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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1932
Page
6
Local items record Miss Joyce Herring leaving for Rankin to teach, Mine Princes Gillett headed to Houston to teach, Alonzo Mayfield of Anthony NM visiting family, and several Alpine residents traveling to San Antonio, Pecos, and other points. The column lists visitors from El Paso, Midland, Stamford, and Sanderson, plus local schooling moves and a new dishware line arrival at Alpine Lumber Co.
Readers renewals have been coming in at a lively clip since last week's Avalanche issue. Payment from several subscribers is received while others are urged to settle. The note lists names and places including Greensburg Louisiana El Paso Texas Drewry's Bluff Virginia Alpine Marathon and Washington DC.
Lorenzo Luna age 52 and Lis Cerda age about 48, well known Alpine Mexicans, died here last week. Luna had illness for months and an operation recently, died Friday and was buried Saturday. Cerda came to the United States about 16 years ago, lived in Del Rio, Ft Stockton and Alpine, was a chef and with his wife ran the Po Blanco cafe near the station, body shipped to Del Rio for burial Sunday. Both men were highly regarded by Mexi and white residents alike.
The Presidio Journal reports damages in Presidio were greatly exaggerated by flood rumors. Editor 8 A Pipes condemns unfounded 38 foot rise tales, noting no flood waters reached Presidio city. Damage tallies cited include 150k to 0.25m in the Presidio valley, with greater loss across the Mexican Concho valley near Ojinaga.
Fort Davis reports cattlemen applaud a Dallas State Pair change that places breeding heifers in their own class rather than competing with steer calves and yearlings. J. W. Merrill of Jeff Davis County proposed the idea after his prize heifer calf placed fifth last year. Exhibitors expect widespread approval.
Gilman completes purchase of the Border Service station at the corner of Holland avenue and Fifth Street from Ivan Newton. He will operate the Texaco service station, handle general repair work, and use the Border station as a headquarters for distributing Federal tires and tubes under a new jobber contract for the area.
G W Baines and relatives joined the fiftieth anniversary of the First Baptist church in Paso. Rev G W Baines Sr was the churchs first pastor and later pastored the local Baptist church. Rev L R Millican, a Big Bend missionary, also served as pastor here. Hundreds attended the border city observance.
The source argues that annual hunting brings outside money and employment, praising the U.S. game department for protection and claiming millions hunt yearly. It asserts millions of skilled riflemen form a citizen army, reducing need for conscription while highlighting the rifle's global reputation and the economic boost to ammunition and firearms industries.
The article stresses hunting license requirements across states, noting all but Texas and Delaware require licenses. It warns six months residency in a county is needed before the hunting season opens and names civil officers, soldiers, teachers and students as must be sure to meet the residency rule to hunt legally.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Alpine hardware department and lamination perhaps. Reading is incomplete but indicates a hardware department in Alpine with possible lamination or lamp items.
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