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Tl IL LUimoCK AVAt-ANCI II. IVF-SOAY. AUGUST 15. 1922. THE LUBBOCK AVALANCHE - i f'ul.lishe.l very TurwUy anJ Friday ly j Till. AVAl-A.NU IL ( Incorporated) IAS. L DOW Editor and General Manager Neal DoiigUu. Jr. Citv Lditor J. E. Griffith.. Advertising Manager Entered at the I'ostoffice at Lubbock. Teiae for transmission thru the mails a second clas matter. Subscription Price Per Year $2.00 NOTICE It 1 not the Intention of th Avulancht to Mat reflection upon tit character of anyone, knowingly, ud if through error we should, the management will appreciate having our attention called to aame, and will gladly correct any erroneous statement made. Avalanche I'ublishing Co. TniNGS TO REIIEMHER Advertisers, contributors and all parties Inter ested in the Avalanche please remember t h e e things: We print the Tuesday Avalanche o n Monday, presa hour, 3:30 p. m. Friday Avalanche on Thursday, press hour 3:30 p m. I'loase have copy for local notices In not later than noon Mon days and Thursdays. Ad changes and copy should not be later than 8:00 a. m., Mondays and Thurs days. It takes a schedule like this to get your ads ia the paper In good shape, and helps us give our readers better service, which means that the paper will be of better serviceto y hi. which we earnest ly desire it to be. We do not want to be exacting but we must demand mme thinps of you, If you ex pect us to come up to the notch. ANTAGONISM BETWEEN TOWNS In the great West Texas where the towns nre not so close together as in other sections of the State, there Beerns to be too much jealousy for the better interests of this part of the State. Because of cer tain conditions that exist, some towns are just nat urally going to be bipger towns than others, and are recognized as being wholesale centers and hav ing the advantages of better marketing conditions, and for this reason there should be no really ill feeling toward the South Plains towns. Each should possess a spirit of thrift and have plenty of progressive citizens to keep them going and ful filling their part of the program of development in this territory. We learned a few days ago that there is just a little too much inclination of some town on the South Plains to knock on the others, which should not be. We believe we are correct in the statement that Lubbock is destined to be the big town of this section. In fact it has passed the point where destined to be is hardly the proper way to express it, in as much as she has already gone ahead, nnd is the largest city on the South Plains from the standpoint of population. She is also favored at this time above others by railroad connection, which naturally makes it the distribut ing point of this territory, and a trading point for a very large section of the country; but this does not in any way surest that Lubbock should not cater to the good will of every -town within a radius of a hundred miles each way. Just because we are the big boy of the bum h is no sign that we should try to run things over the balance, and get it into our system th.t we do not need to give ail the towns within our trade trrrtory the closest con sideration and co-operate with them in developing their respective territory, as we are bound to reap the benefits to a certain extent in every case. Lub bock, we fear, is neglecting this important matter, and the sooner the people of our city realize this and get to work to correct it. the better it will be for Lubbock and every town on the South Plains, every farmer and sfockrt an within the trade range of this city, every truck fanner and dairyman around Lubbock. Lubbock business people should extend every courtesy and assistance to the busi ness men and other citizens of the South Plains towns, that it is possible for them to do, that they may have a kindly feeling toward our city. It is worth much to have the good will of people, and Lubbock needs this if she is to be the city that wc have hopes of her making. Good roads will do much toward turning the j trade Lubbockward. and without this we will lose much. Last issue we gave you an idea of how some of the people were feeling about 'jlhe Lubbock county roads, and it is only necessary that we make a little round into the nearby and adjoining coun ties to get an expression about the condition of our roads, that show up clearly that Lubbock is not getting her share of the business that would come here if our roads were in better condition. Lub bock business men should certainly see to it that the condition of the roads are improved, and ir the county cannot correct it. then other steps should be taken to put our roads on a par at least, with those of other sections of the South Plains. We heard one man remark a few days ago. that he could tell on the darkest night that ever was known when his car struck the Lubbock county roads. Now this is a condition that our people should be utterly ashamed of. and make an effort to correct at once. The Avalanche is compiling a list of thoee who most frequently complain at errors in the paper, and at some future date we are planning to give them an opportunity to get out an issue of the Avalanche, which no doubt will be a most inter esting number in at much as it will be perfect in errery way. In this respect it will be the only one in existence and we look forward to the time with keen anticipation. 1 1 IK M GI r.CT F IL'KCl I SEKVICFJJ 'lb general neglect of thiinh services through nut the country is no doubt largely responsible for the conditions that exist in this nation at this time. I he attendance upon ilitinh services is appalling ly light, and the people turn their attention in an other direction. I he entire enrollment of the Sun day Schools is much less than the number enrolled in the literary boots, while it should be more. I low can we expect this great nation of ours to make the progress it should when we allow our selves lo drift to far away from God. We are taught that He is a jealous God, "visiting the in iquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generations of them that hate Me." lie will not withold his anger forever, and when we, his children are disobedient we may expect to be punished in some way. We are dis obedient when we violate Mis laws and command ments, and when we show our utter indifference toward His services. The great thinkers of this dav and time, even among those who are not noted for their Christianity are frank to admit that if America would stay off the rocks that will dash her to pieces as a nation, that we must return to God, repent of our wrong doings and serve the true and living God rather than the god of our land, the gods of c;.ttle. the gods of gold, and the many other gods that v.e are prone to follow after. There is certainly room for muih serious though' ..long this line, whether it come from the press or the pulpit. o Lubbock is noted far and wide for her pro gressiveness in the matter of public buildings, her splendid business houses, her paved streets and her many palatial residences, but not much can be said of the churches of the town. She has three de nominations now worshiping in b tseni'-nts. T hi is not a good indication of the feeling of the people toward the "Temple." Our people seem to be too well satisfied v ith what they have in the way ot pliers to worship. Lubbock should see to it that her churches are kept in the forefront if they ex pect the town to have the respect of the very high ; est type of people who come this way to make their home. Nobody, we care not whether he be a Christian or the meanest old sinner on earth, would care to own property in a town where there is no church buildings or where the church build ines are dilapidated and old all out of line with the balance of the surroundings. This is possibly not the best time in the world to proceed with the 1 completions of the churches now under way, but it ; is a matter that should by all means have the at tention of the Lubbock folks at the earliest possi j ble time. o The matter of supplying Lubbock with rent houses is yet an unsolved problem. There is noth ing like enough houses here to take care of the demands. Several parties come into our office every day looking for a house to rent. Some of them put up with light housekeeping rooms for a while, but others have to go to other places in order to find neces.-iTy accommodations. TTiis condition is really commendable of our town in a way. but it is not pleasant to be confronted wih these people every day, and have to reive the s.ime : !c! Et.-ry to each, end ir.f r .-. '.he:-.-, '.hat there is "no such animal" in Lubbock as a rent house. Fifty new buildings could be filled with desirable tennants within a week we nre sure, and if the word went out that there were that many houses here ready for occupancy, twelve hours would be suffi cient to fill every one of thrm. Build more houses. o The life of the politician seems to be getting h ird-r every day. Jim Ferguson has had to fight, his way on to the Democratic tic ket in both primar-j if i, and now comes the new upheaval and some j certain folks say that on account of Mayfield nl-1 lev;ed allegiance to the Ku KIux Klan that he is not j eligible to a place on the second primary ballot, j Verily, Texas political pot is a black one. o We know of some men in Lubbock who devote their entire time investigating things. We heard of a fellow a few days ago investigating .a propo sition that was eight or ten years back in the his tory of the town. We presume this is about as close up to the present day that this fellow ever lived. He could no doubt be correctly called a back num ber. o One Republican has announced that without a doubt Texas will be in the hands of the Republi cans within the next eight years. Probably the old state will be able to withstand it as she has gone through some awful calamities in the past and still continues to sail on. o If the farmer struck every time they do not get just what they want or even get what they are justly entitled to. what would the various crafts say We would not be albe to repeat it in print and get by the United States mail. The Plainview News says that Plainview will never be happy till she gets that direct railway with Fort Worth. That being the case, in all probability, that Plainview family will be very unhappy for a long time. A BIr Load For The Old Horse ... in n i i i i Tn FROM LOS ANGELES TO THE LUBBOCK AVALANCHE Aug. 7. vr:-'. I lett I.ubbo.k on the I'Tth diy of July. Reached I.os Angeles ui the 3rd day of Aug'.i t. The habit nldo (".ol.len Wft stops 1 On miles mi'.i of Lubbock, and never hhows ig.m in. til within i0 miles of h" 1'ii ific Ocean, i'.i.)H n'i!e-t from .! .!,!, ;.. I lex bed the Coatinertal Il,,e, vl.ii h is N"IH) feet utvove sen level. Heavy ra n lell whib? 1 w.is there, and some of the wu' r ceme;l puzzled as to which way to run e.T-t, toward the Atlantic, or west to :he Phi if ic. 1 waved it en-tward nnd pointed toward 1ibb.nk. Yes, we had wir trouble. Every one does who 1 !'. tl " pen'!, targe of mountains. We h:id blow oots, blow-ups, and hlow-dov. Broke brake aid one heiiririr, two nriiiirs nnd smashed one hind wheel This la-t occurred w hi n f w ere mi the Hoiit, a' big w:y-t from any where ex- ept ,ve ." t, and u--i ri irrcti.ahle ,, ;ay. We sau and in r 'c.j tin- -r;-fi, .1 forest n d tne lv.ni' - of nr.i lent i l:ff (Ht l.-r- :i A i.'.o r.a. Aphite.ture of tie.--- I.f'y -' l-iins do, s n t i ..t r rni to any of the recO(f!HZ'd miter etce t i n:l- poit, but they nre exceedingly in leii ting to loveri of nature. Since arriving in I.os Angeles, I have dei ided that this world is m ar ly full of j eoi and the most of us nre hero in and around I.os Angelc, lit the present. A large per cent of them are old worn out h'.imnn t " its wi'h corpulam y below the waif! I:ne which is evidence of n over-j in. I .lgent life. They are a hard o, kit g lot, vainly looking for the fable fountain that restores youth. J Ihete nre more pretty women on one bb. k in Lubbock than there nre ,,n a quarter vctinri out here. The population here is made up of Iludes, Iiiden, r Uppers, IT pper. Chinamen, Japs and h iman beings, j Some theories of evolution tench that animals were once people and people were once an. main. T).cf theories have some support in the fact that many pei-ple here .ne p. better thill lb, y do people. ' ir! n few pern i.Vi-.r-s ago th-- : pe were ni. e lit!e dops u ii !' lue 'heir di-tant kin. 'I hey dr.- their (It; up in cxien-,ve jew. try' nnd place them by 'heir id" in 'b.t-:r fine auto and feed them on loin t ak while h'lrmm ihildien ui half one tii irv.r,' a I pie m !...!.!. .. k not J.olge tl i fn too they may h.ne an ;)', e in, i ! loned. J'i plo from ea. have h t luh here a month. I at'er.di ur.d w a for. e l Hr i f extract of . rn. I.ke Th. this re sr but d evi n ly he estry like a use t hos h Ea-vrn ststs and meet once d the Texas Clus t i make a talk. it follows After mu.h travel I have founst out that this hxautif.il world is roas pi.M'd f six grand dtvii.nr ttt rope, As:a, Africa, North America, S.'.i'h America and Texas Th greatest i f thc--e is Texas, wh iti li:i spanked her old dark skis monther i n the fouth and took tht I'nited States of America under her protecting wmjr in 1M.V The bed I eia lrroumbng I.i.btiock. the mt important cits be ween the towns of Kurt W'ortk ami Ii Ari(rle. Next in import ance is Cshforr. a. whi h is the nme of three of my danpMt rs; m of the best pr.du ts of 'fcx.i. While my nudietn v. ns "hooray-ir.it" for Texas nnd C.'il f rnia, I sreaiett out and made rnv e . me. WALIKR K T.YIR. part of the jrrcs F-npiro of is the South I'lairs surroi oey p,, t. in ' If t i p'iv f re g-iers i-f.. of h'Ccni.'.g ti !hei ti il how iin. ult iip.l we really are - N, -.v Y .rk Morn. "if Telegraph Anii"i n' an the world w'l! f .r tbe prr. i. WW- Beating trains is a great pat time wtith a lot of autoists, and it is usually a tie. The train tie into the automobile and the undertaker take charge of what is left. FLEDGE AID OF FARMERS TO STRIKERS Washington, Aug. 2. --An appeul to all organixation affiliated w-ith th farmers' nutiofiul uncil to ex ert thoir infliieiiie t.i lompel ioul operators and ra:ly exe, utiles to grant the demands of both miners and railway employ. wm i.ued tirro today I'V l.eiijiin ( . Mr-li, Manatfinir d.iettor of the eoun n. Th lnteiet of thn farmers dt anand that the .men in both indus tries b Jiuil a living . h J' elale The appeal ltd-, I"". a f. ,,!: ' nation-wide inmpa-HI Is Iiif Hde, t.caiurd, tf .um.c, t-y ib- luir linaneial interests, to justify the position uf the mine opeiatort and the rmlwiiy executives, and so t t .ni farmers M".un. Inioe and rail st nkcrs. "Hie inrmb'Ti of your oiitaio.-.a-t.oii know thitt Ulior well paid for honest work i the farmers' best maikit. lew inineis and few mil way nun were imumhK a fair .v. IHK wits''1 wiien the itrike were cull -I 'these otriacs were HieVllable to pn v. rit miner, and tailwaV hi' l .y- s fllilll Lellil aclif I to the field of thu anio fooim al ihli-iio's wh II ba i.,l'.rl tne l.iinois of l.'1, (mio.IIiiiI il ii.na" Hi" I al ll.rw .! by liaininel mi the pines fmnicH ie mve.l . r t'.i .r l i o.Pi. Ii y ,Cn ill., !li i -n of p'.f loll"" and lo crush labor unions. "If the miners and nflway em l.Ioyei loa- their strike their power to cir base faim prod i ts will he serioii-ly i.irtaileil, and fiirniei v ill sufT r." FORT WORTH MAN IS SHOT TO OF AIM ml J .1 in I' IV.. ,,l. 4,,o. '. 11-... I tt v tone. .'.I years of lit-, wu 1. 1 dcalli Ibis afternoon a be .it an autoiiiolnlM on K omlon Mr, the losrl of the hi. inn. d.-ll..t V. II Miankle, It, and Moiimil was il.ls.i.cl ll)t.m f.iniKily w. In iiUnant in II. c l ike cops and W4 at 4 1 1 oicl al r li nl, f'n Am on II. It msy be trite to say that firm. Ing it the most necessiry snd one o( the moit honorable occupations in the world The world will slwavs Ttjp be indebied t the la-mer FARMER'S W.hm.t him .t rer would be 'iw- .tU I possible to progress in any line The (armer bu not always conaidered his po; tion in the d gmfted way he should. In fact, it is only in recent years that he has been made to realire the scientific aide o( his work. Lrmr to that time he wai really trespasser on the soil: he was a robber, an in. grate. He scratched the soil he mutilated it: he robbed it of its p'--riirine oower. Anx farmer who dors not give back to the soil a proportionate pa't ol that which he lake from it is an embez!er not only of (iod's Providence, but a so of Nature-! bounty. The farmer d'd not have the right an Hide toward his own son. He woked him because he was his son 1 hat was unfair and dmhonest. He ihonld have considered his soq a partner and shareholder in the la bors, responiibilities, liabilities. as ; sVv.T,r J lutiiristi si at should have rendered an account to hit son, paid him a iul eompenia tion, and given hi'm an honest and equitable share in the profit I of the farm. The farmer hat not always made the (arm attractive to h.s son. You cj i't keep a boy at home il you give bun a tune knot bre by whuh lo read when the world oflrrt him elertric lights, a library, and a read mit lamp The farmer mut brin mazarines, ana attractive inintti into his home and upon bis own farm if he expects to keep his boy and. make a great agriculturist out of bun. riinhway. and other conveniences, are tor the purpose ol enabling the farmer to br e the aVrartioni the world mt-s h own I tiie co-mtry home, into h n n riro'aied farfrv hoiise, and lo h I own f rrside II he the rpnortum'v to! his :..lr w ri mieiniiM. I "I""". (fr,od books, bring in the m.mc tiox. and the wire, est rabi ar4 (bus mjkf his home atrra.fve. hr Vit. ihrerfnl macne'ic. and liml he will keep his bot and k"' around him. This is the day of fbe farm d t farmer w II oldv realize it. f h.s , the hour when thf farm ou(hi to e the nmd allrar live tpot n the fr-a-. try. thit it the mi. mint w in n l te farmhouse nimbi lo r nil w oh m.inf. and the bamvard oo1 o b the convention ball of ai;nrn!iura: .. ! polmci.1 art v.v I h- (jih ' !J make hit son the trader n if The oarcel rost. the rural mail de- tets and profitt of the farm. Helivery, the automobile, tb pave4 .i . i . . . K,w.L s vennon anil iri n oon ,.,.w ... -. Ilir inri.uir,, a,,,,.-.. .1 ,! ,, r,.U. tion. Let the farmer lorn how to b generous and kind to bis cbildrea and to keep them in the atmos phere of agricultural purity, peaca and prosperity. 4r UNCLE JOHN This life we live It irksome, ,10 matter where we be; th road is lined with boulders, an' breakers crowa the sea. But we mustn't get d'f couraged an' declare that life's a cheat, for tbe p rot pecks ain't to cheerin' when a (tiler gets cold (eel The man that proves a winner, It lh man that trims bit ta la, and tleert his craft, unerrin' amid th storms or galct, the bard knocks don't d imar him, wb.ch be squares hit chin lo meet, and hit tymplomt dua't bctiay kirn be never gelt colj I There a n l no road lo glory, but whai'i bet with thornt. and it's purty hard to travel, if you're pe.tend tome with, ioint. So, to make yer failure rtiu, wear r pants out ta the seal, il't a tign thai slim lellt nit thai a Icllei'i got cold lett , . . I like to fi.rt the fetter thai (an lauah tl tlou.lt an' tartt-ikat tiiiit lo.rlf in (rouble. With bis fats St wU It fy')tr, , , , line llil taint a bcind.i I on. COLD FEET UmI it iingbiy i .11 an' twtl. SLk ltrM.O IU ....d lb. w. ibl be l Jf 44j, ' . n and l. i.r.u d loll ,77 Usll 9 PHttOSOPUT waaaaawaaMtaTj r t A 77i7"""ae If a man ihould put a pair ol handiiiflt on hnnsclf. lead hiuisctl to ja.l, losk the dour an' throw away (he key, we'd mosl likrly diaa- hint out of prison an' put bun in a p.l drd t ell, bill we don I do a thiri t tht bniiih ll jt'i Iryu j ad Ihc t.ioa lo a'nu lliriuarlvrt ol limiun r.ln at wi ll at librily Sow we are ion. drill. (riitoi ,li.i ol Ihc iiioKus w hen wc have in I, I w oh ut the only trlit itul tnisorsli ii without ahr 'awe ibe (rnsoithp t.1 Ihc i le. Moral Hindu-1 by roal iihi.iimi. Stvsr haa woikrd n.t I el the ; .,. pie have what ll wanl whra ih. went II Hl. Dam Nalurt si.'l 'r ll.ein into the I ne of i'i.m y. We Wuitl Iii I Ii4e tltaoi hi. . dy I ..I aboi t i. a i l.a.'n'l liu li-.iu I. t .., , .i