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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1921
Page
4
The State Board of Health warns vacationists that typhoid poses greater risk in country districts and resorts due to polluted water milk and flies. Dr M M Patrick promotes boiling and chlorine treatment for water and outlines pasteurizing milk with a simple home method.
The article warns about garbage disposal and pest control measures at summer resorts. It describes kerosene, lime, and formaldehyde fly-traps, and notes vaccination as the best defense against typhoid, advocating three inoculations for immunity. It mentions plans for a Colorado river dam in Texas to irrigate 2009 acres and hints Alpine valley irrigation future.
Property manager H. T. Fletcher warns that no person may take wood water or grass from any O2 pastures and that violators will be prosecuted for trespass.
State forestry cost estimates show loblolly pine on medium soil at 3.84 per thousand board feet and 7.97 on poor soil with 6 percent interest. Longleaf costs vary by land quality and age. stumpage values range from 6 to 7 per thousand. Private growth appears unattractive, prompting state land acquisition for demonstration and practice, with projected returns from 4 to 6 percent.
The Obregon government issues an order allowing American cattle raisers to move herds into Mexico without fees and to return them duty free. The American consul in Juarez released the information last week. Mexican grazing lands are in excellent condition and western ranchers may use the rule this spring.
A notice warns that any person connecting or tampering with the lighting circuit without informing the Alpine Light and Ice Company office will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law for theft.
A Greenville Tennessee street shows a tale from start to presidency with a tailor shop sign and marble monument to A Johnson. The piece pivots to labor irony as an Illinois union leader jailed for refusing sheriff duties and fined by the Painters Union for supervising a non union job. Texas vital statistics report 44 sets of twins last February with one Triplets set among African Americans and high death tolls including 331 TB and 276 pneumonia deaths.
The School of Mines and Metallurgy of the University of Texas will maintain a year long program to assist prospectors through testing and ore assays. Brewster County will provide its share of business for the assay office as the institution supports the state’s hidden resources.
The Brewster County Commissioners Court will sit as Board of Equalization on June 4 1921 at 10 a.m. in the County Clerk’s office Alpine Texas to consider and determine all property valuation for taxation. May 17 1921 W H Lease County Clerk By Jas A Burke Deputy
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