Local travels and visits noted across the region
Mrs. E O Starnes visits Los Angeles and plans to Portland to see her father W H Fenkle. Families in Los Angeles host Oscar Wickstrom extends vacation. Larry Weidensaul visits Liberal Kansas. Helen Yim travels to San Francisco Berkeley and Oakland. Raymond Johnson and family host Mary and Mrs Johnson visit at W C Johnson home. Mrs Holder and children of Barstow visit. Mrs Brown briefly in Los Angeles. Howard Todd works for Western Borax at Kramer. Gale Hurley vacationing in Escondido. Elvira Vasquez recovering from operation staying with aunt in Santa Rosa for summer. Mrs L J Locke of Parker Arizona visits Mrs L C Pearse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. O. Starnes
Los Angeles
Portland
Oregon
W. H. Fenkle
K. A. Vose
Daggett
Oscar Wickstrom
Larry Weidensaul
Liberal
Kansas
Helen Yim
San Francisco
Berkeley
Oakland
Raymond Johnson
Wallace Johnson
Johnson
Raymond
Wallace
W. C. Johnson
Holder
Barstow
Brown
Howard Todd
Western Borax Company
Kramer
Gale Hurley
Escondido
Elvira Vasquez
Elvira
Santa Rosa
Postal Telegraph Seeks Free Publicity in Barstow
The Barstow Printer reports Postal Telegraph of Los Angeles requesting free publicity. It suggests a reciprocal exchange where Barstow sends a 2000 reader message in return for Postal messages, noting the Postal office’s fine Barstow facility and urging legitimate advertising to boost business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postal Telegraph
Los Angeles
Barstow
Postal
San Bernardino County Livestock Estimates
A. L. Campbell compiles county livestock figures based on the 1930 census, state records, and extension surveys with adjustments to the present. Dairy cattle 12,500. beef cattle 20,100. swine 70,000. chickens 1,002,000. goats 600. turkeys 27,000. horses 3,653. mules 1,089. rabbits 52,000. other fowls 15,000. deep 6,000. Total value 4,078,500. Farm produce value 8,092,240.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Campbell
U. S
State Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Extension Service
Death Valley G M C Officers and Prospect Shafts Plans
The Western Mineral Survey reports Death Valley Gold Mines Company plans new work at Yucca Grove in San Bernardino County and sites two more prospect shafts after promising results in No 1 shaft at 50 feet with good values and water. W F Snyder and sons are sinking a shaft on Arrowhead property three miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Death Valley Gold Mines Company
Western Mineral Survey
Salt Lake City
Yucca Grove
San Bernardino County
W. F. Snyder and Sons
Arrowhead
New Motor Laws In Effect Friday In California
California motorists face new vehicle lighting rules starting Friday. Rules require two red rear lights for loads over four feet, daytime red flags, front white or amber lights only, red rear lights, and specific clearance lamp placements. Blue or green signals limited to certain vehicle types. headlamps mounted higher than 30 inches. penalties for glare remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caifornia
Raymond Cato
California Highway Patrol
Will R. Sharkey Jr
Bureau of Lights
Floyd Butts Visits Father in Los Angeles
Floyd Butts traveled from San Diego to spend a day at his father Frank Butts home. Mr and Mrs Fred Auerback joined the group and together they drove to a Los Angeles playground for leisure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Butts
San Diego
Frank Butts
Fred Auerback
Floyd
Los Angeles
New Catholic School Opens for Girls in Pasadena
The Flintridge-Biltmore Hotel on the hills above Devil's Gate Dam in Pasadena, a $1 250 000 fireproof concrete structure built by the late Senator Frank P Flint, has been sold to the Dominican Sisters. It will become the Flintridge Academy of the Sacred Heart, a girls grammar and high school opening August 31 with inspections starting August 16. The Sisters acquired furniture and fittings worth over $185 000 designed under Flint, in Spanish-style buildings recognized for beauty and utility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
Frank P. Flint
United States
Devil's Gate Dam
Dominican Sisters
California
Flintridge Academy of the Sacred Heart
Bid results set for massive Chicago post office project
Washington, D. C. John Griffiths & Son Co. of Chicago submitted the lowest bids for the Chicago post office. Their proposals range from 13,606,970 to 13,624,970 dollars depending on exterior stone choice. The completed building will be the world’s largest of its kind with properties valued over 25,000,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
John Griffiths & Son Co
Chicago
Fontana to Dedicate Government Airport Soon
Fontana chamber of commerce directors propose a formal dedication for the government airport and radio center in the later part of September. The event follows months of planning after the airport opened for service and features a mammoth serial festival and speaking program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fontana
Chamber of Commerce
Federal
Harper Lake residents note trades and visits
Jay Marshall has traded his ranch for a Los Angeles home and the couple he traded with now occupies the Marshall place, formerly the Capt. McLaughlin ranch. Co. V. Pomeroy and family of San Francisco and Miss Williams of Seattle have returned home after ten days with Mr. Pomeroy's parents at Harper Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Marshall
Los Angeles
Lawrence
Marshall Place
Capt. McLaughlin
Co. V. Pomeroy and
San Francisco
Williams
Seattle, Wash
Mr. Pomeroy
Harper Lake
Mexico's 100 piece band to join Los Angeles fiesta
The government will send a famous 100 piece Mexican band to Fiesta de Los Angeles as a compliment of President Ortiz Rubio. The ensemble will perform at the city’s major attractions during the 150th birthday fete in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Fiesta de Los Angeles
Ortiz Rubio
Notice of Patent Application for Silver Belle No.1 Lode Claim
The Silver Belle Mining Company of Randsburg California by J Woodson Anderson attorney submitted an application for patent to the Silver Belle No 1 lode mining claim in Rand Mining District Kern and San Bernardino counties California. The claim conflicts listed exclude Uranium No 3 and Dry Wash lode No 5692 with a net area of 1812 acres. Location notice is recorded in San Bernardino County Mining Records Book 205 Page 202. John C. Ing Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A
U. S. Land Office
Sacramento
Calif
Silver Belle Mining Company
Randsburg
Califonia
J. Woodson Anderson
Santa Ana
California
Rand Mining District
Kern
San Bernardino Counties
Sur
San Bernardino County
John C. Ing
Notice of Dissolution of Partnership at Texaco Barstow
Barstow California August 3 1931 partnership in Texaco Service Station Barstow San Bernardino County California dissolved by mutual agreement of Walter F McEwen and George J Wondra the original part-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barstow
Calif
Texaco
San Bernardino County
California
Walter F. McEwen
George J. Wondra
Walter F McEwen Becomes Sole Owner Of Barstow Texaco
Walter F McEwen becomes sole owner of the Texaco Service Station at Barstow California. The partnership indebt ness will be paid and all outstanding accounts collected by McEwen at the Barstow Texaco office. Virst published 7-6-3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ners
Walter F. McEwen
Texaco
Barstow
California
George J. Wondra Virst
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Ludlow
Death Valley G. M.C
St. Louis
Kansas City
Denver
Fred Harvey
Santa Fe
Santa Fe Ticket Office and Travel Bureau
Morgan
Chicago Post Office
Hinkley Garage
M. J. Palmer
Murphy Bros
Hercules Power
Waycott’s
San Bernardino
Millett’s
Nee Evory
Southern California Homes
Union Pacific
Southern California
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