Sul Ross students to tour Chihuahua City by special Santa Fe train
More than 130 Sul Ross college students and Alpine residents depart tomorrow on a Santa Fe special for a three day personally conducted tour of Chihuahua City and surrounding areas. The 125 signed up include five directors and were cleared through the Presidio consul.
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Chihuahua City
Mexico
Sul Ross College
Alpine
Santa Fe
Republic
Presidio
Stather Elliott
Moving Cotton Fumigation Plant From Marfa to Alpine Begins
Work has started on relocating the cotton fumigation plant from Marfa to Alpine. Foundations for the fumigation tube are being laid near the Santa Fe depot as Fortner of Marta oversees the move. The enterprise aims to fumigate about 6000 bales of Presidio valley cotton against the pink bollworm using cyanide gas, with Alpine chosen for its rail junction advantages.
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Cotton Bates
Marfa
Alpine
John * Fortner
Marta
Hay
Santa Fe
Fortners
Formher
Presidio Valley
Fort Stockton
Mexicans Edge Pecos In 11 Inning Baseball Thriller
Alpine Bears a Mexican nine beat Pecos Mexican team for the second straight time in an 11 inning contest. After nine innings the score was 4 4 with no scoring in the tenth. Bob Lafarelle pitched all nine plus extra frames as Matt Lafarelle sparked Alpine offense. A Pecos player homered. The report also references dangerous cyanide gas handling at a cotton plant, noting high risks and costs, with Belt and his employees mentioned.
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Alpine Bears
Pecos
Alkali City
Ted
Bob Lafarelle
Matt
Trips From Alpine Subject of C C Meet Monday
Alpine chamber of commerce will host a meeting Monday to plan trips based at Alpine. A committee head will discuss ways to attract residents students and tourists to use Alpine as base for trips to Carlsbad Caverns Grand Canyon Rio Grande at Santa Helena Chihuahua City and tours of Big Bend ranches and scenic spots.
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Alpine
Chamber of Commerce
Bel
Carlsbad Caverns
Grand Canyon
Rio Garade
Santa Hely
Chihuahua City
Big Bend
Negro band to perform at Alpine theater next Thursday
The famed Tenth Cavalry Rex mental band with leader Wade Hammond, built of thirty Rushy negro players, will appear next Thursday under Alpine auspices. They will perform at the bandstand then play a dance at the Holland Hotel, part of a 1931 goodwill tour through Texas with over 20 concerts. Lions Club sponsors urge music lovers not to miss this varied program featuring negro spirituals modern jazz and songs.
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Tenth Cavalry Rexmental
Wade Hammond
Holland Hotel
Bertowing Ar
Texas
Alpine
Lions Club
Observing Livestock Field Day at Highland Hereford Meet
The event runs from yesterday through today with tours to over 38 ranches in Brewster Presidio and Jeff Davis counties. Banquets dinners and entertainment aim to connect cattle buyers with producers and other industry figures. About 150 guests attended the Highland Hereford Breeders Association breeder-feeder day, highlighting problems from feeder to meat producer and featuring W B Mitchell of Marfa and Frank Holland editor of Farm and Ranch.
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Brewster
Presidio
Jett Davis
Highland Hereford Breeders Association
Toise
W. B. Mitchell
Marfa
Frank Holland
Farm and Ranch
CP and L plant improvements near completion
Work at the Central Power and Light company plant nears finish with painting stuccoing and minor carpentry. The upgrades aim for efficiency and economy in handling, with an estimated total cost around 4000 dollars for the new ice chamber and cork inlaid walls. A new distribution service platform will also be installed to aid customer calls at the plant.
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Central Power and Light Company
Sopten
Intomers
Southern Pacific to offer free freight delivery start Monday
The Southern Pacific announces free local freight delivery and pickup within city limits beginning Monday. The service applies to freight under carload lots for shipments between points on the line east of El Paso. Alpine to El Paso and reverse routes are excluded. An application to extend the service nationwide is pending.
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Southern Pacific
L. B. Starns
el Paso
Alpine
Apl
Scouts to Madera Canyon for Buffalo Trail camp
About 15 Boy Scouts, mainly from Troop 41, plan to depart tomorrow afternoon for the Buffalo Trail camp in Madera canyon Davia mountains north of Fort Davis. They will stay through Sunday, attend services, and undertake scout work led by Ja Doing with two or more already there.
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Buffalo Trail
Madera Canyon
Davia Mountains
Fort Davis
Maal
Terlingua Mine Superintendent is Found Dead
Marcus Huling, mine superintendent for the Chisos Mining Co, was found dead on the Fort Stockton road near Terlingua Brewster County with a revolver and three empty shells by his side. A bullet pierced his head and his car was still warm. Investigators have not ruled on the cause as of report. Separately, preparations continue for the Old Settlers and Cowboys celebration on July 3-4 with rodeo, dances, and a parade planned in Terlingua.
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Marcus Huling
Chisos Mining Company
Terlingua
Brewster County
Fort Stockton
Alex Dine
Hulings
Joe Parker
Honaire Old West
Fort Davis Highway
Emancipation Day Celebration by Alpine Colored Folks
A Juneteenth style Emancipation Day celebration is reported at Ranger Canyon five miles southwest of town. A large barbecue features with local ranchers donating cattle and merchants offering financial support to assist the event. Colored residents from nearby towns attend, making the gathering a notable community event.
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Ranger Canyon
Lea
Show Great Painting Here Tonight
Local listing announces a painting showing headline events at a venue with referenced names and dates obscured in a damaged OCR fragment. The readable fragment confirms a gallery display and urgent notice for the public to attend this evening.
Correction of delegate names at Rainbow convention in San Antonio
The Avalanche corrects a previous typo stating Mrs George Brown made the rip. it should read Mrs Eula Brown mother advisor of the girls group. The Avalanche is glad to amend such mistakes.
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Order of the Rainbow
San Antonio
Avalanche
George Brown
Eula Brown
Peacock Renews Allen's Contract for Coaching Post
Local athlete Sir Ross Allen received his contract from San Antonio to continue coaching at Peacock Military Academy for another year. The arrangement includes summer duties recruiting students and organizing travel from San Angelo to El Paso and into New Mexico, with home schools in Aust, San Marcos, Kerrville, and San Antonio forming the league.
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Sir Ross
San Antonio
Peacock Military Academy
Institu San
Graves and Wood Travel to California for Coaching Seminar
Coach B C Graves and Drury Wood, Del Rio staff, departed for California to attend a two week coaching school conducted by Pay Warner of Stanford in Palo Alto. They aim to learn Warner's new football strategy refined in recent years, Graves having trained under Warner on the coast and Wood adapting the system from local play.
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B.C. Graves
Oach
Drury Wood
del Rio
California
Pay Warner
Leland Stanford
Palo Alto
Warner
Graves
Wood
Ira Bowles Receives Eagle Rank Here Sunday
Ira Bowles of Alpine earns Eagle ranks after three years in scouting. Bowles completed extensive tests in fire building cooking and handicraft and his scoutmaster Witon Beell notes the honor grants college privileges and tuition exemption. The article mentions the achievement as highly significant though continues on the last page.
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Ira Bowles
Witon Beell
Bowles
United States
Fm Lite
Dom
Milk Ordinance To Be Observed Here In Future
City officials announce a forthcoming milk ordinance requiring cafes and fountain dispensers to display whether the milk used is Grade A. With three new Grade A dairies joining the existing one, Alpine will have four Grade A dispensers, and noncompliant outlets will face action by city health authorities.
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Alpine
Fort D. A. Russell Abandoned Despite Protests
A letter from CW Hendger, adjutant general, indicates the War Department plans to abandon Fort D. A. Russell at Marta despite protests from Presidio Chamber of Commerce and local groups. The move follows a long debate on post necessity, with security concerns on the border cited. Strong local support from citizens and Bix Mead’s defense of the fort is noted, but the department appears set to carry out the abandonment.
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D. A. Russell
Marta
Ig Bend
Presidio Chamber of Commerce
War Department
Washington
CW Hendger
Secretary of War
Cartain
Bix Mead
Sewell Announces Ten Day Revival at Local Church
Rev J B Matey says revival starts Sunday at Church of Christ with Rev Jesse P Sewell of San Antonio delivering messages. Sewell, pastor of Grove Avenue Church in San Antonio, is an experienced revivalist. Services will be held morning and evening for about ten days ending around July 1.
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Church of Christ
Matey
Jesse P. Sewell
San Anton
Sewell
Roswell
New
Alpine
Rov. Sewell
the Grove [Avenue Church
San Antonio
East Texas
Sunset Limited Time Change Affects Alpine Schedule
The Sunset Limited train on the HI Paso division moves up to 4 21 pm from 6 01 pm effective Sunday at 12 01 am. Only this train is altered. all other times remain the same per the timetable.
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HI Paso
Alpine
Same City Tax Rates In Effect Alpine Property Owners
Alpine voters face a 1.50 per 100 valuation tax rate set by ordinance, same as previous years. July 15 payment date noted due to late property renders. total valuation about 2.134 million, down slightly from last year with several new buildings. taxes range from 1500 for a corporation to small per-lot amounts, many pay 22 cents.
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Commission
Alpine
M. H. Moorman
Wny
Moorman
Holland Avenue
Eivic
Ravenue
Ely
Ecologists Study Here In Big Bend Region
Ecologists led by Professor J C Thar of the University of Texas Botany depart to the Chisos Mountains to study local vegetation. They camp at Homer Wilson ranch, bring pack horses and equipment, stay about a week, then return to Alpine to continue research in the Big Bend area with emphasis on flora.
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Chisos
Informion
J.C. Thar
University of Texas Botany
Sul Ross
Texas
Homer Wilson
Wilson
Henry Fletchler
Jaw
Tharpe
Mucker
Ross College
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