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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1941
Page
3
A city loan listing promotes ranch loans at 4 percent interest with easy repayment terms, plus a 6 percent option on property loans. Clear details on eligibility and repayment schedules are presented for property owners seeking financing.
For sale or trade is a 7900 acre Davis Mountains ranch stocked with over 4500 head of sheep and livestock. Fenced and cross fenced with net fencing, running water, and low operation costs. Owner asks $1800 cash and is open to good trade and quick sale. Also offers two additional homes on site with reasonable terms.
City loan offer promotes refinancing on good residence and business property with low interest and long terms. New homes are under construction, and the ad invites readers to contact the lender.
A local lender advertises ranch loans at 4 percent with liberal appraisals and low expense. Flexible repayment avoids long tying of funds and encourages refinancing and expanding land holdings. They also promote cashing rand notes and borrowing extra money for land purchases.
Abstracters warn against costly errors by comparing abstracts with records. They urge buyers to avoid overpaying for quick service and emphasize accuracy to prevent trade ruin. The message promotes careful selection of abstracting services.
Title insurance offers a cash guarantee of good title to land owners. Lenders increasingly require insured titles. The Title Insurance Company helps close deals with a single premium cost.
L. Hopson, agent, offers coverage across fire hail auto life accident liability and more including bonds explosion aviation trucking cargo and rent and occupancy. He states we write insurance and you wage what you need.
The Honor Roll in this week's Avalanche includes renewals and seven new readers. Subscriptions in good standing are thanked and new names added to the Alpine area list, with several entries from Marfa, Marathon, Alpine, and surrounding towns. Readers urged to renew if due.
Thirteen new motor vehicles were registered in Brewster County last month, bringing the yearly total to 243. October registrations matched January and trailed September’s 14, listing buyers including Beasley, Weston, Taylor, Ivey, Neal, Moss, Valadez, Medley, Davis, Lackey, Espinosa, Merriwether, McElroy and others with varied makes such as Ford, Chevrolet, GMC, and Dodge pickups and sedans in Alpine Marathon Presidio Terlingua and nearby areas.
A March 1 1902 Terling Texas Terling mine tale recounts how Woods a Maine man bought a $25 horse to guard Howard Perrys Perry quicksilver land. He had never ridden and faced thorny ground and long roads while protecting the claim near the Big Bend through the years.
An Austin dispatch reports numerous deer fatalities on night drives in the hill country where curves hinder visibility. In July and August a total of 32 deer were killed on roads near Kerrville, with many vehicle crashes causing injuries. The Game Warden warned drivers to slow down in deer habitat.
L C Brite widow of Marfa ranchman was elected to the board of trustees of Brite College of the Bible at Texas Christian University filling the vacancy left by her husband’s death. Mr Brite founded the Bible school and was board president at his death. Civil Service Exam The Civil Service Commission announces an exam for teachers in Indian schools including Alaska. Salaries range from 1620 to 2000 dollars yearly with applications due by December 11 1941 at the Commission’s Washington office.
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