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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1920-06-10
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"It was at the door Of the freight depot
says /, But the law will not be baked at a
bubble like that
1--WE put up at a big hotel on Broad
way The next morning | goes down about
two miles of starsteps TO the bottom and
hunts for Luke. IL amt no use. II looks like
San Jacnto day in San Antoine There's
tho, sand folks milling around IN kind OF
roofed-over plaza with marble pavements and
trees growing right out of EN-, and see no
more chance of finding Luke than if we was
hunting each other in the big pear flat down
below Old Fort Ewell. But soon Luke and me
runs together in one of the turns Of them mar
BILE alleys.
cit amt no use, Bud, says he. 4 can't find
no place to eat at I've been looking for res
taurant signs and smelling for ham all over
the camp But I'm used to going hungry when
| have TO- Now says he, I'm going out and
get a hack and ride down to the address on
this Scudder card. You stay here and try TO
hustle some grub But doubt if you'll find it.
| wish we'd brought along some cornmeal and
bacon and beans. I'll be back when | see this
Scudder If the trail amt wiped out
80 starts foraging for breakfast For the
honor of old Frio county didn't want to seem
green to them abolitonsts, so every time |
turned a corner in them marble halls | went up
to the first desk or counter | see and looks
around for grub. If | didn't see what | wanted
| asked for something else. In about half an
hour had dozen cigars, five story magazines
and seven or eight railroad timetables in my
pockets, and never a smell Of coffee or bacon 70
point out the trail.
"Once a lady sitting at table and playing
game kind of like pushpin told me to go into
a closet that she called Number 3. ! went in
and shut the door, and the blamed thing lit
itself up. | set down on a stool before a shelf
and waited Thinks |, This is a private dining
ROOM But no waiter never came. When |
got to sweating good and hard | goes out
again.
Did you get what you wanted, says she.
"'No, ma am. says |. Not bite.
""Then there's no charge says she.
Thanky, ma'am,' says l. and | takes up
the trail again.
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Law and Order in Texas o..assnry

"Bv and by thinks Il shed etiquette; and
/ picks up one them boys with blue clothes and
yellow buttons in front. and he leads me TO
what he calls the cailay breakfast room. And
the first thing | lays my eyes on when go IN
is that boy that had shot Pedro Johnson. He
was sitting al alone at a little table, hitting a
egg with a spoon like he was afraid he'd
break It.
81 takes the chair across the table from him;
and he looks insulted and makes move like
he was going to get up.
Keep STILL SON. says |. You're appre-
hended, arrested, and in charge of the Texas
authorities Go on and hammer that egg some
more if it's the inside Of it you want. Now
what did you shoot Mr.. Johnson, Of Pearsall'
forw
"'And may ask who you are| says he.
"'You may says l. Go ahead
az suppose you're on says this kid without
batting his eyes. But what are you eating?
Here, waiterp he calls out, raising his finger.
Take this gentleman's order
"a beefsteak,' says l, and some fried eggs
and can of peaches and quart of coffee viii
about suffice.
1--WE talk awhile about the sundries of life,
and then he says:
"'What are you going to do about that shoot
ing? | had to shoot that man. says he. He
called me names that | couldn't overlook and
then he struck me. He carried a gun, too.
What else could do?
"Well have to take you back to Texas
says |.
I'D like to go back says the boy with
a kind of grin--'if it wasn't on an occasion
of this kind It's the life | like I've always
wanted to ride and shoot and live in the open
ever since | can remember
"'Who was this gang Of stout parties you
took this trip with? | asks
my step father, says he, and some BUSH
ness partners of his in some Mexican mining
and land schemes
al saw you shoot Pedro Johnson says /,
and | took that little popgun away from you
that you did it with. And when | did so |
noticed three or four little scars in a row over
your right eyebrow. You've been in rookus be-
fore, haven't you?
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-, eq've had thesc scars ever since 4 can rc
member. says he. 4 don't know low they
came there
"Was you ever In Texas bcforoT says !.
"Not that remember Of says he. But
/ thought had when wo struck the prairie
country But ! guess hadn't
"'llaye YOU got . mother ! asks.
"'She died five years ago, says he.
skipping over the most OF what followed
when Luke came back | turned the kid cyer
20 him. He had seen Scuddcr and told him
what he wanted, auu 10 s>e.na s,..- '-~.+.'.-
got active with one OF these telephones as soon
as he left For In about an hour afterWard
there comes to our hotel some Of these city
rangers in everyday clothes that they call de-
lcctlvc5, and marches the whole outht OF Us 10
what they call a magistrates court. Ihey ac-
cuse Luke of attempted kidnapping, and ask HIM
what he has to say.
"'This snipe, says Luke to the judge, shot
and willfully punctured with malice and fore
thought one OF the most respected and promi-
nent citizens of the town OF Pearsall, Texas,
your honor, And IN so doing laid himself lla-
Bile TO the pentence of law and order. Ana
| hereby make claim and demand restitution OF
the State of New York City for the said al
legged criminal; and l know he done It,.
"Have you the usual and necessary requi-
stion papers from the governor OF your
state? asks the Judge
my usual papers, says Luke, was taken
away from me at the hotel by these gentlemen
who represent law and order IN your city. They
was two Colts .45's that I've packed for nine
years; and if | don't get EN- back therell be
more trouble. You can ask anybody IN Fro
county about Luke Summers. ! don't usually
need any other kind of papers for what ! do
IL see the judge looks mad, so l steps up and
says:
Your honor the aforesaid defendant, Mr..
Luke Summers, sheriff of Frio county, Texas Is
as fine man as ever drew rope or upheld
the statutes and codcis Of the greatest state In
the Union. But he
"The Judge hits his table with a wooden
hammer and asks who | am.
i" Bud Oakley says l. office deputy 70 the
sheriiT's office of FRO county, Texas Repre-
sentng says |, the Law. Luke Summers,
goes on, represents Order. And II your honor
will give me about ten minutes in private talk
I'll explain the whole thing TO YOU and show
you the equitable and legal requsition papers
which ! carry in my pocket
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go" "The judge Kind 0f half smiles and says
will talk with me IN his private room. la thd
/ put the whole thing up tO him boz such I'd
guaqe rs | had. and when he goes outside, "a
announces the verdict that the young man L
delivered into the hands of The Texas authoiI
ties. and calls The next case
skipping over much of what happened n
the way back l'll tell YOU how The thing woun(
up In Poarsall
"Whcn we gov the prisoner IN tho shortly
office, ] says TO Lukei
"You remember that kid Of yours--that Y
... ..... sway IRON you WheQ
the bust-up Gamer
Luke looks black and angry. He'd neyel
let anybody talk 90 him about that bushes
and he never mentioned 10 himself.
"'Too the mark says |. DO you remembe5
when he was toddiing around ON the porch, and
fell down on pair of Mexican spurs, and ca;
four little holes over his right eye? Look Il
the prisoner says J., look at his nose and thd
shape Of his head and-why, you old fool, don
YOU know your own son Fl knew him, sayi
/. when he perforated Mr.. Johnson at the de-
pot
Luke comes over 10 me shaking all over.
never saw him lose his nerve before.
bud. says he, I've never had that boy out
OF my mind one day or one night since he was
took away. But ] never iot on But can We
hold him? Can we make him stay2 III make
the best man Of him that ever put his foot in
a stirrup. Wait a minute, says he all excited
and out of his mind-IYe got something here
in my desk--l reckon itli hold legal yet-Iyc
looked at it q thousand times. Custody Of
the child We can hold him on that, can't
we? Le'me see II ] can find that decree
Luke begins % tear his desk % pieces.
Hold on. says l. You are Order and I'm
Law. You needn't look for that paper, Luke
Il amt a decree any more. It's roquisition pa
pers It's on file IN that magistrates office
in New York took it along when we went,
because / was office deputy and knew the law
1--WE got him back. says Luke. Hes mine
again l never thought
wait a minute. says l. We've got 70 have
law and order You and me have got pre-
serve EN- both in Emo county according 70 our
oath and conscience. The kid shot Pedro John
son. one of Pearsalfs most prominent and
ooh. hell says Luke. That don't amount
to anything That fellow was half Mexican
anyhow
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Early Times in Texas
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rz up and made it as light cen Almost as day,
and / thought every mint | would see the var
minis come out and go to work, but fur more'n
an hour l didn't see nor hear thing, and
begun TO think that maybe 50 1t was beaver
Sunday, and that they wouldn't work that night
at all-but still KEEP quiet and never budged
except now and again to poke my nose above
the top Of the pit to see If anything was goln
on. | had jess made up my mind that there
want any use IN stayln longer, when ! seed
an ole beaver come Outn his house, on TO the
top of it, and look all aroun The cunnln'
vamint suspicioned something was wrong, fur
he snuffed the wind and looked nifty hard to-
wards the place where / was hlved. But at
last he 'peared to think that all was right and
hftin' his fat tail he brung it down on the ruff
of his house with a loud smack The next mint
the beavers begun TO scoot out'n their houses,
and dividin' up into squads some begun to cut
down saplin's with their teeth. whilst other
squads hauled and rolled them into the water,
and some drug mud and grass on their flat tails
to a place where others We're mXin' mortar.
All the time this work was goin' on, the ole chap
that had come out fust and tapped his tail on
the ruff of his house. was tiyin round from ore
squad to another Orderin this thing 20 be did
that way, and that thing to be did this way,
jess as if be had been the boss Of the whole
layout-and ! spose he was II was rally de
vartin' to see the way they carried on everyone
wOrkin' like-a beaver at his own pertickler
business. Bimeby / hearn a great racket and
to-do at one eend of the pond, and peelin
roun' that way out'n my hole, l seed
ten Of the beavers with the ole boss directn'
em, workn at a big sapln' they had cut down.
They had got il TO the edge Of the water, but
there somehow il had stuck fast betwixt two
rocks, and they couldn't move 10 one way or the
other. The ole boss was in a tearin rage,
runnin' fust % one eeud of the log and then
to the other and cussin' the whole crowd q
know he was in reason, though ! couldn't hear
HIM fur lazy good fur nothin set of vaga-
bonds-but yit the log never budged an inch.
BY this time I'd got considerable interested in
the job myself and seem how easy il would be
fur me- eff had been there, 10 have histed the
log into the water, | sung out as loud as !
could afore / knowed what ! was doin'
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more than half a century, Sharte has gained
a reputation, which he does not deny, for hay
ing saved money enough 70 make him indie
pendent for the rest Of his life However, Shar-
tel continues 20 shine shoes
AT the age Of If. al Shartel first made his
appearance on the streets Of Dayton, as a boot
black In those days, according to Shartei
all bootblacks carried their shining boxes under
their arms and hunted up their customers
Though this custom has changed, cole AT
has never forsaken his box TO establish bust
ness in any one location. From an early hour In
the morning until late at night, often midnight,
the now aged bootblack travels the streets
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1920-06-10

"'Git a prize under the butt eend ole boss,
and shell come certain.
But the mint said that, bang went the
ole boss tail on the yearth, and quick as a wink
every beaver let go all hollis and tumbled into
the water and in a mint everything was as
quiet roun' the dam, as if there want beaver
in five mics Of it, The last thing | seed
was the ole boss Jess flappin' under the water
arter the rest Of EN- had all scooted It was
so funny the way the vaImmts acted, laughed
till | shuk the dirt from the sides Of the pit
Then / crawled out and put off fur camp, and
that was the fust and last time ! ever seed
the beavers at their work"
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why, You must have surprised them when
you sung out, said Mr.. Pitt, las much as Tam
o Shanter did the witches, when he roared
out, 'Weel done Guilty sarkp"
Maybe so, said Uncle Seth, though never
hearn tell Of Mr. Shanter and I've lnowed, one
time or another, purity much all the ole settlers
in this country-but come, boys" he said, cts
time we were moving and we'd better saddle up
our nags'
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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1920-06-10

Find the good that lies below
Never mind the fault that mars
Or the blem.stes and scars;
Let the petty failures go.
Soc thc kindly deeds men do,
Overlook the trivial flaws!
In the battle Tor a cause,
Be you strong but generous, too.
Mems opinions may be wrong,
But their motives OF are good
II we only understood.
Much Us hidden from the throng
Honest virtue win not boast.
What is best Is hidden deep.
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FIND THE GOOD

Kindly lips their secret keep
OF itself sin makes the most
Still In every living breast
CLOVIS the spark of something fine
Like the jewels In a mine
We must search Tor what BE- best
Find the good that lies below
There are few so vile and base
But bring smiles o. some one eace
Sore viii miss them when they 20
Though the scars Of SHINING show.
And shame walks on open ways
Hidden deep is much 10 praise
In the good that lies below.
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THE SWEET TOOTH AT HIGH SPEED.

Americans are eating 100 pounds Of sugar
a person a year, says Richard Spilale. Nine
billion pounds were imported during the last
year Just 10 help out our own crop Of beet and
cane sugar and 10 Is practically all gone. In
many nations the consumption Of sugar Is be
low 30 pounds "a person ODD the average for
civilized countries is about 3j pounds Ameri-
lea is indeed q sweet -to0,hed uation-but II Is
paving for e.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1920-06-10

huDting his customers or searching for others
whose shoes need sticking up"
AT least three Presidents Of the United States
have had their boots blackened by Shartel
President Hayes was the first. then Grover
Cleveland and later William Mckinley
al has shined shoes so long in Dayton that
the older residents Of the city never think Of
having this work done by anyone else II their
shoes need shining they wait for Al 10 make
his appearance. which they know will be within
a few hours as he manages to visit most offices
daily.
In some families Al has shined the shoes Of
four generations, and IN few instances five
Nntnrnlsts fell MS TINT ornshonnnrs hnvn
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1920-06-10

A professor Of Cornell University is now ad-
vocatipr the cot-tal MS a food The Indians
made from the cat-tai q sort of flour which the
white man never attempted. The flour was
made from the root stalks Of the plant. II
can be used as q part substitute for wheat flour
ard as a complete substitute for cornstarch in
buildings
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1920-06-10

The demonstration farm operated by the
First National Bank Of Wnnshoro 90 stimu-
late intensive cultivation and soil Improvement
for East Texas. has announced that il viii
distribute $4,000 in cash prizes this fall for
better staple in cotton and better corn.
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sHINED PRESIDENTS SHOES

The champion bootblack Of the world Is
claimed by Dayton, Ohio. For "a years AL
Shartel has shined shoes in Dayton at the rate
Of more than 10000 pairs yearly. During this
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1920-06-10

The dairy possibilities ~ Texas is demon
stratcd hv what the Nssley Creamery Com
pony 10 Amarillo has accomplished during the
past twelve months The Creamery. built at
cost Of $4,000 two years ago. hes so increased
20 double the creamery's capacity.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1920-06-10

a recent bulletin Of The Bureau OF Standards
indicates that no treatment Of wood after cree
ton can be expected TO be an effective fire
resistant
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1920-06-10
ANTIQUE FLOWING MACHINE.

The Mexican pillow is the same the Egyptians
used GOO wears ago. 70 consists Of a crooked
stick with au iron point nailed 20 10 or tied 70 IL
10 with a piece Of mvhide q small handle Tor
the p.0Umag TO steer with. and O pole TO hitch
yoke Of oxen 20. This so-called pillow viii
scratch furrow 10 The soil three inches deep.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1920-06-10

Naturalists tell us that grashoppers have
their ears on their front legs
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like q picket fence.


and the right and disappear unbroken lines In all directions
Here lie Of the Americans that back Their
mothers fathers brothers and sisters them again after
bidding farewell the left in their khaki suits to be packed
and carried without light the through
the submarine zone. ...
Those men went died willingly
The nation had declared and they died that the
United States nation that only just and wind
them always. ...
enough graveyard this forest Of and
The League of Nations with the vicious Article Ten,
would multiply these of Americans in Europe by ten and
by hundred. ~ ...s -
the League Nations which Mr. and the Demo
cratic administration advocate this country would be bound
honor and in law any European nation attacked another
member the be killed abroad whenever
. foreign council ordered it.
You will be told that the league really has meaning that
while Article Ten SAYS that members league
whatever the foreign council defend other members that
really isn't So Don't be deceived.
OF all men, who knows best what the league means9
Ii not that President Wilson? Read and tell your
neigbos what he said about Article Ten and its to
Senator Knox Of Pennsylvania
When he spoke Senator Knox the President anxious
the Republican Senators his treaty and league
Fortunately he failed Had they obeyed the Presidents order
aside the Constitution Of the United States
President alone make treaties you would before
long photographs Of other American ga yards Europe
make the in this picture sample
Those that attempt to defend the vicious unAmercan
the obligation Of the United States under the
fight for other countries merely moral
Read the question that Senator Knox Of Pennsvania
President and the Presidents Remember that
reading what somebody the President said
anything that the President could possibly deny The words
quoted here given out officially from enographc reports
the Presidents secretary after Senator Knox had inter
viewed the President
Senator Knox to the President:
"Mr. President aio,o to ask this question: Sup
that perfectly obDious and accepted that there
is external aggression against PoUer and sup
pose perfectly Obvious and accepted that
b. repsed except by force of arms, iood b under
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any legal obligation to participated"
You understand clearly Senator Knox's question
He had read the Covenant of the League Nations carefully
He had read especially Article Ten which read:
"The members of the League undertake to respect
and preserve against external aggression the terri
tOra integrity and existing political independence of all
members of the League In of such aggression
in of threat danger of such aggression the
Council shall adUse upon the BY Lccb this O6lga
ton shall be fuIflled."
Senator Knoxs question put another way
Suppose Russia should attack France would America be
obliged and France the League
OF Nations ordered it? Or suppose Spain sympahng with the
troubles Of the Irish should by arms help Ireland
gain freedom from England attacking England in doing
Should obliged and England to fight Spain
and Ireland? The truthful answer is YES
Japan is of the Allies Suppose Russia for
should attack Japan for instance because Japan eng
the help the crush Russians always
friends in the past and associates in this war;
The again YES any country should the
Japanese regardless what japanese did provoke
be bound to send under the League Nations rules
across the Pacific Ocean to fight for Japan
And then would be able in japan graveyard
American soldiers perhaps five times big this picture
American burying ground at Romagne
Please again the question that put
to President Wilson, asking him whether the League of
Nations would make us fight You have read t7
Now read the that President Wilson answer
given out by his secretary from stenographic notes
THE PRESIDENT SAID:
"No sir; but pould be under AN ABSOLUTELY
COMPELLING MORAL OBLIGATIONS"
The abest minds this country the best informed inter
national authorities treaties declare that went into the
MORALLY bound to send its fight whenever
European Asatc nations got mixed
the foreign council ordered US 20.
The President say I'VE vonld b undsr ahsalutaly
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Here the last resting place of $1,000 American
soldiers. buried in single plot of ground Romagne
across the '.. Dill. ....
This powerful cartoon is reproduction of photograph
with the figures of Uncle Sam and Columbia added by the
artist.
There is unfortunately imagination the long lines
of and Only few of the $4,000 dead
visible in the picture.
Are there not ENOUGH American dead planted in
Europe? .:..} aa"
These least abroad GRAND that
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cerned the United States Do you multiply this
European graveyard for AMERICAN soldiers
then by a hundred?
The League of Nations and Article Ten WOULD DO IT.
$4,000 Americans and thirty five hundred thousand
would go and gladly die for THIS country they
be die in the quarre of foreign nations which
they responsible. .
VOTE AGAINST THE WAR LEAGUE OF MA rIONS
THAT WOULD MULTIPLY BY A HUNDRED THESE
GRAVES OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN EUROPEAN