Sal Rosonians to Tour Chihuahua in August Train
A five day party from Alpine, led by Stather Eliot and Alice Cowan, will travel to Chihuahua, Mexico, aboard a special train August 2 to 5. C M Hee presides over the organizing group with C M Hee joining in a private car. The trip departs Alpine Saturday morning, reaches Ojinaga by ten, then goes to Chihuahua for two days of sightseeing before returning on Tuesday.
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Tive
Education Department
Chihuahua
Mexio
Richer
Mexicanco Presidio
C. M. Hee
Rairoad
Alpine
Ojinaga
Chishuahua
Stather Eliot
Sul Ross
Alice Cowan
Mexico
Highland Hereford Breeders Meet in Marfa for Feeder Sale
A meeting of the Highland Hereford Breeders association is set in Marfa tomorrow with luncheon at El Paisano and a business session to plan the feeder sale at the Highland Fair on October 10. Secretary J Hottman notes 2000 calves will be offered as samples to attract Big Bend growers and urges members to confirm entries or sign up to enter calves.
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Highland Fair
Highland Hereford Breeders Association
Marfa
T. C. Mitchell
el Paisano
Te Proram
J. Hottman
Big Bend
Interesting Finds In Old Indian Caves In Brewster County
In Brewster County Texas near Hot Springs a big tinaja of clear rain water sits atop the Mariscal range with two nearby caverns opening northward. Dr Brumbeloe Leroy Langford and the writer found evidence of former Indian occupation including a woven net and a carved spider monument built with colored stones. A cache of beads arrowheads pipes and other trinkets was unearthed by an Indian from Oklahoma with a map. another spider exists untouched nearby and awaits further writing.
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Hot Springs
Brewster County
Texas
Mariscal Range
Brumbeloe
Leroy
Langford
Chisos
Oklahoma
Texas Rangers
Employment Bureau To Be Established At C. of C. Office
The chamber of commerce will offer an employment bureau to connect Alpine residents needing work with job seekers. AP Robinson said the service should help yard and ranch tasks by contacting the chamber office. Also noted is a Washington dispatch about Cromwell and a reference to Oliver.
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C. of C
Chamber of Commerce
AP. Robinson
Meat Bureau
Encampment Plans Completed for Paisano Baptist Session
Plans are finalized for the Paisano Baptist Encampment opening tonight eleven miles west of Alpine. Road oiling by the Mate County Highway Department improves access, and Central Power and Light adds lighting to the grounds. Sinners will speak on Christian Education Wednesday. Notables Pat Neff and others are invited to speak. Dr. S. I. Porter will preach daily. meals are cafeteria style.
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Jin
Nual
Paisano Baptist
Alpine
Mate Highway Department
Central Power & Light Company
Buren Sparks
Pat M. Neff
Ollie Webb
C. 8. Lattimore
W. R. White
Dallas
Baptist State “Msaions
Webb
Lattimore
Court of Civil Appeals
Dr. White
Porter
Washington, D.C
Dr. B. Gates
San Antonio
P Grounds
H. L. Kokernot, Jr
Sam Means
Frank Godward
Humble test near Hovey shows unchanged formation
Drilling at the Humble test three miles north of Hovey on Kokernot ranch reaches 2435 feet with the formation largely unchanged in the last thousand feet. Alpine visitors report the drill in an anhydrite layer since about 1180 feet and expect a lime caprock later. Section 227, block 10, G H & S A Ry Co lies across the Brewster line in Pecos county. The Pure Oil J R Harrison No 1 on Kennedy ranch northeast of Chancellor, Pecos county, drifts at 852 feet with 15 inch casing. started three to four weeks ago in Sec 203, block 2, J & P Ry Co, about twelve miles from the Brewster county line.
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Humble Test
Hovey
Kokernot Ranch
Ry. Co
Brewster
Pecos County
J. R
Harrison
Kennedy Ranch
Chancellor
Sec
Brewster County
Protest Against High Gas Prices in Alpine Filed
A formal protest against high gasoline prices in Alpine was introduced and adopted at the chamber of commerce luncheon. It notes Alpine charges four to ten cents more per gallon than most other towns, with local stations at 22 cents and up, while Pecos offers 15 cents for standard brands, a difference blamed on retailer pricing.
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Alpine
Chamber of Commer
Pecos
City Schools Open Sept 8
The city schools will open on September 8, the second Monday next month, as announced by D M Major, superintendent. The board filled two vacancies with Miss Lou Adeline Taylor of Inden teaching history and Miss Ellen Steffens of Commerce teaching home economics. Junior high will offer penmanship to all students and regular spelling classes. The board hopes to finalize a full faculty list in the coming days.
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D. M. Major
Board of Trustees
Major
Lou Adeline ‘Teylor
Inden
Texas
Ellen Steffens
Commerce
Penmahip
Training Camp For Lobo Gridsters To Open on Sept. 15
Training camp for the Lobo football squad to open September 15 at Jackson Field with Coach B C Graves Jones leading about sixty new candidates plus sixteen returning lettermen. The piece notes rough practice, scrimmage, and the players’ hard work and camaraderie amid humorous hardscrabble antics.
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Lobo
Tackson Field
B.C. Graves Jones
Oiled Strip Extends U S Highway 90 From Alpine to Marfa
In Port Davis on July 21 a plan to oil surface from Alpine to Marfa was announced by James J Edwards Fort Davis section foreman. Crews sprayed twenty foot wide strips from Alpine to Paisano encampment grounds and work will resume when materials arrive. Drivers urged to slow, as oiling can fling material and asphalt base will set.
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Port Davis
Alpine
Marfa
Paisano
James J. Edwards
Fort Davis
Highway Department
Presidio County
Brewster
Jeffavis
Reeves Counties
Mr. Edwards
Edwards
Finley
EL Paso
Davis County Votes Record Turnout in Sheriff and Judge Race
July 28 Fort Davis reports the local election produced a record turnout. Rett defeated by two votes for constable, Tarnett re elected sheriff, Sproul defeats Mulhern, governor candidates listed with small totals. Burkhead and Murphy lead in congress race. judge and sheriff tallies vary across precincts. Anne Aynesworth acted as a judge in El Paso last week.
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Fort Davis
Mo Cial
Rett
Uottl
Tarnett
Fowlkes
Lee Sproul
Joe Mulhern
Sproul
Mulhern
Jett Mayfield
Putnam
Small
Sterling
Young
Congress
Burkhead
Murphy
Thomason
Jeff Davis County
Pre Einets
Barnett House
Limpia
Primary Vote Rings Brewster County With Huge Turnout
Brewster County’s Saturday primary drew a record total of 1067 votes, surpassing any previous primary. Gene Benson edged incumbent J.A. Anderson by two votes for commissioner in Precinct 2, while Sheriff Mate beat Elmer Taylor by 54 and third candidate Lochausen earned 76. Skevington won the assessor race 381 to 346 over Weakley, Miller third with 322. Turney led county attorney 609 to 272. J.D. Jackson topped county chairman with 1066. Pelphrey and Wood each secured 1043 and 1006 for clerk and treasurer, Sutton re-elected district judge, Priest named district attorney, and Nichols relected in Precinct 1. Marathon-area interest focused on incumbent commissioner in Precinct 1, Nobl in re-election bid, 144 to ?.
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Gene Benson
J.A. Anderson
Mate
Elmer Taylor
Lochausen
Skevington
Weak
Legand
Marathon
Rever Nichols
Exploring Party Narrates Santa H Canyon Raft Trip
A. F. Robinson recalls a five hour six to ten mile journey through the Santa H canyon on the Rio Grande. Nick Collner led the party from Lajitas with Mexican guides, traveling by horseback to the canyon head and then drifting on auto tubes through deep, whirlpooling waters.
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A. F. Robinson
Santa H
Rio Grande
Alpine
Nick Collner
Border Patrol
Lajitas
Robaeon
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Metropolis
J. C. Langford
Washington
Saman
Cromwell
Joseph W. Cromwell
Ate Fee, Okla
Oliver
MPM
Bonra
Ross
Florida
Davis County
Towlkes
Lime Pia
Werosm Creek
Valentine
Town
Muihesthouse
Limerow Creek
Naline
New To
Min Anne Aynesworth
Nick Collaer
Jimmie Ters Rill
Atx Milles
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