Mirage Valley Improvement Association Meets with Busy County Roads Work
The Mirage Valley Improvement Association held aDense meeting at the club house last Saturday with robust reports from the roads and road legislation committees. A McMillan exhibit shows Sudan grass 56 inches high planted June 4 and harvested July 24, signaling strong dry farming results. Local residents express interest in new school house furniture and expect completion by September 1. A road-building effort across the lake drew wide participation, culminating in a hearty chicken dinner hosted by Mrs Bertha Elsey. An August 7 Hard Times party at the Mirage Valley Club house is announced, with a photographer expected to cover the event. Mr. Wheeler's ranch offers outstanding vegetable varieties and quality produce for visitors.
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Mirage Valley Improvement Association
McMillan
Bertha Elsey
Krause
Mirage Valley
Mirage Valley Club House
Empire
A. C. Wheeler
Thomas
Ivanpah Valley Life of a Modern Homesteader
Fast growing Ivanpah Valley features two railroads Salt Lake and Santa Fe a post office stores and a circulating library water supply with a completed reservoir and five and a half miles of pipe residents enjoy nearby Brant railroad station and trans continental freight service within a quarter mile to neighbors and evening train traffic frames a vivid pioneer scene in a modern desert community.
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Ivanpah Valley
Salt Lake and
Santa Fe
Brant
Booths Begin Long California Trip for San Diego and San Francisco
Judson and Helen Booth of Bryman left by car for a two month tour visiting San Diego and the fairs there and at San Francisco. Miss Mattie Rowley visits sister Mrs. Fitzhugh at Bryman, and J A Decrow traveled to San Bernardino for a short visit. EF L Oliphant leaves for Long Beach to visit her mother and then San Francisco. Ingraham travels to Los Angeles on Helen Ranch business. William Conrad spends weekend with parents. Jane Hogan files a claim near Nickerson Ranch east of Wild Siding and erects a house.
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Mattie Rowley
Mrs. J. M. Fitzhugh
Bryman
EF. L. Oliphant
Long Beach
San Francisco Fair
Jane Hogan
Nickerson
Wild Siding
Harnessing The Flood Waters
A. W. Cole proposes diverting flood waters into ditches and canals to irrigate and store for summer use. He suggests building reservoirs, installing pumps, and using water power to lift water to higher levels, arguing it could boost crops, reduce waste, and benefit the Victor Valley community and chamber of commerce.
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Victor Valley Chamber of Commerce
A. W. Cole
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Ray Engebritten
Ray Elsey
T. M. Gilbert
Mr. G
Judson
Helen
J. A. Decrow
San Bernardino
W. W. Ingraham
Los Angeles
Helen Ranch
Wm. Conrad
Moulton Claus
Jas. Robbins
P. S. Banfield
Banfield
Elmer Rapp
Mrs. Ridge
Prac
DR. C. L. Marleneb
Sunset
Cal
Hinkley, California
Barstow Realty Company
Thomas Williams
Otis-Vermo
Calif
Hinkley, Cal
W. M. Raftery
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Barstow Realty CO
P. QO
F. O. B. Daggett
H. C. Ryerson
Daggett, California
M. Preston
General Merchandise
Stagg
P. C. Ludlow, California
Victorville
Billard Room
Lark
Taylor & Talmidge
Parker Iron Works
J.S. Forbes
Decorator
Barstow, Calif
Priestley
Serge
Lubin
Barstow
J Henderson
California
Oro Grande
Oregon
Ray DO. Sperry
Victerville, California
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