The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-08-04
FIFTY THOUSAND POST CARDS Are
TELLING ABOUT LUBBOCK COUNTY
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFFERS THEM FREE TO ANY
- BODY WHO WILL MAI. THEM OUT
People All Along the Highway Will be Reminded OF Lubbock h'
Hub of the Plains al Every Turn Of the Road
More Street Signs Ordered.

The Fifty-Thousand Lubbock Post
Cards are going st n rapid rate. IL
was thought when they were run that
they would last six months at least.
Al the present rate they will be ex-
hausted in six weeks.
There are nine different scenes on
these cards showing farm scenes, fair
scenes. and Lubbock city homes, a
bird's-eye view Of Lubbock from an
aeroplane, and the State experiment
nj farm. Each card carries rev
Lubbock facts. All you have to do
is stick on n stamp, scribble note
" you want TO say anything to Cous-
in Sue or Uncle John, and stick II
In the postoiiice.
The Postal clerks tell US that these
are going 10 Arkansas, South Car
olina. Missouri, Tennessee, Alabama,
East, Central. South and North Tex
as-Let them gol That Is exactly
what they were printed for and what
they are being distributed free OF
charge for-to call the attention OF
the world that Lubbock Is still here
but not here still.
Lots Of folks are sending In for
nos, cards and we are glad 10 mail
them out for you. Drop US letter
of lust how many you can use and
they will come out on the next mail
The Chamber Of Commerce viii
furnish the cards just as long as you
will furnish the stamps--but don't
waste them for they cost US money.
even II they don't cost you anything.
Send them a Lubbock Card
One hundred road signs were re-
ceivcd by the Chamber Of Commerce
this week and already are being post
Cd on roads all the way from Calves
ton To Denver. They arrived at
O'Clock Monday morning and a, one
O'Clock the same day two cars left I
one for Galveston and the other Tor
Colorado Springs. with plenty OF
signs, 10 post n Lubbock sign every
fifty miles on these highways. Lub-
book citizens were making each Ci
these trips and very gladly agreed
70 post the signs.
An additional hundred of the Red
Arrow signs are being ordered snd
vii be used 10 fill in the gaps between I
the main signs. Each sign advertises
Lubbock the the free Auto Tourists
Park
The street signs that have been
.rdered several weeks will be IN
within fifteen days, according 10
letter from the manufacturers. The Z
machine that drills the lettering on
these signs has been out Of repair
and has tied up large orders being
made for this city. FL Paso, and other
cities Of this state. i
As soon as the signs are received
they will be placed Work ~ already
under way on the Free City Delivery
proposition and some day we will be
a real city where folks live on streets
and avenues, instead Of "on the cor
ner Just across from the red wind |
mill
The requirements for Free City
Mail Delivery include such items as,
IN All streets must be marked with
permanent signs; t2D, All houses
must be numbered; (3). sidewalks
must cover the entire route with sat /
isfnctory street crossings; tp, hfty
per cent Of the property on the route
must be improved and occupied.
These and other details must be work \
ed out and proof submitted through
an actual examination by Postofiice
Inspector. /
An Of these takes time and work. 1
Lots OF both, but before anything
like action can be had on the pro-
posiiion more stret signs must be
erected. II you have not ordered a
sign for your block; get busy-$7.5Ol