The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1912 Page: 1 of 4
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The Alpine Avalanche
VOL. XXII.
ALPINE, BREWSTER COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1912.
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The First National Bank
OF ALPINE, TEXAS.
Capital and Surplus $90,000.00
We solicit year business, assuring prompt and courteous treat-
’ meat, and every facility ^consistent with prudent hanking methods
Our directorate is made up of men who are individually suc-
cessful and collectively able to care for your beat interests.
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Authoritative Land Title Cautions
(NO. 4)
' WHY YOU OUGHT TO HAVE KNOWN.
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The Supreme Court of Texas Says:
“ Aparty will always be charged with knowing whatever, by
t use of what he admits he knew, and of the MEANS
IS POWER,_he OUGHT TO HAVE KNOWN.’*
(Var deman vs. Edwards. 21st Supreme Court Reports, p 743.)
The above is a case where a party bought without properly inquiring into
tb* ‘title/’ I* was held by the Court fp. 744) that bis “title” “WAS
TITLE. OR THE EVIDENCEOF A TITLE." In other words, the
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NOT A TITLE. OR THE EVIDENCE OF A TITLE.” In othei
purchaser paid out his good money for absolutely NOTHING.
The only reliable MEANS in your POWER for inquiring into
von are about to purchase or loan money upon iB the ABSTRACT
the TITLE
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da of pages just such matters, am
KNOW concerning a given title,
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Trans-Pecos Abstract
W. M. SANFORD. Manaokr. Alpine. Texas.
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Alpine Manufacturing Co
PLUMBING, TOWING A BUCKSMTHWG
We make a specialty of Repairing Windmills.
Our work Guaranteed and Prices are Reasonable
Let us Figure on Your Job.
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Wallers sad Gray Are “Martyrs.”
Austin, Texas.—The su-
preme court has disposed fi-
nally of die contempt cases
against J. F. Woltera and Wm.
A. Gray, of Houston, by over-
Tulling the motion for a
rehearing of the habeas corpus
proceedings. This decision
frees the two defendants from
the charge of contempt and
nullifies the action of the legis-
lature in sentencing each to
24 hours* imprisonment in the
Travis couty jail. _
These companion cases are
-notable not only in the legis-
lative and jurisprudence annals
Big Texas Steer.
Roswell, N. M.—"The
mammoth steer from the baby
state’* will be the latest adver-
tising effects for New -Mexico,
and especially for Rosewell.
George Slaughter" had the
big range graded steer brought
from over the Texes line
Slaughter ranch to die New
Mexico side and had it weighed
in,the city yesterday. It tipped
the scales at 2200, a gain of
120 pounds in three weeks.
This is the biggest steer ever
raised in this section. It is
now four years old and up to
a few days ago had no other
food than the usual range.
of Texas, but are *lso impor- M . .
Both defendants claim that
martyrs of
the cause for which they were
contending. Woltera took
advantage of this alleged
martyrdom to become a can-
didate for the United States
senate and he and his friends
are making all possible capital
out of the toadied persecution
which die Prohibition faction
of the legislature is alleged to
have practiced upon them.
Mr. Gray .haw not entered the
race for an office, but he hah
made die best of the oppor-
what he claims is die folTf^
tocy of the two cases.
aft the Royal Stock show in
steer
Kansas City next October and
at the International Stock show
to be held in Chicago next Dec-
ember.
Cow men seeing the
on the streets Friday said it
was the best they had ever
seen. Several good photo-
graphs of die animal have been
taken. It > branded the
Slaughter “Long S” on the
thigh. '
Cane Far Sale.
tunity of his aBeged martyr=4 ouJJwhich Tam^ow Iff^n^tor
dom by writing a bock giving *le tt $14
•ale at 114 per ton, delivered.
One half ton lots at J7.2S.
Robt G Goodwin.
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POWDER
ly Purm
The only Baking Powder made
Royal Grape Cream ofTartar
BO ALUM, HO LIMA PMOSPHATX
Orient
— dlawr faeai
lonitnicuos
Hiked
ia Today, 12 Years Ago ia Alpine.
I J. C. Bird is running a 100
Fort Worth, Texas.—Con- ft tunnel at his mine, twelve
atruction work on the Orient in
Mexico has been temporarily
abandoned on account of
revolution now in progress,
some of the bridges having
been burned, and the majority
of the laborers either having
become frightened and run
away or become patriotic and
joined the insurgent forces.
This information was given
out by C. H. Webster of Sweet
water, chief-engineer of the
road, who spent last week “at
the front” in old Mexico. Con-
struction has progressed to a
point about eighty miles north
of Chihuahua, said Mr. Web-
ster, and was being pushed on-
ward to the Rio Grande, while
the work is being prosecuted
southward from the Texas end
of the line.
Mr. Webster would not dis-
cuss the injunction proceedings
concerning the Sweetwater-San
Angelo controversy further
than to say that he, with thir-
teen others, had been fined
$100 each for contempt of
court.
Nick J. O’Brian, vice presi-
dent and general manager of
the road, also was in the city
Monday and was noncommit-
tal with reference to the matter.
Mr. O’Brien left Monday
night for Sweetwater and Mr.
Webster for Quanah, from
which place he will go over
the Orient
about 30 feet of the
thej main shaft and has struck a
body of ore running 53 ounces
of silver and 48 per cent lead.
Caruthers and Goad are also
working in good ore now near
this property.
\ “Uncle Peter” Harrison, well
known in Alpine and father
of W. H. Harrison of this
place, died in San Antonio
last Tuesday. Deceased was
76 years of age at the time of
his death.
Only Justice.
The fact ought not to be
lost sight of that while these
striking employes are now de-
manding higher wages, it. was
not for higher wages that they
struck. It was against a re-
duction of wages already too
low to enable them to live like
civilized beings that they struck.
The Massachusetts Legisla-
ture had passed a measure re-
ducing jhe lawful working time
four hours a week, whereupon
the Woolen Company, in a
spirit of reprisal and as if to
mock the public sentiment that
had brought about that legisla-
tion, made a corresponding re-
duction in wages. It is to be
observed that throughout this
matter Republican statesman
have had precious litde to say.
They eeem to feel that it is not
their time to talk, and, in that
view, there can be
that the country
doubt
no
will concur
with them. Even their audaci-
ty can hardly be equal to the
task of just singing" the old
songs, the songs which tell so
pathetically the beneficence of
protection to American labor.
If there are any workers in this
country who deserve ' (ugh
wages by grace of the tariff it
is those in dies woolen mills,
for that industry, all things
considered, enjoys a higher de-
gree of protection than any
other. Yet it is doubtful if any
class of workers in this coun-
try, of anything like equal
number, get so small a scale
of wages.
Midland,—An exhibition of
miles east of Alpine, and is
now in
Arthur Ragin and Herbert
Bishop have erected a tele-
graph line from the depot to
the Avalanche offiice. We
dont know when we will start
our daily and receive the news
fresh from the wire, but hope
to he in shape for this service
in a short time.
The cowmen of Brewster
county and this entire section
have reason to be happy. In
the fall it was thought that
there would be the heaviest
loss of cattle in years but
there has been-so much rain
and warm snow, the stock
now bid fair to go through
in really better shape than for
years past. Grass has been
growing for past two or three
weeks, and the rains of the
past few days will soon make
this section of country look
most like a wheat field.
Charley Klitt died this
morning at 6 o’clock at the
home of Fritz Weyerts, in
Alpine. He was streken with
cerebral spinal meningitis
early on Wednesday morning
and never regained concious-
ness. For the past year he
had worked for Sam Swing.
He was sleeping with August
Newman and about 4 o'clock
Wednesday morning the latter
was awakened by Klitt having
hold of him and the two men
had quite a struggle till help
arrived, and it was found
neccessary to tie hiln down in
a hack and bring him to town
where the poor fellow lingered
till death relieved him this
morning.
to stockmen and farmers in
certain sections of the United
States. A circular on this sub-
ject was issued in 1908 by the
biological survey of the depart-
ment of agriculture. Although
die fetid scent described in that
circular has proved very useful
in trapping coyotes and wolves,
a much npore effective scent,
used by some of the meet suc-
cessful wolf trappers in the
west, and which has been test-
ed with good results by field
naturalists of die survey, is
prepared as follows:
Putirito a bottle the urine
from m wolf, the gall and anal
gland* which are situated un-
der the skin on either side of
die vent, and resemble small
plowing with a tractor engine pieces of bluish (mb or, if these
pulling a gang of 10 plows, is‘cannot be readily found, die
being made on Henry M.Halff*s whole anal parts may tie used;
hurm, a mile from Midland. | In preparing four ounces of
The company shipped a 60 the mixture use one-quarter
horsepower oil pull tractor here die amount of glycerine to give
for the purpose of making this it body and to prevent too
rapid evaporation, and one
grain of corrosive sublimate to
keep it from spoiling..
Let the mixture stand several
days, then shake well and scat-
ter a few drops on weeds or
ground six or eight inches back
of the place selected for the
trap. Carefully conceal the
trap, if possible near a trail
which the wolves follow, so
that they will catch the scent
as they pass. The farther
from the trail the trap is set
the greater will be the quantity
of scent needed. A little of
the scent should be rubbed on
the trapper's gloves and shoe
soles to conceal the human
odor.
This bait attracts wolves
only, but a similar bait, made
from the secretions of coyotes,
is equally effective to attract
these animals. It is highly
probable also that wild cats,
lynx and mountain lions will
be attracted by bait prepared
in a similar manner from their
secretions.
Orient Railway Receiver Ap-
pointed.
Kansas City, Mo.—Creditors
for the Kansas City, Mexico
& Orient railway late this
afternoon filed with the clerk
of the federal court in Kansas
City, Kan., an application was
made before Federal Judge
Pollock.
E- Dickinson of Kansas
City, vice president and gen-
eral manager of the road was
appointed a receiver and
another receiver is to be
chosen.
At 5:30 p. m., the court was
in executive session ^with the
attorneys representing attor-
neys for the creditors and the
railroad.
The creditors that asked for
the receivership were the
International Construction
Company of Delaware, The
Union Construction Company
of Delaware, The Western
Tie & Timber Company of
Kansas, and the United States
and Mexican trust company
here.
The railroad was projected
by A. E. Stillwell about 12
years ago and it was to extend
froth Kansas City to Topolo-
bampo, Mex., a distance of
1,229 miles.
Nine hundred and ninety-
eight miles of the route have
been completed and the trains
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A HOME BANK FOR HOME PEOPLE
ALPINE STATE BANK
Capital, Surplus aitil Profits $36,000
BENJAMIN F. BERKELEY.
President
GEO. C. MILLER, V. President
H W. FERGUSON,
W. VAN 8ICKLE,
Vice President
J. H DERRICK, Cashier.
Ass’L Cashier
This bank is under the direct supervision of the State Banking
Board, governed by the laws of Texas, made by the naopla fur the
people. • The noninterest bearing and unsecured deposits of this
bank are protected by the Depositors Guaranty Fund ox ths State
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Waives. ;
Washington, D. C.—The de-
struction of wolves and coyotes ^ now ranning over the
is a matter of great importance fini,hed portion. The road
was financed largely by Dutch
and Englih capitalists, A. E.
Stillwell j is in New York.
The latest statement issued
by the road indicated that its
expences were, greater than its
recepts*
i Notice Is Agio Owners.
I am now prepared to vulcan-
ize aijd repair automobile casings
and-tires and guarantee alt work.
Shop opposite Mercantile Co.
Polk H«nson.
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Trespass Notice.
Notice is hereby given that all
parties are forbidden under pen-
alty of the law, to hunt, fish,
comp, or in any way, trespass
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Yates, W. J. The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1912, newspaper, March 14, 1912; Alpine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth803117/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 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).