Gold and silver boom at Kelly mine extends profits
Ventura reports from April 19 highlight the Kelly mine as California’s largest silver producer with new high grade ore discoveries. Crosscuts reveal wide ore bodies with silvers ranging 8 to 30 ounces per ton and a chute averaging 55 ounces per ton. Shipping values and dividends reach hundreds of thousands, with plans for a new mill and $100,000 funding. Grady lease and Uranium plait claims show further profit and potential, including $1,000,000 in sight and $121,000 net profit from early shipments. Contracts for Coyote claim equipment bolster anticipated output.
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Kelly
California
Los Angeles
Grady and Sill
Coyote
Alderson and Wray
John W. Kelly
E. L. Blanck
Grady
Jamieson
New York
Alexandria
Ngersol Rand
Joshua Hendy
Wise Acres
Farm Bureau Seeks Better Hay Prices At Desert Meeting
The County Farm Bureau held its April 13 meeting with a large desert delegation to discuss ways to improve operations. Centers sought cooperation from nonresident owners and agreed nonresidents’ dues would stay with centers except 1.50 to state and national bodies. President Peters spoke on a plan to market fruit directly from growers to consumers via local bureaus. Utah State Farm Bureau noted its capacity to handle a car lot of canned fruit. Efforts toward a national wheat marketing association were deemed promising. The state bureau plans to sell government harness with a heavy leather trace harness kept for farmers to inspect, noting desert durability issues. A poultry expert may be brought in. Dry Southern California may push hay prices higher as grain hay is scarce and some inland crops fail. Dairymen report excess milk cows and creameries limiting purchases to old patrons. Ranchers in former cotton regions face cash constraints in buying cows.
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Peters
Chicago
Utah State Farm Bureau
State Farm Bureau
California
Orange County
Ventura County
San Joaquin Valley
Water School Adopts 10 O Clock Start Time
M. Peck has returned home after three months in Los Angeles and San Diego. Orville Kilbourne visits his father C. H. Kilbourne. J. D. Lowman and Jack Nelson traveled to Needles by truck. Sunday school now starts at 10 o'clock to help distant attendees. Calkinses return from Pomona. Tienken amputated part of his left index finger after an engine accident. Turkeys are thriving on local ranches as desert farming proves optimal. Thanksgiving markets appear well supplied. C. S. Van Dorn is in town on business. Farm Bureau picnic excites the youngsters who want ice cream. volunteers with extra seats are urged to inform the committee.
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M. Peck
Los Angeles
San Diego
Orville Kilbourne
C. H. Kilbourne
J.D. Lowman
Jack Nelson
Needles
J. FB. Calkins
Pomona
G. A. Tienken
van Dorn
Farm Bureau
Peterson Corporation Opens Guadalajara Car Store
The Peterson Corporation expands its rebuilt motor car business by opening a store in Guadalajara, Mexico, with plans to soon enter Mexico City. The new operation joins existing branches in San Bernardino and other cities as extensions of their Los Angeles base.
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Peterson Corporation
Guadalajara
Mexico
Mexico City
San Bernardino
Los Angeles
Hinkley Ball Team Ladies Club Ad Local News
Miss Madge Tooling arrived home Saturday after wintering in the north with her sister Newton. Hage returns from Neeiles to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hage. Jud Johnson drove to Long Beach to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson. Mrs. J Malik spent days in Burbank with a daughter. James Siemon and Cecil Brown attended a traction meeting at the Gouldings home in Barstow, hosted by teachers Thurman and Metzger, reporting a fine time. Will Brockman was called home due to his father's illness. Grandpa Brockman is very sick. Mrs. C. C. Willison and daughter have had bad colds. The baseball team shows progress with a new pitcher and plans to play Barstow High School. The Ladies Club met April 14 with President Mrs. Sam Young and officers elected. Music by Mrs. George Siemon and Mrs. Harry Foy. A luncheon was served. William Raftery is improving after returning home. Farmers busy in alfalfa fields. crop looking fine. New valley residents expected to boost the school and community. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Wallace moved to their ranch.
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Madge Tooling
Newton
Hage
Neeiles
Jud Johnson
Long Beach
Johnson
B. T. Gouldings
Barstow
Thurman
Barstow High School
Samuel Young
Sam Young
Speth
Annie
Harry Moy
Henring
George Siemon
Harry Foy
Tariff protection urged for desert potash industry
County Surveyor Ham reports high transport costs from California to eastern markets and low tariffs abroad as factors pressuring the Searles Lake potash plant. Trona jail plans proceed using Barstow cells while the Borosolway plant sits abandoned. Potash used locally shifts to the cotton industry in the South as Searles Lake and Atolia decline toward ghost town status.
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Ham
Searles Lake District
California
Germany
New York
Borosotvay
Trona
Crain
Barstow
Searles Lake
San Bernardino
Adelanto
Atolia
Desert Officers Arrest Auto Thieves and Recover Cars
In Barstow and surrounding Mojave towns officers report a week of car thefts and bold chases. A Hudson speedster stolen from Los Angeles was recovered near Daggett, and two suspects held in Barstow faced charges while others were arrested or fled. A Santa Fe store loss led to sacks of groceries found at the depot, with a Mexican suspect escaping. Local garages hold Oldsmobile and Mitchell vehicles tied to thefts, and officials urge tougher sentences for auto theft.
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Mojave Desert
Watson
Santa Fe
Frord
Ed. Harris
Hinkley
Carter
Stanfield
Barstow
Los Angeles
Bill Jackson
Frank Talbot
Mr. Watson
Daggett
Murdoc
Ludlow
Stantie
Newberry
Long Beach
Auto Club
Page
Salt Lake City
Taft
Conductor O G Very Dies After Train Yard Injury
O G Very, a Bagdad Freight conductor, suffered injuries February 19 while assisting in making up the train at Bagdad. He died last Sunday morning at the Los Angeles Santa Fe hospital, shocking Barstow friends. Two weeks earlier his condition had shown signs of possible discharge.
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O. G. Very
Bagdad
Los Angeles
Barstow Scout Troop No 1 to Be Chartered
Church lecture on Christian money and service highlights tithe examples from Rockefeller and Gladstone. Zarstow Boy Scouts enrolls charter members and plans uniforms, with patrols reporting property respect and rescue techniques. Lantern slides announced May lectures and a Sunday sermon on Poverty and Wealth.
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John D. Rockefeller
William E. Gladstone
United Presbyterians
Methodists
Lamplighters’ Fund
Zarstow Boy Scouts
RB. S. of A
Thoys
Llewellyn Albright
Milo Erwin
Allen Flippin
John Hopper
Earl Johnson
Leslie Fries
Harry McDougal
Frank McDonald
Clydie Meikle
Donald Leak
Lewis Thomason
Walter Upton
Barstow
Ceylon
Japan
Wild Flower Exhibit Seeks April 26 Flower Bring
A note reminds readers to bring wild flowers by April 26 for the San Francisco Wild Flower Exhibit. The event aims to showcase native blooms and conservation efforts.
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San Francisco
Oil Company Getting Mad Near Moore Local Items
Barstow visitor Fred Kline his wife and son stay with Mr and Mrs Stayton at Muroe then spend days in Los Angeles before returning to Barstow Their two month old Albert is a fine youngster Whittmeyers outfit moving to Hector Staytons buy a new Ford Pauley Santa Fe agent plans to raise Blue Ribbon Turkeys A car of mud from Solon east of Murov ships to Standard Oil at Forfar for drilling needs Oil company orders for 100 cars may grow into a regular supply April 18 snowstorm hit with bad weather in the Tehachapi mountains
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Fred Kline
Barstow
M. D. Stayton
Muroe
Los Angeles
Albert
Whittmeyers Outfit
Hector
M.D. Stayton
Ford
Pauley
Santa Fe
Solon
Murov
Standard Oil Co
Forfar
Hachbepi
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Ventura
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Kelly Mine
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Tienken
Hinkley Ball
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