The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, July 19, 1929 Page: 2 of 14
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FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1929
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John Gaither Merrill, accompanied
by his sister, Mrs. Richard Swartz
and small daughter, was expected to
return home this week from Bisbee.
More than 80,000 own-
ers testify to the satis-
factory service of the
Williams Oil-O-Matic
burner.
Miss Doris Hall of Grand Prairie,
and two friends, arrived Tuesday for
a brief visit.
Mrs. S. E. Gantt and daughter Miss
Gene arrived from San Antonio last
Saturday for a stay at the Limpia
hotel. They have visited Fort Davis
before.
Mr. and Mrs. Hicks Gray and their
guests, Mr. and Mrs. M. S. F. Jen-
kins of Fort Smith, Arkansas, motor-
ed to El Paso last Sunday, returning
Monday.
Miss Mabel Bloys returned home
several days ago from a visit in San
Antonio. It was exepected her sis-
ter, Mrs. Leslie Fawcett and child-
ren, would return with her. But they
Miss Martha McCutcheon recently
visited Miss Elizabeth Richardson at
Hotel Limpia, while Miss Audrey Mil-
ler visited Miss Valda McCutcheon on
the ranch.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Williams were
pleasantly surprised Monday of this
week by a visit from Mrs. Williams’
brother, Frank Gray, and his bride,
of Riverside, California. Mr. and Mrs.
Gray were married the 11th of this
month and included Fort Davis in the ]
place visited on their honeymoon.
PLEASANT BRIDGE PARTY
Miss Ruth Espy was hostess at a
pleasant afternoon of bridge last Fri-
day afternoon. The attractiveness of
the rooms was added to by a well ar-
ranged assortment of giant zinnias.
High score pirze for the afternoon
was received by Mrs. W. F. Jones,
and second went to Mrs. Lois Prude
Mrs. Beau McCutcheon and niece,
Miss Kathleen Crow of Balmorhea,
left last week for a visit with rela-
tives in Abilene. They were accom-
panied as far as Colorado City by
Mrs. Lois Prude Bennett and Miss
Lady Bird Fowlkes. Mrs. Bennett has
been a guest at the Fowlkes home.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mulhern are the
proud and happy parents of a nine
pound daughter, Patsy Ruth, born
July 7.
Mrs. S. W. Leverett and children of
Presidio have been guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. George Walker of
Luling and San Antonio, and their
daughter, Mrs. Philip Caldwell and
small son, were expected this week.
They are old time summer folk in
Fort Davis. They have a suite at the
Clark apartments.
W. T. Burns of Houston is a guest
at the Jeff ranch.
were delayed. It is expected they and 1
EDWARDS TO OPEN UP MEAT
MARKET IN SAUNDERS STORE
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NICK VISITS MARFA
Last week for the first time in five
years Nick Mersfelder, the Law West
of the Pecos, made a trip to Marfa,
the Queen City of the Big Bend. Nick
went down with Walter Miller, one
afternoon. He doesn’t get away from
the Mile High Town often, and hasn’t
been in Alpine the City of Mere Ped-
ogogues for a long time.
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ALPINE C. E. ENTERTAINS
MARFA-DAVIS SOCIETIES
UNSATISFACTORY CHARGE
CUSTOMERS
There is a
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for every home
ARE THOSE
Who purchase articles which they do not fully intend to keep
and which they later attempt to return for credit—often in
a damaged condition.
ARE THOSE
Who pay only a portion of their bills, compelling merchants
to carry balances from month to month.
ARE THOSE
Who allow bills to lapse—accounts are fully payable by the
10th of each month.
ARE THOSE
Who make unjust claims and demand unreasonable allow-
ances.
RETAIL MERCHANTS ASSN
OF ALPINE
ly acreage in the far west point of
the county, though it includes some
lots in Fort Davis and Valentine.
This action in the tax matter prac-
tically closed the July term of court.
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Powder—10c, 25c, 50c and $1.00
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FLUCHER BROS., Proprietors
George R. Edwards, who has been
traveling for the Peyton Packing
company, El Paso, for several months,
will open up a meat market in the
Clarence Saunders store soon after
McMurry Plumbing
“THE PLUMBER WITH A CONSCIENCE”
FORTDAVISNEWS
BARRY SCOBEE, Correspondent
Please telephone or communicate items of news, as well as personals
to the local representative ot The Avalanche inyour“community
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Mr. and Mrs. Houston of Dallas are
camped on the Merrill ranch near the
Point of Rocks. Mr. Houston is a ban-
ker. He wanted to get away from the
city and find solitude. He and his
wife occupy a tent three or four mil-
es from the nearest neighbor.
to pump water and “push” it
about two hundred feet..
the first of August, he said yesterday.
Practically all of the equipment and
fixtures, which will be of the most
modern types, has been bought, he
said. The market will be operated in-
dependent of the Saunders store, it
was stated. Edwards was formerly
manager of the Holland Coffee shop.
MORE RAIN PROPHETS
A lot of the daring boys, including
Lee Sproul and Frank Heulster, have
been letting it out about when to
expect rain. Frank had it all fixed up
for Sunday, and Lee for Monday—so
we are told. Others had set other
dates. But so far as known not a drop
fell in the county on either day, or
any other day recently. But these
are hardy youths and if they just keep
on they’ll hit it after awhile. Try,
try again. And funny part of it is,
none of these prognosticators are new
corners here. You’d think they’d be
able to hit it off better.
It’s getting fairly dry around, but
cattle are not suffering yet.
As this is written, Tuesday evening
July 16, we are of the private op-
inion that it will rain July 21. We
have good grounds for believing this.
It started raining last year July 21,
if our memory serves us right.
We hasten to add we’re a new com-
er, comparatively.
County Judge and Mrs. R. Barnett
and their daughter Miss Vera left
Monday for Hatch, N. M., to visit a
son and brother. They thought it
possible they might go on to Phoenix
to visit other relatives. They expect-
ed to be away a week or ten days.
Why worry about coming to town for your groceries and
vegetables when we will deliver them to you? When you give us
an order we take as much care in selecting what you want as
you would do, so next time you need anything in the grocery or
vegetable line call 123 or 153 and we’ll guarantee to please you.
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TAX SUITS HANDLED
Judge C. R. Sutton in district
court last Thursday disposed of about
twenty delinquent tax suits. The
court ordered directed they be ad-
vertised for sale August 6. The law,
County Attorney William Granger
said, requires that at this first sale
the offered land must bring as much
as the costs and all taxes against it.
If that much is not bid the land can-
not be sold. But after two years it
may be offered again for what it
will bring. The land to be offered
in this “batch,” it was said, is most-
WEDDING
Fort Davis was all agog last Satur-
day evening about sun down. There
was a wedding on at the Methodist
church and nobody in town knew
who it was. It was a tough situation,
because we all like to know what’s
going on. The telephone wires got
hot, people trying to find out. After-
ward this correspondent located Rev.
J. E. Fuller by telephone at the
Robert Sproul home and asked the
fatal question—“who was it?”
It was Miles Allen Wyatt and Miss
Dessie (Printer, that D is correct, it
ain’t Jessie) Lela Graham, both of
San Angelo. Mr. Fuller performed the
ceremony.
“Why’d they come here to get
married?” asked the scribe.
“Don’t know,” said the preacher.
“Any friends here?” .
“Don’t know.”
Just wanted to get married here, I
reckon.”
"I suppose so.” .
“Thanks.”
“You’re welcome.”
(Printer’s note: We take it that
the D is silent like “L” in sugar).
WHAT’S ISS?
Over at the Rosenfield summer
camp at Shady Nook Inn the other
night the Kinecampers were putting
on an extemporaneous barnyard in
which boys were camouflaged startl-
ingly as horses, cows, pigs, chickens,
and the like. In the middle of the
play there was a long distance call for
one of the boys, from Dad in some
distant city who wanted to know
how Son was getting along. After
listening, the boy broke in with this,
which must have surely left a mys-
tified papa dangling on the other end
of that phone wire.
“Hey, listen, Dad, I’m all right. I
got no time to talk. I gotta get back.
I’m a chicken. Goodbye.”
INCREASE WATER SUPPLY
To increase the water supply at
the Bloys Camp Meeting next month,
a two-inch pipe line is being put in
from the J. W. Merrill & Son Point
of Rocks well to Skillman Grove.
Three and three-quarters miles of gal-
vanized pipe will be laid, and a twelve
horsepower engine will be put in at
the well.
The water supply has never been
overly adequate at the camp meeting
since the larger crowds began at-
tending—that is, in recent years.
Attempts in the last two or three
years to get satisfactory wells have
not been a success.
The Merrill well, drilled a year or
so ago, is one of the best in the
country. The new engine will have
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Alpine Christian Endeavors enter-
tained the societies of Marfa and Fort
Davis at a week end rally. District
C. E. president, Gene Cox of El Paso
and Floyd Gatrost, vice-president,
were special guests of the rally. The
committees functioned perfectly and
a most wonderful C. E. social was en-
joyed out at the Nichol’s place Satur-
day night. It was pronounced one of
the best socials ever attended. There
were 46 present.
A council meeting was called to-
gether by the president for their ses-
sion at the Christian church at 2:30
Sunday afternoon. The minutes of
the Van Horn meeting were read by
Mrs. Livingston of Marfa. Plans
were outlined by the different super-
intendents present for better organi-
zation of this district. The picnic
lunch at Paradise canyon at 4:00
o’clock was greatly enjoyed. Fort
Davis rendered a splendid program
with Richard Irvin as the leader. A
great crowd attended the evening ser-
vice at the church and the program
given was commended highly by every
member of the audience.
HAYRACK RIDE
Now if you wanted to go for a hay-
rack ride where would you get the
hayrack in these modern days of the
gasoline cayuse? Last week was
“farm week” among the Rosenfields’
Kinecampers at Shady Nook Inn.
Everything was a la farm, and a
Saturday night hayrack ride was in
order as a climax. Jones the chief
farmer scratched his head and won-
dered who in Fort Davis had a hay-
rack. Yessir, who in Fort Davis.
Jonas has been around the Mile
High Town long enough to know
that when you want something that
nobody else knows anything about
you go to Herbert Bloys. He went
to Herbert. And Herbert confessed
that he himself had a hayrack and a
wagon to put it on. So Jonas borrow-
ed that and borrowed Carlton’s team
of mules and the over fifty Kinecam-
pers went picnicing in the good old
farm way. That outfit going down
the road almost startled some of the
younger generation around Fort
Davis out of a year’s growth.
This week has been Indian week.
It’s naturally to be supposed it may
be climaxed Saturday night with a
scalping party.
Bennett of Colorado. The guests
were: Mesdames A. G. Prude, H. G.
Thompson, H. M. Jones, J. K. Stew-
art, W. W. Negley, F. L. Sproul, R.
C. Williams, Lois Prude Bennett, Guy
Caldwell, C. R. Fryar, J. K. Miller,
W. F. Jones, Andrew Prude and Bar-
ry Scobee, and Miss Louise Fryar.
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