The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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The Alpine Avalanche
VOL. XXVI.
ALPINE, BREWSTER COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1V16.
NO 51
ALPINE STATE BANK
Alpine, Texas.
UbM ShAm Deperitery tar total Saving U
BENJAMIN lUMBMUff.
GBO. CL MILLER, V. Prerid
Iriwiri to to K» c—tom.
i affaire tbo individual care
W. VAN SICKLE.
Vice President
t B W. FERGUSON. Cashier.
» the bent banking service obtoio-
derignod to gh«
u _
and attention
Xo every
they may
t
Sataty Deposit Boxes for Rent.
Ak*h
dMiin
dhiMh
Roosonoblo Prices on
L U
(fake Hano a.rnadea Haw.
The I'-'i - ' er <•? t.rci«Uutv In British
fiittnries -I-:- , • !.<• year 1915 m*
.08 et»>w •!••• m -;y.> for the last tea
yenrs, nrew^f:;i>r to the annual report
of the t!: ipeetor* of expio-ire*.
The uu:iU>er of •l.^ths in manufac-
mre v.-.is -»t oiol r?number of per-
sotr-i injtirw! in uu iorie* dmisf the
Jinr 170. »h*--e c-uaea brio*
of a tiitlfne tiatu.v. In view of lb*’
rusi Ibit :• -«•' iu tl;<* urrraber of pep
oca ein!»!•>;■ «•»! la tU.’ icanulactnrv of
i-xpkwlroF. ?hia re ah may be regard-
*»! aa f:.ir!y ••Niry.
Very lfr:!r work ’i ts l>oen done in
ordinary n-rriy aW the fac-
tories h-.virg been ••oga^ed to ffllins
hand grenades or tn making aiynals
far war purpusn. This work they
were .‘■pfdnlly Oit«"*l to carry oat, and
they h ive that Ik m enabled to keep
going ut a time alica the public pro-
hibition of firework displays would
have compelled them to dose down.
4
Fencing end All kinds of
BUILDING MATERIAL.
I
ALPINE LUMBER CO. [
"Ik Material Mm”
ram
New Prices August 1, 1916
The following prices for Ford cars will be effec-
tive on and after August 1st, 1916-
Runabouts
Touring Car
f. ol b. Detroit
$325.00
345.00
360.00
505.00
595.00
645.00
Thaaa pries* are positimly gaamataed t|UM any radoctioa before
A ogam 1st. IMP. bat than ia no gooiaowa against aa odsoore is price
Many (torn. Now Watch the Ford* Go By.
WEST TEXAS MOTOR CO.
Alpine, - Texas.
Avalanche $1.50 year.
.For Pleasure and War.
An an Indirect result of the vulw
eh’e nervier rendered by power bouts
during the conflict abroad, some little
attention has been arutuml In Ibis
c-*.ntry to the advbuiWUty of orgmiU-
l,ig a "mosquito fleet" for mine patrol
snd «*-.,utlns ducks. A jilun contem-
plating the registration of all pleasure
craft of this kind, so that they might
tie available for service in an event of
war, has even been proposed. Of late,
however, another step baa been taken
in this direction which Is particularly
•iOiliant and interesting. According
to Popular Mechanics Magazine, sev,
eirJ Easterners are having “scout
*>oa i *" hallt for their private use.
These have been designed by naval
architects, and are not merely salt-
able. hot to port equipped, for naval
pn-poe-c*, and would be practically
r a»!y for Immediate use If nceoc4tj
--•..nl«l ever requlro that they tr
over to the navy depertin-n*
Tack Philoaopny.
A thing is tragic or humorous ac-
cording to tin' point of view. The
man who sits on a tack does not share
the onlookers' amusement. In fact he
Is not only pained at his own mis-
fortune. bat he Is pained because he
occasioned someone else to find a de-
gree of pleasure to his unseemly plight.
Now it Is perfectly safe to make tMf
positive statement In this connection:
The person who witnessed the other's
unfortunate encounter with the tack
ne'er deliberately -Its on the same
tack himself; in fact, be is particu-
larly canticti* ahont sitting down any-
where soon tlier.-ofter without look-
ing for a tack.
Nor is this an indictment of tackk
Tacks serve « very real and useful
purpose In this world, but they have
their place, which is not In localities
where they may be Mt upon.—WU.
Ham C. Lengel in the Jloggsoa Mag#
sine.
OLD ITALIAN TOWN
VICENZA OF IMPORTANCE
TIMS OF THE ROMANS.
In the Oeod OM Days
How thankful we shonld be to every
discoverer for every "discovery." for.
were It not for discoveries, we wight
be doing the some kind of day’s work
an I describe to this record from the
diary of one Abigail Foot of n certain
Connecticut town. I lately had access
to the diary and this describes one
day’s work to 1775: “Fixed gown for
toother: mended Mary's riding hood;
open short thread; Axed two towns
for William’s girts; carded tow; spun
linen; worked on cheese bosket;
hatched flax with Hannah, together
we did filtyooe pounds; plaited and
Ironed father’s stock; read a sermon
of Dcdderidge’s; milked three cows;
spun Alien, did fifty knots; made a
broom or guinea wheat straw;
bleached thread and set n red Eye;
carded two pounds of wool; dipped
candles, and scoured the pewter P—
Good Hoaschceptag.
B——————— fi——— ———————— ————————
HAPPY AM) PROSPEROUS
NEW YEAR
IS firfYSINCERE WISH FOR
EACH OF MY FRIENDS
AND CUSTOMERS
/
Kleinman’s
"Quality Comer"
—B—Bl
Ita Achievements In Anna Rank Set
and to Ita Architectural iptondera
—Once Capital of a Lam-
bard Duchy.
Closely massed «.*o both banka of
the small BecchlgUonc river. Vicenza,
with aia urheik population of 3WW
has been cd Important town of north-
ern Italy *ioce the eerty Roman days,
when it was known as Vlmla. It has
not played a thrilling ode In Italian
history, however, but is noted rather
for Its architectural splendor than for
Its achievements iu arms.
The surrounding plain, whose lux-
uriant mrilterry ire*-*, with their
armies of silk worms, so woo may he
supplanted by the cypress fronds of
sorrow over comities* soldiers’ graves,
extend to the north through Thiene
and .-schlo, i wo manufacturing towns
in the Lcngra valley, r.nd to the east
as far as Venice. 40 miles distant.
Sixteen miles to the west, beyond the
Berict mountain*, lies Verona, with
its many Shakespeare:, n associations.
Beautiful villas und l>I»s»oming fields
are a feature of this lamlscape now
overcast with the shadow of invading
Austrians.
Vicenza’s shore in the history-mak-
ing of the early middle ages was as a
capital of a Lombard duchy. It was
one of the cities which funned the
Lombard league In the twelfth cen-
tury. opposing Frederick Barharossn
during the several campaigns whereby
he attempted to re-etnbllah the West-
ern empire oa a Charlemagne seals.
In i9S the city was stormed and pil-
laged by the Sicilian emperor, Fred-
erick II. a catastrophe which the in-
habitant* were able Us bear with more
equanimity after this ruler's over-
whelming defeat before the walls of
Parma, when his Imperial crown was
placet! In mockery •>c the bead of a
bkncbback beggar, who was given a
"triumphal entry” Into the victorious
town. Early iu the fourteenth cen-
tury Vicenza assertod and secured Ita
Independence from I'adua, but a hun-
dred years later It came under the
extensive sway of Venice.
Tlte most distinguished name tn
Vk-enza** ball of fame to I bat i*f one
of the greatest architects of the Ital-
ian renaissance. Andrea Pnlladk*. who
bloke away from the excessively
ornate style of his contemporaries
and turned, perhaps, too reverently to
the simple, stately standards of
ancient Borne. IBs handiwork la pro-
eusSncnily dominant In bis birthplace,
so much wi in fact, that a famona
American novelist bos complained
that “the cold hand of that friend of
virtuous poverty In architecture lies
-heavy upon his native city.” One of
the most interesting structures de-
signed by him la the Immense OUmptco
theater, modeled after the ancient
theater*, nnd dedicated to UN.
Another great artist of Vicenza wan
•ho precocious peasant boy Mantegna,
who left Ms flock of-sheep at the age
of eleven In order to become a groat
painter under the patronage of the
untqoc Squarclooe. a tailor famona
both a» art connoisseur and teacher.
The eUEhees of Mantegna's draperies
Is said to bo accounted for by his
ruMjiu of drawing from models clad
In paper or in gummed fabrics. Aa
aa engraver Mantegna's fume is as-
sart-1 by lib plate, entitled “Entomb-
ment." raid to have bad a greater to-
fiofocc oa rrt than any other ever ex-
ecuted. for Ita cvanpoolttoa was
adopted by Raphael, Holbein nnd
Durvr.
Ham tsudau •row.
Britain’s great empire ha* grown
just as the great city of London grow.
“You ride on a bus from Hampstead
to the Strand, and you pane at least
four High streets, each once the main
thoroughfare of a former village."
Jay Shd:--! P ftvrh In HapsHoi
State or Texas, . )
Coi’mty or Btrami f
To the Sheriff or any Constable
Greeting.
You are hereby commanded to
summon S. C. Gazawav bf mak-
ing publication of this citation
once in each week for four suc-
cessive weeks previous to the re-
turn day hereof, in tome news-
paper published in your County,
if there be a newspaper published
therein, but if not, then in any
newspaper published in the near-
est county where a newspaper is
published, to appear at the nefct
regular teem of the County Coort
of Brewster county, to be holden
at the courthouse thereof in Al-
pine, on the third Monday in
February, A. IX 1917, the same
being the 19th day of February,
A. D. 1917, then and there to
answer a petition filed in said
Court on the 26th day of Octo-
ber, A. D. 1916, wherein Oskar
Menton and Mrs. Oskar Menton
are plaintiffs and S. C. Gazawav
is defendant, said cause being
numbered 132 on the docket of
said Court, and said petition al-
leging:*
That heretofore, to-wit, July
2!st, 1913, defendant sold to
Mrs. Oskar Menton (nee Mrs.
Alice L Hart), plaintiff herein,
certain improvements on State
School land which the defendant
had theretofore purchased and
upon which said School lands the
improvements in question were
placed, but that at the time of the
vale of said improvements the
sales of said School lands to the
defendant had been cancelled and
forfeited and the improvements
that the defendant had placed
thereon were forfeited with said
School lands to the State School
Fund and the defendant had no
right to sell said improvements;
that the defendant represented
to said plaintiff that the improve-
ments as a matter of law could be
counted as part of her improve
meats that the law required plain-
tiff to place on said lands within
the three years from the date ol
her award of said lands; that said
plaintiff had purchased the same
lands horn the State of Texas af
te* the forfeitures and cancellation
above mentioned.
That said plaintiff executed her
note to the defendant tn tfie sum
of 1278.00 for mid improvements
and that thereafter she pfiid on
said note $235.00; that mid notes
and payments are now in the
First National Bank of Alpine.
Texas, at Alpine; - Brewster
County, Texas, and th* said
plaintiffs pray for cancellation af
said note, and a judgment against
said defendant to the extent of
lm!ttil*“. ‘ l/.tdon tv only a fortultuao
collect!**! of village*. Il woo Sever
pteanel. « ronW not be ptaneed. It
k*9 o> cotnmnalty of Inttrwi nave
{r**> it waa new governed a* n
menfc*; tllly.
“Fi>r yerm each pariah bad llv owa
gofvwmtror.r; today It h governed by
s roaoty <-qancit. It la an Mnovgbono
eggrogatien of hovek. shops and pal-
goto, wttb no limits or plan to It*
•pren-tfng.
“Like a terrible Itrobdingnagtoa
nwto, it pnshe* It* (tnltdri Mtber
and ihither, prompted only by the In-
st tort ,V food."
Wham He WauM Ea Useful.
After tnrny tfrrlt the aspiring
ringer had managed to get permission
to giro i trial performance at the local
ransb hall. The boose was frill, and
be vrurUed In his sweetert tones.
Ever; thing seemed roaente antU end-
tienly a bonne vole*- came from the
ride of the stage.
“Hero, yon come off!” ordered the
Singe manager. “Can’t yon see jwrt*
e&ptying the bones T*
•Ur—I dent seem to be a enccMo.
tbsuT* said tbs ssesissr. <—auriy.
“dBroess! Bnb!" marie* tbs nmn-
agw. aazrtly. "At rlaaiteg thorn AM
yea’re the most mnwfrl chap I avnr
met. Now, tor npodneoe’ «ekh go and
rise ontrido and drive ’em to again r
| "«to fan think a <
BM main tomtom s
t "tVrtstoly ns*." H
Etas. “Anybody wb
as beck as I da e
ptonsnro to nqnal R.“
8235.00,* and for a wnt of garn-
ishment for the money so paid
the defendant bv the plaintiff, as
more fully appears from plaintiffs*
original petition, now on file in
said cause.
Herein fail not, but have before
said Court on the said first day
of the next term thereof, thw
writ, with vour return thereon,
showing how you have executed
the same..
Witness, W. H. Uau, Clerk
of the County Court, in end for
Brewster County, Texan
Given under my hand and the
seal of said Court in the town of
Alpine, Brewster County, Texas,
this the 17th day of November,
1916.
(li) W. H. LEASE.
Clerk of the Cimity Coort,
in and tor Brewster Countv,
Texas. . ' lES-St
Livisgstoi DMertaliBf Cd.
C. W. Lavnsoaiuto,
W. G. Yotnso,
n3'01
[OBI
The First National Bank
Alpine, Texas
CAPITAL and SURPLUS $199,Hi.
OFFICERS.
C A. BROWN Pasan»ENT.
H L KOKERNOT. V-Pros. G. \T. BAINES. Jr. Cashier
U. S. Depository for Postal Savings
W. A. BUCHANAN
PLUMBING, TINNING AND TANKS
Estlmatoa Furnished on any Job.
Have your plumbing done by a workman who
jndentanda Sanitary Work.
^ Write or phone your wants. ^
If you aro going to Build or Ropolr Anything
The Alamo Lumber Company
CAN SUPPLY YOU.
Lumber, Wire, Poets, Lime, Cement. Oils and Paints.
BUILDERS HARDWARE.
Feed Wood and Coal
Wo also handle Grain, Hay, Alfalfa, Woad
and Coal.
Our dallvary will Im prompt and FULL
MEASURE for your monoy la our Motto.
Alamo Limber Co.
W. E. GRAY, Looat Managor.
G. KURT LANGE
Alpine, Texas
Maker of Famous Cowboy Bools and Shoes
ONLY IMPORTED GOODS USED
Naff OrJara Gives
Shop Next Ta
Vagfa Shap.
Alpine 'Transfer
Passengers and baggage hauled to and from
all trains at any bout
Phone 168
Our big floats are reedy to haul anything. Lat
us flgur# with you.
It’s a Badly Smashed Car f
litai i. UfuOil *>*ir .till. W, but
r*«n rtfdiitd «oa>« lUl L».t ,t-
tavkal a iiom till **t « l*««u>»-
tift. So iioa‘i or >*hit >uU L
4oo* fat oiMil aa have b«4 t look
M il. W> ult npaul !»•»•# to
iMCtict* »ku tlbtit
Utt k>U:«0 u ■*i'0 I.
i
Borderland Auto Co.
AIsMm, Twh.
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Yates, W. J. The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 1916, newspaper, December 28, 1916; Alpine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth803343/m1/1/?q=hamilton+county: 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).