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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1924
Page
3
Numerous short notes cover visits and sights in Alpine Texas and nearby towns. Mentions include Miss Jessie M. Kline and Miss Lolla Bunton visiting El Paso and Marfa, ranchers A G Prude and W M Green in town, and a found money note at The Avalanche office. Also listed are bake sales, sales offers, lost item notice, and city tax renditions with weather notes and road work plans.
A Parent-Teachers Association meeting is scheduled at the high school building for Friday at 3 30 PM. All parents are urged to attend.
Mr. J. C. Bird of Merkel Texas acquired three fine Ladd strain Hereford bulls from C M Largen. The Blue Ribbon Herd bulls aged 12 15 and 16 months are registered and have won more blue ribbons than any other herd in the United States. They were due to arrive Wednesday night over the Orient.
Alpine organizes its first fire company with Chief R A McMurry and officers Bernal Slight and M L Hopson among the members. The town is divided into four wards with alarm signals defined and a depot water tank plug planned. Citizens urged to fund uniforms equipment and a new fire station, promising lower insurance rates.
The Presbyterian Council met with Mrs. C D Wood last Thursday afternoon to discuss council activities. A bake sale was planned for Saturday at the Palace Pharmacy and committees were named to assemble spring clothes for orphan Bessie Martin and to arrange the luncheon menu for the Presbyterial in April.
Mrs Frances Van Sickle informs Robertson Van Sickle and W. Van Sickle of her marriage to Maynard E Robertson of Dallas in San Angelo on March 9. The bride is a widow well known locally, and the groom is a Yale graduate and Dallas businessman considered of fine character.
Sheriff and Tax Collector FE Townsend announces his candidacy for county and district clerk subject to the Democratic primary on July 26. He is finishing his third term as sheriff and tax collector and opposes incumbent W W Lease in a county with a long ranching and law enforcement history.
President H W Morelock of Sul Ross State Teachers College begins a speaking tour departing for Brownwood to address the Mid-Texas Teachers Association session on Friday afternoon Dr P W Horn of West Texas Tech also on the program Morelock will discuss Making the Position of the Rural Teacher More Permanent at the Saturday session and may visit Ballinger and Winters delivering teachers gathering addresses.
J E Irby father of Mrs John Harmon died Friday morning in Haskell due to pneumonia at about 78. He visited here often and is remembered by many old timers. Surviving are Mrs Irby three sons and four daughters including Fred Long Beach Calif Bob Forreston Jess Beaumont Allie Payne Haskell Bertha Moore Fort Worth Maggie Soule Silver City New Mexico and Mrs John Harmon Alpine.
Notice to the public from Sheriff E. E. Townsend announcing a speed cop on duty to reduce dangerous conditions and stating that those who do not obey traffic laws will be prosecuted. Lost item noted March 6th as light weight.
Miss Gladys Peters spent the weekend in Alpine while Mrs. J H Ritchey visited friends in San Antonio. Plans for a district Interscholastic Meet in Alpine in April were announced with declamation winners Daisy Lindsay Ted Brown and Georgia Moorefield. The Girls Home Economics class hosted a six o clock dinner at the high school with two minute talks and a saxophone duet by Jessie Todd and Willie Mae French.
A M Turney announces candidacy for Brewster County Judge in The Avalanche. He was admitted to the bar in Marshall Texas in 1890, moved to Alpine in 1892, served as county attorney, manager of the O 2 Ranch, county commissioner for Precinct No 2, and county judge from 1903 to 1909. He later served in the Legislature and again as county judge until 1920. He cites legal experience and commitment to law enforcement and equal treatment under the courts.
A late dusk fire at the rear of the R. A. McMurry Plumbing Shop was put out by Bernal Slight of West Texas Motor Co and others with extinguishers. The blaze likely started from a wiring short near the fire siren. McMurry, newly elected Fire Chief, was unaware of the incident until after.
Mr J W Phelps known as Uncle Bill announces in The Avalanche his candidacy for re election as Brewster County tax assessor He cites faithful efficient service and experience as key assets for Brewster County where he would run unopposed if the public approves his record as a public servant
Sam Harmon, a rancher, killed another panther Tuesday night in the Gulch pasture near the Harmonson sheep pasture. The animal was larger than a previous panther he and Joe Parker killed, measured at 10 feet 10 inches tip to tip.
Division freight and passenger agent E McClanahan assistant F and P agent Wade Cunningham and division engineer J W Harshaw of the G H and S A Railway Company arrived here Monday overland from Valentine via Fort Davis. The purpose of their trip was not learned.
Property owners must file their rendition of city property at City Offices before April 1. Issued by W. A. Daugherty City Tax Assessor on December 20, 1921.
In a Chamber of Commerce discussion Alpine groups debate playing baseball on Sunday versus other days. Pastor C Bowles urges postponing Sunday games to Sunday services, proposing Saturday or Monday play with business closures to support the team and involve all church members.
Classified ad notes an Underwood typewriter for sale in prime working order. Price listed as 40 dollars total with cash payment 20 dollars and balance 5 dollars monthly. Contact Otis Turner at phone 59.
The Avalanche reports a city ordinance establishing an annual dog license for all dogs allowed to run at large in Alpine. It details impounding redemption sale or destruction for unlicensed dogs and a fine of five to one hundred dollars. The ordinance takes effect April 1 and urges citizens, especially dog owners, to read and obtain license tags from the city secretary.
The Brewster county tax collector lists 853 residents who paid poll tax or qualified under the law to vote before January 31. Including those exempt from the poll tax for age or other reasons, the total voting strength is about 900. Precinct details show Precinct No 1 voting solidly and capable of outvoting the rest of the county.
Real estate listing by W. B. Hancock describing lots for sale in a good location with shallow water. Mentions favorable terms if desired and notes title as perfect. Date appears as 12 20 4¢, indicating a historic control of price or record.
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