Alpine road meeting advocates one mill tax for county fund
Alpine citizens and county officials meet at the courthouse to discuss a proposed one mill tax in Brewster County to create a general road fund. The plan supports a San Antonio to El Paso highway along the Pacific line and possible Pecos river work. A committee was formed to study taxpayer and prosperity impacts and present a petition to the county commissioners.
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Bexar County Highway League
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Texas
Amittee
Brestor County
Commissioners Court
Brews County
San Antonio
A Paso
Pacife
Pecos
Jim P. Wilson
Gillett
BF. Berkeley
J. L. Crawford
W. B. Hancock
Unusual Jew Convict On Chaingang Reported
A newspaper notes the rarity of Jewish convicts in court records and describes a Jewish man sent to the chaingang. The piece comments on prejudice, discipline, and Commissioner McGaughy’s road gang efforts to repair roads, implying the convict’s role amid civic work.
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Presbyterians in Charge The Keys of the City
Presbyterian visiting elders attended El Paso Presbytery sessions with all pulpits in use Sunday except Baptist. Ministers preached across churches including Precbrician Revs Chanes Up to Overstreet and Rev W C Baber. Overstreet elected and W E Caldwell elected to the Synod at Worahache.
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Baptist
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Chanes
Overstreet
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