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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1929
Page
6
Fort Davis items cover a weight wager with Mrs. Charley Jones, county officials and re-elections, a housekeeping tip on kettles, a social club meeting with a program on authors, basketball results for Fort Davis High, staff changes at the courthouse, student notices, parish events, and local illnesses. The report notes improving health of Mrs. Jones after a fall and confirms various community movements and guest visits.
Six hunters pleaded guilty to hunting on the posted Rock Pile ranch. A few days earlier Sharif Lee Sprout gathered four more hunters in HO canyon on the same ranch. Their cases were held, but after fines were issued the new owners refused to hold amen court and let others go. Eighty the four were summoned and chose to plead guilty and pay fines rather than contest the case, per Fetats county records.
JW Merrill and other officers qualified for office by posting bonds last week. Merrill noted his thirty eight years of service in an official capacity for Jeff Davis County, reflecting on his long tenure.
The ordinance requires written applications to connect to city mains and a five dollar deposit held until service ends. Monthly rents are due the first and late after the tenth, with disconnection and a back charge of one dollar for turning off and on when unpaid. The ordinance takes effect immediately.
A notice from Alpine Texas records the death of a local resident born in Mississippi and married to Della Yarbrough. Surviving are a widow, seventeen month old boy, his parents I. J. Tyler and five brothers and three sisters. The Avalanche extends sympathy to the family.
The body of W. D. David Tyler age 29 who died in Del Rio last Friday after an attack of influenza was brought to Alpine Saturday over the Southern Pacific and burial performed the same afternoon from the home of Mrs. Tyler's parents Mr. and Mrs. T. K. E. Yarbrough with Rev. Baren Sparks, Baptist pastor, officiating. He had been in Del Rio only a short time.
The family expresses sincere appreciation for the kindnesses and sympathy shown after the death of the husband and son Mrs. W. D. Tyler and Baby and Family acknowledge the support and say these acts will not be forgotten.
Pay it back like rent. Bring in your plans and specifications and we will pass on them promptly. Let your contract during the dull season and save considerable. If you wait til the spring building boom starts you will find that building material and labor are then higher, and you will have to pay the difference.
Classified ad notices present multiple land and property offers. UST No. 1153 lists three nearly central lots at 625 528 and 425 dollars. IBF 1152 promotes a 160 acre fruit and stock farm near Davis mountains with 25 acres of apple trees, price 9000 cash 5000 down, balance. UST 1156 shows four residence lots with water and sewer, asking 1200. UST 1069 describes 640 acres near a Brewster County public road at 1.97 per acre with cash 640 and 37 year terms. 1083 covers 3900 acres in Brewster County at 1.97 with cash 3900 and long terms. UBT 1079 details a five room dwelling on a 111 by 131 foot plot with well and windmill, priced 8100 with 1500 down and easy terms.
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