The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-02-03

yrowing needs Of the Lubbock In.
5epend. ~ District and Three Ward
Schools and a High School - the
orogram under consideration ana li
n for this that the coming bond
election will be held. There mas
becn considerable misunderstanding
on the part Of some Of the OUT.
wing sections ~ the District and
Il Is expected that this statement
will s.raighten things up. From me
beginning the plans have called Tor
three Ward schools, one each IN each
Of the remaining corners of the
District and one High School build
ing 20 serve the entire District.
The schools of Lubbock are pos
sibly the most remarkable IN the
state in that they have maintainen'
In fact have year after year ln-
creased their scholastic fandlhg
with the State University. and De
pnrtment of Education whiie az the
snme time they have become more
inefficient IN point of buildings ana
equipment. That has not been the
fault of the school board, the STU
dents or the teachers in the schools.
The town has simply grown faster
than they have been able % take
csre of the logical result You try
10 put seventeen year old, one
hundred and eighty pound boy INTO
eleven year old kniekerb0ckers and
you will find him somewhat handi-
cnpped in his movements
The scholastic enrolment o. Lub-
bock District mas increased for the
past three years A. follows: 45 per
cent for the school term of lvly-ZO
OVER the enrolment ~ the previous
term. 20 percent f0r the following
year and 10 percent a. The opening
Of this term with = good indication
that an additional 10 percent m
crease will be registered before the
close Of this term. Already school
children are sitting ir chair, on
boxes and without desks IN front
of them And still hey come.
Where from, it b. hard 90 say, but
drive over town any day and sec
the new houses going up, snd after
That try % rent a house and you
will soon be convinced that they are
coming from somewhere
Three months ago a young busi-
ness man came into the Chamber ~
Commerce office and wanted 90 buy
half interest In some grocery store.
The Secretary took him around %
several stores, met the owners, bat
no one talked sale ile was finally
forced 10 start new store ~ bis
own and already has one 0f the
peatesf. busiest little stores IN me
city. The same can be said " al
mosf every other line They are
here and are still coming here and
we might A. well prepare 20 take
care of an ever increasing flow Of
them Tor this IA but the beginning
a glance 0f the Poll Tax RECEIPT
will show you that this movement II
not confined 20 Lubbock city alone.
The whole county Ia making a like
Increase. You xere in ldalou about
n wear ago, or a year and half al
The most and what did you sect A
xfation. two or thee stores. couple
Of gins. a school house and a very
few residences. Drive over today
and see what you will find A most
remarkable little city doing more
business than many three and four
thousand inhabitant towns In Cen
tral and East Iesas and has done
more actual building during the past
wear fUAU some Vi NHUHT hNWNH NaH
done in the last ten.
That u doubly true Of Slaton.
There has been more or less preJu-
dice between the towns on the part
OF some Of their citizenship, but
II is with pleasure that the broader
minded citizenship Of both towns see
the remarkable growth OF both sla-
ton and this place. They advertise
that they are the fastest growing
town In the State and they are no
doubt right, in proportion TO their
size. They have done more actual
construction In that town within the
past twelve months than any six
towns Of from three 10 seven thou
sand population put together IN Cen
trail or East Texas. They are des-
tined to be one Of the leading fac
tors In the development Of the South
Plains section and frankly We are
for them and hope they viii have a
population Of 10000 by 1880.
For II they continue to grow and
we fall down on the job the leader
ship Of the South Plains viii still be
IN Lubbock county. But Lubbock
has never made a reputation on fall
ing down 50 with our hope that they
viii have a population Of ten thou
sand Il Is but natural 10 expect Lub-
book TO continue in the lead with /
fifteen to twenty-five thousand. but /
al that, for both Of these towns, the
eain will be less remarkable than /
that made duriag the past ten years.
A Poll Tax paid Of 2057 in 1921 /
and a grand total Of more than H.
600 IN 1922. In the city OF Lob
book a total Of more than 100
against slightly more than 500 last
year-state elections and everything
notwithstanding.
An average Of six cars per minute |
passing one corner in the city Of 4
Lobbock for eight hours straight
time hy actual count 1900 auto
mobiles In Labboek County. An