Avalanche (Newspaper) - August 4, 1921, Lubbock, Texas THE LUBBOCK VOLUME FIFTY THOUSAND POST CARDS ARE milG COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFFERS THEM FREE TO ANY ry BODY WHO WILL MAIL THEM OUT COUNTY THURSDAY AUGUST 4 1921 ROAD SIGNS FROM GALVESTON TO DENVER People All Along the Highway Will be Reminded of Lubbock The Hub of the Plains at Every Turn of the More Street Signs Ordered Thc Lubbock Post Cards are going at n rapid rate It was thought when they were run that they would last six months at least At the present rale they will be ex hausted in six weeks There are nine different scenes on these cards showing farm scenes fair scenes and Lubbock city homes a birdseye view of Lubbock from an aeroplane and the State experiment al farm Each card carries a few facts All you have to do ia stick on n stamp scribble a note if you want to say anything lo Cous in Sue or Uncle John and stick it in the Postoffice The Postal clerks toll us that these are going to Arkansas South Car Missouri Tennessee Bant Central South and North Tex them go That is exactly what they were printed for and what they nrc being distributed free of charge call the attention of thc world is still here but not htrc slill J Lots of folks arc sending in for cards and we nre glad lo mail them for you Drop us n loiter of just how ninny you ran use and they will come out on mail The Chamber of Commerce will Atticus Webb Wants Amarillo Barbecue Investigated The Webb superintendent of the Texas AntiSaloon League today car ried out his threat and asked for a legislative investigation of the Sher barbecue held at Amarillo last month The request for the investigation Governor Neff JMay Place Submits Five Sub to Legislature NUMBER 6 Austin August senatorial was agreed upon to day by the senate redistricting com and the was reported fav as a substitute for the House The Senate recessed until 3 p m Governor Neff in a special message to the legislature submitted the sub ject of the American Legion memor ial hospital at for the pur pose of amending the law creating the hospital so as to authorize the Tax on Every Automobile Washington August tax of two cents on bank checks a flat li cense tax of on automobiles ir respective of cost or horsepower an increase in first class postage rates to three cents and an added levy on cigars tobacco and cigarettes are understood to have been among tax suggestions presented today by Sec Mellon to the House ways and means committee meeting in execu tive session Other suggestions were said to have included board of control to lease it to the A reduction of 50 per Jr federal government The matters was submitted at the request of Am erican Legion members of the leeis f II lature Such a cent in transportation charges both passen ger and freight next year and their elimination the year following Repeal of the taxes on soda fount measure would save the J am drinks and ice cream state the expense of maintaining the Repeal of the excess profits tax and institution for which was elimination of the 2 000 exemption appropriated m the creating the j on corporations incomes the did of the normal income tax cu cMn ax of the appropriation on corporations from the present 10 However submission the subject per cent to 15 per cent v will will permit a reduction should the Elimination of the income surtax l r 40 per to the American rates on incomes from to f d five other subjects The revenue as revised in ac with these suggestions would be coming year necessary appropriations t approximately four SyStem the of dollars next year it was isaid To establish legal rate for Mr Mellons memorandum ion of yili i i 7 o was made m a communication of documents j bodying his views was withheld but by Dr Wbb to Senator Tr establish drainage districts and Chairman Fordney promised to make H Bledsoe of Lubbock county construct canals drains and ditches t Public tomorrow rie ing that thc object of the action would be io place the responsibility for the alleged serving of liquor to guests j of ol gas in s r arguing that the ro state twi be ordered and the Legislature alone has the authority I such an investigation as facts in the case He declared that the barbecue was Representative Garner Texas regarding ranking Democratic member of school lands j proposals declaring that depository law i every of them constituted a shift rogram f i i me furnish the cards just as long as you not a private but a public fin will furnish the dont by subscription taken tnf rm t P 11 i waste them for they cost us money even if they dont cost you anything Send them a Lubbock Card I One hundred road signs were re by thc Chamber of Commerce this week and already being post ed on ronds ill thc way from Gaives toh to Denver They arrived at 8 oclock Monday morning and at one oclock thc same day Iwo cars one for am the other for Colorado Springs with plenty of to post a Lubbock sign every fifty miles on these highways Lub bock citizens were making each of these trips and very gladly agreed to thp signs An additional hundred of the Red signs arc being ordered and willbe used to fill in the gaps between business men of The communication continued to state That near the assembled crowd at the barbecue was a ranch house in which a tin bucket of liquor was lo That tin cups were supplied and that a number of citizens and officials drank until they became intoxicated That only when this drunkenness reached a point where it had become a scandal wag any action taken and then it was to destroy the evidence but make no arrests That those who gave me this in formation insist that some of the citizens and officers became some helplessly drunk Arranged for Tues Band Concert A special program is being ed for the Tuesday evening Chamber a shift of the tax burden from the class es to the masses Mr Mellon was said to have es government expenditures for but COUNTRY CLUB TAKEN A NUMBER OF INTERESTED CITIZENS WERE PRESENT DISCUSS MATTERS PERTAINING TO WILL CAPITAL Land Will Be and Improved But Definite Location Not Been Decided Upon But Select the Place at Another Meeting This Week The progressive spirit of citizens when time comes to act was again displayed when thirtyfive of the good of the town met at the Justice court room and took preliminary steps toward securing a full grown country club for Lubbock It is planned to organize a country incorporated under the State laws with capital stock and to purchase and improve a tract of land between 120 and 200 acres with fishing lake golf course club house show a trees and drive feeling of confidence on the part of ways The membership will the people from the farms to the fac inn Reports Indicate Business Condi tions Improved Reports from sources which are considered reliable indicate that there is a general revival of business the state next year at 7 from to 9 00 on the Courthouse lawn and around the square These have been growing in favor and attendance until the following special program announced Bicycle boys in the city between the ages of 8 and 16 aire eligible to enter these races in the following events and classifications I Two blocks paved street race Park street signs have been ordered several weeks will be in within fifteen days according to aj letter from the manufacturers The machine that drills the lettering on these signs has been out of repair and has tied up large orders being made for this city El Paso and other cities of this state f As soon as the signs are they will be placed Work i under way on the Free City proposition and some day we will be a real city where folks live on streets and avenues instead of on the cor ner across from thc red wind The requirements for Free City Mail Delivery include such items as 1 All must be marked with permanent signs All houses must be numbered sidewalks for boys between the ages of 8 and 12 First winner second win ner two picture show tickets third winner one picture ticket 2 Twenty block be tween 12 and 16 same prizes as first 3 Reiay Bicycle be composed of four boys to the team j each boy to ride two mng team prize gallon of ice cream Second team gallon of to j Barrel boys to a bar it August to one block Limited to four estimates Two Million Red tones They show crop conditions to be good live stock to be in excellent shape and harvests satisfactory In plants their forces closed mills are reopening and trade is picking up West Texas has generally had a good crop season and plans are being made by the farmers in this section for intensive efforts the coming season East Tex is is more confident and the farming and lumber industries in that region are looking forward to resumption of good business in a short time the con shown improvement on how much of the due to the railroads would nave to be advanced out of the feder al treasury the cost of operation the several weeks invited members than 60 of that number have already been secured and it is expected that definite action will be taken before the end of the week to close for the proper tract of land The and gun club or in the early spring was upon a temporary basis to see if the trolf idea would take in this section With membership at only thc expert nient did not cost anyone enough to hurt and has thoroughly shown the need for some such recreational cen ter for this city The lease on the present golf course terminates in 0 February It is expected that tha bummer sales by thc merchants I country club course will be in nave stimulated activities in retail by that time v Revival Meeting Continues at Tent Till i in meeting under the big tent sections of the state n Broadw A Numbers of merchants are Kid Powell is temporary president their Curtis A Keen temporary and other members prominent in the merchandise that was j organization of the club are Walter m the stores has been reduced to a Posey C E Hunt Charles Adams minimum and merchants anticipat R H Martin Geo W Brieres and mg a heavy fall business are buying many others stocks of goods believing that this fails business will reach a normal base j The prospects of the cotton crop condition being due mainly to a cut in acreage and the presence of the I weevil in unusual numbers in i on Broadway JB of His L a Automobile Trip Rev J B Coie who has recently returned home from a visit to El Paso and other points in the extreme western portion of the state has the following to say about it in the last Mr in uie south Plains j ol the Crosbyton W triPs have There have j all of the shocked wheat we do not think of them progressing in a fine A large yield of truck crops and interest been beneficial to business in Climatic generally have a boys teams that desire to month ago The condition of the Into the contests must register at declined points Chamber of Commerce office on Cotton suffered more than the afternoon between 2 and 5 with reduced pressure so as not must cover the entire route with sat street crossings Damage from this insect the boys out the belt has hnoT streams flowin per cent of the property on mnst be improved and occupied These and other details must bo work ed out and proof submitted through an actual examination by n Postoffice Inspector has bcen and st lions it promises to growth thc increased In many seci take all rel with ail and on tine races will be bicycle foot and bar Wj fiT with large There have I ail shocked wheat hS 1 j who take it at least On such a trip we passed through Lubbock i Lamesa Big Spring Stanton Mid AT f Barstow Pecos Van p 7 I Sierra Blanca and the E J Wilson aged 76 a retired i oid county site of El Paso lawyer and fatner of Roscoe Wilson to El Paso We touched three one of most ur other counties but did not I lawyers died at his home in through their towns j Texas Tuesday August 2nd j From Lamesa to El Paso the conn u i u Wlson had been in failing sparsely settled and little farns health for several months there being s attempted Pecos River Val very little hopes held for his tey has considerable irrigation as has ery by members of the family Grande Valley But for the was in Lubbock some two months ago j most Part this vast country is a stock visiting for the benefit of his health raising country It has been littie benefit i favored this season by rains and has Weather the Past Week Has Been 1 V 111 T Ul The weather This condition results from the heavy July rainfall which has also bleached out much of Lots of both but before anything position more stret signs must be erected If you have not ordered sign for your Boys will choose up into s is Crosby very heavy rains fell Some places Gregor i and no place so homelike The roads program of races Wilson were CONTRACT HAS BEEN LET FOR COUNTY PARK DAM The work the County Park dam will commence in the future or as soon as the material can be se cured The dam will be eighty feet long eight feet high and sixteen feet wide The walk will be built of cement and braced with cross bars bolted to the walls After this the center will be filled with dirt and a cement cover The dam will be eight inches lower in the so as to prevent the water from washing the dirt from the ends in case of flood After this work is done the county will build driveways through the park set out trees stock the lake fish and many other things for thc benefit of the public The con tract was let to J B Pryor and the order of material has been placed for the job was reported further east and orn portion of South Carolina and in m the evenings program f n a Wrter j his death nch fell in Lubbock city East experimental farm 57 of an HOUSE BETTERTON ROW BADLY BURNED LAST NIGHT the delta section of The condition by states follow WAYNE GREEN South Carolina 62 Georgia 59 ma GO Alabama 58 Mississippi Wayne Green aged 20 son of 1 Louisiana 59 Texas 52 and Mrs W H Green di Missouri 80 Okla day in a local sanitarium foi noma California 83 Arizona 89 operation Woodrow community and spots of w l hail was reported South part of and all other states 88 A crop of bales was fore cast from the condition on June 25 which was per cent of a normal the condition was per cent on July 25 last year in 1919 mn TI T following s v and fc year July 25 average is 4 We understand that the boy had UOV J I been operated on several davs some places as stated above destruction by the hail was com plete crops were left stand ing which will result in heavy losses to some of the farmers Nona of vre have heard of F L f enjoy the long stretches of fine road We heard little talk oi hard times or big oil deals The people seemed to be getting down to business and old time living We passed through house owned by Will e Davis Mountains and and occupied by Melvin our eyes once more er and Joe Williams was badly e strength and ed early last night the origin of the I pew of even our Texas peo i rc being unknown Pje that these far the the The fire started in the kitchen our South ril TTT ii i Oi DPst cr ine thousand feet coves several 11 4 V and was getting along nicely when i otal Ioss to Out Shal T I itro J yesterday his mother in the sanitarium visiting him he took dangerously ill and died almost in stantly It was reported that the way we understand rain has fallen and crop conditions good PREMIUM LIST FOR SWINE DEPARTMENT NEXT WEEK We have received the premium list for the Swine Department in the Plains Fair this week late for publication in this issue It will appear in the issue Fort Worth and two brothers J 0 OF CHURCH OF CHRIST AT CHANGED The date of the meeting to be by the Church of Christ in Sla poison from excessive smoking led GROUP WEST TEXAS i t t HA BOOTHS AT STATE FAIR w has been received from Green of Snyder and Wint Texas Pair management M tx n i August Those who con Plains to swine breeders of the South i rt is cordially invited to attend each H Lowrey of the Southland com spent last Friday in Luh Bock visiting and shopping service C A Wallis of this city left Tues day at midnight for Enid Oklahoma where he will spend a rew days ing with relatives this city r MEETING BEGINS AT CANYON SUNDAY MORNING that a special effort will he made to Panhandle and Southplains counties at the coming fair in order that this section may be most of represented Rev Tom W Brabham efforts of Col R P us to tha of Plainview and that the revival the auspices of the Method of Plainview and the secretary this arrangement has there had been no fire in the all the occupants at church the house was 1 e 1S to be found I t flames before the fire alarm was i We as weU as small shrab in i ard of many varieties Mr Walker had some insurance on Many thousands of cattle graze his furniture and the house was par vast r 1 I ill T insured BOY IS BADLY CUT WHEN HORSE RUNS THRU FENCE Guy Johnson received a severe cut on the lower part of his left leg when a horse he was riding home from church Sunday night became fright ened at an automobile and ran into the fence He was rushed to a local very complicated operation was dressed and he is getting along nicely The leg was cut to the bone all way round with the exception of about inches Mr Johnson says he does not suffer from the wound such as bear deer wild sneep wolves and panthers and smaller animals and birds There is Southern Park in these mountains as well as a national pleasure resort El laso is the gem city of all the West Texas country and is rapidly grow ing to be a real city It is a center for cattle men a smelting place for l st church will begin at Canyon j been ejected and all Panhandle Schoolhouse Sunday morning August ajc planning to take advantage of St and everybody is extended a our only border city to J B COLE i r i tui dial invitation to attend the services as often possible J of county was Wednesday of this week attending to business matters of Monument Mexico is in sanitar rapidly recovering from a ser oo illness and a which he underwent a week ago n REVIVAL ADDS 17 TO on position on account of the CHURCH AT Littlefield Aug protracted meeting held for the two weeks by Rev Tubbs of the Baptist church closed last night There were 17 additions to the church Mr Clements professor history from College at I A J r A J Crump ftf Pampa Texas was m Wednesday of this week prospecting and looking the country over in general Mr Crump says he ia very well pleased with this part of the country and is planning to here this fall singing
