Prominent Pecos Valley Officials Visit Alpine for Rail Extension Talk
Four Pecos Valley Southern Ry officials toured Alpine to assess a possible Balmorhea to Southern Pacific route. They heard Alpine residents seek a northern outlet and discussed bonuses of $5000 per mile, local land value gains, and the cost and feasibility of building the line. A railroad mass meeting was scheduled for Friday May 12 to unite civic support and funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos Valley
Balmorhea
Southern Pacific
W. L. Carwile
F. W. Johnson
L. W
Manar
W. E. Chapman
Chapman
Carwile
Alpine
Pecos
Ion
F W. Johnson
Jackson
Tne
Messrs
Wigle
Steinmann and
Dunbar
Brewster County
Anderson
Lechugilla Fibre Extraction Advances in Texas
Report on the Lechugilla plant fibre extraction moving from hand methods to machinery. Finigan Zabriskie Co. sold a machine handling 100 pounds of lean fibre. A McCallum plans to install a unit in Alpine with expectation of profit and full operation within the year. Also notes availability of blue and waste print maps of western counties from D D Yous in Alpine, Texas.
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Texas
Mexico
Finigan-Zabriskie Co
Patterson
N. J
A. McCallum
West Texas
Alpine
McCallum
Pecos
D. D. Yous
Hoth
Rev Dr Eichelberger to Speak in Alpine Sunday
Rev Dr Eichelberger of Fort Worth district superintendent of Prohibition forces will visit Alpine next Sunday. At 11 a m he speaks on Ion Confronting ship of Texas and at 4 p m at the Presbyterian Church on The State Was Saved at San Jacinto Our Homes will be Saved. He is part of The Texas Roundup campaign with wide distribution of platform speeches and calls for unity among Prohibition supporters across Texas. The note is signed by church and college leaders endorsing his message.
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Alpine
G. W. Eichelberger
Ft. Worth
Prohibition Forces
Fort Worth
J Paso
Ship of Texas
Presbyterian Church
San Jacinto
Anti-Saloon League
J. H. Gambrell
Thos. H. Ball
Texas
Judge Balls
Judge Poindexter
Cone Johnson
Father Murphy
Fichelberger
League of Texas
North
George W. Truett
St Baptist Church
Dallas
H. A. Boaz
Polytechnic College
C. Rankin
Texas Christian Advocate
A. Farris
Christian Courier
J.C. Mason
Christian Board of Missions
J. Frank Smith
Lockett Adar
Presbyterian
Gambrell
Baptist
Public Auto for Hire in Hen CE Hotel Ad
Sam prepares to make taps to any point and solicit the traveling public. Call on or phone me at the Hen ce Hotel. Coie S. IL Burptck.
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Sam
Hence Hotel
Trio Held In Death Of Brewster County Man
Three former Brewster County residents, Mrs Sarah Talley her son Dayton Talley and Mrs Bernice Wells, are held for examination in the death of Benjamin Talley on March 1. A grand jury failed to indict. a later warrant led to exhumation of Talley’s body for strychnine testing by Professor S R Mitchell. The case centers on possible poisoning by the wife and two children. no insurance or clear motive found.
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Brewster County
Las Cruces
Ni! M
el Paso
Eugene Moreno
Chamberlan
Sarah Talley
Dayton Talley
Bernice Wells
Benjamin Talley
Chamberine
F. W. Parker
W. H. H. Llewellen
Major Lewellen
Berino
Dona Ana
Talley
S. R. Mitchell
Chemistry Department
U. S. Experiment Station
Agricultural College
Mitchell
Dona’ Ann
McCaleb
Incorporation Papers Issued for Alpine Hardware Co
The Alpine Hardware Company was incorporated this week in Texas with capital stock fully paid in of $6000. The incorporators are P. W. Berry W. Van Sickle Le B. Dantzler and W. J. Yates. The company has received the larger part of their stock and are ready for business. Street Lights Are Fine in Bridge Avenue Area. Street lamps authorized by the commissioners court and subscribed by residents on Bridge avenue were lighted Saturday night, providing a bright, pleasant glow comparable to arc lights in larger cities.
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Morrell Fields
Arizona
H. J. Gray
R. W. Morrell
E. JD. Cruse
R. C. Armistead
W. J. Yates
Texas
P. W. Berry
W. van Sickle
le B. Dantzler
Commissioners’ Court
Citiens
Bridge Avenue
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Rairoad
Holland
Commercial Club
Marfa
Ft. Davis
Lympia Canyon
Fort Davis
Chap
Lonce
Jason W. James
Alpe
Dr. Eichelberger
South Texas
Comfort News
G. W. Nichols
B. Nichols
San Antonio
Nichols
Antoni
Don
Michol
Ichla
Fan
Paul Ingen
Dan Holamp
Cadington
Margeret
Robert Stabmann
Mr. Nichols
Emerson Feta
Eh Defree
Repoc
Coie
S. IL
Burptck
Alpine Hardware
Real Eistate
Old Mexico
Brewster
Presidio
A. M. Turney
Marathon
Fort Stockton
H. S. Wigle & Company
Mitchell-Gillett Company
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