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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-03-28

Six years ago, the 30th of .Iai
December, the writer landd 3
Lubbock, our landing was effec
ted by a mail hack draw by tw,
small mules, that made daily
trips from Gail to Lubbock. II
took two full davs to make the
trip from Big Springs to this
place, arriving here after dark
the second day, and we have
made Lubbock our home since
that day, and the
chances are indeed slim for the
people of this city 10 rid them
selves of us.
AT that time the town of Lub-
book was very small. Less than
800 people lived here.
The business housesj were few
and far between, and the resi-
dence buildings we're still more
scattering. The people who
were here however, were on
their metal. They we're not
moss-backs. They were full Of
life, and pulled together like a
team Of mules. They were bent
on making a city out Of Lub-
book and an agricultural coun-
try out of the region round about
them.
At that time the nearest rail
road trading point was Canyon
City, ITO miles, north or Big
Springs about the same dis
.ance south. The first plat on
his page shows the railroad at
hat time and is a splendid rep
'esentation Of the situation then. |
was known throughout |
he length and bredth of the
and for the fact that il had been |
dvertised extensively as bearing
he distinction of being further
way from a railroad than any
ther postoffice in the United
tates. Still the same spirit ex-
'ted then as now and Lubbock
ad the reputation. which she
olds of doing things. for even
{ the distance she was from a
abroad, she had three daily
lails. from as many different
Irections, viz Canyon to Lub-
Dck. Big Springs to Lubbock
nd Esteline to Lubbock. Time
'lled on. The people kept a I
zen look out for institutions
'at would benefit the town. 1
hey had their head set for a
Ilroad. Numerous propositions !
ere submitted from railroad q
'omoters. much money was y
ent trying to get them lined >
}. Finally within about two
ars the Santa Fe broke into :
e great fertile country to "
e north of us and built a line =
Plainview, at which point u
ey stopped, apparently sulled. |"
d would not bulge one bit. y
:. Kennedy, the same Sd IL
'nnedy. who recently sold the II
tus, Lubbock and Roswell
to Mr.. West. put up in
proposition to the people here rs
build road. His proposition Fl
s accepted. He got busy. ds
lded a long string of the W
d. looked like he was going as
have a train running into ca
block within a very short DC
Ie. The Santa Fe could not co
nd il any longer. so she got an
y busy. and submitted the re
pIe here a propos;tion also be
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-03-28

The Dallas News has had re-
preventative in this part Of the
state in the person of Mr.. Frank
A. Briggs. who came for the
purpose Of getting information
about this great country fT his
paper He spent several days
here. and sized the situation up
IN no uncertain light. He was
taken over the country adjacent
10 Lubbock, he was shown over
the town and his story Of the
progress Of the Lubbock country
and the city Of Lubbock reads.
Stories Of today and yesterday
in the Staked Plains Of Texas
would read almost as different
as ancient and modern history.
a recital Of the progress made
during the short period of two
two years sounds more like fc.
ton than fact. II is not neces-
sary 10 exaggeTate. Telling the
truth is sufficiently startling,
only one must be careful not 10
give credit for improvements to
one town when they we're ac.
tually made a half mile nearer
some other town.
Every town on the Plains il on
tip toes and awake 10 the possi-
bilities of the country. Every
town is dong its level best TO
grow into city, and IL they had .
the money. the progress Of the
last two years. startling as il
may be to a stranger. would be
10 look like a broken down plow
horse in race against Harvest
er.
SOURCE or GREAT WEALTH
While the drouth hit hard in
some sections Of Texas, the
Plains country grew more cotton
than the people could pick and
more feedstufs than they could
harvest. There has been a great
plenty Of everything and people
are prosperous. 4
The rain fall is not heavy, yet
1t is not a dry country. Crop
failures are few. and on that
basis the country has been de-
veloped thus far. On that basis ,
II could continue 10 be developed
until every quarter section was {
occupied. but this section Of Tex !
a has a greater resource than 3
\ fertile soil which will produce i
crops with twenty TO twenty d
Iour-inch annual rain. Its y
greatest wealth lies beneath the O
surface In the shape Of an al
most inexhaustible supply of '
soft, pure water. II is the de- I
velopment Of this water supply; 4
the bringing of life-giving water v
10 the surface and its distribu- 4
ion to the fields which will make b
he Staked Plains. the old-time I,
barren plains, on which many A
nan has died of thirst, promi- h
ient as a producer Of wealth in r,
he form Of fruits. grains and ii
Ilfalfa. IL is for this work that c.
he Staked Plains needs money
md men Of experience.
PERIOD OF SPECULATION p
This country has not passed &C
ntirely through its period of X
peculation. People whs own CO
and generally appreciate. in a tn
leasure. the value OF irrigation W
rom wells. but they do not un- CT
erstand il. They know how to is
an a ranch. Many have learn ST
4 TO farm in ordinary ways, pa
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-03-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Parkerson. are
in this city. and are having their
ranch improved a few miles out
from town. They expect to
do quite a bit Of improving and
will make their home out there
as soon as a suitable residence
can be built. We welcome these
people to the South Plains
and to Lubbock county
and trust that they viii never
regret having moved to the
beautiful Plains country.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-03-28
LUBBOCK IS RAILROAD CENTER Of THIS SECTION
Its People are Aggressive Developments in the Past Have Been
Remarkable, and the Future improvements viii be Even
Greater Something About this Section

but none have learned their A.
B-C's in irrigation. Therefore
development along this line in
this vicinity consists Of the
equipping Of few wells for ex-
hibition purposes, and the start.
ing Of "A few more by men who
are determined to extend their
Investigations into actual prac-
tice. Many are inclined to dig
and equip wells in order to dis
pose Of their lands at advanced
prices, generally selling TO some
person who is also ignorant Of
the first principal Of irrigation.
Notwithstanding the specuIa-
ton which is the result Of the
discovery Of an almost exhaus-
tible supply of underground
water there is an honest and
effective effort being made to
develope the country. Not all
are spectators, and probably
there would be few were the
people generally informed re-
garding irrigation methods.
This country. however, needs
men with capital. experienced
irrigation farming or sufficiently
interested TO develop the water
supply along practical lines and
learn right methods by study |
and experience.
NOT AN ARID COUNTRY
Bumper crops OF cotton. corn,
wheat. maize. Kaffir corn. oats
and fruit season after season
since farms we're established
proves that this is not an arid
country. The word irrigation"
has ceased to have terrors for
the citizens here. Because
there is an abundant water sup.
ply and irrigation can be, and
will be practiced. is no sign that
{ is absolutely necessary. for IL
8 a fact that development thus
'ar; that the thousands of acres
placed under cultivation during
he last few years, have been on-
he basis Of farming without ir.
'igation.
The discovery of the great !
water supply dates back but o
ew months 50 far az the Plains ,
itizens are concerned. although :
| has been generally known to Y
for years. Irrigation
a new thing TO them and un- n
oubtedly the greatest develop v
nent in the future will be based I
n this underground wealth. I
Crops this year will be cult i
ated without the aid of irriga- h
lon. In the vicinity of Lubbock v
here are but three completed a
'ells, with several partially n
nished. A sn acreage will 8
e prepared for watering, but n
Or experimental purposes only. v
s the soil Is filled with moisture Ct
'e value of irrigation will not n
'ceive AS practical a demonstra- d
on as It would we're drQuth s,
prevailing. n
STAPLE CROPS or THE PLAINS ce
In this section of the Staked
aims the staple crops consist of II
tson. wheat. corn. maize. al
aiiir corn and oats. Owing to th
ndltions last fall and winter al
e grain acreage will be light, III
hich will bring about an in tn
ease in other crops. As there W
always a market for feed a
ifs. many farmers are pre-
ring to greatly increase their ra
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-18
This Weeks News Forecast

c. the State
of
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to
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United States and Canada Travel Vacation Exhibition
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cation will have a prominent place IN the discussions
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-18
CLARK AND BRYAN.

Last October long before the pres
ent Kaleidoscope political fiip-fops
had taken place this paper expressed
the opinion that w. j. Bryan would
be next nominee for president on the
democratic ticket
1t looks that way more than ever
it did and for many reasons.
The conditions favor many ballots
and a hard fight at the Baltimore
convention. 1t is already certain
that no other democrat than Beau
champ Clark can possibly go into the
convention with even a majority of
the delegates to say nothing of the
two-thirds required.
Clark will be fortunate If he gets
half the number required to win on
the first ballot and much of the OPP
position to him will prove very de-
termined. Indeed it seems that after
the first ballot, Clark's fight will be
harder than ever
So far the Speaker of the House
has failed to get the delegates frorl
Pennsylvania, New York, Connecti-
cut, Oregon, Indiana, Alabama
Georgia, Florida, Mississippi. Texas
North Dakota, the greater part oil
Maine and nearly all of Wisconsin
He has no chance for the Ohio dele.
cation. on the first ballot, at any
rate, nor can he hope for the support
iof South Carolina. Many othe,
states are doubtful and may fail him
| The odds are all against his chance.
| for even majority of the conven
! tion at the start. Wilson will de
well If he begins with one-quarter O
the delegates.
| Such conditions, with the two
thirds rule in force, look like a dead
lock. They justify the efforts ant
keep alive the hopes of all candi
dates who have chance for sec
ondary support. They are mightil,
interesting to William Jenning
Bryan. 1t begins to look more an,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-18

lars at stake depending on the COM
mencement of building operations by
the Baldwin people lis about ex-
hausted. The time has come for ex-
IRENE measures
1t is a strange thing that the
editor of a paper that ought to know
public sentiment in the community
in which his paper eirculates is will
ing to subjugate the demands of the
people to his own fear that he will
lose job or two of city printing.
If motives of selfish interest are
all that concern him it is time that
some of his advertisers were inform
ing him that he will lose their bust
ness if he does not do all he can t.
bring the council to time.
1t is apparent to those who knew
the traction situation that it could
have been settled just at satisfac-
torally two weeks ago as it could to
day and that two weeks, two months
or two years would not evolve any
better plan than that which has al
ready been adopted.
THEN WHY DELAY?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-18
GARY SCHOOL LITERATURE.

The public schools of Gary are to-
day the subject of an inspection visit
on the part of the public school prin-
cipals of Chicago. They have heard
so much about the Gary schools that
they are going to look at their work
ings first hand.
Gary's schools are this month
the subject of a lengthy illustrated
article in the June number of the
Pictorial Review which is already on
the news stands
Recently the Gary schools have
been featured in the Brickbuilder,
the American School Board Journal
Hampton's Magazine, the Iron Age
the Elementary School Teacher
School and Home Education. The
World Today, Minneapolis Journal
Toronto Globe, Newark News, Chi
cago Sunday Tribune, Cook County
School News, Das Schulzimmer, the
official educational publication o.
the Kingdom of Prussia, Charlotten
burgh, Germany, Revista De Educa
cion, Havana and score or more
other publications.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-18
POOR OLD MUNCIE.

Since Muncie found it had a Mrs
Anthony who was wearing diamond
in the heels of her kicks" every
thing has gone wrong down there
The Muncie Press says:
"Of course you have noticed
that every woman desires to dress
so that her attire is different than
that of every other woman. Some
OF them have a pretty difficult
time making it. That is why at
least a few of them look ridicul-
Gus. There is Madaiine who
wears a skirt that looks like a
gunny sack. Her papa paid pos
sibly $40 for that Then there is
Elizabeth. whose skirt is shy
about two and one-half yards of
material, Elizabeth has a hard
time sitting down. She has to
pull the fullness from the bottom
of that garment and she is Offend
ed when somebody, even a woman,
unconsciously peeks at her ankles.
Next comes Mary Ann with an
abbreviated shirtwaist and her
mosquito bar stockings, some
times called hose. If the mercury
drops to it's all the same to
Mary Ann. She wouldn't cover up
her nakedness for little thing
like that. Mercy no."
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-18
"THIS Is MY 74TH BIRTHDAY"
Watson G. Squire

Watson C. Squire. former United
States senator from Washington, was
born in Cape Vincent, n. Y, May IS,
1898, and received his education at
Wesleyan University. From his gradu-
alton until the outbreak of the civil
war he taught school, In 1861 he en-
listed as a private in a New York regi-
ment and the next year he raised a
company of Ohio Sharpshooters, after
ward known as Gen. Shermans Body
Guard" At the close of the war Mr.
Squire returned to New York and re-
manned there until 1879. He then re-
moved to Seattle, where he inaugurated
many extensive business enterprises
He was governor of Washington Terri
tory for three years and in 1889 was
eected United States senator. serving
until 1897
Congratula to:
Nicholas H.. emperor of Russia. A.
years old today.
John c. Bowman, president of tht
State University of Iowa, years OLD
today.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-18
I'll r. A X I'D
BY
r U B E

OLD Doc Wiley has become a father
at 81 This bears out our statement
that it's never too late to begin.
IS it possible that the reported in
crease In the nail business is due to the
activity of the good people of Miller in
buying up enough spikes to nail down
their sidewalks and sand dunes while
the Gary park negotiations are on?
1T has been found that Iowa dam
sells aren't built narrow enough to wear
hobble skirts. Probably this will ex-
plain why the hobbies were never in
vogue in Hanover township
HAMMOND is to have fine summer
schools. This coupled with the excel
lent brand of summer sausage to be
had its free lunch counters should give
it quite a reputation.
CAN'T figure for the life of us why
those Aetna Powder mill workers are
kicking because of their condition. Of
all the occupations men follow, a pow
der maker has a better chance of going
up than any other known to mankind.
THE international peace conference
is in session at Lake Mohonk. Before
the summer is over there'll be a couple
of wars declared
THAT spring is surely here despite
the weather is TO be Judge from the fact
that missus at the boarding house now
allows us strawberries as often as
twice a week. 4e
CHEESE makes. muscles'i-Govern-
ment bulletin. Nothing new. Even the
limburger they make over in Hege-
wisch will make you strong.
MRS. HENNERY COLDBOTTLE, who
is now through housekeeping, has
turned her vacuum cleaner to good adj
vantage. She finds it an excellent me-
dunn to rid the dog and cat of fieas
and one of her neighbors even wants
to use the exterminator in the poultry
yard and barn.
SEE by THE TIMES that eight men
were hurt in the Grasseni melee" near
the Inland canal Wonder how near
the wounds were to their alimentary
canal?
FOR the benefit of those who don't
| know we might add that Mr.. Sourbeer
| is manager of the Golden Bros storage
house in Hammond and Frank Bier
wagon runs a saloon in Clark road. in
Gary
NEW book is out about q dr1ed-up
old young cuss who never kissed a wo-
| man until he kissed one by mistake
and then he got the habit.
SPEAKER Champ Clark had to adj
/ join congress Thursday because he
| couldn't decide a parliamentary point.
He should have done what Mayor
! Knots does when the Hon. Battle Axe
/ Castleman starts to amend the amend
| ment which I have previously
amended before I amend the amend
| ment which l now seek to amend" The
mayor always calls in the police when
| the wreckage gets this bad.
| SCIENTISTS say that we make mis-
| takes because we have much to re-
| member and perhaps this is the reason
| that the Gary city hall crowd think
| that the people of Miller are making a
mistake in remembering how they
tried to scalp them q few years ago
with their little annexation knives.
YOU would hardly know that it is
May time were it not for the late lines
| on the newspapers.
S. n. again. Mother where did you
put that galvanized washtub and the
wool soap?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-18

signed in anger from the senate, de-
claring that no white man could live
in such an abominabie climate as that
of Washington. During this time he
was the adviser of Jefferson and an
enemy of Aaron Burr. Despite his dis
taste for Washington he returned in
1912 as commissioner of the land office,
and held on TO that job internationally
until 1929, when he was summarily dis
missed by President Jackson. His
friends attributed his death less than a
week afterward to wrath over his dis
missal.
Abraham Lincoln applied for the po-
sition of commissioner in 1854. but fail
ed of appointment. Walt Whitman. the
poet, was at one time employed by the
land office, was also -Marse Henry"
Watterson of Kentucky.
Public lands to the extent of 1884,
| 0T2.0S7 acres were to be disposed of by
the department at it's inception and
| during the hundred years that have
| elapsed 1.153.6 7O,s26 acres have been
given and sold to homesteaders, rail-
/ roads, etc. Three hundred million acres
of it have been retained for govern
mental national forests, parks and mill
tary reservations.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-18

reached between the company and
men. The men were fighting for a
ten -hour-day rule and the company
granted it and also promised steady
employment throughout the year.
PLAN FOR BIG WEEK.
"One big week" is the announcement
for high school commencement next
week, at Danville, when the town is
expected to be overrun with visitors.
1t will be the thirty annua:
commencement of the school and the
principal exercises Will be held in the
college chapel Sunday evening the
baccaIauereate sermon Will be preach
ed by the Rev. A. L. Miller. pastor Of
the NJ e. Church. The commence
ment proper will be held Monday
evening and the address, will be by
Prof. Stanley Coulter of Purdue, his
subject being The Spirit That Wins
Fourteen boys and six girls will be
graduated.
FIVE HAVE NARROW ESCAPE.
That Mr.. and Mrs. o. c. Martin. Mrs.
Thomas Wilson. Mrs. E Suddith and
Mrs. Louis d. wadsworth of Wash
ington are alive tonight can only be
attributed to luck. Mr.. Martin, a coal
operator. was at the wheel of an auto
when he attempted to drive over a
blind" B. & o. Southwestern railroad
crossing only to be struck by an en-
CINE and car doing switching service.
The automobile was showed about 100
feet along the rails and demolished.
but the passengers escaped without a
scratch.
BOILER FLIES QUARTER MILE.
At the Boarders coal mine eight
miles west of Petersburg, the boiler
exploded, tore the engine room into
splinters and hurled the drum of the
boiler quarter of a mile away. Many
window lights in the nearby Zion
church were knocked out and people
at Union, mile away thought that
there had been an earthquake. The
engineer had banked the fires and tn
cause of the explosion is mot known.
No one was about the mine when the
explosion occurred. The tipple house.
a short distance away, was not dam
jagged.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-18

Washington, ID. c.. May 19--The gov
eminent land office is one hundred
years old. The first independent bu-
reau established in Washington, 1t was
started on its career May Z. 1912.
The government land office like the
little acorn, had a small beginning.
When Edward Tiffen. a former senator
and also al one time governor of Ohio,
was made the first commissioner. the
department. employed only nine men.
Now, under the administration of the
present commissioner, Fred bennett.
there are over two thousand employees
and the congressional appropriation for
this year for the maintenance OF the
department IS over $4,000, 600.
Since the establishment of the land
office many interesting personalities
have been at its head. Not the least
interesting was the first commissioner
Born an Englishman. Tiffn had been
educated for medicine and became a
Methodist preacher. He was preaching
in Ohio when he got into politics. He
actually wrote the first constitution OF
Ohio. Later he became speaker of its
legislature, then governor, and in 1907
United States senator. Finally he re-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-18
BUNCOMBE Ell?

Is the East Chicago Globe repre-
senting its patrons or is it represent
ing the city council of. East Chicago
as against the public interest in this
moot franchise proposition? Which
weighs more heavily in the balance
with the Globe, the unanimous pub
lie demand for an immediate settle
ment of this problem or the uncon-
cealed belief of its editor that it be-
hooves him to stand by the city
council in whatever it does for fear
he will lose the city printing?
1t does not take a keen observer to
note that every business man of any
consequence in East Chicago and In
diana Harbor, every property owner,
the bankers and the heads of indus
trial concerns demand the immediate
granting of franchises in East Chi
cago.
Neither does it require much per-
spicuity to see that the city council
men who are delaying the project
are either doing so because their
pride has been hurt by the action OF
the citizens committee in putting
their recommendations directly up tt
the council for immediate action o.
because they think there is some
thing in it for them If they hold of
until the patience of the street rail.
way company is exhausted
The Globe renarEs.
There has been lot of bun
combe" rushed into print about
delaying the Baldwin Locomotive
works which seems silly to one
looking at the matter squarely."
This, in effect. is a statement tina
the authorized declarations of tn,
very business men who located thu
Baldwin plant and certainly ough
to know the situation, are buncomb be
The actual facts OF the case ar,
that a number of the members of TIN
East Chicago council are not bi,
enough to hold the offices to whicl
they are elected, that they ought t
be recalled by popular vote and /
their dilly-dallying results in tn
failure of the Baldwin Co. to bull
tarred and feathered.
The patience of the people of Eas
Chicago and Indiana Harbor, VIII
have hundreds of thousands of dol