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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1912
Page
2
The Alpine publication urges governors to stabilize cotton prices, bankers to back the effort, and militia as a last resort. It calls for better roads, schools, and communities, endorses road bonds, and comments on beet packers, railroads, and Reyes’s revolution with skeptical tone toward reforms and contributions.
To orchard owners the article urges early and regular spraying with Whale Oil Soap as sap rises and buds swell. It warns pests won’t wait and stresses starting now, continuing through the season, with proper equipment and expert guidance from Aurint Hanowant Co.
Mrs Fritz Heubner applies gently for something at a cottage in the rear of the Yates residence. The notice seeks consideration of a modest request linked to the local property.
Directors of the Alpine Commercial Club hold an enthusiastic first meeting of 1912 with full attendance. They pledge support for Alpine Summer Normal, discuss artesian water funding later, plan a booster luncheon next Tuesday, and assign committees for arrangements and program with tickets at five cents.
Sunday school at 9:88 am preaching at 11 am and 7:15 pm Junior League at 3 pm Wednesday prayer at 7:15 Thursday Missionary Society 4 pm Choir practice all welcome Pastor H. M. Surry invites listeners Sunday morning and evening to hear the Great Gospel Gods Dynamic Program for Christian Endeavor January 28 1912 subject Foreign Missionaries 2 Cor 14 20 Leader A. B. Burton. Meeting at Baptisburg at 4 pm Visitors welcome. Recitations and Bible verses listed. Judge Joan Odom noted while passing through Alpine on way home from San Antonio. Local business updates and notices about poll tax and Caldwell feeds.
The Commonwealth Quartet wowed Alpine last night with stellar soloists and versatile phrasing. Encores and recalls were frequent as the cultured crowd showed strong approval. They return tonight at the school auditorium with popular admission of 0 and 25 cents, no reserved seats.
Amos Auten & Co Sabinas Texas offers to furnish buyers for several ranches to place on a local list in Brewster and nearby counties. Apine Mercantile Co promotes feed. S. H. McCullough sells reliable safes to protect books and private papers from fire. Terry's market supplies fresh oysters.
An attorney general ruling holds that a vendee who buys on condition of settlement and occupancy prior to three years from the original purchase can substitute in the land office. The effect is to make the vender an original purchaser from the state, contingent on occupying the land until the date of the original purchase. This ruling influences Texas land dealings in the western section.
A black jack weighing about six hundred pounds with white points and coming three years old is offered for sale or trade. The animal stands thirteen hands and should make a fourteen hand jack when matured. Price is two hundred dollars or trade for jennets. Apply to Clyde M Harbison in Goliad Texas for details.
Contractor Toby moved his camp yesterday from Alpine to the big irrigation dam project at Leoncita eighteen miles north of town. Promoters intend to push the work aimed for completion by January 1 1913.
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