26 Jan 1911
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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1911
Page
1
The piece urges careful, intelligent pruning and care to keep trees healthy. It warns that careless pruning spreads disease, advocates shade for young trunks, proper tool use, and adequate spacing to prevent overcrowding. Exchange notes how neglect leads to pests, decay, and partial orchard failure.
Joseph Metcalf longtime Eagle Pass writer died at 7 30 pm after brief illness. He was a newspaper man in this region and known as the correspondent hero of The San Antonio Express.
Barstow Texas faces a dry spell with half an inch of rain failing to ease drought. Roads are poor, grass is scarce, cattle suffer, and advertising cuts follow the downturn while Texas yields show 19,490 carloads of fruit and truck in 1910 worth about 15 million dollars to growers. A Chicago lawyer notes juror duties misperceived in a Southwest region. Charcoal sells at 60 cents per sack.
The Alvardo Bulletin notes growing peanuts in Johnson County with threshing yields of four tores and about 130 bushels, selling at 1 dollar per bushel. Hay from the crop could add 1 to 1.5 tons per acre valued at 12 to 13 dollars per ton, with prospects of easy growth and modest care. Henry of Oklahoma City praised Reeves County and pledged that Pecos could attract a thousand families if a railroad comes.
A Pecos meeting aims to secure the Rock Island extension which could bring 25 000 people to Pecos. The route would yield a division point, round houses, road shops, and a large payroll. The bulletin on Pomological Possibilities of Texas by Gilbert Onderdonk will have a second edition published early spring. Caldwell’s price list promises savings on feed and coal from W E Cattwell.
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