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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1931
Page
6
Railroad and bus times listed for Southern Pacific and Santa Fe routes with multiple daily departures and connections to Alpine Presidio Marfa Van Horn and Del Rio. Local church announcements include Sunday services at First Methodist and Presbyerian, with sermon titles and pastors, plus Lutheran services and Odd Fellows hall venue.
CP&L President Luther Anley or Nelewanger tells Alpine Rotary that the Big Bend region has a powerful future and that expanding basic industries and diversified economic development are essential. He argues utility investments support growth, lowers consumer costs, and urges community cooperation to foster industry, agriculture, and regional power networks.
St James Church Episcopal lists Sunday schedule with church school Bible class at 7pm evening prayer and sermon at 11am. Public invited by Rector Paul D Newell.
Long described mining and land notes: Crete opens salt production as a 1100 acre lake near Juan Cordova area becomes industrial site. Plans include a plant with 30 workers and a twenty year lease. Historical details mention local ranchers and hauling routes from Mexico, with warden patrols and earlier salt extraction history. Also included are public notice citations from Brewster County Texas District Court regarding land disputes and property trespass suit in Alpine, dated 1981, and a separate real estate sale notice listing a four room stucco house and ten lots for sale, with sheriff’s notice.
A humorous local scene unfolds as a talkative woman tries to buy catfish from a fisherman. He explains selling is unlawful while she claims authorities would not catch them. They discuss crp ple buffalo suckers and the day’s catch, ending with a polite refusal.
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Classified notices show ranch land trade offers by L K Kinsey of Hamlin Texas with clients seeking income property merchandise and a flour mill for trade. Other items include milk bacterial count report, meals at Highland House, rental garages near college, a nearly new five room house for sale, a suite of local canning fruit sales, a repossessed piano transfer offer, young hens for market, milk trading price and dairy contact.
A long promotional notice offers sale of the Hot Springs Texas health resort in Brewster County. It describes 40 acres with stone buildings, a store, and Rio Grande land suitable for crops, with an undivided two thirds interest at a sacrifice price. The ad extols mercantile potential, immediate possession, and a health resort marketed to attract visitors with baths, fishing, and hunts in the Big Bend region.
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