Alpine hosts Dry Farming Convention attention gathers town
Alpine crowds fill streets for Dry Farming Congress events with officials from West Texas towns. Notables include Prof Attwater, Prof Iddings, and Senator Hudspeth as speakers seek to promote dry farming and tourism in Alpine. Local businesses donate spaces and gear for headquarters and badges.
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Attwater
West Texas
Pecos
Alpine
Edward J. Iddings
National Dry Farming Congress
Collins
Addings
Giddings
Luddings
Appings
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Zeferino Dominguez
Mexico
Domingauiez
United States
Fd R. Kane
Dixon
C. A. Alvord
Claud
James Callan
Texas Cattle Raisers’ Association
Dry Farming Congress
Plan for Making Willows Weep Explored
The writer suggests an odd horticultural tip: if a proper weeping willow is unavailable, take a sprig from a common willow and plant it with the small end downward in the ground. The advice invites readers to test whether this inverted planting yields a weeping form.
Long Bean String Grows 264 Gallons in Four Days
Dr G W Page superintendent of schools cultivates Kentucky Wonder beans on a single row. He produced 264 gallons for market and neighbors in four days after harvest. The account treats this as a remarkable linked bean crop.
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G. W. Page
Kentucky
Dry Farming Meeting In Alpine Attracts Attention
Editorials urge readers in Alpine to attend the Dry Farming meeting on September 2 inviting Alpine residents and travelers. Railroads offer low rates for the trip, and the event is billed as the start of a major agricultural development effort combining soil science with farming practice.
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Alpine
W. van Sickle
Brother Easterling
The
Avalanche
Bev Greenwood
Alpine Seot.land 2
Alpine Avalanche
State Press
West
Galveston-Dallas News
Alpine Public Schools to Open New Teacher Corps
A letter from Alpine supervisor Geo. W. Pace outlines the school board’s plan to hire a high quality, university-educated teaching staff. New principals Miss Maude Sparkman and Miss Willie G. Trice join teachers Miss Carrie Robertson and Miss Minnie Dittert, all chosen for training and fit. Pace urges continued community support and welcomes information to improve the schools.
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Maude Sparkman
University of Chicago
Florida
Willie G. Trice
Tennessee Female College
Miss Trice
Carrie Robertson
Louisiana
Peabody Normal
Nashville
Tennessee
Minnie Dittert
Alpine
Geo. W. Pace
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Register
Southern Pacific Railway Company
Business Club
Alpine Telephone Exchange
Alpine Furniture Company
Ella Bailey
N. J. Nanney
Big Springs
Getzendaner
Uvalde News
Alpine Business Men's Club
Jesse McKee
Sanderson Times
A. Gordon
Bill
Fort Stockton Pioneer
Si Senor
Diaz
Alpine Public Schools
W. W. Collins
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Mem
Alpine Steam Laundry
J. L. Wade
A. E. Worley
Lermeos
J. L. Crawford
John Young
Sanderson
Terrell County
John Young Land Co
Mitchell Worth & Company
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