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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1936
Page
6
Reeves County voters approve a 120000 courthouse bond issue in Pecos. Only a small box remained unreported with overwhelming support and minimal opposition. A new courthouse will be funded from the bond sale amid a light overall turnout.
A listing of residents and students from Texas university and Abilene to Rankin, Button and Alpine who are home for the holidays. Names include Gena Parr Janie Bless Charles Adams Asa Jones Johnnie Weyerts and many others visiting parents relatives and friends in Lubbock Roswell Coleman San Antonio Waggoner Alpine and Panhandle towns during Christmas season.
Fort Davis reports a massive prairie dog extermination drive across Jeff Davis County since February. H N Elliott of the biological survey notes in 1936 about 10 800 pounds of poisoned grain were spread in dog towns on Reynold X ranch Will Miey and nearby areas. The program uses carbon bisulfide and other poisons but continues as locals assess the impact on grazing land.
A woman on a hill signals to approaching officers by repeating three deliberate steps, then returns to her adobe cabin where she sits. Mexican and American officers joke that the grapevine telegraph and the long game of law in the border area favor the law in the end.
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