Drive Oro Grande to Victorville Barstow Road Warnings
Letter to E Q Sullivan of the State Highway Commission urging inspection of a new Oro Grande road section. Warns that holes are deep enough to trap a Ford and suggests filling with dirt gravel or pulverized sand to spare springs. Mentions Art Doran and Supervisor Crain as prior overseers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Q. Sullivan
State Highway Commission
Victorville Barstow
Oro Grande
Ford
Art Doran
Crain
Art
Western farmers seek California homeseekers in coming winter
G Walter Reed Western editor reports strong prosperity in the middle western states with high crop prospects. Rain improves belts from Illinois to Missouri while Texas corn suffers. Santa Fe agent I Seagraves says California will attract thousands of homeseekers to San Joaquin Valley dairy and food production, urging tours of Barstow and Hinkley alfalfa ranches as comparables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
G. Walter Reed
The
Arth
Santa Fe Magazine
Topeka
Kansas City
Chicago
Texas
Gainsville
Houston
Galveston
Illinois
Kansas
Iowa
Missouri
I. Seagraves
Santa Fe
San Joaquin Valley
Los Angeles
Mr. Seagraves
Barstow Hinkley
San Joanquin Valley
Deaths and disputes shadow early California news
Rev C C Black mourns his mother Mrs Mary Dillas a noted prohibition worker from Elmira. Rivers Kings Trinity Mokelumne fall below prior lows while San Diego near Mission runs dry. Prospectors R E Weston and William F Smith die near El Centro. bodies found after vehicle breakdown. Will Hight robbed of $900 gold from his mill. San Joaquin county fair at Exposition Park Stockton Aug 21 27. horse show Aug 20. S N Douglas seeks railroad approval Sacramento to Yuba City routes. Two thousand churchmen attend the sixty ninth Methodist state convention at Santa Cruz. Prizes in parade go to First churches of Fresno Stockton Sania wirw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Black
Woodland
Mary Dillas
Elmira
Trinity
Mokleumne
San Diggo
Mission
R. E. Weston
William F. Smith
el Centro
Will Hight
Hight
San Joaquin County
Exposition Park
Stockton
S. N. Douglas
San Francisco
Railroad Commission
Sacramento
Yuba City
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Santa Cruz
Fresno
Stockten
Sania Wirw
Pearmain apples draw market interest in Aliso crop
The Aliso district crop will be ready for shipment soon as Pearmain fruit draws market interest. Unofficial estimates indicate half the Aliso Pearmain yield consists of 4% tier apples with the rest larger. Justice Harry Curtis acquitted Peter J Foster of mutilating the state highway by tractor use. farmers are urged to have right to move harvesters across highways with planking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aliso
Harry Curtis
Zamora
Peter J. Foster
California State Fair Highlights At Sacramento
California State Fair calendar features agriculture horticulture industry and mining exhibits. Machinery, dairy displays, high arts and domestic science, public school shows, horse events, fast harness races, vaudeville concerts and fireworks. Band concerts and horse shows listed. daily live events announced. President H A Jastro and secretary Chas W Painke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Jastro
Chas. W. Painke
Sec’y
Notice of Patent Application for Uncle Sam and Ophir Lodes
Notice publicizing J A Otto through attorney-in-fact R F Dickinson filing for patent on three thousand feet of UNCLE SAM and OPHIR Lode Mining Claims with surface ground in Slate Range Mining District Inyo County California. Includes claim descriptions, acreage totaling 41.522 acres, public notices for adverse claims and filing deadlines with Independence land district. First publication August 7 1924. last publication November 6 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inyo
California
the Register of the
Independence Land District
Independence
Sam
Cor. No
Ophir Lode
Uncle Sam Lode
Sophir Lode
N. W
M. D.M
Register
Oliver C. Harper
VanEss Liquid Scalp Massage Promises New Hair
An advertisement touts VanEss Liquid Scalp Massage as a hair growth treatment. It claims to feed medicine through rubber nipples to the hair roots and to stop shedding while regrowing hair in 90 days with a money-back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Ess
van Ese
Miner cable accident kills Chinese U. student Soo Hoo
Soo Hoo, a Chinese U. student, was killed at the Sultana mine when a cable broke and he was thrown down the shaft. Fires blister vast lands burning 237000 acres since January while forests near Siskiyou county remain dangerous. A Sacramento couple injured when their car rolled over 500 feet near Gold Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xencom Soo Hoo
U. G
Sultana
Albacore
Kern Island Canal Company
Bakersfield
Siskiyou County
Herman Davis
Sacramento
Gold Lake
Notice of Non-Responsibility for California Mining Claims
A. L. Cram declares the Marietta and Bonanza mining claims in the Summit Mining District Kern and San Bernardino Counties California are now operated under bond and lease. The undersigned will not be responsible for any labor or materials furnished for these mining claims. Dated March 18, 1924. First publication March 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barstow
San Bernardino Co
California
Postoffice
Barstow California
Lloyd ER. Tiernan
Edigor
Summit Mining District
Kern
San Bernardino Counties
Marietta
Bonanza
Notice of Assessment for Kramer Consolidated Oil Co
Public notice announces an assessment of one half cent per share on Kramer Consolidated Oil Company's capital stock. Delinquent stock on June 30, 1924 will be advertised for sale, with a sale date set for August 18, 1924 if unpaid. J J Morris secretary lists offices in Los Angeles and details multiple postponements since 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kramer Consolidated Oil Company
H. W. Hellman
South Spring Street
Los Angeles City
Los Angeles County
State of California
Hawes
San Bernardino County
California
Said Corporation
J. J. Morris
H. W. Helman
J.J. Morris, Secy
H. W. Hellman Building
Los Angeles
J.J. Morris
H.W. Hellman
South Spring St
Los Angles City
Qalif
Board of Directors
Kramer Consolidated Qi! Company
Calif
Harper Lake District Bond Election Notice 1924
Harper Lake School District in San Bernardino County announces an August 23 bond election at Warper Lake School House. Bonds totaling 2000 dollars to fund drilling a water well and pumping plant, five hundred dollar bonds, interest six percent semi annual, terms four six eight and ten years. Inspectors and judges named. First publication July 24, 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Lake
San Bernardino
California
Warper Lake
F. E. McClean
C. V. Pomeroy
W. A. Davis
E. R. Barton
San Bernardino County
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Grace Beauty Shop
Stone’s
Barstow Cafe
New England
Wm. Mac Goewey
California State Fair
United States Land Office
Independance
Newberry Springs Resort
J. P. Partch
Cudahyss
P Hamsi Bacon
Cudahy
Cudahy Packing Company
City Meat Marner
Cal
A. H. Pendleton
Prop
Cunninghams’ Pharmacy
Barstow, Cal
A. L. Cram
EL. White
Henderson
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