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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1910
Page
2
Alpine Avalanche edition dated Thursday morning December 16 110 features a misprinted masthead and publishing details. The notice lists the publishing company Alpine Texas and editor Yoru with subscription price in advance and post office entry information.
Press dispatches report Pullman Company rate cuts draw railroads opposition as railroads fear bearing the loss. The note suggests Pullman rents per mile and a shift in costs, urging public authorities to shield rail lines. Also celebrates Pecos Balmorhea rail completion and urges direct SP links to Alpine and Marfa fueling West Texas growth.
The West Texas Mining Congress met in Alpine to endorse a proposed new mining law with changes. A committee drafted resolutions urging reenactment by the 12th Legislature, including uniform mineral land prices and funding for a Western Texas Mineral Survey. The group opposed royalties to the state and sent copies to lawmakers and the press. A banquet followed adjournment at Henderson hotel.
Davis citizens receive a large shipment of 6000 apple and shade trees from Sherman Texas Nursery. Apple trees will go to farms and shade trees line Main Street in the residential area. W P Flow retires from the firm on December 14 1910, with Cas O Edwards to assume all debts and receive all drafts owed to the partnership.
Marathon Oil Co starts a well on a ridge southeast of the Scribner well in Marathon Texas. The rig uses a fourteen inch bit, fourteen inch point, heavy 1.5 ton drill, sixty foot mast, and steam driven engine. Investors flood in as stock sales proceed, with funds to cover casing and down payment. striking oil is considered certain.
Val Mason of Purcell's surveying corps reports from the Orient west of here that grade work advances to about fifty miles distant. A large force remains on site and blasting powder valued at $500 was consumed in a blast. Mason will leave his post and return.
Fort Davis mourns as Mrs. W Keesey dies in Wolfsburg West Virginia after years of illness. A Fort Davis resident for two decades she was 47 and a devoted Presbyterian, former president of Catherine Rebekah Lodge, with husband Mr. Keesey accompanying her north for treatment.
Notice is hereby given that the partnership subsisting between W. P. Flow and Cas O. Edwards under the firm name Alpine Auto Company was dissolved. All claims against the firm should be presented to W. P. Flow at his address for settlement.
The Reeves County Record reports Alpine Woodmen Circle elected officers last Friday night. New officers include Mrs J R Bean guard, Mrs J H Rector past guardian, Mrs Walter Garnett advisor, Miss Edna Shields attendant, Mrs Jas A Burke clerk, Mrs J R Middlebrook banker, Mrs J J Wade chaplain, Mrs Geo Blackburn inside sentinel, Dave Patton outside sentinel, A S Justice, Jim Bean and Geo Blackburn managers. Mr Hinley near town brought in a flowing artesian well at about three miles away, reaching 242 feet. The artesian belt is expanding. irrigation and alfalfa prospects rise with its development.
News reaches Fort Davis of the death of Mrs W Kees of Fort Davis after a prolonged illness. She had lived there twenty years and planned to enter a sanitarium in Oro. A Presbyterian church member and past president of the Catherine Rebekah lodge, she was widely known locally.
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