The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, August 19, 1927 Page: 1 of 8
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ALPINE AV
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"A BOOSTER FOR BREWSTER"
SWORN CIRCULATION 875
NUMBER 33
IN BREWSTER CO. 36 YEARS
VOLUME XXXVII
ILL FIGHT
OVER 500 GO Work Is Begun on
WAY MOVE
TIL MONDAY
the
Prominent Poli-
were
tician Visits Here Helping Cattlemen
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was
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MICKIE SAYS
THE OLD COW HOSS
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next few weeks as a result of leases Brewster county.
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CATTLE RAISERS AND PRODUC-
ERS REPRESENTATIVE HERE
greater drilling activity is expected
to begin in the county within the
thon on the Decie ranch and two vent into this territory of such men
more going down near Lennox, still as Shaffer, McCall, the Mid-Kansas
people, Wilcox & Anderson and oth-
ers, will mean real development in
ON ANNUAL
SCENIC DRIVE
In addition to a test going down
on the McIntyre ranch a few miles
south of Alpine, one or two more
to begin soon on the 02 ranch be-
low here, another test near Mara-
Alpine and the Davis Mountains
section were honored this week by
the visit of one of the most promi-
nent politicians and lawyers in the
State in the person of Hon. D. W.
Wilcox of Georgetown, chairman of
the State Democratic executive com-
Salt water was encountered in the
well being drilled by Wilcox and An-
derson near Lennox, eastern Brew-
ster county, according to H. D. Wil-
Big Masonic Meet
Called for To-night
Lose Car and Bag-
gage in ‘Dry’ Creek
. WHEN ORDERIN’ HANDBLS cR.
I OTHER PRINTING, Dour ASK
FOR HALF A DOZEN BECU%
FIFTY OR A HUNDRED IS TH°
LEAST IT PAYS TO COTHER
WITH. REMEMBER, seTTING
TH’ TVPE AND ADJUSTING Y
PRESS IS TH’ GREATER
PART OF TH’ AVERAGE JOB
EXPECT GREAT DRILLING
ACTIVITY TO BEGIN HERE
BARBECUE AND VISIT TO POINTS
OF INTEREST ARE
FEATURES
ALPINE. NOW HAS MODERN
SYSTEM COVERING 31
BLOCKS
DIST. COURT
New Wilson Bldg PROPOSED HI- RECESSES UN-
| Farm Loan Assn
seen the view at night from College
hill should drive up there some eve-
ning about 8 o’clock and get an eye
full; it is worth the trouble.
Thirty-one Blocks Lighted
The down town section of the
CLAIM NO LOGIC OR ECONOMY
IN REMOVAL HIGHWAY
HEADQUARTERS
Eastern Operators Secure Leases on 33,-
000 Acres of Brewster County
Oil Land
Matthews Buys
. Sunshine Dairy
Ranch Completes
II More Rooms
Their car was washed away, a part
of their clothing, baggage, etc., was
lost and one of the party received
slight injuries when a wall of water
came down a dry creek 30 miles be-
low Alpine yesterday and caught a
party of three men who were at-
tempting to get the car out of the
sand in which it had st luck.
The three men were going to the
Terlinguua district to look over the
mining possibilities of that section
and the car stalled in the loose
Weekly Market
Letter
Courtesy Cassidy - Southwest-
ern Commission Co.
Encounter Salt Wa- COMPLETE
ter in Lennox Well I CUTTING
SYSTEM
and vicinity.
While in this section they were
guests at Marfa of Hon. Hunter
Metcalf, who is an old friend of
Judge Wilcox, Metcalfe having read
law in the judge’s office several
years ago.
When asked for his opinion of the
Davis Mountains region Judge Wil-
cox said: “I see no reason for any
Texan going outside of the State to
see beautiful mountain scenery or to
enjoy a wonderfully, cool climate.
Judge Wilcox and family came out
by auto over the Mexican Border
highway which they found to be in
excellent condition and will return
over the Old Spanish Trail.
to the shore but the third, Mr. ning one' block north on Fifth and
Whitlock, was caught in the rush two blocks north on Sixth street,
of the waters and carried down The lights recently installed extends
E. S. Cross is recuperating for a
few days at Hot Wells and other
points west.
C. B. Denman, representing the
Cattle Raisers and Producers Com-
mission company, a national organi-
zation with branch houses all over
the United States, arrived in Alpine
this week and will remain in the
Highland section for some time in
the interest of his company.
Mr. Denman has been coming here
each year for some time and has
marketed more cattle through his
company probably than any other
agency operating in this district.
A deal was closed Tuesday where-
by W. L. Matthews, proprietor of
the Orient Dairy, bought the Sun-
shine Dairy, together with all cows
and equipment, from Warner Reid.
The Sunshine Dairy has one of
the best equipped dairy plants in
this section’ and 28 head of milch
cows and all this equipment will be
taken over by the Orient Dairy. The
combined dairies will be operated
by Matthews at the Sunshine plant,
he said, and will be one of the big-
gest and most complete plants of
its kind in West Texas.
recently obtained by eastern opera-
tors. 9
D. W. Light and Asa A. Jones, who
own about 90,000 acres of land in
eastern Brewster county in the Tes-
nus district, recently gave an oil and
gas lease on 33,000 acres of land to
C. W. McCall, oil operator of Pitts-
burg, and C. B. Schaffer of Chicago,
it was announced here this week.
Both Shaffer and McCall are large
oil operators, it is said, and antici-
pate the commencement of drilling
operations at an early date, accord-
ing to information obtained here
Wednesday. Negotiations were con-
ducted direct with McCall, it was
stated, Mr. McCall being in Alpine
this week, while A. H. Hamlin, rep-
resented the interest of Shaffer in
the recent lease contract given by
Light and Jones.
mittee. Mr. Wilcox is accompained ties—though oddly enough no loans
by his wife and daughter and they have been made to Brewster men.
spent several days visiting in Alpine It is called the cheapest money that
ONLY FORMAL MATTERS DIS-
POSED; OF GRAND JURY ALSO
TAKES RECESS
etc., for the big feed and
Davisites did the preparing.
Speeches are Features
Other features of the day
ing during the evening, it
stated.
Light and Jones have about 55,-
000 acres surrounding the lease re-
cently given which has not been
leased, it is understood, and it is
felt that other operators will be at-
tracted here in the near future.
From the best information obtain-
able it is believed that a lease oh
the60,000-acre ranch of C. F. Cox
at Longfellow will be closed soon
and a well begun on same. It is al-
so understood that negotiations are
now in progress whereby the entire
holdings of T. M. Shely & Sons, I.
C. Roark and the Rackleys will be
leased to oil operators.
The Light and Jones ranch as well
as all of those last named above are
located in the extrme eastern por-
tion of the county and practically
adjoining each other.
admire them high school
Shaffer is the man who opened
up the great Cushing field in Okla-
home, it was stated, and has large
oil interests throughout the United
States. It is believed that the ad-
sand and gravel of Sheep creek, 30 city was already lighted with a corn-
miles south of Alpine, which is plete and modern system consisting
about 364 days out of of the year of three lamps, on the order of the
a dry canyon bed. While they were ones recently installed, to the block,
working, suddenly and without fourteen lamps in all, extending
warning a wall of water rushed up-from Seventh street along Railroad
on them. Two of the party escaped avenue to Fourth street and run-
A big barbecue served on Limpa
creek,, just beyond the old army post
at Fort Davis, and trips to the fam-
ous Bird orchard and other points
of interest were features of the
annual scenic drive given to Sul
Ross students by the people of Al-
pine last Saturday.
The big motorcade started out
from Alpine Saturday morning and
the trip to Fort Davis was made
without accident which speaks well
for the organization and system with
which the big caravan was handled.
J. D. Jackson was generalissimo of
the entire show, having charge of
all previous arrangements except the
transportation which was efficiently
handled by Mrs. G. W. Baines,
chairman, assisted by other progres-
sive Alpine ladies.
At noon the big barbecue which
had been prepared by Fort Davis
people was served under the beauti-
ful cottonwood trees on the banks
of the beautiful mountain brooklets,
Limpa creek. The Alpine chamber
of commerce furnished the beeves,
bosses,
Steppin’ to a dancin’ tune,
Where bands crash and lights
,are flashin’,
Makin’ night as bright as
noon;
They show off their grace and
learnin’,
Pleasin’ all who come to see,
But a real old fashioned cow
hoss
Is plenty good enough for me.
I don’t critcize no puncher
For graspin’ at a saddle horn,
When a hoss comes out a twist-
in’
On a cold and frosty morn;
I’ve had many a jolt and jostle,
As I forked a saddle tree,
But a real old fashioned cow
hoss
Is just the hoss for me.—Ex.
There is no logic or economy seen
in the proposal of the department to
move the State Highway depart-
ment headquarters from Alpine to
Balmorhea, in the opinion of leading
citizens of Alpine and this immediate
section. Alpine offers better rail-
road, better express and better mail
facilities to say nothing of better
and bigger stocks of supplies to
draw from thus making it possible
for the department to have supplies
of most any kind for the repair of
equipment at hand without having
to carry a big stock of these mater-
ials, it was pointed out here this
week in discussing the proposed
move.
Very little advantage would be
obtained from the point of geo-
graphical location in the districts
as well, it was stated here this week
by persons well informed in the mat-
ter.
Both the Alpine Chamber of Com-
merce and the citizens of neighbor-
ing towns are opposed to the move
and a committee was sent to Aus-
tin this week to put the matter be-
fore Governor Moody and the High-
way Commission.
Receipts of cattle have been light-
er this week, and prices have regain-
ed some of the losses of last week.
Fat steers are about steady with the
close of last week, while stockers
are selling 10 to 15 cents higher.
All classes of butcher cows, in-
cluding canners and cutters, are 15
to 25 cents higher than the mean
close of last week, while in some
instances grass heifers have sold 25
to 50 cents higher. We sold two
cars of white-face grass heifers to-
day, muleys, at $8.50, averaging
574 pounds. Stock cows and heifers
are fully steady and in good demand.
Strictly choice cows are selling to-
day from $6 to $6.50, with a few
fancy fat cows a little higher; good
cows, bringing $5.50 to $5.75, with
medium kinds, $5 to $5.25. Cutters
$4.25 to $4.75; canners $3.75 to 74.
Anything on the baby beef order in
good demand at prices steady to
strong with any time. Fat suckling
yearlings selling from $8.50 to $10.
We sold a car of good fed yearlings
today, from Albany, averaging 665
pounds, at $10.25. Bulk of the
white-face heifers selling from $7.25
to $8.
The calf market continues strong
and active this week, best heavy and
medium weights calves selling from
$9 to $9.50, though good medium
weights, averaging around 250
pounds, sold this week from $10 to
$11. Medium to good kind of calves
bringing $8 to $9; fair kinds $7 to
$8. Choice veals advanced today to
a top of $12.25, bulk of the best
veals selling from $10.50 to $12.25,
with the butcher bulls selling from
$5.75 to $6; heavy bologna bulls, $5
to $5.50; light-weights, $4.50 to $5.
Hog market today 10 to 15 cents
higher, top at $10.85 for one load
(By Barry Scobee)
Ft. Davis, Tex., Aug. 15.—The
local branch of the National Farm
Loan Association has put out about
$300,000 in loans since it began
functioniong for the benefit of Jeff
Davis, Presidio and Brewster coun-
Work was begun on exavating
for foundations for the new Wilson
building to be erected at the cor-
ner of Fifth street and Avenue E.
The contract was let to J. S. Mor-
ris & Son, El Paso, who are build-
ing the Mrs. M. L. Holland residence
near the city school building.
The new building, which will be
43x43 feet dimensions, will contain
two store rooms, the corner one hav-
ing been rented by George Benson
and Joe Moss, who will open a mod-
ern meat market in same as soon
as the building is completed, accord-
ing to Mr. Benson.
Contract calls for completion of
the new building by September 15,
Mr. Wilson said last week, and the
new market will be opened for busi-
ness immediately following comple-
tion of the structure, Mr. Benson
said. The other part of the build-
ing has not yet been rented, it is
understood.
The new building will be of brick
construction with concrete floors
and plate glass front and will be
thoroughly modern, according to Mr.
Wilson.
can be had. The local association
recently held its annual meeting at
Marfa. The president is Judge J.
W. Merrill of Jeff Davis county, and
he has furnished a comprehensive
statement of the activities and facts
of the work for the information of
any who might wish to benefit. It
follows:
This organization has been doing
business with American farmers and
ranchmen for ten years, and in that
time has loaned more than 150 mil-
lions of dollars in Texas alone. Be-
ginning business in 1917 with an
interest rate of 6 per cent when all
speeches made during the noon hour
by J. D. Jackson of Alpine and Dr.
R. L. Irving of Fort Davis. Shirley
Scales, president of the Alpine cham-
ber of commerce, was master of cere-
monies at the barbecue.
There were more than 400 stu-
dents in the big party, which num-
bered, including drivers of cars and
others who attended, more than 500
people in all, it was estimated.
Following a day which was pro-
nounced by the students as being
full of entertainment and interest,
the big party returned to Alpine.
No more successful drive has ever
been staged here in the opinion of
many who attended. This is an
annual affair, given each year by
the people of Alpine to visiting stu-
dents at Sul Ross college and is be-
coming more popular each year.
ALPINE, BREWSTER COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 19. 1927
cox, who was here last Saturday.
This is the first salt water that has
been found in any tests in this dis-
trict, according to Wilcox, and was
encountered at a depth of 500 feet.
Mr. Wilcox feels that this is a
good indication of oil and he feels
very optimistic over prospects for
oil down here. The drill was down
to a depth of 575 feet, he said.
stream a distance of some three hun-
dred yards, it is said, receiving
severe cuts and scratches when be-
coming entangled in a barbed wire
fence.
The car was also carried a dis-
tance of some three hundred yards
and is now buried under two or
three feet of sand and gravel, it is
reported. It is not believed that the
car can be salvaged and represents
quite a loss to the owner, it being
an expensive make.
The members of the party were
W. B. Whitlock, of Denton, who
owns controlling interest in the old
Rainbow mine near Terlingua; and
two geologists from Cambridge,
Mass: Jos. L. Gillson, an instructor
in Boston Tech, school, and a com-
panion geologist, Geoffrey Edsell, of
Yale University.
Mr. Whitlock was going to the
lower country to look over mining
interests there and the two geolo-
gists were on a trip to investigate
the mining possibilities of that sec-
tion, it is understood.
Only a few formal matters were
disposed of at district court during
the short session this week and
Judge C. R. Sutton declared a recess
until next Monday.
The grand jury was selected and
organized Monday with W. W. Jen-
kins of Alpine as foreman. Three
indictments were returned during
the session which lasted from Mon-
day to Wednesday. Two of these
are car theft casses and the third
was an indictment against a Mexi-
can for selling liquor.
The grand jury also recessed un-
til Monday. The following citizens
of Brewster county are serving as
grand jurors:' T. N. Alison, Geo. A.
Brown, Wm. Cotter, Leo Howell, W.
W. Jenkins, D. C. Littleton, J. H.
Nail, J. M. Pouncey, H. B. Pruett,
' Elmer Taylor, Charles Treadwell, all
of Alpine, and A. C. Spalding of
Marathon. Walker Harrison and
Jack Williams are bailiffs.
■ Petit jurors who were summoned
for Wednesday were also excused
until Monday.
A large attendance is expected at
the Masonic meet which has been
called here for tonight, according to
J. M. Pouncey, worshipful master.
Members of the lodge from Mara-
thon, Marfa, Ft. Stockton and other
nearby towns have been summoned.
Wilbur Keith, executive secretary,
Masonic Service association, will be
here and present a program and
other matters of vital importance
will be acted upon, Pouncey said.
All members are urged to be present
and other Masons are invited. A
feed will be served to those attend-
the system for two blocks further
north on both of these streets and
also runs from College avenue north
on Eighth street a distance of three
blocks. Four lights were also in-
stalled on Avenue A, the street south
of the city school building.
In addition to the above, College
•ave’nue is now thoroughly illuminat-
ed from the college campus to the
street running out to the Orient sta-
tion (why in heck don’t we get
these streets marked so a poor editor
can call ’em something?) This
makes a total of thirty-one blocks
that are now illuminated, according
to mental figuring done by Don Lit-
tleton, Central Power and Light
company manager here. In addition to
these, all business houses—about five
solid blocks—have awning lights,
several hundred of them in all, and
the impression one gets when driv-
in into Alpine at night now is that
he is IN TOWN.
Takes Lots of Juice
The original fourteen lights in-
stalled are equipped with 100 watt
lights. If you are fast and accurate
in mental arithmetic, you will at
once see that these fourteen lamps
consume a total of 1400 watts per
hour. The twenty-five lamps just
installed are approximately 200
watt lamps, with t total of 5000
watts per hour, a grand total of 6400
watts per hour that is consumed by
the street lighting system, exclusive
of the awning lights. The average
lamp used in the home is a 40 or
60 watt, which, by comparison, af-
Eleven more guest rooms have
been completed at Pete Crawford’s
ranch resort below Alpine, accord-
ing to Crawford, who was in town
last Saturday. All rooms are be-
ing kept full, Pete said, and the re-
sort is proving even more popular
than was expected.
The report has been circulated
that visitors are not wanted at the
ranch, Pete said, which is not the
case. All visitors are welcome to
come and look over the resort,
especially Alpine folks.
Some have gone away disappoint-
ed, however, Pete added, who came
expecting to get meals without hav-
ing previously sent notice that they
were coming. “Meals will be
served to parties coming to the re-
sort provided they serve notice the
day before,” Crawford said. “We
have only one cook and a helper and
meals cannot be prepared on short
order style. Those who wish to
come down at any time and take
dinner, or any other meal, are there-
fore requested to drop us a note the
day before that we may prepare in
advance for them. We get mail
daily and anyone advising us in ad-
vance will be taken care of. The
purpose of the resort is to entertain
guests who come from a distance to
remain for a considerable length of
time, but others are welcome and
will be entertained provided they
give us advance notice so that we
will have time to make preparations
to entertain them.”
With the completion of the work
on extending the street lighting sys-
tem last week, Alpine now has one
of the most modern and complete
systems of street illumination to be
found in any city twice its size in
the State, it is believed.
The twenty-five additional lights
which were recently added were
given the finishing touch last Fri-
day and were on full blast that
night. A light rain fell that eve-
ning and the view down College
avenue from the top of College hill,
with the street lamps shining on the
wet pavement and lights from
dozens of cars which lined the pop-
ular boulevard made a most impres-
sive sight. Those who have not
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Moody, T. R. & Bennett, D. M. The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, August 19, 1927, newspaper, August 19, 1927; Alpine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1651660/m1/1/: 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.