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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1958
Page
11
Sylvia Porter argues now is the time to buy or build a home as housing scarcity ends and great selection returns. She notes easy money and lower interest rates favor borrowers, urging bargains on durable goods and the harbor of cash in the current market.
Brewster County items note Alpine water supply pricing for oil fields at $1 per barrel with daily consumption of three carloads of 12,000 gallons over nine years totaling about $280,000 in value. First Alpine wells drilled in 1913 reach 60 feet, near one mile elevation. Also reports a new Alpine golf course record of 32 by Doc Matthews in a foursome. Federal reforestation programs approved for four Brewster projects to employ 800 men and develop public canyon parks. Memorial Day services led by Frank O. Ray of Marfa American Legion.
Sealed proposals for 20 080 miles of Flex Base and two coat surface treatment along SH 17 from Reeves County to Fort Davis and additional work on US 80 US 90 SH 51 and SH 118 in Culberson Jeff Davis and Brewster counties will be received by the Texas Highway Department in Austin until 9 00 A M June 10 1958 and June 11 1958 respectively. wage rates and plans available from Chas Holmes resident engineer Alpine TX. Also notes marriage/divorce case in Brewster County citing Eva Valdez Hutchens versus Gerald Hutchens with hearing set after June 16 1958.
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