The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1918 Page: 2 of 6
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THE ALPINE AVALANCHE
By the
Alpine Publishing Company (Inc.)
Dl.KhCTORS
J. D. J»rk»on, Pre«ident Jim P VVilion, Vice Pre«»de»t
C. W. Living t*>r», Jiecretary
B. R. Bentley, Director VV. T Henderson. Director
C. W I.iv ingittMR, Kditor
Subscription Pri. e. f» 5<| per ,ye»r, in advance
Sntered at thr PoiinHii r 111 Alpine, Tens*, at Second
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CAN WE GET ALONG WITHOUT THE INTER-
NAL REVENUE TAX PAID BY LIQUOR MEN?
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a i*i.r \ rok ^ ri in'\"is to si w i.v S4 iiooi.
Tlu r. is t : I in v m the sj*rin^tinn* U»r
jieople tn urnu it stli :in<l Ii*ii^ t«» Ret **ut into tlir
jjrrat out <>f *1*•
*i«iul»tfess rx|il.llll '■ I
rlruji nut of -cliin I i"
I his \ ear .1 l.i r; • i r i
out Siitlie fur tin i
»istensilil\ hi*l .‘ill • hi
Imaril that a^t |>»ij• 11
As the Siipi riiiti tm!
a sfirv ial [ilea I* >i I h< •
It is till} i li v i e • i i
loss Ilf these fee v
lose a n h< ilr v ea i ’
nuitu>n In ”• ii< i I i
m it tn allnu l iiih rit
work nest Se [ it i i i 11.»
I ln> i artiiiijj #»f hum.in nature
ii l.irjje a inimlM-r nf jui|nls
i ’ >iar la-ftin the close,
i imf er than usual has «lro|i|»r<l
i a ai fjiven almve awl others
ill*- r i i|inrement t»f the srhiml
,i ml r- K lifts In- varcinateil.
!' mi i>i # Iliads I u ant to mak«-
' iT.lr■ i Keeji them m seliiH»l
mini ■ • iiunieiicemetit ami itie
will cause the |iil|»ils to
inik ie losing the annual |>ro-
II i i the |n»lu \ *it tile sdliMil
Ini i|in|i • mt non to resume
a 11h their promoted rlasc-
i*i v i ase the |iii[nl will have
• same grade. litis is inani-
mates |ri Jir.u til :>!' \ I
to ri |i« 11 flu v i T I. ill ill
festlv unfair r> tie | • i;.iI fait an unfairness which
can not he [>r* vriiii il l.\ tie school fur such a |hiliey
of promotion witlmiit lull attendance would Icail to
wh»des:il« n ith'lr a v' el- • v * i -tiring Ihe parents
ami |iii[ul • * in I v i in |»re\ent this loss of tune in the
chilli’s e«lll» a t leitl.i I * n i;; rs\ :iin| I pfend for VOtl for
tin- sake i.i tin e 11ti>I m I tn allow him to drop out at
hi ■ tune
I in .ilium m t1 ii ihmil iio.ijil m requiring every
tea* hi r .ml |»*»{n! tn In- v.ieeinateil nerils no defense
at mv luml It is ,i matter *»i common knowledge
that almost every up to-date school system
in tin » ,entry makes vaccination Compulsory and
am! t.i’i s courts have iipltchl llir order as a legal
I• r»111 • ti ai to the coniinimit)*> health. To drop out
now will avail nothing except to retard the child's
progr -ss one year It i. mv understanding that thr
hoard will enforce this order next session and chil-
dren vyitl not ie allowed to enter next September tin.
less they have liecn vaccinated
lor the sake id the children who would other
The Tinted States (Government receives annually
hr re hundred million dollars from liquor dealers
through the internal revenue tax
\nd the iirpior men are insisting that if their
business is destroyed and this sum of money is no
longer paid into the treasury of our country, we are
Mire to lose the w ar and that other great calamities
y\ ill lx-faII ns.
As a matter of fact, who pays this three hundred
million dollars ? Surely not the liquor men; it is paid
|»y the consumer—the man who drinks lioozc-
Aml what is this three hundred million dollars
used for? Presumably it is used to |*ay the legiti-
mate ex|M*nses of the (Government.
If this is true, then it’s a fair tax for all to pay.
Why may it not In* placed ii|m»ii any commodity
yvhicli is generally used l*y all the people?
I’or example, we s|k*ihI as much for bread anil
clothing as we do for booze. If the three hundred
million dollars now raised through the internal
revenue tax were raised through taxation upon
bread and clothing, it would amount to just three
dollars |*er year jkt person.
P.ut tins isn’t what the average workingman
w ould Im- compelled to |*ay. The apportionment of
the entire sntn would de|x-nd U|xm the amount and
quality of the bread and clothing purchased The
well-to-do man pays more for his clothing than the
w orkingman. and he w ould |*ay just that much more
in pro|M»rtion of the total tax.
It is altogether lively hat the average working
man w ould not pay more than one dollar per year—
the price of a two-ccnt postage stamp per week—if
the entire internal revenue tax new paid hy the
Iirpior men were o Im* |iaid hy bread and clothing
manufacturers. , ,
And it will Im* worth an extra two-cent postage
stamp each week to live in thr United States with
all he saloons wiped out.
Furthermore, it will not lie necessary to raise
three hundred million dollars if the saloons are
aliolished, iM-causc it will no longer lie necessary to
take care of thr w reckage of the Iirpior business.
It is altogether likely that we are paying fully as
niiM'li as this through indirect taxation because the
saliMtns exist, for many of us are called upon to
privately take care of many of those who have been
wrecked hy the Iirpior business.
And again the transfer of money now invested in
the Iirpior business to legitimate industry will em-
ploy 250.(01 wage earners— four times as many
wage earners as are now employed in the manu-
facture of Iirpior.
| There are other ini|Mirtant advantages which
would conn* to us were %vr to obtain in other ways
The office of County and Dis-
trict Clerk is one or (the most im-
portant. demanding the efforts of
competent and proficient men.
W- H. Lease has filled this im-
portant station satisfactorily
and no doubt the voters of Breur-
ster county will decide in the July
primaries to retain him. Through
our column* he ask your vote, and
he especially entreats the support
of the newly enfranchised class
who will exercise that privilege
for the first time in the July
primaries.
J. W. Fhsfcs far T«S Aaaamar
J. \V. Phelps lias been Tax As-
sessor of Brewster county since
the county was in knee pants, and
there is no reason why he
shouldn’t stay on the job- He is
so well acquainted with Brewster
county real estate that he calls
every lot, parcel, and tract of land
hy' its first name. His head is an
encyclopedia of land knowledge;
hut of course lie doesn’t know the
worth of your fiersonal posses-
sions he only has your affidavit
for that. At any rate he is per-
fectly w illing to stay on the job,
and for that reason he solicits the
sn|»port of all voters in the July
primaries.
■ «*»v t»i« » mmii h wihi nuiini unit i - itmtr nrit nr iu uittam ■■■ unit i n at ^
wi .r lost- a year in their school.I ln-g of yon to liend [the amount now raised through the internal revenue
evm energy towards keeping them in school until
tlu last *l:»y \ v*-.ir lost now means a year cut off
of tin- |>roduciii’; |" rmd ol that person’s life
Yours in In* interest of the Alpine children.
T I* Itcntle\, Superintendent
♦ ♦ *
A conservative estimate oi the value of pr«Mliiets
am! merchandise in and out ni Alpine over thr
Alpine-Trrlingita road places it at ^.10.000 |irr week
year in and year out |k> we need giMMl roads?
tax upon the liquor business.
Therefore, we need not lie at all alarmed as to
what will lM‘coine of the United States if the liquor
men no longer make us a “present” of the three
hundred million ildllars they talk so much about.
If you I relieve that the traffic in Alcohol does more
harm than good—Help stop it I
STRENGTHEN AMERICA CAMPAIGN
(This aAnrimmat was prepaid laHhe Naftin
( anqkaign Committer by Charles Stelzle and paid
for this week by one of the churches of Alpine.)
The EDISON
TONE TEST PROVES
that Thom— A. Edison haa perfected an u»tn>-
■cot that Re Oneataa the voice An
Edison Re-Creation djffva limn a talking machma
reproduction minfidelity to the human voice
and the music ef human phytd vntrummte
Every music Ihuer knowa that the tafclQ
^NEW lEMSfflM
,,lhfln»Uteil>adlt
OF BREWSfER COUNTY
I do not know what the women
of Brewster County think of the
privilege they wiU now have of
voting at the primaries beginning
with the July election. 1 do know
that the women of Alpine, Mara
thon, and othr portions of the
County have done a great deal
and are still doing very much for
the welfare and benefit of our
Country; and that they exercise
invariably, at any and nil times,
the heft Mhience in both social
and industrial affairs—and from
that I judge hat their influence
will also be for the best m politics.
Relieving as I do. and ‘
entire faith in the
and patriotism and
to see each in person^
method of respectfully
ctutstdr ration of my
ve*ciectiou to
and Tut
County,
will be
A.M.T«
County Judge A. M. Turney is
an aspirant for re-eletion, and
makes it known through the an-
nouncement column of the Ava-
lanche. Judge Turney has served
faithfully and efficiently in the
past and our citizens realize that
the affairs of our county are safe
in his hands. He will appreciate
your support in the July primaries
ley H. B
In this issue of the Avalanche
ap|iears the announcement of Ivy
II. Burney, of Uvalde. Texas, as
a candidate for the office of Dis-
trict Attorney for the 63rd Judi-
cial District of Texas, composed
of the Counties of Jeff Davis.
Presidio. Brewster, Terrell. Val
Val Verde. Kinney. Maverick and
Uvalde.
Mr. Bnmry has beent engaged
in the active practice of law for
four years in Uvalde. Texas. He
is a graduate of the law depart-
ment of the University of Texas,
having graduated in June. 1914.
He became associated with Judge
G. B. Fenley of Uvalde. Texas,
and continued in practice of law
as an associate of Judge Fenley
fur about two years and a half*
loiter he was appointed by the
Commissioner’s Court to the
office of County Attorney of
Uvalde County, he being-at the
time practicing law in partner-
ship with Judge T. M. Milam. He
has filled the office of County At-
torney of his County satisfactorily
and without fear or favor. He
has the reputation in Uvalde
County of being honest and fear-
less.
Mr. Burney comes of a family
of lawyers. His father. Judge R.
H. Burney, is District Judge of
the 38th Judicial District, and has
been for a number of years. H.
P- Burney, his brother of San
Antonio. Texas, is a prominent
lawyer of that place. I. H. Burney
of Fort Worth. Texas, his uncle,
was for a long time general at-
I the Cattle Raiser's As
liberty
Bonds
By Darwin P. Kingsley
PfemMsuL New York Life Insurance Co
Why do yon anno to luM n hone? Jt is nsuoRy fhsoyrr to pay rent?
Why do you plan to give your chflihrnn a good education? .Will you
Why do you pay fire insurance premiums and life insurance premiums?
You pmsauaRywM get little if anything from that-
Why do you call the doctor yoirkly if the chBdrea are ailing? You don’t
•tap te think whathar you caa afford it. Do you?
Naw^af these expenditures aza what wo call good investments. The*
liberty Bends rsprassnta the boose* the school, the chikken; they rep-
------m. _■ ^ tatas od nandf&thers: thev renresent
Bank or 1— and Yszktawn and Csttysharg; they represent the blessed free-
dsna under which we al live and Hoy also represent the ORDER that makes
the boys ^overthwa;" they represent devastated Belgium
They
fence that heaps frees ear shores the monster cram-
bo wound ef Belgium and Northern France and made the
the strength that shall restore Belgium and rebuild France
md avenge Serbia;
Thay a— tha eases ef theco wha era too ynaag or tao el^ar weak to fight;
they are tha swacd ef the woman and the ranaim of the chikken; they are
-*----?---* - *-------1---— to nmrtlv wanni freedom-loving men and
Bay them? 'Of coarse yen wiB hay them. You'll borrow to buy them
Yen danft need tn ha nrgad yea waaM be ashamed to go home to your
dmn if yen dM net buy them. ^ _ ,
,they weald appeal to yea* if they Lore no interest whatever.
Adi to the rate of intacaat the dteiimds they pay m self interest, in
By, in public order, in fberty and law and yen have a larger return than
. They are the best secured in-
You Stand Behind Them
You Should Buy Them
THIS SPACE PAID FOR AND CONTRIBUTED BY
ney. Chairman Brewster County.
Third liberty Loan
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Livingston, C. W. The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1918, newspaper, April 11, 1918; Alpine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth802903/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 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).