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TW-ra TODAY UJMOCK, TpcAs, SDHPAT. MAM iw 1 AVALANCHE-JOURNAL Well-This Is Like Old Timerf CHAB OUT a.n« MWXJTT Ocncnl the orrcr win correct erreceoat mat. deai tnpporttaj 1" tte UiT tbt urtedptas which It MXevct ir to icnUi tbt urtedptas whc evct those It belitrw to cf oublisBtat lUrti ud tlmet. Metttr at to nrorisions of Act S. 1879 tte nUim tbt A Commendable Project HE South Plains country, considered one of the most progressive farming sections of the Southwest, is again Btepmng forward.

A movement is under for the establishment of a federal rural electrification program in the area, the first unit of which will be organized Lubbock county if plans are worked to completion. Through the program, farmers will be offered more comforts of living and greater convenience in their agricultural operations. The Avalanche-Journal hopes the program will be carried through to completion on every rural route in this tern- Through its tslans, power lines will be run to rural sections and farmers will the advantages of electricity in homes and on their farms. The farm will be on an equal basis with her city sister in enjoying modern home conveniences such as electric lights, electric Crashing machines, refrigerators, electric irons and other appli-frices which relieve much of the drudgevy of housework, the bane of any existence. She may even enjoy as fans, radio, vibrators.

The farmer the use of electrical energy "fop greater production of his land, poultry. Electric brooders and incubators will offer greater poultry productor.i. Electric motors will operate pumps his irrigation plant. Portable'motors will do odd jobs around the farm longer will he be forced to grope his barns in the early morning- hoursy All he to do is turn switch a -A chores usually requiring hours will be in much less time. He even install electric milkers for hisjcows and his milk may be cooled His may be THE NEW BOOKS Wjthe William Miintaias Batting Average Of Foreign With His "Dusk Of Mrs.

L. M. Dclefiald Says There's No Fun In Russia In Her Latest Book rades -R-ailarig the streets, thronging a royal ball in ola Honolulu very or tarpriE," (Scriboers, New Tori). TILL the keep their luck. They have eiectricaiiy ttd without exception, they have the trams, standing in lines, all looking drab and.

unwashed and solemn. She witnessed a marriage bautaiiHy-but what one remem- ea without benef.t of clergy at ths fluttering distractedly among the dancers, with an equally distracted communism, but found them filled farm people of this section. fcr tiiscussicn, abcn.on and th2 chief azd tailiicuMcss make h3r 11 ar.d.airy en- reacins ever: she can G-scover any un in Biasia. basis with the Rural Electrification the 3S gu dss granting loans for the proj- spoadents but two or three have farmer rnav repay his share of their mining in Europe. a fha coes Mr.

Williams in the mam. But, tnju "ie cfi1 -the cost or instating the sen ice and the most correspondents hsve purchase cf appliances for nis nome ana uxd Europe as a sort of multiple fa in reeular installments. mirror, to reflect themselves. And "The Avalanche-Journal hopes the proj- Mr. Williams is concerned primar- fataustic opaC.y.

t. Tiesrrprl of about Europe and this country, an usn. ect recei.es Jie hole-hearted suppou aboat drj-sarcasm and exccssiveiy the rural sections. sonai via crucis. In the words of President Roosevelt, Directly Personal it will bring ''a more abundant life' to the This objective method is not invariable; some of the best material in the is directly personal, such as the visit to the fort at Dsuaumont in the midst cf the war.

Some months ago Paul B. Sears, noted Personally we like paragraphs such authority on soil erosion and conservation, fromjast tajhe book. wrote a book called "Deserts March." The reviews: emphasized the need for sweeping government action to save our farms from elow destruction. But a Maryland farmer read the book and decided that he didn't have to wait for the government. He wrote the publishers the other day, telling how he went to work, as soon as he had finished the book, on a gullied hillside which had been haunting him for heritage from a former registry Sr.e tries to sounc footman trying his bsst to out school children on reiijnrn and her and help her through the figures of the quadrille.

As a girl. Mrs. Field lived tough spent in a minir-c camp. Later she her ccncluaons are spent time in Indiana, attended occupation Rus- school in San Francisco, studied sians is waiting; their chief topics painting in Paris, and was at Grez- wnich Mr Williams tries to guess -THIS LIFE bei Field: Grtcn. x.

4 LTEOCOH we may a succescor tomorrow, csritlnly sur-Lojig wita ner mother and her trothsr Lloyd Osbaurne when £ts- vensan and Mrs. Osboume met the first time. th fc to an a arfci to stcvenscn mena-e at Vailima, Ea- mca hw been no secret made of the Stevenson-Osboume rcmsnce, but, it is helpful to see it Pictured in perspective, the lisht-hcarted dinners, and llterarj' success to balance the death of Stevenson. bmty hin)rins which sseps, as it were, unconsciously, into Ee coven approjdmately a quar- and with the abdication of the fl. to It is sucobiography and memoirs both, and each at its best.

Bur now has become nscessary to say why we are so de- ta i Uil(1 Beach ARKER OLAND, the Chan hasa to re screen's beach tenant farmer who had let the land go to ruin. For two weeks this farmer worked on that hillside. Today the gully is no more, his good soil has stopped running off into mth other heads of states. For, and this is the crux of Mr. suggestions.

One of thsse serve as a Williams thinks it might be a good idea if President Roosevelt would bitch up a fast cruiser shortly after George VI is crowned, and betake him to for conference cords a fact of Impcrtanre, but not low. and Mrs. Gland's mother an- often. Even the material on her other. A third is equippsd as a stu- stepfather, Robert Louis Stevenson, ciio far painting.

The fourth is for ii not factually remarkable. But guests, behind word in the book, one Christmas gifts received by Jane can detect a smiling mind and an Withers will cost her "a year obf.er-.-er who knows, probably by In- she keeps them all. The figure stinct. that it's the "sid.e matter" includes feed costs and human care which really enriches an autobiog- for a Iamb, several dozen ducks. Williams' book the sun no longer has sel ta across and that first place in the sun is ours if we only take it.

if we do, Mr. Williams the rivers, and his farm has stopped wasting away. Here on the South Plains we have little difficulty with gullies. If that was all we had to worry about, our worries would be nil. But we do have, as everyone knows, an erosion problem of our problem watt civilization rising to that the best minds in agriculture have JLnud ated If we ao been urging us to solve by contouring and terracing, so the wind and moisture cannot get in their wicked work.

As has been noted by the action of that Maryland farmer, the government doesn't have to do the whole job of benefiting the farmer. In fact, the government can't do the whole job. And if more farmers here, and elsewhere, would emulate that Marylander we'd have less erosion and more rugged individaalists. Beautiful Description chickens and rabbits, five dogs and other livestock sent to her bv For example, llrs. Field describes friends and best wishes.

Side Glances George Clark end. Lady In Russia "I VISIT THE 6OVTETS," fcy E. SL i Hxrprrs, "'rovinciai Lacy went to Rus- to get a humorous slant on Communism. Those who know her "Diary" will agree that Mrs. E.

M. Deiafield seems an ideal person to defeat. There just isn't any fun in the soviet, she- is amusing in "I visit tne Soviets," when she describes the eternal lack cf efficiency, the total "Rumor attributes to the Nazis a scheme to seize Liberia. Well, if the Lon- traveler. But when she gets down don military experts agree that it is impossible, it shouldn't be hard.

A pleasing feature of the home build- to writing about Russia and the Russians, her muse goes definitely serious. Gets Into A Commune Surprisingly, the got into a Coming pickup, from the juvenile standpoint, belpcd a ak is an abundance of curly shavings, for the Shirley Temple impersonation. Today's One-Minute Sermon ery, wording at the tide of ponderous Russian women. Her revelations of the existence in such farms, cramped quarters, the unclean- lack of amenities y. i -J- fc W-, -f.

pi-, it, The National Whirligig Is The Court brae FDR's Waterloo? Behind Nation's InUresti Holding Queer View Ifew DMUM fWMrtl to Minertnc of tbe Jttten ttuw ovtr Uw alow protreu ot ita racUI tnd wawmia tettaltom. They that, like Robert K. LM, they win UM preliminary but IOM wmr. their private lurvcyc they find the worid awry it was when Mr. Rocwerelt took office.

Despite 8. E. C. controU, wall Street la pUying wild" again. Boarinc commodity thrcaU tn to destroy tbe debtor-creditor balance Mr.

Rocse- proclaimed as goal. Recovery not removed millions from relief, and a balanced ti (till around Mr. comer. The existing of A. A.

A. regulation is unsatisfactory. Labor and management have kitted and made up, but neither intends marriage. Mr. Roosevelt's accomplishments have been achieved by moral fonfe rather than by legal compulsion, his aides feel.

They realise that the New Deal wouldn't last a mouth if a new President chose to it IU basic stones have not been cemented Into the social and economic structure. These belated explain why they are so Insistent on getting a Supreme court that will let them dig a deeper and more solid foundation for the new Hew Deal. ITTIU: Mr. Roosevelt has never confided to his friends why he tossed tbe Supreme court apple of discord into the political arena at this particular time. Not even those who prepared preliminary data Cummings, Reed.

Rosenman. Cohen, were taken into his confidence on the question of strategy. His advisers dont cavil at his Judgment, since he has demonstrated his political intuition and sense of timing so often In the and over their protests. But it's beginning to dawn on some that for once the head man may be wrong. Even though he gets the kind of court he wants, It may turn out to be an empty victory.

Here's why: Pending settlement of the major issue, he has decreed that A. A. A. and H. R.

A. legislation should be sidetracked. Meanwhile, farm prices are mounting and workers' pay envelopes are growing heavier. There have been symptomatic signs that a continued rise will cool their ardor for new government controls. Some walking delegates from farms and factories are now carrying a "leave well enough alone" chip on their shoulder.

F. D. 15-man court if he gets it may dress up in Its black gowns and have no place to go. CLIXCHED: During the agitation for the Sumners retirement measure a certain Supreme court justice destroyed the illusion that the venerable Jurists were indifferent to the controversy raging around their Olympian heads. Telephoning a fellow-member, the excited Jurist asked ii the former could tell how the economy act reduced the retired pay of the late Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.

When the query was answered, the interrogator expressed his thanss find prepared to hang up. "Walt," said the second justice, "you htid better get the full story. Congress later restored the original cut" Again the inquiring Jurist gave thanks, and again he prepared to hang up. "But wait," said ths second justice, "there's more to it. Congress later cut his salary again." Eventually the ups-ano-downs of Mr.

Holmes' reductions were told in every detail. Next day every headline in the land carried a story describing how shabbily an ungrateful republi: had treated, the "grand old man of the court." And which the aristocratic Mr. Holmes would have resented bitterly clinched passage of the law assuring a $20.000 pension to retiring jurists. REVIVED: Most family in Washington over the LaGuardia-Kitler fracas is the score of men who have held the German fort in that nation's embassy building on Massachusetts avenue. Though they can't admit it, they mourn the wreckage of their 20-year-old good will movement.

For years after the World war the reopened German embassy was a morgue. It was shunned by Americans except- on official occasions that required attendance; allied representatives walked on the other side of the street. The pre-Hltier government eventually broke down this aloofness. To Washington It scr.i its most attractive, intelligent, charming first secretaries, military and naval attaches. It wasn't long before officialdom eagerly sought invitations to Teutonic teas, and bockbier abends.

But the vituperation unloosed In the official German press against American men and women so offensive that Secretary Hull would not permit its publication by Washington has ntirred ancient wounds and doubts. There are reports that Ambassador Luther may soon return to Germany for an indefinite vacation. VERSATILE: Senator Henry Fountain As'nurst has been savagely pilloried for shifting his stand on the Supreme court issue. One day he was against the President, next day he bobbed up as champion for the White House in his capacity as chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee. His somersault on the court recalled his prohibition acrobatics.

A historic dry, he swung over to the wet side after a referendum disclosed that his beloved Arizona would like legal libations. His explanation was characteristically frank; "I went to bed a dry, and woke up a wet. Thai's all." Mr. Ashurst believes giving his what they want or what be thinks they want. That's why they reslect him year after year.

"Statesmen," he says, "can be consistent, but politicians never!" BT LOU SCBNCIbEB SpMM CirrispiiiiHrt YORK, March 10 When Franklin Delano Roosevelt was sworn into office on March 4. 1KM President of the United States, the country's speculative interests trembled from head to Now that four years have passed and President Roosevelt Is getting launched on his second term, bow do these people feel? They regard P. D. R. as a "has been" and have no fear of his New Deal policies.

Why? Because ot his fight against the Supreme court. They do admit he Is a popular president, even concede thst he could have flntshed his second term in a blast of glory. But. they say, when he started the battle for revising the Supreme court he met his Waterloo. This group of observers likens P.

D. R. to President WUsoa. Wilson would have gone down In history as great president, had he not run Into a Waterloo with his battle for the League of Nations. On that issue the senate fought him tooth and nail.

The same is expected of Mr. Roosevelt's Supreme court fight. Checking through brokerage, newspaper and business faculties reveals to speculative interests that the people as a whole are against the proposed Supreme court revision. This It is argued despite the 77,000,000 vote mandate of last November. The people are deserting Mr.

Roosevelt in order to keep the Supreme court supreme. The Market Is The "Ttp-Ofr ROOF that speculative interests dan't worry about Mr. Roosevelt's strenTth was had on the day following the President's "victory dinner" address which was broadcast to the nation. One of the points he especially emphasized was cheaper power throughout, the country. That would ordinarily have brought on a rush to dump utility shares.

What did happen? The whole group advanced after having acted badly for several days prior to the talk. Wall Streeters say that the present wave to increase wages doesnt result from President Roosevelt's efforts. Business heads are catering to labor in the belief that price advances will offsst the increased wage cost AND that it will be a fine way to set Into the good graces of labor. They hope in this way to forestall another Democratic congressional victory in IflM. Money and business Interests an playing the fame rather shrewdly.

They believe thst contented work' Ing men will elect a Republican House in tf such a bod? is set up beside the Supreme and they expect the court to remain It IB President Roosevelt will be stymied any way ht turns. Beret another reason why the so-called money changers don't fear Mr. Roosevelt: They feel the Securities Exchange conuniulpn has shown that it fears a test' of its constitutionality by its failure to prosecute the two-year-old Meehan manipulation charges. Besides, not a thing is being done other similar cases outside of holding a lot of hearings and collecting a lot of testimony. The PnbHc It Tbe Answer No, the speculative interests of the country aren't at all perturbed about New Deal threats.

Whv should they they when the public is again speculating wildly and burlnr. any old cat or in an attempt to get rich ouidc? The boom to security prices which has been running some thirty months Is attributed to the administration's policies. When market prices collapse all wild rushes end that the blame win be shoved over to the President. OW will that be done? Brokers will say that they have been under the strict supervision of the Securities Exchange commission. Speculative Interests will say the same.

All will that the New Deal created an artificial boom in money and business conditions that the pdrnlnlstrftlon started fears of inflation They will gay that those who did manipulate securities were never fined or convicted. They win say a hundred other things. In fact, they are saying so this very day. Confident that the Suoreme court. will always stand by the good old constitution, the Bk Boys of business and finance don't fear President Roosevelt.

Fo the sneeulat've Interests are 'having a grand and Rlorious time. And when the various security, commodity and business markets do crash thev XnoW that they will not be "unjustly" accused. 'ConvrXht McClure newspaper Chess And Checkers Players' Corner Problems And News Concerning Those Old Favorites ttrtDESPREAD Interest tn checken mod chess over the South Plains TT area has prompted this "comer' of the Sunday Avalanche-Journal'i editorial pape Several score persons are actively engaged In chess and chess clubs: several hundred belong to checkers clubs and olav that grand old favorite. Here is the latest checkers and chew along with problems comment. The Checker Board The Chess Board O.

V. Pirdue. one of the chirtcr man- ben of Lubbock Chess dub. will give simultaneous display In Hilton hotel Rt 7:30 o'clock Mondar eight the regular club meeting. club rawnbers later present slmllnr displays.

Five cents will be for person u'ho takes a board agilns; Pardue, Robert J. AJlen vns named president ef tubboclc Cheis club and T. C. Rcot was elected iceretary-treasurrr Texas Chris association at a mratlng of Iho club Ust weefc. Gordon Webb, u-ho Is moving to Forv Worth, Jrom the posttlont.

Lubbock Chfrxa club wfll host next September to the annual tournament of Texas assoclatioa. Because It tbe itUl of TCA members meeting In Dallas lar.l SepUmbcr thai this city havr two executive Olivers on whom will full the major task of promoting the tourney, the Lubbock club felt It had authority to name new secretary-treasurer. Dr. R. 8.

Underwood it, TCA president. 1 Her main impression of Leningrad is that it has been neglected for vears had her first tas'-e of In tourist gruiocs. She was amazed by their unlimited capacity make a mock at Sin: but among for Soviet propaganda, their power The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the follv of fools is the righteous there is favour. The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with The house of the wicked be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright flourish. Proverbs, XIV: 3-11.

of nullifying criticism by flatly con- traeUcung any laudatory comments 1 countries. blind and 6 ub refusal to admit sny- in U. S. R. less than CM 1 ttt, 0 OFF.

her with com- "I've bothered the Supreme Court with my should I get NEW By James McMnllin development of recent years has so elated utility chiefs as the San Francisco voters' turn-down of a $500,000.000 bond issue to take over the city's electricity distribution system from Pacific Gas Electric. Public ownership advocates in the administration had counted that as one in the bag. But Pacific Electric outmaneuvered them with a last-minute rate reduction which evidently scored a bull's-eye with the voters. Of course, this might be rated a victory for the yardstick theory, but power leaders don't care about that. The main point from the utility angle was the direct popular rebuff to Secretary ickes and other "power the first important setback they have suffered in some time.

Power chiefs figure the tide of public opinion is turning their way at last given impetus by the Intelligent rate policy of the particular utility affected. "Liberals" inside the Industry will play up this proof that liberality pays in their future arguments on public with etand-pat associates. FAR-SIGHTED: Leading producers of certain ni'-tals copper, zinc, lead and tin have moved quietly to minimize the dangers of a wild inflationary speculation in those commodities. Prices of the metals have skyrocketed in recent months. Current quotations for all four are above the average prices of 1928.

Zinc and tin are selling above their 1929 peak. Yet production has not jumped in response to the high price incentive, as would normally be expected. "This Is important, as an increase of production would have accentuated the inflationary price movement into a dizzy upward spiral which would surely have ended in a chaotic colls pse. As it is, the situation in these metals remain well in hand. Tne answer is that producers are cooperatiiiK in an informal agreement to control production.

Such farsighted self-restraint In the face of strong temptation is a salutary and almost unprecedented example to other industries. The government has tacitly borated by ignoring the obvious violation of the antitrust laws Implicit In voluntary restrictions of this nature. The administration plainly figures that RUS- pension of the antl-tnut laws Is a small prR-i to pay for fin fffcf.Uvr: chc-ok on rhc inflation menace one field least. (Copyright McClure Syndicate) In of tbe laws concerning through mails, we received the following a few days ago from a local player. We arc putting It In exactly as wordrd, and will give his to anyone who will proniUe not to commit you exception to anythlnj In the lust enwr our spring tourney April 11 and prove him wrong: "I believe the 35 best checker pUyeri In this county, and this respective rank- ir.p each, is thli: 1, Vlnson SUnphill, 2.

Wayne Aihley. 3. J. C. Williamson.

4, Oreer 5. H. L. Best Otho Clen- denncn. 7, J.

W. Chas. Graves 9, H. A. Cooper 10.

S. K. Frailer. (Editor's Note We suppose Ihe question marks mean he's no: certain about the spelling, surely he doubt the gentlemen's ability). Lrsile 12.

D. L. Anderson. 13. A.

L. Amburn. 14. Curly Council. 15 Wm.

Doyle. 1C Ryan. 17, J. L. J8 Maion Robinson, 19.

W. R. Gentry. 20. E.

P. Kyle. 21, Amburn. 22. Ernest Driver.

23. Hush Andcrron. 24. Baxtrr Honey. 3.1, Gish Houston.

58, G. V. Pardue, 27. R. 8.

Underwood. 28, Rfnford Taylor, 29, T. C. Root. 30, Arthur Syfrett, 31, Robert J.

Allen. 32, Frank Ward. 33. r. y.

Henley, 34. D. O. LiEht. 35.

Joe Fulton. This BHme 15 onn of Interest because It Is blocked game, not a Jump Is made, and neither side overlooks a Jump: 10-15, 23-18. 12-16. 21-17. 9-13.

24-30. 16-19. 1714 6-0 27-24. -S 32-27. 25-21.

1216' 27-23 6-10. 21-17, 4-8, 8-12. 2521 3-8. 30-25, 2-8. 31-27.

white wins. The writer of this column regrets for many reasons that he is leaving Lubbock. He rwrcts tlwt he will not be to attend the pleasant Monday night meetings of Lubbock CheM club. He wishes success lor the club In IU promotion of the tournament here this fall und assures players hcrr he will aid In promoting that tournament In any way possible. On Lubbock nlaverb will Inrcr share ot the expend htwndiim to the tournament We trfl confident that our enthujlas'-s here will give tar TCA mpr.i- berB a better tournament than Dalian And that la supremo confidence In Lubbock players.

we have been rcsnrvinjr for sprclnj occasion a peiem by an unidentified writer. Wei fed the' occasion" has arisen. CHESS My knlxht shall rirtc ait-'iin tonight To stalk a haughty king: Ify castle strong tiill burst with sous And daring challenge fling. With clashes 'tvcln. bold And pawns In nhalitnx drawn.

Medieval days will bloom And last untU the The xwurd of the Book "Standard Po- sHlon offered for last week's problem, goes to Venice Ryan, Lubbock. for a correct Mlution. Along with his moves comes a confession that his pica for hnrdnr problems hftd resulted In his having to put In over five hours before getting It. He-re's the setting and the winning moves: Black men on 8. II.

12. 14; White m-n on 19 20 25 31 It's a White win by 35-21, 14-18 21-17. 15-22. 17-H. 22-55.

14-9, 30 9-8 30-25 6-2. 25-22, 2-6, 22-1H. 6-0. 13-23. 31-26.

23-30 A. 9-14, 30-25. 14-U. 25-21. 11-15.

19-10. 8-11. 22-18. and white wins by gcltinp the man on 11. A 23-18, 26-23.

white wins. Second best hct of moves comes from H. R. Rali'. who movei 49 to a whirr win: 25-51.

14-18. 21-17, 17-13 22-25. 13-9. 25-29, 8-6. 21-25.

31-26; 25-30. fl-2, 30-18. 2-7. 11-15. 20-4.

15-11). 7-11 and a white win by first poM- tlon. As promtsrd today's problem will nisi Like brovr Boadlrca will My quern let loose ti'-r wmlli: And woe unto tho foeniLin Dares loiter In her paili. The king himself Is not tecurr When my queen to ride: He shudders To find a place to hide. Mv hope: are hiuh, my heart Is Ucht, My cun hnrdly wnit.

My troops to mart alons the road My rival's to mate- Indeed, though I'm bef.et by cares And my fortune wreck. Til ask for naught but chrssmen thai do forth and bellow "Chrclc." furnish plrnty of exrrci'e: Bltick men nn 5. 12. 13, kings on 15 16: White men 14, 17. 27.

kings on 2. 23 White tn move, but a ho sell Inn by I'. Mnr- due, but you mev renriv lor the morgue bpforc getting a win for Pamphlets mailed lor any forced win sent in. As Some Other People See Things Comments By The Prominent On Questions Of Today DAY, vaster changes impend than ever before in all man's history. Many of them favor older people.

But how few older people see them! They are beclouded by the mists of Pltkin. Cheer leading gives girls a chance to express themselves and trains them in leadership. It is ladylike and n-iodprn. I can soe no reason why some of the mid-western frowning on A. Cox.

health education director, Albany, N. public schools. AMERICANS are the world's greatest lovers of the irrational. Compared to Americans, tho French are narrow, drearily practical, and bound to Dali, C'atalonian painter. Correct spelling is not a sign ol intelligence.

Rai.her, I sometimet believe incorrect spelling is a sign of Intelligence. A child learns that the plural of is houses. Why is It not rMsonaijjft for the child ro suppose thr- plural of mouse is J. D. Spaeth, president, University oi Kansas..