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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1902
Page
4
Local residents drop by Pecos and Temple on business as Col Beaumont visits for livestock work. Rentals offered for Fou Rent My Livery Stable and pasture adjoining town by W B Hancock. Residents move to Marathon and San Antonio while J M Haney and H M Truhart ranch dealings unfold.
News from San Antonio states Mrs. R A Dewees has died. Her husband lived in San Antonio years ago. She resided in Terlingua and had many Brewster county friends. Some say she spent the summer in Virginia. It is rumored a recent birth may have caused her death.
A man and maiden stroll through Alpine as they plan a future together. The groom describes a dream home with a heat cottage, garden features, a small library, and pictures, while the bride asks about furnishings and life in the new town. Their dialogue reveals hopes for happiness and fears of conflict.
Duncan Campbell sold about 900 stock cattle at 8.15 per head to W. E Porter of El Paso as the last of his Brockenbrow purchases. He plans to avoid scrubs and select a breed best suited to the climate, likely black muley. Jackson & Harman shipped two cars of fat stock to San Antonio for the fair, prices 3.50 and 3.75. Several ranchers received yearlings from multiple sources, with notable praise for Brewster county’s sale quality.
The Orient engineers shifted their camp Monday to Strobel near Capt. Gillett's tank and began surveying toward Alpine. Wakulewicz plans two preliminary lines before locating the route, with right of way talks expected once a practicable line is found. Messrs Trammel and McCaulley of Sweetwater will visit Alpine to discuss rights and depot grounds.
The notice proclaims C. W. Moore as a candidate for Brewster County Sheriff in the upcoming November election. Also announced are J. B. Morin of Kinney County running for District Attorney in the Forty-first Judicial District and G. W. Page for County Attorney in Brewster County at the same November election.
Reports from two reliable channels indicate a mining boom as San Antonio Mining Company prepares stamp mills within three weeks. Mrs. Woodward locates thirteen claims and plans fifteen more. surface ore runs about five dollars per ton and deeper ore averages fifteen to eighty six gold, with quality described as inexhaustible.
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