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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-02-10
CHANGE IN CONTRACT WORDING CAUSES DELAY
The Trouble Seems TO be TO the Railroad Company Presen-ay
Letters Have Passed Between People olub5ocs, Govern
ment Officials and the Railroad Company

.cordanco with ,hc pos,a. Laws
aaa Regulations
When tHo contract for the eE-
tension Of railway ma. service
from pIainWeW % La5bock was
aut % thc Santa DE- Railway
Company for signature that COM
uau, erased the word the and
substituted therefor tba word
proper .0 tae clause above
quoted. The Post OHe. Depart
me. cannot have % special form
of contract lo each road but
must as tH. railways have with
REGARD t1 their on.me. for
lpments .... uw.a general
form of e.u ..t lttao Depart
mm. u.u.... ..e Ha IeI.
amend .n. form oI c1auae. .t.
ma exception .1 the rules
would ha. Oh u. made for other
roads and genera. confusion .n
regard to ru.ua, mai. contracts
would eusae.
The department has called the
attention Of the Santa Railway
Company % the fact that the in
seruon of the word proper" i'm
lieu Of the" affords no greater.
protection inasmuch as the De
partment could not enforce other
than proper laws and regulations
The courts would protect the
railway company against the en-
iareemcut ot AN improper law or
regulation and also against the
improper enforcement of the law
and regulations.
Mr Reed oi the Railway Mai
Division told me |
that be- had long ago notified the
Santa Fe thai the Department
was ready 90 establish the service |
from PiaIuueW 90 Lubbock inn /
mediateIy upon receipt Of the
signature Of that company 10 the /
contract bat that the Depart /
nent could not amend the con .
tract
1t occurs 10 me that II YOU can
ind a way 10 bring some press
are % bear upon the officials Of
he Santa Fe that the matter
'ould be- adjusted in a short
lime. 1
IF B can be- Of further service
% tins matter or In any other
iIease command me-
Very truly yours.
Vs. r. SMITH"
With this state oi affairs exist
HF DO would seem that Lubbock
aay have OBJ patup with the Old
,ay 0I getting oar mail several
lays yct blr we hope that the
.anta fe Company will get the
natter thoroughly settled and
i've as the desired service.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-02-10

"'afAiAfAM lt''flh.tN
Song.
Lesson The Sabbath, Luke %.
Ill.
Talk on Lesson.
Song Wilma Farris and Kit
ney Erwin.
Roll call How 10 spend the
Sabbath.
Song Norma Dixon, Kathleen
Farris. Vernie Watts and Verde
Shell.
Twelve apostles Large pupils
Luke 6: 1915.
First Psalm Large pupils.
First fourteen books Of old
Testament.
Recitation Carrie Perdue
Recitation Leland Dupree.
Song
Lords Prayer.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-02-10

w. ID. Benson leaves today for
Wichita Falls. where he goes
10 visit his father-in-law.
Judge Henry. who is quite fee
BILE.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-02-10

Fa Some time pa .a .ar.
from .lo time taa passenger
trains began Co operate In and
ou, OF this place. there BIAS been
"a area. deal 1r speculation a. %
when the railroad would tabs.
charge of me mai. service from
PIaiugieu tu Lubbock
the way the mail is handled al.
this time is q great draw Uacs
t1 this town. Iue regular mail.
car IS brought through empty
and without mail clerks The
Lubbock mail is dumped OIL at
rh.nU.H sorted oHr and semi.
1a .u wa. D.. ha.E .ha nest.a
arriving .n Lubbock aho.. .n.I
.g ao.e afra. tne tar w H
u.h. ..rds t.e train comes .r.
ta LubH.r. tIa. after 81 ...s.
.1e Lauu... uaH a. Pa.n..e"
before cine mule car delivers b. a.
0lr post Office One cannot
blame the pa1p.. for getting
very impatient along this
line.
The matter has been taken up
by several Of our prominent and
influential citizens with different
men m authority one Of which
is j. j. DilIard. who wrote Con-
gresham. W. H. Smith al Wash
ington. b take the matter up
with the Post Office Department
boz that city. and % see what
could he done with regard a.
having the matter hurried .p
The following letter was r.rriy-
eel several days ago from Nr
Smith. which explains tte lua
ton. and throws the blame
entirely o1 the railroad comps.
uy
The letter reads.
Washington. Feb.2 MrJI
billiard. Lubbock. Texas. Deaf
Sir Your letter OF the 2ith in-
stant. with regard o. an cXteu-
sion Of railway mail service on
the PecOs and Northern Texas
Railway. was duly received
Il took this matter up with the
Post Office Departmental person
and learn that this service was
recommended for establishment
on the 2Dth OF December 1909
and that Lubbock does not noW
have railway mail service is the
fault of the Santa Fo Railway
Company of which system thg
peaH a Northern Texas
part
The Post Office. Department
has O. blank form of contract
used fur masking contracts for
railway mail service with every
road boz the United States
This contract calls for the per
formancc of the service In ac- F,
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-02-10

Song. IN. 3D.
Prayer
Song, h0 o.
-criptw. reading John T. f3.
.5l.
Song No. J6.
John l1.s-l2. Eva WheeIock
Acts J. l3 Lille Barclay
Jesus finds Philip, Lloyd Bak-
er.
Philip find Nathaniel Winnie
Clayton
Matt 10 3-s. Adah Everett.
Violin solo, Eva Whce,ock.
Philip finds work to do. Stella
lee.
John I2 -J-25 Lillian Sim
mons.
Song No 10
Names of apostles by entire
class.
Sentence prayers for the un-
converted.
Roll call and reading Of min
utes.
Business meeting.
Song, No. 1873.
Dismissal.
Leader. Elva Glover.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-02-10
FIRST CHRISTIAN cHuRcH

FIKsT CHRlsTIAN CHURCH
Next Lords day ! will speak
a. the morning hour ON Adyer-
uHng the Church. And az thc
evening hour on Hope Spe-
ga. music at both services Our
Bible School meets at lOa. m.
AI are cordially invited 90 these
services.
j. &. Wclch. minister
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-02-10

Elder Jennings Of Amarillo.
conducted the dedication seryi.
ces in the First Christian church
Sunday morning in the presence
of a large audience. The church
had just recently received the
new factory made pews and was
well prepared 10 Accommodate
the crowd, who greatly enjoyed
the service. The program was
fully carried out.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-02-10

S. II. Bruce and family moved
this week % Spur from Lub-
book. Mr.. Bruce is a carpenter
and contractor. and will engage
in that business here. The
Texas Spur welcomes Mr..
Bruce and family 20 Spur and
wishes them a pleasant and
prosperous home here. Texas
Spur.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-02-10

Rev G.. Il. Oyerton preached
at the Methodist church Sunday
at the II O'Clock service. and
Rev Wright at night Both
services were greatly enjoy
ed.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-02-10

Mr.. Galloway, an attorney
from Comanche, Texas. passed
through Wednesday, en- route
home from a business trip to
Brownfield.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-02-10
Church Notes

We WIl. b. glad to make any AN.
nOuucrueu,- Of Church Service, Pro-
grams, etc., Iu this column free OF
charge. where go revenue I- received
from tie services Editor
TO THE PUBLIC
At last by the Grace of God we
are able 10 have our first service
in the PentacostaI Church Of the
Nazarenes on the second Lords
day in February. We want TO
thank the people Of Lubbock who
so kindly helped us in erecting
this sacred building and to offer
them a pew at any and all times.
We want every one TO feel free
and welcome. Come and help
as worship and give thanks 90
Dur Father for His many bless
inRs. Mrs Mary Lee Gayle is
our pastor Our services Wi'I Dc
held Sunday morning d O'Clock
and Sunday night az 7.3D of each
week Sunday Sehoo. a. 10
Prayer meeting every #Hda.
night Every one invited q. att
tend these services.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-02-10
OUR VOTING STRENGTH
Lubbock County Moves Up Sever
al NOtches-W.I More Than
Double Last Vote.

A very good way to determine
the growth in the population Of
a county is to keep tab on the
voting strength. According to
the report Of the county tax
collector there have been 6l2
poll tax receipts issued this year
against about 800 one year ago.
This gives the county a PRETTY
good per cent gain within the
past twelve months. II Is esti-
mated with the exemptions and
those who have just moved in.
and who have paid their poll tax
at other places that our voting
strength this summer at the
primaries will range around
800
Collector Flynn also reported
100 delinquents. which means
that quite a number will be de-
pryed Of the privilege Of voting
on any question that might come
up during the year, that the
peoples vote will decide. We
had hoped that there would not
be such a large number in Lub-
book and attached counties ON
this list bat itseems that they
over looked an important
matter that cannot Doe amended
now
DR. j. a. Craven expect to
begin the erection of modern
Sis room bungalow next week.
This residence viii cost about
81 300 and will be- one Of the
most conveniently arranged
homes IN the city. This will
make four residence buildings
lnder construction within a
stones throw Of each other and
Nj nice houses Of the latest de-
igns.
r. {. Hampton and sister.
Miss Nora, left last night for ST.
Douis 10 purchase goods for the
inn. W. r. Hampton and Son.
Hampton a Son will soon have
n stock one Of the most up TO
late stock Of goods in the city. -
Merkel Daily Telegram.
W. +. Bledsoe was transacting
business in Lubbock the first Of
his uvaak
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-02-10
n. NJ. S. PROGRAM

n. NJ S. PROGRAM
Subject, Tithing.
Hymn.
Scripture lesson.
Prayer
Questions ON ithing by 2ud
vice President. answered by
members from Bible.
Hymn.
Loaflet The Key in the Pock-
et
Leafiet Systematic Giving.
Leafiet Her 1.-THE.
Hymn.
Reading Will a Man Rob
GOd2
Seven reasons for tithing.
Doxology.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-02-10

W. +. BIedsoe was transacting
business in Lubbock the first Of
this week.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-02-10

Rev. j. +. Wright will preach
next Sunday at Monroe at eleven
O'Clock. Services win be- held in
the new store building
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-23
SOCIETY BORROWER MUST GO
Likely to Disappear Under
the New Regime.

London.-The borrower" who has
for some years been feature of Lon
don society, is likely to disappear
somewhat under the new regime. She,
for the borrower is usually woman,
came in with the sporting set, which
has had things it's own way. She is
generally of good family and is an ex-
cellent sportswoman, but impecunious,
She never borrows money except
from members of her family, and she
does not really need to do so, as she
has to pay for little. She borrows
motor cars and weekend cottages. She
has been seen at dinners wearing the
jewels of good-natured friend.
When she wants to bring out a
daughter she borrows ballroom, and
it is no uncommon thing to see an
nouneed In London paper that Lady
So and So will give a dance for her
debutante daughter at the house of
Countess This and That.
One wealthy and good-natured peer
ess used to be importuned by borrow
ers for the loan of her London man.
sion, which contained a magnificent
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-23
open-Face Construction In CANNES
Mouth Makes Him Conspicuous
In indianapolis.

1ndianapolis.-An English bulldog
with gold teeth sat In an automobile
in Washington street, near Illinois,
the other day, and attracted consid-
cradle attention. By reason of the
open-face construction peculiar to the
English bulldog. one gold fang was
especially prominent, and fairly glis-
tened in the sunlight. There was other
wealth in the dogs mouth besides the
prominent gold fang. for she had four
back teeth of the valuable metal.
Despite these adornments, however,
the dog was not at all proud. but
looked about In casual way as though
mildly interested in the people who
were keenly interested in her. And
her name was Biddy, just plain Biddy.
She is of aristocratic breeding. despite
her name, for her pa" was King Kill
born and her ma" was Mae Bell. and
she cost more than $40 when she was
little thing that had not yet learned
the joys of bone. She is the prop
erty of F. NJ. Cantwell of Peoria. ILL.,,
formerly of this city, and made the
trip to Indianapolis with him in the
big touring car, enjoying the ride i'm
mensely.
In justice to her it should be ex.
planned that her gold teeth are not
due to age, for she is not much more
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-23
Fat Boy Cannot Get Work

Cant" said the fat boy I'm Baby
Harry and I'm too fat.
A side door built on more expansive
lines was found and he entered the
room.
IF you don't let me work I'll starve
to death" he said to the inspector
IT'S awful to be so fat
why don't you go to, SCHOOL," ask
ed Mr.. Cohen.
Cant" replied the boy. Il am too
fat. They could not find any place to
put me. was too big for the desks
and if the teacher got me a chair 1t
usually broke when | used it,"
Just then the sofa began to creak
and Mr.. Cohen looked anxious.
IF you don't let me stay at the park
and earn some money" continued
Baby Harry, 81 don't know what will
do"
ITS too bad" said Inspector Davies,
but you must stop. The law is plain
and you cannot appear any more"
Then Harry went out by the large
door, sobbing.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-23
PRECIOUS METALS IN OCEAN
french Scientist Figures There Is
$24,ooo,ooo for Each lnhabi.
tant OF World.

Paris.-"There is enough gold float
ing in the sea to make everybody rich
md consequently happy"
This information is the result of an
analysis OF ocean water recently fln-
ished by Acknowledgment, professor
In the ocean.ographic institute.
1.-The analysis revealed about fifty
millIgrams tn grain) of gold in each
ton of sea water" explained the pro.
lessor. THAT seems little enough, but
considering that 1t takes line of fig
ures a column wide to give the total
number OF tons of water In the ocean
II ia easy to see that an immense
amount of gold is held In solution. II
each Of the 1,500.000,000 inhabitants
of the world had his share 1t would
equal $24,00O,000 apiece What a beau
tiful ending to all difficulties"
Are there other precious minerals
in the scar" the professor was asked.
Yes" he replied, there are ten
milligrams of silver in every ton of
sea water, hence the total is about 3d..
600 times the amount taken from the
earth since the discovery of America.
There are about sixteen grams Zone
half ouuce) of salt in each pound of
sea water"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-23
BALLINGER WILL NOT RESIGN
Az Long as the President is Satisfied
He viii Not Consult Wishes OF
Cabinet Members.

Boise. Misunderstanding Of the In
terror r. A. Ballinger on Sunday az
ternoon fatty denied the report re.
Gently sent out from Washington. and
supposedly based on an authoritative
source, 10 the effect that he was has.
tening to the national capital to at.
tend a meeting OF the cabinet septem.
Der rs. and on three days ensuing,
when he would put II up straight to
his Republican colleagues 10 either
sustain him or turn him down, and
that he had determined In the event
OF being sustained by the other mem
bera Of the cabinet TO remain 10 Of
Ace regardless Of any pressure that
might be brought to bear to force his
resignation, but that II the heads OF
the other departments repudiated him,
he would resign instanter, accepting
their judgment as final without await.
Ing the report Of the congressional iu-
yestigating committee
Secretary Ballinger said: what T
have said before along that line still
stands ! win not resign as long as /
am sustained by the president, |
can't see what connection the other
members OF the cabinet can have in
this matter. Certainly have never
made any such suggestions, and am
ignorant Of such a suggestion having
been made by any other member OF
The cabinet, II such suggestion has
been made, which l am wholly disir
cllned 10 believe"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-23
"5aby Harry" Who Weighs AIS
Pounds. Fears He VIII Starve
Account Labor Laws.

Chicago.-Too fat to so to school;
too fat to get clothes to fit him; too
fat to do ordinary work. Eugene Craw,
ford the other day lost the job that
brought him bread and butter and
clothes. because he is too young.
Nobody loves a fat boy" was the
plant of the youngster, who is IA
years old and who recently has been
showing his ATS pounds of solid flesh
at Riverview Park. To many the
story OF the boy was very humorous.
but to him it is a serious matter to
be very, very fat boy.
State Factory Inspector Davies
found the boy at the amusement park
and complained that the child labor
law was being violated. Today Baby
Harry" appeared at Mr.. Davies office
in person to plead his case. His trou.
bles started when he entered the door.
Come In" said Assistant Inspector
Barner- Cohen.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-23
Youth Slabs Man 70 peath.

Kansas City.--Lester High, a seven.
teen-year.old schuolhoy, stabbed to
death Clarence Davidson aud probab.
ly fatally wounded John Vale In a
street fight here Saturday night. Da.
wilson formerly was sweetheart of
Highs sister. Her father forbade him
to come to his home. After that, ac-
cordlug to the elder High, Davidson
and Vale nagged the young brother
OF the girl continually. After the
stNbhing, young High went to his
home and retired without saying
anything to any Of his relatives about
his trouble.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-23
School Of Seventy-five Follow
Vessel for Two Hours.
Never Before In Memory of Shippers
Were Huge Mammals SO Num-
erous Along Atlantic Coast
as at Present Time.

New York.--No vessel passing
through the picket line OF whales
which has patrolled the Atlantic coast
from Florida to Maine since July has
encountered such large school as
did the schooner Ella L. Davenport,
which arrived the other day from
Charleston, 8. O., with lumber. Never
before In the memory of shippers ma
king this port were the huge man.
mails so numerous as at the present
time. Whalers which formerly were
forced to traverse Arctic seas in
search of their quarry merely put out
TO sea nowadays and harpoon their
prey.
Il had seen several small schools of
whales on the way up" said Captain
John F. Dunton, of the Davenport.
None of these schools came very
close. But about 20 miles southeast
of Winter Quarter Shoal lightship,
down at the Delaware Capes, the iarg-
est bunch of 'em I ever saw hove up
from the south. 1t wasn't school, 1t
was big university. You can't count
whales very well, because as soon as
you count one he hobs under, comes
up in another place. dives down again
and sticks up his spout for another
tally
But I marked the ocean off into
four parts when the whales circulated
all around. and gave one quarter to
the first mate, one quarter to the sec
ond mate, the third quarter to the
bo'swain and the fourth to my wife.
I kept tally on all four. Dividing by
three to account for the natural rest
lessness OF the animals, I'm pretty
whales In that university. My wife
declares there we're 200.
They didn't do any harm, except,
ing one that scraped the bottom of
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-23
The HobbIe Skirt.

The hobble skirt, the jupe entra'
wee, is a very pretty and graceful new
fashion, but it is rather inconVent
ent," said Miss Ethel Barrymore at
dinner in Bristol, R. l.
This skirt is exceedingly tight
from the knees down, but for that
matter, it is tight all over. A young
woman in one of these hobble skirts
came out of Sherry's on spring al
ternoon and proceeded, with some Oil
ficulty, to enter her motor car
What do you think of that skirt!
a man who was PASSING said to MS
companion.
"It reminds me- the other an
swered, of the bridge trains in the
rush hours. Standing room only
and very little of that"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-23

ballroom. The peeress herself was an
elderly lady who never attended
dances, but she generally complied
with the requests of her friends, who
had smart little houses lacking In
space.
Each season about dozen large
dances were held at her mansion.
Last summer, however, one borrower
went too far; she did not play the
game, and she had all the bills for the
ball directed to the peeress, who paid
them, but has never lent her house to
any one since.
Queen Mary, who is very much In
touch with all current social life,
knows of the existence of the borrow
er, and is likely to end her London ca
reer. Women whose means do not
allow them to meet their social obi
cations without taxing the good ma
ture of their friends will not be en-
couraged to enter the court circle,
no matter how good their pedigree.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-23
SAFETY LIES IN FLEET.
Rear Admiral Evans Wants Ships for
the Pacific Coast.

Portland. ore.--At the first ban.
quet Of the newly organized Portland
Press club. on Sunday, Rear Admiral
Robley d. Evans, II. s. NJ, retired,
made the following plea for fleet
for the Pacific coast.
4 like this beautiful country Of
yours; | like your farms and your
cities and all that. but whenever look
out over the Pacific ocean see what
you want, and want you men--you
newspaper men--to see II from the
right standpoint; you need sixteen
battleships stationed on this coast,
with all the cruisers, torpedo boats,
ammunition boats and colliers that
are necessary to so with them. That
is the only way that you people OF
the Pacific coast can 20 to bed and
rest easy. rest care-free OF the great
perll--~I won't say yellow peril, but
green peril or any other peril, so as
to be impartial"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-23
Whales FoHow a Ship
copyrlEh. lglo. weatsrn Newspaper unIon

the hull. The schooner ratified down
below and settled little to leeward,
but the whale swung from under and
the boat righted herself. My wife
was pretty badly scared, can tell
you, but | didn't think we'd come to
harm. | know a whale will never
smash into a ship unless 1t is attack
ed first They're good natured and
seem to know that there's plenty Of
room In the ocean"
For more than two hours the school
accompanied the ship, swimming
along In twos and threes, turning,
diving, swimming below the surface
in all directions, but keeping In the
general direction of the Davenport.
After they had escorted the Daven-
port for nearly ten miles they sud-
denly headed fer the south, and In
five minutes were out of sight.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-23
AmerIean MuIes Wanted IN AfrIoa.

Washington Mules and donReys
are In demand in South Africa, ac-
eording to George l.. Foster, Ameri'
can vice consul general at Cape Town,
who, in a report to the department OF
commerce and labor, gives as reason
therefor the spread Of east coast fever
among cattle and the consequent do,
stfuction Of transportation and farm
oxen, lie has learned, he says, that
North American mules are most suit
able for the work In South Africa.
As much as 5000 a pair can be OBJ,
tained for good mules