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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1911
Page
2
The text notes a Barstow California post office classification as second-class matter with filing date July 8 1910 under the 1879 act. It records mail regulatory language rather than event details and suggests archival notice status for periodical distribution.
Printer urges Mohave Valley farmers to gather in Barstow on July 4 to discuss valley potential. The plan includes baseball, dances, and discussions on agriculture with representatives from all towns. A permanent group could meet later in Victorville Oro Grande Otis Daggett Ludlow and Silver Lake.
Reverend Harris led about 40 Barstow residents to the Fish Ponds for a Sunday School picnic. The group traveled by wagon and spent the day at a scenic riverbank spot with services and swimming. The Barstow Sunday school, led by Miss Wilda Dillingham as superintendent, is described as in a substantial condition.
Citizens demand cost cuts as Needles water rates drop to 1.50 while Barstow residents pay 3 for small houses. Crime fears rise with frequent trips by Bates and a stenographer, racking up at least 500 in travel. Support for county division or resident deputies to cut expenses.
Thirty tons of ore valued at 40 dollars each prepared for shipment. Assays show 9 oz gold 23.05 oz silver 17 percent copper in pockets that grow as the shaft descends. Also notes a good horse about 1000 pounds for buggy or saddle. inquiries to Printer. Susin J H Tailor offers spring suit.
A large crew unloads machinery west of Hesperia for operation plus Frank Hedrick farms five acres of Egyptian corn. G H Foley selects a Mohave ditch camp homestead building a five room house. Hesperia Land and Water Co reports a sale. Chas Rickrich clears land for potatoes. A surveying gang works east of Hesperia across the Mohave river. Homer White cultivates an apple orchard in good condition.
John T Reed will prospect for diamonds on the Mohave desert for an English syndicate. The piece notes diamonds and other precious metals or gems may be found, suggesting prospectors and miners might wear diamonds. It draws a parallel to African diamond formations in hot spring mud traces.
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