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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1915
Page
2
The Alpine Avalanche announces publication by Apne Publishing Company with price and subscription terms. Dated Thursday December 21, details include printing location, subscriber options, and advance rate.
The article combines remarks on Stefansson’s Arctic return, President Wilson’s protest note to Britain, and a strong stance against interference with neutral shipping. It notes American resolve to enforce its policy, questions over European war aims, and references to domestic political shifts and pension fund issues for Confederate veterans in Texas. It also includes notices of a business partnership dissolution in Boquillas and local ads.
The Georgia Legislature, in extra session, sharpens focus on prohibition while debating policy. A tongue in cheek note suggests even chewing gum by a member could draw scrutiny, reflecting tight scrutiny and partisan tension.
Incoming correspondence from Canadians in New York over the recent days confirms the reality of their union expedition to the Arctic. The latest letters dated July reveal the unusual nature of the mission and its strange situation amid ongoing war news.
An Alamo Lumber Co. note asks for calls and favors while Ray Turner is listed as Local Merchants Advertisement contact. The Episcopal Church announces a service at the W. O. W. hall Sunday night at 8, with Rector M. A. McKeough extending cordial invitations.
Clyde Boutrill of Alpine Texas filed November 17 1915 with the Texas Board of Water Engineers for a permit to appropriate 3 cubic feet per second of river water for irrigation of about 550 acres in Brewster County from the Rio Grande. The proposed lands lie on sections 12 13 1 and 14 in Block 16 G H and S A Railway lands, about 300 acres river bottom and 250 acres above overflow. Hearing set December 16 1915 at 10:00 a m in the Marfa Presidio County courthouse.
The hearing may be continued from time to time and place to place until a determination is made by the Board of Water Engineers of Texas. The hearing will be held at the board office in Austin on the date indicated, with officials Nagle John Wilson EB. test W. I. Potter active secretary. Also an advertisement for steam cleaning services by A B Sandifer with shop location opposite Alpine Mercantile Co and phone number 15.
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