The Alpine Avalanche. (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 22, 1911 Page: 1 of 6
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The Alpine Avalanche.
VOL. XXL
ALPINE, BREWSTER COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1911.
NO. 26
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It is truly remarkable that al-
though the germ of tuberculosis
was identified a generation ago
sod has been exhaustively studied
by scientific men all over the
world ever since, no specific rem-
edy for this most destructive,
most widely prevalent among dis-
eases has ever been found. Hopes
have been excited by announce-
ments from eminent bacteriolo-
gists, including the discoverer of
the tuberculosis germ, Dr. Robert
Koch himself; but always with
more than offset by undesirable
effects. It has been supposed
that iodine would prove to be
highly valuable in tuberculosis
cases if op hr some suitable means
of administering the drag could
be found; and many workers
have sought to dp what Dr. de
Szendeffy is now said to have
done. Of course, the Hunga-
rian doctor and the other tubercu-
losis expats mentioned bang rep-
utable scientific men, there is
nothing secret about the new
drug
complete disappointment in the
epd. Diphtheria, cercbrals-opin
meningitis and various other dis-
eases have had their deadlines*
enormously decreased by the use
of appropriate anti-toxins de-
signed to cure or produce immu-
nity on the principle which vac-
cination for smallpox 4ias made
familiar; but, beginning with
Koch's "tuberculin," all soch
preparations for tuberculous were
discredited long ago except,
sometimes, as aids to diagnosis.
Nor has it ,Been found possible in
the loot to do with drugs what
the newer science of bacteriologv
could not accomplish. Creosote
for tuberculous was never, appar-
ently, anything more than a su-
perstition. Of tuberculosis cases
not too far advanced a considera-
ble proportion have proved cura-
ible, but solely by such natural
i means as out door living, com-
plete rest and nourishing food.
It meant the saving of many lives
to learn this and to war against
the spread of infection, but other-
' wise scientific study of the great
i tuberculosis problem has been al-
imost without result.
As the latest supposed remedy
ffipr tuberculosis the world is told
ltfcat Dr. De Saendeffy bf Buds
jpest has discovered a new drag
(combination which some of Eu-
rope'* highest authorities upon
she disease, after experimenting
fisr several years, pronounce ex
tremely valuable. This prepara-
tion is composed of peptonized
iodine with a little menthol and
ndium barium chloride. Iodine,
the chief ingredient^ Jias long
When a number of physicians
of the highest ability and stand-
ing, operating independently of
each other at great distances apart
and during a period of several
years, agree that 'tin all cases
without exception marked Jm-
provement occurred," even the
threefold skepticism which new
"consumption cures" must justly
encounter is bound to weaken
somewhat. It is particularly not-
able that the Hungarian scientist
refrained from making his discov-
ery public—from raising more
false hopes—until thorough and
prolonged tests by other men in
other countries had been made.
Very possibly a valuable specific
for tuberculosis, though of course,
not any absolute or infallible
cure, has been found at last If
so, a grateful world will never for-
get the discoverer's name.
. been known to exert upon tuber-
. culosis marked curative tenden-
. act, which, unfortunately, were
Getting Something for Nothing.
An inordinate desire to get
something for nothing leads to
greed in business and unless re-
strained sometimes results in
crime, but every property owner
in Texas can get something for
nothing in x perfectly legitimate
way by joining in the crusade for
improving and extending our
transportation facilities.
Improving public highways
adds three times, their coat to con-
tiguous lands; building new rail-
roads adds $64,000 pier mile to
adjoining property and improving
waterways increases property val-
ue*. Improving.public highways
and building nijroads is the onjy
honest wav of getting something
for nothing, and the property
owners of Texas can get rich he
improving amf increasing their
transportation facilities.—Devine
Reporter.
The New Ami-Pass Law.
The amendment to the antipass
law adopted at the last session of
the Legislature goes into effect to-
day and substitutes a new section
revising the list of exceptions pro-
vided in the original law as enact-
accounts against the State or liti-
gants when such pan is used or
could have been used.
Exchange of service between
railway and tefcgraph and tele-
phone companies for officers and
employes and their families is per-
mitted. and iriKfcy companies and
ed by the Thirtieth Legislature, .newspaper publishers may con-
Under the new law, which be-
comes effective today, free service
may be given by the milwav com-
panies, steam or electric, telegraph
companies, chartered transporta-
tion companies and sleeping car
companies. But this free or ex-
change service may be given only
to the following named persons:
Actual bona fide employes of auy
such companies, and the members
of their families. The term em-
ployes shall be construed to em-
brace only the following persons:
Those sctually employed and en-
gaged in the service of such com-
panies, including officers, bona
fide ticket, passenger and-freight
agents, physicians, surgeons and
general attorneys and attorneys
who appear in court to try cases
and who receive a reasonable an-
nual salary; furloughed, pension-
ed and superannuated employes,
persons who have become infirm
or disabled in the service of any
such common carrier. The term
"families" shall include the fami-
lies of the persons above named,
and also the families of persons
killed while in the service of "’any
such common earner.
Persons actually employed on
trains are, of course, carried free
and in addition to these chairmen
of grievance committees of em-
ployes, customs and immigration
inspectors employed by the Gov-
ernment, Federal, State, county
State Rail-
road Commissioners, Game, Fish
and Oyster Commissioner and
two deputies, necessary care-takers
of livestock, poultry and perisha-
ble products, indigent poor when
passes are applied for by any reli-
gious or charitable organization,
Sisters of Charity or members of
religious organization of like
character, managers of Young
Men's Christian Associations and
eleemosynary institutions while
engaged in charitable work, per-
sons hurt in wrecks and physi-
cians and nurses attending them.
Confederate Veterans of the Con-
federate Home, Live Stock San-
itary Commissioners, peace offi-
cers, etc The use of a free pass
in attendiiig a political convention
or upon a political errand is pro-
hibeted.'
If a railroad company shall is-
sue a. free nass to any sheriff in
Texas it must issue a likte pass to
every sheriff in the State who
shall make written application for
the same.__It ia provided, how-
ever, that any sheriff or peace of-
ficer who uses a pass shall deduct
the money value of same from his
tract to exchange transportation
for advertising it regular rates.
This does not, o| course, contem-
plate the issutnefe of-free passes to
newspapers or newspaper men on
a complimentary basis, as was for-
merly done, but merely a business
arrangement between publishers
and transportation companies, in
which each givts the other a quid
pro quo. Thia, however, was all
that the nesrapapers asked for
from the Legislature, and the ar-
rangement is eotirely satisfactory.
—San Antonio Express.
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Intoxicate is No Bar.
A ruling was made in the
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
yesterday, opinion prepared by
Associate Justice W. S. Fly, in
the case of M. F. Dewitt vs. J.
B. Bowers, appeal from Farmer
county, reversed and remanded,
that a person cannot escape liabil-
ity on a contract on the mere
groundjhat he was intoxicated at
the tiipe of its execution, unless it
is proved that he was so intoxi-
cated that he was unable to irn-
derstand the nature of
the contract and the consequences
of its execution.
He may be intoxicated to
such a degree as to be excited or
so as to prevent him foom acting
with that degree of care that he
would use were he sober," says
Judge Fly in his opinion, "still
he would not be released from his
contractual liability. His con-
tract cannot be avoided, in other
words, unless his drunkenness
was of such a character that he
did not know its true intent or
meaning, which is an amelioration
of the early common law rule that
asserted that a contract entered
into by an intoxicated person was
binding upon him. As said by
this court, through Justice Neill
in Wells vs. Houston:
" *To avoid a contract on this
ground the obligor must have
been so drunk as to have de-
throned reason, memory and
judgment, and impaired his men-
tal faculties to an extent that
wduld render him non compos
mentis for the time being, espec-
ially where there is no pretense
that any person connected with
the transaction aided in or pro-
cured the drunkenness.*
"It has been held that a lest
degree of intoxication than that
required to absolutely invalidate
a contract may serve as a basis for
age of it. This would involve
questions of fraud and undue in-
fluence, however, and not those
of capacity to execute the con-
tract."
Bowers instituted the suit and
alleged that he was a stockman
and a farmer, and that on /Dec.
12, 1909, beimj^junday, while he
was within *Be bounds of the
town of Texico he entered the
Big Four saloon, and while there
he was approached by Dewitt
with the proposition to sell the
saloon, fixtures* and stock for
|2,000. Bowers claims that at
the time he made the trade he
was in an intoxicated condition to
such an extent that he did not
thoroughly understand and com-
prehend the nature and probable
consequences of the contract, and
made no pretense of any investi-
gation of the condition and status
of the property as to the quantity
and value of it He later de-
manded the return of his money,
which demand was refused. He
sued, and the jury gave him a
verdict for $2,000, the amount
sued for, with interest.—-San An-
tonio Express.
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The New Depositor
Is assured direct personal attention and service at this bank
We provide for the protection and safety of hia money end
furnish him with check and bank books free of charge. He Hi
also entitled to our best advice in financial matters and, to
the extent of prudent, conservative banking, to material as-
sistance in building up HIS business.
Why not open an account with us and avail yourself of these
opportunities’
ALPINE
avoiding the same if the drunk-
enness was caused by the other
party, or if he takes unfair advant-
Cry of Hard Times A Myth.
There is a whole lot of talk
thele gratuitous days about the
prevalence of hard times and not
very encouraging prospects in the
world of trade for the immediate
future. That’s the best possible
way to bring about such condi-
tions. Continued talk of hard
times helps them to develop bet-
ter than anything else. But such
talk is out of place now and espe-
cially as it relates to the conditions
that will prevail during the next
few months and years. It is true
that during the past few months
business in several sections of the
country has not been as brisk in
all lines as it has been during the
periods of unusual prosperity that
the United States has enjoyed.
But this was due to the fact that a
necessary readjustment of prices
to lower levels has been under
way. Conservatism in the con-
duct of all lines of trade and in-
dustry necessary follows. No
merchant is going to be £~"heavy
buyer in a declining market. He
will merely purchase goods from
time to time—enough to keep
his store stocked. The prospect
of still lower prices is responsible
for such caution.
Even under these circumstan-
ces, through the statistics of the
experts show that the volume of
trade in the entire country is
about normal and compares more
than favorably with the volume
of trade during the most prosper-
ous periods of recent years. Of
course there is an ever increasing
population to cater to, so the vol-
ume of trade of the present is
bound to keep up with the vol-
ume of other year*, but this vol-
ume is so large that it keeps all
kinds of business and industry on
a general profitable move. As a
matter of fact conditions are more
settled and safe in the world of
trade and finance in this country
today than they have been in a
long time. The people generally
as well as the business man have
been economizing. This means
that much capita! is being hoard-
ed up that will be turned loose as
it will be needed in the immediate
future for all kinds of develop-
ment and as can be seen in the
large undertakings that are now
under way. Last, but not least,
are the excellent crop prospects.
The crops will again create this
year their billions of dollars of
new wealth, an d when you get
right down to brass tacks, hard
times have a poor show for life in
such a country as we have and in
the United States where billions
of dollars worth of crops are rais-
ed each year. It would take a
season of absolute crop failures
through the entire land to bring
anything approaching hard times.
There will always be ups and
downs in the world of trade but a
brief period of depression is im-
properly construed when it is
considered a harbinger of hard
times.
Credit Farming
Th* credit system used by many
(armors In the state la more damag-
ing to agricultural Interests than the
8MI weevlL No farmer can thrive and
pay the debts of his neighbors which
Is the Inevitable result of tho credit
system. Debt la a hard taskmaster
and It saps the vitality of every man
and avery ltno of Industry that Is
within Its dutches. The merchant and
banker should help the farmer get on
a cash basis. When the fanner has a
good hank account wa are all prosper
•us.
Road Building
"Road build’ a li a science,” said
O. L Cooley, representing the good
roods department of the Federal gov-
ernment at the Good Roads Conven-
tion at the Dallas Palr^wst fall. “There
ts no more reason why a man should
work out his road tax than that ha
Should teach out hie school tax. Wa
lose millions of dollars annually by
lack of Intelligent application of load
funds.”
Mr. Business Man!
Do you want returns for your
money? If so, try an advertise-
ment in
The Alpine Avalanche
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Yates, W. J. The Alpine Avalanche. (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 22, 1911, newspaper, June 22, 1911; Alpine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth803678/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 13, 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).