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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1933
Page
1
The Trans Pecos news notes a proposed large neon sign atop the El Capitan Hotel in Van Horn to guide traffic from the Borderway route to Santone, funded by voluntary subscriptions from Marfa area towns. It also reports rattlesnake sightings in the region, train service debates in Fort Davis, and a tale of a badger capturing a rattler near a ranch.
Local tale recounts a six foot weed emerging beside Polk Hinson’s vulcanizing shop on Holland avenue. The plant appeared suddenly after weeks of steady growth and stands in a cramped sidewalk niche, drawing curious onlookers to Texas sized oddity.
Avalanche correspondent reports the Bloys Camp Meeting Association opens its forty fourth annual oval sale week with many cottagers on the grounds. Four preachers return from last year I L Yearby EB Paso RL Anderson Fort Worth F Onderdonk San Antonio Jno Burma Waxahachie and others attend. The grove appears well kept and the young people’s tabernade is ready. Attendance expected high Sunday weather permitting.
An athletic meet between CCC camps at Fort Davis and a camp from El Paso has been arranged for tomorrow and Sunday at Fort Davis. Athletes from Marfa will also participate, engaging Company 879 in a series of boxing bouts tomorrow night. There will be a volleyball game.
A University of Texas party led by Dr H Y Benedict and Beauford Jester visited Mount Locke near Fort Davis to inspect the McDonald Observatory site. They praised the scenery and climate calling it the best place in America for an observatory. The visit followed the signing of the Austin contract for the observatory and telescope, with foundation work set to start by mid September and a contract price near 410000 dollars with Warmer and Swasey of Cleveland. A chuck wagon dinner at Mount Locke and Mount Fowlkes marked the occasion, and Mount Fowlkes is a new local name arising from the Locke estate lands.
A full program of athletic events for Rotary Field Day for boys will start at 1 30 tomorrow afternoon at Jackson Field. Events include dashes, races, jumps, relays and tug of war. A East Alpine versus West Alpine baseball game closes the day. Prize grab boxes will be awarded. A Mexican boys meet may follow later. The Rotary committee includes B C Graves F E Weyerts and Dr T L Steiger.
Alpine Legion and Auxiliary marked a seven day NRA program with about fifty members and families attending a Sunday closing event at the McIntyre ranch. Enthusiasm rose as most local businesses signed the president's blanket code, with names posted at the post office lobby. Providence provides for the provident.
Elizabeth Ann Cartledge three, of Terlingua, fell from a wine display at the Holland hotel last Friday. She was rushed to Turney hospital in Alpine with a crushed forehead and underwent surgery after her father, R L Cartledge, manager of the Chisos mines, arrived. Authorities say her condition was improving and she is believed out of danger barring complications.
Fort Davis residents note a surge in short three letter titles as locals discuss ongoing NRA projects, road work, and new bridges in Limpin canyon. Officials push multiple contracts, including five miles of scenic Hilltop Drive and a planned Mt Sunrise House for tourists and residents.
Furty-three bachelors and four masters degrees, the highest in the college history, will be conferred at the close of the summer session ending next week. Graduates hail from across Texas, many already serving as teachers. Rev. John H. Burma of Trinity University will deliver the commencement address Friday at 8 20 p m in the college auditorium. Burma is well known in Alpine for his speaking. An invitation is extended to local residents to attend.
Applications filed for five Civilian Conservation Corps camps to be sited in Browser county this fall. Plans call two near On station peak and Bolsa de Vaca, with two at Santa Helena Canyon and the Chisos mountains. National Park Service officials anticipate at least two camps in the river area, contingent on approval and water availability.
Five additional indictments were returned by the grand jury yesterday afternoon, bringing the total to seven. Names of those indicted were not released awaiting arrest. Foreman J. W. Gilmer led the panel as sessions continued.案件
Brewster county residents face four ballots at the Saturday vote with poll taxes well under last year. County totals show 508 paid this year versus 1325 last year, amid keen interest in the relief amendment and beer legalization. Absentee votes were eight by yesterday.
A preserved dispatch quotes a Rocoeveltian quip about the N R A program. A White House visitor praises the program while the president notes if it fails he will not be the worst president, implying the plan’s stakes and public pressure. The piece urges broad backing for the N R A.
Daniel Ramirez an Alpine Mexican who escaped the county penitentiary in 1920 during a five year sentence was taken into custody by Culberson County officers a week after a spree of thefts and burglaries. He reportedly helped in auto thefts tied to Mrs Annie K Turney Alpine postmaster and other offenses across West Texas. Ramirez had previously escaped from Roswell jail after recaptures and remained at large for years before this arrest.
Alpine city schools will start the 1983-84 term on September 18, with high school, junior high, and ward schools resuming full operation for a nine month year. Peyton Cain was elected principal of the junior high, succeeding J J Durham who resigned for a similar post in Van Horn. Cain is a Bull Roswell graduate with six years of experience and has served as principal of Comstock School for the past two years.
A light rain occurred in the Alpine valley last Saturday after midnight, lasting through the day. The fall was local within about 79 miles, with official gauges noting 0.77 inches and western reports higher. Total precipitation since late May rose to 3.3 inches in Alpine.
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