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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1920
Page
5
Classified notes advertise cigars, tobacco, pipes, cement work, and wall building by Braden. Also mentions a new location and services including machine stitching, buttons, septic tanks, and lighting improvements by Alpine Light. Real estate, ranch, and water tank listings appear with various owners and contact details in Alpine Texas and surrounding areas.
Alpine residents share visits and travel notes with Marfa Galveston Houston and El Paso. Misses Gillett Caldwell and Davis student moves. Presbyterians and church events. school and sewer tank bid set. W. Nevill and family return from Naco. J Russell Wilson plans Alpine stay. Mrs Bousquet obituary noted.
Notice cites higher oil and labor costs forcing price hikes on ice. Minimum orders: ten pounds at $14 for a book, 100 pounds at $9 per book, or 231 pounds or more. Large orders priced per tier. Ice books are cash. Delivery requires coupon books. Alpine Light & Ice, Manager.
Public sale announced by the Brewster County District Court on June 6 1920 to satisfy a 1920 judgment against Patrick Templeton. Real estate described as part of Section 43 in Block 9 of the G H S A Ry Co survey, Alpine Texas, to be sold at the courthouse on the first Tuesday in July 1920 for cash to the highest bidder. Notices published weekly for three consecutive weeks in the Alpine News, Brewster County.
The Wilson Well No 1 has 10 inch casing cemented in cap rock at 1741 feet. Master driller Darling achieved continuous drilling past a telescoped head with no interruptions. Texas, Clair and Humble representatives, including DeVore, Grant Jones, and geologist J G Knipe, monitor operations with strong expectations of a heavy pro.
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