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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1902
Page
4
Local residents like EB Middleton Winnie Dempsey and Jimmie Walker were noted in Alpine and Marathon stops with cattle shipments and freight movements described. A pep from a Federated Women’s Clubs convention trip and a light prophecy of peaches plus a long note on the Avalanche paper and Civil War memories close this Alpine slice.
An old newspaper piece recalls a basket of flowers sent by Mrs J Gillett and a rival editor's youth memories. The verse salutes friendship and affection, urging Laura to keep a twig as a token of memory and lasting bond.
The town faces a wave of deliberate poisonings of dogs and cats. Guardians mourn the loss of beloved animals while authorities stress that such malicrous mischief violates the law and carries severe penalties.
James Ro Anderson and wife visited yesterday on the couple's return from the Dallas reunion. Anderson, once a noted hero famed for valor with Wheeler's Cavalry, now prospers as a rancher near Nine Points. Despite age his vigor and keen eye remain.
A suggestion argues Alpine should control the Terlingua business wholly rather than in part. It states the arrangement would bring substantial monthly revenue to the town and encourages concerted effort to secure the deal.
Local column urges forcing idle residents to work on a tracklaying crew west of town, citing Texas vagrancy statutes and calling for enforcement. It notes community leaders and visitors, including J W Phelps, Judge J Fo McKenzie, and John Stillwell, with updates on land filings, marriages, cattle conditions, and a Mexican school teacher election set for May 10.
A collection of announcements from Brewster County candidates including T M Newton for Tax Assessor BD A Walton for Sheriff B C Thomas for County Judge M A Bro for District and County Clerk JW Peis for Tax Assessor and a candidate for County Surveyor in Stewster County. The notes express thanks and pledge to uphold duties.
GW Blackburn moved cattle to the Griffith ranch and added about 150 head purchased from Duncan Campbell. Five thousand yearlings described as the finest west of the Pecos were shipped from Van Horn by SK Walker. Alexander Boynton and Frank Smith from San Antonio visited seeking investments. Little May Mitchell died of diphtheria in Dallas. Alpine editors accused prominent men in a secret conclave alleged to plot murder.
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