End date for cattle buying program set as December 31
The government cattle sheep and foot buying program ends December 31. County agent Ernest Gibbons asks ranchers with stock to dispose of to act now to avoid missing the last opportunity. Totals by December 14 show large purchases in Brewster Culberson Presidio and Jeff Davis counties with substantial checks issued. Hides from condemned sheep and goats due January 5 if eligible. An anti tuberculosis campaign is planned with a January 5 meeting at Marin attended by county committees to discuss actions. A separate fire at A J Belle home in North Alpine destroyed a Chevrolet sedan and damaged a garage area with insurance on losses. water supply and fire hydrants in North Alpine discussed by residents and the town commission. Fire also damaged the Thornton home yesterday morning.
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Ernest Gibbons
Highland
Brewster
Culberson
New Mexico
Marin
Belle
Cally
Ety Commission
North Alpine
Mtr
Mir E. M. Thornton
Orning
New Interscholastic League Center In Van Horn
Van Horn to host district No. 32 for Culberson Hudspeth Presidio and Jeff Davis counties. Regional meets move to Alpine and Van Horn to hold two meets yearly including basketball in March and track and literary meet in April. Supt H Oliver named director general. J A Terrell athletics director. Local holiday visitors listed among Van Horn residents and guests.
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Trans
H. Oliver
van Horn
J. A. Terrell
Repair Bridge On Terlingua Road After Summer Rain
Bridge on Calamity Creek near Terlingua Road to be rebuilt after heavy summer rain damaged it. Granada theatre event offered a $100 prize and next drawing set for Wednesday night. Community efforts include a Mexican chili supper at Jean hall to support Catholic cures. locals EF Salisbury and S E Nelson noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorena Crawford
Calamity Creek
Granada Theatre
Alpine
Terlingua
Mexi
Jean Community
Ater
Community Tree For Mexican Children Aids Alpine
Alpine held a community Christmas tree event at the Mojave theatre building donated by Senator Berkeley. At six o clock Sunday evening 648 packages of candy fruit nuts and toys were distributed funded by local bus men Patricio Martinez Samvillelia and Gregorio Maruffo. They thanked Alpine merchants and others and gave special thanks to Senator Berkeley and Big Bend Post No 79 American Legion for support.
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Alpine
Oid Mojave
B. F P. Berkeley
Patricio Martinez
Samvillelia
Gregorio Maruffo
Knox Named Pecos Pasotex Agent
W H Knox has been appointed car agent for Pasotex Petroleum at Pecos. Former district sales manager for the company in El Paso and longtime Alpine resident, the Knox family will return to Pecos to make their home after residing in Pecos and El Paso in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Knox
Pasotex Petroleum Company
el Paso
Alpine
Knox
Pecos
Two Cent Check Tax Discontinued Soon
The federal two cent tax on bank checks will end January 1 after eighteen months of collection. Banks report about 10,000 checks monthly with tax payments around $200 monthly. Safety deposit box tax and the $100 exchange on out of town checks remain. Also notes social visits from Mass Sue B Mann at Abilene with N M Clifford and family in town for holidays.
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First
Sanderson Youth Killed in Truck Overturning Accident
Roy Conley, 25, of Sanderson died after a truck overturned near Comstock. Others riding on the vehicle included F. L. Wise of Alpine, his wife, Preston Stedham of Sanderson, McDonald of Dublin, and Conley, who fled to a Del Rio hospital a day later. The crash, blamed on a sprung axle, left Conley with a fractured skull and internal injuries as the Wise couple escaped serious harm.
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Roy Conley
Sanderson
del Rio
Comstock
F. L. Wise
Alpine
Mr. Wise
Preston Stedham
Conley
McDonald
Dublin
Texas
New Relief Watch Service Board Installed in Brewster County
Brewster county's relief watch board took office this week with members D N Scott Marathon T J Cartwright and G B Crawford named to the new panel. The retiring board included Dr J E Weight chairman R A Whiteside John Gillett and Shirley Seales. A second meeting will be held soon to plan continued relief work amid a union Watch Service involving all city churches to be held next Monday at Metropolis church with social hour worship and a congregational silent prayer at midnight.
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Brewster County
Relief Board
D.N. Scott
Marathon
T. J. Cartwright
G. B. Crawford
J. E. Weight
R.A. Whiteside
John Gillett
Shirley Seales
Pletcher
Metiwolist
New Asteroid Named for Wm. J. McDonald
Dr. Otto Struve, director of McDonald Observatory, reports a newly discovered asteroid named in honor of William J. McDonald whose bequest funded the observatory at Fort Davis. The naming, likely McDonalda, was conveyed to Dr. P. E. Roach, Mount Locke astronomer, who noted the discovery from Yerkes Observatory at Williams Bay, directed by Struve.
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Fort Davis
Otto Struve
McDonald Observatory
William J. McDonald
McDonalda
P. E. Roach
Mount Locke
Verees Observatory
Williams Bay
Struve
Water Contracts Awarded at Pecos
Pecos city council awarded four contracts totaling 187 307 60 for a municipal waterworks. C P Lytle of Sioux City Iowa won the general contract 166 735 50. J E Morgan of El Paso won the electrical line bid 9 317 00. Robert E McKee of El Paso won the wells drilling bid 10 300. Fairbanks Morse of Dallas will install pumping equipment 955 10. Public Works project.
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Pecos
C. P. Lytle
Sioux City
Iowa
J. E.morgan
el Paso
Robert E. McKee
Fairbanks‘Morse
Dallas
Puble
New 1935 Ford Model On Display Here Tomorrow
L T Votaw of Brewster County Motors announced a new 1935 Ford will be on display here tomorrow. He was in Houston last week arranging shipments of cars and trucks to start, and expects to have a number of new vehicles on hand soon.
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L. T. Votaw
Mnager
Brewster County Motors
Former Alpine Teacher Mrs Prazer Dies in Florida
J. W. Frazer reports the death of his sister in law Mrs EL Prazer in Deerfield Florida. Born as May Ladd she taught in Alpine city schools before marriage. Frazer formerly worked for the Nehi-Cett Company.
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Florida
J. W. Frazer
EL. Prazer
Deerfeld
Pla
Editor Involved In Humorous Car Collision
A late Wednesday afternoon incident involved D. M. Bennett editor of the Avalanche crashing into Mrs. Wells McIntyre on East Avenue E. Bennett slowed to pick up a pedestrian, turned his head, and struck the McIntyre vehicle, causing front-end damage to his own car while McIntyre’s vehicle sustained little harm.
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D. M. Bennett
The
Avalanche
Wells McIntyre
East Avenue
MeIntyre
McIntyre
City Schools and College Reopen Next Wednesday
City schools and Suless College will reopen next Wednesday after a 10 day Christmas break. Students and faculty visited relatives during the holiday period. Dr. T. Selvig was in El Paso visiting friends.
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City Schools, College
Wed’sday
Suless College
Priday
Dr. T. ©. Selvig
EL Paso
Let Contract for Davis H'y Bridges
Mr and Mrs Gilbert McGregor of Fort Davis were guests this week. John Gillett secured the contract to build twenty seven drainage structures on the Davis Alpine road with a bid near 51700. Engineers estimated over 60000. Four bridges and twenty two drainage features to be built including crossings at Musquix and Chihuahua creeks and a windmill tank site.
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Gilbert McGregor
Fort Davis
el Paso
Holland Page
Austin
John Gillett
Musquix Creek
Chihuahua Creek
Commissioners Adopt New Zone Plan Setting Value on County Lands
Brewster county adopts a five zone system to tax real estate, replacing two zones. Zones range from 50 cents to 1.50 per acre, based on soil, location, and access factors. The plan aims to equalize assessments and adjust mining property valuations across Marathon Alpine and other areas.
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Brewster County
Commissioners Court
County Commissioners Order Brewster Employees to Pay Debts
Brewster County commissioners adopted a ruling requiring county employees to settle debts or face discharge. The resolution states employees who fail or make no effort to pay their bills may be discharged, effective 30 days after passage in December.
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Brewster County
Join the Honor Roll Pay Subscriptions To Avalanche Now
After Christmas the Avalanche urges readers in arrears on subscriptions to settle up before year end. Subscriptions received since last week include Mrs Lucy E Lester of Fort Worth and Tommie Henderson of Marfa new.
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Avalanche Now
Avalanche
Lucy E. Lester
Fort Worth
Tommie Henderson
Marfa
New
Student Joe Wright Spends Holidays With Wright Family
Joe Wright a Texas University student visits home over the holidays with his parents Dr J E Wright and Mrs Wright and the Wright family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Wright
Texas Unvversity
Mrs
J. E. Wright
Cattle shipment to California from Hudspeth and Presidio ranches
W B Mitchell and Sons of Marfa ship 71 cattle cars to California for grass from Hudspeth county with several cars from Presidio county. About 1500 head were sold from their ranges to the government.
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W. B. Mitchell & Sons of
Marfa
Calfornia
Hudspeth County
Presidio
J County
Death of Former Texas Trail Driver Catlett
Roberten Fy Catlett 66 a former Texas trail driver died December 19 in Tucson Arizona He was a prominent Arizona Seattleman and had lived there since 1897 He worked on the Big Bend ranch of Eugene Kelly later of Odessa and also on the Joe Irving ranch in the Big Bend area as one of the early hands
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Roverts1en
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W. J. Scarbro
Billy
Globe, Arizona
P. Ford
Frank Cross
Jack Crawford
Ed. Garnett
Stevenson of
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C. F. Kimball
D. 8. Barker
J.C. Boyd
Houston
Joe Thompson
Abilene
Granada
EF. Salisbury
Chihuahua
Mexico
8. E. Nelson
Amarillo
C. A. Gilley
Pecos Pasotex
Mass Sue B. Mann
N. M. Clifford
Ethel
Galveston
J. Clifford
Lubbock
Inew Relief
Rches
M. E. Church
Wm. J. McDonald
Tomorro
Davis
H’y Bridges
Ft. Davis
Robert Grierson
George
Harry Grierson
Ireland
Chisos
Naltten
Ertingua
Sasomeey
Tazaioa Ln
Quy 8 Combs
Homer Wilson
Sam Nail
Merbert Pruett
FE Gillet
Cartwright
Otis Kimball
Joe Harmon
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