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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1926
Page
5
For immediate sale 60 young cows and heifers. For spring delivery 50 head. High grade young bulls available any time under Witt contract. See me at City Office W A Daugherty 13-116. The most completely equipped office in this section. Modern styles The Avalanen.
Local Fort Davis items report news updates and personals from the community. The Avalanche representative, Barry Scobee, serves as the community contact and is authorized to accept subscriptions.
A university group led by Victor J. Smith from Teachers College Albany travels to San Esteban below Marfa to study rock art in the Big Head Davis range. They catalog shelters, symbols, and crude figures, noting extensive cliff paintings at Paint Rock Texas, and recover artifacts while documenting dates on rocks. Field notes mention Fort Davis participants and a volleyball and baseball team roster.
Inquiries about Fort Davis rise as Alpine Chamber reports on a highway folder. The Mexico border road planned via Alpine to Valentine omits the fort, though it offers historic ruins and scenic routes. Officials suggest better publicity to showcase local interest points.
Johnny Prude shot his second buck of the season while guiding Pete Crawford’s hunters last week. The Prude brothers are active in the field as Chas Prude enforces traps. Visitors Bob Hall and Charles Mottly from Grand and Mesquite each reportedly took a buck.
Valentine and Fort Davis school teams played in door baseball and volley ball here Saturday. In girls baseball Fort Davis won 35 to 33. Fort Davis boys lost 29 to 84. Three volley ball games were played with Valentine winning one and Fort Davis two. Fort Davis players included Clara Grubb as pitcher and the handy Lillian Jonet.
Mrs HM Jones entertained the Tuesday Bridge club and guests with red and green decorations and refreshments. High score went to Mrs arty Sober and low to Mrs W Leverett. Additional guests arrived for social hour.
A weekend hunting party from El Paso and visitors from Wichita Falls, led by W. Leverett and Roe Milwart, reported an elusive deer encounter near Trinity University during a Sunday home event.
Mayor Gillett said the city secured a dumping ground and trash and refuse collection would restart Monday under Civic League supervision. After weeks without pickups, Alpine residents dumping on highways could face prosecution. city workers will handle hauling from a site between the stock pens and the railroad track.
Employees of Alpine Telephone and Central Power and Light Company and Marfa power plant joined a safety meeting held by the latter at Marfa Monday night. The gathering, featuring demonstrations of wire handling and electrical accident prevention, noted no deaths among the company’s staff since these safety efforts began.
Attendees at the Marta meeting include Eloise Behr ens and Maud Perking representing Alpine Phone Company and power company staff MPs ALL. Perry Mia Vara Barnett Don C. Littleton Jeby Harmon and Murphy Johnson. Advertising in the Avalanche is supported by circulation.
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