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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1926
Page
3
ESPLY SELLS CATTLE reporting 4000 head sold and leases near Sierra Blanca to nine buyers. Arthur Mitchell of Marfa sold 38 head of two year old range heifers at $100 each. Cattlemen upbeat on grass and water projects as Davis Mountain country turns green for March.
A Chicago candy salesman on his first trip stops at a Marfa ranch area en route to Alpine, arrives night to seek directions, is invited in by Wade Held of Jett Ranch, fears cattlemen may greet him with a shotgun. Local social set includes Mrs Miller and others on a Saturday shopping trip. Clyde resident dies. drilling resumes near Wal jt prospect.
A severe storm over Limpia Canyon produced black clouds and intense lightning that scorched insulation in a local telephone office and filled rooms with smoke. Operator Miss Virginia Elis narrowly avoided harm. The courthouse burned and repairs continued as crews replaced poles and restored service. Residents recall heavy rain and distant lightning as Fort Davis endured a damaging but passing storm.
Local notes from Valentine and Fort Davis report community events, church visits, and incentives. Residents travel to Alpine, El Paso and Sanderson for services, contests, and family visits. A flood of court jurors from Valentine and Fort Davis affect Pecos federal proceedings.
Two Texas women, Mrs Watt Davis and Mrs Hick Gray, experiment with conservation and label their product Inseri Davis and Gray for Fort Davis Products Co, Texas. The item blends practical experiment with local business branding.
farmers propose to salvage ordinary culls that fail to meet Mandar standards by cooking them into apple butter for market. large quantities of fruit go to waste annually in this cutdown process, but a neat profit is anticipated from processing into a saleable product.
Registered Hereford bulls and twenty five head of young heifers available for show any day within an hour’s time at City Office. Contact W. A. Daugherty. February 28.
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