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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1903
Page
1
The Houston Post argues for a pulmonary hospital in West Texas to serve the poor at low or no cost, funded by philanthropists. It would improve health more than libraries, urging endowments from millionaires to provide free or affordable treatment for those with lung disease.
W Peyss of Kansas City locating engineer for the Kansas City Mexico Orient road arrived in San Angelo with D B Adams to survey land between San Angelo and Spofford Junction. The trip aims to assess terrain for a possible line and cost estimates. Reports indicate a coastal Texas or eastern Mexico destination, with Brownsville at the gulf coast as a likely goal. A shipment of 21 small passenger cars from the Pennsylvania Car Company to Ferrocaris in Guaymas was noted as the largest of its kind locally.
The article reviews the new game law in force from July 1 and highlights prohibited kills. It notes Brewster County residents’ readiness to form an enforcement association if needed. It lists: unlawful to kill antelope mountain sheep and many game birds for five years, with specific months for legal game birds such as turkey quail dove goose duck plover curlew snipe and pigeon.
The law effective July 1 establishes the Department of Public Health and Vital Statistics within the Quarantine Department. It requires physicians or parents to report births within ten days and death details with penalties for noncompliance, plus state monthly data reporting and fines for failure. It also notes debate in Texas over electrified roads as a solution to road quality and market access.
The Blakely Reporter notes a man in Early county has been relieved from road duty for years on a technicality. It is customary to summon a worker near where he sleeps and has clothes washed, but this man has never worn clean clothes, suggesting no washing is done. T. Henderson reports grass on his lower ranch is as good as ever.
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