The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-08-04

Lubbock County soil according to
verified reports from many sections
of the county. These potatoes, in
the green state, as they call potatoes
Just dug, are worth around so cents
al harvest time. Unless they are cur
ed they are worth considerable less
about six weeks later because they
cannot be stacked or bedded in any
considerable quantity. without rot
tening Consequently, there IS a COM
paratively small acreage planted to
sweet potatoes.
BY curing these potatoes in a reg
uar plant upon a commercial basis
II .s possible TO market them at from
S1.25 to Sl75 per bushel throughout
the entire year with a curing cost Of
approximately 25 cents per bushel.
The development of that industry
would bring many thousands Of dol
lars into this county and make the
individual farmers even more indie
pendent Of cotton as a money crop
year after year.
Il takes time and effort and money
and management to organize such an
industry, secure the capital, manage
mont, and cooperation of the farm
crs TO plant the necessary acreage.
That work again is done by commit
tees, working without pay, and with
time taken from their regular bust
ness. or course the Secretary Sc
cures the information through cor
respondence and all that, but il takes
time and effort to put over these
things
a practical coming system should
be- established in this city while II is
still small and before such a system
would be Of such an expense to the
city. II is estimated that the recent
roning system decided upon by the
city Of Dallas will cost them $50, 000,-
900 before Il is completely finished.
Amarillo is working upon a coming
ordinance that will cost them more
han $1,000 10 put into effect. Lub-
book expects to grow into a stable
-ity and il is only common sense TO
realize that fair. efficient and etfee
tive Zoning system should be worked
out and the city built according to
tina, plan from this very day
just another problem looking to-
ward the future of the city that will
take not only time and effort but con
siderable exercise of brains, tact and
unselfish ability lncidently It Is
hard to put over such a proposition
without lot Of criticism, hard feel
ing and similar flarebaeks on the part
of some Of the disgruntled brethren.
Problems such as these are not ev-
en- presented TO the full board Of Di-
rectors until dependable information,
reports and recommendation are Sc
cured from cities who have had ex-
perience along this ine--for Il IS
something that not one man out of
ten thousand knows anything about,
of-hand.
Traffic Why does Lub-
book have to pay from sic to 500
more for car load of beds, for in
stance, shipped here from Kansas
City. than Sweetwater would have
TO pay for the same car shipped thru
Lubbock and unloaded therel A hun
dred such instances can be cited
where we are doing that very thing.
II is cheaper TO ship a car load OF
supplies through Lubbock to Snyder,
Sweetwater, Big Spring etc, from
GU; of the state and then local them
back 10 Lubbock, than II Is To ship
them direct TO Lubbock and unload
them.
II is the common freight point or
different freight rate form of in
sanity existing in our railroad tariff
books--and that is a problem that II
a single man in this city was really
familiar with, he could get dozen
Jobs in a week from $1,000 to $l2,-
600 year and not have 10 work half
AS hard as he is now working. But
still such problems must be solved II
the city is to continue to grow and
develop and receive her just desserts.
II takes time. brains and hard work
we have lots of the first but II Is
somewhat hard TO find the last two.
A City Auditorium large enough
TO seat a good sized Sunday School
class at least, is needed in this city
almost as badly as anything that can
be named In a solid week Of naming
the needs of such a growing city.
There is only one building IN town
large enough 10 start TO hold even a
reasonably sizable audience and what
il a 1900 capacity house in a 5000
or 5000 population town.
Such a building could be used for
band concerts. public speaking. Chau-
tnuquas, school programs, summer
meeting for the churches, American
Legion plays. mass meetings, COM
munlty programs, Singing conyen-
tions. political speskings about
million needs each year are fei.
for Just such 4 building II would
cost lees than ~ per head for every
human living IN the city and would
ave almost that much every year IN
tent Fsntags. erecting temporary