The Alpine Avalanche. (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 19, 1910 Page: 2 of 4
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TrIL alpin: avalanche.
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Tex a*., us Mail
W J. Yateh
I'uHtiir.i’-i irt Al(>.nc.
!nti*ir ipi Second Cli**™
- • • ElllTOK
S jh«' rij,tii.ri I'rice, SI..00, in Advance
ENEMY OF DISEASE.
In a recent letter to the State
Board of Health a physician in
one of the coast counties says that
the health of the people has been
very good owing to better drain-
age ami screening doors and win-
dows against Hies and mosquitoes.
This is a rather remarkable state-
ment and will cause surprise to
npper-State people, as some of I
them look upon the coast coun-l
ties as greater producers of ma-
laria than anything else. Hut ucj
households a* if t!i-v ..ere indis-
nensible articles of Kri.ificc. ' I*
is verv seldom •!);." 'there :s abso-
lute need of a revolver in a liOusc.
There is no shadow of'an excuse
for leaving one on a table, or a
mantle, or in an\ o’her accessihli
place whnre it is a menace to hu-
man life, Itkelv to cut short the
career of a visitor or to perforate
|the vitals of some
family.
What is familiarly known as
horse sense is a mighty scarce
commodity in some of our Amer-
ican households To make a toy
or plaything of the supposedly
unloaded pistol or g(in seems to
be a peculiarity of the American
people. Why it is so we cannot
explain unless it is in this country
life is held cheaper than in most
others and that consequently in
ordinary intercourse and even in
the pleasantries between friends
greater risks are taken. There is
can readily believe the statement, j Mf) (loul)t (hat morc fa(a| casualties
He shouU1 havt <,;‘ssctl arUsK,n from the careless handling of fire-
wells along With the other mi-, arms occur in the 1 Jn,ted States
provements which have created | t|un m ;my otl,cr country.
such a change for the better in
the bealthfulness of that part of '|'he San Antonio Express of
the State. It has been said thatjMay |7(|lsays: "W. T. Hen-
smcc these sanitary conditions llerson of Alpine sold 100 head
came about the appearance of the ()j high-grade Stockers in Kansas
people lias actually changed. about ten days ago at $5.H5,
one county the remark was made j|,c average weight being 772
that the inhabitants looked like p()UM(js. These steers were bred,
different people, so greatly had , },orn ant] rcartHJ on the range,
they improved in health S',KC ! and, owing to the high cost of
getting the malaria out of their |jvjng 0f which we read and cx-
systems by the means mentioned. |»crirncr so much in these latter
These facts show what great good (|ays> thcy |,ad never been per-
k now ledge of sanitary law, it ac nutted to see, much less revel in
ted upon, will accomplish.
I III A\ AI AM III IS IV
a corn field for a day. The only
alfalfa they ever saw was through
the cracks of a cattle car while
oHuial organ of Brewstn county t|,cy wcre speeding north. The
price paid for them was not only
I the highest ever paid on that
market for cattle from the Alpine
country, but was higher than was
the
kind and weight that week.”
and the ( ify of Alpine.
wieiK
( >m two months until the
Demoiiatic primaries are held.
I ,„,I|.,.I"„|*"S ran tl,rn 1paiit •..,'anv native"cattle' ol
as to the number of liars in Brew-
ster c ountv.
Am in i epeated rfforts had
hren made to get bun to run for
the Legislature, an Last I exas
man has dei lined to hold office.
Ilis photograph has been re-
quested tbit it may hr added to
out gallrt\ of famous I exans. upon his bond as treasurer of the
| school funnel arc hereby released
tl | from any further liability on ac-
Proceedings of Commit-
a toners' Conrt.
(Cominikp Ekom 1'ac.l One.)
the court that the said Caruthers,
l as treasurer of the school fund of
Brewster county and the sureties
S. W. Gillis, W. T. Hen-
dtr on, h. (t. I laschkle, G. C.
Marwi.-lb K. A. Eroctor, W. U.
I’d. Co., J. B. Ailes trustee, M.
f f. Wilkerson, C. C. Taylor, K.
C. Stcuart, A. J. 11 a! Iforci, L. K.
Davis, Alpine Cattle Co., T.
Burnam, Miss Kate Blakey, b.
I.. Clark. I. |. Edwards, j. W.
Burford, G. \1. Benson, Mrs.
■C. W. Heos,
VV. H, Harrison, W.
B. Hancock, Kokernot &
Kokernot, W. H. Funk, J. W.
James, J. R. Morton, Mrs. I. J.
Moss, Joe Moss, R. C. McKin-
ney, W. L. Means, B. P. No-
len, G. C. Richard, W. M. San-
ford, W. O, Smith, H. Sprue,
C. L. Simpson. H. S. Strain, T
C. Taylor, A. B. Weakley, Ben
West, W. F. White, Jim P. Wil-
Assessments reduced:
L. N. Halbert, B. E.'Hinson,
Kokernot & Kokernot, E. Jor-
dan, 1). E. Musgrave, T. J.
Miller, W. R. Miller, J. L.
Shoemake, R. B. Trent, Luther
Yarbro, R. L. Henderson.
accounts allowed.
It II CrsHfonl, holdliiK Iik,iimi............$ 6 00
M Si Whittier, work on windmill ......... I'J JU
Midland C'liem Co, Iiuinfoctmiu.......... SO 00
it I* And«*r>ton, mi»v**nH*-r work............ 7 GO
Al|>tn# avhIiuk-Ii*. iiUit’y nod printing.... 20 00
AI pin** M**r C*i. iiu-rclutiullM* ami <-n»h— 02 GO
W II HnrrtMHi, work on rood ............ 21 00
U 11 rurfci-r, nurnlngC' li**nii*-tt............ 2 (JO
Alpin** I’liwi-r Co. Imnpn.................. 1 26
Mnratlion l.umlx-r Co, lumbar midixUnt G3 SC
Hom*-y I'rlnt Co. iitnt’r to H II Crawford . 0 01
i.i*o ti llnrimrd A Co. nUtlonary for coun-
ty olBoen*.................... .......... 64 Ili
I'aul Vogt, band cart...................... 10 7*
flood a Co., law bouR* ................... 4 20
( lilkutMlo Co, on*-taalf ooat er**etlng Jail
Ht Trrllngua ........................ 175 SB
J A Walbm, IwKiiag poll tax and exempt
r«Hpt*............... 11 85
.1 A Walton, boardlnc prisoner*.......... W 15
M.ir-Clarke Print Co. ntat’y and plnting 174 08
C K Martin, aumaflug..................... 10 00
It (Ji-orge, If D-, nted and attention to Id
l<**nn**tt................................ MM
Mr* IVarl Tarbyough, wanking blankets
used to lay E lgar Bead on............. 100
u w Mini and J ¥ ■«■"(»*g*«
and repairing Jail
J D Sbomaka, work on rand
Oeo W Adana. - “ ••
MOO
m 00
MM
Z raising. Oo Jadga. qnartarty aaiary as
Ho bool BoperlnMndent................ M 00
Flora L Daqgbarty, (jnarterlj salary for
keeping flnanee ladgdr................ M 00
w M Sanford, index anraerora raeoida.... MOO
E*-m. Typewriter Oo.. machine........... 106 00
Hem. Typewriter Co. J ribbons........... 1 M
Get your fresh vegetables di-
rect from the fountain.
Miles. The Grocer.
Ask your neighbor about our
cleaning and pressing. Alpine
Steam Laundry, Phone 37.
We have just received a car of
brick and can supply your wants.
Dewees Lumber Co.
For Sale—Fifteen high grade
jennets. Price, $10 each. Apply
at Avalanche office. 5-12-4t
A. McCallum reports the sale
of 10 acres out of tne Means tract
jports
:ne M«
to Allan McDonnell.
The Avalanche $1.S0 per year.
THE
World Seems Greased,
as Billings suggested, for the occasion, when a
man through some mischance begins to slip
backwards.
LIFE INSURANCE
is a cleat for just such occasions.
and
con-
Tin early limns kept by mi i . > . . . ,
17 count of said school fund
comet has given many a hilarious I |)om,s Nothing herein
citi/rn a good excuse lor doing J tained however shall be construed
likewise. < >»u Heaventlv visitor as affecting any liability which
will depart as heavily ladcncd a | may ,l:‘vr accrued prior to this
scapegoat as any Israrlitxh priests i
ever loaded with the sins of the
people and chased away.
"■ *•
Oni: oft lie main reasons why
Alpine was uuorporatrd was to
enforce proper sanitary regula-
tions and the C ity C ouncil should
lose no time in giving this matter
their attention. Every day of
delay may be the cause of sacri-
ficing human life. Gentlemen,
the buck is up. to you. What
arc you going to do about it ? *
iOKVs
THE^INI.OADEI) GUN.
Are Americans more given to
the reckless handling of firearms
thart citt/ens of other countries ?
The freuurncv of fatal accidents
from this cause which the news-
papers carry with Amcriorn date
lines compared with the infre-
quency of such news items from
abroad, leads one to suppose that
such is the case. Commenting
on a news story from a prominent
city, telling of a young woman
who picked up a pistol lying on
the parlor mantle and, thinking
that it was not loaded, jx)inted it
at a young man with the remark
usually made in such cases, ana
with the usual result the dis-
charge of the pistol and the death
of the man. The Louisville
Courier-Journal says :
So long at guns and niatols are
made there will be thoughtless
peraons who will kill other per-
mm by the tame silly method as
the one above referred to. It
is no credit to human intelligence
dipt this is true, but no one can
douht its truth when he recalls
tht multitudes of such tragedies
{■ the papers. All newspaper
renders are familirr with the Ire-
quency of these atones. The
‘ nlpitii an people have a strange
for fooling with dead-
Guna and piatola
It is ordered by the court that
a special term of this court shall
belield on Tuesday, May 31st,
I‘>10, at which time all parties
may appear and show cause, it
any they have, why the action of
tltiy court at this term as a Board
of Equalization should not lie
made final.
'The clerk is directed to give
written notice as required by law
to each person affected by the ac-
tion of the court at this term in
equalizing values and shall also
publish in the next issue of the
Alpine Avalanche a notice of said
special term to he held on May
31st.
It is ordered that warrant be
drawn in favor of J. W. Phelps
for the sum of $15.29 against trie
general fund to cover his com-
for
rmssioTTs roi assessing—property
for school pur|H»cs in the com-
mon school district of the county.
Warrants are hereby ordered
drawn in favor of the members of
the court to cover their per diem
as follows:
E. K. Higgins, county judge,
5 days, $15.
H. C. Atchison, commissioner,
5 days, $H.
J. A. Higgs, commissioner, 5
days, $15.
1). C. Hourland. commissioner.
5 clays, $15.
T. 1). McKinney, commission-
er, 5 days, $15.
J. A. Walton, sheriff, 5 days,
$l0. '
Warranta are ordered drawn in
favor of the memliers of the court
for road supervision as follows:
H. C. Atchison, 1 day, $3.
i. A. Biggs, 1 day, $3.
I). C. Bourland, 3 days, $9.
T. D. McKinney, 3 days, $9.
The minutes of the foregoing
proceedings on pages 213 to 220,
both inclusive, were read and *p
proved in open court
F- F. Hiocins,
Co. Judge Brewster Co., Texas.
I* lora L. Daucnkrtv,
Co. Clerk Brewster Co., Texas.
Everybody Needs It
- - some time, and those who take it have it - -
DO YOU UNDERSTAND
your life insurance policies? If not and if
you want any information concerning them or
the companies you may be insured in I shall be
glad to serve you at any time.
H. S. WIGLE,
All Kinds of Insurance.
I
AN ORDINANCE *
Amending an Ordinance Regu-
lating the Payment of an Oc-
cupation Tax.
Be it ordained by the Town
Council of the Incorporated
Town of Alpine, Texas,
Sec. 1. Any one who refuses
his or her occupation tax
as required by law, shall be deem-
ed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
on conviction thereof, shall be
fined not leas than five nor more
than one hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. All ordinances or
parts of ordinances in conflict
with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Passed, approved and ordered
published according to law, this
16th day of May, 1910.
Attest S. A. Starr,
Jas A. Burke, Mayor.
Secretary.
Dress Making.
I am prepared to do dress-mak-
ing of all kinds and ask for your
patronage.
Mrs. R. C. Phelps.
Phone—118. 5-19-tf.
Job printing at Avalanche office
AN ORDINANCE
Amending an Ordinance Regulat-
ing Automobiles.
Be it ordained by the Town
Council of the incorporated 7 own
of Alpine, Texas:
Sec. 1. Any one -srho violates
Sec. 3, or Sec. 5, of an ordinance
regulating automobiles, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and on eonvicdon thereof shall be
fined not less than five nor more
than one-hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. AH ordinances or parts
of ordinances in conflict with this
are hereby repealed.
Passed, approved and ordered
published according to law, this
16th day of May, 1910.
Attest: S. A. STARR,
Jas. A. Burke, Mayor.
Secretary.
Notice of Board of Equalization
Meeting.
State of Texas,
County of Brewster.
Notice is
hereby given that a special term
of the Commissioner’s Court of
Brewster County will be held at-
the court house on Tuesday,
;(May 31,1910, at wtlfch time and
place all persons interested may
appearand show cause, if any
they have, why the action of said
court had in relation to the assess-
ment of property at the regular
Mav term, 1910, should not be
maae final. *
Given under my hand and of-
ficial seal at office in Alpine,
Texas, this 17th day of May,
1910.
Flora L. Daugherty,
Co. Clerk, Brewster County.
Get eggs that hatch. Black
Minorcas, Brown and White
Leghorns $1.00 per setting. Ba-
by chicks a specialty, 15c. each,
from Measday Poultry Farm.
Largent& Largent
DENTISTS
Office Hours
9--12
ALPINE
Phone 96
TEXAS
TAKE THE AVALANCHE
Subscription Price, $1.50 the year
The House of
Quality
Hord dt
Comp'y.
ALWAYS THE SAME
ALWAYS IHI BEST
We keep only the best groceries and feed
stuffs, which coupled with our ....
SQUARE METHOD OF DOING BUSINESS
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makes our store attractive to the buyer
who wants his money’s worth.
JUST RECEIVED—A Freeh line of Canned Goode, Fancy Gro-
ceries and Colorado Potatoes. Wa make a specialty of getting
what you want. Don't forget we have a complete line of . . .
HARDWARE AND CUTLERY-
CALL AND SEE US
Phori*
116
The House of
Quality
HORD & CO.
Musi Have Partitions in Cars Cnn-
tainiag Mixed Shipments if
Live Stock.
Houston, 7'cx., May 6, 1910.
To Ai.i. Agents:
Under the rates and rules pre-
scribed hv the Railroad Commis-
sion of 7'exas we are required to
handle mixed carload shipments
of livestock upon basis of the
highest rate andjnaximum weight
which would apply upon a straight
carload of any kind of livestock
loaded in the car.
When such mixed livestock are
offei'ed for shipment, precautions
Mitchell* Werth & Company
=zSALE ON WHITE GOODS=
must be taken to have the shipper
arrange the loading so as to pre-
vent the animals from injuring
each other in transit. 7'he dif-
ferent kinds of stock must lie sep-
arated by partitions placed in the
car by shipper at his expense.
It is imperative that hulls must
l>e separated from cows, calves,
steers or other kinds of stock, and
when a plurality of bulls is in the
car, or in a partition of a car the
shippers must be required to se-
curely tie each of them so that
they connot fight or injure each
other while in the car. The same
rule should applv to stallions and
jacks.
Calves should he partitioned oil
from grown animals. Wer will
not handle shipments of mixed
livestock unless the different kinds
of stock are separated by partitions
and tied when necessary, as above
outlined. Please be governed ac-
cordingly. J. R. Christum.
We have some nice hacks and
Some Special things to offer in Short
Lengths of Colored Wash Goods.
We are giving our stock A Spring Cleaning, so we
have many good things to offer you in the way of
first-class merchandise. ‘If it is Something New’
WE HAVE IT.-
WHITE GOODS
Regular 16c quality White Checked
Dimity, reduced to.............. 11 c *
Regular 25c quality of White Goods,
reduced to..................... 18^c
Regular 17# quality of White Goods
reduced to..................... 13y,c
LADIES’ WHITE SHIRT WAISTS
Regular $1.25 reduced to...... 90c
Regular 1.50reduced to.1.15
Regular 2.00 reduced to...... 1.46
Regular 2.25 reduced to...... 1.76
Regular 2.50 reduced toj.____ 1.90
Regular 3.00 reduced to..... 2.26
Remnants.
We are having a great sale on Colored Wash
Gooda. Remnants for Waists, Dresses, Girls’
Dresses and Skirts. Lengths to suit all pur-
poses. Wash goods remnants that were 15c in
the Lawn, now 10c. Wash goods Remnants
that were 10c, now 8$c Ginghams, all lengths,
that were I2fsad 12c now 8f to 10c
More Remnants.
We wish to call your attention to our "Basket j
of Rem hints. Such as Ribbon, Lace, Embroid-
ery, and many other Bungs you can find on our
Table of Remnant*, such as 'Calico, Ginghams,
Lawn and White EIGods. jt
Pfig
The followin' HMMinrt '’“tt"* ,h“ ”
Mitchell, Werth A Comp’y.
raised from original rendition:
The Leon & H. Blum Co.,
easy reach in many M, Carnes, Q, 1
Carnes,
W.
very reasonable prices. Call and
KC US.
Dewu* Lvum Co.
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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/m1/2/?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).