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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1911
Page
4
The Dallas News argues West Texas deserves fair railroad development funding and policy. East Texas must accept liberal railroad growth to aid West Texas, preventing stagnation and promoting statewide harmony and growth.
Sanford J. Trueman, secretary and general manager, visiting the San Esteban valley project eleven miles south of Marfa. The dam will store gravitation water for irrigation of over 9,000 acres. Work began last fall with a target completion by late June. The 102 foot high wall with a 40 foot base has caused Alamito creek to overflow near the top after recent rains. The project aims to reclaim vast arid land not currently on the market.
Washington, D. C. Randell reintroduces his antigraft bill banning gifts and pay from public service interests to lawmakers. House action may be delayed to December. supporters rally reformers unions and civic groups. Randell forecasts success in the Second Congress amid opposition from political bosses.
The excerpt lists various claimed health uses for foods and fruits. It cites watermelon to treat yell low fever and to rehydrate drained patients, cabbage to aid digestion, oranges for dyspepsia, grapes and bananas for wasting diseases, tomatoes for liver stimulation, sugar leading to weight gain, capsicum aiding digestion, spinach and carrots for complexion, and cereals as healthful. It presents a period voice advocating diet as medicine without medicines.
A motorist who had been speeding on a country road faced a justice of the peace who had fined him before. The dialogue shows the judge accusing the driver of frightening horses while the motorist jokes about using a flying machine to beat time.
The National Goas Roads isolation issue reports public highway expenditures. Texas topped 1910 spending at 7 million dollars and projects 25 million for 1911, according to figures compiled by the Commercial Secretaries Association.
A fragmented reflective piece arguing to buy local in Alpine, stressing community support, staying money in town, personal relationships with merchants, and tax benefits. It includes proverbs and moral lines on commerce, manners, wit, and love, concluding with a view of a town divided between wealth and lack.
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