Lipscomb Lime Light (Lipscomb, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 16, 1913 Page: 1 of 5
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Herald-Vol. 4. No. 42 LIPSCOMB, LIPSCOMB COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JAN. 16, 1913
VOL 1 NO. 9
Official Paper of Lipscomb County Texas—Devoted to the Interests of Lipscomb and Lipscomb County
on
Railroad Proposition
Good Work and tfetter Than has been Done for Some
Time--Signers Corning on Every Day
Everybody Taking to Proposition.
Even unto the slow man things
seem like a steady whirl of "get
up and go" siDce Tobe Wheat
hasjjot bns.y in the field. New
people are signing up on
the proposed railroad contract
and the proposition is beginning
tp. awake sew interest in the very
worst s.H minds of men. Far-
mers irom the 40 acre man to the
two«ection man are coming in
liberally, in some instances a
small man has signed up for $3 00
per acre while many others have
signed $2 00, $1.50 and hard-
ly a single man for less than $1.00.
. It shows conclusively that the
masses are highly in favor of the
new way of transportation, la sys-
tem that is in touch with the
ever increasing demands of an
active and progressive country of
such valuable and fertile soils
which are so abundant as adjoin-
ing Lipscomb and felsewh^re- in
the county.
Every intelligent person- is
in the band wagon and landing
his support to this great benefit
to one of the most healthful
climates that the sun shines on.
The people in general have
their minds made* up to b lild a
railroad and a railroad is what
they are going to have. It's what
is needed. It is a necessity not
a luxury. It is the one thing to
enhance "the value of our proper-
ties; reclaim section after section
of our fine lands; brin^ us nearer
in touch with the outer world be-
sides putting us on a higher plane
of mercantile advancement in all
ways.
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The outlook here and at Hig-
gins, as well, is bright. Along
this strip of the new proposed
line there is greater activity and
more of a scramble for place
upon the contract than ever be-
fore.
With a continuation of the
good work that has been exempli-
fied in the last few days Lipscomb
county will have reached hj<r
gould' and genuine old varnished
cars will be a thing of reality in
these "diggins" in the place of a
dream.
Its up to every loyal citizen
in the county along the route to
get in on the "ground floor" of
this proposition, and right now
while the proposition is on tap.
Tils following is a partial list
of those who .signed up this week:
W R Hill >
R C Bradford
John Hyney
V L Weinette
T 6 Payne
W E Merydith
J K Paine
J Sj Bussard
J M McDonald
B T McDonald
W H Parker
W B Hopper
Noal Jj'rass
J RTownsdin
I 640
1000
160
500
320
1120
640
,400
640
1280
780
100
120
215
The Fig-Leaf Age.
Poor Farm at This Time Would Be Good Investment
"In yon Ji 'tis well to prepare
for old age" an old saying which
although old is a true one and
fits well in the present instance of
Lipscomb county. Look where
you might on either side of Lip-
scomb, as the crow flies, and you
w^l see acres of good soil, pro-
ductive to a fault, land that will
stand more drouth and more
moisture than in any other man's
country at a price away below
the "low water mark," and' yet
with all this looking and "rub
ber-necking'' can you see a poor
farm, a pjace of refuge for the
Tielples^, a shelter in the time of
storm when decrpid old agp oyer
takes the misfortunate person who
has played the game of life at a
loss? Not so you can notice it.
Lipscomb county hasn't needed
it, but the time is drawing near,
when such provision will be forc-
ed upon the county at a three
times greater price. With the
incoming people vsrho are copu-
lating the loamy hills and fertile
valleys of our county, is there
any doubt but what the county
poor farm would be a right thing
for an ^investment if purchased
now while the laud ib selling
at from $15 to $2J per acre in-
-teid of waiting
$10 ;t id possibly 3
<* illy will
;tff ! to wait? <1
•oil
reachiug
acre t atj
* I
'Can *e. i
as a -1
pie sit back and see the advanc"
ing wave of prosperity grasp it
from us? According to' the *laws
of nature and the rulings of the
market it is well to buy when the
price is down. So think the mat-
ter over carefully, give it consid-
eration, and see if the proposi-
tion wouldn't be a good one while
we have the money to buy it, not
an elaborate affair, but a five-
room house, out buildings, barn,
etc.v with two sections of ground
could be bought and eqnpped a^
a very small ■. t and be made t
pay for its up eep until th tint
came when would dem
modern >• ' m <
The following rhyme is going
the rounds of tha press to show
up the rediculous fashions of the
present day. It originated on the
Pacific slope,. it is said, and -
certainly contains the freshness of
the western breezes.
Little girl, you look so small,
Don't you wear no clothes at all?
Don't you wear no shimmy shirt
Don't you wear no petty skirt,
J hst your corset and your hose—
Are those all your underclothes?
Little girl when you're on the
street
You appear to be al* feet.
V^ith your dress sj very tight
Sou are sure an awful sight.
Nothing on to keep you warm;
CSrazy just t > show your form.
Little girl you won't live long,
Jtist because you dress all
wrong.
Can't you wear more under-
' clothes
Than your corset and your hose?
• After while, I do believe,
You will dress like Mother Eve.
Lipscomb School Notes.
ames of pupils neither absent
nor tardy.
j ADVANCED ROOM
Minnie Allen * Lerah Barton
j -eora Bartou Hazel Cessna
Leslie Owen
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INTERMEDIATE ROOM
^elta Al'en Anna Allen
• mter 0 w
. j IMUMARY ROOM
• lillKl V'H,. a !
h O
ifl 1 s
tin by Owen
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Lipscomb Lime Light (Lipscomb, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 16, 1913, newspaper, January 16, 1913; Lipscomb, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth387932/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Higgins Public Library.