The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-09-01
BUSINESSMEN EXPERIENCE MOVING
day ASBUILDINCS ARE COMPLETED
SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURES ON BROADWAY ARE BEING
occIpyFp. CAUSING sHAKE-UP OF SEVERAL FIRMS
,IJRROCK IS EXPERIENCING GREAT GROWTH
Demands for Better and Better Business Houes are BENG
NJ. nv Men who VIII Profit by Their Abilities to bwld-
uhbock Property VIII Always be Valuable

book.
Broadway for the past several
dsvg has beer the scene oi greater
activity than in other parts OF the cry
perhaps as the business men nave
bcen doing little shake-up Of ioeh-
iions that has resulted in some ma
terial change indeed The hunt
Crorory store b moved into "a new
brick building farther west than
fhoir oid location. which we under
tand IS to boz occupied by an eN-
rlueiye shoo store. the uew mei
chant coming from Abilene.
stanton Rhca ha. moved his pp-
taf0 chip manufacturing business 70
the lnm0n Grocery
The large building on enc noitn
side of the street constructed ns
George ". Pickle Tor the summons
Furntturo and Undertaking business
r. nearing completion, and in mi
probability wli be ready Tor o'-
rupancy next week
Yes Lubbock is "a busy place
Our merchants have not icnk'i
mon the development Df th"r fa
ioas buanc. as thing to 'e Gee
rsmphehad within few dozen
wears. but have gone about ther
wnrk n q manner that was Designer
10 accomplish the most good u tn"
least possible time. snd we are sure
thrif ef1rta have mct with success
from the developments along husi-
ness lines made here within the past
few years
Lubbocks growth Is permanent.
Our buildings are put on founda-
ttons that are 50 constructed that
more stories can be added 20 the
building without effectng the orig
fnal structure. and We are sure that
~ith the same progress that We
have enjoyed within thc past several
wears shown In the future, these
wme building spaces where the nrick
mason and carpenter are plying their
1zde in great haste, VIII be me
scene 81 further activities on ther
part
The time FOR an attitude Of dis
interest in civic improvements TO
exist in Lubbock "a past
People who realize that theirs is
the opportunity % build. and 20
prunt In building are far in the
majority here Our thousands Of
acres of undevelnped PLAIN does n
novaze indicate an unwiiiingncss
or awkWarhness on the part of our
people o. accomplish the task pi
fevaloui~ This country, as one VIII
learn on becoming acquainted mere,
but s Indicative of the magnitude
II he problems that confront fhemi
and what has been accomplished
here within the past few months
ean give one an insight into their
ability 20 do things
Insofar as being IN The hands ni
agriculturalists Lubbock county Pr
indeed new.
Her people have been here a
xreat deal less than hall ccn-
tury. very few Of their coming mere
iatinR back as far as q quarter OF
a century ago, yet % become On
contact with the country and know
what has been accomplished IN that
length Of time viii certainly stimu-
late ones hope for her soon taking
a place among the thoroughly deNei-
oped sections Of the country.
The things that have been done
through the efforts Of few people
look dim in comparison with what
can be done by these same people
and the hosts numbered with them
in the work. Their efforts are no
more feeble. and retarded BY IN
adequate transportation and educa-
ti0nal facilities.
The builder has come. paving the
way Of the settler and the citizen
vt many generations ahead. He has
bult upon the sound foundation OF
happy and contented homes, cree
tirg educational institutions that
shall be monumental TO has memory
long after the material buildings he
has erected shall have gone. The
people Of tomorrow shall walk upon
a developed plain, and wonder at
the achievements Of the builder OF
today, realizing that his task was
a gigantic one, and that 10 accom-
plish Il he had 10 employ every
force at his command.
The unlasting strings that have
been ciutchcd about the fair throat
of progress are being released BY the
demand for more and better homes
here. aud the man who adds his ef-
forts To meeting the demand ~
helping TO eliminate the cords that
rctards his efforts. The large ranch
lands are being brought beneath
The scope Of his development. and
before many years, viii be cut into
smaller tracts for the domestic OF
contented producers, whose every
effort shall add wealth 10 the great.
eat country anywhere.
broadway has Developed In a
hurry. consequently Lubbock h
made bigger.
Mia. Grace Green, efficient sisno,
rrsnher for ne Mobiles Bros, Whole