El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02
ALPINE PAYS FINAL
BONUS TO ORIENT
Commercial Club VIII Send Exhibit of
Farm Products to san Angelo Fair;
Road Bond Issue Advocated.

Commercial Club VIII Send Exhibit of
Farm Products to san Angelo Fair;
Road Bond Issue Advocated
Alpine, Texas, Nov. 1.-The final set
Element between the business men Of
Alpine and the receivers Of the Orient
railway has been accomplished by the
payment of $500 to the railway, COM
pleting the bonus agreed upon when the
line was surveyed through Alpine.
! The Alpine Commercial club viii send
an exhibit to the San Angelo fair IN
charge of A ]. Tippett. Among other
items in the exhibit will be samples Of
alfalfa, hay, cane and potatoes from the
Jackson and Harmon ranches, and sam
pies Of apples of all sorts from the
M1tre Peak ranch Beets ha1Sed on the
Means ranch and weighing over 10
pounds each have been on exhibition at
one of the local grOcers- W. II. Funk
5 showing a pumpkin weighing 20
pounds, raised on his ranch near town,
and Jackson and Harmon have a 1-2
pound potato that grew across the road
from the Funk pumpkin
Jackson and Harmon viii send a car
each OF fat cows and yearlings from
their Alpine ranges to be exhibited at
the National Feeders and Breeders as
sociEation show; to be held at Fit Worth
on November p.
The MoUntaineers club has been re-
organized with the following officers:
President, g. W. Baines, jr-; vice presi-
dent, e l. Frazier; secretary and treas
urer R, c. Armistead. The club will
take a prominent part in the social life
Of Alpine during the winter.
Want Better Roads.
The petition which is to be presented
at the next session of commissioners
court, asking that bond issue of $780,
OOOs to be used for the construction Of
good roads through Brewster county,
De submitted to the vote OF the citizens
OF the county, has now over. 300 sigma
lures This is more than one-half the
qualIfled voters Of the county. Next
week tssb. A L Westgard, who is making an
oI1lclaI log for the TranscOntinental
highway, viii be in Alpine and win ad-
dress a meeting of citizens.
Judge Rees Turpin, of Kansas City,
has been in Alpine in connection with a
project to develop the Leoncita dam site
which was relinquished by the Orient
railway on account Of lack Of funds
arising from the receivership.
"A new directory of Alpine is about to
be published.
Quits Newspaper for Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. W Q. Easterling, for
merry prOpr1etOrs and publishers of the
Alpine Guide have gone to Fort Davis
to take charge Of the Stewart hotel
to Marathon
Mrs. NJ. N. Mcfarland has returned
from visit to Corpus Christi
Judge WigfaH Van Sickle is at San
angelo and neighboring towns.
>. W. weaver IS travelling through
north and west Texas
Eugene Smith, Edith PaImanteer Ma
Del Newton and Felix Whitley had the
highest averages IN the Alpine schools
for the month.
Mrs. Charles Carroll Is visfffn,
friends in town
Mrs. Anna Holden. who has been
spending the summer and fall in Anime
mas returned to her home in San An
tonic
Mrs o. H. Hector has returned from
{ trip to Dallas
Miss Enon smith has gone to vaIen-
tine. where she will act as governess
on the Quinn ranch
henry Fletcher has gone to visit in
san antonio and other towns in the
vicinity.
John Reininger and Wells ATacTn+vz-e
OF Marathon, were in Alpine
MIS- Mac Word has returned TO her
nome IN Alice, after a visit to the
Iamlly OF her uncle, H n. Garrett
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Mitchell mo-
tored down to Alpine from Maria.
COnvaleseent From Operation.
III, NJ ana MIS- Eugene Parr have re-
turned from Fl PasO to their ranch.
MI Parr is cOnvalescing from an
operation for appendicitis
Mr. and Mrs R. S Evans and G. W.
Baxter, Of Maria, have decided to
come TO Alpine to live
>: T. Weaver, jr, died at his late
residence IN Alpine, after a short i'll
ness He viii be buried in the Anime
cemetery. He is survived bv his v-ife
and two children. his father, J r.
Weaver, ST., and a brother, Rev. A 81
W eaVer, of Marathon.
DR.. and Mrs. J. L Gilbert entertained
a Few of their friends at dinner. The
guests included Mrs H NJ. Terry. Miss
Murphy, and DR.. and Mrs. J. r Middle
brook.
Doc GourIey. of FL Paso. is in Al
pine.
Mrs ". O. Smith has resigned as
kindergarten teacher in the public
Mrs. H. NJ Terry and her children.
VINO nave been in Alpine since June
have returned to their home in Sour
Lake. Miss Murphy. who spent the
summer with Mrs Terry. will 20 to
her home in NagOdoches.
Jonn Young IT., has returned from
Pink Phelps is working for the G.
n. < S. A as billing clerk
mrs II. 7. Luthy and her children
are in FL Paso, the guests of Mrs
Mrs. J. n Whitley is at the stamp
delivery window at the pOstoffice.
NJ s Burke has gone to san Antonio
InstaIs Rain GAGE.
George Baines, Jr, has installed
rain gage in the office OF the Alpine
National bank Mr.. Baines expects to
get a government thermometer, and
maximum temperatures of the roof
garden.
Two horses have been stolen from
George Edwards Glass Mountain
ranch.
Mr. and Mrs. Casweu Edwards have
returned from a motor trip to Maria
A number of the bachelor friends
Of F. N Crawford gave him a stag
dinner at the st. Charles
Miss Bessie Newton gave a kitchen
shower in honor OF Miss Mona Garnett, |
a bride to be of Alpine. Amang the
guests were Misses Mary GiIett. Julia /
Zumwalt, Carrie ZUmwalt. Nell Col
Inns. Mabel Newton, Anna d. Linn. Gus
sic Linn. Sadie Crawford, Halle CraW-
ford Afnhn1 Vr~fO-n