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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1928
Page
9
The Democratic primaries set July 28 1928 in Jeff Davis County to select candidates. Incumbents include C B Jones for Assessor Virginia Lee Ellis for Treasurer F L Sproul for Sheriff and Tax Collector and J R Barnett for County Judge.
Jack Dumas and Preston Johnson came home Saturday after a month at Fort Sam Houston in the Citizens' Military Training Camp. They report being tan and fit, assigned to the infantry. Jack earned a sharpshooter rating on the range. Preston reportedly did not compete. They say four seasons at camp plus a year with the national guard would lead to commissions as lieutenants in the reserves.
The murder trial of Paul Afiichell was not held last week due to a missing defense witness. Judge Sutton moved the case to August 27 with $500 appearance bonds for all witnesses, $100 previously. The case, transferred from Fort Stockton, concerns Pat Murphy's murder. a Mitchell brother has been convicted and is held in Fort Stockton jail pending appeal.
The cremation was held in San Diego on July 7 at the home of her daughter Mrs Claude Smith. Her burial Sunday morning July 15 at 8 30 followed a cremation and a few old family friends attended the service.
Flee and Dr. R L Irving offered prayer at the Presbyterian church. Mrs. Stewart's son Kenneth and her sister Miss Kate Funk attended and then departed by motor to El Paso.
A July 15 gathering of Christian Endeavorers from Marta Alpine and Fort Davis met at the Fort Davis Presbyterian church for an informative program led by Miss Kate Fewel. Thirty five youths attended the outing with prayers, a fort overlook, and a council meeting planning future summer meetings.
Dr Schuler, a SMU faculty member, is a summer visitor in Fort Davis for about three weeks. He notes many scientific interests present here including geologists botanists and ornithologists. He recalls a Methodist board exam joke about ornithology with his father.
A reader recalls a father saying I don’t know much about an thology brother I’m very fond of chicken in a casual family memory. The fragment hints at a humorous or meandering conversation without a clear event or named figures.
Genevieve Thompson celebrated her fifth birthday on Monday July 16 with a party at the Thompson home. Her young friends swam at the rock pool, posed for a group photo, and enjoyed an ice cream cake to conclude the event.
Report from Valentine says three carloads of machinery arrived to drill for oil on the J C Brite ranch. The well, planned four and a half miles northwest of the ranch headquarters, lies about eighteen to twenty miles south of Valentine in a private venture by Mr. Brite. A water well at the site reached 1100 feet years ago with signs observed.
A long clipping records residents and visitors in the Davis Mountains region. L C Brite of Marta shows branding on cattle while families and guests from Fort Smith, San Antonio, Colorado City, Phoenix, and other Texas towns visit ranches. The piece includes a formal public notice regarding a land suit in Brewster County and courtroom details.
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