Trans-Pecos notes on rattlesnake meat and local grit
Trans-Pecos residents hear of rattlesnake meat tasting event in Philadelphia with 25 tasters invited by Dr. Charles H. LaWall of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. Report cites tech optimism on novel foods and local business potential amid other regional tales from Van Horn to Fort Stockton.
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Trans-Pecos
Philadelphia
Charles H. LaWall
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy of Science
Funds Sought to Expand Coyotes Fight in Texas
Telegrams to senators and representatives urge increased predatory animal control funding for western Texas. Ed Ligon and W Jordan lead the effort in the region with a goal of 50,000 to 70,000 dollars to support extermination work. Brewsster County area residents push for action while discussions consider relocating operations and expanding headquarters for a cooperative basin project.
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Ed Ligon
U.S. Biological Survey
W. Jordan
State Department of Agriculture
Texas
J. D. Jackson
HT. Pletcher
A. F Robinson
Chamber of Comers
John Perkinas
Pecos
Valley News
Legion Vice Elect School Commander Trustees Saturday
Alpine residents prepare for a public meeting at the courthouse to hear Col. Easterwood, praised for aiding veterans and unemployment relief, as a district election defense includes trustees Otis Kimball and Warren Chastain for Alpine Independent School District. Other races include county trustee-at-large John Perkins and Precinct No 1 candidate Emil Goestin with write-ins possible.
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Alpine Independent
Otis Kimball
Warren Chastain
Henry Plotehr
Clay] Holland
Seectery
John Perkins
Emil Goestin
Official Results of Marathon County Interscholastic Meet
Revised report from Marathon director C Matthews details county level results to select district contenders. Marathon High leads with 242 points. Alpine High 81. Marathon wards 160 and Alpine wards 129. Declamation and various events list Marathon and Alpine placements. note incomplete lines on some contests and indoors baseball.
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Marathon
Avalanche
Matthews
Mathews
Ward
Postoffice To Be Moved Next Week
The post office will move to new quarters in the Puller building next week after equipment and fixtures arrive and are installed this week. Inspector L. Cole of El Paso and R. L. Beard of Washington DC supervise the work as Alpine patrons receive eight hundred new boxes. Rent for the second quarter is now due. Justice Harry Mills of Oroville California swore to a warrant accusing Harry Mills of breaking into a cabin and stealing blankets.
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Puller Building
L. ©. Cole
el Paso
R. L. Beard
Washington, D. C
Harry Mills
Oroville
Calif
Alpine Rabies Drive Suppresses Strays Ahead of League Meet
About 10 dogs and cats have been disposed of since a city ordinance to combat rabies started, following a coyote visit and attacks on several people. Dr. A J. Hottman administered vaccines to many animals, as Alpine prepares for the April 14 15 Interscholastic League meeting at Jackson Field and the college campus. Authorities urge full cooperation and extended enforcement to protect residents while organizers expect hundreds of contestants, parents and teachers for the district event.
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Ely
A J. Hottman
Marta
Alpine
Sudan
Austin
Practicalyall Parta
Etg
Par Lenta
Lare
Lof Sul Res College
Jackison
Nthe
J.C. Coleman
College Facqulty
Adoption drive seeks homes for Texas Children’s Home children
Mrs. Jeanette Lemar state representative for the Texas Children’s Home Society San Antonio was in town this week on her annual visit. She said the society now has a number of placeable children for adoption and is seeking prospective homes. Interested parties should contact the society at 202 Frost National Bank Building San Antonio.
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Jeanette Lemar
Texas Children’ Home Pinding Society
San Antonio
Baptists to Meet Here Next Week
Between 175 and 200 delegates are expected to attend the April Workers Conference of the Pecos Valley and Davis Mountains districts at the Alpine Baptist church. More than 20 churches from Sanderson to Sierra Blanca and Toyah to Odessa will send delegates. The program, led by Rev. Buren Sparks, features themes on Old Time Doctrines including Total Depravity Conviction Repentance and Confession Regeneration and Preservation of the Believer. The all day session begins at 10 a.m. with a luncheon on the church lawn at 12:30 p.m. The program schedule lists lectures by J McKennie Praaier Kidd Garner and Ira Harrison among others.
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Pecos Valley
Davis ‘Mountains
Baptist Church
Sanderson
Sierra Blanca
Toyah
Odessa
Buren Sparks
Sesson
McKennie
Irean
Leon
School Census Nears Completion in Alpine District
Alpine Independent School District reports the scholastic census nearly finished with 910 children enumerated to date. The tally is one less than last year, slight declines north of the railroad and gains south of it. Most enumerated live within city limits while a few ranch families remain in the district. High school instructor M. P. Slover conducts the census this year.
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Alpine
Yester,ay
M. P. Slover
Rev Davis to Be Tried Tonight in Local Play
City prepares for annual clean up starting next Monday with Lions Rotary and women’s clubs organizing inspection trips to identify eyesores and fire hazards. Rev Bob Davis stars as a bootlegger in this evening’s Junior High School auditorium performance, defended by D M Major. Public invited. no admission charge.
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Lions Club
Rotary Club
Toliciats
Ipaign
Bob Davis
D. M. Major
van Valkenburg
el Paso
Thore
R. P
Alpine Lions Win Attendance Flag at Pecos Meeting
The Alpine Lions club represented by 14 members won the attendance banner at the Lions meeting in Pecos last Friday. The group was joined by four Alpine women, spouses of members, for a total of eighteen attendees. Delegates from Rosk in, McCamey, Fort Stockton, Alpine, and El Paso attended an enthusiastic session.
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Alpine Lions Club
Pecos
Norman Spencer
Frank McCollum
J. W. Prazer
B. Witwer
George Pugh
J.B. Yates
Paul Chaffin
Chas. Ople
R.A. Whiteside
J.D. Jackson
Youths Sent to State Reformatory for Train Prank
Onheiser and Logig ne, youths from Aisley court, were sent to Gatesville State Reformatory after admitting they piled cocks on a track to stop a freight train for a ride. Sheriff W N Gourney led the transfer as they faced the first of the month terms. Their homes are in the Bast.
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Onheiser and
Logigne
Aisley
Marto
W. N. Gourney Linet
Gatesville
Short term for slayer of sheriff verdict given
After days of deliberation Pecos county jury found 19 year old Jimmy Palmer guilty of slaying Sheriff Lee Sproul of Jeff Davis county on February 26. Palmer received seven years in the penitentiary, a lighter sentence than expected. Also convicted for robbery, Paul and Albert Steinberg were each sentenced to four years. Sheriff Sproul was killed while leading a posse pursuing the robbers near the ranch house. The case moved from Fort Davis to Fort Stockton. Attorneys Harry V. Fisher and M D Emberson led the prosecution and defense respectively.
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Pecos County
Jimmy Palmer
Brookston
Teas
Lee Sprost
Jeff Davis County
Palmer
Paul
Albert Steinberg
Mae Sproul
Sheriff Sproul
West Texas
Fort Davis
Fort Stockton
Peage County
Harry V. Fisher
Assis
M.D. Emberson
East Texas
Rev Black To Lead Weeklong Alpine Church Meetings
Rev James F Black of Del Rio will conduct nightly services at the Church of Christ starting Monday at eight o clock. The series will run through the following Sunday evening inclusive, with Rev Black previously hosting several Alpine meetings and well regarded by local residents. The public is invited to attend.
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Church of Christ
James F. Black
del Rio
Black
Inga
Royd Work West of Marfa Starts on U S 90 stretch
Work on a 14 mile strip of U S 90 between the Jeff Davis line east toward Marfa began last week in Presidio county. About 200 men will be employed as progression continues toward closing the Marfa to Jeff Davis county gap, finishing U S 90 through the county. Citizens are asked to report unsightly or unsanitary conditions to city officials or the chamber of commerce.
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Marfa
Valentine
Jeff Davis Line
Presidioounty
Jeff Davis J County
Presidio County
Chamber of Commerce
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