The Alpine Avalanche. (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 19, 1910 Page: 1 of 4
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The Alpine Avalanche.
VOL. XX.
ALPINE, BREWSTER COUNTY, T EXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1910.
NO 21
THE
First National Bank
ALPINE. TEXAS
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS S90.000.00
r
present white free public vor of the
huildiAg of said district.
The success of this Bank is built on the friendship of its
customers, gained bj earnest attention to their interests.
of
Court
At a regular term of the Coun-
ty Commissioners' Court begun
and held on the 9th day of May
1910, the following was had and
done: Present, E. F. Higgins,
County Judge; D. C. Bourland,
H. C. Atchison, J. A. Biggs and
T. D. McKinney, Commission-
ers; J. A. Walton, Sheriff, and
Flora L. Daugherty, County
Clerk.
Be it ordered that the matter of
equalizing values be set for May
10, 1910.
On this - day came on to be
considered the returns of election
held on the 26th day of March,
1910, in common school district
No. 3, of this county, upon the
.question of issuing >6,000 of
school house bonds for said dis-
trict. running twenty years and
bearing five per cent interest and
levying a tax on all taxable prop-
ertv of said district sufficient to
pay the current interest on said
bonds and provide a sinking fund
sufficient to pary the principal at
maturity, and it appearing that
said election was in all respects le-
gally held and that said returns
were duly and legally made, and
that were cast at said election 23
votes of which number there were
cast:
For the bonds 23 votes.
Against the bonds 1 vote.
And it appearing • to the court
from said returns that a majority
of the qualified, property tax-pay-
ing voters of said district voting at
said election voted in favor a! is-
suing said bonds and for said tax,
the court docs hereby declare the
said tax to have carried in said dis-
trict and the proposition for the
issuance of said bonds to have
been adopted and that this court
is authorized to isaar bonds and
to levy and have assessed and
collected said tax. The following
order waa passed:
Whereas, at tn election held
for the purpoae on the 26th dav
of Marcn, 1910, a majority of the
qualified property tax-paying vot-
ers of common school district No.
3, of this county, voting at said
election, voted in favor of the is-
suance of the bonds hereinafter
described, and in favor of the tax
hereinafter levied.
It is therefore ordered by the
commissioners' court of Brewster
county to be called "Common
School District No. 3, School
House Bond/’ be issued on the
faith and credit of Common
School District No. 3 of said
county, as estabhahed by order of
the commissioner^ court of said
county passed on the 16th day of | Camp.
April, 1910, which » of record in It >s ordered
the minutes of said court, on page
473 of book 1, for the purpose of
providing funds to be expended
in payment of accounts legally
contracted in constructing and
to the
school
Said bonds shall be numbered
consecutively from one to twelve,
both inclusive, shall be of the de-
nomination of 500.00. They
shall be dated Apvil 10th, 1910,
and shall become due and payable
twenty years after date with option
of redemption after three years.
They shall bear interest at the rate
of five per cent, per annum, pay-
able annually on April 10th, of
each year. Principal and interest
shall be payable upon presentation
or surrender of bonds or proper
coupons, in lawful money of the
United States at office of State
Treasurer, at Austin, Texas.
The said bonds shall be signed
by the County Judge, counter-
signed by the County Clerk and
registered by the County Treas-
urer, and the seal of the commis-
sioners’ court shall be impressed
upon each of .them. The fac-
simile signature of the County
Judge and County Clerk may be
lithographed, engraved or printed
on the coupons.
It is further ordered • by the
court that to pay interest on said
bonds, and create a sinking fund
sufficient to discharge them at ma-
turity, a tax of and at the rate of
four centf on each >100 of the as-
sessed valuatXm of all property
subject to taxation in said com-
mon achool district No. 3, of this
county shall be annually levied,
assessed and collected upon said
property until said bonds, with
interest are paid, and said tax is
here now levied for the year 1910.
ft is ordered that tne voting
place in precinct No. 3 be chang-
ed from its present location at the
Mariposa Mining- Camp to the
school house at the present Ter-
lingua postoffice. commonly
known as the Chwos Mining
Texas -Seatin
against the General fund, as fol-
lows: One in the suiti of >187.18,
payable on demancT: the other in
the sum of >187.18, payable on
or before January 1st, J9U, beyr-
ing interest from June 1st, 1910,
at rate of 6 per cent, per annum.
Said warrants shall be delivered to
the County Judge to be by him
delivered upon delivery of said
chairs at Alpine.
It is ordered by the court that
the territory in what is now known
as voting precinct No. 5, shall be
hereafter incorporated and be a
part of voting preeinct No. 4. It
is further ordered by the court
that what is now known as voting
precinct No. 6, shall hereafter be
known and designated as voting
precinct No. 5.
It is ordered that the railroad
company be required to open and
provide suitable crossings in the
town of M&athon across its right-
of-way and railroad track on Rail-
road street, and also on the pub-
lic road recently established where
it crosses the railroad company's
right-of-way and track east of the
Rubber Co’s, plant.
It is ordered that the proposi-
tion of H. C. Atohison.m regard
to the road across section 97, in
block 9, G. H. & S. A. Ry. Co.,
survey be and the same is hereby
accepted and he has the permis-
sion of the court to close the road
aoross said section when he shall
have complied with the provisions
of his offer.
Butcher reports of preceding
school trustee of common school
istrict No. 3.
Subject to the conditions here-
matter stated, it is ordered that
the city council of the town of Al-
pine, be, and it is hereby granted
permission to use the northwest
corner room in the county court
house on the second floor in
which to hold the council meet-
ings and in which the corporation
court of the town of Alpine may
sit, and permission is also granted
to keep their books and records in
the surveyors” vaults in the coun-
ty court house. Permission is al-
so granted the Sheriff of Brewster
county to use the county jail in
which to keep such prisoners as
may be delivered to him for safe
keeping by the authorities of the
town of Al
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WE W
ANT
our Business
ON OPR "CHECK ACCOUNT* LEDGER
The amount of your first deposit isn't so much importance as the
fitet of getting yon started with ns. Small accounts grow . . .
-MAYBE WE CAN HELP YOU TO INCREASE y (jpe-
Cause in and let ns explain the advantages— II yon why a
check account at this Bank will help yon.
ALPINE STATE BANK
that voucher in
favor of W. M. French for >136
against the Road and Bridge
fund be drawn to compensate him
for land taken up by the road in
Marathon, established at the last
term of court.
To cover the purchase price of
said district and in construct- j chairs in the district court room,
ing an addition of wood material warrants arc ordered drawn in fa-
equipping two public tree school
buildings of wood material within
ier reports
luarter of W. D. Measday, P.
Lara, M. Martinez and Hendrick
& Wilhelm were approved.
The Justice reports for preced-
ing quarter of C. A. Hawley, R.
H. Crawford and W. H. Ragin
were approved.
Report of J. J. Hess & Bro.,
County Depositary, for last quar-
ter, was approved.
The court canvassed the re-
turns of an election held in com-
mon school district No. 3, in
April for school trustee, and
found that D. G. Coffman re-
ceived ten votes and R. Wilhelm
two votes. It is therefore order-
ed by the court that D. G. Coff-
man is hereby declared elected as
Ipine, but the countv
assumes no responsibility whatev-
er, for any prisoners which he
may so receive and keep.
The foregoing permission to
use the northwest corner room in
the court house on the second
floor, and permission to store
books and records in the survey-
ors' vault and permission to tne
sheriff to receive and hold prison-
ers received from the town author-
ities is subject to the approval and
consent of the various insurance
companies who hold policies on
court house and jail. It is here-
by further ordered that the court
reserve the right at any time to
revoke any part or all the privile-
ges granted by this order, it being
the opinion of the court that the
town of Alpine, as soon as it can
do so, should provide its own
place for the meetings of its coun-
cil, the sitting of its corporation
court, a place for its records and a
place in which to keep its prison-
ers.
It is ordered by the court that
in the future the phone rental of
the phones in the county assess-
or’soffice and the county judge’s
office shall lie paid for by the
"bounty and it shall hereafter not
be necessary for said officers to
refund to the county the money
expended for said phone rentals.
The court caused the assessor
to bring before them the assess-
ment lists, hooks, etc., for the
had rendered their property for
taxation as required by law and
that the 10th, 11th and part of
the 12th days of this month were '
consumed in the performance of I
its duties as a Board of Equaliza-
tion and its action ae such hoard
is shown on pages 24 to 29, lx>th
inclusive of the minutes of this
court in Vol. 1, styled "Board of
Equalization Record," to which
reference is here made to show
the action of said court in equaliz-
ing values.
The court having finished its
duties as a Board of Equalization,
it therefore proceeded the further
business of the court, and it was
ordered that the sum of >60 per
month he paid to J. W. Phelps,
assessor, as an advance on his
commission for preparing the fax
rolls and that warrants for >60
per month shall be drawn against
the general fund in favor of said
Phelps, beginning on June 1st
next and on the 1st day of each
month thereafter. Said payments
shall he applied as a credit u|>on
the amount of commissions 6-
nally ascertained to he due said
Phelps.
It is ordered by the court that
in the future the entire minutes* 'onK,nK to the xchoo' I
sum of >25, againsr the
fund, which shall he n f
nif-t for the serv c
m publishing ti e u e
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all school hi ds and
of all of the proceedings of this
court shall !>e published in the
Alpine Avalanche, and to cover
the cost thereof the clerk is di-
rected, after the adjournment of
each regular term of this court, to
draw a warrant in favor
purpose of seeing that all persons of the Alpine Avalanche
Brewster county, whit h report is
accompanied with prope. receipts
of saul depository and which
funds and lionds were so trans-
ferred in accordance with the pro-
visions of an act of the last I .egis-
lature, it is therefore ordered by
( Continued on Pace Two. )
WANT,
QUALITY OR QUANTITY?
WE PREFER TO SELL THE FORMER=
Fine groceries make a fine
table and a fine table
makes life worth living, so
be careful about every-
thing, but especially be
careful about your table.
A first-class bill of fare gives
you a mortgage on home
entertainment.
Swift's Premium Hams..................... 22c per lb.
Smoked Bacon, by side..................... 21 c “ “
10 lb. Premium Lard...................... $ 1.95
50 lb. Compound Lard..................... 6.00
10 lb. Cottolene............v............. 1. 65
FEED STUFF.
Pure Wheat Bran, per sack................ $ 1.65
Chops, per sack............................ 1.75
New Alfalfa, per bale...................... 65<
Special price in ten bale lots of alfalfa.
Our prices on corn and oats arc the lowest.
in laroe quantities.
The menu is is so much
a matter, of groceries
that poor groceries be-
long to the condemned
list. Our stock of canned
goods is simply immense.
The attractions of your
table is doubled once
you use them.
Twill do your heart and your appetite good to have some of the New, Fresh
Dainties from our Crocker department In boxee or bulk.
The Alpine Mercantile Company.
■ -thf big, BUSY STORE OF ALPINE_
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Yates, W. J. The Alpine Avalanche. (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 19, 1910, newspaper, May 19, 1910; Alpine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth803489/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).