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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1910
Page
2
Tide ALPIDE avalanche reports Thursday morning February 24, 1910, with early morning disruptions and coastal impacts. Officials warned residents to seek higher ground as floods and debris clogged streets and transportation services.
The governor urges farmers to keep cows and raise chickens as a remedy for rising milk butter and egg prices. The letter argues small producers should compete by expanding local supply and selling surplus at affordable prices, benefiting both farmers and consumers in local markets.
The article argues that Texas and Southern states have built robust home insurance industries under local charters. It notes the shift of premium flows from Northern markets to local companies, compares insurance to cotton manufacturing in driving regional financial independence, and asserts that despite occasional failures, home firms earn trust and patronage as a public goal.
A durable set of workplace rules outlining honesty, effort, debt avoidance, integrity, discretion, self respect, night activities, truthful feedback, and mutual discipline. It warns that dishonesty and wasteful behavior end employment, while valued workers are kept and corrected.
The Texas Supreme Court reverses the El Paso case Patton v Minor, ruling the unknown owner's inability to sue does not bar tax sale purchasers from recovering against possessors. The court declares the prior interpretation illogical and grants Patton recovery of the contested lots and costs, with Alpine highlighted as a rising city.
H C Hord filed an amendment to the Kansas City Mexico and Orient Railway charter, extending the line from San Angelo to Del Rio in Val Verde county. Del Rio contract signed, line to cross the Rio Grande toward Topolobampo, with potential trackage deals to Alpine and connections to the Orient main line.
Alpine School Board approves leave and funding for the superintendent to attend the National Association for the Department of Superintendence meeting in Indianapolis on March 1. The state superintendent urged action to support the public schools and the board acted favorably to maintain Alpine’s high standard.
Notice announces Mr. R. C. McKinney will handle The Avalanche during W. J. Yates absence and requests assistance with local news while away. The message is signed by W. J. Yates.
Fresh milk cream and butter advertise by No 89 City Dairy. Real estate and livestock listings offered by W W Collins Alpine Texas. W E Caldwell supplies feed at cheap cash and yellow corn at 1 70 per hundred pounds. Mrs W A Thompson visiting Stillwater Oklahoma. Evan Hord ill last Saturday but improved to visit store. Mr and Mrs McCollum Dallas plan Alpine home. McCollum is brother to Rev Geo McCollum.
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