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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-07
Purchased Residence

7 NJ. Atkins has has purchas-
ed the residence property north
west of the square belonging to
b. O. McWhorter and will make
that his home in the future.
This is a good piece of property
and well worth the money paid
for il. Mr.. McWhorter will
occupy the Scott Cochran place
on the corner of Of North first
and Mesquite street, now occu-
pied by Henry c. Client.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-07

sou aump cotton 10 me patch.
muai nll ulhot crops uil
M landpra uf Alternately IA
ih ihia community with his
lhfuahpr and isnl present un the
ludomBn farm
Joe Bnldndpe and wife of
O'Donnoll are up visiting his
sister and family Mrs. l.. O.
Burlord and helping A. NJ. Ludc.
man thrash.
Marion lladdock is moving to
Lubbock today
II A. Spencer Of Lubbock has
moved out to the Ludeman farm.
John S. Able attended court
at Lubbock last week and a good
part of this week.
i. b. Penney was out the
latter part Of the week looking
after his cattle.
l.. O. Burford bought a bunch
of COWS and calves from z. b.
Penney last week.
Mrs. Loula Pounds was out
visiting her mother Mrs. W. d.
Davis, Sunday.
j. T. Brown bought 100 acres
of land from George Burt last
week. Mr. Burt will leave the
first Of the week for some other
county.
jim Caudle Of Oklahoma, is
visiting his daughter Mrs. W. .
p. Rush.
Happv Jack.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-07

Claude Hamilton, who has
been in charge of the Worsham
stock Of dry goods at Rails, is
spending a few days here, but
will return to that place a few
days later and resume his duties
there. He reports conditions
very favorable in that part Of
the country.
Luther +. Akers, of FL Paso,
passed throuh the city this
week, en- route TO Amarillo.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-07
PRINCESS MOTOR "rAN.-

Princess Victoria, the only unmsr-
ried daughter Of the late King Ed
ward and Queen Alexandra, Is said
to be very much interested in motor,
ing and this summer has been seen
every DAY at Harrogate, starting out
for a trip through the country She
has been taking the cure there TIM,
summer, which NAV, however, not
mean that she IL sick. as il is fash.
icnable 70 take the "cur6' after a
winter I'm society.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-07

Mrs. Jesse Cope. of Lawn,
who was operated on at a local
sanitarium a few days ago for
appendicitis, is reported TO be
doing nicely and will soon be
able to be carried 10 her home in
the 'Jim Ned Valley, Abilene
Reporter.
1t will be gratifying news to
the many friends of the Cope
family that this lady has under
gone the treatment with No bad
results.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-07

Rev. Arbuckle is absent this
week. He will visit number of
places in central and east Texas
before returning home.
II. ID. Phillips, formerly the
local manager Of the Lubbock
Exchange. now District Com
mercial Manager, with headquar-
tiers at Amarillo, was here Mon
day looking after business mat
ters in his official capacity.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-07
Not Gone Yet

A. S. Alexander SAYS he is not
gone yet. He says the country
around Piainview On. NJ is
good, but Lubbock also looks
good 10 him yet. II will be re-
membered that We copied a local
mention from the paper Of that
town, stating that he was going
10 move there right away. Mr.
Alexander states that if he NOV
es at all It will be next spring Jr
summer We hope he will re-
main a citizen of Lubbock as we
do not give up such men as Mr..
Alexander very willingly.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-07

Viii Ingram and Frank Higgins
this week purchased the big
Pope Hartford auto from G.. ".
Reed. They will establish a
passenger service between Cros-
bytcn and Spur within a few
days. They are both experienced
young men and will succeed we
are sure.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-07

BoRN-Last Saturday Mr.. o.
+. Patterson, of this city, re-
ceived news by wire of the ar
rival Of another son into his
household at the home of his
wife's parents in San Antonio.
Pat left Sunday for Waco, and
will visit San Antonio before re-
turning.
Two thing TO remember. Do
your shopping early and pay
your poll tax.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-07

Rev. W NJ. Lane, pastor OF
the Methodist church at tins
place, is attending the Mission
airy Institute at Floydada this
week which will be in session
three days. Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday The District
Stewards will also meet at tina I
place.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-07

Miss Mabel MclArry visited a
Few days In Plainyiew last week.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-07

Arther Alexander made a bus
mess trip 20 Terry county the
first Of this week.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-07

A. NJ. Sowell was up from
Slaton Monday and Tuesday at
tending District Court.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-07

Mrs. {. r. Moore. If Brown
field. was visiting IN town this
week and hpying goods from our
merchants. Her daughter. Mrs
j. ". DeShazo and baby Mona.
ACCOMPANIED her home for
short visit.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-07

Tommie and Compton Prit-
chett. of Mitchell county. are
spending a few DAYS here pros
pecting. They are delighted
with the Lubbock country. and
would like TO locate here. but
have not at this time made a deal
for any property.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-07

:. I. Wilson has been spend
ing several DAYS at Waco. where
he has been attending 10 lodge
business in connection with The
ROYAL Arch Lodge as a dele
gate 10 the Grand Chapter.
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Applyinn fhe on.

In applying oil various devices can be
brought into play. spray pump rfsrlne
very satisfactory where con1I1erahIe
area is to be treated Whert the pond IS
small an ordinary sprinkl'rs POT WIN q
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16

Chinese anarchists say their queue cut
ting on the q. t was the cause Of the
banishment Of pigtails from China. An
archists say their secret societies got in
their work by sneakily shipping on the
pigtails Of most prominent citizens and
of oficials high in the favor of the rulers.
About $50 years ago the pigtail style went
into effect, and all Chinks ever since have
had to shave the forehead and wear a
queue to show loyalty to royalty. An
archists say their queue clipping brought
into shame and disgrace many Of China's
leading citizens. But anarchists are a
great lot to brag.
Some of the Tartars always shaved the
front scalp and grew a pigtail. and q
young Msnchu warrior was as proud OF
his hair tail as Mohawk or Pawnee
was OF his string of scalps. asserts the
New York Press. Until the Manchus
forced the pigtail fashion chinks wore
their haSP as the Koreans do. done up in
knot at the back OF the head, peasant
woman fashion. Chinese until nowadays,
seeing Koreans, laughed at the fashion
OF fopknots. While all Chinks wash their
own clothes. being laundrymen by saving
ana habit they do not shave themselves,
but pay the barber. Thus, for . couple
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counted as merely part of the days
work. ......
That it is the. most dangerous branch
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However, those found in this latitude
breed IN lakes. in ponds, IN marshes, in
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Young Officers of Signal Corps Revel in
the Dangers Faced Daily at the Col
lege Park Army Aviation School.

Out at College Park. Md, just the
other side of Riverdale, Uncle Sam is
training the nucleus of his aerial navy.
Just at present there are five young Of
ficers and one aeroplane in this Annapolis
OF aviation, but within a'week or so ad-
ditional machines will be reposing in the
big hangers and a few of the $50 volun-
teers for the service, now on the waiting
list, will be taking daily instruction in
this most marvellous OF modern sciences.
It's a beautiful thing when you think
of it, that no sooner had the government
asked for volunteers for the aerial serv-
ice among the officers of the various
branches of the service that practically
every commissioned man in the army
should jump forward and offer to risk his
life, not for any pecuniary return nor for
any special glory, just, to do something
for the good of the nation. For aviation
in the army is not the spectacular, S10,-
900 prize, triumphant procession thing It
is among the big professionals Of the in
ternational meets there are no cheering
thousands to urge him on to 6eats Of
daring; no big purses hung up for
inter-city flights. It's just a part Of
the service, an everyday sort of. an affair,
with its tremendous risks and strains
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bIplane enthusiast. went on to say that
in his opinion, the Curtiss, being the
swifter of the two American machines,
would be the one to go in front and pick
of the enemy's flyers, while the Wright,
being slower and capable of carrying
more weight, would follow in its wake
with the wireless and the signal scouts.
They speak of being beyond small-arm
range at 5000 feet as though that rendered
their position over an enemy's force prac-
tically secure from harm, but they know
what would happen II the projectile from
one OF the new aeroplane-destroying field
guns should tear through the scouting BIZ
planes wings. The difficulty of hitting
so swiftly moving an object as an aero
plane with any sort of cannon, however,
gives them a great margin for a safe
flight.
But the American air navy need fear
the guns of no enemy so greatly as every
other nation should fear the new aero
plane and balloon destroying gun Re-
Gently tried and adopted for coast de-
fense by the United States. According to
the officers at College Park, this gun has
the ordnance designers of the world beat
en-. 1t is the most powerful, quick-f firing,
long-range, aerial gun the world has ever
seen. 1t is expected to prevent the swift
est and most highly perfected aeroplane
or dirigible balloon from getting near
enough to New York to even make OBJ
servations. No hostile aerial fleet could
get within twelve miles of New York
without becoming a perfect target and be-
ing sent to earth in bits. so it is asserted.
The gun is the recent perfection Of
the aerial gun invented by army ord
nance officers dnder the direction of Brig
Gen. William Crozier, Chief of Ordnance
1t has been given to the government
gratis and is not patented. 1t is a
weapon far superior to any aerial gun
yet built according to ordnance and aero
nautical experts. With IT has been per-
fected a tracer shell charged with a high
explosive. .. ..
The gun is a six-pounder, with a ciliber
Of 2.3S Its weight is 947 pounds. and It
is mobile. 1t is equipped with a modern
breech lock mechanism, invented by the
Ordnance Corps. At Notifications It will
be mounted on carriage, like that used
for all six-pounders. The only difference
will be in the latch or hinge by which the
gun is attached to the carriage This
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riably counteract the irritation and cause
the swelling to disappear. Should none
Of these remedies be available, 1t is said
chimney will relieve the irritation in
stantly, a case where some might re-
gard the cure as worse than the dis
ease, but which is worth trying.
Much of the annoyance to which camp
ers and others are subjected through
the prevalence of mosquitoes can be elm
mated by the use of smudges or fumi-
gants. Everybody knows that anything
which will make a dense smoke drives
away the pest, and a pile Of leaves is
the favorite protection of the camper.
Inside the house pyrethrum powders,
commonly known at Dalmatian insect
powder, prove very effective when
burned, provided they are fresh and pure.
a condition that is not always possible
owing to the fact that the volatile oil
so essential disappears with age and ex-
posure. Pyrethrum powders, used dry.
may be puffed or blown into crevices
frequented by insects. or into the air OF
a room where there are mosquitoes The
most common method is to burn the
powder at night, heaping it in little
pyramid, which is lighted at the top and
while burning slowly gives out pungent
smoke that Supplies the mosquitoes.
When they have fallen to the floor they
can be swept up and burned. This plan
proves efficacious only when there Is no
pronounced draft Of air to dissipate the
smoke. favorite way Of using pyre-
thrum powder is to place it upon a metal
screen above the chimney Of an ordinary
kerosene lamp, the vapor Of the volatile
oil being distributed in a very effective
manner,
Burning sulphur IN small pot, at the
rate of two pounds of sulphur for each
], 900 cubic feet of space, is efficient where
complete fumigation IN the case Of pos
sible disease-bearing mosquitoes is de-
sired.
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CHINA LAST OF NATIONS
TO ABOLISH THE QUEUE

OF centuries BARRIERS Of China have wor-
SHIPPED the Manchus.
1t Is not peculiar to the Chinese. the
wearing of hair tails, for in the eight
eenth century It was height Of fashion
with Europeans and Americans. Conti-
mental soldiers, when not fighting King
George III, spent much time larding and
powdering their plgtails, which looked
quite as funny as those on Chinks. Some
soldiers wore theirs in. eelslins.
Just as thsreSis a language. Of fans.
flowers, jewels, and handkerchiefs, so
there isN language of pigtails in the
Chink fashions Of hair aud headgear
While Chinks with or without hair tails
follow pretty much uniform fashion, Chi
nese women have a great variety OF ways
of fixing their tresses, all OF which have
more or less meaning.
American hair is Of various tints,
shades. and colors. and makes no pleas
ing impression upon the Chinese with
their hair Of standard black. 1t is bad
mistake for Americans to suppose that
Asiatics consider Americans handsome or
Yankee ways pleasant. AS a matter OF
fact, what we think OF them is about as
good as they think OF u.s. They say our
faces seem pale and ghostly; our Deep
set eyes are uncanny and too far apart;
our high. large noses scare little chinkA
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lege Park. With the aeroplane in Its
present stage OF evolution such wholesale
destruction by an aerial feet is i'm
possible, they say.
Capt Beck voiced the opinion of the
army experts on the question of what
the aeroplane as it stands to-day would
mean in warfare.
''As an offensive weapon the aeroplane
Is not nearly so effective as the public
seems to think" he said to a Washing
ton Herald reporter the other day. The
difficulty of dropping explosives with any
degree OF accuracy and the more or less
ineffectiveness of any explosives that an
aeroplane could carry in quantity suffi-
Client to make IT worth while are the
main obstacles that prevent the wide
use of aeroplanes for offensive measures.
The real province of the 4eroplane in
war will be to secure Information. At
the height of 1900 feet the aviator is
immune from the fire of small arms. and
yet not too high to secure all the needed
details through a good field glass of all
he is sent out to observe. He naturally
will not be able to report on roadbed
conditions, fords, bridges, and other to-
geographic data, but he will be able to
observe large bodies of the enemy's
troops, tell in what direction they are
moving. give an estimate of their num-
bers, and even distinguish between the
branches of the service. He will be able
to locate masked batteries and the other
details of the enemy's position, and al
together his reports should be OF in
assistance to the general staf.
VIII Scout in Pairs.
I'VE have tested the possibility Of using
wireless on the machine and find IL prac-
teal and we have shown that the BIZ
plane can carry a rapid-fire gun Of the
new shoulder pattern. The probable
mode Of procedure in war will be to
send the aeroplanes out in pairs. The
first machine will be the swifter OF the
two and will carry a gun. 1t will en-
deavor to destroy or drive to the earth
any OF the enemy's airships that oppose
1t, thus clearing the way for the second
and slower machine. The second ma
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Of the service in peace no one will pre-
sumo to deny. The submarine service is
trolley-car riding in comparison. In war
the air scouts perils will be increased
tenfold, but there will always be plenty
of young officers left to I'LL the places of
those who drop. In fact, the govern
ment was swamped with volunteers for
the service and had to lay down a num-
Der of restrictive rules for picking out
its future air admirals. In the $50 on
the waiting list there are few, II any,
married officers. There are two reasons
why the married men are not wanted m
the aerial service. In the first place,
there would be so many widows to pen
sion, and in the second place the lives OF
the wives would be rounds Of incessant
worry and anxiety. Then, too, the best
men for the service are the youngest OF
the officers, and also the lightest. A lit
tie man can handle a machine Just as
well as a strapping big 2OO-pounder-and
the less the weight carried, the better
time and distance covered by an aero
plane.
The five men at present experimenting
at the College Park aviation field are
Lieuts H. H. Arnold and T. De Witt
Milling, the instructors of flying in a
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HOW THE KING OF PESTS,
AMOS QUITO, IS FOUGHT

rose nozzle can be employed, or. It can
be poured out OF a dipper or cup with
satisfactory results. Where 1t is desired
to treat very large surface straight
nozzle is recommended, as a stream OF
oil will sink beneath the surface, and
then rise and spread until the entire
pond is given a coating with little or no
waste. And best of all, this treatment Is
comparatively inexpensive, crude oil or
low-grade kerosene being procurable in
sufficient quantities at almost any point.
| It is striking commentary on national
indifference to one of the most perni-
eious pests. and one which constitutes a
serious menace to the health of every
community in which they are permitted
to thrive, that instances where concerted
action has been taken, or where individ-
uaI warfare has been waged. are very
rare New York's health officer has
fought a strenuous battle in the marshes
of Long Island, with excellent results.
in other parts of the country there have
been spasmodic crusades, but the awak-
ening is tedious process.
This being the case, It is well to con-
slider some of the agencies that may be
employed in securing protection from
bites, or remedies that may be employed
once a person has been bitten.
Among many preventives that have
come under his observation, Prof. L. o..
Howard, chief of the Bureau Of Ety.
mology, in Washington, advocates as the
most effective a mixture consisting Of
one ounce Of citronella. one ounce spirits
of camphor, and one-half ounce oil Of
cedar. Ordinarily a few drops of this
mixture on a bath towel suspended over
the head of a bed will keep mosquitoes
away. II they are very abundant II may
be advisable to rub few drops Of the
solution on the face and hands. But
even this is not an absolute guarantee
CT immunity After a few hours the
mixture loses its efficacy, and along
about the time that beauty sleep is sup
posed to be In order the persistent little
anopheles well get in his work unless
the application is renewed. To in part
obviate this difficulty. one ounce of cit
ronella may be mixed with four ounces
OF liquid vasellne and applied to the
hands and face. the use OF vaseIine serv-
ing to materially retard the evaporation
Of the on of citronella. A per cent
solution Of sulphate of potash also proves
eficacious. as does oil of cassia;
while in the Philippines, where the pest
Is particularly pernicious. pure kerosene
has been employed extensively with
good results
After the Bite.
Once the mosquito has bitten a person
the first thought Is for something that
will remove the itching sensation and
the swelling that follows poison. Prof.
Howard states that the most satisfac-
tory remedy he has found is ordinary
toilet soap moistsned and rubbed gently
On the puncture. this causing the lrrita-
tor to pass away IN a few moments
Household ammonia. alcohol ana slycer-
n are among the other remedies that
rank high. and drop OF turpentine ap-
piled to the punckufe win almost inpa-
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UNCLE SANS FUTURE AIR ADMIRALS TAKE
LIVES IN THEIR OWN HANDS TO LEARN GAME

iust at present he Is in Hammondsport
N. Y, Inspecting the new and reputedly
marvellous hydroplane in which Curtiss
has been rising from the waters Of the
lake like a big wild duck. Both the hy-
droplane and regular Curtiss aeroplane
are expected to be in Washington soon
for experimental and training purposes.
Learning to fly is by no means the
only thing the officers OF the aerial serv-
ice have TO study. They have to keep in
touch with the latest developments in
the science Of aviation the world over
and with the latest devices invented for
offensive measures against aeroplanes anu
balloons in time of war. Almost every
day the War Department sends a batch
of papers to College Park in which
is shown how some high forehead OF
German has, with infinite patience and
scientific malevolence, schemed out
devilish sort OF gun and projectile for
use against an enemy's aeroplane feet.
Then. too. the part the aeropIane is to
conjecture and gives rise to the ne
cessity for constant theorizing and study.
Not an Offensive Weapon.
The popular conception OK the aeroplane
in war is far different thing from what
careful study and experimentation have
brought the aerial corps officers to believe
the true province OF the war plane. The
public has been taught to expect great
fleets OF swift aeroplanes cIouding the
sky with their wings and visiting devas-
tation upon fleet, army. and city by
- ~ t~g,
ped accurately from great heights. That
the world will never witness such a spec
tacle is the belief OF the officers <at Col