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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1902
Page
12
Local items report gentlemen visiting relatives, court actions, quarantine arrests, and railroad well progress near Alpine. Notables include J. Van Sickle’s delegation, inspectors seizing cattle crossing quarantine lines, and Wilbur Lindell’s water bore reaching sustaining strata. Community notes cover real estate, prospects for fall trade, and school preparations ahead of September.
J McElroy visited from Saturday to Tuesday purchasing about two thousand yearlings. Jackson and Norwan sold 100. 600 bought from other A. Gage buyers. Baldridge Bros. received Gage crop of yearlings minus 4000 black muleys. Kokernot & Kokernot sold black muleys to Henry Reynolds. Havcock sold 500 yearlings to Gage at 31.5. Loehoausen sold to Bald ridge Boos 2000 yearlings at 13 and plans a further thousand at the same price.
Clerk MA Moyd received advice that leases in Hrewater County were cancelled by the Land Commissioner. Named parties include Wd Melnyyre, SF Lendersen, the IL Newill, Ow Ghurches, Dha eet te'ware Cyperane Hernandes, and others. Details unclear due to OCR fragment.
A series of authorizations and announcements list T M Newton D A T Wanton B C Thomas M A Born J W Puers B F Billines Ley W M Haman C A Hector C W Moore J S Morin as candidates for various Brewster County offices including Tax Assessor Sheriff Treasurer County Judge District Clerk and County Surveyor with requests for support and thanks to voters.
Prof Wm Bb Phillipe of the University of Texas mineral survey and assistant Edward Ross spent days surveying mineral veins east of here. They found veins identical in fork texture and formation to rich quartz silver veins at Terlingua and noted a promising gold and silver prospect eight miles up Termile creek with local interest. The professor heads toward Presidio for several months to study broader Southwestern mineral potential. Nearby, community events include a Sunday School fundraiser at the Methodist, sixteenth church admissions across denominations, and notes of pastor movements and local social gatherings.
A veteran watchmaker and jeweler with years of experience buys fixtures and materials from Jovs Erickson and will run a watchmaking jewelry and repair business at Erickson’s former stand in the St George Block. He plans a line of fine jewelry and offers prompt attention via orders left with J.R Madeufort.
A freight train derailed at a washout near Lasker overnight, killing Engineer Schwartz and injuring Fireman Hammer slightly as an eastbound passenger train was eight hours late. District Attorney J R Sanford returned from Rockport after a fishing trip. A Chihuahua to Aldama excursion party arrived Tuesday August 2, while drought delays between Aldama and Presidio del Norte ease as rains resume. Local sermons praised by Reother Foulks during his three day visit.
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