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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1903
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR shows ticket rates and meal prices from a Teess region timetable dated Friday November 13 1908. The legible items include passenger westbound fares and dining car or breakfast/service costs, but many words are garbled and unreadable.
Local mentions Jeff Davis county resident visits Alpine merchants fresh vegetables at Nichols & Sons and nearby businesses. Winder’s $3000 residence underway, Alpine factories and stockyard groundwork noted amid regional postings. A minister from Fort Davis preached and Mezenian murder case linked to recent criminal inquiry. quarantine impacts discussed with Eulerian references.
A seven room cottage in Alpine offers hot and cold water five baths shaded yard fruit trees and a new stable carriage house and poultry house with incubator. Possession given soon at 4 4 Gillett Alpine Texas. Meanwhile locals report hunting trips by C A Brows and Jipenford, discuss wildlife, and note community events including teachers institute attendance and legal matters such as ranch purchases and court-house contracts.
Advertises multiple blocks and lots for sale within two to three blocks of the public school and church buildings. Also offers Gillis Thomas addition parcels and other properties with water depth from 15 to 20 feet. Title perfect, D A T Walton.
A Plain Statement explains why last week’s Avalanche was a half page. the publisher explains distribution via Western Newspaper Union, printing at Houston, with two pages locally, and shipping delays. It notes rising costs, flat growth in Brewster County, and community support despite limited print runs.
In a San Antonio Fourth Court of Appeals ruling last Wednesday Judge Guggin upheld a boundary decision between Brewster and Presidio counties. The line now extends six miles west of Presidio’s claim, restoring the original boundary and adding about 450 square miles, a potentially mineral rich area. Jeff Deve and Brewster County gain from the restored division.
Monday afternoon P H Pruett brought in 64 calves and sold them to J K Jackeon. W D Kincaid praised the lot as among the best shipped from Alpine with some dispute about quality. Jackson & Herman shipped 2 cars of cows and 1 car of calves to Fort Worth while also sending another draft to New Orleans. Albert Cockervil sent a mixed car to El Paso bought from W Henderson. A S Gage shipped cars of cows and calves to Saint Louis and repeated with calves.
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