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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1917
Page
2
Directors listed for the Alpine Point office in 1917 include J D Jackson as President Jill P Watson as Vice President and C W Livingston as Director with Scempton Price as Editor. paper cost $1.90 in advance. Release dated Thursday April 19 1917.
Mr F E Gillettin in a Commercial Club banquet speech outlined the responsibilities the Sul Ross Normal School will impose on Alpine. He urged renewed business activity to support the student influx, including feeding clothing and housing for the young visitors and advancing civic improvements and sanitary measures.
Alpine plans to host fifty or seventy five coin entrants this Friday and Saturday. Local residents are invited to provide meals or lodging. Those who can help should call Richard Gillett, chairman of the event.
The church board invited Rev Clifton Ferguson who is visiting his parents here to preach during a revival week. Meetings will run daily except Friday with school exercises replacing Friday events. Ferguson will speak on Thursday The Tragedy of the Light That Failed and Saturday Ship wrecked but Saved, with further plans noted for Sunday.
On the night of the 7th a Rose auto pump was lost along the Alpine Marfa road. Finder should return it to the Avalanche office.
A Tuesday afternoon blaze in a Bechtel farm barn started by a lamp killed about 340 young chickens. The crop was an early hatch, amplifying the loss.
President Wilton unveils a coldesal ship building drive to destroy German submarine warfare. Allies receive vast shipments. British and French offensives intensify along the western front as U S plans mobilization. Reports include explosions at Frankford arsenal and battles near Arras, St Quentin, Aisne, and Mesopotamia with large prisoner counts and new bond measures.
Bynum and Skinner sold 350 head yearlings for W. S. Landers. W. H. Terry sold 400 head yearlings to Mitchell Bros. last week. W. H. Nixon delivered 100 head yearlings to W. S. Landers. G. M. Benson bought 200 head stock cattle from E. H. Payne this week. LePrade and Oliver of San Antonio bought the T. J. brand stock cattle.
The final district contests for the University Interscholastic League will be held at the public school Friday and Saturday. Declamations and spelling start Friday evening and Saturday, with field events at 2 o clock. Entrants include 29 from Marta, 12 from Ft. Davis, 10 from Sanderson, and many from Fe Stockton. faculty from all locations will attend.
Proposals wanted for a site within three miles of the county courthouse. Submissions must include a rough sketch of a 100 acre tract and price per acre, with subscription offer if the committee selects a different site. Bids sealed and delivered to W F Collett Alpine Texas by April 24 1917. Local Site Committee Sul Ross Normal College.
Mr J D Jackson leaves for Dallas to testify in the interstate commerce rehearing of the Shreveport rate case. The case centers on previous rulings that raised fright rates affecting tea growers seeking to sue for relief amid actions by the Texas Railroad Commission and the Federal Commerce Commission.
WANTED Agents for hosiery distribution. R D Zumwalt located Piedras district El Paso seeks representatives to sell hosiery products in the local market. Apply for opportunity and commission details at the office.
Director of Retention A SM. College of Tea War warns higher food prices as wartime production drops. Wheat at $2.00 a bushel, corn $1.30, bacon 30 cents a pound. U.S. may have a million men under arms, reducing output. Argentinian wheat failing, world food supplies shrinking. famine risk grows as war drags on. Every yard should yield for people and livestock. Retna
Grace Cunard and Frances Ford headline The Purple Mask serial at Star Theatre this Friday. The program promises lively action and entertaining escapades in a circus themed adventure.
Pastor J. H. Messer invites members to Sunday School this Sunday and to attend a revival starting April 29. Morning sermon topic is The Prophet Elijah and evening service will cover Hell.
The Christian Church lists Sunday School at 10 a.m. Communion at 11 a.m. and a sermon at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. A prayer meeting is planned for Wednesday evening at 7 30. A choir event is set for Saturday with H M Palgrove serving as pastor.
Sunday school at 10 a m B Y P U at 4 pm prayer meeting choir practice and teachers meeting Wednesday evening at 8 ladies aid in church parlor Friday at 2 pm
Presbyterian Church holds Sunday school at 10 a m and the Christian Endeavor meets at the Baptist church Sunday evening at 7 o clock. The society is described as a training camp for service in Christian warfare and invites every young person to attend.
The notice promotes Bechtel Poultry Farm offering day’s eggs and hatching chicks from S. C. White Leghorns with phone orders and afternoon delivery. It also advertises Daisy Bakery’s ladyfingers macaroons pies and cakes with contact phone 42.
A clipped appeal from the Metal Products Association urges readers to consider a pamphlet on cooperation and its benefits. The message asserts many die poor and that a small daily income could change lives, inviting distribution of the roadmap to independence.
The State of Texas Brewster County announces an election to elect three trustees to Alpine Independent School District for a two year term. The election will be held on May 5 1917 at the Courthouse in Alpine with John Young as Presiding Judge and E R Bentley and C Boe as associate judges.
Public spirited residents in Alpine initiate an effort to organize a Red Cross Society. The group urges broad public support and patriotism to back postwar relief and aid efforts. Follow the flag.
Thursday evening a Christian Endeavor rally urged all interested in Christian work among young people to be present. Mr A A Hyde state field speaker addressed attendees and emphasized youth outreach.
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