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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1921
Page
1
The Bone Springs Oil and Gas Syndicate is organized under a trust in Alpine with John Young as trustee and general manager. It plans drilling on section 18 near T and L Ry Co block 234 within thirty days, after oil was found nearby at shallow depths and a Marathon well yielded oil earlier this year.
The Big Bend Syndicate, an Alpine based association, acquires several fee lands in Bone Springs valley and Green Valley, plans to sell acreage and later enter oil and mineral ventures. Local oil progress includes Presidio Oil Wilson No. 2 gas shows and drilling near Kokernot and Yarbro wells.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist church met Tuesday at the church with Mrs. W. Van Sickle presiding. Lesson on I Timothy urged members to study to show themselves approved. Reports were given, yearbooks distributed, and plans for ongoing work discussed. Membership rose to forty one with new add ons. The next meeting is the first Tuesday in February.
The Sul Ross Junior class met Wednesday with Miss Elliott as president pro tem due to vacancies. J. T. Reynolds was elected president and Marie Rawlins vice president. They agreed to hold weekly meetings at 10 20 a m and the entertainment committee received instructions for an upcoming event. The Avalanche office offers general commercial printing services.
The advertisement touts Good Housekeeping as a national necessity for every home. It promises fit into home life, dollar efficiency, family entertainment, reliable departments, high quality fiction, and top illustrations. It notes commissions go to the Alpine cemetery and urges subscriptions through Mrs. C. A. Brown or Miss Sarah Stroud.
By order of sale issued by the Dallas County Justice of the Peace Court a writ of execution sequesters property in Marathon Brewster County Texas. The judgment favors S F Bowser & Co for 118.04 plus costs. sale set for February 8 1921 at Marathon to satisfy the judgment. One barrelled Type B 14 gauge oil tank and another similar tank are to be sold. E E Townsend Sheriff Brewster County Texas issued January 15 1921.
Advertises Fidelity Quality Aromatic Castor Oil as tasteless and pure with claims of no nausea. Labeled for mothers and children, sold and recommended by druggists in Alpine at Palace Pharmacy and Alpine Drug Store.
Local notes list visitors from Alpine El Paso Breckenridge and Marfa visiting relatives and tending ranch interests. Cattle shipping shipments to Port Worth and a railroad inspection prize awarded to Mack George Caufield and Ryan take top honors.
The church lists services on the second and fourth Sunday each month at 11 am and 7 pm. Sunday School is every Sunday at 10 am. The pastor W A Belcher invites all to attend and attend a welcoming congregation.
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