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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1924
Page
2
Clifford B. Sherman a 12 year old boy, son of Mr and Mrs Wileyherman, was struck by an auto driven by A H Kline near Yerma Thursday evening. The coroner's jury ruled accidental death, saying the boy ran from behind his driver's car into the path of an oncoming vehicle that could not be stopped. He was dragged on the bumper about 50 feet before dying.
A Pasadena pawnbroker, G. A. Mortland, was found guilty in twelve minutes for traveling at forty miles per hour in Pasadena’s business district. He faces a $150 fine. In Shasta county, two riders died in separate accidents within 48 hours, Robert Graham and Charles Kidder, near Bully Hill and Fall River. A local water and power plan seeks public utility options via Oroville or a public district. In Mariposa county, Miguel Riviera, 25, was killed at Road Camp BE by a rockfall while with a convict road crew. Wheat acreage nationwide rose sharply in 1923, with Kansas doubling its wheat area. Riverside County plans a three day rodeo at the fair grounds in April, and local milk shipments to Los Angeles total about 7,500 gallons daily.
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