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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-31
G0ODRUM Of sWEETWATER SUCCESSFUL BIDDER
The Work Of Remodeng the Building To Be Completed By January
22nd 1918, will Be- Quite An Improvement Over Old
Building. Work Starts in Few Days

will be provided with drop avn
ing. The interior of the build
ing will be remodIed and COM
pletely overhauled. 1t will be
replastered throughout upper
and lower stories which will
make it one of the incest build
ings in the city.
The contract calls for the COM
pletion of the building by jan
uary 22nd, of the coming year.
The Lubbock. State Bank
agement is one of the strongest
and best conducted institutions
Of the kind in the state and il
always keeps abreast Of the
times. They were among the
first TO put up concrete build
iag in the city. which was done
before trains ran into Lubbock,
which bespeaks for them a pro-
gressive spirit and their efforts
to improve the town are proper
~ appreciated as is shown by
the splendid deposits.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-31
SANTA re WANTS ORIENT
Said to BE Seeking Control OF
That System of Railroad
Ripley Inspects Lines

Rumors of a mighty conflict
between several great railroads
for the possession of the Kansas
City, Mexico & Orient. now in
the hands Of receivers. were cur
rent in Fort Worth Yesterday.
The general impression was that
the Santa Fe and the Chicago a.
Alton were the railroad giants
between whom possession of the
coveted road Law.
That the Orient will be sold,
and shortly, is conceded by most
railroad authorities. That it is
desired by many roads is also
certain for. when completed, 1t
will offer the shortest transconti-
mental route from the Missouri
river TO Mexico City.
E. P. Ripley, president of the
Santa Fe system, accompanied
by a party of capitalists, made
an inspection trip of the Orient
last week. They would divulge
no information regarding their
intentions. but that did not pre-
vent the rumor that the great
system was preparing to further
strengthen its almost impregna-
BILE defense in the fight for the
trade of West Texas.
REVIVE OLD RuMoR
A railroad authority of Fort
Worth intimately connected with
movements in Orient circles. re-
vived the old rumor of the taking
over of the Orient by the Chicago
& Alton.
IAN intimation of such a deal
was published in papers through
out the country about two years
ago." he said: The Orient is
building into Kansas City and
the Orient already is there.
Teis would enable a great through
passenger service from Chicago
TO the City Of Mexico. The ru-
NOR even went so far as 20 state
that such a sertice would be cali
ed the White City special.
The connection Of Theodore
p. Shonts and the late Edwin
HawIes. both powers In the Al
ton. confirms this rumor. The
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-31

Mention was made some weeks
ago of the intention Of the Lub-
book State Bank to improve their
bank house and they have made
good their intentions and have
this week let the contract for the
remodeling Of the old building.
The contract was let through
Henry Mount, the local architect
and the successful bidder was
Sam Goodrum, of Sweetwater,
the man who built the Lubbock
Mercantile building.
The contract includes tearing
down of the east, south and west
walls of the the old concrete
building and the replacing of
same. The East and South
wall of the new building will be
made Of Elgin Butler grey brick
With Luder stone trimmings and
Georgia grey marble base for
plate glass show windows. The
south and east of the building
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-31

Visitors repaired to their Pul.
man cars and spent tire remain
ing hours of the night. leaving
next morning at five o'clock for
Tahoka and Lamesa.
Not being satisfied with seeing
the city Of Lubbock by electric
light they resolved to do some
thing that has never before been
done on an occasion of this kind
in this section of the state. and
that was to double back and
spend a few hours more looking
at our great improvements of
which they have heard and
read so much about. The train
returned 10 Lubbock at two
O'Clock. after a pleasant trip and
short stops at Lamesa the ter
minus of the Lamesa branch and
Tahoha our neighboring county
seat 10 the south.
They saw Lubbock as she Is
no extra powder and paint. and
she looked good IN the eyes Of the
Fort Worth people. They are
interested In a closer relation
with Us and they win be OF
great assistance 10 us and we 10
them In securing better shipping
facilities between the two towns.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-31
WARMLY WELCOMED BY OUR BUSINESS MEN
vso Covm,n. lunchn At Hotel Caeos l030-Leave For Ia
hoh, And lamesa at 500 O'clock and Return To lub-
book at 5:00to "See More Of Lubbock"

ever brought to Lubbock. to i'm
prove property here: that he had
always believed in Lubbock and
had more faith in her now than
ever before. and termed her
country as the Eden of the
West. "
0. r. Mccormick, Secretary Of
the Chamber Of Commerce, fol
lowed with a few words in which
he said this trip was a great rev.
aIution 10 the party and all could
see clearly the great need of a
direct line Of railroad connecting
Lubbock with Fort Worth. Lub-
book is attracting attention for
she is the star of the Great
Plains.
o. l.. Slaton. President of the
Lubbock State Bank, was called
for a speech and in well chosen
words gave a brief history Of our
city. He said six years ago we
were further. from a railroad than
any other town in the state. and
now we are a leading railroad
center and will not be contented
till we can ship our produce
straight 10 Fort Worth. :"
This closed the program at the
opera house. The party was in.
vited to visit the Masonic Hall,
which is recognized as the best
in Texas. and then they were es-
corted TO the Carletos hotel
whore in the lobby the Fort
Worth band rendered excellent
music. After this the diningroom
was thrown open and all invited
in 10 "A cowman's lunch. with
the following menu:
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-31

Chicago & Alton is now a portion
of the Union Pacific system.
which itself is owned by the
Southern Pacific. A great inn
provement in service on the
Southern Pacific might thus be
made, for the Orient will cross
that road at Alpine. - Fort
Worth Record.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-31
DISTRICT COURT
The Following are the Names Of
the Grand Jury and Petit Jury
for District Court.

District Court will convene on
Nov. II. 1912, and the following
are the names Of the Grand .Jur-
ors and Petit Jurors:
GRAND JURY
W. E. Bledsoe, H. T. Boyd.
J. N. Stauffer, J. W. Moors, s.
D. Stewart, C. C. Hoffman. C.
B. Joplin, j. s. Slower, J. T.
Brown. S. S. Rush, A. M. Lude-
man. Joe E. Perkins. H. D.
Beal, Jno. w. Baker. Geo. C.
Wolffarth, M. C. McCrummen.
Petit Jurors for second week,
beginning Nov. 18th:
r. C. Burns. ]. d. Oliver.
D. F. Meredith, E. B. Green.
C. C. Reed, r. D. Looney, F. d.
Eddy, Will Haney. P. d. Haney,
J. c. J. Burns, Thomas Cox, j.
A. Burgess. o. E. Rush. w. K.
Dickinson, S. R. Pierce, J. H.
Kemp. j. Garrison, Joe Joplin,
G. F.. Martin. Scott May, J. B.
Green, l.. c. Denton, j. L. Ben
ton, J. l.. Tubbs. j. c. Dean. c.
II. Lupton. f. N. Twaddle. r.
@. Pierce, Jim (Big) Robinson,
c. d Shaw, Thad Tuhbs. A. j.
Bryant. L. |. Rouse, J. NJ. Bloyd,
w. s. Norton, W. ID. Reiger.
Petit jurors for third week,
November %.
c. A. Kellner, w. 0. Murray.
Sam T. Davis, w. L. Simpson,
r B. Lowery. w. NJ. George, R.
H. Haney, A. r. Phipps, j. V.
Roy, j. C.. Erwin, N. X. Porter,
Lee Cawan. S. w. Jarvis, j. L.
Showalter, c. A. Pierce. w. j.
Luna. ]. d. Quick. w. G. Nairn,
j. j. Reynolds, F. X. Mitchell,
A. NJ. Rankin, Ed Sullivan, c.
A. Holcomb, j. S. Penney, S. A.
Ikard. Isham Tubbs. Z. T. Jack
son, w. o. Burford, Jno. A.
Glenn. l.. r. Mcdaniel. w. II. d.
Behrns. l.. Hardy. O +. Eubank,
Jim Mabry. l.. c. Robinson.
Morton j. Smith.
Petit jurors for fourth week Of
District Court.
r. f. Penney, Jim Robinson,
Jr., w. o. Tubbs, r. B Shaw,
A. w. BIankinsbip, A. f. Wat
son. W. E. Robinson. A. NJ.
Clayton, j. A. Cannon, }. II.
Bryan. A. L. Reed, VIM. Me-
Kinley. j. A. Baker, J. I. Pryor,
J. w. Harper. H. w. Scroggins,
5. P. Robbins, R. l.. Beard, 2.
!. Pollard, A. C. Benton, G. S.
Burt. T. L. Farris, w. G. Green.
L. Fitzgerald. w. F. Flynt, E.
A. Frazier. VIM. Collins. j. Z.
Penney. Smith Shaw. Ed Vaughn,
!. C. Pollard. Dave Crump. M.
J. Abernathy, w. c. Vaughn,
Edgar Abney, Henry Crosby.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-31

Last week we made mention
of the fact that the Fort Worth
Board of Trade In their special
train would visit our city We'd
nesday night. and accordingly
the excursion train loaded
with enthusiastic boosters rolled
into the Santa Fe yards and
halted at the Santa Fe depot at
ten minutes after eight O'Clock.
about forty minutes behind the
schedule time. Being a few
minutes tardy however. did not
seem TO have any bad effect on
the enthusiasm with which the
touring party was thoroughly
bubbling over.
They were met at the depot by
a large number Of Lubbock's
business men. including whole
sale and retail merchants. pro-
fessional men Of all kinds. bank
ers. real estate men. newspaper
reporters and many other Lub-
book boosters who at once began
to make the Fort WORTHLESS feel
that 1T was good to be here. T"
Headed By the Fort Worth
band a line Of march was insti-
tuted and led the crowd to the
Lyric Theatre. where all were
comfortable seated.
Jno. w. Baker. president Of
the First National Bank. as
master Of ceremonies on this oc.
casion. introduced Mayor. Frank
T.. Wheelock. who IN behalf Of
the city extended the visitors
most cordial welcome. tie told
them the police were of duty
and the city was theirs.
Prof. J. X. Wester then ad.
dressed the audience in his usual
fluent manner and said IN part:
AT one time, not long past.
this country was the range for
the buffalo and the Indian. but
now il has become one of the
greatest feed producing sec
tions of the state" He said
further. Irrigation is fast be-
coming valuable feature in
agricultural lines" and wound
up his story by saying you all
know Lubbock is the banner city
of the plains. "
A. G. Carter, president Of the
Chamber of Commerce. replied
to the address of welcome in a
very pleasing way. Said he vas
proud to be in the city and would
come again.
]. +. Henderson. Division Com
mercial Superintendent of the
Southwestern Telegraph and
Telephone Company. favored the
waiting crowd with a few well
chosen words. He said: 1T has
been said that He tnat causes
two blades of grass to grow where
one formerly grew is a benefac-
tor. and that beng true Lub-
book has made good and this trip
will bring you more closely to Fort
Worth and her great enterprises,
We will no longer be strangers.
We will buy your cows. horses.
mules. hogs and sheep and sell
you anything you might need"
Holt Harris. with the Pierce
Fordyce Oh Association. was
next introduced as a product Of
Fort Worth. and although rather
delicate (weignt about 21b) they
felt proud Of him. Mr. Harris
said the first word he ever heard
was ''Lubboek." and that he
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-31
SNEE0 GETS BOND
Higher Courts Grants Slayer OF
Al Boyce Bail IN the Sum
Of $20,000.00

John Beal Sneed was granted
$50, 600 bail by the court of Grim
inal appeals at Austin Wednes.
day after a long fight by his
Fort Worth attorneys that start
ed the day he killed AL G. Boyce
Jr., at Amarillo, Sept. IA, accord
ing to dispatches to the Star.
Telegram.
Sneed will walk the streets OF
Amarillo q free man, for the time
being. Thursday. il Attorney
Walter B. Scott receives the
mandate from Austin in time to
20 to Amarillo tonight.
Presiding Judge Davidson and
Associate Judge Harper concur
red in the opinion that means tenn.
porary freedom to Sneed. Judge
Prendergast dissented, but
would place the bail at $35, 600 IN
any event.
IF this bail were 81, 900. 900
or two, or three million" Scott
said Wednesday, "Sneed would
be released as promptly. Fifty
wealthy men of Amarillo. all his
sympathizers in the tragic feud.
stand ready to pledge their for
tunes for him. "
Sneed will hurry to his children
at Georgetown, where he will re-
main until his second trial in
Fort Worth, Nov. IL, for killing
Capt. AL G.. Boyce. Sr., in the
Metropolitan hotel lobby, Jan.
13.
He will not be tried until next
spriog for killing AL Boyce, Jr.,
whose elopment with Mrs. Sneed
in the autumn Of 1911 was fol
lowed by Sneed killing two men
and the wrecklng of three
families.
1t is not customary in habeas
corpus cases for the court to ex-
press an opinion. for It would
affect the trial case. The opin-
ion granting bail is short and the
dissent shorter.
OPINION is BRIEF
The text Of the opinion is:
"Relator was indicted by the
grand jdry OF Potter county.
charged with murder. He sued
out a writ of haheas corpus be-
fore Hon. J. A. Browning, Judge
Of the district court. praying
that he be granted bail. After
hearing the evidence the court
remanded relator to the custody
OF the sheriff. from which jgdg-
ment he prosecutes this appeal.
Able counsel appeared in
this court in behalf Of the re-
lator and for the state, and have
fled briefs evidencing research
study and thought, and TO each
Of whom we have given much
However, after a
careful study of the records. we
have arrived at the conclusion
that the court was in error in
refusing the relatOr bail. and
the judgment is reversed. Bail
is granted in the sum of $40, 000
"(Signed) HARPER. Judge. F"
The dissent is:
Il have reached a different
from a careful and
study of all the evi-
ience and the briefs. am of
the opinion that the district
Judge was right in refusing bail
and that his judgment should be
affirmed. |. therefore. dissent
from the Judgment reversing
the judgment of the court be-
Iow and admitting relator TO
bail. In the event relator is
granted bail, it should in no
event be less than $685. 900.
"(Signed)
DpuNprprkcr L,dra -
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-31

Mrs. Jas. l.. Dow and two sons
Rankin and Melvin. returped
Tuesday from a visit al the
home Of Mr.. aad Mrs. ]. N.
Dorm In Mitchell county. Mrs.
Dow and her sister. Miss Emma
Dorm attended the state fair Issl
week.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-31
Onions
DESERT

Corn Cob Pipe and Prince AL.
bert Tobacco.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-31

The Wheelock Dress Shop vim
dows have been wearing hsllow
cen decorations for this week.
which reminds all who have
passed that way that time is
gradually passing along. Does
not seem long since this eyentfuI
day was here last. The decora-
tions at the WheeIock Dress
Shop were very tastily and
uniquely gotten
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-31
The CONTEST TODAY
Interest Increasing in Diamond
Ring Contest New Nominal
tons Miss Wilson Still Leads

In the merchants contest the
interest is increasing and a num-
Der of others have been entered
this week. Voting has been
more brisk than heretofore and
promises to become more lively
thantever.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-31

s. X. Bynum Of Lamesa. was
q Lubbock visitor the latter part
Of last week.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-31

Mrs. G. L. Adams. wife Of our
enterprising abstract man. left
yesterday for big Sprines.
where she will Walt relatives
and friends.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-31
The OLDEST Stage LINE
viii be Abolished When Railroad
Mail Service is Put
On Orient

With the establishment of
railway mail service ON the Kan
sas city, Mexico & Orient rail-
way between Mertzon and Fort
Stockton, Nov, |, the passing Of
one of the Oldest stage lines in
Texas will be marked.
Since Texas was a frontier
country the Fort Stockton resi-
dents have been supplied with
mail by stage coach. The route
formerly was from MERTON to
Fort Stockton, but in recent
years Fort Stockton has been
supplied from Monahans, on the
Texas & Pacific.
The distance from MERTON to
Fort Stockton, TO be exact, is
1864 miles. That country at
one time was perhaps the wild
est part of Texas and stage
drivers and stage passengers
We're frequently robbed by bold.
Dad men.
The new mail service will sup
ply the intermediate stations Of
Barnhart. Big Lake and Rankin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-04

living under the forms of a political
democracy and skilled by universal
education, will long continue to toler-
ate in economic matters the reign of
an Industrial oligarchy, the enthrone-
ment of privilege and a permanent
and widespread inequality of oppor-
tunity.
Neither in the platforms of the old par
ties nor in the utterances of their candi-
oates and leaders do we the slightest
sign of an appreciation of this great fun
damental issue. The Progressive party,
on the contrary, thoroughly appreciates
that this is the issue, and with courage
end common sense and in spirit of kind
liness to all our people has faced the
problems and outlined the necessary first
steps toward its solution.
I'VE intend to use tho forces of govern
ment to secure justice and fair play be-
tween man and man, man and woman
rot only in the political but in the indus-
trial world we reeognized that n fs IRE
duty of all of US to shape conditions as to
secure favorable economic surroundings
for the average man who is honest and in
dustrlous. We do not regard economic
well-being as the be-al1 and end-ai1 of
life, but we regard it as the indispensable
toundstion. the foundation which 1t ie
necessary to secure for all our people; and
then rpon it we intend TO raise tie super
structure of a higher life.
Our opponents, Democratic and Repub-
hcan alike. have not ventured to particu-
larize as to the action they advocate,
whether as regards the trusts, the tariff,
the welfare OF the farmer or the welfare
Of the wage workers. Their utterances
have beer mere generalities which can
mean anything or nothing, accordingly as
men choose to interpret them. We, on
the contrary, have set forth specifically
and in detail just what we propose to do.
Not since the days of Abraham Lin
ccln has there been any public document
in America comparable with the Progress
i've platform urgently ask every voter
in the United States to read that platform
this very day and PONDER over IL and to-
morrow to cast his vote having in mind
what is said in that platform It does not
contain a promise which ought not to be
made It does contain every promise
ought to be made Every promise IL con-
tains can be kept If we are given tho
power every promise which it contains
viii be kept.
CSigned)
Nov. 4. 1912
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-04
PRATT WINS SEVENTH GAME.
Challenge Now Issued for State
Championship Battle.

Pratt, Kan. Nov. 4-Pratt won
the seventh football game here and
disturbed the aspirations of the Bar
Der county high school for the state
championship. The first half was all
Pratt's and Humphrey made one six
ty-yard run for a touchdown, AXIine
made a fifty yard run for another
touchdown and Farrell made forty
yards through the Barber team s
center.
In the last half Medicine Lodge
played the better ball and Pratt
placed the ball within eight inches of
their goal when they held the Pratt
lads for downs. The same act was
repeated twice, but in the last two
cases Pratt was the defendant and
each time pushed their opponents
back from their two-yard line. Medi-
cine Lodge kicked a field goal just as
the time was out in the last period.
This makes the seventh game that
Pratt has won this season and the
team has lost nine. They now chal-
lenge the state for the state cham
pionship. The score in this game was
81 to 3.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-04
HIS LAST APPEAL
Col. Roosevelt Issues a State
ment to the Voters
Asking Their Support for the
Bull Moose Ticket.

oyster Bay, n. Y, Nov. AT the
end OF the hardest campaign or ms
career in politics, Colonel Roosevelt
has made a final appeal to the voters
Of +be county in behalf of the Pro-
gressive ticket. Except for two speech-
es in his home county, he has enoeo
the struggle which has kept him hard
of work since he threw his hat into
The ring last spring. He spent Sunday
with his family and was so TAR recoV-
cred from his bullet wound that ms
physicians permitted him 10 go 10
church. - T
can to the men and women OF TINS
country, to all good citizens through.
out the union to ask them to support
this great progressive movement LOT
Righteousness and for fair dealing. The
Progressive movement is in the IN
terest of every honest man and woman
in the land and therefore we nave
right to ask that all good citizens,
without regard to their past political
Affiliations, shall stand with us In TINS
fight for clean politics and Tor the
square deal.
"OnIv the Progressive party has
faced the real and vital issues of the
day Not only are both old parties
boss-ridden and privilege-cont
but they show not the slightest con
ception of the needs OF the day or the
steps now urgently necessary to take II
grave disaster to the nation in the fu-
ture is to be avoided.
During the lifetime OF the genera
ton which is now in middle life, ex-
traordinary social and Industrial
changes have come over this land. The
great forces now at work, social and
industrial, are such as were utterly
undreamed of half a century ago. Yet
the leaders of both of the old parties
today are still attempting the futile
feat of trying to meet these new condi-
tons by WORKOUT governmental eXpedi-
ents and by appeal to little formulae
and dogmas which had a certain use
fulness before the days of steam and
electricity, but in these days of con-
centrated industry and tremendous
economic developments are now as ut
terIy vaIueless as the f1intlocks of the
continental soldiers would be in mod
ern warfare
Useless to Hope.
The Progressives and the Progress
siyes alone have seen that it is utterly
useless to hope (and to our minds en-
tireIy to desire) that q great people
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-04
NEBRASKA 7,MISSOURI 0

Columbia, Mo, Nov. 4.-Outweighed
at least fifteen pounds to the man,
Missouri played wonderful game
here Saturday against the Nebraska
Cornhuskers from Lincoln. In the
first half the Tigers really outpIayed
their opponents, but in the closing
quarter the visitors got through for a
touchdown and goal making the score
Nebraska Z, Missouri O.. 1t is figured
by coaches and players who have
seen both teams in action that Mis-
souri, and Kansas are on nearly equal
footing this year and one of the
greatest battles in the Missouri val
ley will be played at Lawrence No
vember % between the Tigers and
JayhaWkerS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-04
Huggins to TaIk 1t over.

St. Louis, Nov. 4.-MiIIer Higgins
second baseman on the St. Louis Ma
uonal League team, has agreed to
confer with the club mana cement
with a view to assuming charge in
place of Roger Bresnahan, recently
deposed. 1t is not known what offer
viii be made, but as Higgins has been
rendered the management of the Gin
cinnati club with $500 a year sal
airy, it is expected that the local own
ers will exceed that offer Bresna-
han received $4,000 a year and had
a contract which calls for ten per
cent of the clubs profits