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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1935
Page
2
A scrambled OCR fragment from a official city and county notice page mentions March dates, Alpine and Alpine Texas style references, and broadcast like notices. It shows garbled names, rates, and subscription notes with open brackets and stray phrases, lacking coherent events or actions.
Mrs Irene Peters Mr and Mrs Jorge Peters and their daughter with Mrs D R Elliott returned early this week after visiting friends in El Paso Alamogordo Albuquerque and other New Mexico points.
A jumble of anecdotes and caricatures appears, including a pie gift to a tramp, a loud speaker claim, a boastful fisherman with weighing scales, and humorous lines about church opening remarks. Miscellany pieces touch on a baby weighing forty seven pounds, a coroner’s speed, and a man pondering nature versus his wife’s scorn.
Fort Davis Texas September 5 1911 a flag with forty sequined stars was presented to Fort Davis High School at opening exercises by Miss Katherine Suter former teacher and daughter of Henry Schutze Marfa merchant The flag originally belonged to General Grierson lacking two stars for Arizona and New Mexico added after his death in 1911 Oklahoma became the forty sixth state The flag came into Mr Schutze possession years ago He Miss Schutze said farewell to Port Davis this week bound for the West Coast on a five year missionary assignment in China Richard Irving delivered the opening address an inspirational talk of great interest.
Drilling halted on all test wells in Brewster County ree Valley area with no operations at 1 wells in PAS. Railway survey shut down at 1875 feet after encountering gas and brown sandy formation. Dodson Means Holmes Nes Dome test eighteen miles northeast of Alpine discontinued due to drill stem and bit failure. King Franklin test well one mile southeast of Marathon on the Gage road shut down for easing.
County officials plan a Monday meeting to discuss raising credit to bolster the strained road and bridge budget. Budget officer RB Blight argues the current system wastes tax dollars and underfunds road maintenance as residents follow a plain, statewide line of concern. Typed notes show support from county figures about consolidating under one head to gain more mileage per dollar.
A report describes two candidates touring M area towns stamping northern parts of the waterway and making house calls. One candidate paused at a residence for a sip of water where a girl earned candy after answering a knock. The exchange escalated as the child claimed the candidate gave two nickels and a dime, prompting a witty remark about political charm. Separately a safety pin invention aims to prevent baby injuries, sparking a joke about applying the device to reduce dangers to mankind through jaw restraint.
An August 2 1995 court order in Cause 1880 in Brewster County Texas directs Z M Deele as Receiver to auction the defendant Brewster Quicksilver Consolidated’s assets. The public sale is at the Brewster County Courthouse Alpine on September 11 1935 from 10 am to 4 pm with the mining lease to Texas Almaden Mining Company and subsequent assignments.
Lease outlines ten year term with option to extend for any minerals produced. Quicksilver and other minerals to be mined with a 10 percent royalty on net profits and other specified deductions. Describes six mining claims including Abraham Dewey Edward Buffalo and Pueblo Juniata and details brewsster county land, patents, and deed records.
Notice warns Alpine residents that 1995 city taxes become delinquent October 1 1995. After date penalties accrue and interest rises. Pay now to save at least 10 percent. Many citizens have paid, but many remain unpaid.
Harry Holstein and his son Har ry Jr of Dallas depart Tuesday for Austin after visiting Dr. and Mrs D. Mo in their Dallas home. the trip follows a local tax collection context involving city officials and residents.
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