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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-12-16
Big Ranch Deal
Contaminated in
Hereford Vicinity

The Brand Is informed BY Ralph
Barnett OF a doublc-barrcled trade
running into quite a figure which
states that he and John Marshall, Of
has just been closed. Mr.. Barnett
sherman, Texas, traded the w. ii.
Gilbreath ranch, consisting Of 1878
acres Of land, eleven miles west Of
Hereford for the Whitewright, Texas
Milling Company's property, compris-
ing a 200 barrel modern flour mill,
10000 bushel elevator, storage ca
pacity for twelve cars OF flour, etc.
The total consideration involved is
given at $130,000.
Following this large deal Mr.. Bar.
nett says he himself has acquired
the Whitewright mill through a pri-
waite trade with Mr.. Gilbreath, giving
in exchange for it property in Here
ford. including Mr.. Barnett's home,
and other property in Amarillo and
in the state of Oklahoma.
Mr.. Barnett has no intention OF
going TO Whitewright, himself, he
states. but has in mind another trade
involving the mill.-Hereford Brand.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-12-16
MOTHERl CLEAN
CHILD's BOWELS WITH
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP

Even sick child loves the "fruity'
taste of California Fig Syrup" II
the little tongue Is coated, or # your
child Is listless, cross, feyerish, fun
Of cold, or has collie, give a teaspoon
ful Co cleanse the liver and bowels.
I'm few hours you can see for your
self how thoroughly it works all the
constipation poison, sour bile and
waste out Of the bowels, and you have
well, playful child again. :.
fornia Fig Syrup" handy. They know
a teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask your druggist for
genuine california Fig Syrup
which has directions for babies and
children Of all ages printed on bot
tie. Motherl You must say Cali
fornia" or you may get an imitation
fig syrup. lV-@V
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-12-16
Capitol Syndicate
Lands Not Yet
Offered for Sale

SO eager are people for land IN
the Plains country that the announce
ment Of the winning Of the large
tract Of land from the Capitol Syndi-
cate Company. brought lot Of IN
quiries regarding the status ~ the
land and as 10 whether they would
be placed on the market at once ~
the state for settlement, and the fgl-
lowing announcement by the Atior-
rey General is given for the infotnia-
ton Of the public:
Austin, Dec. l0.--Ihe State Land
Commissioner was today advised BY
the Attorney General that none Of
the 10000 acres Of land recovered
from the Capitol Syndicate is on 'he
market or subject 10 sale or settle
ment These lands, according Co the
Attorney General, cannot be filed up-
on until a final decision is had and
when the Legislature makes a pro-
vision for their sale provided that
the decision Is In favor Of the State.
The land In question Is located
along the line between the Panhan-
die o. Texas and New Mexico in
sherman, Dallam. Farmer and Deaf
Smith Counties.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-12-16
SOME LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
FROM LORENZO ENTERPRISE

Mr.. c. c. Shirley returned the first
Of this week from the Mexia and
WORKMAN oil fields. He was visiting
his daughter at Mexia and while there
made a tour Of the oil fields in that
district. He reports everything on
the boom and that many oil oper-
ators Of substantial means and good
Judgment are working in this field
and believes that il is more promis-
ing than any field ever opened up
in Texas in recent years.
Llonas Laird. who has been con-
nected with the tailoring department
Of the billiard gents furnishing es-
Establishment for the past several
months has the Kirby tailoring bust
ness and took charge Of same De
cember lst. Mr.. Laird is an exper-
fenced tailor and is also wei known
IN this city. He is located IN the
Kirby building on Main street, which
was formerly occupied by c. j.
Stevens.
We have so far failed TO state that
John Robertson is employed in the
First State Bank here as bookkeePer
He succeeds Henry Stancil who re-
signed December lst
+. =. Morrison and family Of hood
county have moved here and vii
make their home for the coming year
on one Of the n. l.. Green farms.
Frank Caldwell has recently
returned from Clarksvillc where be
spent several weeks on business. hc
will begin the erection Of a dwelling
in the near future
Mr.. 8. c. Woodward, who recently
purchased the T. T. Easter Hardware
business, also purchased his fine
home in the north part of the city
and has moved his family here from
the Estacado community. The Wood
wards are excellent people and we
are glad indeed TO have them IN our
midst.
NJ. T. I. Easter has purchased the
Joe Johnston home and has now NOV
ed his family there.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-12-16
AVALANCHE PRINTS JOBS
FOR ARK. AND TENN

During the past week the Ava
lanche has printed and delivered job
work for parties 90 use In Arkansas
and Tennessee The Avalanche job
department Is turning out good
quality Of printing. and Il is becom-
ing well known that this plant Is
equipped Tor printing most anything,
and we are receiving orders for
many jobs, and turning the mout that
ordinary printing establishments can
not handle The people Of Lubbock
hardly realize what complete plant
they have right here In their own 'ity
tin they visit u.s. We invite you 70
drop in and see our equipment and
big force Of workmen turning out
the work. both in the newspaper and
job departments.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-12-16
GRAIN BUSINESS CHANGES
HANDS AT LITTLFFiELD

Phelps Walker, banker and stock
man, Of Littlefield, was here Mon.
day and placed an order for printing
with the Avalanche fofstationery for
his recently d. luired grain business.
He bought the Tolbert Grain Com
pany there, which is equipped with
large coal and grain bins and a mod
ern elevator and A. Li.tlcfield is To-
Gated in a good farming country,
there is no doubt bat thsl he will
make a success ia this new venture.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-12-16

When prohibitionists fall out, the
sell their mountain dew.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-12-16
YOUR MONEY BACK r.
RAT-SNAP DOESN'T COME
UP TO THESE CLAIMS

RAT-SANP is absolutely guaran-
teed TO Kill rats and mice. Cremates
them. Rodents killed with RAT-SNAP
leave no smell. Rats pass up all food
to get al RAT-SNAP. Their first
meal is their last. RAT-SNAP comes
in cakes. No mixing. Cats or dogs
won't touch il. Three sizes, 35c, Csc,
S1.25. Sold and guaranteed by City
Drug and Cole-Myrick Hdw. Co.
2SF
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-12-16
THE AVALANCHE DELIVERS
BIC CIRCULAR JOB QUICK

The Avalanche received the copy
at noon Monday for a double page
circular. for a sale being put on at
shaw's store at Crosbyton and de-
livered two thousand copies off the
press at eleven o'clock that night. Mr..
Shaw was delighted with the service,
and always depends upon the Ava
lanche TO deliver the goods on time,
when he tells US that he wants them
"pronto." The Avalanche printers
believe in giving service, and if it
takes a lot Of overtime to do the
work they hit the ball without muir
mer, and are making for the Ava
lanche reputation for service that
any plant could well be proud Of.
There is no use sending TO the big
city shop for printing when the Ava
lanche has the best equipped plant in
half of the state Of Texas, and far
ahead Of many Of the big city shops,
that cur merchants some times send
their printing to. Don't let the
specialists" make you believe we
can't do IL.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-12-16

.ois OF twins and no triplets 10 Oc-
lohcr
Ihe report shows chat twenty-five
people between the ages OF 90 AMI
100 died during November, while
four Of the dccoasod people had pass
ed their one hundrcaJl birthday, one
nan being l04 years old.
or the deaths the greatest MANI
ier was caused from tubcrculosi',
there being POO
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-12-16
Texas Gains 1860
In Population IN
Month Of Nov.

Austin, Dec. 9.--The population oI
Texas Increased by 1890 during the
month Of November, according 20
figures issued yesterday by the State
Health Department. There were T.
437 children born, while 2,777 people
died.
The births and deaths for Novem-
bier exceeded those Of October, the
report shows there being $500 births
and 2,456 deaths for that month.
OF the children born there were
forty-eight sets Of twins and two sets
Of triplets. There were thirty-six
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-12-16
WILD GEESE DESTROY
CROPS IN BRlSCOE co.

II Is reported that wild geese are
so thick over in Brisc0e county they
are doing much damage 20 crops and
the farmer have 70 spend consider
able time each day driving them
away piainyiow News
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-12-16

Hubert Chiffon and JaeA Hornsr
went quail hunting Ia an acroplan,
GA Friday morning They went 81
miles west u Lamesa, killed all the
quail they wanted, and we're hac
b Lsmesa IN two hours and a haf
Thy reported that a took them ll
minutes ~ reach the ranrh, but orlS
q minutes 10 como hack % ~ F.
With the wlnd from he veal .ns-
"a Journal
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-12-16

Beautiful gifts for that particular
friend can be found at the Baptist
ladies' bazaar, Dec. 20 and 81, at
Rix's. 30-l
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-12-16

j. II. Moore returned Saturday
from the Masonic Grand Lodge, at
Waco, where he has been spending
several days.
The New York herald., 1921-01-23
Country Home Now More
Used Than Town House
ny EDWARD J. FARRELL,
representative OF Long Beach Estates.

point on any Of the main arteries Of
motor travel leading out through tho
island and watch the daily rush OF
motorists travelling 10 and from the
city. It is no uncommon sight to sec
men like J. Pierpont Morgan, Clarence
II. Mackay. Harry Payne Whitney.
Henry =. Dawson, Paul -. Cravath. B.
ID. Morgan, August Belmont. Bernard
NJ. Baruch, Otto II. Kahn, Ormond G..
Smith and others motoring regularly TO
and from their country estates. They
depend on the motor car exclusively.
Their estates are usually far away from
any railroad station.
So Il Is with the average man who.
growing tired of the turmoil OF life IN
town. seeks tho peaceful repose OF n
home IN the country or the suburbs II
is only the existence Of the automobile
which permits him TO make this dream
OF the city dwcller n reality.
Long Beach likewise has It's full
quota OF motor car commuters and not
all OF them are restricted TO the most
modern fashion OF suburban commuta-
tlon merely during the summer months
Ex-senator William H. Reynolds. foun-
der OF Bong Beach. Is still an ardent
and frequent traveller 10 the beach by
this route. Edward +. Croker, New
Yorl's former fire chief, who occupies
n beautiful home on tho ocean front
throughout the entire year, Is n conn
nuter all year round. Jesse Frocllch
one Of the pioneers In the auto eN-
change industry. Is n regular patron of
tho nutomobiirg sport Mr. and Mrs
Florcnz 2ienfeld tBinie Burkc). Lew
DOckstader Lillian Lorraine Wilton
LacksHc. George Rector Tom powcrs.
George McManus and Nahan FraulSo
are among the residents who stil find
{. convenient run from Broadway to
Long Beach by automobile
To the man seeking q home to-day
I'm the suburbs or at the seashorc it
matters not so much the question as
How near ~ II to the railroad station p
as II does How far Is Il from the rail-
road -tation7" and ebeve ALL Has II a
saragef
The New York herald., 1921-01-23
LONG LIST OF PARCELS
TO GO UNDER HAMMER

Bryan L. Kennedy will sell at auc-
tioI. on Wednesday. February ., in the
Vesey street exchange. by order of the
Lawyers Title and Trust Company. 539-
541 Third avenue and a02 East Thirty
sixth street, the southeast corner Of
both thoroughfares, three and four
story buildings, with stores, on a plot
is.5xl00; also SIT Second avenue. south
west corner of Forty-seventh street,
five story tenement, with stores, 25x73,
and 413-415 East Thirty fourth street,
two four story tenements, with stores.
49.6X9S9. Mr.. Kennedy will also offer
for the estate of the late Francis Ne
her 4lS First avenue. n four story ten
ement. with store, 2i.sXl00; for the es-
tate of James j. Hannigan los avenue
B, southwest corner of Seventh street.
a five story building, with store, 2sX6i.6.
Other properties to be offered are: 5l-
80 West Nineteenth street. two four
story buildings. 45x92: . Bradhurst ave
nue.. northeast corner li9d street, five
story apartment. with stores, 2IsXsi. II;
go West Fiftieth street. five story
tenement, with store. 25XlO0.5; 6A Eley-
erth avenue, northeast corner Forty
ninth street. four story tenement with
store, 25x60 327 East Forty-third
street, a five story tenement with
store. 2Sx1O05; 9lO-Sl2 West Fourth
street. a. six story apartment. with
stores. 36.1S56.9: 81 West Ninety-seventh
street. three story dwelling, lSxloo.11;
459 West Forty-fourth street. three
story tenement. 2ox75.3; 1854 Amsterdam
avenue, a five story apartment. 40.ixl00;
257-259 West Twenty fifth street. two
four story dwellings, 27x9s.9: 2192-2196
Washington avenue, southeast corner
Eas, 1S2d street, Bronx. three two fam
lily brick dwellings, 1sx75 each, and $50
$50 Wilson avenue, Brooklyn. two three
story tenements, with stores. J0x15.
The New York herald., 1921-01-23

The important part played By tho au-
tcmobile to-day in the development Of
suburban real estate was never more
clearly demonstr than at the recent
automobile show. at which the largesl
percentage OF pleasure cars sold were 70
clients whose addresses showed that they
were suburban home dwellers.
What tho motor car has done In the
development Of suburban property. par
ticularly on Long Island. Is something
that the lay mind barely realizes. There
was time when tho country homo was
used only during the summer months
Not so to-day The motor car has com
p,etely changed the lives OF many per-
sons. Now 70 is the city home that is
used for only q few months In the year
the country house being the real resi-
dcnce OF the family. And all this has
tecn brought about principally through
the advent Of the automobile
To-day q is not the railroad that de-
.crmines the question for the homeseeker
anxious FOR o location In the suburbs
With the popularity OF the automobile
constantly increasing and with now and
improved good roads taking their owners
out into the country. tho problem OF life
in the overcrowded city begins TO resolve
itself toward an easy solution Via the
automobile
Tho thousands OF motorists who drive
over the Long Island roads have become
familiar with the many villages dottine
the island all tho wav from tho limits
OF Jamaica TO tho furthost points along
The North and South shores w Con-
tinually passing through these villages
tho notoWst becomes moro and moro
familiar with these lOcnlitiCs and sooner
or later yisualizcs the possibility OF
actually settling out Of town The motor
car disposes Of the question OF remote
ness or inaccessibility
To-day, for example. great number
OF tho most prominent and old estab-
lished residents on Long Island might
Justly be called motor car commuters.
IL Is an interesting sight TO stop at
The New York herald., 1921-01-23
EDEENNC THE N1ONSTROSITIES OF THE BROWNSTONE AGE
BY HARRIET sIssoN GILLESPIE.

With each passing year one sees in
New York city fewer and fewer of the
relics of the horror period in American
archltecture-the brownstone age. The
grim old dwelling of the early SOS
with it's sullSy facade and its atmosphere
CT oppressive respectability is passing
from our midst. but no one seems broken
hearted over the fact. During the acute
stage of the housing panic the hasty con-
version of anything available into
hive of small suites rid the city Of a few
Of the old time monstrosities, but by no
means all of them have passed into the
limbo of the kitchenette.
Architectural beauty doctors discov-
cred long ago that the brownstone freak
had it's possibilities. and that after
comparatively minor operation it could
take its place as an attractive member
of society. To-day New York city owes
many of its fine homes. such, for exam
pie, as that of William Beard at IT East
Seventy-ffth street. to the practice of
structural dermatology.
The Beard home was recently done
over by Howard Major, who had carte
blanche to carry>out his ideas as regards
both exterior and interior. In its pres
ent state no ono would ever suspect that
it sprang from the same bourgeois origin
as It's two brownstone neighbors. 1T pre-
sents the charming simplicity of the
Adam period. and the decorations and
furnishings of the rooms are Louis XVI.
All the numerous excrescenceS of cor
nice and coping have been removed and
an entirely new front of creamy gray
limestone added. the facade depending
for effect entirely ON the proportions of
the windows and the way they are
spaced In the walls. A picturesque note
is afforded by the quaint iron arch over
the entrance, SO much used in LONDON,
within which hangs a wrought iron Ian
tern. The door Is Of rich red lacquer
A moderately sloping roof Is covered
with gray slate shingles. and two small
dormers treated in a conservative way
lend character to the top story.
While as rule the entrance to the
American basement house Is reached by
two steps down, here one enters the
house directly from the street and then
descends a couple of steps to the floor
level This plan has the advantage OF
preserving the integrity of the exterior
and is by no means an Objectionable
feature within In carrying out the
French style of treatment the architect
has also introduced bit of polychrome
colorirrg here and there, which strikes
a wholly new note in the brownstone
dwelling of form years. Even more
than the structural changes he has
brought about 1t serves to emphasize
The New York herald., 1921-01-23

the fact that with imagination and ar
tistic feeling much may be done to
transfuse new life into the seemingly
impossible type Of dwelling.
Certainly the entrance hall, reached
from the street, bears little or no re-
sembIance to the old time basement
from which 1t was altered. A black
and white marble floor strikes the first
note of contrast and the Empire back
ground does the rest. The walls are
painted a soft gray in panelled effect
and polychrome motifs are employed in
the frieze. Empire chairs and Louis
XVI console with an ancient French
landscape hanging on the wall above
form one striking bit of composition
and black marble fireplace and mirror
overhead another.
The staircase is we'll worthy of espe-
cial notice since as a reproduction OF
the French style of the late Louis II
is q gem With its small hand rail and
slender balusters it winds in graceful
curves from the basement TO the top
story. lending a peculiarly notable ef-
feet to the ensemble. 1t is decorated.
too, in piquant fashion. The hand rail-
is red, and the spindles have touches
The New York herald., 1921-01-23
REALTY FIRM MAKES
HOME ON MADISON AVE.

Frederick Fox G. Co. have leased the
granite and marble building at the south
east corner OF Madison avenue and
Forty-first street from Mrs. Mary c.
Thompson for their own business head
quarters. The structure is five stories
high and covers a lot, 23.SxS5 feet. The
house was considered in it's day one of
the most distinctive dwellings in Man
haitian. Fare teakwoods, brought from
India, went to embellish the living and
drawing rooms. The marble stairca So
with balustrades of solid bronze. it is
said. cost S125,000 Italy was secured
for its costly stained glass and massive
fireplace marbles. The lighting fixtures
were in keeping with the other embel-
lishments. For nine years the house
was the home of the Aero Club.
The site was acquired In 1866 by
Samuel c. Thompson. son of John r.
Thompson, one of the founders of the
Chase National Bank. IT subsequently
passed into the possession Of his widow,
Mrs. Abby S. Thompson, and then later
to his son, Ferris S. Thompson. who
died in March. 1913.
The Frederick Fox organization is
utilizing two floors for its business. The
ground floor Is being used by the book
Keeping management and insurance de-
partments The private Offices of the
members of the firm and brokerage staff
arc on the second floor. The third floor
will be rented. Part of this floor was
originally used as a library. Negotia-
tions are we'll advanced for the leasing
of tho two upper floors to one tenant.
The New York herald., 1921-01-23

of blue and white to pick out the orna-
mentation.
What formerly was the old time draw
ing room is now the living room, 20
tally transformed by oaken panelling
which covers the walls. The rounded
corners have the effect of softening up
the room considerably. Here again blue
and red in soft tones are used, the
scheme being carried out in the cover
ing of the antique Louis XVI. furniture
and the hangings as well as in the large
Aubusson rug on the floor. One whole,
wall is devoted to book shelves that run
from floor to ceiling. and this feature
lends both dignity and character 70 the
environment.
The dining room also Possesses many
unusual effects. the walls in particular
ing marbleized. with the trim of black
marble. The walls are cream color with
black marble pilasters. the frieze arcai-
trave and cornice painted in dark blue.
The furniture is French to correspond.
The remaining floors are similarly
treated. so that the effect is one of origi-
nalty and unusual beauty, all of which
goes to show that the ugly duckling may
In time become swan.
The New York herald., 1921-01-23
SPECIAL AUCTION OFFERINGS.
Joseph r. Day VIII Sell City and
Country Parcels.

The four story business building. 2bx
100. at 17S Second avenue, dlagonally
opposite historic So. Marks Church. and
once part of the Peter stuyvesant
farm will be sold at auction on Thurs
day noon. February 3, by Joseph +. Day
in IA vcsoy street. other properties
scheduled for the sale include tho south
east corner OF West Eighth aud Divi-
SION streets plainheld ~. j.. n three
story residence. 225x326.Sx irregular F;
also The three story tenement, 25x92. 1T
il3 West sixteenth street; 702 West
End avenue. a four story dwelling. 1910
MOO. and tho vacant lot 2bx100. on
West 21sth street. 1s0 feet west of
Broadway the nine story store and loft
building, 25xl00, at 81 East Twenty
first street also a4s West 1ssth street.
seven story apartment house. ioor
9e.11.
The New York herald., 1921-01-23
wrsrcnEsrEn BOARD ELECTS.

At the annual meeting OF tho West-
chester County Realty Board the follow
ing officers were elected for 1921: George
Howe. president Robert A. Anderson.
II. Franklin Hull, Carl G.. Lob and Mat
thew Drummond, vice-presidents Will
lam III. Mills, secretary: stephen l.. An
gell. treasurer. Tho annual dinner OF
the board will be held on March 10 at
the. Hotel Astor.