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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1929
Page
4
Official city and county paper for Alpine and the Davis Mountain area. Includes subscription price, postal details, and staff/correspondents information. Contains notices and cards of thanks policies with per line charges and rates for longer notices.
The Alpine chamber of commerce committee completed a street marking and house numbering project. Each lot received a number to ease visitor guidance, with houses already numbered and the city planning to assign markings on request as needed, reflecting civic pride and practical benefits for visitors.
Public Notice commands unknown spouses heirs and legal representatives of partition trustees to appear at Brewster County District Court in Alpine on February 18 1928 to answer a lawsuit referenced by docket. Names include Flannagan Blakeley H Aiken G C Wisdom J M Lanham and others as trustees or beneficiaries.
Brewster County Texas invites bids from banking firms to serve as depository for county and school funds for two years. Highest rate wins. daily balance interest. Bids require $750000 certified check and bond: $125000 county funds, $25000 school funds. Deadline February 11, 1929.
Advertises a neatly finished four room cottage in town with city water and sewer, a 69 by 188 foot lot, and a payment option of 1250 in bold type. Located at 112 N Sixth St. Contact WER for details.
Culberson county voters approved a $75,000 road bond by 42 to 33, exceeding the two-thirds needed. The paving will finance Bankhead highway work with state and federal aid, starting this summer. The route plans include a new alignment south of the T and P tracks, potentially affecting local property interests and street placement in Van Horn.
A noticeable flu improvement led to schools resuming Tuesday after closing since January 11. Attendance varied with over a hundred absent at first recess, and the next Wednesday saw similar absences, prompting another dismissal until this week. About forty were absent Tuesday morning per school officials.
Wille Mae Harris 38, a negro cook at the home of Mr and Mrs Anja Wilson, died Friday about 1 pm from flu pneumonia after nine days illness. She had worked at the Wilsons about three weeks and, with her husband, had been employed at the W H Kokernot ranch south of Alpine for about 14 months before moving to Alpine.
A remarkable ranch straddles Colorado Nebraska and Kansas at the tri state area. Owner Thomas Ashton keeps a homestead bunkhouses near the Colorado side and works cattle across the three states. For forty years he has ridden daily across the three states while tending his herds. The narrative also notes a body shipment to Gonzales before the Alpine event referenced in the clipping.
The remark notes that the new smaller dollar bills will not be ready for circulation until next July and adds a wry line about a future invention that might “shought” with one.
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