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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1940
Page
3
J W Dollahue of Marfa told the Fort Davis Mile High supper club that horses doctors and veterinarians reduced infant spinal deformities by preventing tuberculous milk from reaching babies. He cited bird poisoning myths and noted ongoing animal disease cures while remarking on coin counts and young women as patrons.
A Fort Davis lawyer recounts a rainy night encounter where his son politely asks guests from New York to stay, then quips that his mother is a damn Yank. The anecdote frames a lighthearted family joke amid court week chatter.
A visitor at Indian Lodge in Davis Mountain State Park near Fort Davis spots a goldfish pool under construction that now holds coins, mainly pennies, filling the bottom as locals treat it as a wishing well. Otis McPhaul comments on the scene.
In Jeff Davis County the political fight centers on the county judgeship and sheriff posts. Incumbent judge William Granger faces R J Johnson, while Sheriff Jim Walker competes with J K Stewart for tax assessor and collector. Several district candidates seek part of the county's nearly 700 votes as six boxes prepare for Saturday casting. fifteen absentee ballots had been recorded by Tuesday noon.
Forty three states represented at Carlsbad Caverns last Saturday as Fort Davis visitors Miss Mabel Bloys Amy Lou Bloys Thomas Dawkins Erna Serold and Martha Bloys explored the famed underground hole. Martha Bloys noted 178 of 1400 attendees were from Pennsylvania and five hundred were from Texas with Egypt Japan Canada and others also represented. Superintendent Boles warned the Texan crowd it may take 100 years for the state's population to see the cavern given rising numbers.
Hudnel M. Jones who previously ran drugstores in Balmorhea Marfa Alpine and here has disposed of the Balmorhea business and is now in an El Paso hospital receiving medical attendance for treatment and recovery.
After recent rains the Davis mountains country wears a lush green that pleases ranchers. Robert C. Withers, back from Austin, says the region now from the hills to the capital is as green and crop prosperous as in 15 years of trips to central and east Texas.
The 1929 Texas agricultural year shows oil overtaking cotton as the state's top money crop. The shift reflects rising petroleum activity and changing rural economics across Texas.
The State of Texas issues a summons to Brewster County officials to notify Ollie Bain and several others, including Olla Bain Johnson Toliver Johnson Laura Bain Caston Arthur Caston Dewey Bain and associates, as non residents of the state, to appear or respond.
A veteran editor and publisher campaigns for land purchases for Big Bend Park, pension funding, truck load limit increases, and support for Sul Ross College and district schools. The notice lists numerous defendants and requests a district court action in Brewster County Texas with publication of summons.
The document dated July 8 1940 presents J W Frazer District Clerk Brewster County Texas certifying a true copy with Elmer Taylor Sheriff and egee Phelps Deputy signatories.
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