The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, March 11, 1927 Page: 4 of 8
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FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1927
THE ALPINE(TEXAS)AVALANCHE
speech that they remained after-
Only
he
HISTORICAL SOCIETY-
BEST
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Colonel
the writing of an authentic history
Alpine Meat Market
Call Phone 219
genuine feeling of good will between
be to co-operate with suitable agen-
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with the Revolutionary War, and Davis which is rapidly falling into
through the World War.
The Hackaway
lish. Colonel Smith attained
eloquence without the use of ora- tion is to be mailed to the owners of
torical effort.
We Lead, Others Follow
Phone 134
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in
Living Room
Fry with Crisco
Evening Session
chorus which were excellently ren-
“Be
bprin
of fact, El Paso police were not men-
10 per cent
DiSCOUNT
Colonel Earl L. Parmenter, who was!
doctor by Mexicans when he was
in a few hours.
like to ask Captain Slater: Did you
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anyone address or speak of a lieuten-
leading broad-minded people of that
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Alpine Mercantile Co.
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Both Phones
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Shave
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DECADALES
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Promptness is necessary, owing to price.
Address:
E. A. Waldron
Box 426
Alpine, Texas
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United States has from its beginning chamber of commerce and the wom-
been a worshipper of the goddess of en’s clubs of Fort Davis.
Hughes DeC. Slater was a captain
during the war, serving as personnel
officer of the 315th Sanitary Train,
T. R. MOODY .
D. M. BENNETT
or Sho
ce Mak
and outstanding of the very things
Of which Alpine complains about the
Herald, and it is all the more glar-
ing when one considers the fact that
| pointed from the directors or mem-
| bership to be known as the Commit-
: tee on Preservation and Marking of
| Historical Sites, whose duty it _ 1
Photograph of
Plant mailed upon
request.
byl last Saturday.
not
the
In the language of slang:
your age, El Paso.”
Keep Kitchen Odors
Out of the
and ■
the
So-and-So?"
In conclusion, we will say this:
Colonel Perkins was speaking for Al-
pine at that meeting, and it was be-
cause we wanted to get on a more
Colonel Smith addressed the
dent body at Sul Ross College
stu- i
this I
Perkins, who made a short talk, ask-
ing for co-operation of Alpine men in
GENERAL STAFF OFFICER
ADDRESSES CITS AND OF-
FICERS ON NATL DEFENSE
The society fa-
Smith reviewed the military his- vored in the resolution the restora-
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THE ALPINE AVALANCHE
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE ALPINE PUBLISHING COMPANY
here from Los Angeles, and will I
make his home in this vicinity, cies in this work.
Its A WIDE-AWAKE
MAN THAT BUILDS HIS
WIFE A SLEEPING
PORCH,
Matters pertaining to incorporating these properties are now under way, as originally planned, but
YOU CAN STILL purchase at an ATTRACTIVE INVESTMENT PRICE, Shares of my issue in this
PRODUCING QUICKSILVER MINE, prior to incorporating
1 Make your home more comforta- |
ble. There’s no question when it |
comes to downright satisfaction i
that a wide veranda topped with a
big- sleeping porch is your best
comfort "buy" for the whole fam-
ily. Helping plan practical home i
additions of this sort is as much a i
part of our business as supplying
the best lumber and other build-
ing materials. Write or call.
HOWELL
dered and reflected great credit on
the director, Miss Margaret Guen-1
ther. 1
Addresses were made by Henry T. X
Fletcher and Dr. Charles W. Stivers, 1
Lumber Company
Phone 74
___________- —Manager-Editor
Local Editor and Advertising Manager
E. W. FATE. Prop.
TASSE
COMPANY
A STYLE - SERVICE - SATISFACTION
FIFTH STREET. NORTH OF P. 0.
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with a super-keem
blade. A dull blade
meansaslowshave.
Learn what strop-
ping does. Buy a
Valet AutoStrop
Razor. It gives a
comfort, speedy
shave every time.
$1 up to $25.
here toward El Paso, and the causes; .
. . v . ing to compete with you.
among other things he said that
Valet
Auto Strop
Razor
—Sharpens leeelf
ity shown them during their stay
here and many expressions of appre-
- both cities despite the efforts of El
2 I Taso newspapers to misrepresent the
= i feeling and spirit which exists her .
in a false light.
ant colonel as “lieutenant colonel
90th Division: the 315th Sanitary ment that Perkins charged El Paso
Train was commanded by Lieutenant! newspapers with not printing news
---------------------------—--- Preceding Smith’s speech,
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, Year____________________-......- _____________-$2.00 Charles Stivers
Entered as second-class matter at the Postoffice in Alpine, Texas, under the
Act of Congress of March 3, 1879
while El Paso salesmen get so little' old Fort Davis under the pen name,
business here that they are through "Charlie Chaleco," a name given the
WALDRON QUICKSILVER MINE
TERLINGUA MINING DISTRICT
BREWSTER COUNTY, TEXAS
A Full Going Mining Industry
* An Investment With An Attractive Yield
by all worthy citizens of this de-1 with two selections by the Sul Ross
tense program. He also showed'
about Alpine or “praising Alpine."
Alpine has no kick to register in this
respect as we would not be so pre-
call Parmenter "Lieutenant Colonel sumptuous as to tell any newspaper
Parmenter” when addressing him or what to print; our complaint is that
ARE YOU INTERESTED MORE IN THE FUTURE, RATHER THAN SOME "GET-RICH-QUICK"
SCHEME?
Official city and county paper; oldest newspaper published i n Brewster
County. .In thirty-fifth year. Devoted to the upbuilding of Alpine and
Alpine territory, and the dissemination of local and State news. Should
any statement reflecting on the character of any person or persons appear in
these columns, please report it, in order that correction may be made.
Resolutions, Cards of Thanks, and Reading Notices are charged for at the
rate of 5c per line per insertion. Special rate on notices to run one month
or more.
lodged instances. The Pass Citv men were'
. . against El Paso just as the banquet loud in their praise of the hospital-
friendly footing with El Paso, that closed." the article continues. “It |
newspapers of that city distorted
and twisted news pertaining to Al-
line; he had no complaint about the
lack of publicity, nor did he criti-
cize them because they did not print
news of Alpine, as the numb-skull
“staff” man sent it in. The Herald
representative evidently "got" Per-
kins wrong, and having “got” him
the the old fort site; also a copy to the
Speaking decay and ruin and emphasized the
that is good, how can there be a
Paso boosters while here that the cess and greater enthusiasm has been
criticism by Col. Perkins and others promoted in the work the society is
Staple and Fancy Groceries and Feed
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The foundation of our business is the satis-
faction of our customers.
To those who have previously invested their money in this GOING
CONCERN, and have desired it, it has been my pleasure to retire
their interests by the payment of
Principal Plus Eight Per Cent
from date of such investment.
My desire is to serve investors under this plan. Building a mar-
ket for my issue while building the industry.
The evening session was opened
tioned in Perkins’ talk. The only
reference made to any officer or of-
ficers was the one to traffic officers
at Fabens, which is at El Paso’s door
and within the same county.
The same item makes the state-
He said that
was introduced by | so passed that
your friends; we want to do business
with you. Can’t you catch the vis-
ion?
rare: generations. A copy of this resolu-
Slater’s immediate boss. We would
he thus spoke. In the name of all was charged that San Antonio got
business from Alpine because her
traveling salesmen always stopped
there two days on their trips, while
El Paso salesmen only stayed one.”
Clay Holland, proprietor of the Hol-
land hotel here, is the author of the
tbove purported statement, and
while Clay would no doubt like to
see all the traveling salesmen stay
longer than they do, what he really
said was that San Antonio jobbers
are getting so much business out of
Alpine that it is necessary for them
to remain here two days to call on
all the trade and book the orders
speaking of him? Or further: did some of the El Paso newspapers per-
you ever, yourself, address any lieu- sist in printing unfair things about at the banquet was considered con-1 doing as a result of the gathering
tenant colonel as a ‘‘lieutenant col- Alpine and it is not the news or Tack: , j .
. : 412 4 u 100 me news or lacK structive and was appreciated
onel? Further: did you ever hear of news in the El Paso papers that , .... ,
" 0 HL them and that tne Herald does
has caused so much criticism here express the true sentiment of
but the CLASS of news. This was
explained in detail to a representa- bustling metropolis when it puts the
tive of the Times and Herald who . .
" construction on news as it did in
accompanied the Motorcade here, this instance as well as in most other
“A final complaint was
, which were the principal numbers
I on the evening program. Mr. Fletch-
| er’s subject was “The Plans and Pur-
| poses of the Society.” His speech was
i very interesting and instructive, but
lack of space prevents the complete
address being given. In next week’s
Avalanche will be found Mr. Fletch-
er’s address in full.
Dr. Stivers spoke on the subject,
“Frontier Life in Old Fort Davis.”
He lived in Fort Davis when a boy,
his father being an officer in the ar-
| my at the time the old fort was oc-
’ cupied by U. S. troops as a frontier
j rost. Dr. Stivers has many interest-
: ing tales to tell of life in the old
i fort. He plans to publish a series of
j stories dealing with ' activities at
Col. Leroy F. Smith, attached to
the general staff, war department,
Washington, D. C., arrived unan-
nounced yesterday afternoon, and
spoke before a group of representa-.
tive citizens and reserve officers at
the Holland last night. The Col -!
onel was introduced by Colonel John
Perkins, ranking reservist in Alpine.
ciation were heard for the way Al-
pine representatives came out in the'
open and tried to get the differences
j ironed out.
1 It was hoped by Alpine people that
the meeting would be the means of
* an amicable settlement of former
j lard feelings and supposed misun-
| derstandings and it is still the desire
of all Alpine people that the confer-
ence will result in great good for
tory of the United States beginning tion and preservation of old Fort
HERALD REPORT RUNS
“TRUE TO FORM”
> I two towns, when one considers the
Alpine readers of theEl Paso Her-I n .
, . . . i other hat done it wrong, and no at-
ald were in no wise disappointed in , . 1 .
• . I tempt is made to show the aggrieved
that paper's write-up of the meeting . . .
„ .: that it is mistaken, or that if its com-
here Tuesday evening of El Paso and . . ,
.....llaint is well founded something
Alpine business men. The fact that! . .
.will be done to remedy the cause. In-
cur distinguished and honored fellow I stead of taking the proper attitude with an easy flow of masterful Eng-historic value of this spot to future
citizen, Colonel John Perkins, was I 10 5 TOP - • ‘
. . i the Herald comes back by jumping
made to appear as a small-town, in-, *
.' all over us, literally. We do not be-
significient party, wholly and force-,.. .
neve the business men of El Paso
fully brings home to us the absolute ,T
. . . , i have the same attituae as the Her-
lack of fair-mindedness and news , X
, , .1 aid. At least, those who were here
honest y on the part ot the Herald.: ,
. did not show it. They, as a whole.
In his address before the joint meet- were a fine bunch of representa- it has been circumstances that have preciation to H. W. Morelock, presi-
ing of the El Paso and Alpine men, tive business men, of which any city won America’s wars and not prowess dent of Sul Ross State Teachers Col-
Colonel Perkins was attempting to could be proud. '?nd valor as so many historians and lege, and the press of West Texas for
show the El Paso folks the feeling Listen, El Paso: We are not try-I writers have pictured it. He gave the assistance given the society
You are many examples of the powerful ef-publicity obtained through college
a large ci.ty; we are geographically! forts being put forth by pacifists and publications and West Texas news-
in your territory. We want to bel enemies of the government to defeat papers was also adopted.
the purposes of the National defense!
act, and plead for the earnest support
I Alpine. Stivers recently came
wrong, proceeded to distort and
twist things as usual, and having
done this, he was not content—he
proceeded then to make the Colonel
out as a “small potato.”. Said that
although Perkins was called “col-
onel”, as a matter of fact, he is a
lieutenant colonel in the officers re-
serve corps, and in referring to him
later in the article placed quotations
about the title, thus: “colonel” Per-
kins. Now, here is the most glaring
committee be ap-
luck, and showed conclusively that A second resolution expressing ap-
i what a deplorable state the defense
of our country is now in with a
total lack of adequate appropriations
to carry on its work. Colonel Smith
held the interest of his listeners
from the outset and they became
more and more interested as he went
along. All were so pleased with his
AS AN EL PASO NEWSPAPER
REPORTS IT
Erroneous impressions are left
with the reader in the item in Wed-
nesday’s El Paso Herald relative to
the Tuesday night meeting here
when El Paso Trade Trippers were
guests of Alpine. The article in its
opening paragraph states that Col.
John Perkins, Alpine chamber of
commerce spokesman, at the affair,
“severely criticized the El Paso po-
lice department,” when as a matter
worth-while historical spots in
West Texas and a resolution was al-
I ward asking many questions
! discussing various phases of
| problems.
morning at which a number of
townspeople were also present.
It is the opinion of Alpine busi- boy at the.fort.
ness men who mingled with the El The meeting was a decided suc-
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Moody, T. R. The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, March 11, 1927, newspaper, March 11, 1927; Alpine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1651638/m1/4/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Library and Archives Commission.