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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1959
Page
10
The Alpine Avalanche publishes weekly from Alpine Texas with editors and staff including James W Glasscock and Hallie Stillwell. Circulation and ad details list subscription rates and a policy promising corrections for errors while noting limited liability for inadvertent copy mistakes.
A critique argues the Post Office Department subsidizes envelope printing, competing with private printers and banks. It claims the federal loss per 1000 envelopes, quoted at 2 dollars vs 8.15 dollars standard, burdens taxpayers and harms private enterprise under a Republican administration.
The Texas State Parks board aims to spend 126 875 dollars on Davis Mountains State Park over ten years with annual requests of 70 000 in 1901 17 500 in 1964 4 375 in 1966 and 35 000 in 1968 A total of 700 000 dollars per year for permanent improvements would fund 53 parks statewide funds include 210 000 for Monahans Sandhills 113 750 for Bamorhea Park and a proposed dollar per car registration fee to raise 4 000 000 to 5 000 000 annually instead of relying on taxes.
A compilation of local notes from Alpine, Terlingua, and Marathon items recalls headlines of 25 years ago. McCoslum named Chamber president. rains saved grasses. Harold Moyer buys out Cobb and Moyer Furniture. Alpine golfers defeat Fort Stockton. Paisano Encampment speakers announced. various residents’ travels, visits, and gatherings noted across towns in the Big Bend region.
Parr Pate Ranch of Alpine has been named to membership in the American Hereford Association based in Kansas City. The association, the world’s largest purebred registry, oversees accounts for more than 80,000 Hereford breeders nationwide and reported high calendar-year registrations, with Herefords recording the sixth highest total on record and about twice the combined registrations of other major beef breeds.
A buyer confronts Mr. Franklin over a book’s value. They volley prices from one twenty-five to two dollars as minutes pass. The customer, needing the book, finally pays the last offer and leaves.
The May 2 1960 District Court order directs Sheriff of Brewster County to seize levy and sell property of Navar Cervantes in Alpine Texas. Tract descriptions include Lots 2 and 3 Block 44 Hancock Addition and other property. Sale set for the first Tuesday of August 1960 at the Court House door between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm for cash to highest bidder.
Proceedings specify sale of property to the owner or any interest holder or other party but not a taxing unit, for less than the adjad value or total debts. Court allows right of defendant to object, divide, or sell in partial divisions. Dated in Alpine Texas on July 1960.
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