The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 2, 1911 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. XXI.
ALPINE, BREWSTE& COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER
H. L. KOKKRNOT, T-PrM
L. L. HE88, V-Prca.
c. A. BROWN, Free.
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A. B. BURTON, l»'t -
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^The First National Bank
OF ALPINE, TEXAS. ,n
Capital and Surplus $90,000 ' w!
e by
We »lidt your business, assuring prompt and <* jous treat-
ment, and every facility consistent with prudent ban/in? methods
Our directorate is made up of men who are individually Suc-
cessful and collectively able to care for your best interests.
Supreme Court Ghres Ruling for
Austin, Texas.—The commis-
sioner of the State's general land
office is enlightened and empow-
ered, and the State given some
land law of considerable import-
ance, in a decision handed down
this week by the Supreme Court,
refusing writ of error in the case
of Wright vs Gale, from Swisher
county. The sale and purchase
of excess State lands is involved
and the court reads into the stat-
ute governing sale of such land
by the land commissioner, law
empowering him to segregate the
land and direction as to measur-
ing it, thereby clearing up the
statute's lack of specific direction
in these particulars.
Wright vs Gale, was a suit
against a vendor by the purchaser
alleging the land sold did not
meet the description by reason of
an excess of forty-five acres in a
auction owned by the State. The
opinion upholds the judgment of
the appellate court, construing
the statute, it holds that the au-
thority for segregation of the ex-
cess was not provided for in the
act itself, but arises by implica-
tion, and the land commissioner
must be "governed by those
rules of justice and equity that
control and govern the acts of in-
dividuals in dealing with one an-
other," when he measures off ex-
cesses. He has not the right to
segregate arbitrarily, without re-
gard to the quality of the land,
improvement or general condi-
tions, that the State may get the
best land or the improved land of
a section. He would be required
to begin the survey at the point
of beginning of the original sur
vey, and to leave the section or
survey in a body and as nearly
square as is practicable, after giv-
ing the purchaser his quantum to
lap off the excess.
It is further held that when the
segregation ot the excess cannot
be made ts conform with this rule
because of peculiar or irregular
shape of the survey containing
the excess, the State may resort
to partition of the excess section
in like manner as govern individ-
ual owners of land. This direc-
tion follows the holding that the
right of segregation given the
commissioner as the State's repre-
rentative is not an exclusive rem-
edy.
If any protest is made that this
is not a fair method of measuring
excess, it must be remembered
that, by the construction of the
law, the purchaaers of sections in
which excess lies are given prior
right to purchase such excess,
and his equity is secured by being
given preference in the purchase.
In the case decided, it was held
that the vendee or the vendor
might apply to purchase the for-
ty-five acres excess, and if the
vendee obtained this, the vendor
of the original survey would be
liable for the amount paid the
State for the excess. Unless the
commissioner surveys within rea-
sonable time and names its price,
this land can be purchased for
the price paid for the original
tract.
For Sale or Trade.
186-acre irrigated farm; exclu-
sive water control; SO acres alfal-
fa, fine house in edge of best
school town itr the state; 20 per
cent, on investment. To trade
for a good ranch somewhere near
Alpine. W. H. Carver.
Uvalde, Texas.
CLEVER STORIES.
The official undertaker of a
small Michigan town was driving
through the country on one of
his regular missions. A woman
came out to the gate of a farm-
yard and hailed him.
"I don't seem to recall your
name, madam," he said.
"That's funnv! It ain't been
more'n a year and a half since you
undertook my first husband."
A man went into a restaurant
in Montana and wrote his break-
fast order on a slip the waitress
handed him. It read like this:
Melon. Coffee. Boiled eggs.
As an instruction to the cook
he wrote under the third item the
words: "Four minutes."
When the check came back it
was carried out thus:
Melon, 35 cents; coffee, 25
cents; eggs, 25 cents; four min-
utes, ten cents.
A certain local boss in West
Virginia politics «lways controlled
his delegations to the conventions
and the delegates voted the way
he told them.
At one convention a delegate
presented a resolution that the
boss fayored but had not heard
about soon enough to post his
delegates as to how they should
vote on it.
The chairman of the conven-
tion put the question: "^11 in
favor of this reolution say aye."
There were a tew ayes, and the
boss' delegates looked at him in-
quiringly. Seeing that he would
not have time to pass the word
and wanting the resolution passed
he dashed down the aisle towards
the chairman, waving his hands
and shouting:
"Don't put the negative! I
did that oneeand got in a hell of
a fix.
The fact that 12,000 former m-
surrecto soldiers are to be re-
cruited to serve as rurales in the
Vlexican government service, is
>retty good evidence of the de-
termination on the part of the
government to enter upon a vig-
erous campaign for the complete
restoration of peace in the repub-
ic.—El Paso Times.
Increase Ranger Force.
Austin, Texas. -•-The recruit-
ing of a new Raitger 'company
and increasing the two old com-
panies to full quoto Jws been com-
pleted. Each com *ny has 12
men, a sergeant and a captain, or
an entire force of 45 men for the
State's protection' of the Rio
Grande border. Practically the
entire force of the companies of
^aptains Hughes, Sanders and
Fox, ths later, appothted to com-
mand the new company, are to
be stationed in to*ns near the
river. It was agreed by Presi-
dent Taft that the Federal gov-
ernment will reimburse Texas for
this increased protection on the
international boundary.
There have been hundreds of
applications received for service
on the force. A Ranger receives
$40 a month and expenses and
has to furnish his own mount,
which is substantially more than
privates are paid in the regular
army.
Capt. Hughes savs the force
will be stationed on the border
until stealing ceases and that a
relentless warfare will be waged
on criminals of all classes.
It is Dangerous to Borrow.
A man who was too economi-
cal to purchase or subscribe for a
paper, sent his little boy to bor-
row a copy taken by-his neighbor.
In his haste the boy ran over a
$4 stand of bees. His cries reach-
ed his father, who ran to his as-
sistance, fell over a barbed wire
fence, cutting a handful of flesh
from his anatomy and ruining a
$4 pair of pants. The cow got
into the cornfield and killed her-
self eating corn. The wife hear-
ing the racket, ran into a churn
Roudkonse for Ft Stockton.
Pecos, Texas, Oct. 22.
It has been announced in Fort
Stockton that the Orient Railway
Company has decided to locate a
ten-stall roundhouse and machine
shops in that city. It is also said
that the work of connecting the
line between Fort Stockton and
Head Crossing, near the lower
Pecos river, is progressing nicely
and1 that Orient officials expect to
have trains into Fort Stockton by
early spring No announcement
has been made officially regarding
the projected Fort Stockton Pecos
extension of the Orient Railway.
Job printing at the Avalanche
office.
Get the habit—Wichita Best.
ALPINE
DRUG STORE
5th STREET
A Full
Clean Stock
Phone No. 3
Automobile Supplies
We Hav# Installed Up to Date Machinery
and are Prepered to do
ALL KINDS of REPAIR WORK
On Short Notlee.
All Work Guaranteed.
Alpine Auto Gompy.
PHONE 164
Santa Fe May Extend.
A dispatch from Pecos savs:
"Persistent rumors have been
circulated here that the Santa Fe
system is contemplating an ex-
tension of their line from Sterling
City, Sterling county, via Pecos,
where connection will be made
with their Pecos Valley lines to
El Paso, a distance of about 380
miles. Such a line would go
through a new country which is
developing rapidly, especially
that part of it which is being put
under irrigation."
Mexicans Can't Own Land.
Austin' Texas.—By statute and
by the treaty of Guadalupe Hi-
dalgo, made with Mexico in
1848, citizens of Mexico residing
in that country may not purchase
and hold lands in Texas. Asst.
Att>. Gen. Terrell has advised
the county attorney of a border
county that it land was bought
and is now held in violation of
this law, that suit will be brought
bVthe State to escheat the land.
The treaty provides that Mex-
ican citizens who held lapd prior
of cream, drowning three kittens, ^STifs making could retain title, as
direct.
provide
furnish him
entitled
the extent of prudent,
sistance in building up HIS business.
Why not open an account with us and avail yourself of these
opportunities?
ALPINE
and the baby crawled through the
milk and ruined a $25 carpet
During the excitement the eldest
daughter ran away with the hired
man, the dog broke up eleven
setting hens and the calf chewed
the tail off of h's best coat. All
because he was too stingy to sub-
scriber for his local paper.
Wood tor Sale.
Cord wood $6.50, stove wood
$7.50. Phone Alpine Mercan-
tile Company.
9-21-tf Anja Wilson.
could their heirs, but they could
not purchase thereafter, except in
taking land for debt, in which
case they must transfer the land
in ten years. Land can be con-
veyed with a good title if transfer
is made before suit to escheat is
begun.
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To El Paso Visitors.
When visiting to El Paso, stop
at the Flato, 111 W. Boulevard
for nice, clean, cool rooms. Rates
reasonable. T. C. Levingston,
9-28-1 mo Proprietor.
Given Away
•Wy
On Monday, October 23rd, we will wind up an
Eight-Day Clock to run during the following
days until it stops.
The Cost of Living.
To the Uvslde Lesder-News.
1 have read with interest the
article in your last issue regard-
ing high prices and will give you
my experience of what it costs a
family of five to live in anything
l.tke a decent style. Last mouth
will serve as an illustration. The
clothing and dry goods bills were
extra hervy that month, perhaps,
on account of the opening of
school and preparing for the
winter months.
The grocery and meat bills
might be cut a little but not very
much. The items are for plain
food with the usual provision for
fresh fruit and occasionally, can-
ned goods.
This list does not include the
necessary lodge dues, insurance,
taxes, donations, yard cleaning,
etc. It shows, though, what a
man is up against that is making
a salary of from $50 to $75 per
month. If he has to pay rent
that is so much more to be fig-
ured. Here is my bill :
Food
Clothing, etc
Milk
Lights and globes
Telephone
Fuel
Washing and ironing
Drugs, etc
Ice
Total "$84.33
As for a remedy, I know of
none. Of course if you have a
few acres and can raise a good
garden, keep a cow and chickens
and sell eggs, butter and milk, tt
would help out, but it is not
every one that can attend to these
things even if they have them,
when they are working on a
salary*
I know that dry goods and
groceries are too high. I see that
the Unions endorse a parcels-
post system, but the express com-
panies have a powerful lobby at
Washington to secthat their in-
terests are not legislated against.
These same express companies
declare dividends that run as
high as 600 per cent That big
profit is paid by you and I.
I see that a man. can send a
four pound package to China Uv
mail for 48 cents and yet it cqsts
64 cents to send the same pack-
age to Sabinal, only 20 miles
away. That looks like somebody
was being robbed.
I don't see any hope unless the
people can elect a president and
senators that can and will abate
the grasping trust interests. U.n-
till this is done there will be no
solution to this problem of the
high cost of living.
Consumer.
Pecos Southern Ask for Valuation.
Austin, Texas.—Officials of
the Pecos Valley-Southern Rail-
way are here this week to confer
with the Railroad Commission
in reference to filing a application
for a valuation of the road at the
maximum, about $12,000 a mile,
on which to base a bond issue for
the full amount. They also are
seeking to adjust matters relating
to title to their right of way over
State lands, the road extending
from Pecos to Toyahville, a dis-
tance of forty-one miles, at which
point extensive irrigation im-
provements are under construc-
tion. An extension from this
terminus to connect with the
Southern Pacific at Alpine
Marfa, is being contemplated.
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Notice to Subscribers to Railway
Bonus.
Your payments for the railroad
bonus for August and September
are now past due and you are re-
quested to call at the banks and
settle same. W. A. Weakley,
Sec'y. Commercial Club.
Notice to Auto Owners.
I am now prepared to vulcan-
ize and repair automobile casings
and tires and guarantee all work.
Shop opposite Mercantile Co.
-- Polk Hinson.
$20 dollar Fireless Cooker
given away. Read our advertise-
ment on the front page of this
issue. Alpine Hardware Co.
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Beginning October 21st, for every 25c purchase
the purchaser is entitled to a guess at the num-
ber of hours and minutes the clock will run.
Wm. A. Schubel
General Contreetor and Builder
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NOW LISTEN
■an
The person guessing nearest to the time will re-
ceive on October 31st, free of charge, delivered
at his home, : : _ : : :
A $20 PURITY FIRELESS COOKER
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Special Attention Given to
High-Class Building
Plans and Specifications
ALPINE, - - -
See Me Before
You Build
Furnished
- TEXAS.
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Now in our New Store with a
new and well eelected Stock of
Groceries, Vegetables, Fruit Can-
dler etc.
Don't forget to oall and see our new line
of GARLAND Stoves and RANGES.
Alpine Hardware Co.
We do not offer more end better goods
for less money than any other store.
But we do offer everything In our line
et such llve-and-let-llve prices thst
will mset Golden Rule Requirements
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Yates, W. J. The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 2, 1911, newspaper, November 2, 1911; Alpine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth428366/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library (Archives of the Big Bend).