Man hunts eagles to save antelopes in West Texas
Hay Williams, a West Texas warden, hunts golden and Mexican black eagles to protect wild antelope herds. Using car and pump shotgun he targets diving birds at speeds up to 70 mph, aiming to curb eagle predation that he believes could wipe out the open range species. Williams estimates 1200 antelopes roam his half dozen county area. state counts add 500 head.
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Port Davis
Hay Williams
Williams
Williams Sim
Alain
Uncle Sams
Wilams
Texas
Jeff O Davis
State Game Department
Willams
Alpine Is Winner In County League Meet
In Marathon March 24 Alpine won the county track meet defeating Marathon Trade School by 215 122 points. Alpine earns the right to represent Brewster County in the district meet at Port Stockton in early April. About 125 visitors attended the county meet with groups like choral singing and playground events adding to the turnout. Alpine claimed boys first in playground, girls volleyball, girls tennis, and boys track, while Marathon led in literary events. Notables included Sonnier Shao High Botello Sublett from Alpine and James Chambers winning the bar, with Wenton Oliver placing in high jump and broad jump. Weather was pleasant, winds picked up later.
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Puis
Ihe
Alpie Gree
Maradon Trade School
Mase
Brew
Wer
Port Stockton
Sanderson
Igi
Chool
Marathon
Alvie
Alvine
Poe
Ane Sportemanan
Sonnier
Shao High
Botello
Sublett
James Chambers
Wenton Oliver
Elizabeth Crawford
J. J. Crawford
Fim Grove
Church of Christ
Jrelock
Miss Crawford
Alpine
Ozona
Crawford
Sul Res College
Miss Craword
Charea
Christ
Eastern Stat
Lodge
J. H. Killin
The
Eastern Star
Clarence Lease
John Blevins
Carroll Vaughan
Walter Garnett
Jack Nichols
Curtis Moore
Uniforms Ordered for Sul Ross Band
Uniforms for the Sul Ross college band were ordered last week for thirty members and will arrive before the April 28 dedication of the outdoor theatre at Ko ternot lodge. The band, led by Thomas B. Granger, plans regular outdoor concerts and exchange performances with Fort Stockton and Wink school bands. Proceeds from the March 30 Simmons University concert will partly fund the uniforms, with half of the receipts going to the Sul Ross band.
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Sul Ross College
Koternot Lodge
Sam Browne
Thomas B. Granger
Fort Stockton
Wink
College
Simmons University
Sul Ross Bend
Alue
Timemons
Alpine Independent school district trustees election planned
Alpine residents will vote on April 7 to select two trustees for the Alpine Independent School District. Incumbent T. A. Beard seeks reelection and a vacancy caused by R. A. Whiteside’s resignation will be filled, with Dom Adams as the other candidate. Voting will be held at the county courthouse polls.
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Alpine Independent
T. A. Beard
R. A. Whiteside
Beard
Dom ‘Adams
Eket
Simons University Cowboy Band in Concert Here Friday
The Cowboy Band of Simmons University, formed from high school grads, rises to international renown and will perform at Sul Ross auditorium Friday night March 30 to raise funds for the Sul Ross band uniform fund. The piece traces the band’s growth from 1923 when uniforms were first loaned, through incorporation in 1925 as The Cowboy Band.
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Simons University Cowboy Band
America
Simmons University
Sul Ross Auditorium
Sul Ross
Simmons
Abilene Chamber of Commerce
Southwest
Texas
Cowboy
Prof. D. C
Jewelry Store Sold to Lubbock Man This Week
Announcement of the sale of Alpine Jewelry Store by T A Beard and Mrs Beard to B P King of Lubbock. King plans to retire from the business and devote time to other interests. The entire stock will be closed out at auction with two sales at 2:30 pm and 8 pm until all stock is sold.
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T. A. Beard
B. P. King of
Lubbock
Beard
King
Alpine Man Named Member Texas Exhibit Body Chicago
The text appears garbled with fragmented phrases about an Alpine man and a Texas exhibit in Chicago. No coherent events, dates, or identifiable organizations are clearly stated to form a reliable summary.
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Texas
Chicago
April 1 Deadline For Car Licenses
Tax collector warns that midnight April 1 marks the cutoff for 1934 automobile tax without penalty. The state legislature extension ends at that time and drivers without current license face arrest and fines. Tax office urges unregistered cars in the county to complete 1934 registrations promptly.
Musk ox bone found in Brewster County links to early man in Big Bend
In Brewster County near the Jeff Davis line a hind leg bone resembling a musk ox was found near ancient human remains during Gryshalter dig for the West Texas Historical and Scientific Society. Smithsonian experts tentatively identified the bone as Precoptoceros May Meldi Troxell from the Pleistocene, placing it in the Glacial Epoch. Further identifications are awaited as artifacts and other species are studied.
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Barry Scobivalanche
Port Davis
Lnk
Big Bend
Texas
Cave
Brewster County
Jeff Davis
Victor J. Smith
Sul Ross Teachers College
Alpine
Saver Gry Shalter
PF. M. Setzler
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
L. Gazin
Institution
Mr. Setzler
Smith
Efforts to secure land for Chisos Mountains Park
A countywide push led by the chamber of commerce and residents aims to acquire about 8640 acres in the Chisos Mountains area to form a state park. State Parks Board chairman B F Corp urged passage of a bond to buy ranch land, but attorney general advice blocks that option. Brewster County officials vow to press for park land and related camps to attract tourism.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chisoe Mountains
Trewsfer Cunty
B. F. Corp
State Parks Board
Colp
Granada Theatre
Attorney Generals Department
Brewster County
DCC
Ove Tna
Unis
Chisos
United States
Milous
E Parks
Next
Strip work on U S 90 and bridges on 0 S 90
The Texas Highway Commission approved funds to top a ten mile U S 98/ U S 90 stretch west of Comstock with asphalt and to build bridges over Palma and Lezier creeks on 0 S 90 between Dryden and Langtry. The project, partly federal aid, aims to remove the last impassable sections between Van Horn and San Antonio.
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State Highway Commission
Comstock
Highway Commission
Terrell County
Palma and
Lezier Creek
L. FE. Whitam
Wichita Pals
van Horn
San Antonio
Thes
Owens and Fraser Firm Dissolves Partnership
Announcement reports the dissolution of the Owens and Fraser partnership of Alpine lawyers. Fraser who came from Austin formed the firm with A. E. Owens and set offices in the Fuller building. Owens remains in the Puller building while Fraser returns to independent practice at a new location in the McIurry Plumbing building on Holland Avenue.
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Owens & Fraser
Alpine Attorneys
Me. Fraser
Austin
A. E. Owens
Fuller
Mciurry Plumbing Company
Holland Avenue
Mr. Owens
Puller
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Spain
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Lamist Lemalin
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Rontgen
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Scot Reachen
South Pole
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