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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1931
Page
2
The Alpine Avalanche reports October 1931 pension totals across classes, notes a government decline of 117, and projects future veteran counts amid pending legislation. It surveys business failure causes, urging field research before starting enterprises, and recalls railroad careers of Shoup and Dyer to illustrate career progress.
A London Daily Mail report describes Corsica's siege by French forces numbering 690 aided by machine guns, airplanes, and warship patrols. Gen. Pournier directs curfew and house-to-house searches while bandit hideouts in Capo d’Orto and Spada’s last movements draw police attention.
A major train movement of livestock occurred on October 25 as a single train, carrying 883 sheep and 35 cattle, assembled at Sanderson and Marfa, loaded at Alpine, and routed through San Antonio Hearne to Denison, destined for Kansas City. The 883 sheep required 72 cars while 35 cattle used one car, totaling 73 cars.
Dr. I C Smith director of the USDA pecan laboratory estimates 30,000,000 pecan trees in Texas. Most are native seedlings along streams while plantings of improved varieties grow yearly. The Texas pecan crop is estimated at 32,000,000 pounds this year.
Auto registrations in ten leading Texas counties totaled 1,448 in November, 30 percent below November last year. The decline slows versus prior months. Galveston was the only county with 1931 year-to-date registrations higher than the first eleven months of last year. Counties included: Bexar, Dallas, El Paso, Galveston, Harris, McLennan, Potter, Nueces, Tarrant, Travis.
Game Warden Earle Manstolt reports state with hero waste during the past season on the Dove Ranch. The horned doe was informed to have f rer hed in. Teas of Tate year.
A brief item from Big Bend Sentinel notes a shooting incident near Sheer Horns involving an individual named Ned during a segment labeled as nine. Details are sparse in the readable portion.
In the Presidio region, a deer was spotted by Mr. Mansfield and later noted by Wichita Park members. The sighting occurred as parties from Presidio and local commerce circles discussed tax opportunities and chamber activities. The fragmentary text mentions the deer and community figures without clear actions or outcomes.
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