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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1930
Page
2
A 1930 Western Newspaper Union verse urges readers to persevere through care and strife. It emphasizes maintaining a strong chin, facing each new day, and accepting the bitter with the sweet as part of the effort toward a goal.
The Ontario Report, edited for twenty years by Crombie and A H Allen, sold for 325000 to Frank B Appleby of Oregon. The plant moved to a new building by the Allen brothers at the southwest corner of San Bernardino County. Ed Lazenby returns from Ramona hospital while Dwain Kanaster injures a finger and Audry Hart fills in at Futuriste Sweetshoppe.
A Farm Bureau and Extension Service survey of 3,840 San Bernardino cows in 45 herds shows 75 percent of dairy cow deaths due to wire and nails. One year total death count was 113 cows, with 85 deaths from stomach puncture by wire. The county could lose about 45,750 dollars yearly at 150 dollars per cow. Recommendations urge hay suppliers to remove short wire, equip baling machines with canvas bags, and improve feed safety to save valuable cows.
A board meeting on August 11 1930 levied Assessment No 120 of one half cent per share on the capital stock payable to J J Morris Secretary at Room 414 H W Hellman Bldg Los Angeles. Unpaid shares by September 22 1920 will be delinquent and sold at public auction on October 20 1930 at 2 PM with 5 percent penalty and costs. First publication August 14 1939.
Furnished house available for rent on First Street. Inquiries to Mrs. A. Luminosa, opposite Barstow Printer Building. Address and duration not specified.
Lenwood residents share a flurry of visits and moves. Louise Myncke returns from a two week stay in Los Angeles and Glendale while M T Macfarlane and son Murray visited Radio Camp friends. Tufts welcome a baby boy at Burbank hospital. Several locals vacation in Los Angeles Sawtelle and Clovis. Theodore Myncke starts a screened porch and trees to shade his desert home.
Randsburg report that the Kelly Mine has been acquired by Wortley Consolidated Mines Inc, with Frank H. Lamley as general manager and Walter Smith as superintendent. Plans focus on follow up gold showings on levels 11 and 12 of shaft No. 1, with later work on levels 2 and 4. Leasing considerations arise as the Wortley group consolidates the Santa Fe, Californa Rand Silver, and Silver Queen claims along over a mile of ground from the Silver King to the Queen.
Mrs Bess Harrison of San Bernardino was granted a divorce from Attorney Ben Harrison on desertion grounds at a default hearing before Superior Judge Benjamin F Warmer. They wed August 21 1911 in San Bernardino and separated June 14 1928. A property settlement was arranged out of court with attorney Stanley Mussell.
The W A Bechtel Co of San Francisco and the Utah Construction Co of Ogden Utah have won a joint contract to build a 112 mile extension of the Western Pacific railroad from Keddie to Bieber in Northern California. The project to connect with an 80 mile extension by the Great Northern from Klamath Falls will cost about 10 million dollars. Also notes: Mrs A Luminosa and children spent Monday in Los Angeles. Mrs F S Buckley of Pasadena spent the weekend here. her husband is the new manager of the Barstow Garage. Miss Rhoda McPherson, formerly residing here, visited Barstow last week and is now employed in Redlands. She won first prize a Ford from the Barstow Printer last year.
A local notice advertises dramatically discounted prices at a shop claiming savings far below city rates. The brief mentions limited stock and a call to visit the store for bargains on a range of goods.
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