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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1900
Page
8
John Ford of Fl Paso visits Alpine while many locals travel, attend church, and work on bridges. A grand ball, Baptist convention trip, and a cold wave mark the week. Local deaths, elections, coal hopes, and rodeo prizes color the scene with multiple Marin Marathon and Terlingua connections and regional figures.
Brewster County reported a hotly contested election with returns incomplete after four of eight precincts. Boquillas barangay yet to report. old county ticket appears to have won by a large majority. Winners include B. Thomas for judge L. N. Halbert attorney M. A. Boyd clerk D. W. Gourley sheriff J. W. Phelps assessor L. J. Caruthers treasurer B. F. Billingsley inspector W. O. Harman unopposed surveyor W. D. Kincaid and A. M. Tarney for Precincts 1 and 2. Fred Clarke to represent Marathon precinct. strong Republican vote noted countywide. J T Williams and Miss Mettie Rhode wed at Floresville. Williams a former Alpine business figure. The couple will reside in Alpine.
Gold ore from the Compromise mine at White Oaks is shown in glass dishes in El Paso. Eugene Heinman, general manager, will take the ore to Chicago with twelve sacks valued around 60,000. The vein widens with depth and yields almost pure gold. coal prices and local shipments are noted. Also notices of unsettled accounts and a local death are included.
Notice commands Pecos County Sheriff to publish four weekly notices prior to the November 1900 term. Lt Y Hancock filed for probate of Geo P Lanier deceased will and appointment of executor. Hearing set at Fort Stockton County Court at the courthouse on the third Monday in November 1900. contest permitted. Witness Frank Rooney Clerk.
W. D. Barnhill buys E. M. Hollingsworths interest in E. M. Hollingsworth & Co. the firm becomes D. W. Barnhill Hollingsworth stays in charge of the prescription department for a time the News wishes the new venture success and hopes Hollingsworth remains in town. Uvalde News Pushes telephone line from Alpine to Terlingua.
In Goliad Sheriff Jim Pettus shot and killed RL Cartwright after a confrontation over political talk. Pettus and Wheeler Pettus fired at Cartwright, who was unarmed, following an argument about the election. One Pettus brother was accidentally wounded in the arm.
Talks of a telephonic link between Alpine and Terlingua gain support from ranchers south of Alpine. Residents see barb wire fences as partial rights of way and expect county wealth and tax bases to rise with development, a new railroad, and mineral activity in Brewster County.
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