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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1917
Page
5
Barrage of items from Barstow include a 100 percent shoe sale at Fayerbeg’s, housing ads, and crew changes. Rail incidents report a tunnel cave-in near Tehachapi without injuries, a Needles brakeman killed by a locomotive, and Santa Fe officials touring Barstow. Also notices on lost dogs, real estate, ore mine sale, and local business visits.
A condensed collage of sharp quotes contrasts marriage, theft, and art. It notes Reno canceling vows, cautions against killing a rival, and frames America as the English actor’s Mecca while England becomes a cemetery for art. It mocks critical reviews and suggests art is measured by yardage.
Barstow merchants begin closing stores at 6 30 p m starting next Monday led by Gilham's Grocery The Barstow Department Store and Dilingham's General Merchandise Store The change excludes Saturday nights and pay days when hours remain unchanged.
Catalog page notes Panama hats Koch fashion items at Fagerbergs and new ads urging readers to study the issue. Items include Stronghold overalls Hosey dress and Palm Beach trousers, plus mentions of Miss Flora Allen and Miss Bessie Hedger visiting friends and staying at the Hotel Melrose. Also recorded are infant deaths and an obituary for Alfred Graham from Phoenix with heart failure as cause.
Two Civil War veterans, one from Virginia and one from New Hampshire, meet at a G A R reunion in Washington. A scar on the Virginia vet prompts a chat about how it was earned, leading to a joke about feuds and a jab at buying cheap cars.
Mr. and Mrs. J. McAviney arrived in Barstow Thursday morning by way of Salt Lake from Denison Texas. They stay with Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Moore and plan a few weeks in Barstow before visiting San Francisco Los Angeles and San Diego. Mr. McAviney is chief operator in the telegraph office at Denson with M. E. and T. Ry. The couple enjoys the city and plans hill climbs around Barstow.
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The School News reports the second edition of El Deserto will appear next week due to spring break at the high school. Teachers Thomas Purviance and Hoagland are in Los Angeles while Paxton stays in Redlands and Hindle remains in Barstow.
A derailment in tunnel No 17 on the Tehachapi grade halts the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific main line traffic between San Francisco and Los Angeles. The Santa Fe freight train blocks the tunnel. trucks shuttle passengers around the site while officials rush to the scene. Train service expected to resume Saturday. Plans to establish a barite and concentration plant at Barstow aim to cut handling and create jobs, funded by capital backed by Messrs Nickhin and Henderson.
Mr and Mrs L V Stoddard have returned home from London where Mr Stoddard has been repairing. He starts towards Mojave tomorrow.
Delinquent stock sale notice for Atiesta Mining Company at 1317 South Hope Street Los Angeles California. Listing shows assessment number ten dated February 7 1917 with amounts set opposite each stockholder name.
Minneola resident N Thresher purchased a new Ford through local agent E T Hillis. Barstow receives interior wall finish today at the post office. Chas Clary, LA photo play actor, arrives to Barstow to oversee mining interests and establish headquarters. Prof P Perviance cannot attend April 7 event but will appear later with H R Mitchel of Los Angeles.
In a magazine office a weary editor discovers a manuscript by Tom Hix of Grassville. He declares it the best read in years and orders it saved, not returned, to wait until the author becomes famous.
Announcement in Whittier reports the sale of the 19 acre Lenfon Grove of the W. H arvey estate in the northeast city corner near Turutgull Canyon road for 850000. Rufus Roeckwell Wils named secretary of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers in Boston. An appeal to Santa Monica Ocean Park Chamber urges sale of about 100 acres of San Vicente Rancho mesa land to USC. San Luis Obispo DA investigates a highway crash near Santa Margarita with Harry Gorham of Paso Robles fatally injured and three others hurt.
Barstow residents report Mr. Nicklin is organizing a military company of men over 60. He told E.R. Waite he wished to keep young men home and that it would not matter if no old fellows were shot. Waite replied some are already half shot.
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