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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1921
Page
6
The Alpine Avalanche highlights railroads and government frictions with a claim that railroads seek immediate payment. It discusses unions, Henry Ford and Henry Wards wages, and notes meat consumption falling as prices drop. The piece ends mid thought, reflecting on broader economic tensions.
The text argues railroads and public utilities push higher rates while cutting wages and saving on materials. Officials’ war time salaries remain high, and the author warns that cooperation is needed to reduce expenses and resist rate hikes before more costly practices take hold.
A quoted proclamation argues that railroad labor organizations risk misreading the national mood as millions remain unemployed. It urges Americans to meet emergencies, adapt to new work, and shows determination that the public and government are ready. The piece warns strikers will learn the lesson too late.
A civic editorial urges citizens to demand lawmakers place state interests above local favors and to veto every appropriation tied to pet schemes. It warns that trading votes has driven up government costs and calls for close scrutiny of all bills for funds and impact. Lost jewelry described at end with finder notice.
Notice of a sheriff sale under a 1921 execution against B W Landrum. Real estate in Green Valley Brewster County near Terlingua Creek totaling 2880 acres, described parcels in sections 9 19 29 29 5 blocks 213 214 215, will be sold at public vendue at Brewster County Court House Alpine Texas on the first Tuesday in November 1921 between 10 am and 4 pm for cash.
A miscellany of quips and reflections spoofs public life from politics to price talk. It lampoons Prohibition, inflation, and mob justice while noting flavor of local Fort Worth life with jokes about crops oil towns and dentists.
James Cornell and N W Graham head the 83rd Judicial District at Sonora Ozona Texas with M S Burke as County Judge and Superintendent of Schools. The roster includes E E Townsend Sheriff and Tax Collector M T Chastain County Treasurer J W Phelps Tax Assessor J L Martin Jr County Attorney and W M Harmen County Surveyor. Also listed are clerks and four Precinct Commissioners and three Justices of Peace with names C W Livingston W A Weakley R L Cartledge.
The court schedule lists Justice Court on the fourth Monday monthly, County Court on the third Monday in February May August and November, Commissioners' Court on the second Monday in February May August November, Probate Court on the first week Wednesday of County Court, and District Court 63rd District on the sixth Monday after the first Monday in January and July.
The city commission led by Mayor Benjamin F. Berkeley and commissioners F. E. Gillett George W. Baines Jr meet on the first Monday of each month at the Masonic Building with Nay Bowles serving as city marshal.
The article cites USDA figures showing July 15 price levels for $2 articles bought by producers were 159 percent higher than July 1913, while producers received only 6 percent more for crops and meat animals than in July 1913. It argues that such price imbalances hinder restoration of normal conditions.
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