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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1934
Page
3
A collage of apocryphal or humorous lines from history and folklore, including Lord Chesterfield's supposed last words and a series of joked or misquoted exchanges. The text sketches moments of wit, miscommunication, and social commentary across speakers, dialects, and settings.
Fort Davis settlers describe pine log pillars and peeled bark for a Pueblo style hotel in a state park, with hand hewn carved blocks atop logs. Local notes mention residents Mise Weatherby, Mr. and Mrs. Withers, and Judge-elect C. Dancy, plus community anecdotes and humorous vignettes from the era.
Three hunters at Fish Rock Lake hunt for gold worth about 72900,000 believed buried years ago by Mexicans. They killed 28 copperheads as the shaft, about 10 feet deep, sank further.
Harry Anthony De Young, artist, spent a week's vacation in the Davis mountains painting rocks and trees. He said pleasing work is a vacation for him and he has grown fond of the Davis landscape. Mr and Mrs DeYoung and their daughter Anita returned to their Boerne home last Saturday. Austin's A Baldwin visits Fort Davis annually and says the hills call to him year round, prompting his travels to the area.
Marathon Mia correspondent reports Mrs Alfred Craig will move with her six year old son to the Mount Locke observatory site for a four month project. Superintendent Craig says they will establish quarters atop the peak, sharing accounts of quiet nights, panther roars and bears near the tent camping, while locals note a peach crop and June bug damage.
Mrs. Yar d and aunt Mrs. Tom Yar d visited for two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. John T. Martin and son Alex, Mrs. Pryor Lucas and son Richard spent a Wednesday with David Combs on his ranch near Port Davis.
Mr and Mrs J C Ashbrook of Mesa Colorado are guests at the home of Rev and Mrs W H Millet during a brief visit.
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