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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-18

ginning at Mart, and connectiong with
|. &C. ~ Ry at Palestine, is being
agitaied at this place.
Eustaee The Eustace Commercial
Club was organized here this week
at mass meeting Of the progressive
citizens. with a membership Of %.
Alice Negotiations looking to the
location OF frst-class steam laundry
at Alice we're concluded this week.
Temple Fifty FIVE miles Of country
road will be Immediately constructed
in Bell county at cost Of Sl00, COS.
olney The construction OF a har.
vesting machinery factory to care for
the demands Of farmers in Young and
adjoining counties has been started,
capitalized al $4,000.
Paris Directors Of the Transconti.
mental Compress Company have vo.
ted to expend $4,000 to be used in
erecting sheds for the protection of
cotton.
Commerce Within the last three
months. a total OF $4,000 has been
spent here for new buildings and i'm.
provements.
Observation-Disclosures farm OF sos
acres, lying southeast OF town. has
been purchased by }. W. Davis, Of
league. for si2.5O0
Palestine After several weeks of
ldleness the I. & G. y. Ry. shops win
open July !, according 10 Gel Man
aver Wilmington.
San Antonio-ln the construction
OF 10 bridges, Bexar county will in.
vest S12l.S30 this summer
ssdler--Bonds for $4,000 to be in.
vested In a new school building, have
been voted here.
Dallas Ninetysix factories have
signed for space in the Dallas Home
made Products Exposition. to be held
here July 9th.
Mercedes "A lotion ice plant now
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-18
TEXAS INDUSTRIAL NOTES

Wichita Falls Two hundred car
loads of harvesting machinery will be
distributed in this territory. accord
ing TO estimates made by local rail-
way men.
Mclean--For the next seven weeks,
Thursday will be observed by citi-
zens as Good Roads Day All OF
the roads leading TO this place will
be placed IN good condition.
Houston Three fruit preserving
plants win be in operation in Harris
county by July Is. They are being
builded by the Houston Fruit amt
Preserving Association.
Palestine-T. G. Ritchey, of San An
tonic, has begun the construction OF
a mattress factory, which will have a
daily capacity OF so mattresses and
employ five men at the start.
Brenham--R. II. Fisher, formerly
with the Galveston News, has been
made editor of the Banner.Press.
Brownsville Natural gas will be
plped into Brownsville from the
Bangs field for home and factory con
sumption.
Ammansviile IT he Ammansvllle
State bank has been granted authority
by the state Banking Board to do
business.
kirvin-The Young Mems Business
League has plans under way for the
improvement OF the city park and the
digging of large artificial lake.
Marlin--The latest scholastic cen
sus shows 5sS white and $50 negro
children within the district.
sSeetwater Bonds in the amount of
5000 % be expended in building
a complete wa,erworks system. have
been approved by the Atty. General
Of Texas.
Mexia-A new railroad, with It's be
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-18

under construction will be In opera
ton at this place by Aug. !.
Yoakum-A campaign for the cree
tion OF modern hospital has beer
launched here by the Chamber OF
Commerce.
corsicana-An attemp Is being now
made here by the local commercial
organization to build public audi.
forum.
San Angeio-T. c. Wilson. pros.
porous farmer living near here, esti-
mates his small grain crop at $500
acres, all in good condition.
Dallas-rhe congregation Of the
Trinity Presbyterian church will build
a new church at cost of $4,000.
Field -Drillers near here have
reached a depth of POO feet in their
test for oil and gas, with good indica-
tons.
Beaumont According TO census re
port, there are 2.s27 white scholastics
here.
Port Arthur-The total receipts
for custom duties for the month OF
May at this port were S1S,j52.23. The
number OF vessels In and out, "a. and
cleared for % different nations.
Sour Lake-A new l.l0a.barrel well
was brought In this week by the
Four.Acre OH Company.
SuearIand-Amendmcnt TO the char.
ter OF the Imperial Sugar Co. OF r.
Bent county. has been granted by the
secretory Of State The Increase of
capital Is from 100000 10 slo00,000.
Marlin $1,000 has been appor,icn-
in purses for the Falls County Annual
Fair which will begin In August
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-18
EVERYTHING a MAN NEEDS
s1.oo---complete Shaving outft-si.oo
1o-Articles-1c 9

To Advertise our universal Shaw.
ing Outfit and Universal Products,
we will for a limited time losly send
this wen worth $500 shsti1s outfit
for 500. We selll orr broducts to
the ic9hsumsp- erred, ard therefore,
yop fave all ssent's profits which,
az YIN know. are very large:
HEollow-eround Razor.
1f5.lneh Lsther Brush.
Razor strop. Canvas Back.
Nickel Easel-esek Mirror.
33-lneh Barber Jewel
Bar Shaving Soap.
I Box Talcum Powder.
I Decorated China Mug.
aluminium Barber Comb.
15ristIe Hair Brush.
Agents need not write.
Each outfit packed In neat box,
81 90. coin or money order. postage
1Oc extra.
UNIVERSAL PRODUCTS CO.,
Dayton, ohio.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-18
A LITTLE HOME SEATS NONE

a reccn, writer tells of how MANY
Western states are maknea living on
ple acre each per family OF course.
the cultivation OF ordinary STAPLE
crops is NOS the k'nd OF farming done
In slch eases. bui b does show THAT
n The proper cultivation Of one acre
81 land In vegetables. truck or what.
not produces "a comfortable living
for one man and bis family. the same
sort Of thoughtful, intensive work.
proportionately. en- 20 acres will come
near making living ~ family Ia
Texas. producing the regular farm
crops, Il proper rotation. cultivation.
conservation and marketing are done.
Then, too, Texas people eat fruits
and vegetables. and few acres az a
cost near a market for these thingp
are worth in proportion as much ~
many acres planted 10 ordinary field
crops at great distance from the
cities The writer above referred 20
mentions one nan who had only
halt acre This man very carefully
planned his crop rotation. since he
had 10 get as many crops and AZ coed
ones on his little lot az possible. He
planted potatoes, sweer corn. peas
three kinds OF beans. cucumbers. mel
ons. squash tsevsrai varieties. toma-
toes. sweet potatoes. beets. earross,
onions. lettuce and kale Careful ro-
tation gave him opportunity TO util.
ize the productive capacity of his soil
to the utmost. and the smallness Of
the area enabled him 10 fertilize and
irrigate II as needed.
In proportion TO the emouRt OF land
under cultivation and the industry and
good judgment ~ the man who works
Il. viii be the results As said IN
the article before alluded 20. Texas
farmers as rule. are too much
given 10 thinking Of a farm AZ at
least l0s acres. and. Of course. that
much ground AZ = big price makes
the possibility OF getting a home u
the poor man somewhat remote. But
n the renter will consider from Is
10 so acres where the coat per acre IL
such thar he feels he can meet n. or
n he win be- satisfied with a small
amount Of land and viii ave II biz
best and most energetic attention,
the land question will not be- ~ such
magnitude as Il no~ aprasrs 10 BE-.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-18
WARFARE WORTH WHILE
The Independent:

The independent:
According to the latest reports Gen
Funston is already hghting in Yer;
Cruz-but he is hghting, not the Mexl
cans, but the enemies of the Mex
cans and OF all mankind. the mi
orObes. lie has turned his soldiers
into scavangers. which Is even bet
ter than turning swords into pillow
shares. lie has sent squads OF mer
scouting up the back alleys. not 50
much TO rout out snipers with re
yolvers as mosquitoes loaded with ma
laria He has ordered his sllrmish
ers 10 search the cellars, not for con
cealed weapons. but for hidden filth
This shows the true spirit Of scien
tihc sodlery. and II Funston stays
In charge OF Vera Cruz this summer
he will save many more lives than
we're lost on both sides In the taking
OF the city.
In our war with Spain the number
OF men who Tell victims to flies was
vastly more than the number OF thos
struck down by Spanish bullets. Cor
gas. Of Panama, tells M that In En-
ropean wars from the Peloponnesian
TO modern times, the deciding factor
of the campaign has often been -
phus fever Typhus fever. we now
know. Is transmitted 10y Ice and
when W. re.read the stories OF old
soldiers. we can understand. as they
could not. the real Importance OF this
camp pest The good noWs cones o.
us nov from Mount Sinai Hospital,
that Dr. Harry plojz has isolated the
germ OF typhus. 50 that this dread
disease may soon be added 10 the
list OF those broGght under mans
control.
The American Missionary Society IS
devoting its energies in the Sonth
20 combating the cattle tick and the
boil weeyil in order b lay secure
economic foundation for rs educa.
tIohal and religious work. TIE Rookie
Teller funds are being used for the
eradication OF the hookworm In ror
70 Rico and the Southern states. for
il Is realized that many OF those who
have been lectured in vain for inefii-
cheney and lack OF initiative we're Vie
Tins OF this germ Of laziness For
eign missionaries are also turning al.
tention 10 sanitation and personal ny.
giene.
This recent development OF relig
ious activity Is. however no new
thing. Il Is rather a return 10 primi
itiye religion. \ large part OF the
Mosaic Law Is devoted 20 the preser-
walton Of health. But the hygienic
side Of religion was neglected By
Christianity during the DARK Age.
which Is one OF the chief reasons WIZ
they were 80 dark. Sow. however.
We have taken up again, and with the
weapons OF science. The old fight
Beelzebuh the God Of files u Is his
swarms Of winged lmps that are re-.
sponsible for "the pesfilence that
valketh in darkness and the desfrnr.
ton that wasteih % MONDAY
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-10-21
VOICE OF A LITTLE CHILLI
How Ono Of tho Worlds Greatest
Songbirds Was Discovered
by Chance.

Many years ago q maid employed
by Miss Lundberg, a famous dancer
Of the Royal Opera in Stockholm.
was given a holiday by her mistress
and set out to take walk. Passing
a shabby little house in the poorest
section of the city she heard a child's
voice, which seemed to her wonder
fully fresh and beautiful, and, look
ing up, she sa1. little girl sitting
near the window singing to a pet
kitten. In great excitement she
rushed to her mistress and told her
of the exquisite voice she had heard
Miss Lundberg was somewhat skep
tical. but finally went to the house
and heard the sweet song. She, too
was convinced Of the great natural
beauty of the childs voice and report
ed it to Croelius, the singing master
of the opera.
Croelius was also somewhat skep
tical at first, but at Miss Lundberg'i
request he, too, went and. standing
on the sidewalk, heard the child sing
Enraptured in turn, he told Coun
Buke, manager of the Royal Opera
and arrangements were made b!
which the little girl sang for thu
count.
! She was at once taken as a fret
pupil in the Royal Opera school an,
thereafter received the best instruc
ton Sweden could give. The chill
was Jenny Lind. the famous Swedish
Nightingale. Ladies' Home Journal
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-10-21

can't use the place. See here, Hor. !
ace" he added, turning to his friend,
I'm sick and tired of this whole !
business. I'm ashamed to 60 back |
home. have a brother out West !
pretty we'll fixed. 1 think I'll just go
out and try my luck with him."
But you might get something out of
the place here" suggested Horace.
Not much, fancy" submitted the
man who owned the land. MY lease
holds, and of course you forfeit the
building if you don't pay the ground
rent. The only way to get anything
out of it is to lease the building to
some one, or start in business in it."
/ well, Horace, I've fooled away
your time. Come back to the lawyers
and I'll give you bill Of sale Of It. I
won't bother with the proposition" de-
termined Grey.
/ I'll do it, and work something out
of it," said Horace. I'm thinking
hard. l believe l see way to use
that building. Name price, give me
time to pay you and I'll try the specu.
lation."
Nonsense! I'll give 1t to you"
Finally, however, Grey consented to
take a note for $50 Then he left on
the next train for the West. Horace
went back to the shop. He had talk
with the landowner, got some new
ideas and looked over the inside.
He found one Of the barrels filled
with plumbers supplies. the other with
q babbitt metal composition. Then he
sought out a local plumbing establish
ment and sold the stuff for SIS.
Those signs" he reflected. The
next day they disappeared
What you done with the signs?
asked the curious land owner
sold EN-" replied Horace. "Yol
: see one l got rid of to that plumber
: at the other end of the town. TheI
I sawed off the P on the second ant
a lumber man took it. Taking off tn
p and l. left lumber Well, tina
struck a paint shop man. There's
shoemaker named Blum little way
down the street. l sawed out his nam
for him. Everybody happy and In
. SAP ahead"
; you'll do" chuckled the lant
owner, much amused and interested
Say, we talked about your startin
little repair shop. l like your way
T. and I'll finance the proposition o
. shares"
"Done!" announced Horace promp
= ~ and took the train home that afte
noon, to report to Dora and start
9 on his new independent business c
reer.
Now, it strangely happened that
the same train, also homeward boun
was Dora's father Naturally he WI
interested in the doing OF a your
man who had been shining aroun'
his favorite daughter.
BY piecemeal the story Of Grey
Inheritance came out The rest of t
circumstance was finally related.
and you're thinking of moving
n Bonneville and starting In bushes
eh?" propounded Mr.. Wayne.
to That's it," assented Horace. ~
,st see, I'm a pretty fair tinker, and
man who is going to back me So
en- there is plenty of work to pick up.
Nv. What about Dora?" submitted \
tut Wayne archly.
"Why, you know we are of the XII
for willing to work and wait. asked
fly once for your approval to the enga
i'm ment, but"
ice "Oh, you've got some practical pr
to poets now" interrupted the wi
ted headed Mr.. Wayne. you've prov
md you know how to grasp an opportu
ar ty, young man, and you can have
Ing daughter"
the Copyright. 1914, by W. G. Chapman
ora
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-10-21

They Located the Shop In Question.
was to try to get some capital to
make a start for himself in modest
way.
Dora Wayne, to whom he was en-
gagged. had scolded him gently for CIV
ing up a small but steady income, but
Horace was ambitious and energetic.
So Horace started with Grey for
Bonneville, little city about fifty
miles distant Grey had logged him.
self out in great style in accordance
with the grandeur he, favored heir to
a fortune, should assume. He invited
all his old working chums to "a grand
blowout" upon his return. He ar
ranged to buy an expensive trotting
team and turnout He knew the
/ Waynes pretty well and invited Dora
TO share his first ride in that model
OF swiftness and elegance. Horace
wondered If it could be possible that
his friend meditated becoming his
rival He felt pretty safe about Dora'
however.
An enormous disappointment greet
ed Winfield Grey when he reached
bonneville. The lawyer who had writ
ten him informing him that his cousin
had lost all he had in unwise specu'
lations.
"All there is left outside OF paying
his debts" advised the attorney, rs
little shop on Main street and that is
on leased ground. 1t seems that your
cousin took fancy to a young plumber
and tried to reform him. He built the
shop, making it look more like parlol
than a place OF business. His protege
sold the equipment, put the money II
his pocket and sloped. The building !:
yours, though l don't believe you car
get much out Of it."
Grey was so disguised and disap
pointed that Horace could scarcely pre-
vail upon him to visit his meager In
heritance.
They located the shop in question
It was queerly incongruous for Its rud'
surroundings, brand new, gaudil.
painted. a ten by thirty structure NOR
ADAPTED for the Office of some plan
than for real work. A plate glass win
dow took up nearly the entire front.
was bare Of furniture inside, wher
only a barrel or two showed.
| On the square roof on four sides wa
a sign. 1t read plumbing" The lei
ters we're painted in dazzling gilt. Tn
siens stared an onlooker in the fac
| conspicuously from the four cardina
points of the compass.
II 81 say" observed Horace, thos
signs must have cost fortune"
Huh" snorted Gray-"what goo
arc they TO me? | don't want to g
into the plumbing business!"
/ lust here a man came up. He locke
over the two visitors critically.
l. 81 own the land here" he remarked
"Anv interest in the property"
/ "Yes," answered Grey shortly, "i'
| inherited this shanty."
well. I've given ten years leas
on the land. Who am to look to Il
the ground rent?
| Not l." retorted Grey sourly;
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-10-21
Rhetorical Embellishments.

What did you bring that parrot
for?" asked the manager of the MILL
tant suffragette meeting.
ITO help out" replied the orator.
There are some things lady can't
say, and whenever l give the signal
this parrot swears profusely."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-10-21

GETTING 4 START
By VICTOR RADCLIFFE.

Horace, appoint you my conf
dental secretary, terms to be decided
as soon as realize on my inheritance"
Very kind, and having no present
position Ill be glad to accept your Of
fer" said Horace Lee. Much OF q
legacy?"
Il don't know, but my cousin. Noah
Cleave, had good deal Of money once.
CT course it must be quite an amount.
The letter from the lawyer at Boone
vile says I am sole legatee. I'm 60
ing to give up my job here. I'm going
| to enjoy life and luxuriate, and also
you. I've got some literary ideas
you shall jot them down as they come
! to me-"
See here, Winfield" said blunt, prac
teal Horace, I'm friend enough o.
yours to give you some advice. Dom
drop your position until you find ou
what your cousin has left you. DON
begin spending your fortune before
you know what it amounts to-"
"Oh, I'm quite sure it must be some
thing substantial" insisted the opt
mistic Winfield Grey. Anyhow,
want you to run down with me t
Bonneville till take possession Of tn
estate. I'll pay your expenses and TO
your time"
Horace was willing. He was unen
ployed just now. 1t was his own faul
, He had worked for three years for
/, local firm-mean, stingy and una
, preciative. He found this drudgery vi
!, promising and resigned. Now his ide
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-10-21
And Some One Must PAY,

of'cer-"Well. was the lady pleased
with the flowers l sent herr"
Private-"Yes. lieutenant, so much
so that she forgot to give me . uD"
Journal Amusant
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-05

vised and controlled by the ablcst fl
nancier of his time. Mr.. Mcllen de-
scribcl the purposes ~ "a hc-icficv.nt M"
nopoly' aud believed that il would have
succeeded had Mr.. Morgan lived. Fit
teen or twenty years ago perhaps most
business men in this country believed
that our Industrial development lay ia
that direction. Consolidation AID con
centration If business went on rapidly
everywhere. The Obvious savings in ai-
miHiStration were quoted ~ 4 ju>tifica
tion for the policy. but the motive for
u was the thirst for unchecked personal
power. The stroly men who went into
such projects were moved by the same
sort Of ambition that actuatcd Cecil
Rhodes. whom kipling eulosizcd aS the
maker of IN empire.
Well. the strongest man of them al
dreamed of consolidating all the rams
poriation lines of New England and thea
doing business with mcn who controlled
the transportation Of other sections Of
the country on equal terms; of settling
the dcStincS Of the country around a III
rectors' table. The dream failed. Mr..
Mellcn believes, because Mr.. Morgan
died too Soon.-I;rooklyn Eagle.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-05
NEWSPAPER

The sale of the Chicago Inter Ocean
by the receiver and its subsequent mcr.
ger with the Chicago Record Herald in
quite generally in The newspaper world.
SAYS the Hartford Conn joura1t.
The New Orleans picayunc was recently
absorbed by the Times Democrat of that
city. Other mergers have been reported
and more may he coming.
All familiar with The mcwpaIrr bust
ness realize hat one e lis great troubles
has been hat there were too MANY pa
lerS. IL is a sale general proposition
that where the papers are fewer ia
number ia 4 community they are better
in quality. The reason is simple
where there is only So much business To
be done and are only 50 MANY people to
read, the greater the number of papers
The less support for cach-if NOT that.
then less support for some. aud those
with least support make the greatest If
fort Ia secure circulation.
The pursuit Of circulation has been
one of the demoralizine fartorS of news
paper publication. Many advertisers
have been asking nothing about the
quality of the paper or the sort Of pco
pie who read it. whether they are buy
crS 1f goods advertised or not. but lust
how many copies are issued. This ia the
scramble for business tends In lower the
standards. Every paper Of character
has 10 stand up against the pressure Ia
get circulation" by S~cnSatiomaliSm. The
Indications. however, point chrcrfully IN
the direction If favor for those that have
the nerve 10 stand out. The tendency
IS toward fewer papers and consequently
better ones. Publishers Auxiliary.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-05
Criddle Mixture.

This Is made rs follows:
Mix thoroughly one part NJ Paris
green. forty parts of fresh horse man
IRE AMI two parts ~ salt nv measure.
Add water enough 10 make the mass
soft but not sloppy. Distribute in small
hits. but literally. about IN the field
where the hoppcrS are at work. and
also along the edges ~ the field which
adloin pastures or fields which are ~
ng out. THIS y most effective when
wet or damp. bat frequently the hop.
perS viii eat II even after il il dry. with
fatal effect a. the hoppcrS.
One can usually tell in advance wheth
cr this mixture j. likel VITO attract
the hoppcrS. ny noticing whether w
not the hoppers feed upon fresh horse
dr"pplngS ia the fields and along thr
roads.