The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-08-22
PLAINVIEW



furnished for students Of the norm
end n the Olton district Tor the
coming year, according 90 H. J.
Webb. superintendent Two Nhcv-
roleta we're purchased from Kirby
Nash, Plainview agent, and daiiy
trims will be- made 90 take the pupils
a. school The automob 'os have
been built especially for this Kind ~
transportation, each car having fout
seats, with the exhaust connected 70
pirfs In front Of each seat % serve
A. combined foot rests and foot
warmer. A new annex has been
added 20 the school building, and
fifteen hundred dollars worth Of
equipment for installing modern
domestic Science laboratory has been
purchased Besides the laboratory
the annex will contain n library and
girls rest room In just a short
period Of time the Oltor community
has built up good high school Of
the first class whrre a small rural
school existed before The school
l. an Independent, four year high
school Six credits were received
from the University ~ Texas last
wear. ana NiIf NNN'W N" NN|NNHNN y
working for more. Besides the reg
uiar academir subjects there are
courses offered in domestic science,
domestic art, and vocational agficui-
ture The State and Federal Tow
erumcnts pay onc-'hird OF the salary
~ the agricultural teacher. he is
employed FOR twelve month";. work
ing with the boys on their crops m
the summer al teacher ore uni
versity and college graduate A
new five room house has been pHrr-
chased for the use ~ tn principal
The Community Council meets
monthly 20 discuss questions Of com
rnuni,y interest ard to perfect plans
&C. give Olton the hes. educational
facilities possible q,
Two murder cases will be called
for trial in the Hale County District
Court next wees, and two special
venires have been summoned from
which juries 90 set in these cases,
will br seleced. The " II Mason
case. transferred here from Floyd
county, is set for Monday. and VIII
prubahlv occupy the major part ~
The week The " ID Jordan case
win come up flr trial shortly after
this ease is disrosed II Jordan b.
indicted fnr murder in connection
with the killing early last enrng h
q 4 Duncan n Che Cry 10. Gaze.
Mason IS CHARGED with murder in
connection with enc killing pr Elder
Morris In Floyd county It's son.
Grady. was first indicted fer the
murder. but the charge was later
changed % that u manslaughtef.
ard his case viii be tried before the
regularly empaneied jury Tor the
week The case has been in the
Floyd County District C01rt f1r
sru7e time and was trar fcrred %
Hale county last year ami was post
poned ne the last session n district
rour' On he Bhlie. che docet Al
this session 81 the q strict court
has been unusually light \ rum
Der ~ judgments and other non
Jury CAGES have been disposed az
and these have practically occupied
the attention ~ the coar Tor the
first two weeks The grand lpry
~ JOB session. hut Ip to laat nlTht
had not made = report since Satur-
day The case az the state 0f Tex
a. W TEX" Sf'lmau. charged WITH
theft ~ az automobile wil aisn
come up Tor hearing next week.
Stllman s alleged 90 have stolen
n car in 81 Paso ard was caught
here hy the peace officers. ne s
still in the county jail, and - also
wanted IN Wichita Falls on a similar
charge
T. D. Harrison left this morning
for a business trip % Tulia. Mr..
Harr son, Who Is a local contractor,
has the contract Tor a s23 900 school
building in Swishsr County II ~
only a common school district, but
the people of that community are
building a permanent structure, con
siSting 81 two stories and base
mcnf, II brick and modern con
struction. Nr. Harrison was 20 bid
today on another school building IN
Suisher county he Is building an
addition to the Lamar school. IN
PlainvieW, and Is also building the
Often school. Mr. Harrison says the
contracting business on the Plains -
good and getting better. indicating
that a real building boom was on.
Quite a few u his building jobs,
Mr.. Harrison says. are new resi-
rsnces.
John Boswell and Col X. p.
Smyth left for Paducah early this
morning 20 attend 4 meeting Of the
Texas lee Highway Association IN
that city. which convened no ] p. m.
today. The purposes Vt this meet
Ing Is the organization through the
et-ht Texas counties affected by the
highway. Plainvicw is now per-
manently located on the Lee High
way. road which IS said % be un-
der consideration BY the Govern
mcnt for use a. a military highway
between the artillery center at Fort
Sill, Oklahoma, and FL Paso, which
would place Plainview on the line
Of travel Of considerable traffic. In
addition 20 this army traffic which
would be directed BY way of this
city, Plainvicw will benefit much
from the additional tourist traffic
which will be routed this way.
w. N. Baker. for ten years dis
trict court reporter here, has re-
turned and again taken that posi-