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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1911
Page
7
The first watermelons of the season reached the Los Angeles produce market from Mexico. Three melons in a single crate were sent to a prominent produce firm. Each melon sold for five dollars, and were about the size of a football, solid and well matured.
Pasadena labor action looms as domestics plan organizing this summer. Workers say long hours, onerous duties, humiliating conditions, and low pay mark their treatment compared with other cities of similar size.
Fifty delegates from employers' associations in San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Tacoma Seattle and Everett met in Portland to form a Pacific Coast Employers' association. The group aims to resist the push for an eight hour workday. The convention continues tomorrow.
Asparagus arrives in Los Angeles at about 25,000 pounds each day from San Joaquin river points. Much comes by Wells Fargo Express, which has landed roughly 15,000 pounds daily. General agent C N Campbell predicts the movement will continue about three more weeks before tapering off.
Dr. Martin Regensburger of the state health board weighs limits on orange shipments after a Washington inquiry. Green picked fruit ripened in moist air is deemed unsafe for children causing stomach disturbances. The report notes ripened fruit does not gain sugar or lose acid like fruit left on trees.
In San Bernardino April 19, word spread of rabies among coyotes near the city. Sheep herder Felipe Quiroz fought a coyote north of Arrowhead, which attacked his flock and later turned on him. The creature fled after biting dogs and sheep, raising alarm among ranchers who are killing newly wounded dogs.
Los Angeles April 19 report states that half of the orange crop has been moved eastward. The note outlines shipment patterns and potential market impact on eastern buyers and processors.
C A Boons district agent for the Fruit Express company reports 42 000 cars of fruit to be moved this season with half sent east and the remainder to go before mid June. The present crop valued at 26 million dollars matches 1910 output but next year production is expected to exceed past levels. Two million new orange trees and 500 000 new lemon trees will bear next winter. There are 10 million bearing orange trees and 1.8 million bearing lemon trees in Southern California.
Frost has damaged the fruit crops in the valley with lowland and watercourse areas hit hardest. Apricots suffer most, cherries seem less affected, and peaches and prunes show only slight damage while foothill sections in east and west report little harm.
Vancouver report says Myco Caco charged with leading an underground route across the boundary. Fourteen Russians were with him when arrested at Cloverdale and faces $1000 fines per illegal entrant plus possible imprisonment. Russians ordered deported.
Paris area Apr 18 Aviator Pierre Prier arrived from London at 5 45 PM in a monoplane nonstop covering about 290 miles. The aircraft is the historic Le Blanc machine later used by Alfred Le Blanc to win the $20 000 prize in the 488 mile circuit last summer near Paris.
Chicago April 19 statistics issued by transcontinental railroads show 85 000 people traveled from Eastern cities to the Pacific coast during the thirty five days ending April 10. The figures exceed 1910 westbound travelers by 15 000 and break all previous records.
Frank Young of Sacramento is the first offender under the new Stetson law for refusing to work and support his children placed in an orphanage. He is jailed and will be sentenced by Judge Hughes to a term on the county chain gang at a daily wage of $1.50 to fund his children's maintenance.
A landmark study shows the automobile sector sustains about one million jobs through manufacturing, sales, and related services. The report highlights regional employment patterns and the industry's broad economic impact.
Telegraphic brief reports from Goldfield say the Merchants hotel a landmark burned last Tuesday. Once a mining boom era resort for high stakes gambling it hosted gamblers with one six hour session allegedly exchanging $100000. Owner George Wingfield faced about $20000 loss.
The Kansas state board of health orders an investigation into roller towel use in hotels, schools and public buildings after complaints from commercial travelers that towels spread disease. If danger is found, an order banning roller towels will be issued.
George M. Tremper, a devoted fan planning to attend every National League game this season, suffered apoplexy in the crowded bleachers during New York's opening game. He was found unconscious by a police officer, taken to a hospital, and died shortly before midnight. Doctors attributed the stroke to the excitement of the event.
The Colorado house approved the Hasty bill for regulating tuberculosis. All tubercular patients fall under state health authorities with mandatory reporting by physicians and landlords. Health officers gain broad powers to disinfect premises housing tubercular patients.
Two hundred men answered an advertisement in New York offering 25 dollars for a quart of blood at Mount Moriah hospital. Sailor G. J. Allen was selected and blood was drawn to aid Mrs. Rosie Reisler. Surgeons kept him at the hospital and he will recover strength. Mrs Reisler is on the road to recovery.
The body of Daniel C. Bonner was found hanging head downward in a tree near Tulsa, apparent two months after being shot in the head. He had been promised to guide a stranger into the woods.
During a hunting trip Bonner climbed a tree to scare squirrels. A stranger fired at a squirrel and struck Bonner. Bonner fell, and his companion, believing him dead, fired again to ensure. Local inquiry notes unclear circumstances surrounding the fall and second shot.
New York April 18 Practically every lemon box imported from foreign ports now bears a protest against the Payne Aldrich tariff On piers where shipments arrive the Fruit Importers union uses stencils to mark boxes with lines such as If lemons were free this box would cost you 1 25 less The tariff is squeezing me Revise the tariff and get me cheaper The tariff squeezes me much more I wont come here and The tariff is making us sour on the United States
Missouri Governor Hadley announced plans to urge the governors conference to unite against the Supreme Court ruling upholding Judge Sanborn's Minnesota rate decision. He proposes states act as amici curiae to oppose the view that states lack power to regulate interstate corporate activity. Eighteen governors belong to the association that met in Frankfort, Kentucky last year.
The House approved by 296 to 16 the Rucker resolution proposing a constitutional amendment for direct election of U S senators. It marks the first Democratic program measure passed and moved without change despite Republican protests. The measure mirrors the Borah resolution from the previous session.
A Fleming inventor attached to the Spanish ambassador’s suite introduced early roller skates to England in 1760. While at Mrs Connell y’s masquerade in Carlisle House Soho, he rode a violin and skates, crashed into a mirror, shattered it, broke his instrument, and injured himself. The tale notes this incident likely delayed roller skating’s progress by a century and mocks early braking methods.
A brief column notes a quip about a wife described as outspoken. The joke hinges on her frequent outspeaking and social presence, reflecting local humor about domestic dynamics and reputations.
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