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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1924
Page
2
A 1924 Alpine Texas item notes spring months bring a fine season in Brewster County. The snippet mocks political claims and mentions a $100,000 loan tied to a lease. It references W. W. Jenkins subscription pricing and Post Office class matter status.
Editor L. A. Latrosee of the West Texas News and Mrs. La Crosse marked their thirteenth anniversary on the seventeenth. The press of the Ling Bend country sends greetings to Mr and Mrs LaCrosse.
The text rails against involvement in severe oil scandals drawing congressional scrutiny. It criticizes suspected efforts by opposing politicians to attack prominent figures exposing frauds, labeling them as despicable and mean-spirited.
The text cites Joseph Weldon Wailey labeling Tailey a political fundamentalist and argues his evolution in accounting style would offend the Prince of the Fundamentalists, suggesting his views are too controversial for allied groups.
Attendants of former U S Senator Joseph Weld von Hailey of Dallas and former Congressman Hil Burgess of El Paso visited Alpine this week. They met in the district court lobby as Pailey arrived Sunday afternoon and spoke with locals.
Former State Senator W. W. Turney of El Naso visits, as Bailey urges him to run for governor. Turney jokes and seeks his ranch manager by phone. Bailey predicts Underwood's Democratic nomination and notes Reed's attack on Gibbs McAdoo could force renewed support talks.
Public statement by William G. Jordan claiming a million dollar fee if successful has triggered charges of evasive honesty before the Senate investigative committee. The affair harms a presidential candidate who had avoided dishonor in supplying wartime services to the Doheny interests. Critics say political influence rather than legal agents secured the promised million dollar payoff.
AP reports New York called for a general conference of the oil industry to offset misinformation. The piece notes muckraking and charges of rottenness in oil circles and warns that dishonesty by oil kings and officials could lead to a day of reckoning.
A group opposing the Ku Klux Klan at a meeting in Atlanta voted to establish the Knights of the Mystic Clan with headquarters in Kansas City. The new order bans masks and secrecy and declares no ties to the Klan or William Simmons.
County educational leaders from Runnels and Bethel toured Sul Ross and Alpine last weekend. They considered moving to Alpine for school advantages while Ballinger visitors spoke of business prospects. Weather reroutes some travelers, but locals expect Sul Ross to attract Texas teachers and students for a four year college program.
Mrs A C Spalding travels to Memphis visit son and plans to see friends in Arkansas before returning home. Alpine visitors include Palmer French Zeb Decie and Dr D C Hoady and wife. Marathon Baptist church calls Rev Bowles for two sermons monthly. A basement fire at Marathon High School caused by an exhaust pipe damaged the building about 500 dollars.
The two month closed season for bass and white perch in Texas public waters runs March 1 to April 30 except Travis County. W. W. Boyd, state game commissioner, says deputies will strictly enforce the law and exemptions apply to Travis County for two years.
A brief notice seeking a second-hand bath tub and kitchen sink. Contact by phone at 134.
Manuel Herrer a rich Cuatro Cienegas flour mill operator was abducted at El Pino by Rosario Hernandez a former Villa general. Demand of 8000 pesos sent to his brothers led to his release. He crossed the Rio Grande near El Pino and reached Alpine the next day. Herrer and his brothers are noted as wealthy mill operators. Gen Hernandez is not regarded as a revolutionary figure by locals.
An editorial urging towns to improve through people not place, stressing effort over natural advantages. It cites eight counties forming a cooperative poultry association near Austin and advocates persistent promotion, group alliances, and steady advertising like Wrigley to build modern business.
March 10 certifies poll list. April 1 certifies to election board per precincts. May 3 delegates chosen to county convention. May 27 state convention delegates elected. June 9 state executive certifies candidates. June 14 filing deadline. June 16 ballot order. June 23 last day for fees. June 26 first expense filing. July 4 ballot preparation. July 6 absentee via notary. July 14 second expense filing. July 16 absentee deadline. July 26 primary day. August 23 runoff date.
Bible School starts at 9 45 a m with a prompt start. Public invited to preaching at 11 a m and 7 30 p m. Pastor L Weil urges full attendance.
Boston based dramatic reader Dr Edward A Thompson appears in a recital Saturday evening March 1 at the College Auditorium in Alpine. An admission of 50 cents helps cover the cost of bringing him, with the next Artists Program set for April 19 featuring Francis Moor and Kortschak.
The church invites all to attend Sunday services at 10 00 am 11 00 am and 7 45 pm. It promotes Sunday worship as a source of inspiration for noble living and urges real men to join.
A notice invites readers to request Catholic Truth Society material on Catholic teachings about marriage between Catholics and non-Catholics. The address given is P. O. Box 877 El Paso Texas.
For over forty years Hall's Catarrh Medicine has been used to treat catarrh. The product combines an ointment for local relief with internal medicine that enters the bloodstream to reduce inflammation and relieve symptoms.
Galvanized baby chick feeders 50 cents each dry mesh feeders 60 cents each and galvanized brood coops 4.50 dollars each are advertised by Alamo Lumber Company. A separate line advertises a milk producing feed mix under 2.80 dollars per hundred pounds and requests a second-hand bath tub and kitchen sink by phone 134.
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