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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1920
Page
1
M T Chastain announces re election to the office of County Treasurer. He has been a trustworthy and accommodating officer whose reports have always balanced, and he is deemed truly worthy of support.
A correction notes that Casner Motor Car was misidentified and should have stated West Texas Motor Company. The piece labels both parties as hustlers in business and advocates printer's ink. the paper asks for pardons and pledges more careful future reporting. It ends with an advertising quip offering printing services.
A historical mining note describes prospecting for cinnabar and quicksilver, emphasizing float material, weathered surface indications, and the need to sink shafts and drive tunnels to reach a vein. It explains vein trends, faulting, depth expectations, and the process of opening levels to trace and evaluate ore values.
The passage discusses tunneling and cross-cutting to locate a lost vein. It notes risk of not finding the vein, while strong outcrop formations aid recovery. It emphasizes cautious acceptance of additional tunneling to reach the vein and salvage potential.
A B Rell, former proprietor of The Rell House, has bought a vulcanizing plant in San Angelo and left on the Orient for that city to join Mrs Rell and make it their home. Jack Mell also left by auto for San Angelo to enter the business with his father, bringing expert vulcanizing experience from Alpine. Alpine friends wish them success.
The Rev Clarence S McClellan Jr and Mr M Hickson lead a Healing Mission at the Presbyterian Church with a 7 PM service and a Monday 10 30 AM gathering. Church members urged to attend as part of broader praise and cordial outreach in the district.
The board led by W. H. Harrison opened in form at Crawford County detailing petty cash, jail repairs, mercantile costs, and supplies. Expenditures include drugs, ink, stationery, and printing with items from Maverick Clark Lithographing and Alpine Publishing and smallpox camp guarding by Bowles.
A candidate offers self as a county treasurer contender in the Democratic primary of July 1920. The record lists miscellaneous payments and services including grave digging, road work, county labor, guard duty at a smallpox camp, medical serving on call, and various vendors with small sums, indicating campaign and local expense items.
Mesdames Rooney and Elis from Fort Stockton offered nursing aid in Alpine last Friday. Alpine residents thank them for proactive care and recall a year earlier Fort Stockton’s aid during a severe epidemic. Walter Measday returned home Thursday from El Paso, reporting constant rain and flooded streets during her trip.
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