The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1916 Page: 1 of 4
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The Alpine Avalanche
[ VOL. XXVI.
ALPINE, BREWSTER COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31 1916.
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NO 34
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ALPINE STATE BANK
Alpine, Texas.
United States Depository tor Postal Saving Funds
Capital, $30,000 - Surplus, $30,000
BENJAMIN P. BERKELEY.
President
J
i W. VAN SICKLE,
Vice President
H W. KEKGUSON, t ashler.
____„ while its office organization is designed to give to every
patrons affairs the individual care and attention wiiich they may
require.
GEO. C. MILLER. V. President
ftEquipped to give t
^ able, while its oi
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I Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent. J
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SOME no PAVINGS
RECORDS OF QUEER MATERIALS
THAT HAVE REEN L'SED.
ORKNEY ISLANDS IM HISTORY
Christian of Denmark Put - Them Up
for Security of .Dowry When His
Daughter Married James III.
Tombstones Sometimes Employed In
Englantf for the Purpose—Glass
Used on French Street—Ex-
travagance of Monarch.
Democratic Nominees.
For United States Senator:
Charles .*\. Culberson ..................
O. II. Co!<|uitt ........................
C lustier of the Supreme Court:
Nelton Phillips
Fur Associate |ustice pt the Supreme Court
J. K. Mantis
Tombstones htp not Infrequently
employed In different parts of Kurland
for paving purposes. Some four or
live years ugo the inliuldtHiits of Itel-
volr bitterly protested ugainst the use
of such miiterlsl III the construetIon of
No other territory In the British em-
pire has a more tragic significance to
Knglislutlcn today than the Orkney Is-
lands. off whose shores the most dis-
tinguishes! victim of the world war.
Earl Kitchener, lost his life when the
cruiser Hampshire wits sunk. | For.Governor:
These islands, !*> In number, of ]ame
which only .‘10 are liilinhited. are sop |
united from the iiiiilnlund of Scotland I,*r Lieutenant Governor:
by the IVntlnnd Firth, from six and n I " • P- Hobby
Ini I f to eight miles wide. They were J - ,, .
. . ..... v- . , I Attornev General:
selected as Knglund s .North sea iiiivhI
' 1 It. r. I.oonrv
I I'rigiysou
base not only on nceotint of tlielr
road leading to the parish church. ! proximity to the field of operations
Reasonable Prices on
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Windmills, Pipe, Fencing and All kinds of
BUILDING MATERIAL.
ALPINE LUMBER CO.
“The Material Men”
R. K. Slight & Co.
Drugs and Sundries.
Phone
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Money to Lend
, on
Farms and Ranches
Vendors Lien Notes Bought and Extended.
I E. B. CHANDLER, San Antonio, Texas
1—ood»o*aananwea* -
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Windmill Work ^Blacksmithing
We are prepared to do all kinds of wind-
mill work and blacksmithing.
Give Us a Trial.
WEYERTS&SONS
IMHM'HI I mill
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AiAbmobilc Electrical Work.
We repair and carry in Stock a complete line of parts
for repairing. Following make of Starting and Lighting
System. Storage Batteries, etc.
V
Stirling and
Lighting System
Westinghouse
Gray & Daw
Delco
Storage Batteries
Detroit
Exide
Willard
Also Parts for
BOSCH. REMY and SPLITDORF MAGNETOS
,We Specialize in Repairing Electric Systems, Magne-
tos apd Storage Batteries, Magneto Magnets recharged
and tested. Storage Batteries Charged.
Doan. Mfg. and Supply Co.,
Alpine, - Texas.
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despite the iissiininces of (hi* local
authorities that with the liberal su|e
ply of old and broken gravestones lit
tlielr . disposal the plan had been
adopted with a view to saving the tnx-
|tuyers quite u sum.
In Lyons, France, the celebrated Rue
de la ltepublhpie Is paved with glass
blocks eight Inches square, which
have been so precisely titled together
us to make them absolutely water-
tight. Compressed grass. It Is claimed,
has been used In the construction of
pavements In German towns and with
admirable results, and in Russia com-
pressed paper has been utilized for a
similar purpose.
Many Interesting Instances of Indi-
vidual eccentricity or extruvngance in
the selection of material for paving
may he cited. It Is related that when
Maximilian Emanuel succeeded to the
throne of Bavaria he celebrated the
event by causing one of the roads
leading to Ids palace to he paved with
plates of burnished copper. This,
gleaming In the sunshine, gave all the
efTect of gold.
Louis XIV, It Is said, paved one of
the courts at Versailles with squares
of sliver, each of which had recorded
upon it some triumph of the French
arms. In the center of the court stood
a large tablet of gold In representation
of the luxurious monarch's favorite
emblem, the sun. Memoirs of the time
of Louis make mention of a lodge
erected In honor of Louise tie la Vnl-
llere. The approach was paved with
mirrors, whereon was painted an alle-
gory setting forth the undying devo-
tlon of Louis.
An eccentric nobleman of Milan con-
ceived the idea of paving the court-
yard of his palace with slabs of
marble, granite and other stone, each
from a different land. It Is said that
Europe, America, Asia. Africa and
Atistrulla all contributed to make up
this quaint mosaic, composed of more
than a thousand pieces, every one of
which was suitably Inscribed with the
name of the country or state whence
It mine.
For Railroad Commissions:
Allison II. Max field
hut on account of their semi-isolation
and the advantage of the superb bar
Imr of Stronincss, In the largest Island
of the group, I'omona. which has an
urea of N> square utiles.
While the original Inhabitants of
the islands were I'l.ts, whose round
towers and chambered mounds arc j Kot Commissioner of Gen
among the Interesting ruins of this re
glon. the Norse pirates secured a
foothold here during the early centuries
of tin* Christian era, and carried on
tlielr depredations against nil naviga-
tors of the North sea. Ill the last
quarter of the uiuth century Harold
Haarfagr put hii end to the rule of I
the pirates, ami added both the Ork-
neys and the Shetland Islands to Nor-
way’s ......a I n. In 1-ltW tlie Orkneys
entile under the away of the Scottish
crown, Christian I of Denmark giving
them as security for his daughter’s
dowry when she became the bride
of James III. As the dowry wus never
paid the Islands have remained a part
of Scotland’s domain ever since.
The Orkneys, which are the Oreades
of classic literature, furnished the net-
ting for many of tin* episodes In Sir
Walter Scott’s novel, “Tin* 1*1 rate,” the
character of that romance being Jolm
Govv, tin* notorious freebooter born In
Strninness ami captured off the Is-
lands In 1 T'J.'*. Another literary its
sedation of the Orkneys anil one of
especial Interest to Americans centers
in Shaplitshny, the-birthplace of Wil-
liam Irving, father of Washington Irv-
ing.
The First National Bank
Alpine, Texas
CAPITAL and SURPLUS $1M,0N
OFFICERS.
C. A. BROWN’ Prksipknt.
KOKI KNOT, V-Prcti. G. W. BAINES, i,. Caaki«r
A. B. IUJUTON, As3t. Cashier
U. S. Depository for Postal Savings
Kot State Freasurer
J. M. Edwards
Judge. Criminal Pppeals of Texas
W. C. Morrow
Land Office
J. T. Kobison
For State Supt. ot Public Instruction:
W. F. Doughty
For Commissioner ot Agriculture-
Fred W. Davis
For Comptroller ot Public Accounts:
II. II Ferrell
For fongressman-at Large:
Daniel F. (iarrert
For Associate Justice, I’omt of Civil Ap
peals. Stlt District:
F.. F. Higgins
Congressman 16th District:
Titos. I.. Blanton
For kept It sent ice 117t it District:
M. M. McFarland
For District Judge 63rtl District:
loseplt Jones
For District Attorney bird District
C. C. Kelcher
For County Judge:
A. M.
: Just a Word About Drugs.
We invite your attention to the quality of all
Drugs that enter into our Prescriptions.
Nothing but the best used.
You gat just what tha doctor ordars.
Phone 98 Palace Pharmacy
G. KURT LANGE
Alpine, Texas
Maker of Famous JCowboy Boot* and Shoes
ONLY IMPORTED GOODS USED
Mail Orders Given
Prompt Attention
Shop Next To
Vogt's Shop.
Fnrnev
For County anti Distric. Clerk
\V II. Lease
For Sheriff and lax Collector:
J. A Walton
Must Not Love Employer** Daughters.
“If wt* both love each other, surely
yiuir father vvljl agree to otir mar-
riage.” urged a wistful and eager
swain to the eldest daughter of a
merchant In Berlin.
“He will kill you, mine llehllng,”
replied the Indy. “Walt till tlie war
Is over, and you and I will have more
money.”
This part of a conversation entno out
In the evidence adduced at a trial
before the Industrial arbitration court
of Berlin, at which a young man sued
his employer for damages for Illegal
dismissal, bidding that he was sent out
Navajo Therapeutics.
The Mi tlictil C itiucil. a medical
inagti/.liit* ef PltiVoelphla. lit mi article
by Dr. Basil A. .Vnrren. who is in
charge of the Culled States govern-
ment hospital at ’ eupp. Arlz., de-
scribed some' nf *!,♦ methods employed
by the Xavajo Indians in the treat-
ment of diseases. * The Xnvnjna have
a strung belief in demons or evil spir-
its and think that when a hodv Is Imr- .. ,. .
, , Iror ( mum Attorney
leil care mils! In* taken to cover i
up all tracks of those who left the I
grave so that tin* demons attending
tin* burial could not follow them to j
their liognn— the liogttn is the rude
hut of the Indians anil do them harm. S
Tin* chief measures used in treating j
disease are singing, darn ing ami in- j
vocations. Tin* singing Idea Isinmh
In favor and might perhaps be adopt- |
etl by civilization In some eases to the | t'oinniixvionrr Prei t. No. I:
Roy Stillwell
For t entity i trasnrer
Nl. T. Cliastian
For County Assessor:
J. \V. Phelps
For County Surveyor:
\\ . M. Harmon
J. M. Slater, |r.
For County Democratic Chirman
Jim I*. \\ ikon
Commissioner Prect. No. I:
W. H. Fetry
Commissioner Prect. No. 2
II. T. Fletcher
The G^y 3/eat ]VIarket
Measday & Co., Proprlotors
Excellent Meats from Health} Animals. A Clean
and Honest Service. Barbecue Every Saturday
Noor Holland Ho to I — Prompt Dol Ivory
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exclusion of less palatable potions.
Certain songs are specific for certain
diseases, but the song to be effective
must he sung without a single error.
Those songs are not to In* sung by
quacks or Irregulars, mid to keep out
such practitioners tie* regular profes-
sion employs a language which |s not
understood by any hill themselves, u
of the works at a moment’s notice by I "hiH‘ ......... U’
the employer on Ids learning that the Hev‘* SI’"1 "* "ll“‘ ................
plaintiff was courting his daughter! I people.
The court took the view that he j
C’onmiixxiener Prect. No. 4:
J. M. Worthington
Justice Peace Prect. No. I:
J. M. Hamilton
Constable Prect. No I:
W . J. \ ate*
Pecos & Rio Grande Teleohone
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Company.
Long Distance Connections
Have a telephone in your residence,
necessity and not a luxury.
It is it
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Y'as “undermining the happiness of his
employer’s family." and decided the
case against him.
"But docs not love always upset
someone’s happiness?” replied the
prosecutor.
The court looked gravely at the
questioner, hut deigned no reply.
Bullet-Proof Capo.
The steel caps which are being
served out to British soldiers at the
front are marvels of lightness and
strength. They are made of manga-
nese steel, and are bullet-proof to a
Webley automatic at five yards. Fur-
thermore. during a recent experiment,
one of tlie ca|»s was only slightly dent-
ed when a heavy poker, raised over the
head and brought down with both
hands nntl all possible force, was
crashed upon It.
The British helmets are called "soup
piste*’ by the soldiers, snd are so con-
structed that they not only protect the
wearer from the enemy’s weapons but
The Worm That Turned.
Just h> looking at him ns lie sat In
the w itness chair In the court room, on.*
could tell tlmt In- W'n's harmless, but a
close Inspection would also have re-
vealed that there lurked behind Ins
narrowed and apologetic orbs, a latent
lire Indicative of a past when Ills life
hud been Ills own a past now long
distant. Ills general air was that of
one having been detected by tin* min-
ister while hoeing bis garden on Siin-
day.
Counsel for the plaintiff in the case
proceeded to.ask him the usual ques-
tions :
"J’lense state your name to tin?
Jury."
"John Jones."
"Your ngeV"
"Fifty--eight.” ~
“Married ?”
Then If was that John slid lower
into his chair ns a Hush of determina-
tion cftine Into his eye, and he an-
swered III a Voice that could he heard
r.'eanmg ot the Ballet.
A feet til tool i ll'll!..|- |o III.* L*M;stpl|-
htr I * * - \ i • - w remind - is soberly tlmt.
as the ilelaoeratie state cannot ti .'e
above Hit* If• x« I of iis voters, am! a-
n.i!IonaIIIy menus |',,r us merely tlf
will ot till' poople. if might not I'.,
amiss to guard the fr.nn Idse with rea-
sonable solicitude, ami to ask some-
thing inure than unlimited Ignora:;""
and lit** nbsem-e of a criminal rvcorl
as its price. If every wan of
nalixe horn who easts his ballot
could l>«* made to know and to fe*l
that "all The political fore cm of h! .
country were mainly occupied for <i
hundred years In making that act | *>s
silde," unit that the United Statas !«.
amt has always been, the nulliM of
those “who willed to be Anivricnus."
citizenship might heroine for us what
It was to Rome, what It Is to Frnkcw—
tin* Interpretation of honor, tlie sym-
bol of self-sacrifice.—Ague* Reppller,
In the Atlantic Monthly.
W. A. BUCHANAN
PLUMBING, TINNING AND TANKS
Estimates Furnlshad on any Job.
Have your plumbing done by a workman who
indcrstand* Sanitary Work.
I
Write or phone your wants.
Spooks Took Him to tho Hill*
Clairvoyants, whom he froquon!';’i
consulted, convinced Fred Sherman
. . , . son-in-law* of William C. Noviu. prool-
met nnd the skull, while next to the | -•*> P"Uinl*t glared at the timid Hill.* , dent of the Nevln Cninly company. Tlmt
front fragments of the cap Itself. Hub- I distinctly, “Yes. tery.”
ber winds are placed between the hcl- ! I he rear of the room n woman of
latter Is n double lining of wadding I " lines* as In* was seen trying to con-
nnd felt. This not only renders the ; ' ••nl « half-worried smile beneath his
helmet more comfortable but Itt-lp* to! straggling mustache,
protect the Hktill from Jagged frag-
ments.
Explorer Has Groat Record.
Sir Aurcl Stein, who has Just re-
turned to Calcutta after a prolonged !
nnd Important trip of exploration to I
the Russian Pamir*. Is the grentest \
Asiatic explorer of the present, and j
probably one of the greatest explorers
of all times. On his march down the >
Alla Talley ho woo able to trace addl- I
tlonal Indications supporting the be-
lief that throngh It passed the route |
w hich the ancient silk traders followed ;
from Ractria to the “country of j
Scares.” or China, ami described by
Marions of Tyre. Ills subsequent Jour- J zincs of two nnd four years old
ney down the Oxns was attended by
an abundant harvest of observation
on the historical typography, nrehe
ologr. and ethnoffraidiy of Wakhnm.
which In early times bad formed an
Importnnt thoroughfare between Rac-
tria. East India, and tho Central Asian
territories of China.
Where Reading Is Scarce.
Corners nf the world still produce
men who 11\In Ignorance of Its
current lltercinre. It was a French-
man oil Alduh-'a island. 400 tulles east
of Zanzibar. w» the only while tiisn.
welcomed the ^upers anil magazines
from tlie Brill i ship, lie didn’t know
Turkey was at war—snd he nearly
wept at the presentation of tobacco,
not grown on Vlm-durtb* Island.
In prison or such an Island as Alda-
bra you must become an epicure—a
glufton—of such print as available.
The Crtwo« of Aldnbra Island had not
the best hundred hooks. Two maga-
And
by that time he knew them by heart.
With such a prospect before one
nnd the question of hulk a man
should certainly go for <*huk***p'.are
a tel the Bibb*. And If a third choice
were allowed for three years’ reading
It would be the dictionary of Walker
end Webster.
a fortune lay within hi* grasp In a
prospect hole,-high on the V-dlcfii**
Bow mountain* in Wyoming; so Sher-
man went there wltlt his tw*nty'wo-
ven r old bride. Ldn* Ncvli. Sh-rinali.
wli' "«» fresh from high school nnd
sod* , and took up his rcsldeu.s* In
a dilapidated log *.|in<k with a dirt
roof through which rain and 'n*-1 Una
•allow poii.vd In muddy streams.
Months of Ilf.- In this rude r
obliterated Mi's. Sle-rnmn'a loxs fur b-r
husb.-ind.
Tills Is III* substunee of i.i aws*.< er
filed by William C. Nevln to the JIO.-
(NtO alienation null filed against the
candy manufacturer—Denver Rooky
Moniitnln News.
Se«k the Man.
Hol.ns --Tho-e two girls u*aT t< *j#
Itosom friends, and now they »c*v?s|y
speak.
Bokus— Wlmt * hi* name!— lAf*
Other store* have a slogan;
Klein man has (he good*.
If you oro going to Build or Ropalr Anything
The Alamo Lumber Company
CAN SUPPLY YOU.
Lumber, Wire, Posts, Lime. Cement, Oil* and Paint*.
BUILDERS HARDWARE.
Feed Wood and Goal
Wo also handle Groin, Hoy, Alfolfo, Wood
ond Coal.
Our dollvory will bo prompt ond FULL
MEASURE for your monoy lo our Motto.
Alamo Umber Go.
RAY TURNER, Local Manogor.
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