27 Oct 1910
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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1910
Page
1
The county will not send deputy collectors for poll taxes this fall. All poll taxes must be paid at the courthouse before February 1911. Citizens are urged to pay early to receive receipts at the time of payment, following a ruling from the Army General’s office.
Before pacing up your neacers for the winter, it will be well to ake a careful examination of the an or zinc flues in your dwelling. Fires are more numerous during the early months of winter than many other season of the year, due to defective flues. It is not sufficient to attempt to detect flaws by merely looking up through the flue, it should be carefully tested for defects. One good method is to drive a nail through the end of a long stick and push it up and down the sides of the flue. In this man that looks sound will, upon examination, be found so badly rusted that it will fall to pieces upon ap plication of the slightest pressure. If there is any question whatever as to the soundness of your flues it will pay to have them refined before putting up heaters. This advice does not cost anything, whether you follow it or not, but if followed it might be instrument al in saving some home from be ing burned.
Expert geologists visiting Marathon area report ancient archan granite hills and a carboniferous to sub carboniferous basin with exposed shale and sandstone layers. The district near Marathon Texas shows anticlines favorable to oil, with gas evidence and abundant fossil shells, suggesting drilling could tap large basins yet to be drilled, continues on page four.
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