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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1909
Page
1
W. Van Sickre reports from Portland on the Dry Land Farming Congress in Alpine, detailing the Cache Valley crops and dry farming success across Utah, Idaho, and Oregon. He praises dry farming prospects for 100 acre landowners within 300 miles of Alpine and notes forthcoming talks and local enthusiasm.
A meeting is called in Alpine, Brewster county on September 1 and 2 to form a West Texas Dry Farming Association. G A Martin of the El Paso Herald leads the effort with Prof Campbell and other experts to discuss soil culture and dry land farming. Sunset Railroad offers reduced rates and expects a large attendance for plans to boost agriculture across the Trans-Pecos region.
Basilia Losoya dies from a mule kick in Cotulla as streetcar service schedules a return in San Angelo. Chicago reports 26 heat deaths in one day. Texas sheriffs plan a El Paso convention. Osaka fire destroys twenty thousand buildings. Francisco Gonzales and another Mexican killed by a Denver road train in Decatur house incident. Two detectives near death. Rangers raid Galveston gambling joints, 13 arrested. Harry Landa buys Galvan ranch in Webb County for 250000 dollars. Armadillo bite by rattlesnake in Gonzales ends in death. Mexican famine follows Mexican earthquake. New York bankers send 5000 to Mexican quake victims. Las Estralla mills in Coahuila destroyed, losses near half a million pesos. Miss Mary Conroy fatally burned by gasoline in Henderson. Mexican troops split in sentiment between Gene Reyes and Diaz. Baptists in Bennington Oklahoma pray for rain with floods. Constitutional amendments pass with light turnout. Intangible tax values listed for Brewster Jeff Davis Pecos Presidio Terrell. J W Henderson home in Ozona destroyed by fire. brother to W T Henderson of Alpine. Birmingham detectives raid gambling dens.
Former precinct constable Hulett Bowles died from head injuries after being struck with a brick on Monday night in Uvalde Texas. W R Cook was arrested in connection with the attack. Bowles was a cousin of Nay Bowles of Alpine.
Mills Walker of Austin a delegate to the Dry Farming Congress will settle on three sections in Pecos county and live there after August 31 the end of the current appropriation year. He has long served as clerk to Tax Commissioners Davie and Dashiell but the Governor vetoed his salary appropriation. Walker hopes west living will aid his health and may find the land valuable as the Kansas City Mexico & Orient survey runs through the area.
The State of Texas failed to prove John J Terrell assaulted a Mexican at a pistol mouth. Evidence showed Terrell and companions had two guns at the Mexican’s residence and a cartridge was injected into one gun while the Mexican was under duress.
Secretary Alpine B M Club informs agents from Houston to El Paso that one fare round trip tickets to Alpine will be sold August 29 30 by San Antonio east of San Antonio Aug 30 31 west of San Antonio and must leave Alpine by Sept 12 a ten day window to encourage side trips in dry farming areas. T J Anderson signs the note to general passenger agents across Texas lines.
A Dry Farming Congress statement extols dry farming as a path to reclaim vast semi arid lands in the United States and beyond. It argues a rise from 50 cents to 25 dollars per acre in the best districts over five years and predicts millions of acres will yield crops, boosting homesteads and western prosperity. It highlights irrigation as expanding dry land use, with 200 million acres in the west awaiting development and five billion dollars of anticipated land value gains. The congress promotes moisture conservation, soil culture, seed selection, and guidance for settlers to share in harvest profits.
Bert Mitchell toured the Texas-Mexico road seeking steers and used Indian sign language to indicate the cattle were cheap big and fat. He could not say when he would ship them to market, shaking his head to show uncertainty. The San Antonio Express notes his charm as a conversationalist.
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