Weather and rabbits dominate Ward county notes in Texas
Highlands residents praise the climate as east Texas visitors seek cooler summers. Ward County offers a five cent bounty for jack rabbits ears and three cents for cotton-tail ears to protect cotton crops amid drought. The piece also notes local editor L A Berghouse leaving journalism for music, and details about the Head Spring Dreuth Relief camp, observatory plans, and Comanche Springs traditions and spring changes near Stockton and Balmorhea.
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Trans-Pecos
Pinsy Wiods
East Texas
Ward County
Quarantine Put On 30 Camp in Chisos
A COC camp in the Chisos Mountains State Park was quarantined after a typhoid outbreak. A youth who fell ill faced the disease amid recent developments, with officials noting measures to prevent spread.
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Chisos
Chisos Adountains State Park
H. V. Patton
el Paso
Sethig Nere
Todd Patton
Hi Paso
Hal Marie Patton
Pioneer Resident of Ft. Davis Dies
Fort Davis telegram reports the death of 66 year old Harry Grierson, longtime resident and former county official. He left Fort Davis area for El Paso where he died after months of illness. Burial plans place him in Jacksonville, Illinois near his parents. Survived by brother George and other relatives, with notices of friends and local visitors cited.
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Fort Davis
Harry) Grierson
el Paso
Grierson
B. H.rierson
Jacksonville
George
Bill Granger
Illinois
Candidates final dash in Brewster county primary race
With one week to go before the July 28 primary, Brewster County prepares for a tight election. Voters focus on U S Senate contenders Tom Connally and Joe Bailey, Governor candidates Allred and McDonald, and lieutenant governor hopeful Berkeley. Local officials and poll sites are listed, with town names Alpine Terlingua Marathon and Dugout. The Granada theatre jackpot rose to 95 dollars after a drawing.
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Brewster County
Tom Connally
Joe Bailey
U. S. Senate Post
Allred
McDonald
Clint Small
Berkeley
Woodward
E. E. Town
Sond
Alpine
Stanford Payne
del Rio
Penney's New Store Opens in Alpine
The new J C Penney Department Store opened at Holland avenue and North Fifth street, marking a major forward step in Alpine’s retail history. Doors opened at 9 am, providing employment for locals and boosting annual payroll. The redecorated interior, formerly Gilett Brown Dry Goods, is bright, spacious, with wide aisles and well placed departments. Throngs of shoppers attended the opening, praising a plan designed for ease and convenience. The feature continues on the last page.
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Rprall
Alpine
J.C. Penney
Holland Avenue
North Fifth Street
Gilett- Brown Dry Goods Co
Penney
CCC Drouth Insurance Survey and Camp Plans Near Alpine
The CCC drought relief unit is to arrive mid next week at Chisos Mountains State Park to establish a permanent camp with sewer and road improvements. Workers from drouth areas will man the project, moving the camp site from Basin to Green Gulch, while an Alpine fire insurance rate adjustment is being studied after a survey by State Fire Insurance officials. Field work includes sewerage plans, storage tanks, and temporary quarters for the new contingent.
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Chisos Park
CCC Drouth
Chisos Mntains State Park
Stat‘d
Drouth
Texas
CCC
Dreuth Relief Company
Green Gulch
Ira
H.D. Johns
State
Ire Insurance Department
State Fire Insurance Commission
Johns
M. College
Bill Hale
Utica Singers To Present Program In Alpine
Alpine residents will see the Utica Singers a touring Negro spirituals and folk music group. The concert at the college auditorium Tuesday July 24 will feature a national repu tation for its spirituals and folk tunes. Admission is 50 cents with 8:30 curtain. Mrs J B May and two sons left for Texas visits to Paint Rock and Houston.
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Alpine
al Ross College
Utica Singers
Megro Jubilee Singers
College
West
Lutheran
Paint Rock
Houston
Texas
Many Apply for Sale of Cattle in Brewster County
United States Emergency cattle purchasing moves forward in Brewster County with 60 applications listing about 6000 cattle. Appraiser E. J. Benson sets daily tasks through August 18 as 1000 head expected for offers. Condemned cattle are shot on ranches while 2027 appraised show 1510 condemned and shot and 1508 accepted for shipment to cannery plants. Prices average around 16.80 per head for condemned stock and about 16.50 for grown cattle, with yearlings near 12.80. B O Bethel of Greenville Texas is a Bureau of Animal Industry inspector aiding the process. Continued on last page.
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United States
Brewster County
Gibbons
Ofice
Mord
Fisher Drug Store
E. J. Benson
B. O. Bethel
D. V
Greenville
Texas
Bureau of
al Mal
Jol Davis
Presidio
Culberson
Dormitory Project Moves Ahead at Sul Ross College
Sul Ross College completes a $100000 improvement plan for a men's dormitory with a Public Works grant loan of 7500. President H W Morelock announces the aid and outlines the campus expansion including outdoor theater, athletic facilities, terraced campus, and new summer studios in native stone.
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SUL Ross College
Sul Rosstate Teachers College
H. W. Morelock
Sul Ross
Builetin
Kokernote
West
Texas
Morelock
Pass and Encampment Begins Next Week At Paisano
Anticipated large turnout for the fourteenth annual Paisano Baptist encampment opens next Friday and runs through August 5 with keynote preachers Dr. Roy Angell of San Antonio and Dr. F. B. Thorn of Houston. Baylor’s Dr. J. B. Tidwell leads morning Bible expositions, E. L. Garnett directs singing, and H. L. Kobernot Jr oversees meals. Attendees from across Texas and neighboring states expected on the 1000-acre Alpine grounds near U.S. Highway 90.
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Baren Sparks
Baptist Church
The
Assembly
South
Sparks
Roy Angell
First Baptist Church
San Antono
F. B. Thorn
Second Baptist Church
Houston
Angell
Thorn
B.T
H. L. Kobernot, Jr
Alpine
Associatn
Alpine visitor Dad Joiner praised climate and plans
Dad Joiner, a renowned oil man, arrived in Alpine and was hosted by Dr A B Mayhew and associates. The party, including Mr Aves and Mr Jon, discussed drilling progress and the discovery slated for this season, with Joiner expressing optimism about Alpine’s prospects.
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Dad” Joiner
Alpine
M. Deiner
Alpin
Eros
Oxonnis
Meise
Anat
Iwan
Joiner
Aves
Jon
Progres
Slain riverman buried at Davis port
Port Davis July 19. Walter Bolton, keeper at Ruidosa Hot Springs near the Rio Grande in Presidio County, was buried Wednesday after death under mysterious circumstances. A gunshot wound from front to back prompted reports of possible suicide, but later advice said accidental discharge while reaching for a rifle in bed. Asa Jones visited from a Tesnus ranch.
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Port Davis
Walter Bolton
Ruidosa Hot Springs
Rio Grande
Presidio County
Bolton
Beau McCutcheon
W. L. Kingson Sr
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Madera
Dreuth
Balmorhea
Head Spring
Carpenter Hill
Madera Valley
Davis ‘Mountains
Comanche Springs
Stockton
Fort Stockton
Port Stockton
Ioneer
Ft. Davis
LM. Grierson
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Berkeey Hall
M. L. Hopson
Pink Phelps
M. P. Slover
P. V. Cartwright
South Alpine
M I Lero
Oscar Roberts
John A. Wegerts
Terlingua
J. L. Sublett
Marathon
A. R .Davis
Oliver Billingsley
Dugout
C. Liarnold
A. A. Green
Sveral
Davis Mts
Aiuto
Ammer
Pst Tang
Atmos
Soda On
Granada
Penney’s
Drouth Insurance Survey
de 7 Steiger
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Pass
Avalanche
U.S. Highway No. 90
E.W. A
J. B. Tidwell
Davis
Werator
Pridavis
Asa Jones
Tesnus
Almanac
Alay Bay
Steve
Nevada
Eileree
Tenglah
Austra
Woeld Wat
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