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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1921
Page
2
The Avalanche reports late Marathon news with varied notes on local ranches shipments and business. A. S. Gage ships yearlings and steers to Finley Texas while Meriscal Mining unloads brick for a McKinney Springs furnace. Ongoing oil and pump repairs near Marathon, ranchers in Alpine and Del Rio visit relatives, and area schools face sanitary concerns.
The state commands Brewster County officials to cite Isabella Palmanteer and Edith Palmanteer to appear at the County Court in Alpine on August 3 1921 for a guardianship case filed by Helen Palmanteer Woodbury. The writ, issued June 23 1921 by Clerk W H Lease with Deputy Jas A Burke, directs a return of service. Also mentions Measday Dairy phone line for dairy products.
In Brewster county Bone Springs syndicate well on section 18 block 234 reached 40 feet last week, tools broke, sent to El Paso for repairs, drilling resumed Monday near a historic water well drilled by Lew Buttrill. Geologists from New York praise the shallow oil possibilities, with reports and ads for geological maps.
The piece notes the president’s call to Congress to delay the soldier bonus bill and urges readers to study his message. It cites oil drill activity on Kokernot ranch with a repair delay, a hard formation, and a possible Tampico sand layer, while outlining views on deflation, circulation, and veteran payments.
The Delta Colorado Tribune reports teamsters dumped 50,000 bags of fine onions into the Gunnison River to save the sacks after transport costs exceeded onion value. The loss impacts a 15 car shipment and raises local onion prices to 12 cents a pound or shortages.
Fort Stockton field reports ongoing drilling activity as the Bordner Shannon test resumes after a long pause. The Devlin ranch in section 208, operated by Pinal Dome, has conducted recent underreaming work while the Bordner Shannon test, located about a mile southwest of the Menzie deep test, plans further operations.
The Leon Springs Irrigation company has placed a motor boat on Leon lake for the use of its employees and families.
The St George Hotel is remodeled and modernized under new management. Hotel Jordan in Marfa, Texas, invites patronage as proprietor Mrs. E. W. Nevill announces the change.
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