Beale Becomes Trail Guide Through Southern Utah War Rumors
Personal narrative of General Beale’s 1853 trek from Westport Kansas to Los Angeles via the Santa Fe and Spanish Trails. The party meets Mormon and Utah Indians near Parowan Parawan and Parawan villages. Walker’s threats drive fear and shifts in movement as Beale details raids, horse theft, and the Indians around the camp at night. The expedition continues down the Santa Clara Virgen Rivers toward the Muddy River while guarding stock and reporting hostile behavior, with a stark account of Indian threats and uneasy truces.
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Santa Clara River
Beale
General Beale
Westport
Kansas
Los Angels
Cal
Santa Fe
Edward Fsneral Beale
Green River
Paragoona
Utah
Parawan
Walker
New Mexico
Sonora
Chihuahua
California
Lieut Beale
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Santa Clara
Virgen
Potash Lease Granted for Searles Lake Fields
Department of the Interior leases 2000 acres at Searles Lake to Henry M. Leland and Clinton E. Dolbear for potash mining. Plans include 500000 dollar investments over four years in the Liales Lake district. Annual rent starts at 25 cents per acre, rising to one dollar by year four, plus royalties of 2 percent first decade and 5 percent second decade.
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Searles Lake
Department of the Interior
Henry M. Leland
Detroit
Clinton E. Dolbear
Pasadena
Leales Lake District
American Tyana Corporation
West End Corporation
Boro- Solvey People
San Bernardino County
Farm bureau hog auctions spread in San Joaquin valley
Since the farm bureau hog auctions began eight years ago in the San Joaquin valley the program has expanded to four monthly sales in Tulare county with two at Tulare and two at Visalia to aid farmers. South of Fresno an experiment with Rhodes grass on alkali lands draws attention. a land heavily with black alkali once failing for barley now grows Rhodes grass with good results.
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Farm Bureau
San Joaquin Valley
Tulare County
Tulare
Visalia
Fresnyu
Rhodes
Alfalfa Prices Drive Selma Ranchers to Replace Orchards
Alfalfa at 25 dollars in stock and 35 delivered pushes Selma ranchers to uproot aging trees and vines to plant hay. Over the past year cows have increased and many growers report a surplus milk market appears ready for buyers.
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Selma
Watsonville Apple Club formed to boost valley apple trade
A Watsonville boosters group formed an apple club to handle all export and development work for the Pajaro Valley apples. The organization aims to revive the Watsonville Apple annual and coordinate industry projects for the chief local product.
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Watsonville
Japaro Valley
Chief of Pah Utahs Joins Travel Party
A slender bone through the nose marked a Pah Utah chief who carried a bow and arrows and claimed to lead all Pah Utahs. He spoke of visiting the white man’s world, offered to surrender if accepted, and joined the party wearing buckskin pants and a woolen shirt. The tale begins a series on early cross-country journeys and invites readers to subscribe.
Running a Woman's Exchange in Small Towns
A 1924 Western Union piece explains how a woman’s exchange can help self support without demoralizing markets. It outlines setup, costs, consignment rules, time limits, and cooperative space options to standardize home crafts for sale.
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Woman's Exchange
Western New
Jy Finds Mining Mal Guilty Of Murder
Detrich was found guilty of murder in Osdick case and sentenced to life imprisonment by Superior Judge Charles L. Allison. He declared innocence, alleging underworld frame and promising future vindication. He named bootleggers and a woman of ill fame as involved, and left behind gold claims deed to his brother before prison. About 20 tons of gold ore valued near $1,000 were reportedly stolen from his Keeley mine after the trial.
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Charles L. Allison
D. I. Detrich
George Paslow
Osdick
San Quen
Tom Maxwell
Joe Duffy
Datvich
Ostick
Detrich
Underworld
Shorty
Paslow
Kling
Keeley
Inyo County
John Detrich
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Mojave River
Mojave Desert
Harland H. Allen
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