Fire Insurance Rate Cut Benefits Alpine Property Owners
Alpine property owners will save 1500 to 1800 on fire insurance for the next 12 months as rates drop effective Sept 1. Residential rates fall 10 percent while commercial buildings see up to 40 percent cuts, with an overall Alpine average around 15 percent. The key Alpine rate drops from 54c to 51c, and statewide lower losses over five years enabled the cut. After March 1 1940 Alpine may gain an additional five percent reduction for a good fire record.
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Alpine
Infantile Paralysis Victims Near Full Recovery in Alpine
Two weeks after infantile paralysis cases in Alpine, Griffith Oates has recovered enough to move about in his car and Miss Rosalie Baker has left to visit relatives down state. Neither patient shows serious after effects and no other cases have been reported.
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Alpine
Griffith Oates
Rosalie Baker
New Dodge Plymouth Agency Planned for Alpine Marfa Area
Rust-Carter Motor Co announces a Dodge Plymouth agency serving Alpine and Marfa with a Marfa building secured. A. B. Carter, formerly of San Angelo, will run the business here and move his family within a week or ten days.
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Dodge-Plymouth
Rust-Carter Motor Co
Alpine
Marfa
A. B. Carter
San Angelo
12000 Visitors At McDonald Observatory Since Opening
Fort Davis August 30. Between May 15 and August 25 six thousand five hundred twenty eight entered the dome at McDonald Observatory with a similar number driving to Mount Locke but not entering. By August 25 there were 2403 dome admissions in August and 250 on the August visitors night, the limit for a single evening.
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Fort Davis
McDonald Observatory
C. T. Elvey
Mount Locke
Elvey
Alpine Lumber Co
Holland Avenue
Reverend Dodge Leaves for Home in McKinney
Rev. C. E. Dodge and family left last Sunday afternoon for their home in McKinney after a month with the congregation, it was stated this week.
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C. E. Dodge
McKinney
Hendersons Annex City League Title Sealed
The Hendersons claimed the city softball league crown by taking two of three from the Williams & Vogt Juniors in a playoff between the top teams. Hendersons won 5-4 on Monday and 11-9 on Thursday, while the Juniors forced a 9-8 win in the middle game that went extra innings.
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Henderson
Williams & Vogt
Hendersons
Alpine
W&vv Juniors
Weston
Rotary
Dorris
Casner Motor
Brady Texaco
Mr and Mrs J D Jackson visit Canyon for regents meeting
Mr and Mrs J D Jackson traveled to Canyon early in the week where Mr Jackson attended a meeting of the board of regents for state teachers colleges in which he serves as a member.
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J. D. Jackson
Canyon
Jackson
Board of Regents
State Teachers Colleges
Young Man Crowned in Rio Grande Tragedy Near Dead Horse Canyon
Charles Russell, about 26, of Wickett, drowned in the Rio Grande near Dead Horse canyon while swimming to join his companion Ed Lindsey. Lindsey, a former Marathon boy now in Wickett, swam across. Russell was swept into a whirlpool and did not resurface. The body remained missing by Wednesday afternoon as rescue efforts continued. The accident occurred about one mile below Boquillas, in the area proposed for Big Bend National Park.
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Charles Russell
Wickett
Rio Grande
Dead Horse Canyon
Ed Lindsey
Russell
Boquillas
Big Bend National Park
Eagles Decline Boosts Antelope Numbers in Big Bend
Fort Davis correspondent reports that about 2,500 eagles have been killed in the Davis mountains Big Bend area over nine years. Wildlife official Ray Williams says antelope numbers rose from about 30 to 150 along the Davis mountains edge, with similar gains across Jeff Davis Culberson Brewster counties and surrounding regions. Williams details his eagle killing method and notes nests range from cliffs to windmills.
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Barry Scobee
Fort Davis
Davis Mountains
Big Bend
Ray Williams
Alpine
Jeff Davis
Presidio
Culberson
Brewster
Williams
Donations to Park Fund Exempt From Income Tax
Fort Worth August 28 All donations to the Big Bend park fund will be exempt from income tax. The amendment to the Texas Big Bend Park association charter, filed in Austin, was approved by the federal government. Amon Carter H W Morelock Nathan Adams and D A Bandeen signed the approval for the non profit group. The plan aims to raise 1 500 000 to purchase park lands to be given to the U S government for recreation and education.
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Fort Worth
Big Bend Park Fund
Texas Big Bend Park Association
Austin
Beauchamp
Amon Carter
H. W. Morelock
Nathan Adams
D. A. Bandeen
United States
Legion plan to boost park funds in district
A program aims to raise about 560 in the 16th Congressional district to finance a float for the American Legion parade in Chicago this month. Legions posts, chambers of commerce, and civic groups sponsor the drive for the Big Bend park project with Alpine donating 25 and the post 15 along with pledges from Fort Stockton Lions Club and other towns.
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16Th Congressional
National American Legion
Chicago
Legion Posts
Big Bend Park
Legion
Chambers of Commerce
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
Legion Post
Fort Stockton
Lions Club
Business Houses to Close For Labor Day Observance
All business houses will close either all day or observe Sunday hours next Monday Labor Day it was announced at the chamber of commerce offices yesterday Housewives and others are advised to note this fact and do their shopping over the week end accordingly.
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Chamber of Commerce
Only One-Seventh of Japan Suitable for Farming
A historical report notes that only about one seventh of Japan is arable while the remaining land is mountainous or infertile. It highlights challenges for agriculture and land use policy.
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Japan
Completion of U S 67 Sought by Texas Cities
A Comanche convention of U S Highway 67 representatives planned immediate action to finish the road from Fort Stockton to Alpine and from Marfa to the Rio Grande at Presidio. A delegation will seek a State Highway Commission hearing in Austin, with leaders from Dallas, San Angelo, Fort Worth chambers and Sul Ross College involved.
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Comanche
Fort Stockton
Alpine
Marfa
Rio Grande
Presidio
Austin
State Highway Commission
W. O. Cooper
Dallas Chamber of Commerce
Culberson Deal
San Angelo
Brewster Court Sets Tax Rate at 72 Cents
Serum was brought by plane from El Paso and San Angelo to treat George Hovey a Houston boy in town for pneumonia. His parents and brother flew to Houston, then to El Paso and San Angelo for serum before returning. A damaged wing on the emergency field plane underscores the need for a suitable landing strip.
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el Paso
San Angelo
George Hovey
Houston
George
George L. Hovey
James
Mr. Hovey
Dining Room and Kitchen Planned for Sul Ross Co op
The board of regents has approved adding a dining room and kitchen to Sul Ross college cooperative apartments converting the building into a girls boarding home. The plans call for a 90 seat dining hall with a kitchen in adobe and stucco, with construction by W. J. Smith and completion likely by Thanksgiving. Students will continue current light housekeeping until completion at the start of the 1939 40 term.
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Board of Regents
State Teachers Colleges
Sul Ross College
H. W. Morelock
Canyon
W. J. Smith
Southwest Welcomers Form To Boost Big Bend Tourism
A two day tourism school in El Paso created the Southwest Welcomers a new feminine corps to promote Big Bend and Southwest attractions. Members from Alpine Fort Stockton Midland Las Cruces Douglas and other towns joined with El Paso leaders to map a regional tourism plan and entertainment program. Edith Gay of Big Spring was named president with Bernice Strawn Sul Ross and Shirley Whitlow Douglas as officers.
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Big Bend
New
el Paso
Southwest
el Paso Gateway Club
Chamber of Commerce
Ft. Stockton
Alpine
Midland
Big Spring
Silver City
N. M
Lordsburg
Las Cruces
Douglas
Arizona
Alamogordo
L. A. Wilke
L. P. Bloodwort
L. P. Morrill
Gateway Club
el Paso Dam
The
Southwest Tourist “Boosters
Southwest Welcomers
Edith Gay
Brewster County Finances Show Gains and Lower Tax Rate
The Brewster county commissioners set a 1939 tax rate of 72 cents per $100 and adopted a 1940 budget of 76,890 dollars, the lowest in years. The 1939 rate is 10 cents below 1938. Expenditures stayed within income, cash-basis status nears, and net bonded debt dropped about 106,000 dollars despite new bonds totaling around 50,000 for essential projects.
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Brewster Commissioners Court
Commissioners Court
Brewster County
Highway talk and local notes flavor Pecos area column
A Texas column notes road upkeep contrasts with New Mexico, plus humorous mentions of signs like air conditions and Go Slow No Hospital. It highlights Alpine area centric West Texas plants and reports a school tax increase in Ft Stockton, plus Krupp oil tests in Hudspeth county and an anticipated bank consolidation between Pecos and Toyah.
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New Mexico
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Texaco
Regents
Harvard
Oyster Bay
Long Isanil
Jarille Walter
Long Island Sound
Big Bend-Davis Mts
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Legion Meet
U.S. 67
Highway Dept
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Finlay
Hudspeth
McNary
First National Bank of
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