this time the highway is assured.
In establishing this highway the
aummer resorts of Colorado will be .county. W. T. Kretz of Dalhart. t'th-
connerted with the winter resorts in er appointments will be mad" in the
Florida Other states along the route r.ear f duire.
have organized and at this time all The board of directors consisting
that remains to he done is to go on of both county and district directors
with the work In many sections the will meet at Houston July 15th and
road is in good shape at present
though to itiske the highway what
should be it will be necessary
for
each county to aid
In the western portion or lexas wen organized Derore mat time
the cost will he small though in some j George H. Sheppard of Sweetwat-
sertions of south and east Texas it er was elected aeeretary and is ready
will take msny thousands of dollars at all timet to aid either county or
to mKe the road passable during wet district directors.
eaons Tn' Florida to Colorado Highway
Federal aid will be g ven. though means much to Texas and especially
at 'hi time no definite sum has been to northwest Texas and it is hoped
mentioned. Parts of the proposed that our people will exert every en-
r..ute. where the roads are in r.o way ergy to promote the proposition
acceptable it will be necessary f or The highways will enter Texas on
v.rn.us counties to Me bonds t'ie east at Orange. Texas passing
And h !e the orgsmtstion i less
than vro month old. directors from
var.ous sections reported at the meet-
ir.g 'hat their commissioners had "T-
.red nd eletins. Tiis in.tires
mlccess.
NO STOCK WATERING
PLACES YET PROVIDFD
From present indications Lubbock
.. .-...f ..I i l.-t the farmers who
in m mi ---
drive to town let their teams stand
all dy without wafer wh.ch cannot
he helped by the owner unless he d.irs
around and finds a private watering
place somewhere. There : no public
watering place in town and it i 5ad-
ly needed and while on this line we
wt.u'.d suggest that a sanitary drink-
ing fountain for livestock he install-
fj. Now as to whose duty it is we
re not prepared to say. The coun-
ty furnished water till it was ordered
taken off the square and the hitching
racks moved to a plot of ground own-
ed by the city and maintained by the
city . in that case we would natur-
ally believe that it is the duty of the
City of Lubbock t provid this nec
essity but if it
to do this tiS
ls not the City's place
aur buxineas men. or
th Chamber of Commerce
f take the matter up.
should
TERRY COUNTY COMMISSIONER
UNDERGOES OPERATION
W V. Winn well known farmer -
tockman and commissioner of Terry
county for many years who haa been
in local sanitarium for several
medical treatment un-
drrwent a very serious operation me
first of this week. Mr. Winn has
had trouble with a itrowth in his side
.. ..vml veara. His condition get-
ting se serious in me mi iw nium.ni
that he has consulted and received
treatment from many physician. On-
ly lately he returned from Arkansas
City. Kansas where he was in a san-
itarium for about a month.
Attending physicians report his con-
dition te be very satisfactory today
and have hopes for an early recovery
from ths operation and predict him
to b a well man.
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PROMINENT MAN OF SNY
DER VISITING HERElorably known In Lubbock has recent
M A. Fuller general manager
the Fuller Cotton Oil Company
c.i- here this week looking !
over th company's extensive Interest
and visitin uh th district manager
Mr. RayUn. of th s plat. Th Full-
r Cotton Od Company have gun
jyjslirrv l wvvr th pis i m country and
brtPaltllS o II la twaI'll" mi
ih. i nog season
B BAY ROUTE
NEXT MEETING IN SEPT.
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Organization.
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District directors were appointed
lard it will be the duty of the district
'directors to appoint county directors.
The northwest district is composed of
Lubbock Hale Swisher Randall Pot
ter Oldham Hartley and Dallam
niiK. Riv B Mcf'orkle of A ma-
; " nointt.d Jllltrirt dirwt..r
an(i urKt: tnat tn various counties i.i
the district make preparations to co-
n..mt u-nh the association. At the
i -
ti.o-e the following county directors
nave been appomten: Kamian rout..
ty judge riescner; tiair county .
C. Long of Plainview; Lubbocl coun-
ty. leo. w. rnggn. ot i.unnoca; t.an-
r hi r . . s I ..L L. i. . it
ley county Juoge t-niiups; .aiiam
a large attendance is urged.
Ama-
it rillo will entertain the convention in
September and it is hoped that the
entire northwestern district will be
through the towns of Rraumnn'
Houston Cameron Temple. Belton
Brownwood Colemnn Abilene
Sweetwater Snyder. Post Lubbock
P'a.nview Canyon Amanllo and Dnl-
hart leaving this state at Texline
' JUDGMENTS RENDERED IN
COUNTY COURT THIS WEEK
' The follow tig is a record of the
"i" heard before the County Judge
this week :
Lubb.ick State Bank vs
Smead continued for service
Lubbock Stat Banw vs.
F.
W.
Scott continued for service.
Lubbock State Bank vs. C. W. and
C. C. Abbott Judgment by default.
Southwestern Coal Co. vs. Jackson
Bros. dinmissed at cost of plaintiff.
J. J I-ane vs. Joe F. Thomas con-
tinued for service.
Lubbock Buick Garage vs. C. A
Pierre judgment by default
Lubbock Buick Garage va. National
Liberty Ina. Co. dismiiuted at costs of
plaintiff.
Don H. Biggers va. F. W. Boemer
et al judgment against defendants.
O. M. Bates vs. O. A. Coleman dia
i nu.oed at cost of defendant.
IF BASEBALi WHY
NOT A GRAND STAND
j Now that progresa is th watchword
Jof Lubbock why not first class hall
jpark? We already have one of the
1 best locations marked and scraped.;
but even baseball game should have
an efficient management some ac-
jcommodationa for the spectators and
la method of disimbursmir the exnernw
oi a game. Luooock la now in a po-
si tion to have a real ball team and
interest in this sport by our citisens ia
manifested by the large attendance
to the recent games played here. If
not built and owned by the city some
one with couraee and tha wherewith.
should build manage and bear the ex-1
pens of our baseball games and col-
lect fcea to cover expenses and realiia
a nice profit
LUBBOCK BOY CETS PRO-
MOTION WITH SANTA FE
Quinton Shrlton nephew of A. J
Hicks of this place and well and fav
ly received a nice promotion with the
of .Snta Fe Railroad Co by whom he
oflhas been employed for some time.
For the ast year or more he has I
held position in th Superintendent's
office at Hlaton. Th nw position
offer.! t h-i i!l tak him to Ama-
rillo ehrr h ill otk in th Gn-
'rl Auditor's offic. Mr. Shtlinn
iinii win w iunni hum iu ill a -
irtlU thi k.
LUBBOCK LUBBOCK COUNTY
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W II Rl F.DSOF. IS ELECT-
FD AS STATE SENATOR
Iiic.iiiHilcli' report of the returns
of thu H.-riil election held July the
i nh in the y.ith Senatorial District of
this State promise the flection of I An order revoking order mdj
!our local townsman. Representative May 12 1919 authorizing the is-
iW II Bledsoe n State Senator from nuance of $1000 School house build- j
. i i J ' : I: U- t
thin district defeating his. opponent. '
Vz
mpleton former candidate
..... w..Minnn Col-
i: ..k -... nnnrnx-
limated by conservatively estimated
reports. 7 to 1. The election was
called by the Governor of thi. State
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to fill the vacancy in me senate ( ...... .. ...
caused by the untimely death of W. 'May 12 1019 authorizing the is-
s R..I1 u-hn killed in Crowel! a'suance of $7000 school house build-
few weeks ago.
Representative Bledsoe was elect
ed in a special election callid about
two years ago to fill the vacancy in
the house of Representatives caused
by the resignation of Don H. Biggers
also of Lubbock and re-elected in the
last primary election
an enviable record in
He has made
n... f
Representatives from this
. .u n f.m.
.. on i . .
. infI...ntilll mmber in other
OUS Knnger iteiorm diii hmii i -
r(rintlon Upon lhe morju 0f h's
. . thn . of R..nr-pnta.
tives should be claimed as a great
faptnp jn maj(rity vote gnnen
in this election.
Lubbock county naturally suppos-
ed carried in favor of Mr. Bledsoe
with an overwhelming vote. Out of
the four hundred and nine votes poll-
ed in the election in Lubbock. Bled-
soe got 377 and Templeton 32.
CAMP GROUND SHOULD BE
PROVIDED FOR TOURISTS
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1 t.unnoca is on nuoiiM-r m
ant auto highways and tourist cars
are coming through every day in
large numbers and in view of this
fact we believe that Lubbock should '
procure a tract of land close in to i
the business section or properly lo
cated at least where these tourists
can camp. Water sttould De provul-
ed for them and the grounds taken
care of in a way that it would be in-
viting for them to stop over with us
for a few days if they m'ght desire
and become lwtter acquainted with
our country. The South Plaina cli-
mae !s so inv jftiraring cool nights
and good breeze that people coming
from the lower portion of the state
notice a wonderful difference the
moment they mount the summits of
( the plains at the caprock and many
of them would be glad to remain here
for several days if there w;i an in- the I'llth. John Thompson his father over three thousand ucres. The drill i Rev. Bowen was an able minister and
vitmg place provided for camping. w ho has been here visiting with him is now pounding away at a depth ofia progressive citizen and had endear-
This surest mn may be far-fetched ' fr several weeks left hist Friday forjn"" feet and has passed through led himself to our people and Lub-
but we believe it would be a good his home in Greenville. some oil sand and encountered some : bock is to be congratulated upon se
ttling for the town as well as the en -
lire South Plains.
SOME CHANGES IN RURAL
ROUTES RECOMMENDED
Ifarm near Canyon school house be-
We stepped in on Postmaster Rob- 0ging to m. M. Dupre of this place
bins a few days ago at his offioe in'w burned last Friday morninir f..l -
the Postoffice and found him pour-
ing his attention over a large blue
print and when asked the idea he
. " "u
i..r irw rimiiKr ui me rumi M.uie.
which if put into effect will aerve
quite number more families than at
the present time.
Recommendations for a rhange in
route two making it a motor route
and increasing the loop to take in a
much larger territory has been before
the department for some time and
though favorable reports have been
rnii.le regarding the change nothing
'lfinite " '1 received from
he department.
Mr. Bobbins also stated that he ex -
pected the new location for the post -
office would be announced in a short
time as the parties owning the build-
inir now occupied by the nostoff ce
DALLAS LADY BECOMES
VERY ILL AT LITTLEFIELD
Mrs. T. H. Morrow wife of thejtne evangelists of the kSoutnem Mem-
General Manager of the McAdams odism that has stirred millions by his
Lumber ComDanv of Dallas who has
been in Littlefield for several weeks with him Mr. Horacj Hay who hasj The county officials have no rea-
visiting with her old friend Mrs. Hop- been visiting in Lubbock the past few son to be idle this week. Commission-1
cinim- waa taken seriously sick at that 'days who will have charge of theers county and diatrict court having.
place ths first of this week and stop-j
'ped over here one night with the lo-
:cal manager W. B. Atkins and fam-
ily. enroute to Waco where she will
undergo an operation. I
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WILL HOLD MEETING I
IN ERATH COUNTY
Klder Lff Sanders will leave in the
morning for Paluty. F.rath County
whera He Will asa.st in a revival met-
ing that ill be held al that place in
th near futur. Klder Sandrra t ill
also spend some of his time as a va-
ration fihing in that county a al-
ready h has been notified of th
lail mil nnin la uiiv inn ie
lim f yar.
TEXAS THURSDAY JULY 17
aaaaa.atas s-i a. " n a. I Ac P IT - I
lumwiijiuiirnj i.uir. rruu.
LAR JULY SF.SSION TODAY
Thi' following In n record of
minutes during thi- .on of the July
term of Commissioner's Court:
ing Donus nn issuance in ncu mrrroi
$700 of school house building nornis.
Said district ."So. 10 naving voieu 10
issue 1 1 ooo or bond. 1 ma court
1 may issue the remainder three hun-
' dred in bonds any tJme the tax values
in said district jusmy mcr issuance.
Am nii4ur ri.u.ibiii. nr up maid in
ing bonds and is issuing in lieu there-1
of $fi.rnn of school house building
bonds. Sriid district having voted to
issue $7000 of bonds and this court
may issue the remainder $500 in
bonds any time the tax values in said
district (being District No. 16) will
Jusl".v lnr "''"'.
Allowed Mrs. VVi'ev nr. nosts. 911
u
districtpounds of Galv. wire and 9 pounds of
stanlcs for donatinir the right-of-way
n mil..
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Approved bond of Horace Caither
Constable of precinct No
Approved bond c O'Connell cor.
tae 0f precinct No. 5.
Report of jury of view on the T. r.
Crawford road No. 2 approved and
ordered open.
Report of Jury of view approved
on the Otto Rinne road and same or -
dered open.
Quarterly report of county clerk
approved.
Quarterly report of Mary F. Hin-
ton approved.
i
. R"u" cHr"d n the 1ca vh'c-
tion.
I Motion to adjourn.
COUNTY AGENT TO ATTEND
r ti ii r d a curiDT rniiocc
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Our County Agricultural Agent
Carol Thompson will leave the last of
this week for College Station where
he will attend a State Agents Meet-
ing and the Farmers Short Course.
Mr. Thompson will appreciate the
trip we btb sure. This year has been
one of the hardest for our agent. So
man could hnv worked harder and
more efficiently to help the agricul- Judge J. K. Raley. of Wichita Falls
turjt 0f our county than he has the nni Miss Ruby Jones of this city.
! pre.llt W!on. The short course wiir Mr. Chase says everything is moving
e f murh benefit to him and the along smoothly and very satisfactory
tri in 0f vacation. The meeting 'with the Lubbock-Bridgeport Devel -
wji beheld at tbet pl commencing
ju;y the Jlst and lasting until July
j
DUPRE'S FARM HOUSE
BURNS TOTAL LOSS 'reached though possibly the oil will
i not be in pitying quantities. They
The four room residence on the'exnert to strike the big oil at about
owjn(. exp1)sln 0f Mn ii stove
-tv rtjr. content. 0f the house be-
onlfinir to Mr. Davis tenant on the
place was burned.
Only Mrs. Davis and two small chii-
jren were 6t tne home when the fire;
CBUKht about eleven o'clock in the
jmorning. An attempt to carry the
stove outside by Mrs. Davis caused
the explosion. Mr. Davis was in the
field at the time it happened and had
no chance whatever to attempt to
save any of the contents of the build-
ine.
REV. GRISWOLD ANNOUNCES
j DATE OF METHODIST MEETING' Rev. J. T. Gnswold has announced
the date for the beginning of the
Methodist revival meeting which is
the 17th of August to continue at
least two weeks. He has secured the
services of Rev. Mcintosh of Mem-
phis Tenn. one of the strongest
preachers of the houth and one of i
powerful messages. He will have
singing and a great meeting is beingopened their sessions again Monday
planned for.
EX-SOLDIER BOY MAY
itAtn r Alar aa stnuuL
.i .
Homer Winston of Rrownfield.
passed through here Thursday en-1
route to Ralls and vicinity. Mr. Win-
ston has Juat recently returned from!
'evrrsess service in the army and die- j
charged. Prior to his enlistment In i
lh army he had signej up with the
trustees ef th Fsirfsi sshoul. nar
Ralls to teaih. Sine his arrival
hack home h received a letter from
thm a-lwng that he rum to that
"i w i twatMiiig iiiv imhi
isg terov
1919
nnm WriQ Rnnni n nr uirrrn nri
MUnU UUI1UU UMUULU UL IUILU Ull
LUBBOCK IS ON IMPORTANT HIGHWAYS AND THE ROADS
THROUGH COUNTY SHOULD EE MADE FIRST CLASS.
GOOD ROMS IRE VERY IMPORTANT ID DEVELOPUEHT
Progressive Counties All Over the State are Voting Bonds for Puttinf
The Highway in First Class Condition for Travel and
We Should Get In Line Now.
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that better roads are a necessity if
we would hold our position in the
' pro(rri.)jjve counties of the Plains
R(.(.(.nt the t Frillll to Co.
Highway has been put on foot
uhifh nromnp fn ru'rim onp OI ine
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most popular automobile highways
that traverses the State and this high-
! way en turn the county bel
tne county neiow Pinion
'anil leaves it nt Abernathy and it is
i - -
i"e mxennon ui me I''
nignway lO gel B lirsi i-iu.ih iuk.iv7
'every foot of the way.
In some of
the counties in the eastern port
of
I the state where this highway passes
hrough are already getting in shape
l0 vote iure bonj i)(iu.g for building
i highway and where there is not
taxes enough in counties this seems
o be the best way to raise large
nmounts of money. This is largely
j true in the case of Lubbock county
: and we are of the opinion that there
f lZ on the
.for calling an dec tion to vote on the
issuance of a sufficient amount of
bonds to build a fine highway through
this county. With the proper engi
neering and supervision we believe it
j would be a great thing and would
'mean much for Lubbock county. By
jesrrying along our part as a county
'the state and national funds can be
... . ... w.. v.v
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REV. J. E. CHASE HERE
I FROM BRIDGEPORT
I
j Rev. J. E. Chase was here from
Bridgeport Wednesday having come
in uerform the marriage ceremony of
opment Company. They have one
well going down on their holdings of
' 3 un jt j expected within a few
i.lays that another oil sand will be
J8H0 feet. This company is composed
largely of Lubbock people and the
1 Avalanche hopes to be able to report
a rich well soon.
B. R. McWHORTER HERE
r KUM wi.miia rALu
B. R. McWhorter of the Mutual-
Van Cleve Oil Company is here this
week from Wichita Falls where ho is
at present making his hendquarters.
He says all the oil wells are closed
down in that part of the country for
thirty days by mutual i.greement on
account of not being able to dispose
of the oil fast enough. The pipe lines
are not adequate to carry the pro-
duction. He says three big pipe
lines are being built into the fields
now. and one especially will be com-
pleted within thirty days and with
the large number of storage tanks
and additional pipeage and also the
holding up of operations for thirty
days will put things in shape Tor tak-
ing rare of the production when they
resume operations.
BUST wtt-K si i nt
1 COURT HOUSE
BLANKS FOR TRAVEL PAY
moming.
Criminal cases will be heard next j
week. A special venire of one hun-
nreti ana niiy men win or cuim m
'select jurors to bear some of these
cases.
JAMES R. ROBINSON JR. i
HERE FROM WICHITA FALLS
James R. Robinson Jr. and family.
sr her this week from Wichita
.Falls. Mr. Robinson and children
will remain hr fur several wks.
but Jim ill return home in fw
days. II r ports everything nmvinu
a p" " i' r - " " ....
way
NUMBER 3
tt rially to the amount and at the
me time would secure the services
of expert engineers from the Feder-
ul Department which would insure
the tmrper construction of the roads
and iti curate engineering which has
been one of the m.'.in drawbacks to
road building in this country.
Our people are fast awakening to
the importance of good roads and
when it is understood that the money
raised in this way will be judiciously
hpent and the proper results obtained
there will be little opposition to the
issuance of bonds and the burden of
road building will be placed upon
equal basis among the taxpayers of
the county.
Good roads are a great advertise-
ment for any county and thsy en-
hance the value of property about as
rapidly as anything that can be had.
We hope to see a movement of this
kind started soon and work on better
roads in Lubbock county begun.
Plans are now being worked out
right for paving some of the streets
in Lubbock and before long the
people will be given an opportun-
ity to say whether or not they are in
favor of paving and better streets in
Lubbock.
Anyway lets get busy on these
road bonds and line Lubbock county
up with the balance of the progres-
sive counties of the state.
REV.
BOWEN OF BIG SPRING
TAKES PASTORATE HERE
Rev. W. A. Bowen h;ts tendered )jis
resignation as pastor of the First
j Baptist church of this city to be-
'come effective Sunday July 20th.
Jl.'e has accepted a call to be pastor of
the Baptist church at Lubbock
It is with deep regret that the news
'of his resignation is received not on-
: ly by the members of his congrega-
'tion but our citizenship in general.
'tiring him as a citizen. Herald
Rev. T.owen is well known by
many parties in Lubbock who have
a warm reception waiting his advent
into the pastronte of the local Bap-
tist Church. He will move here to
make his home the latter part of this
month. : - '
P. H.
HERNDON GETS
VERDICT OF NOT GUILtV
After being out only ahout five
minutes the jury which heard the
evidence in the case where P. II.
Herndon was charged with assault
and intent to kill Fred Krause the
State's witness a verdict of "not
guilty" was found
; Several witnesses for the state and
the defendant were summoned here
Monday the Hay of the trial. Two
witnesses of the defendant claimed
to have seen no weapon on the de-
fendant at the time of the shooting
which is supposed to have been
March the 27th this year at the
Prause place about fifteen mile
northwest of Lubbock. The State's
witness acknowledged to shooting at
the defendant
The trouble seems to have come
about following a business transaction
.between the two parties.
SOLDIERS MAY SECURE
The Home Service Section A. R. C
has a communication for John S.
Abernathy and alao one from Mrs
.Manna west Koberta. AU soldier
who desire to make application for
travel pay may secure blanks from
mr wrrmrj n creamy -iaie
Bank Bldg. on Tueadsy and Saturday
afternoons of each week; any other
time telephone 431.
REV
FRANK NEAL IN
REVIVAL AT SLATON
i Rev. Frank M. Neat Conferenve
Evangelist of th Northwest Ts
'onfrm betan a roir.id meet-
ing at Slaton lkt Sunday P.ev. Nsi
is a ral sjiie.fa) her an.
. m i-iuri "i
tsurk in lalon.
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