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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1924
Page
2
The Alpine Avalanche is the official county and city paper printed in Brewster County Alpine Texas The weekly publication is managed by W W Jenkins with subscription per year and after six months entered as second class matter at the Alpine post office under federal act of 1879
The Brewster County submits a request for 2050 dollars in aid to Highway No 3 from Pecos to Val Verde counties. If approved and built, the route would reach Del Rio and San Antonio after Pecos county sections are completed. The piece also notes lengthy rain across Alpine to San Antonio and diverges into editorial commentary on ads and local life.
Government figures on September 1 peg the cotton crop at 17 787 000 bales a drop of 169 000 from mid August and up 2 658 000 from last year Commissioner of Agriculture George B R Terrell puts Texas at 4 125 009 bales on 16 000 000 acres He says Terrell is usually at odds with federal figures and his Texas acreage exceeds both department and August 1 government estimates If accurate the Texas crop could exceed half a billion dollars at 25 cents a pound.
A fragment discusses advertisers and editors trading space for ads and mentions maneuvers to slip readers a favorable insert. The note hints at printer time being scarce and hopes for cooperation with packing houses and auto makers. It reflects old trade tensions in editorial decisions.
An injunction suit to block Mee Ferguson from the Texas Governor ballot will be heard by Judge Jodge George Calhoun in Austin next Tuesday. The Attorney General’s department defends the Secretary of State and indirectly Mrs. Ferguson. The case centers on whether a woman can hold the governorship under the state constitution and whether penalties on Jim Ferguson affect Mee Ferguson’s eligibility.
Mea Kate Nevill, owner, states that persons taking wood water or grass or hunting or fishing on the Nevill Ranch or lands will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Prominent editorial notes that Mrs Ferguson’s election signals a broader triumph of women in public life beyond gender politics. It argues gender equality has transformed public opinion and political custom in Texas, with women proving capable of governing while balancing home duties and state duties. It contends fears of female governance are unfounded and many oppose change out of inertia.
A Brownsville conference of the Texas Board of Water Engineers and the International Boundary Commission outlines irrigation aims. Mexico will use its Rio Grande share, prompting dam construction and impoundment to develop about 250000 acres on the Texas side, with five gauging stations each side to allocate flows.
Classified notice offers two or three large cool rooms for rent by Mrs M MH Matthews. Furnished or unfurnished option stated. Contact details not readable.
A public school note urges continued patron support in Alpine West Texas. The piece praises parent attendance and calls for stronger backing of the public schools alongside the Normal College, highlighting new teachers Miss Pearl Hicks Sara Andrews and Morelza Morrow, and reporting 100 percent Texas State Teacher's Association membership.
Alpine High notes the Bucks’ first game Friday September 26 at home versus Marfa. The piece mentions a strong rivalry with Marfa, a new girls athletic association led by Miss Weyerts, and captains Scottie Kelly Eddie Goodwin and Agnes Newell. Colonel Perkins spoke on National Defense at chapel.
A promotional lament from McMartin Advertising Agency about U S economic woes and consumer spending. It cites share of world resources and wealth, then lists large household product expenditures to argue market futility.
An invitation from J A McMillan pastor for a Sunday 11 a m sermon on The Calling of Mr Busyman at the Presbyterian church. A Sunny evening discussion on the important question of good roads is also planned with a separate sermon titled The Low Road and the High. Sunday School begins at 10 a m with all townsfolk urged to attend.
Bible School at 10 a.m. Practicing at 11 a.m. Services at 8 p.m. Sunday. Pastor L Weil invites the public. Dr. and Mrs. David Lee Clark of the University of Texas spent the summer here and left for Austin. Walter Caldwell Jr. travels with them to San Antonio and then Austin to enter the State University.
Public notice to Brewster County authorities to summon Nine Point Oil Company and related parties in case No 586 filed September 7 1924 in Justice Court Precinct No 1 Alpine Texas. The suit by W I Hinson seeks two hundred dollars and a foreclosure of attachment on a well drilling outfit and related gear. Publication required weekly for four weeks before October 27 1924.
Sunday School at 9 45 morning worship 11 00 Y P U and Sunbeams 4 00 Senior and Intermediate Y P U 7 00 preaching service 8 00 Wednesday prayer meeting and teachers meeting 8 00 W M A meeting Thursday 3 00 all members and friends are invited to attend and support church services Boost your church
An old advertisement sells Hall's Catarrh Medicine claiming it treats catarrh and deafness by addressing inflammation of the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube. The copy touts success for over forty years and cites Toledo Ohio as a location reference.
The Democratic primary winners in Brewster County include District Attorney candidate Brian Montague for the 83rd district, Jas A Burke for County Judge, WN Gourley for Sheriff and Tax Collector, W IL Lease for County and District Clerk, Joln Perkins as County Attorney, M T Chastain as County Treasurer, J W Phelps for Tax Assessor, W H Ragin for Justice of the Peace Precinct No 1, Clarence Hord and J A Anderson for County Commissioners Precincts 1 and 2, and J L Hord for Constable Precinct No 1.
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