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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-09-25
ENROLMENT IS HEAVIER THAN LAST YEAR
New Pupils Entering Every Day and the Total Enrolment For
the term Will Exceed all Previous Terms-Patrons Visit
the SchOo-Socety Well Attended

This week closes the frs,
month of the school with an en-.
rollment of fifty more pupils than
were enrolled the end of the first
month last year.
Several new pupils entered
school this week.
There are now twelve members
of the senior class eight young
men and four young ladies.
The football team under the
management of Mr.. Bowers is
progressing nicely.
We read in the papers that a
former history teacher of the
Lubbock high school married
recently, wonder what the
present history teacher thinks
about the matter?
A few children are late to
school of mornings-parents
please get them here on time.
The Mothers Club has ordered
hitching posts put up at the
school building. What would
the school do if il were not for
the Mothers Club?
The rail road managers have
offered to take all school children
and teachers of Lubbock county
to the Dallas Fair. round trip
S. 50 each. This would be
nice trip for the children and
also educational.
The following ladies' visited the
school last week: Mrsdames
Hutson. Burns. Ivy.
Reed, Hunt. Crawford, Posey,
Benson. Jasper and
Craig, also Mr. Ivy. The
teachers and children always
welcome their friends and
as it shows they have an
interest in them and thereby en-
.ourages them. Come often.
We are glad to report that
leslie Faw is again able to fill !
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-09-25

Yo.ssm County News:
AT the last term of our district
court Judge Spencer called the
attention of the county to the
fact that the law requires all
brands to be recorded and a fail
ure to do so on the part of a
stockman subjects him to heavy
fine. If any have failed to re-
cord their brands they should do
so. as the grand jury will NEST
here on the 18th Of October.
Rev. b. +. Dixon. will COM
mence a protracted meeting in
Plains the last of next week to
continue ten days. He will have
with him the Rev. S. F. Baucon,
a well known revivalist, and his
singer.
Mr.. j. p. Longs folks receive
ed a letter this week from Mrs.
Beal which gave the first part
iculars learned here concerinR
the.dsath of Joe and Uncle Turk
Beal. Roy and his family. Joe
and his family and Uncle Turk
and his family we're on the road
moving from Magalena, New
Mexico. to Silver City, that state
when Joe died. They had stop
ped to noon. and Joe being seat
ed a short distance from the
was heard to utter a
scream and then fell over and
died before any one could reach
him. After they had reached
Silver City. Uncle Turk was out
with his team and turned the
wagon over on himself. Al
first his injuries were not con-
sidered serious. bat on the 10th
day complications developed ana
he died the thirteenth day after
being hurt.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-09-25

his place in school.
Misses Mable McLarry and
Winnie Clayton of the senior
class visited in Post last week.
Couldn't there be some plan
devised by which the Ward build
ing might be moved near the
high school building? Itis doing
no good where it is, but if it
were were on the high school
campus we could use some of the
rooms and rent the others.
The schools in Lubbock were
never In better condition and the
prospects for a very successful
term were never better.
There are outside influences
which keep worthy young men
and women out of school. Would
not 1t be complying with the
Golden Rule, if you don't desire
to go to school yourself to let
those who do alone?
Wonder what is the matter
with Aynes? Couldn't he stand
the pressure?
Some pupils come to school
only two or three days during
the week and either loaf or work
the remainder of the time. Such
pupils had as well remain out of
school entirely as they do no good
here. In order to keep pace
with your classes you must be in
school every day
viii lizard a pupil of the high
school made business trip to
Tahoka last week.
The Literary Society last Fri
day evening was excellent. We
find that we have some orators
among the girls as well as the
boys. Most of the grade teachers
have also organized societies in
their rooms. which means
splendid gaining for the little
fellows.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-09-25
MONEY IN BEAR GRASS
S. B. Oliver, Representing a ST.
Louis Firm Here to Investigate
Quantity and Quality Of Grass

5. b. Oliver, who was at one
time citizen Of this city, and
who is acquainted with a number
OF our people, arrived in the city,
Tuesday afternoon from Logan,
New Mexico, where he has been
residing for the past few years.
When seen by an Avalanche
representative he stated that his
mission to TINS part of the
country was TO try 10 lntesest
the people in the shipment Of
bear grass TO a ST. LOUIS firm,
who are buying all they can get,
and are paying a very reasonable
price Tor same.
He says this is becoming quite
a popular and paying industry in
his section of the Plains. There
is large quantities of the grass in
New Mexico, and many of the
farmers are making good living
and some money by the sale of it.
He says il brings at his town
500 per ton. and a person can
cut ton a DAY.
The preparation of the grass
tor shipment consists of cutting
it down and splitting each bunch
open so that it will dry 1t takes
about thirty days for it to season /
in ordinary weather After this I
il is baled with a machine m IN .
the same in design as the broom
corn baler and shipped to the
mill in that way, where II IS
ground llto pulp and made into
paper.
Mr.. Oliver says he believes
there is enough OF the grass IN
this country 70 pay farmers or
others who wish to ga lher il to
do so, and he expects 10 investi-
gate the supply around Lubbock
and further west and try to
show the people who want to
make a few dollars extra from
heir farm or other labors that
hey can do so over the bear
grass route. He stated that
here were some farmers in his
community that cut the grass IN
he winter and baled il in the
.ummaf at odd times. and one
nan had in this way this year,
'side from planting. cultivating
md gathering a good big crop.
marketed over Sl00 worth OF
,ear grass.
Mr.. Oliver says they are begin
ing to cultivate this peculiar
,roduct in his locality as il can
'e cut and will produce a good
rop every two years.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-09-25

irrigated acre with other irrigat-
ed vegetables in proportionate
production and market sale.
Mr.. LLOYD now has on exhibition
at the Lubbock Chamber of
Commerce a japanese buaaer
bean pod lilnches long and 3 l-2
inches around.
$1,000 WORTH or MULES FROM
ONE FARM
Morton j. Smith, lately sold
from his Lubbock county farm a
drove of 90 Young mules for
SO, 900. The mule industry is
well on its way to become one Of
the county's most valuable
assets.
NEW SANITARIUM
The new 0verton Sanitarium
will be opened in Lubbock in a
few days. The Institution will
entirely occupy the former and
larger fremont hotel, the interior
of the building being particually
rebuilt. The sanitarium will
have thirty one rooms and will
be of model modern equipment.
The resident physician viii ne
DIR. NJ. G. Overton, of Lubbock
and DR. Wagner. late Of Chicago.
TO HAVE COUNTY FAIR
Lubbock win hold a county
fair on the first Monday Of next
An incident of which
viii be the hanging up of prize
purses by the Chamber of Com
nerce. &C. X. Caldwell Of Am
milo in Amarillo News.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-09-25

Judging from its prolific
harvest series. NV Lady Ceres
herself has taken the Lubbock
region into her personal favor
and placed IL under particular
protection.
The Lubbock region not only
has a series of varied and prolific
harvests. but these harvests are
practically annually serial a
total crop failure being unknown.
While there has been a year in
which some crop or crops. did
not mature. These fortunate
farming facts being due to the
combination of a fertile soil. a
varied production and a generous
moisture. Lubbock county stand
ing second among the counties
Of the Panhandle and the South
Plains in ten years Of rainfall
THE HARyEsTS THEMSELVES
Lubbock county harvests in
clude milo maize. ksfiir corn.
cotton. Indian corn, sorghum.
Egyptian wheat. broom corn.
cowpeas. alfalfa. feterits. Sudan
grass. orchard. bush, and vine
fruits. sweet potatoes. melons
and garden vegetables
WHAT THE HARyEsTs YIELD
Milo maize and kaffir corn
run from 20 % 80 bushels rer
acre: sorghum is Of heavy aver
age returns. as are also a falfa.
Egyptian wheat and coWpeas
while cotton has recorded Yields
time and again OF over a bale 20
the acre and will average year in
and year out at least one-third
bale.
This season the county has
about .. 600 acres in cotton from
which 1900 bales doubtless will
be ginned. With cotton AZ It's
present prices and cottonseed
shying al S25. 90 per ton. Lubbock
county farmers are already
assured Of between 5000 and
$50. 90 bale. which means the
cash counting this fall OF over
500. 600 cotton dollars. Eastern
money has long stood ready 10
erect at Lubbock cotton oil cake
mill as soon a county cotton
producing conditions would
Justify the outlay. Agents Of
this Eastern money are keeping
tab on the situation and il is
possible that the mill will be
built next year.
FEED AND FAT
Last year Lubbock station
shipped 900 cars Of livestock and
40 cars of milo maize and ksffir
corn. The advent Of the silo and
an increased fattening and finish
ing Of beef and pork on milo
maize and kaffir corn will, how
ever result this fall and winter
in . lesser shipment of milo .and
kafIir and much heavier export
Of market meats.
PERHAPS SEvENTY-FiyE SILOS
''Siios are being rapidly added
to with capacities reaching up to
30e tons md an estimated opera
ticn this fall and winter or !
seventy-five of these great meat
producers and dairy stimulators. ,
FETERITA
This year a great many Lub-
book county farmers have tried /
feterita. the new grain and for
age crop. with the unanimous Z
verdict. We have found what i
We have been long looking for.
A verdict whose veracity is !
attested to by the fact that n
feterita under not too favorable ,
conditions weighs out $
as high as two tons Of heads per
acre, with proportionately =
heavy forage yield. Feterita ia 5
a week earlier than milo maize: h
three weeks earlier than kaiiir 1
corn; revels In a limited rainfall: h
laughs at dry weather and suc- k
cessfully wilhstands actual y
drought; Is prolific IN both grain h
snd forage returns: and is loved 4
Df cattle and hogs A love which
i emphasized BY the fact that u.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-09-25
WARNING TO ST0CKMEN
Failure TO Record Brand Might
Bring About Serious Trouble
Other News Items

Yossam County News
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-09-25
WOULD CHANGE BANKING LAW
State Commissioner viii Make
Recommendations. Should
BE Placed at S25,000.

Austin. Tex, Sept. II. Com.
missioner of Insurance and
Banking w. w. Collier today
announced that he would rec
ommend to the next session OF
the Legislature the passage of
an act raising the minimum
amount Of capital stock neces-
sary to the formation of State
banks to S25. 900.
The present law allows the
formation of banks with a capi-
tai stock of only $4,000. Fed
eral statutes require capital
stock of SIS. 600 for Federal
banks and the Commissioner be-
lieves that the State laws should
conform. This would place
banks on a sounder financial
condition.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-09-25
GOOD ROADS PROCLAMATION
November 5th and 9th Designated
as Good Roads Days Road
Proclamation

Austin. Sept. 20. The gove~.
nor issued the following procla-
nation TODAY:
Whereas, an adequate system
Of improved public roads is one
of the great needs of our state
and good roads lend powerful aid
70 everything good in modern
life. while bad roads form an
obstacle in the path of progress.
Recognizing thus fact. the people
OF Texas have taken hold of this
problem with tremendous interest
and Il Is now one Of the foremost
economic questions confronting
our people. and much good work
has been done throughout the
state IN the past few years in the
way of improving our public
highways.
Now. therefore, realizing the
necessity for a system of work
along this line IN conformity
with my sense of duty in this
matter. | hereby designate Nov.
D and 6. 1913. as Good Roads
Day and call upon the people in
every county and section Of the
state to make preparations for
working the roads on those days
and have meetings to discuss
ways and means in the future
for building good roads in the
various localities throughout the
state generally.
In testimony whereof. have
hereunto signed my name and
caused the great seal of Texas to
be affixed hereto at the city of
Austin. this. the 10Th day of
September. A. D.. 1913.
20. b. CoLQUITT.
Governor of Texas.
BY the Governor: F. c. Wein-
ert. Secretary of State"
Canyon News
School has been suspended
for q month of cotton picking.
New interest is being taken
in the Farmers Institute. At
the meeting Saturday night
several new members were en-
rolled and much interest was
shown in the discussion of the |
Call market.
TyaIor Grim has purchased |
he farm of S. T. Lawrence. |
While we are sorry to see the
lawrence family leave. we are
ylad TO welcome Mr.. Grim into
,ur neighborhood. We under
Itand that Mr.. Lawrence will
move TO town.
Choir practice was held at the
ZONE of NJ. Green Sunday night.
Miss Callie Dean of the Ripley
spent Saturday
light and Sunday with the
fIsses Warren.
Rev. Grumbles occupied the
'ulpit here Sunday afternoon.
Following is the program for
he Mothers ana Daughters
Tub which meets Oct. 3rd
Opening song Help Somebody
'oday." by members.
Snail We Read Novels" led .
y Mrs. Buriord. followed with !
ensral discussion.
Reading Alice Williamson.
Vocal Solo When The Stone
! Rolled Away - Mrs. Harris.
Refreshments served by Mrs.
lins and hrA HarrIs.
n .~x. "a.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-09-25
CountY Farmerls institute


Following is the program for
the Lubbock County Farmers
Institute to be held at the Canyon
school house Oct. llth at 500
O'Clock y. m.
1st Music. by COMMITTEES.
2nd. My method of raising
poultry on the farm. Mrs. w.
b. Burford.
3rd. My success with deep
and shallow cultivation. Victor
l.. Cory.
4th. Music by committee.
9TH. Best variety of cotton
for this part of the plains. -
Denis Warren.
w. b. Burford.
Mrs. w. b. Burford.
A. &. Buchanan.
Committee.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-09-25

w. ]. Morris. who has been
foreman of the mechanical de-
partment OF the Avalanche for
nearly five years has decided to
break away from spaces and
squads and the usual hum-drum
of the print shop and take up
ranch work. and accordingly
turned his working tools over to
another and is this week moving
to the 06 ranch where he has
employment. Bill was a splen-
did workman. industrious and
faithful to his employers and it
10 with considerable degree of
regret that the Avalanche Pub
fishing Co. gives up his services.
Competent and obliging help
has been put in his place how
ever. and we are in position to
do your printing in a workman
like manner as before.
Elder Foy +. Wallace came in
Saturday morning from George
town. He is preparing 10 ship
his household goods. etc. back
10 Georgetown. where he will
make his home in the future.
Mr.. Wallace has the sympathy of
his community in the recent
leath of his wife. whom he
brought here hoping 10 benefit
her health. afterward taking
,er 10 the coast where she died.
MA l.. N. Clawater. John /
and Ruth Hudson. were here
Monday from Plains. They /
.utosd over. and returned Tues
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-09-25

Mr., and Mrs. Cunningham. Of
Lovlngton. New Mexico. were
here Wednesday. and bought a
nice bill Of goods from our mere
hsnss.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-09-25

]. M. Pullman and J. ID. Ear
nest. Mrs. J. 7. Gamer and Mrs.
Tandy. composed an nuto party
that came over from Plains Mon
day. Mesdames Tandy and
Gamer were taking subscrip-
tions for the building of the
new Methodist church at Plains.
They succeeded very nicely we
understand. and were feeling
fine over the prospects of Plains
soon having a church building.
They do not have one at present.
but the building they were TAX
ing subscriptions for is now
under construction. and thew
hope TO have II completed 10
such extent that they will be
able to hold services IN il soon.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-09-25

Mr.. h. r. Ivy was in the cit,
trading Wednesday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-07
MULE KICKS MAN; FIND GOLD
Farmer suries Treasure and Forgets
Locaton-His Memory Is Re-
stored Through Injury.

Enid, Okla.-In consequence of the
kick of a mule John Allen. a farmer.
recovered the other day 1885 that
he buried in the panic of 1907. This
was a sequel to another accident IN
which he lost his memory.
Mr.. Allen lost faith in banks and
buried his money in his pasture in the
panic year. A few days later he was
injured in a runaway and forgot
where the money was hidden. He
could remember other incidents of his
life. but his mind was blank as to
his treasure.
While Allen was hitching up one OF
his mules the other day the animal
kicked him on the side of the head.
For some time Mr. Allen was uncon'
gcious. He was sent to Kansas
City hospital. where surgeons re,
moved a piece of his skull.
With the removal of the piece oil
bone Allen recovered his memory. He
returned to Enid, went e. once to
his pasture and located the stone
marking the burial place of the treas
ure. Soon afterward he dug the
money out of the ground.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-07
Comprehensive Essay on the British,
as Written by Small Subject of
the Mikado.

There is large missionary school
in Toxic, Japan, where the teaching
is in English. One of the pupils re-
Gently wrote composition on Eng
land" and we append some choice ex-
tracts:
The England which occupied of the
largest and greatest dominion which
rarely can be. The Englishman al
ways works with a very powerful
hands and the long legs, and even
the aminenced mind and his chin is
so strong as deserved iron. Being
spread out from Europe to Australia
to America his dominion is dreadfully
extensive, so that his countrymen
boastfully says the sun are never sets
on our dominion The testimony OF
English say that he that lost the
common sense, he never had any bene
At. though he had gained complete
world The English are cunning men
ton to establish a great empire of the
paradise. AS the Englishman always
confide the object of the pure and the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-07
Bowels Get Weak
AS Age Advances
The First Necessity is to
Keep the Bowels Gently
Open With a Mild
Laxative Tonic

Healthy old age is so absolutely de-
pendent upon the condition OF the
bowels that great care should be taken
to see that they act regularly. The fact
is that as age advances the stomach
muscles become weak and inactive
and the liver does not store up the
Juices that are necessary to prompt
digestion.
Some help can be obtained by eat
ing easily digested foods and by
plenty of exercise, but this latter is
irksome to most elderly people. One
thing is certain, that state of con-
stipation should always be avoided as
it is dangerous to life and health. The
best plan is to take mild laxative
as often as is deemed necessary. But
with equal certainty it is suggested
that cathartics, purgatives, physics,
salts and pills be avoided, as they do
but temporary good and are so harsh
as to be a shock to delicate system.
A much better plan, and one that
thousands of elderly people are follow
ing, is to take a gentle laxative-tonic
like Dr. Caldwells Syrup Pepsin
which acts as nearly like nature as is
possible. In fact, the tendency of this
remedy is to strengthen the stomach
and bowel muscles and SO train them
to act naturally again, when medicines
of all kinds can usually be dispensed
with. This is the opinion of many
people of different ages, among them
Mr.. 0. P. Miller, Baroda, Mich, who
writes: 81 am 80 years old and have
beer constipated for many years. Since
receiving your sample bottle / have
| procured two soc bottles and find thai
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-07

left his home at so West Thirteenth
street Wednesday night to go to work.
When he did he was the owner of a
complete little cottage which had re-
Gently been repaired and fitted up.
During the night at the elevated
railroad station he was constantly
thinking of what might happen if rob-
bers decided to hold him up, but he
did not worry about his home, for he
felt that that was safe.
No robbers entered the elevated
railroad station during the night. but
when he arrived home early the next
morning he was surprised to find it
was cold in his dwelling. He looked
around to see if any window was open
and then found that the whole roof Of
the house had been ripped off.
'T'm in an awful fix" he explained
to the desk sergeant to whom he re-
ported the robbery. IF it SHOWS or
rains my furniture will be ruined. It's
the limit when they steal the roof off
of a mans house.
I'm glad they left me the walls. l
suppose they would have taken. them.
too, if they thought it was worth
while, but they were of old timber.
My roof was new and the robbers
could have sold it"
The police have not yet been able
to find any man carrying the roof of
a house under his arm. They have
heretofore considered the stealing of
red hot stove and the holding up
of a policeman the limit, but in view
of the latest achievement of the Chi
cago thieves they are guarding the
city hall closely.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-07
INTEGRITY OF THE CHINESE
Oriental Custodian of Chinese Hail
Dollars Keeps Them Intact for
Fifty-Four Years.

San Francisco-Chang Fook. eighty
four years old, before sailing for China
gave to Attorney John c. Catlin SIX
worn half dollars, wrapped in piece
of faded China silk, which he had re-
ceiyed and held in trust for "a years
Catlin is commissioned to find Chm
Foo and return to him the money
which he gave Chang on the frigate
Boston in 1858.
Change said he and Chin were CAD
in bows on the Boston, then command
ed by Commodore Perry. While the
vessel lay at anchor in Boston haroor'
Chang had shore leave and the money
was given him by Chin to buy opium
When he returned Chin had peen
transferred to another vessel, ano
Chang never saw him again.
81 can't go back to China with tniA
debt unpaid" said the aged Chinese
tn Catlin. You must find Chin ano
give him the money,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-07
Last of sicilian eand;ts.r

Corsica has got rid of tho Odd fash
Toned brigand, and the last of the
Sicilian neutrality-suspicious. disputed
title-was lately laid by the heels and
is now facing the ordeal of his trial
at Aquila. He is Giuseppe Salomone.
He is dandy, and has always paid
particular attention to his clothes. He
has an expensive taste in perfume and
in gloves. He is poet. His time in
prison has been spent in writing a
poetic drama of his life's experiences,
and he has written good deal OF
commendable verse. He is said to
have made fortune in brigandage.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-07

secret that had brought such unhap.
ptness into the life of Louise. At last
the mystery was to be cleared up
But just as my thumb went rudely
under the flap, Davis laid restrain.
ing hand on my arm.
WAIT" he said gently. Would 1t
not be just as well to deliver thar
envelope to Katharine just as it is?
The fewer people know its contents
the less unhappiness there will need
to be-"
Davis was right.
was beginning to think he was al.
ways right.