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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

Lubbock county people should
awake, shake themselves good and
get the old county and towns in the
county in order for the visitors who
are sure to come during the next few
months to see this wonderful country
We are receiving letters almost daily
from different portions Of the United
States. asking for sample copies OF
the Avalanche and any other infor-
nation or literature about the coun-
try and often state that they are eN-
pecting to pay this country visit
soon, and want to find out in ad-
vance something about the conditions
the general prospects, etc.
They are interested and if we will
only show them proper courtesy,
there will be no inducements neces-
sary, more than to be able to show
them that we are live wires by hav-
ing the country looking good when
they come. These people are look
ing for homes, and they will expect
to see good roads, and that fifteen
cents invested as a road fund will help
to put the roads in good condition
They are also interested in rural free
delivery and all those who are within
reach Of the routes should have their
boxes in order and those who are-not
on a line should at once become inter-
ested in getting one through their
neighborhood.
They will more than likely come to
Lubbock--the hub of the plans--the
place where the railroads branch out
in every direction, and they will take
some observations here. They will
see our nicely kept vacant lots, and
clean allies, our well kept court house
yard and Jail Our nicely paved
streets and they will see all the streets
marked and all the houses numbered.
and they will find the streets sprinkl-
ed-Oh, myi was dreaming about
the wonderful progress that we had
made in Lubbock the past few months
and Just knew that those people
would be pleased beyond expression
when they come and be favorably i'm
pressed with the city. and just know
that if the town people are such pro-
gressive people that they didn't all
located in Lubbock and there would
be some of them out in the rural dis
tricts and everything would be fine.
and we would not have to apologize
for anything, but we find that as we
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06
NEWS ITEMS FROM
THE MONROE COMMUNITY

Mr. J 4 Long was in town Satur
day.
Mr.. A. A. Bratcher was in town
Saturday
Mr. Ray was in town Saturday.
Mr. Dowling Cox and sister. Leoln,
spent Saturday night at the home OF
Mr. and Mrs. VT. Thaxton.
Miss Lois rhyton and brother,
Ernest. spent sdncNy at the home Of
Mrs. T. II. cox0
A large crowAd attended Sunday
school and we want more to attend
next Sunday.
A crowd Of young people enjoyed
a singing at the home Of Mr.. c. r.
Greenhill Sunday night.
Mr.. Ernest Thaxton was in our
community Tuesday.
Mr.. Quinn and son. Davis. and
daughter Trossie, also Mr.. Wallace
McGee and sister, Addie. passed thru
our community enroute to Lubbock.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06
SPECIAL ROAD TAX ELECTION SAT.
VOTERS OF LUBBOCK COUNTY ARE ASKED TO EXPRESS
THEIR DESIRES IN AN ELECTION SATURDAY
FIFTEEN CENTS ON THE HUNDRED DOLLARS IS ASKED
Money TO Be the Roads Lubbock CounyIhe Entire
Tax VIII Not Levied Unless Needed Lubbock County Has
Increased Road Meage-Resular Tax VIII not Meet Needs

Saturday is election day An cleo
tion will he held at all the voting
places in Lubbock county. where the
property tax payers, who are other
wise legal voters, viii be called upon
20 express their wishes regarding the
levy Of special road tax Of fifteen
cents on the One Hundred Dollars
valuation Of property The funds
raised from this source % be used
for road purposes in the county
The county now has tax OF fiji
teen cents road and bridge fund. and
up 10 two or three years ago this was
sufficient to keep the roads in good
condition, but within the past two
years the demands for new roads and
the increased travel over the old
roads has demanded great deal
more work, hence the tax Of fifteen
cents is not enough TO bear the eN-
pense Of opening new roads and keep
ing up those that have already been
opened and graded
The opposition gives as one Of their
arguments that the roads that have
been worked graded etc, are IN
worse condition than those that have
not been touched This argument
will not hold water. as most Of the
road grading where IL has been prop
erly done. is now in good condition.
The court has been up against this
proposition for the past year or more
The country has settled up rapidly
and the demand for new roads have
been great. the mileage of new road
having increased nj least FIVE times
during the past two years. The eS-
penss Of opening the roads has been
heavy. u being necessary 20 grade
across lakes in many instances, which
IL expensive. And whenever there is
a new road opened those who travel
over Il quite naturally want 4 fixed
up, and the court has been trying TO
ENt ehtn rVs1 it> Vfu faAt aW"""A "
funds 80 that by the time the fifteen
cent tar is scattered over the county
il does not 70 very far toward build
ing roads. Had you ever thought
just how many miles Of county road
there IA IN this county. and how
many Of those roads cross the canyon
and have 10 have heavy grading and
exeavating 10 get across II you
will sit down for a few minutes and
figure out from your own knowledge
Of the roads in this county you viii
be surprised how little road funds are
available per mile. and you viii be IN
favor Of the tar good and strong.
Besides this there IS a small reve-
nue. from the auto taxes It has been
stated IN our presence. and We have
always corrected the statement. that
the ,aS We are paying on our autoes
in this county is all sent to Austin
and We never get a cent Of il back.
We have not had any figures before
on the matter, but have within the
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

past week found that since December
3, 1918 to March s, 1919 there has
been collected in this county from
that source about si70O, and fifty
per cent Of this has been sent to
Austin and the other fifty kept in
the treasury Of Lubbock county, for
highway purposes There is a bal
ance now on hand Of over $1,000 ano
amounts for previous years has been
expended on the roads. Still there is
more needed II takes a great deal
Of money 10 make good roads. and
keep them good. and when there is
just enough money available 20 build
few miles Of road and that has to
BE- spent on several hundred niles
there can be no first class work done
The opposition says. "buid right
what the money viii build and let the
rest go" Well. where would they
Begin Jones over south of town
would want tha, road fixed. and II the
commissioners put the work on
Smiths road the entire community
south of town would be sore and
would swear vengeance on the Com
missioners court, and the same Il put
on the other fellows road Our idea
is 10 give the Commissioners chance
TO make good. and not tie their hands
and feet and then expect them to do
the work you ask of them. Good
roads are worth fifteen cents Of every
hundred dollars to any man. and the
only way TO make them good is to
put up the money People DO not
work for nothing. and road machinery
cannot be bought or hired for moth
ing. 80 il Is merely up to the people
to vote more road money Saturday.
and then 20 before the court and tell
them what YOU want them to do, and
how you want them to 10 It n YOU
want q special roao man they will be
more than willing to furnish you one
W. are sure they want to 40 what
the majority Of the people wish
n the full fifteen cents tax Is not
required 70 do the work only a part
.of il win be levied II none is need
ed none viii be levied, and II In the
wisdom n the court all Of il is needed
then the entire amount win be lcvied
but even then u will be worth il TO
out the roads IN good condition and
in this We will get the help Of the
non resident property owners who
have never contributed a cen, toward
the development Of the county ex-
cept through taxation. and we have
increased the worth ~ their property
several times double Let them helm
us bear this expense Of development
Go TO the polls Saturday and vote.
II you are against IL vote that way.
II you are FOR il. vote that way. We
believe il a progressive move to fav-
or the taN. and hope that the people
viii give il a majority that will put il
over the top.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
BETWEEN POST AND SNYDER

Last Saturday afternoon at about
five thirty. DR. A. Ponton. accompan-
led by Mrs Ponton, Mrs Hutcheson,
Of Snyder, Mrs Klein, Of Spokane,
Washington and Captain Williams Of
the U. S. Army Medical corps, were
going from Post to Snyder in DR.
Ponton's big car, and were about
twelve miles south Of Post when go
ing over the top Of one Of those
points at a rapid speed, they smashed
into another car meeting them, at
high speed. and great was the crash
Both cars were badly damaged,
and the great wonder is the occupants
Of both cars were not killed or Sc
verely injured As il was all the oc-
cupants were very badly shaken up
DR. Ponton was bruised in several
places. Mrs Ponton suffered a
sprained ankle. Mrs Kieins ankle
was fractured and Judge Boren. OF
Post. who was driving his ear alone
received a very ugly wound in. the
face. Capt Williams was driving
the Ponton car and they were toe
close together before they saw ench
other. TO prevent running together
The occupants should count them
selves lucky 70 get by with their
lives and only slight injuries
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06
WEATHER REPORT FOR
MONTH Or FEBRUARY

The following rs summary Of the
weather conditions prevailing through
out the month Of February
MAXIMUM temperature 7s degrees
Minimum temperature 3 degrees.
Mean temperature AZ 32 degrees
Mean normal temperature for Feb
ruary, a. 26 degrees.
Departure from normal. lsa de-
vrees.
Maximum relative humidity 81 per
cent.
Minimum relative humidity 20 per
cent.
Mean relative humidity 63.26 per
cent.
Total wind run for month"; 5il7
m,les.
Normal wind run for February
s2s5 Miles
Departure from normal his miles
Average hourly run Of wind for
February 7.6l miles
Number Of clear days 20
Number ~ partly cloudy days 5
Number Of cloudy days 3
Precipitation for month .2b inch.
Normal precipitation for Feb las
Departure from normal l.l3 In.
r. y. HARPER. Supt.
Experiment SlatloaA
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06
CEDAR LAKE OIL
COMPANY GETTING BUSY

The Avalanche during the past
week has turned out large amount
~ literature. receipts. stock ccrtifi.
Gates and such like for the Cedar
Lake Oil Company Mr. a D Payne,
the president of the Company was
here Tuesday and stated that his com
pany would open offices in amcsa
about the middle Of this month. and
would he ready 10 begin work ~ sell
ing stock in earnest by that time
Mr. Payre is very confident that they
have great proposition. and viii
strike il rich when they get down to
the drilling
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06
UNCLE GEORGE M.
HUNT is VERY ILL

We are panied to announce the
serious condition of Uncle Geo. NJ
Hunt this week. For several days
his condition has been very critical.
His condition is not attributed to any
diseases. merely general rundown
condition of his system from the
weight Of years. He may possibly
rally and be with us for many months
but the relatives and attending ply
sicians hold out very little hope for
his recovery.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

c L. Quillen is going into the
stock-fatming business in earnest.
according 20 his friends He has re
Gently taken up his abode on his faith
RS ranch near Lubbock, and from ~
advertisement in an out Of town pa
per, signed by Mr. Quillen's father,
he evidently Is going to start c. l..
out with nice stock of eats The
advertisement referred TO states that
he wants large number Of good cats
at once. In all probability consign
ments of these said animals will be-
gin 10 arrive soon.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06
INTERNAL REVENUE MAN
WILL BE HERE TWO DAYS

We are informed that a represcn-
tative Of the United States Internal
Revenue Bureau will be here Friday
and Saturday OF this week, and will
be glad to assist all those who are not
clear as to whether or not a report is
required Of them or assist you in max
ing out your application He viii be
here only two days and II will be to
your interest TO see him. He will
have plenty Of blanks and viii be To-
Gated at the post office.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06
TAHOKA OIL COMPANY
RESUMES DRILLING

We are reliably informed that the
Tahoka OIL Company has received the
eight-inch casing that has been hold
INK up operations for a number of
weeks. and that they will start their
drill again this week. The promoters
Of this well are very enthusiastic and
confident that they will reach the big
oil in due time, and will result in a
hig boom for them a. well as The
country in general.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

Lieut. r. p Jennings. son Of Mr.
and Mrs. J. II. Jennings of this place
arrived from FL Paso Thursday TO
visit with his parents. Mr.. Jennings
enlisted in the Cavalry at the begin.
ming Of the war. and was instructor
in the Officers Training camp at
Leon Springs at which place he re-
ceived his commission. and has been
on duty in Fort Bliss for several
months with the U. s. Cavalry.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

George W Briggs is away on tour
Of his territory in the interest Of the
West Texas Chamber Of Commerce.
He will be absent from town the re-
mainder Of this week. and will visit
Amarillo. Hereford ard other points
IN the north plains while away
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

Rev Lynn preached at New Hope
Sunday morning and afternoon. He
reports a good congregation. consid-
ering the diphtheria scare in the
community.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

Geo. L. Dodson. formerly with the
Western Uaion Telegraph Company
is here this week He has been out
in Denver. Colorado. for several
months. Had long seige with Tho
flu and pneumonia and is now ready
to settle down in Lubbock II he has
half n chance.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

Jno. b. Cole, Of FL Paso. son Of
Rev J. B. Cole is visiting with the
family here for few days, and
brings with him little grand daugh-
ter Of Rev. Cole. who will remain
here for the remainder Of the school
term.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

Mrs. ID. NJ. wristen and little
daughter, Ruby. left last Saturday
morning for their home in Arizona,
after spending several weeks at the
bedside Of her father. James Dow at
Seminole.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

Carol Thompson, County Farm
Demonstrator returned from Spur
Sunday whore he had been attending
the sheep Meeting IN charge Of gov
ernment specialists for few days
He reported great meeting and a
splendid reception By the Spur people
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

+. d. Brown. assistant Secretary
OF the Chamber of Commerce. who Is
acting secretary now, spent several
days in the Ranger country, looking
after business Interests
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

b. l.. Cunningham. representing
the Burroughs Adding Machine Com
pany, was here this week inspecting
and repairing the Burrough machines
in this city. lie is making Lubbock
his headquarters at present. and
works out over all the railroads from
this point.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

J. J. Adams daughter. who has
been visiting with her parents from
Moran. returned to her home last Sat
urday.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

n NJ Butler left Thursday for
hellvllle, on the south coast ef Texas.
vherc he and family are spending
the winter, they will return home ln
The early spring
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

Judge G. f. Lockhart, Of Thhoka.
was here Thursday attending to bus
mess interests. and visiting with ac-
quaintanees.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

The postmaster at Plainview has
been stung by an oil bee and has re-
signed hrs position to enter the oil
game on large scale.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

J J. Palmer of Leila Lake, was
hsre this week prospecting for .
hume. and also visiting with aeauain.
lanees
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

Hugh l.. Henry returned from
trlp 10 the oil field. The middle ef the
week, whsfe he has been attending
10 Investments.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

Marriage license issued recently a.
shown hy Clerks records ARE Joseph
+. McClune and Mins Robert NJ, Gem
Try.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

Jim johnson was here this week
From Jussieeburg visiting with his
faiher.in-law, r. =. jackson
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

Anthony Lyons has accepted a po-
sition with the Rix Furniture Com
pany Of tins place.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

n q rolbert of Lllllsflold was
here this week on huslnens.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

II. F. Baylcss returned Thursday
from Dallas and Fort Worth where
he had been attending to business.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

County Judge J. H. Moore ls spend
ing few days IN the oil fields this
week
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

A, B. Galley jr,, returned this
week from q business trip to Bridge.
port and Burkhurnett.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

chfs llafwsll returned The l|fsl 81
ne wsek FROM Ranger and a.hsr
points IN lhs oll belt
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

Iisvafe ~ small expenses slon
them with wa' savings ssamps
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

The yeas Old daughter u Fred
Samon. Il very ia this week
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

7. s. Jackson returned Saturday
from tho Ranger and Eastland oll
field
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-03-06

.. d Hart ~ tovlnslon, n M.,
eaa hfne lha weSk on hsslness
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-06
REAL AMERICANISM.

There is much spoken and writ
ten these days on the subject of
Americanism. The general trend
is to promote a thorough knowl-
edge and a genuine appreciation
for the principles and ideals Of
our government. To this end text
books have been published, meet
ings have been held, organizations
formed in order that our ideals
and institutions may become bet
ter known and more sincerely
loved. All this is as it should be.
At the same time, it is well to
recall to the minds Of our own
citizens that such principles of
freedom and equality must be not
only preached and expounded
they must be lived and exempli-
fed in daily life. The stranger
coming within our gates is told
that he is free man; he is given
the ballot, after a few prelimi-
naries, and informed that he is
now emancipated from old world
tyranny. He then beholds on
every hand men who abuse the
privileges afforded by a liberal
and generous government and
constitution. lie reads of lynch
ings, of race riots, of discrimlna-
ton on account of color or creed
He is startled to see how Catholic
candidates are fought on the
ground of their faith. He is
greeted by such terms as wop,
heinie, like, chink, and other cpl
thets that point disparagingly to
the place of origin of many citi-
zens. After he learns a little Eng,
fish it dawns upon him that he
frequently is included in the
sweeping term, ignorant foreign
ers.
This stranger then begins to ask
himself, if this is a country OF
freedom and equality, why such
stigma affixed to a man on &C
count of color, creed, or native
land? Is the blessing Of liberty to
be bought at the price of personal
respect? Or is this simply q
great, big land, divided up like a
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-06

state fair into many individual
stalls or concessions, each repre-
senting q distinct kind of citizen
ship and privilege? The answer
to his mind is not clear; so he de-
cides to cling to the group which
he knows best: his fellow coun-
trymen from the homeland.
Real Americanism should imi-
tate the Catholic Church and
make no distinction of color or
race. If we do not desire the for
eigner III our country, then it is
easy to legislate against him and
prevent him from coming into our
midst. If our country is really
an asylum for the oppressed, then
let us first, live and not simply
preach Americanism, and second,
avoid segregating the newcomer,
thus affording him an opportunity
of nursing his wrong and plotting
revenge ON those who would hui
initiate and despise him.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-06
CARNEGIE AND CATHOLICS
LATE MAGNATE EVIDENTLY HAD
LITTLE LOVE FOR OLD
CHURCH..

Mr.. S. Fl. Horgan of Orange, n. J.,
the well known Catholic writer, re-
lates a "Reminiscences of the late An
drew Carnegie.
While the Hon. James X. MCGUIRE
was Mayor of Syracuse, N. Y.-and
he occupied that position for several
terms-Mr. Carnegie presented a Ii
brary to that city on the usual terms
that it should be maintained by the
taxpayers-and Mayor Mcclure called
upon him with the signed agreement.
He found the old Scotchman in good
humor and he thought the opportun-
ity favorable to solicit a donation for
an orphan asylum much needed in
Syracuse. To which Mr.. Carnegie re-
piled: Mr.. Mayor I make it a rule
never to give anything to Catholics.
But suggested Mr. Mcclure, you
sometimes assist in the purchase of
organs for Catholic churches?'"
"'Yes,' said Mr.. Carnegie. But
there is a method in my madness.
do that in hope that the organ music
will distract the congregations atten
ton from the rest of the service"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-06

Apropos of the great educa-
tional campaign to be launched by
the Knights of Columbus the fol
lowing excerpt from an article in
Harper's Magazine is timely. I'm
der the caption, ''Is the Efficiency
of Our Public Schools Impugned, -
Harper s said:
In February Of this year a rep
resentative Of the Surgeon Gen
erals office appeared before a con-
gressional committee in support
of a bill designed to give federal
aid to the states in extending the
knowledge Of English among ma
tive illiterates and non-English
speaking immigrants He laid be-
fore Congress the data accumu-
lated by the War Department dur
ing its examination of drafted
men. These records show that %
per cent Of the men who entered
the draft army were unable to
read the newspapers or to write
letters home. Large proportions
Of this % per cent were as com
pletely incapable Of writing their
names as the coolies Of inland
China.
"This shocking extent Of Tilt
eracy among the adult men whom
our system Of public education
had certified to citizenship, not
only interfered with the exigcnt
training Of the new army, but Sc
riously embarrassed field opera
tons. Moreover, it placed grave
obstacles in the way of efficient
industrial mobilization. Acct
dents that hamper production oc-
cur twice as frequently among the
illiterate as among those who can
read and write. No doubt the
rate Of illiteracy among the draft
ed men was somewhat higher than
among the population as a whole,
with its large increment Of chill
dren Of compulsory school age.
But the draft army was, after all,
selected body of men, and the
fact that one-fourth Of them were
illiterate throws a disillusioning
light on the elementary efficiency
of our public school system. "