The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-10-03
A FEW REASONS WHY
WE ARE LATE THIS WEEK


The Avalanche doesn't advertise
opr t,opbles or find !, rocsss,rv to
~ 80 90 '"' - app
OF 'Ne pePet' oul lills is one "eeA '""'
we feel it is our duty % offer few
words of eypianstiop at least After
ihe issue was OF last week. evervlhinu
went lovely I'm Monday morning Ihe
foreman. Dir BOYD. hrd been .shrp
a few dsys or for q rea and visit to
h wife and parent at H1mNn .nd
cd were rlad indeed to get things
aaaeI - So that be- could go and
unaar BIZ pft. expecting ,hat "a iob
1rnrer and 1roegoan .uhn had alrsad,r
5een aan,ovod ard had r.utus a tole-
sram ana letter stating fhat he would
az here euuiav anI NOT later thsr
Mnnday would shaw up In tme t3 60
81 duts earlv i'm tha week surdev
PASSED Monday passod and Tuesday
ssed. and no printer arrived and we
finally began investigation and found
rhat he had broken his promise TO us
and bad gone 20 Tevarkana. Texas
,nd taken a lob there This out the
editor back among the type and press
os. but that was not SO serious. and
te would newer have cheened about II
because t hurts our feelings for peo.
pie TO think that we ever work lhe-
cause SO few seem 10 think that we
ever have anything to do). but the Ad
man. Mr.. Turner. was confined to his
I'D Monday. his busiest day. Then
Whom we came down Wednesday
morning another important man was
snocked out. Mr.. Anderson. the lvn-
otype operator was not on the lob.
and report came from his home that
he was sick in bed. but thought would
be- able to work neNt day. SO the ma
chine that casts every line of reading
matter in the Avalanche was cold and
motionless with less than half Of the
paper ready 10 print We stood the
pressure fairly well tin Thursday
morn ning. g.when we hoped Mr. Anderson
would be able 10 get back on the lob.
but not SO. His physician told him he
could not work that day. so another
day passed and still the Old Linotype
remained motionlcss. with no one on
he force that could make her cast a
slug Friday morning came. Report
from Mr.. Anderson that his physician
aid he could not work any more this
s-rck Upstof this time we had been
securing the state FOR a linotype oper
ator ard lob printer. but nowhere
could we fnd one that asa not have a
lob. A big lot Of lob work was on
fle. and the neoole were wanting Il
and ius'lv were entitled 10 II We
sent ont the s O. s and Mr. Shelton.
former pr;nter on the Avalanche. but
who recently fen from the throne Of
Greatness and took a position as man
seer and hookkeeper for the Lubbock
Snnitsr'um heard he call and came
10 our assistance and eaye Us q lift on
some ads bv hand setting them also
some assistance on the Job work side
Of the house. Charlie Ward. another
ev-printer on the Avalanche also
heard the distress call and volunteer
ed several hours services at night and
printed quite large quantity Of sta
tionery for one Of the local firms that
lust had 10 have the work now or
never. and still the work Of the s. o
$ extended TO Tulia. where the Av-
alanche has received relief before in
times Of trouble. and Mr.. Engleman.
Of Tuha Herald heard the call. and
came down Friday and put a torch
under the linotype machine. turned on
he Juice and began Friday afternoon
to grind out slugs which has enabled
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