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The Alpine Avalanche
VOL. XXI.
ALPINE, BREWSTER COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1911.
NO. 48
H. L. KOKEBNOT, V-Prei
L. U HESS, V-Pro«.
C. A. BROWN, Prw.
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NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Whereas there was a petition
presented to the Commissioner's
Court of Brewster County, Texas,
at the November Term, of said
Court, signed by W. J. Yates,
B. J. Dantzler and fifty-two other
signers all being freeholders of a
snb-division of Brewster County,
Texas, praying that an election
be ordered to determine whether
horses, mules, jacks, jennets and
cattle be permitted to run at large
in such sub-divsion; and
That on the I6tn day of No-
vember, 1911, the Commis-
sioner's Court considerrd said
petition, and ordered an election
to be held on the 23rd day of
December, 1911, to determine
whether horses, mules jacks, jen-
nets and cattle shall be permitted to
run at large in a sub-divison of
Brewster County, Texas, such
sub-division being determined
and described as follows:
Beginning at southeast corner of sur-
vey No 101, block 9, G H & S A E'y
Co, thence west along the south line
of surveys 101, 42 and 43, to the south-
west corner of said survey 43, thence
north along the west line of said sur-
vey 43, to the northwest corner of said
survey 43, same being the southwest
corner of survey 44, thence east along
the north line of said survey 43, same
being the south line of said section 44,
to the northeast corner of said survey
43, same being the southeast oorner of
said survey 44, thence north along the
east line of said survey 44, same being
the west line of survey 45, to the
northeast corner of survey 44, being
the northwest corner of survey 45,
thence east along the north line of
aforesaid survey 45 to the northeast
corner of said survey 45, thence south
along the east line of said survey 45 to
the northeast corner of survey 42, be-
ing the southeast corner of said survey
45, thence south along the east line of
■ttid survey 42, to the north side of
Avenue D, of the town of Alpine,
thence east along the north line of said
Avenue D, and with the pasture fence
of W. B. Hancock to where said fence
corners and on said section 101 thence
south with said pasture fence to the
public road on the north side of the G
HAS A R'y Co, right of way, thence
east with the said pasture feuce to
where the same crosses the east line of
section No 101, thence south along the
said east line of said section No 101 to
the place of beginning.
Therefore, by virture of the
authority vested in me as County
Judge of Brewster County,
Texas, I hereby order that an
election be held in' the above
described territory, a sub-division
of said County, on the 23rd day
December, 1911, to determine
whether horses, mules, jacks jen-
nets and cattle shall be permitted
to run at large in sub-division
described above, and that the
voting places be at the Court-
house in Voting Precinct No.
One, and the Mexican School-
house in Voting Precinct No.
Two.
That W. M.( Sanford is ap-
pointed manager to hold said
election in Precinct No. One, and
B. F. Nichols to hold said elec-
tion in Precinct No. two.
Witness mv hand and official
seal at Alpine, Texas, this 16th
day of November, 1911.
A. M. Turney,
County fudge, Brewster County,
Texas.
For the Chicken House,
Turpentine and kerosine will
kill every insect and worm it
touches. If a louse survives
these oils, it is safe to say that it
has never touched him. By
making a warm mash of bran and
corn meal and adding a teaspoon-
fulof turpentine to a mess for
twenty-five fowls, it will give the
gapworm plenty of grief, if pres
ent. These substances should be
constantly kept on hand and used
freely the whole year through,
«nd without stmt in the season of
vermin activity, h can be given
internally in consistent doses, ex
ternally applied, or used as an
insecticide on roosts, nest boxes
and any where lice or mites are
liable to' be. These substances,
in the well regulated house, are as
necessary as pure air and whole-
some food.
Orient To Connect.
Before W. E. Barn hart left,
afetr making a trip to San Carlos
and Allende accompanied- by
prominent citizens of Del Rio
last week, he gave another inter-
view which was very reassuring.
The party met Sr. Don Loren-
zo Trevino who showed them
every courtesy and hospitality and
who was very much interested.
He expressed his intention of in-
fluencing the building of the ex-
tention of the Mexican National
lines from Allende tp Las Vacas,
said line to pierce his vast estates
and gave his official guarantee that
if the Orient people would also
officially guarantee the immediate
completion of the Del Rio exten-
sion, work would be commenced
within two months at his' end.
Mr. Barnhart immediately wired
President Stilwell to have this of-
fical guarantee in Monterey by
•Wednesday (today) which, we
understand has been done.
This cinches the incoming of
the Orient. The financial part
has already been settled and there
is now no doubt that grading work
will be renewed soon after Christ-
mas, provided the incipitant np-
rising of the Reyests does not re-
tard the plans of Sr. Trevino and
us people.—West Texas News.
Canker in Apple Trees.
If you have noticed the bark
dead in spots on the branches of
your apple trees you may suspect
canker. There are several kinds
of canker which kill the bark and
threaten the life of trees. All
seem to be contagious.
If canker has caused the death
of a number of branches in you r
orchard, you had best take prmpt
measure. The thing to do is to cut
all dead and dying bark. After a
smooth, clean job of this has
been done with a chisel or draw
ing knife, the wound must be
painted over. White lead an-
swers this purpose fairly well.
Wax made by melting six pounds
of resin, one pound of beeswax
and one pint of linseed oil is bet
ter. The Ohio experiment
station advises as the best prep
aration for dressing wounds on
apple trees high-grade asphaltum,
which may be obtained from oil
refining or asphalt companvs.
Full car hen and chick feed just
received at Caldwell's—nothing
better made.
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Job printing at the Avalanche
office.
Teachers Examination.
State Department of Education,
Austin. Texas.
To the County Superintendent :
You are hereby requested to
eve public notice that the next regu-
r examination for teachers certifi-
cates will be held by your county
board of examiners on Thursday, Fri-
day and Saturday, Deoeraber 7th, 8th
and 9th, 1911, and that the following
schedule for said examination has been
prescribed by the State Department of
Education:
Thursday: Forenoon, History of
Education, Physics, Solid Geometry,
English and American Literature.
Afternoon, Psychology, Chemistry,
Plane Trigonometry, Bookkeeping.
Friday : Forenoon. Texas History,
Physiology, Spelling, Reading. After-
noon, Methods, United States History,
Geography, Agriculture.
Saturday : Forer.oon; Arithmetic,
Grammar, Physical Geography, Plane
Geometry. Afternoon, Civil Govern-
ment, Algebra, General History, Com-
position.
The county board of examiners muBt
not grade pagers of applicants for State
certificates, but the papers of said ap-
plicants, together with the reports on
the prescribed forms, must be for-
warded to the State Department of
Educational Austin on the afternoon
of the last day of the examination
Remember that each person enter-
ing the examination must apply at the
beginning for a State certificate or for
a county certificate, and that the
county board of examiners shall grade
only the papers for county second grade
certificates, in order to build to a cer-
:iflcate of higher grade, a person must
first get a State second grade certifi-
cate' after which, he m y take the ex-
amination in one or more subjects in
any examination, until he completes
hiii examination for higher grade cer-
tificate. The applicant should not at-
tempt to take too many subjects at
one examination, but in huikiing,
would be better for him to take the
examination in only two or three sub-
jects at a given time, and thus do bet-
ter won and make higher grades.
Respectfully yours,
V. M. Bralley,
State Superintendent
Makes Rain With Dynamite.
Some valuablecxperiments have
been conducted during the past
summer by C. W. Post, of Battle
Creek, Mich., which may prove
of value to farmers thronghout
the semi-arid belt of Texas. Mr.
Post's experiments were to test
the effect of exploding small quan-
tities of dynamite over a consid-
erable area tor the purpose of
making rain.
Mr. Post was in Fort Worth
last week, and discussing the ex-
periments he said: "It rained
every time we shot the dynamite,
and if the explosion didn't cause
it, what did?"
"The first time we exploded a
little dynamite and got a little
rain, the ntxt time we exploded
more dynamite and got more rain;
the third time we exploded the
same amount of dynamite and got
about the same amount of rain.
Hence, I conclude that we have
arrived at about the right
amount."
Mr. Post began his experiment
with -1,500 pounds of dynamite
exploded at intervals along a line
of stations in two pound dis-
charges. Next he increased the
amount to 3,000 pounds and ex-
tended bis line to the distance of
two miles.
I am trying as nearly as pos-
sible, explained Mr. Post, "to
duplicate the effects of a battle.
Soldiers testify that it generally
rained after a battle. That could
hardly be a coincidence; such ex-
periences plainly prove a case of
cause and effect. That's the way
I reasoned; I am trying to furnish
the cause, and i have got the ef-
fect.
I was surprised to find that im-
mediately alter the explosion the
humidity in the air was less than
before It puzzled me at first,
but I now believe that the vibra-
tion upward caused by the ex-
plosions lifts the humidity until
it meets and merges with the hu-
midity of the upper currents, and
there completes the solution
which causes rainfall.
In our last experiment the day
opened clear. By noon' there
were a few fleecy clouds, and
though the prospect was not at
tractive we went ahead because
we had arranged for the work,
and besides I was willing to put
the theory to a severe test. We
began firing early in the after-
noon ; the clouds thickened a lit-
tle and a few thunderbolts, came
up out of the west, but seemed
to hesitate. When we had ex-
hausted our supply the clouds
were threatening, but there was
no rain. Early in the night the
rain started and continued lightly
all the next day.
The sccond experiment was
equally satisfactory; we had
heavy shooting and heavy rain.
In both casts the rain extended
over an aera of twenty miles
square. The dynamited rain
saved our crop when it was with-
ering, and we have made a fourth
to a half bale of cotton, besides
Kaffir corn and hay in abundance.
The cost is about a thousand dol-
lars a time—three times comes to
$3,000, but that is clieap for rain
enough to make crops over a ter
next year, and am confident of
good results." — Ft Worth
Co-operator.
Arrest of General Reyes.
That the frequent rumors
an attempt to forment an insnr-
rection in Mexico, with the chief
conspirators maturing their plans
on Texrs soil, were not without
foundation in fact is borne out bv
the arrest of Gen Bernardo Reyes
at San Antonio, and several other
prominent Mexicans on Texas
soil close in his counsels, on in-
dictments returned by the Fed-
eral grand jury at Laredo, charg-
ing violation of the neutrality laws
of the United States by providing
and preparing for a military ex-
pidition to be carried on from the
United States against the Repub-
lic of Mexico.
While, of course, the indict-
ments were returned on an ex-
parte showing of the evidence
secured against the accused, the
well-known conservatism of Fed-
eral grand jories in the consider-
ation of evidence presented to
them justifies a reasonable suppo-
sition that the charges are capable
of being sustained.
Throughout the trying ordeal
which Mexico has been undergo-
ing during the past few years in
the struggle of its enlightened
citizenship for the restoration of
constitutional government, the
conduct of General Reyes has not
been that of a true and courageous
patriot For many years as the
foremost military leader of the
republic and equally
in its politics, General
The New Depositor
assured direct, personal attention and service at this bank
We provide for the protection and safety of his money and
fUrnish him with check and bank books free of charge. He is
also entitled to our best advice in financial matters and, to
the extent of prudent, conservative banking, to material as-
sistance in building up HIS business.
Why not open an account with us and avail yourself of these
opportunities?
ALPINE
ritory twenty miles square.
I shall repeat the expeilffifcnts
when the opportunity came to him
to render such effective service to
his country and the cause of con-
stitutional government as General
Madero has since rendered,
shrank from the task and tempo-
arily strengthened the tyrannical
rule of the Diaz administration by
allowing himself without protest
to be exiled under the guise of a
nominal mission to Europe.
Under stress of impending over-
throw, he was invited to return
to Mexico by Diaz in the hope
that his former popularity would
serve to stay the victorious ad-
vance of the revolution headed
bv Madero. It was all over
when he got back.
Since his return to Mexico, if
he ever did anything to help re-
establish pacific and stable condi-
tions in the republic, an unbiased
press has failed to give him credit
therefor. On the contrary, al-
though treated with the highest
consideration by General Madero,
he secretly departed from the
republic and in announcing his
withdrawal from the presidential
contest gave out a statment that
clearly intended to ketp alive feel
ings of hostility against the new
government among the several
factions opposed to the candidacy
of its preesnt head.
We are glad to see that the
Texas and United States author-
ities are taking every precaution
to prevent the fitting out of an
expedition, or in any way allowing
encouragement to be given such,
from this*side of the Rio Grande.
We are at peace with the sister
republic; the voice of its people
prevailed at the ballot box in the
choice of those who are to
administer its public affairs, and
no conspiracy against its peace
should be allowed on- American
soil.
Report Will Be Made.
Austin, Tex.—The report of
the house of Representatives in-
vestigating committee" probably
^ill be filed this week, said Rep-
resntative C. M. Cureton of Bos-
que County, who was here today
on court matters. Mr. Cureton
was a member of the committee
and one of its "examiners." He
said the delay in presenting the
report was due to waiting on the
minority (anti) members to pre
pare their findings. He and
Chairman Luther Nickels of Hill
County drew the outline of the
report and it was submitted to,
and amended by, the other mem-
bers, he said, and Mr. Nickles
probably will send it to Austin
this week.
Mr. Cureton would not discuss
the findings in the report in ad
prominent j vance Gf filmg, except to say the
Reyes, committee was instrcted to investi-
gate and make specific findings of
fact and that it had tried to follow
instructions. In reply to quest-
ions he said that the report makes
no charges or attempts to indict
them, but portrays election con-
ditions and an indictment of cer-
tain methods. It also makes sev-
eral recommendations for new
laws governing elections, or
amendments to the present statut-
es on that subject, but Mr. Cure-
ton would not outline them
before the report is formally made
of record.
May Start Railroad To Missouri.
Pecos, Texas.—M. J. Healy,
promoter of the Denver Rocky
Mountain & Gulf railway and
the Panhandle, Pecos & Gtilf
railway, has written parties here
that he will be ready to submit a
proposition to Pecos in the next
30 days for the construction of a
line of railroad out of this city to-
wards Kansas City. A bonus is
being offered here for such a line.
Good Roads in Howard.
The turning loose of $ 100.000
in local trade channels in the con-
struction of good roads in Howard
county will be quite a nice item
for our merchants, and yet, it is
of small consideration in compar-
ison to the splendid benefits to be
derived by having good roads in
the conutv. -Once this bond
issue is expended we feel assured
that an additional issue will be
made if necessary to covei the en-
tire county.—Big Springs Herald.
Notice to Real Estate Men.
Notice is hereby given to all
real estate agents that all blocks
and lots in the Shipman addition
to Alpine, have been withdrawn
from the market
11-16-tf. Shipman & Shipman.
Attention Woodmen.
The election of officers for the
ensuing vear will take place Tues-
day night, December the 5' h,
which will be our regular meeting
night. Every member of our
Camp is not only cordially invited
but earnestly requested to l>e
present. There is other impor-
tant business to come belore the
Camp, and it is very esential and
right for - you to be with us.
Come and show your interest in
this grand work.
Fraternally yours,
Walter Garnett,
L. N. Halbert, C. C.
Clerk.
We wish to announce to our
friends and customers that we
have purchased the entire stock
of groceries of the >Mitchell-Gel-
lett Co., and are heavily stocked
on canned goods. We are offer-
ing bargains in this line.
Alpinf Mercantile Co.
P. B. Blocker, gas engine and
automobile repairer. Engine
work a specialty. Engineer for
the Fairbanks company. Shop
opposite Gulf Refining Co.
11-16-tf
We are the only merchant in
Alpine selling the celebrated Eu-
pion Oil. The best and safest
Lamp Oil made. Gnly 20 cents
a gallon. >: . .
11-16-tf Guy Crawford & Co.
Hold your orders for fruit. I
will be ih town every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday with fresh
fruit. 9-28tf J. Tippett
Ask your neighbor about our
cleaning and pressing. Alpine
Steam Laundry. Phone 37.
L. CRAWFORD
Real Estate
J.
Office in Store of Guy Crawford & Company.
Will handle Ranch and City Property, Rent
Houaea, Pay Taxea.
All business entrusted to my care will be carefully looked alter
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Yates, W. J. The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 30, 1911, newspaper, November 30, 1911; Alpine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth428379/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).