Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, February 5, 1904 Page: 4 of 4
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J. U. 0*0000. Uh» Proprietor.
Judge O. W. Williams, Jmdm Roon-
ey and Frank Rooney, all of Fort
| Stock too, who have been on a tour of
rUt SAXIT AXIOM.
The inspection ot lu« places augarat-
. _ , , . ed as eligible •Itee for Ui« sanitarium
the Boquillas and Terllugaa mining J 0||Ub^ MUudlt7
I at the I
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ter a careful eoiiaiuerallou of all me
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'districts, arrived In fowo yesterday;
i evening. They see much that w**; ^^.Hge. and a.**., villages of e., b
| Interesting Judge Williams, who vie- lUe IMl|(krtttB Um «ea «m^h.
iu-d Chat section two years ago, was -| bis decision met with almost onai.i-
astonished to see bouses, tents and
■00 BA.
jLxm'wI sand Perwonal.
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Dr j w. Summers left Tuesday for
his home At MaUooo, 111.
Freeh Vegetables arrive dally at
B. F. Nichols A Hon.
Mr. O. L. Marshall left Monday for
bis home at Denison.
Willis Hunter made a business trip
to El Paso Monday.
H. C. McMalns Esq. of Del Rio was
here Wednesday.
The Oyster season opened Sept. 1
and the Alpine Ioe Won ns now has
plenty of the beat quality, Try them.
L. F. Buttrtll made one of his rare
ylslts to the county capital the first of
the week.
Beet Wood, cut In any style ft),00 per
eord. Long wood §6.00 per cord.
Alpine Ice Wores.
Teas Heath was the groom’s best
maa at the Parmer Slmpeoa wedding
Holiday.
A supply of wood Is a gdod thing to
bay# on hand. The Alpine Ice
Works always has it.
Born, Saturday, Jan. 9\ to Mr. and
Mra. T. 8. Spencer of Marathon, a
daughter.
Mrs. J. M. Haney has gone for a long
visit to hsr old homo at Ulanoonla In
lloe oounty.
ORB anyone give me the name of the
scoundrel who poisoned my 'dog end
fat t Ernest Staffer
When Alpine sees a a good thing she
goes after It, and Alpine has never yet
failed to get what she went after.
oue day was all the time Alpine
nr««1«Ml 1.0 lead that #260,000sanitarium.
l'ha< • the way Alpine does things.
There will be eervloes at the Baptist
Church nsit Sunday morning and
nightly the pastor. Everybody cor-
dially Invited.
G. W. Blackburn Jr. haa bought the
barbershop lu the Kincaid building
and will continue the business at the
ume stand.
County Judge Turney, Sheriff Wal-
ton, Attorneys Van Sickle and Sanford
end Mr. J I>. Jackson wont to Fort
Davla to attend district court.
Dr. G. E. Cameron, Dentist, will be
In Alpine for 10 days, beginning March
1st, 1004. Those wishing Drat class
dental work should accept this oppor-
tunity.
T. B. Templeton and his daughter
Dvlla left this morning for Stirling
City, where the little girl will be placed
under the care of Mr. Templeton's
slater.
We are In the market for any sort of
fat stuff -steers, oows or oalvss—for
shipment to Arlsoua. Will buy In
quenlltiss from one car load up. For
prloas apply to I. A Parmer A Son.
A. 8. Gaga’s leasa of section 18. block
807; aeotlons 8, 4,6 ard 10, block SOU;
sections §. 10 16, 84. 80, 8H and SO, block
800, H. A T. (X, which was oanoellcd
some time ago, has bean reinstated.
Rev. J. W. Marshall, Cbrlntlan evan-
gelist, aaaletad by Rev. T. D. teereet
ef Marfa, la oonduottng a series ot
religious meetings at the. Baptist
church. Mr. Marshall to an earnest,
forceful epaakar, at times emotional
and always Intareetlng. The attend
anoe has bean good at every service.
Rev. W. K. Foulks brought to this
oftoo Monday a beautiful bunch of cel
ary, which he said waa an average of
about 110 bunches grown In his garden
this season. II was well developed,
crisp and tondnr, and In flavor superior
la any shipped to this market. The
experiment of Mr. Foolks demonstrates sas City on the 19 of this month. The
other evidences of civilization at many
places and the country rapidly tilling
up with people. They met Mr. Chil-
ders, e mining taan from Arizona, who
haa secured an option on the tungsten
deposits discovered by W. L. Hayes,
Mr, Childers void them be had found
"washings” of cinnabar north of the
Chiaoe mountains, where its existence
baa not heretofore been suspected.
The richness of the Terllngua mines
Is becoming more manifest with in-
creasing development and Judge Wil-
liams believes that the deposits are
practically Inexhanstible.
A wreck, which to said to have been
one of the worst of its kind tbst has
happened In many a day, caused the
death of thrOe men and the breaking
efan arm of a fourth. It occurred)
Tuesday in a deep cut about three
miles from Findlay. The dead men
are Engineer Gillespie and Flremaa
Daniels of the Southern Paclflc and
BrakemanHartoook of the Texas A
Pacific, f First a light engine of the
Southern Paclflc, from some unknown
cause, went Into the ditch, the engineer
and flreman being killed In the cab
There being no one to flag, a T. A P.
freight train ran into the wreck with
the result noted above. In conse-
quence of the wreok the east bound
passenger train of that day did not ar
rive here until about the middle of tbe
afternoon.
Several weeks ego tbe Avalanche
made brief mention of the death of
Fraocia G. Culpepper, a pioneer of La-
vaca county. More recently It haa
coma to the knowledge of tbe editor
that a number of readers will be Inter-
ested In a biograpbtoal sketch, which
was first published In the Hallettsville
Hr raid, As a rule, the Avalanche don’t
take much stock In obituary literature,
preferring to let tbe dead past bury Its
dead; but the great age and numerous
progeny ot the deceased and the fact
that he helped to rescue one of the
fairest portions of Texas from the
ssvsgery of nature make this an ex-
ceptional case. The sketch will be
found on the first page.
"A college to the next thing for us
go after,” said e citizen the other day.
Wall, a collage la a mighty good thing
for a town to have, but a real oollege
costa a hasp of money—more than
Alpine oould raise at present. We
have the nucleus of a high school—
why not all work together and improve
It. Mtnwblle, if any church or any
Individual with the money to found
and endow a college Is looking tor a
location, Alpine can furnish a reason-
able bonus and unlimited natural
advantages.
While a westbound freight train was
crossing a short bridge about two miles
east of town yesterdry at 4:36. the car
next to the caboose broke the draw-
heads and plunged into the ditch, leav
tng tbe train on the track. Foreman
O’Brien and hia section gang worked
nntll about 4 o’olock this morning
removing the debris and repairing the
track. It was a queer freak, and tbe
cause has not been ascertained.
Dr. Berkeley deserves a vote of
thanks for Inducing the promoters of
the sanitarium to coma to Alpine first.
If they hqd begun their prospecting at
some other point they might have been
Induced to aooept something which,
though not so good as what Alpine had
to offer, waa as good as they expected
to And; hence they might never have
known that Alpine had exactly what
they wanted.
—Oliver Pari
son were married at the Belmont bote
Sunday, Rev. W. E- Foulks officiating.
The groom to i son of Mr. and Mra. J.
A. Farmer of Alpine; the brids is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. D Simpson
of Marathon. It was a runaway, tbe
bride’s parents objecting to tbe match
A. MoCallum, agent of the Austin
Nursery, went to Marathon Monday
and dsllvered about 800 fruit and shade
trees, vines, shrubs, etc., receiving in
payment #86. He took orders for an
othar delivery, to be made next week,
amounting to about one third aa many
aa the former.
Judge Van Slekto, attorney for the
K C. M. A O. railway, haa received an
Invitation to attend a swell banquet to
be given by President Stllwell at Kan
mvua approval, tbe only objcilou bviuir
tbe distance from town—annul 16 uiiu-a
— which some tuougiii a liuie u«< tar.
Bur since tbe way n almost level and
smooib and can easily be covered by a
good team In an bour and a bait, a
large majority of those Interested do
not think this a serious objection.
Aa sood as tbe decision was announe
►d, tbougb It was late in tbe afternoon,
some of tne enter prising citizens mi to
work to raise ibe #25.000 to be Invented
In stock of the company, and about
one tblrd of the amount was subscribed
before night. Monday tbe soliciting
was continued with such success that
• be promoters decided not to visit Mar-
fa, Fort Day to, and perhaps other
points, but to regard the question of
location as ssttlsd. An option on tbe
Templeton place waa secured and Dr.
Summers determined to go north nt
once and begin preparatlona for tbe
establishment of tbe Institution.
Before leaving Tuesday morning Dr.
Summers said to the editor: “You
may say in tbe Avalanche that 1 am
leaving with the Impression that tbe
sanitarium to located and that If we
bad visited every point in onr contem-
plated Itinerary we could not have
made a better selection. Tbe place to
indeed an ideal one for auob an insti-
tution, combing more advantages than
1 had hoped to And in one place. You
may add that 1 feel deeply the hearty
welcome your people have given us.
We expected courteous treatment smd
such assistance at we might need, bat
the interest in war uae«r Uklhfc man! •
Tested by the people of Alpine seems
little short of enthusiasm. 1 expect to
return atiout the drst of August and
shall spend a large share of my time
here—a prospect which glyes ms much
pleasure.”
or imtexeot to local politic/* os.
The number of poll taxes paid in the
different precincts of Brewstsr county
to ns follows:
Go To The
Bucidiorn Saloon,
For All Kinds Of Merriment in
Barrels and Bottles.
W. S. BLEVINS, Proper.
of the Tear
DOUBLE DAILY SERVICE.
IH SUNSET
l->\ ROUTE
PACIFIC COAST.
Southern Pacific
Sunset Route,
SUSSEX LIJ41JED.
ELEGANT EQUIPMENT, 8FPKHB SERVICE, OBSERVATION SLEEPING CABS, DIN-
ING CABS, tTNXXCKLLED CUISINE, DAT COACHES AND CHAIR CABS; EXCURSION
8LEEPBB8 THOM WASHINGTON.
PACIFIC COAST EXPRESS-
DAT COACHES, CHAIR CAES, PULLMAN BUFFET SLEEPING CABS, BXCUBoIGIi'
SLEEPING CABS THROUGH FROM CINCINNATI, CHICAGO, SAINT LOUIS AND
NEW O.tLKABS.
FOR INFORMATION WRITE
T. J. Anderson, Joseph Htollen,
►WfljSTON XEXAe_ A..<taP»w
Precinct No. I, Alpine.
105.
” ” 2, Alpine.
68
” "8. Ctenega.
16.
” ” 4, Terllngua,
64.
” 6. Marathon,
60,
” 6, tlajmond,
10.
” ” 7, Boquillas,
84.
Total,
337.
For the convenience of tfa
ioae who
>ay wish to figure on the
probable
FRUIT AND SHADE TREES.
I represent the celebrated
AUSTIN NURSERY.
and have trees of all descriptions and the
latest varieties. Get your orders in early.
A. MoCallum, Agt., Alpine, Ten.
results of the next election tbe follow-
ing table la published, showing the
number of votes cast In each precinct
of Brews'er county at the last general
election, held on Tuesday, Nov. 4,1914.
Precinct No. 1, Alpine,
83.
II
” 2, Alpine,
96.
t»
” 3, Cienega ,♦
—
Ft
4, Terllngua,
99.
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” 6, Marathon,
81.
” 6, Raymond.
9,
99
” 7, Boquillas,
19.
A Big Smoke
Is very expensive a hen in Is made out
of tbe timber of which your bouse is
built. ' But there are thousands of
buildings burned every year. Have it
insured. Pollcv placed In your hands
shortly after Inspection of rink.
J. H. DERRICK,
Wl WANO MARINI IN.UWANO.
ALPINE HOTEL.
L. N. Halbert,
Lawyer sad Land Agent,
Alpine,.............. . Texas
Will practice in all the courts ol
Brewster and adjoining counties.
Will render property and pay taxei
for non-residents.
CH/S0S MOUNTAINS STORE.
If. 8. ESN ST. Proprietor.
The best house of entertainment In
Alpine. Table supplied with tba very
best the market affords. Good, clean SOPPlT Of PfOTUiOllS AlWSyX OB H2Bd
beds a specialty.
cetory than limy ean bay from abroad,
•id with comparatively UUto labor.
Invjti
of Al
tiptoe, to be nominated by Judge
Vaa Sickle.
♦No election; some of the voters cast
their ballots at Alpine, precinct 2,
By a comparison of tbe two tables
It Is seen that tbe whole number of
poll tax receipts Issued is exactly fifty
short of the numper of votes polled in
tbb last election. It to believed that
there are at leust that many voters ex-
empt from paying the poll tax on ac-
count of age or phyaacal disability, so
it Is probable that tbe number of votes
cast in tbe next election will not be
far from the number polled two years
ago.
A comparison of tha two Alpine
precincts is interesting. In No. 1 the
voters are practically all whites, and
here we have 22 more holders of poll
tax receipts than voters In the last
election. In No 2, where the Mexicans
at the polls two years ago outnumbered
the whtlM Sb6ut stx-to oue, the nnm-
ber of tax receipts now is 38 less than
the number of votes then. Marathon
and Terllngua each shows a falling off,
while the figures for Boquillas Indicate
a remarkable Increase In the numDer
of qualified voters.
Yheaa results arc probably owing to
an inersase of the white population
and a decrease in the number of Mex-
icans. It to probabla also that a larger
percentage of tbe whites than of the
Mestcana hays paid their poll taxas.
On tha whole, there seems to be good
ground for hoping that the disgrace-
ful scenes that have hertofore been a
conspicuous feat are of political cam-
paigns and elections will be enacted
no more end that the politlee of Brew-
ster county, like everything else within
her borders, is oo the up grade.
There used to bo some mossbacks In
Alpine, bat happily the breed to now
, uearly or quit* extinct.
Mra. C. Du gat.
\
ROCKY’S RESTAURANT!
Meal* at all hoars. Short
Order# a Specialty. Oyster#,
Fish and Game in season.
Rocky Violin - - Proorietor.
G. W. BLACKRURN JR.
TONSO RIAL ARTIST.
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Hair Dressing,Shaving,Shampooing
etc. in tbe latest and best style of tbe
srt. Next door west of Dean Manu-
factnrlng Works,
H. O- SMITH M. D.
Physician Hi Hurgcom
Night calls answered from residence.
Office over C, H. Larkin Co.’a Store
Mall contractor Marathon to Boqulllaa. Buck-
Proprietor. board leave* Marathon every Thureday. Twelve
dollars for the round trip.
M. A. E R N 8 T ,
BOQUILLAS, - TEXAS—
ALPINE ICE WORKS.
Alpine, Texas.
Deaiers In
Ice, Beef, Butter, Eggs,
Vegetables and Fruits, So-
da Water and all the latest
Cold Drinks.
We buy Hides and Country Produce
Mall Orders receive prompt attentiok
•800.00 Reward
for arrest and
conviction of any
one stealing my
cattle.
Sam Schwino
Prof. C, Dugat, who has been pros-
pecting in the Boquillas disttrict, re
turned a few days ago with a pocket
full of rocks. No assay has been made
yet but local experts are of opinion
they are the beat specimens of gold
bearing qnartx yet found in Brewster
county He says there to plenty of it
down there.
Yeaterday four freight wagons with
Mexican teamsters passed through,
oarrying is tons of salt from the saline
lake of the Gaudaloupe mountains.
The salt to for W. T. Henderson and
R L. NevtlL
JOHN R. STORMS,
San Antonio, Tax.
HOWELL JOHNSON
It Stockton, Taa
STORHS & JOHNSON,
LAWYERS.
Will practice In the District Court o<
Pecos, Brewster and Presidio Counties
SCHOOL. BOOK8,
STATIONERY,
PERIODICALS, CIGARS Ac.
ALPINE DRUG STORE-
i R. B. SLIGHT da CO,
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Carnes, J. M. Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, February 5, 1904, newspaper, February 5, 1904; Alpine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth803062/m1/4/?q=alabama+railroads: accessed July 17, 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).