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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1902
Page
4
Editor J M Carnes lists postal service details for Alpine Texas with hours for east and west routes, holiday closings, and subscription rates. The notice provides posting information and office times, including morning and evening operations.
Strayed or stolen from my ranch twelve miles north of Alpine Texas about Sept 15 a dark horse 15 hands high with black mane and tail black dorsal stripe star on forehead branded GH left shoulder and TSW left thigh. Reward 210 for the horse and 250 for arrest and conviction of thief WK Hancock Alpine Texas.
Local and personal items report W J Duboes returning from Uvalde and Duncan Campbell traveling to El Paso on business. Mining claims are active with surveyors busy. a telephone line to Fort Davis is completed. Weather notes describe an unusually cold September end and recent showers.
The selection of Judge K Thomas as part of a committee to seek reforms for the State Association of County Judges signals recognition of his ability. Local items note Alpine growth talk of town incorporation and a business league as a precursor to municipal government.
A card from M A Ernst J P expresses disdain for Grand Jury instructions to officers to crack down on gaming. He opposes suppression, urges regulation, and says he will not seek reelection, pledging to report cases as a private citizen after the election. He mentions Precinct No. 4 and County Attorney Halbert in the debate.
The Commissioner's Court met in called session to designate election precinct polling sites and appoint presiding officers countywide. Terlingua shifts to Maria Mariposa Mining Company store for voting, replacing the 1 E Dewees location. Presiding officers named for precincts 1 through 9, including Lo Kokernot, D Campell, J C Bird, J Torney, and others at various sites such as Mex. School House and Rock Lone.
The record shows last month’s average daily attendance with illness absences for Birdie Hord and Hector. Irene McDonald joined classes. new room improvements include a stove. three new pupils enrolled. teachers report on geography, plane geometry, and recent grades as the Caesar class studies Liber Primus chapters XIV and XVII.
Harry Trahart of Port Davis bought 10 yearling heifers from Jackson and Harman at 814.50. Stock cattle prices have stiffened as traders report a goat country potential in Brewster County with K D Cawthorn bringing in about 200 pounds of Mohair. Guy Bordon of San Antonio visits ranches and Fort Davis seeking tag bulls for feeding. A.S.S. Gage received two cars of Hereford bulls from Kansas for Alpine and Marathon ranches. A fatal disease outbreak on the Alpine ranch killed eight, with four more ill. Dr. LeGear treated the stock and separated sound cattle from the sick ones.
A series of notices authorize candidates for Brewster County offices in the forthcoming November election. Names listed include tax assessor sheriff treasurer county judge district clerk county surveyor county attorney and district attorney from Brewster and Kinney counties with pledges to serve and seek voters support.
Judge W W Walling of San Antonio filed ten mining claim surveys in the general land office. The claims total 200 acres on the San Diego mountain in Brewster county. Ore is described as free milling low grade gold, averaging 35.84 to the ton. First discovery of this kind in Texas.
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