The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1919 Page: 1 of 4
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ALPINE, BREWSTER COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1919
VOLUME XXIX.
NUMBER 20
C. A. BROWN President.
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A WORD TO FORD CAR OWNERS
We are Building
BORDERLAND AUTO CO.
Romm
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THE UNIVERSAL CAR
If-
You know what you want, tell us
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We have the Goods
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H. L. KOKERNOT, Vice-Pres.
W. B. HANCOCK, Vice-Pres.
E. R. Waldron, mining engineer
of El Paso and former quicksilver
mine operator of California, is
quoted by the Herald as follows:
Quicksilver mining in Brewster
county, Texas, has a great future.
There has been produced there
more than $5,500,000 worth of
that metal from 1899 up to the
end of 1918 and of this amount
$2,750,000 worth was produced in
the past three years. The exact
figures of Texas production from
GEO. W. BAINES Jr, Cshier
H. L. HORD, Asst. Cashier
To satisfy you in every
deal is more important
to us than the profit on
that deal.
A Home Bank for Home People
Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent.
a Reputation for Right
Prices and Fair Dealings
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QUICKSILVER PRODUCTION
IN THE BIG BEND
Your FORD car will give satisfactory Service for
years if you just give it decent care. Let OUR SHOP .
look after it, making replacements when necessary, let
us keep it tuned up and running smoothly, and you’ll sure
have all the service and comfort you could get from a
brand new car. Its all in the knowing how. Our work-
men are skilled, and with an arrangement now perfected
with the accredited FORD dealer we are enabled to use
NOTHING BUT GENUINE FORD PARTS.
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You don’t Know what you want, ask us
West Texas Motor Co.
Alpine, Texas
A. G. Ferris & Bro.
Department Store
ALPINE STATE BANK
Alpine, Texas.
Capital, $30,000
Surplus, $35,000
The First National Bank
ALPINE, Texas
CAPITAL and SURPLUS $100,000.
OFFICERS.
and
all for Sale
Alpine Lumber Co.
Alamo Lumber Co.
Building Material
FUEL and FEED
mercury, known as ‘horn’ quick-
silver, have been found in the 6."
shallow workings, in the Ter-
lingua district.
Cinnabar forms in cracks,seams
and fissures of the zone of frac-5
ture, zone of flowage, belt of
weathering or belt of cementa-
tion. The richness of cinnabar is
to a great extent dependent upon
the size of the cavities, favorable
for deposition and consequently
upon the compactness of the
fissure fillings; hence, rich ore
bodies are found principally in
those parts where the fissure
filling has been crushed and dis-
torted. The characteristics of
quicksilver are so different from
those of all other metals that the
genesis of quicksilver deposits is
an intricate problem. The de-
posits are notoriously irregular
and this, with all other peculiari-
ties of the metal and deposits of
its ores, makes successful mining
of the metal require even more
skill than perhaps any other
metal. The process of reduction
is exceedingly simple, but in
practice it is by no means easy to
control.
The Brewster district has an
area of 5026 miles. The elevation
varies from 2617 feet to 7835 feet.
The ores are of higher grade than
those of California. The principal
producers are the Mariposa,
Chisos, Big Bend and Ellis mines.
The three first mentioned have
been in active operation since the
early stages of production of the
district, and have turned out
practically all of the quicksilver
of the county.
A SUBTLE ANTI - PROHIBI-
TION TRICK
upper cretaceous limestone and | 1 .
, ! Don t let vour dollars loaf. I
shale. Eagle Ford. They are TA e r |
. . 8 . , If you own Second Liberty Loan
closely associated with small 1 4.1 : . I
. . , bonds, take your interest coupons
bodies of intrusive rocks of va- to the postoffice. May 15th and
nous kinds. Some of the de--1, : * |
.. . . exchange them for Thrift or War'
posits in old Mexico are sim- Savings Stamps
ilar t.o these in Texas. This 83 Stamps.
lime is of advantage in smelting. Let us do your printing
Terlinguarite and oxychloride of P S'
BENJAMIN F. BERKELEY. W. VAN SICKLE,
President Vice President
• GEO, C. MILLER, V-President H. W. FERGUSON, Cashier.
Watch our ad in the
next edition of the
Alpine Avalanche.
We are preparing a great
suprise for you.
come from ultra-prohibition sour-
ces. Some extreme statements of
certain temperance workers and
organizations are quoted to make
it seem that Prohibition is to be
frantically carried to such a de-
gree of intolerance as to ruin!
many lines of legitimate business. |
Much capital is being made of the ,
fact that Georgia and Texas al-
ready have laws which, if strictly
interpreted, will mean the exclu-
sion of any article, medicinal or
otherwise, containing more than
one-half of one per cent, of alco-
the beginning of operations 11,
1000 1 9 io | The designed effect of such |
1899 to the end of 1918 were 84,- .. . |
675 flasks, value $5,679,677; the agitation is, of course to divide
, , .. . - prohibitionists against themselves
state ranking second to California . .
.... . on questions of doubtful import-
which has a grand total since 1850 ., . ...
of 2,234,083 flasks, value $105,-ance, just at this critical time
672,097. There will be developed when a tremendous effort is being
D. made bv the combined liquor in-
in Brewster, Texas, district a,1
:__1 1:1 .11 terests to defeat'the enforcement
cinnabar zone which will carry. .
millions in quicksilver values. I P
, 1 .Never was there a time when,
have been studying the Brewster ....
1:: r 1 more than now, all prohibition-
district for 30 months . . r |
A : D . x ists, conservatives and extremists
Operations in Brewster county i
1 1 1alike, needed to stand united for
begun in 1819 and the first year ...
1000 flasks were produced. The the strict enforcement of straight
district has not been scratched, prohibition.
J. A. Udden, W. B. Phillips, J. A" the devices and powers of
F. Clark and other scientific men evil are arrayed against the con-
who have investigated the dis- 1 summation °f the triumph over
trict, for years have predicted a the saloon.
quicksilver industry in that sec-. Until that triumph has been
tion - i fully completed, true temperance
, - • • workers must stand together for
The Texas ores are in massive i , . 8
1 , . .that glorious attainment
lower cretaccous limestone and o
The billion dollar anti-prohibi-
tion propaganda fund of the liq-
uor interests ‘is actively at work,
and one of its first subtle indica-
tions is seen in an agitation
against tobacco and the use of al-
cohol in flavoring extracts and in
the arts and sciences, says the
Christian Herald. The cunning of
the serpent is seen in the causing
of this agitation to appear to
There are more than 3,000,000 Ford cars
in daily operation in the United States. This
is a little better than one-half of the motor
cars used in America. The Ford car is every
man’s necessity. No matter what his business
may be, it solves the problem of cheapest
transporation. We solicit your order now,
because production is limited, and we must
make it the rule to supply first orders first.
Touring Car, $525; Runabout, $500; Coupe,
$650; Sedan, $775; Truck Chassis, $550.
These prices f. o. b. Detroit.
—— DRUGS A
If it’s drugs you want, come to us. Our stock is cor-
rectly labeled and you get what your doctor prescribes.
See our sundries too- We have a complete and
up-to-date line.
Phone 98 ===== Palace Pharmacy==
WALTER GARNETT, Prop.
TAKAS STATE LIBRAR)
•. Austin. Texas
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Livingston, C. W. The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1919, newspaper, May 22, 1919; Alpine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1651577/m1/1/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Texas State Library and Archives Commission.