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VOLUME XX LUBBQCK, LUBBQCK COUNTY. TEXAS, THURSDAY," MARCH 11, 1920 NUMBER 37 mm OF a Moore had heretofore' quite a lenghty introduction of the mission of the parly but at ihis particular time i a very brief and we have been wondering if the tremendous dinner that he ate had to do with abbreviating his speech or the race he hud after his hat which insisted in going back' to Vaughn. I any event, he asked Mr. Webb to speak on the subject, which he did, outline of the plans and asking an expression from 1 the patrons, trustees and pupils on i ihe question, and we believe it was Since Cotton Farming Has Become More Common It Found That unanimously in favor of the change. Air.

wiic full fnf LUBBOCK PROMISED NEW $100,000 A I A I ALL THE SCHOOLS VISITED SEEM TO FAVOR CHANGE OF DATES FOR SCHOOLS TO BEGIN SEASON DF PUS NECESSITY Labor Problems Are To Be Solved And Interests Of ChHdren Protected Tuesday, March 2, in company with Judge Moore, Mr. Webb, president of the County School Board, and Mr. Sheely and Mr. Crump, members of the Mr. Moine, photographer Mr.

A. B. Conley, of the Conley store, Mr. Ellis, cashier of the Security pupils enrolled, with two teachers over them. This year there are 195 pupils enrolled and five teachers are employed in the school.

the Mr. Sheeley was top full for utterance, while Mr. Ellison managed to muster enough energy to refute the statement made by Mr. Webb that members of the board were all icrs and lived on the farm except Mr. Ellison, who had become rich enough to move to town and retire from the arduous duties of till- At a meeting called by citizens of i city Just Monday evening in.

the Court House, a movement was ENTHUSIASTIC MEETINGS HELD MONDAY NIGHT ium which is promised to Lubbock in AND TUESDAY MORNING the very near future. Drs. W. Baugh and Hall, practicin physicians of this city, and Wagner, well known surgeon, who, was formerly with the- West Texas Sanitarium, were present and doubt will consist of the mejj under! whose the management the. nejw Are Appointed To Perfect Permanent Organization Pre- new building is equipped, which TM a Wl the TM denv I the farm.

Mr. Meskimen of the Cham- ta Ban bc 0 iP i ools in ber of Commerce Karper, superintendent of the State Experimental Farm, Thompson, county Farm Demonstration agent, and Miss Ilnlsey, a trip was made through the northeastern portion of the county, on the same Lubbock and Slaton. The Idalou school is under the ficient supervision of Mr. C. R.

Beane I nidi t-ujjit; I schools and in i easy silvery tongued man! ner told of the plans of the.Cham- the Hubs in- stitution will be operated. C. A. Burris, assistant cashier the Citizens National w.as elected temporary chairman the meeting Tuesday evening, and a discussion of the plans to be outlined. and worked upon took up the greater portion of the evening.

There were paratory to Securing Charier; For Road- Visitors Prefer Lubboclb. subscription evening and taken we. are also Monday informed that A delegation of interested business nten representatives of the sentiment of the town'of Lockney, Petersburg and Silverton, accompanied by Mr. Soontag, railroad promoter were in city Monday of this weak. They Nearly every business man of the city who; was out that evening and the-directors of the Chamber of Commerce, promised the' Silverton and Lockney delegation that they would recejve the support of Lubbock in approximately half of the total were met and welcomed by a repre- buildjcg the new road if after amount wanted was subscribed, thus I sentation of the Directors of the v.cstigation and careful deliberation assuring that within a very short cal Chamber of Commerce.

Arriving it promised to a sane and business time a charter will be applied for here late Monday afternoon, the undertaking Mr Klett nrpsidpnt n-r 1 i i nf 1 1 ui. ail(1 tin and Mrs. Bearie. The general line mission as was outlined in the articles of speeches were made and very of last week. Center School This was the first school on this day, and profitable discussions were entered into, during which it was learned that the school has a pig, which pig is re- i located ceiving the closest attention from about eighteen miies northeast of members of the school, and there will Lnbbock and is being superintended by Mr.

Monroe Pevehousc. ft is a remodeled building to conform with the requirements of the State. In addition to the improvements on the no doubt be some great developments in pig club work as a result of this shpat. We hit the trail for home from this point and arrived in Lubbock just a few minutes before the sun' school building, the trustees- had a set behind the Western horizon neat and comfortably constructed marking the end of another perfect teachernge, which in no distant future time will be necessary tit every rural school. We dicl outrun the balance of the party, and arrived nt ihe day, so many of which are experienced on the great South Plains.

Wednesday--Vaughn School Wednesday the personnel of the school in advance of the.rest of the party changed up a bit and the fol- bunch and had an opportunity of lowing left Lubbock about nine observing some of the work of the school pupils, and if Mr. Pevehousc lowing o'clock to visit three more of the 4 splendid schools of the rural districts: is as successful in teaching all; the! Judge Moore, J. P. Webb, 0 subjects as he is in the classes in Sheely, J. W.

Ellison, Carroll Thomp- aon, Miss Halsey, Moine, Meskimen and the Avalanche man. written and oral- arithmetic, there need be no fear among the patrons of the success of their children in making good their time in Monroe and CaldweH. We arrived at this year. Only a few patrons of this school were present to hear the discussions of thc subject which occasioned the visit, the. endorsed The day's schedule included Vaughn, Monroe and Caldwell.

We arrived at Vaughn' just a thy time for recess period in the morning, and the period was spent in playing ball, taking pictures of the school'and build- matter wns unanimously; ing, using, the visitors as a back- by patrons, teachers, and ground. Piay time puptis after it had been fully explain-! bled in one of the class rooms, of the cd by Mr. Webb. A the school school building, which is a good build- that pertain to the the country. Following the Avalanche man was again turned loose on the innocent hearers and for something less than an hour held the audience spell bound trying to figure out what we were talking about, but managed to wind up by thanking the ladies for the fine dinner and assuring them that we were ''fer them right or wrong," and assured them that an invitation to come back at any future date would given favorable consideration.

The Avalanche has a bunch of strong admirers (we mean the paper) in the Monroa community, and we certainly appreciate the many kind compliments from the people of that vicinity. Mr. Thompson then gave the club boys sortie dots on their work and Miss Halsey challenged his statement that the boys were going to beat the girls (if they can). Our visit to this school must now come to an end, and we headed our cars toward Caldwell, the next place on the schedule for the day. CaldweH School It oniy required a few minutes to cover the distance between Monroe and Caldwell, the wind had rose again, however, and as we drove up son, J.

T. Brown, W. A. Carlisle; M. C.

McCrummen, S. B. Arnett, E. P. Earhart, George R.

Bean (who is pn additional stock sold, read Chamber of Commerce the- Chamber of 'Commerce srwe commencement of the con- the gentlemen at the Elk Cafe, then, assurance of the nS and financial 5 a on th new building. met in consultation with them at the support of the city if proper invS A board of directors were elect- county court room. Those gation proved it a good thing for tKe ed, comprising the following which the above towns named, citizens of the citv tellinV rfcpm were furnished to us: W. K. Dickin- Fred Bell, J.

A. Dane and R. Dou- "that it.would be right for a concrete glas, three merchants- of promise to be made before proper in nd president of vestigation, because the Chamber of, Commerce now had the confidence of the citizens of this section arid that it was their hopes -and aims to pro-: tect this confidence by investigating; thoroughly any proposition: before the First National Bank of th-e same the attorney appointed), Dr. C. J.

I city, C. Goodman, county official Wagner, Dr. W. L. Baugh, Dr.

R. of Briscoe county and A. E. Frieze J. Hall and Ura Embry, vice president of the Citizens National Bank, who will serve the new organization in the capacity of trustee.

It will be the plans and the pur- real estate dealer of the same county, also France Baker, president of First National Bank of L.ockney and Judge Thompson of the: same city. These men made known immedi- of the program over Mr. Knrper matters were discussed and that part ing, remodeled arid fully up to the nf rtmcrra-m wnv nvnr ACr Knvnto- siate requirements, arid the object of the meeting was outlined by Judge Moore. He was followed by Miss Halsey who presented the explained: some of the work of the Station and especially the one that is located near Lubbock. oh the day previous he to the people of Center that the station is offering to supply' every school in Lubbock county with trees grown at the station, insufficient quanti- briefly to the club bovs ties to plant the grounds.

AH that is i ing members of the' necessary to secure the trees, is for ass pose of the prompters of the new in- ately after the session, opened Mdn- stitution to solicit the patronage day night their desires and wishes a railroad connection, also the fact that they wanted this connection with Lubbock and preferred it to any other, although they would glad- the whole South Plains country and is also their plans to ask many- people of the different, sections to become members or stockholders in the new institution. The business' of My accept connections'with any point: this institution will be strictly under the supervision of the permanent directors which are to be elected by the stockholders. A competent busi- Several talks were made by the different visitors, bearing mo'stly upon the fact that they had a rich and ductive country and that it could ness manager for the sanitarium is: only be developed by connections promised by the promoters. with a railroad. It has been Under the present construction I ienced by the men of Briscoe coun- plans, with the new institution Lub- tv were told Monday evening, in front of the school building which is a tent, the wind was at its worst.

We were warmly welcomed by the teacher Miss Cox, and several of the patrons of the school, who had gathered there to meet the party and hear they had to say on the propo- One of the ar Re deals involved the permanent headquarters of the big things of West Texas. RANGER CAPITALISTS BUY MERRILL HOTEL BU1LD1NQ son as was said that "it practically takes a year to haul a crop ket." There has been purchased par of Briscoe county" more -thari' fifty trucks for- hauling purposes during the past -we are informed sewing work of club girls this year. Mr. Thompson sitiori. Judge Moore" introduced 'the lh Lnbbock city property, fy those would 1 i Saturday wrien'T "Purchase at least that number "for sev who nresented wiria 1 -inf.

fc "11 1 I me and Hodges, two j.the coming the trustee to plat the school prizes i grounds and come to the station and get the number necessary for their Jtlivl tt, LII tV LilL- properly for. This is certainly a them of fno of Ranger'purchas-j The country has hardlv entered rtrol hn trtff i-rvrvs i proposition: stamping the approval of the ber of Commerce. Another, Meeting Tuesday Morning Mr. Soontag promised to give financial reference satisfactory to. the: Chamber of Commerce and t.Q make a more concrete proposition to the directors on Tuesday and the delegation from Silverton and Lockney were requested to remain over until that date which they Unfortunately, Soontag was taken sick Tuesday morning heart trouble and was unable to present at the meeting, although he had written out his proposition hV a general way and which was sub-," mitted.

that morning for discussion, In effect the proposition as ted by, Mr. Soontag read: That at a' capitalization of $1,500,000.00 the' road could be constructed and offered his services' as 'promoter and of the construction by receiving 3 per cent of the total cost of struction: of that he would work for- the' organization" to be- perfected salary of per month. -A general discu'ssion a'gain'- followed the reading of th note from-Mr. Soontag and more enthusiasm was" 1 CV- HXJ II ii tj the other speakers had a turn and i "S.htfor the building and $20,000.00 only demanded bv the i ihl i manl agreed tnat the chang- of the recent sale snuch- interested in the -uccess of -uccess t- opportunity for the schools 'to schools arid the fair told them Uc )tcnib er firet to a fine lot of trees at practically nf pl ans to form the South PlS 7 ul1 bc bctter Mr In no cast, and trees that acclimat- Fr.ir Association which would pd to this section. -1 do hettf.r tha tifins of the and Ellis voic the business aroused.

Business "men of the their willingness to baekV the undertaking, of the new project- shoulder to shoulder with-all-of the' banks of the were also rep- at the meeting. Was' that a committee be appointed five ihis city to confer and investigate uriher with Soontag-'. and receive his financial reference an otner preliminaries "-before call- Ise'd to remodel this building direc rs of ih mgr a mass-meeting of the townspeo- ine tile floors, re-tinting ev was I pie. On this committed waIX.t.he erection of story lhe I chairman, whov is -installation learn that the buyers have profn- photograph of tin; school usin" i opens location of this property the rural schools utu ciuus isncno was given an spOKe of the express his appreciation for i work, assuring the boys that there! ronagc of the good would bc greater inducement to the I community, and the a club members this year than ever be- nished by the school, and to assure fore and urged as many as would to them the Avalanche is tooth and toe for opening school around, in-as-much as they had i tracted for thp ncw building-- -Deling men" aha cattlemen of the hn LL (1 nl! thc on the ground-- Plains since its erection some i a join the various clubs and be ready to compote for prizes when the county fair is held this fall. Miss Halsey also urged the girls to pet busy in their club work as there will be aqual- ly as attractive prizes offered in their line aa for the boys.

After these talks a discussion of poultry was entered into and many interesting things were said amonjf which was a state- men from Mr. Pevehouse to the effect that his farm flock of poultry was producing about $60 worth of per month. Bledtoe School We were late arriving; at Bledsoe, i 1 The" out they were kind enough to waitjsuemcd favorable to the piw for us and. oh people, you should though, some were not nltogeUi nf 4-U l. nail for every progressive movement.

were followed by Mr. Webb-who" spoke of the proposition the school board had regard to changing the time of the opening of the schools. He explained as at other places about the work on tKe farm, the hard time the farmer had in securing competent help and the extreme high prices of labor and other members of the board--Mr. Sheeley and Mr. El- bson also spoke briefly on the same subject after which Judge Moore invited expression from the few pa- tTTOns anrl present ich had been moved away," and the contractor failed to start the building, on account of the of labor, which 'left it up to the trustees to either miss the entire school term or use a Rather than choose the former, they decided to start the tent, and the brave little woman who was to teach was equal to emergency, and has taught a th most sncc'essful term.

Afler the-visitors hn3-spoken and their part of the. program was over, the- teacher statement- a number of the children had prepared speeches for a former occasion and on account it provides one of the best in the city. This hotel has been the mecca for i w. LrlVJllCSl Xi ot the citizens our city! Mr. Peck Kimbro and A.

C. May After of Kansas, who is presi'--committee has investigated matters Bank Silverton and Lo.ckney will be -imme- was instrument-- diately informecj and'if it lias a -fav- gmg Air. boontag and the orable outlook the citizens of "this city probably: be called together 171 South Plains since its erection some few years ago. At the time it was built, it was. doubtful whether or not Lubbock Could afford a hotel of such proportions.

Toclav under the' v-l as; the co through I ery time." TVrllf a i up a dsc uss" of the a mass meeting, where they have the sed road and to give his ex- reputation of "putting it over ev- present existing conditions, we find this city in a helpless condition for the proper care of transient people und visitors. The city now demands the reconstruction of this-once "too large hotel" and also the erection of another. Messrs. Bauers and Kelly, who have been managing this hotel, will possession April. 1st.

It is not the intentions of of these men to leave our city. Mr. Bauers has purchased ranch property and informs but there was dinner and pleting another davfe schedule, cov- spare for everythin was had. men of the country. I 1 ke ei l' TM mod We ourselves eled building, but is modem in verv respect, and entirely adequate to the present needs-of the community.

This was not so however, til! another room was added this year. Three teachers are employed In. this Miss Althea Fulton, Miss Marjorie Lyon and Mrs. Luce. This splendid school has sanitary drinking fountains for the children.

After dinner the var- visitors made talks alonj; the lines as outlined for Center, and the school question was favorably voted upon, and the party took their leave, and departed for the next for the day. Idalou School Idalou was the last stop for Tuesday. This place is about twelve miles Northeast of Lubbock on the Cros- lyton branch of the Santa Fe, and it is thriving little village with churches, stores, garage, lumber yard nice little depot and several hundred progressive, wide awake citizens. Last year they built a splendid brick school house to replace the old wood-' en building which had Become too small for the school requirements. Thss school has experienced a wonderful growth which shows how.

rapidly that part of the countv is settling up and what progress the little town of Idalou is. making. Three this the in a school and left facing one of worst sand storms from the northwest that we have ever had long time, bound for Monroe. School After battling against the wind all the way from Vaughn to Monroe, accident at the conditions were disappointed in! us that he will probably move to this delivering them, had promised and make his home there iU permanently in the future. Mr.

Kel- iy will probably remain in the city and enter into another business. LAWYER BURTON SHOT AND KILLED TUESDAY MORNING Judge J. W. Burton, well known LUBBOCK COMMANDERY i racticin lawyer and the first man HAVE LARGE INITIATION HERF settle tlle present town of Cros. by ton, was shot by one of his em- ering three more of Lubbock county fine rural schools.

(Continued next week.) a un Mr Peck Silverton commun- is now the the: snid'sjsns and that it.u-as a grave possibility i tural lands oi ihe three coulTM' of the on to further terri- Probably one of the largest classes I ever gotten together in West will be in our city Friday and at, rda nights of this week to be ini- splendid brick school building i a cd in the Knight Templar's De- year. Of the Masonic Commanderj-. attendance of Visitors are expected here from Spur had and other surrounding towns. About that Cate a at Tuesday pupus ac tnis school, and they a a other surrounding towns. About 0 Jll oon ri Quite twenty-five or thirty men will be of an trus- hera to participate in the initiation.

J. C. DUFF AND FAMILY MOVE TO PLAINVIEW C. Duff and family left this week for Plainview where they will make their home in the future. Mr.

Duff informs us that he has purchased a furniture store in that city from his brother and that his son, Riley, who was formerly in the furniture business in this city, is now in charge of the-new business. tees were- present with their families and in response to Judge Moore's request for inexpensive lunch" for the visitors, they had brought out a sumptuous spread. A long strine of seats -were backed up. in the cen ter of the hnll and there was served a sure enough good dinner, and there was plenty and to spare of meats, salads, cakes, pies, and all enjoyed it to the fullest extent After the nieal'the teachers, Misses Cox and Greenhill assembled the school pupils 5n the auditorinm, this by the way, one of. the best we have seen in the rural schools of thc county, and there together parents and trustees; the proceeded to explode' their of oratory a manner.

Ben Price of Eldorado, Oklahoma, passed through here the first of this week enroute to.Lorenzo, where-he was called to.attend the bedside of sister, Mrs. L. Mathis, who la seriously ill. evening. A shot gun was used, two shots being fired, one barely bruising the right arm near the shoulder and the other taking effect in the left side ranging- upward.

Burton lingered consciously until about 4 o'clock Tuesday morning. As the preliminary trial was waived by Gates, nothing of-actral facts is although ft has been told that the shooting occurred directly after the arrival of Gates and Mrs. Burton from this city Monday evening about 10 o'clock. It is said that Mrs. Burton had been in LubbocV receivmg medical treatment i a sanitarium and that Monday Judge Burton requested Gates to drive over here and accompany Mrs.

Burton home. A quarrel. evidently followed on their arrival when the shooting occurred. Gates is a formerly implicated. in a Probably the death pi another man and it was through the efforts of Judge Burton, who was hia council at- the time, inat he escaped, imprisonment, and 0 StfSs; ion "thatf Eoi! frTthe "i CS(iay i fie through try derived off from its traffic of thi cut half into.

have a appointed by the attend this meet: bilverton injr to assure these people of the isions were cut moral support of this section in the source, that the I construction of their road, present town would be; More news as it develops will be published in this paper. hired narpr? pared Burton. sh6oting. Mrs. Burton was probably Burton were pre- the only witness to the occurrence Furniture and Un- n- dertakmg Company Tuesday and the and Judge MTS a close friend of hl 'PPed to Ottum- rt, a dn the place of the Judge's birth.

Burton State in September, 1873. It is said; that Judge Burton was conscious until the last and talked most of the evidence will probably come from the expression made by the dying man, LOCAL PARTIES SHIPPING HOGS TO MARKET A JLO I Dr. A. B. Ponton of the Lubbock i samtarurrn, was called to Crosbyton.

Messrs. Joe Henderson of the mrectly after the tragedy, to attends northern of Lynn county, and man. Tues'day, District 3 Jnage Spencer of this city and District Attorney Gordon B. McGuire of Lamesa, were also in evidently for the. purpose of hearing a preliminarj' trial -which was' com- pieted and Cates was brought to the Lnbbock county There were two ladies in the Bnr- ton residence, relative's of either Mr.

or Mrs, Burton at the time of the Harry Copland of the southern tsar.t of this county, shipped a car of hops to Port last Saturday for Bale on Monday's market. Mr. Henderson will attend the Fat -Stock Show in- that city this returning home about Saturday. E. Walker 1 of Bronco, Texas, is in the city for a few weeks visiting Tith friends-.