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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1934
Page
5
A campaign ad from 1932 quotes R B Slight urging voters to demand budget discipline. He likens the county judge to a bank president and calls for clear reporting of expenditures. The speaker argues recurring tax hikes come from unrestrained spending and weak taxpayer support for economy.
RB Slight, candidate for County Judge, second term, urges tax rate cuts, cites 1992 figures on county revenues and expenditures, accuses public extravagance of causing hardship, and calls for reduced spending and a cash basis without borrowing. He encourages readers to study the column and support fiscally cautious governance.
Judge J C Hunter of Abilene, a West Texas attorney and Independent, spoke on the courthouse lawn in support of Senator Clint Small for governor. He cited Small's growing statewide support and predicted a run off, after recent speeches in Fort Stockton Pecos and El Paso where he was joined by Rev. and Mrs. Buren Sparks.
Jefferson Davis and Culberson counties report government purchases of about 1395 head of cattle. Ernest Gibbons leads the buying for the gov ernment with plans to finish by August 15. Dr Oscar Stephenson, veterinarian inspector, will depart soon with Dr Hoffman of Marfa continuing inspections as needed. Local supply lines include Alpine hardware and Haw. Dept. tie.
Jack Roberts bagged a large cougar on the Gage ranch below Marathon early this week. The panther had been feeding on goats in Doubtful canyon area about 16 miles below Marathon. Roberts trailed with dogs, killed the cat after it was freed, said to be among the biggest ever killed in the region.
The Alpine Cemetery association will hold a regular meeting next Monday afternoon at four oclock at the Christian church. President Mia Cas Rawards urges all members and interested parties to attend.
A typhoid quarantine in Chisos Mountains State Park was lifted after a worker’s illness was reclassified as incorrect. The youth was moved to an El Paso hospital as part of a group from down state.
Interest in the primary election to morrow is reflected in the number of absentee votes cast a total of 120 having been reported by County Clerk J W Frazer yesterday morning The final date for voting absentee ballot was Wednesday
Mr Stith of Boonville Indiana recounts years of use for billiousness and minor ills noting chest tightness after overeating fatigue and loss of energy improve after taking Black-Draught. He calls it a good entirely vegetable laxative available for 284 a package.
Second Camp DSP-1 fills up in the Chisos Mountains as 901 arrive Tuesday and about 150 enlist at present. Camp SP-83-T tenants and superintendent R D Morgan oversee both camps. Alpine reports vacationers from Brownsville and requests for land prices, hotels, sanatoria, roads to Carlsbad, and other lodging and tourist info reflect growing town interest.
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