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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1930
Page
2
In Fort Davis Alpine Pecos Enterprise columns a Fort Davis correspondent laments free political advertising flooding the paper. Editors defend space as paid for by candidates, urging readers to disregard unsolicited poems and denunciations and noting the waste basket as the fate of surplus “dope” from campaigns.
A reader explains gasoline taxes as tolls showing various per mile rates for different cent tax levels and annual driving. notes expected 550 million dollars in gas tax this year and percent of retail price. questions fairness and calls for reform for general state purposes.
The Cemetery Association issues rules for the sexton duties at Taree including trash removal, watering trees, private lot care, and supervision. Residents urged not to pay extra fees and to hire laborers for extra work. a supervisor, Mrs. Joe Parker, handles complaints. Also notes a separate Texas drainage figure and Gulf runoff estimate.
A celebratory note honors Gertrude Ederle for her France to England swim setting a remarkable example of endurance. The piece connects her achievement to wartime memory and national pride. It also promotes midweek Lent specials on fruit filled buns and bread nutrition, noting freshness on Wednesdays and Fridays.
A notice from Brewster County sheriff announces a public auction of land rights held by J. H. Landry and Ralph D. Yates. The sale, to be held at the Brewster County courthouse on the first Tuesday of May 1920 between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., covers parcels formerly awarded to Milam Harrison by the General Land Office and linked certificates, with proceeds to satisfy a February 1929 district court judgment in favor of Ollie F. Posey and W. R. Posey against Don Yates Maude K. Yates and Ralph D. Yates.
Pastor J David Murray discusses the Pentecost era, noting a threefold faith among early disciples: self faith to undertake tasks, faith to others as God’s faith in believers, and faith demonstrated by Jesus through teaching and acts that served all people.
The text argues that the prodigal son story reveals faults in the elder brother and emphasizes faith in fellow men. Pentecost empowered early disciples to value souls, proclaiming Christ as savior, and to face sin with authority, bringing peace amid doubt and hardship.
The regular monthly meeting of the county commissioners was held Monday and Tuesday this week with much of the time spent on routine business and hearing objections from taxpayers whose assessments were used by the board at a recent session. All members were present as the session adjourned Tuesday.
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