Trans-Pecos place name notes by Henry T Fletcher
Henry T Fletcher compiles Trans-Pecos place names with regional origins and descriptive notes. The list covers Casa Grande Casket Mountain Castalon Chapote Chapote Mountains Chapote Peak Chapote Creek Chapote Falls Chapote Draw Chinati Mountains and Post Office Chapitos Chisos Mountains Chisos Pens Chisos Spring Cottonwood Creek Ctobo lo Creek continues on Page 2.
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Henry T. Fletche
Casa Grande
Brewster County
Green Gulch
Chisos Mountains
Casket Mountain
Jeff Davis County
Fort Davis
Frazier Canyon
Grierson
B. H. Grierson
Tenth Cavalry
Castalon
Rio Grande
Blue Creek
W. R. Cartledge
Camp Marfa
Castalon Peak
Chapote
Presidio County
Persimmon
Capote
Chapote Mountains
Brite Ranch
Devil's Washboard
Chapote Peak
Chapote Creek
W. H. Cleveland
Feast
Chispa Creek
Valentine
Valentine Draw
Chinati Mountains
Marfa
Pinto ‘Canyon
Chinati
Casner Brothers Farms
Ruidosa
Chisos
Big Bend
Mont Emory
Horsehead Mountains
Pressler
Texas
Juan de Uvalde
Uvalde
Sierra de Los Chisos
Chisos Pens
Chisos Spring
Cotton ‘Wood Creek
Rough Run
Estado Land & Cattle Co
J. B. Gillett
Terlingua
Ctbolo Creek
County Warrants Sought for U S 90 Rerouting Project
Voters consider a $15,000 county warrant issue to fund right of way for the U S 90 re routing plan. County commissioners will decide on the referendum tomo rrow. The warrants would be drawn from the road and bridge fund without tax rate increase. Proponents warn delays could lose federal funds if the petition is filed.
Texas Day Program At College Monday
A Texas Day program will be given at Sul Ross College during assembly on Monday at 10 45. A Texas song will be sung and the six flags under which the state has served will be displayed. Dr C B Covey will give a short talk. Citizens of Alpine are invited to attend.
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Texas
Sul Ross College
C. B. ‘Covey
Alpine
Lobos and Rams Set Two Game Series This Week
The Sul Ross Lobo basketball team hosts Texas Wesleyan College Rams in a two game series at Fort Worth. The Rams are among the North Texas Division’s strongest. a solid crowd is expected. Tonight’s tip is 7:45 p.m. at the college gym. Admission 25 cents and 4 cents. Tomorrow’s game starts at 8:30 after regional high school finals.
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Sul Ross Lobo
Texas Wesleyan College Rams
Fort Worth
Rams
North Texas
Alpine Stores Robbed in Week Long Crime Spree
George Hernandez, 18, held on $500 bond for breaking into the M System grocery last Thursday night, admitting guilt per grand jury. Entry via skylight. cigarettes and other items stolen. Alpine Meat Market also entered the same night, 125 pennies taken. window entry at rear. Alpine Battery Station building burglarized Saturday night. battery stolen. No arrests yet. Several petty burglaries reported. items from M System recovered by officers.
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George Hernandez
M-System
Hernandez
Alpine
Alpine Battery
Butter shipper Falfurrias gains national fame for quality
South Texas based shipper Falfurrias butter earns national recognition for its fine quality and large distribution. Its annual Fourth of July sale this year celebrates Texas Centennial observance with a wide release of butter to nationwide markets.
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Texas
Grand Jury Indicts Nine in February District Court
Nine indictments were returned by the grand jury in the February term of district court. The term adjourned Tuesday morning after a short session. Two suspects, Fred Uhl and Orrin Brokelbank, both arrested in California, face two counts each for burglarizing Alpine schools and a local residence. Additional indictments cover cattle theft, an assault, a burglary related case against Geo Hernandez, and a single burglary in the Adams' M-System grocery robbery.
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Fred Uhl
Orrin Brokelbank
California
Fone
Demeanor
Geo. Hernandez
West Texas Centennial Folder Promotes Big Bend Attractions
A three color Texas Centennial folder distributed nationwide promotes the Big Bend and Trans Pecos region. It highlights West Texas landmarks from Alpine southward, describes ranch life and guest ranches, and notes the high peaks and varied geology from the Pecos valley to Guadalupe Peak. The publication invites visitors to Texas Centennial events and outlines regional highlights.
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West Texas
Alpine
Texas
All America
Big Bend
Trans-Pecos
West of the Pecos
Pecos Valley
Guadalupe Peak
Guadalupe Range
Culbertson County
Highland Hereford Breeders Meet At Holland Hotel
The Highland Hereford Breeders association directors will meet at the Holland hotel tomorrow at 1 P M Dr A J Hoffman secretary Marfa said important matters to be discussed and all members who can attend are urged to come There are 40 paid members and a dozen more promised to join Local members around Marfa are urged to attend in a body.
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Highland Hereford Breeders Association
Holland Hotel
A. J. Hoffman
Marfa
Hoffman
Alpine Boy To Make Cruise as Entertainer
Henry Espinosa, a young Alpine Mexican artist studying in New Orleans, sails on the French liner Mexique for a cruise to Veracruz Jamaica Panama and Havana. He will perform dance roles to fund his school expenses and is expected back in New Orleans around April 1.
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Henry Espinosa
Arts and Crafts
New Orleans
Veracruz
Mexico
Jamaica
Panama
Havana
Cuba
Manuel Espinosa
Henry
Sul Ross College
Xavier Gonzales
Merchants Display Texas Made Wares in Alpine
Alpine merchants plan a Buy It Made In Texas week from March 2 to showcase Texas made goods. Mrs. Perry Cartwright, chair of a Study club committee, urges residents to tour shop windows and survey displays. The event is part of a state wide Federated Women’s Clubs campaign promoting Texas products.
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Perry Cartwright
Study Club
Alpine
Federated Women's Clubs
Commissioners Go To Santone For Meeting
County Judge R. B. Slight, Commissioners Earl Clark, Anja Wilson and W. D. Burcham left Wednesday for San Antonio to confer with D. K. Martin of the state highway commission on highway matters. they were to return last night. Granada Award $50 Money Night set for next Tuesday, with Miss Marguerite Scales of Alpine named when $25 was offered but not present to claim.
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R. B. Slight
Earl Clark
Anja Wilson
W. D. Burcham
San Antonio
D. K. Martin
State Highway Commission
Granada
Granada Theatre
Marguerite Scales
Lobos Win Alamo Conference Title in Kingsville
The Sul Ross Lobos clinched the Alamo conference basketball crown with decisive wins over A. & I. and a series in East Texas. A steady scoring surge and strong margins secured their first conference title in any sport, ending a season of high-scoring totals and narrowed margins in earlier games.
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Oscar Williams
Sul Ross Lobos
Wvelinas
Sul Ross
Lobos
East Texas
Kingsville
Officials die in survey car crash near Deming New Mexico
A U S and Mexico survey team led by Roger Toll and George Wright perished when their car collided with another on a highway near Deming. The fatal outing aimed to map boundaries for a proposed Big Bend National Park and adjacent Mexican areas.
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Roger Toll
Yellowstone National Park
George Wright
Wild Life Division
National Park Service
Deming
New Mexico
Big Bend
Mexico
Alpine
Arizona
Toll
Big Bend Park
Chisos Mountains
Texas
Big Bend National Park
League Cage Meet Starts Tomorrow
The Region Interscholastic League of Texas basketball meet opens tomorrow afternoon with Ft. Stockton Ft. Davis El Paso and Brown competing. Bowie High of El Paso was last year’s winner and El Paso is a favorite. First round games Saturday afternoon then the championship and consolation events that evening. A German court sentenced a prominent Jewish doctor to eight months in a Nazi labor camp for giving his own blood in an emergency transfusion to save a life.
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Region Interscholastic League of Texas
Oon
Ft. Stockton
Ft. Davis
el Paso
Brown
Bowie High
Cattle Brands To Highlight Centennial Exposition
Dr. Gus Ford of Texas Tech will assemble about five hundred cattle brands for a Dallas Centennial livestock exhibit. The display will cover Spanish-Mexican colonial brands, early American brands, and 1880s 1890s styles, with two brands per county as a rule. Henry Fletcher of Alpine supplied past and present brand data.
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Barry Scobee
Fort Davis
Texas
Dallas
Gus Ford
Texas ‘Technological College
Lubbock
Ian
Jeff Davis
Brewster
Presidio
Ford
Henry T. Fletcher
Alpine
Fletcher
Cafe Runs Bring A Friend Lunch Promotion
The cafe launches a unique ad campaign this week offering a free lunch to the person named in the advertisement and a friend if they bring a copied notice to the cafe. The offer will continue indefinitely. A second special provides two 50 cent lunches for 75 cents when served to two people together.
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Caf
Gordon Ware
Obituary Notice Warning for Avalanche Subscribers
A satirical notice urges subscribers to pay dues to avoid losing status or facing an obituary. It mocks illness as a cue for unpaid accounts and emphasizes the need to maintain eligibility for future notices from the Avalanche publisher.
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Avalanche
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Baker
College
Hereford
feHold
Holland
Milton Gilmer
Deputas Coeuaee
Pons
Coe
Glisath Moe Poten
Mironys
Esas
Cruise
Santone
Alamoloop
U. S
John G. Burr
Fort D
A. Russell
Fort Russell
Big Bend Mexico
Commission
Tekes
American Commission
Bix Ben National Park
Lastetas
Simmon Gap
Dead Hors Range
Boquillas Canyon
Santa Helena
Mariscal
Boquillas
Sierra del Carmen
Fronterizas Mountains
America
Park
Texaco
Santa Helena Canyon
Johnson
U.S. Coast Guard
Santa
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