Local News Highlights and Notices
Joe Gans is dead and leaves ten thousand dollars for a dance at Fletcher's Opera House tomorrow night. Wm. T. Hendry has taken his boys to San Diego for vacation. Barstow Printer offers job printing. J. E. Over driller at Kramer and family are on vacation. Mrs. Bert Pursley visits from Cherokee Arizona. Bob Greer visits Barstow from Los Angeles. J. E. Over asks Barstow Printer be sent to Santa Monica. Mrs. Templeton ill in hospital, Mrs. Templeton in Barstow. M. Fletcher buys moving picture machine for the Opera House. see ad on first page. Lubin J. Henderson, the Tailor, notes customers get a dollar’s worth.
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Fletcher
Wm. T. Hendry
San Diego
Barstow
J. E. Over
Kramer
Bert Pursley
Bob Greer
Los Angeles
Santa Monica
W. H. Wakefield
James Templeton
Templeton
M. Fletcher
Opra
Local News and Business Updates From Otis and Nearby
Otis-Vermo T. QC Williams visits the coast. Mr Haynes to open a meat market at Otis. C H Roseberry travels to dig a well near his mine and plans a stamp mill. Will Frakes ships 2000 pounds of wool to St Louis.
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Otis-Vermo T. QC
Williams
Haynes
Otis
C. H. Roseberry
Will Frakes
St Louis
E J Yokam Candidate for Assemblyman of 75th District
E J Yokam born in central Ohio grew up on his father's farm educated at Antioch College and Ohio Wesleyan University. He entered the newspaper business after college serving as editor and owner of three papers and historical writer. He moved to California in 1888 bought land in Highlands and developed a homestead of citrus. He cast his first vote for a Republican president and respects Lincoln and Roosevelt.
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Kk. J. Yokam
Ohio
Antioch College
Ohio Westleyan University
California
Highlands
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Notice of nonresponsibility for Desert Butte quartz claims
Property notice from M. J. Smith of Barstow dated August 12, 1910 states nonresponsibility for labor or materials on Desert Butte Black Butte and Crown Point quartz claims and for debts incurred while bond workers operate on sites two miles southwest of Kilbeck siding on the Arizona and California railway. G. B. Parks portes/
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Desert Butte
Black Butte
Crown Point
Kilbeck
Arizona & California
M. J. Smith
Barstow
G. B. Parks
County Assessor H. B. Wilson Seeks Reelection in GOP Primary
The picture highlights county assessor H. B. Wilson who runs to succeed himself with broad Republican support ahead of Tuesday’s primaries.
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H. B. Wilson
Barstow Hotel Name Change Sparks Local Critique
The Santa Fe discarded the name Yermo Desierto for Barstow’s leading hotel and renamed it Casa del Desierto, prompting debate over the desert themed label given the valley's agricultural river prospects.
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The
Santa Fe
Barstow
Railroad Cadiz Becomes Junction for Parker Santa Fe Line
Cadiz forms the junction of the Parker to Santa Fe railroad with a new station and eating house under construction. Grades and bridges between Barstow and Cottonwood are finished and gangs left. Double track work removes old curves shortening the line. rocky point near the river must be removed before operation. Local ads: 5 cents per line.
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Cadiz
Parker
Santa Fe
Barstow
Cottonwood
Rocky Point
Elsinore Oil and Gas Drilling Faces Gas Pressure Hurdles
Judson Helen and T A Cline report drilling at Cottonwood by Elsinore Oil and Gas Co has heavy gas pressure hindering cementing water. Los Angeles strike blocks casing while Judson Rice’s Hemet Realty Co expands 100 inch water development and 80 acre alf alfa planting contracts. Miss Daza Bennett returns from Oro Grande weekend visit. Earnest Jordan returns from Box 8 ranch trip.
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Elsinore Oil and Gas Co
Cottonwood
T. A. Cline
Los Angeles
Judson Rice
Hemet Realty Co
Daza Bennett
Oro Grande
Earnest Jordan
Notice to Farmers Mohave Valley soil crops and Irish potatoes
The Barstow Printer invites farmers to submit reports on crops garden fruit and cattle in Mohave Valley. News about successful Irish potato cultivation is especially welcomed to benefit the entire community.
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Barstow
Mohave Valley
Compulsory School Attendance Law Seeks Public Education
An act requires every parent or guardian of children aged eight to fourteen to send them to public school whenever in session. Penalty for non compliance includes a ten dollar fine or five days imprisonment, or both.
Trustees Provide Student Transport At Cost Cap
School trustees may arrange pupil transportation when deemed advisable provided it does not exceed fifteen cents per pupil per day in district costs.
Barstow News Briefs Include Vacations Rides and Local Events
W J Boreham takes a vacation in Los Angeles while Barstow Printer subscription offers six months for $1. Road Overseer plans road improvements to Hinkley and Todd. J B Bright toured the valley on a political mission last week. Barstow school bond votes were light but all were for bonds. Dr. Anderson sent a Mexican to the county hospital after a fight left him badly cut. A Fletcher hall dance Saturday night drew a good crowd. Look out for a picture show Monday. Barstow baseball fans disappointed searching for the totem pole to showcase defeated teams. D C Henderson Sr returned from San Pedro after his brother James C Henderson died of heart disease. Mr and Mrs Geo B Hart came back from Redondo with fish stories but no fish. Sloan left for Los Angeles to verify tales, then heads to Chattanooga for summer with his wife. One stunt aims for Lookout Mountain before breakfast.
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Hinkley
Todd
Bright
Barstow
Anderson
Fletcher Hall
Lubin J. Henderson
Geo. B. Hart
Redondo
George
Sloan
Los Angeles
Chattanooga
Lookout Mountain
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Joe Gans
F. K. Love
Vick’s
E. J. Yokam
A. F. Judson
East Second St
Best K
Uouly
Las Vegas
Clark County
Nevada
Reliable News
Yermo-Desierto
Judson
Helen
Dillinghaw’s
Brotherhood
Hansen
W.J. Boreham
D. C. Henderson, Sr
San Pedro
Sunday
James C. Henderson
Desert
T. G. Nicklin Barstow
H. G. Gibson
Grain Board and Lodging
Cima
Calif
R. F. Cline
Bruce McCormick
General Merchandise
Mining Supplies
Vermo
F. O. Ricketts
Geo. F. Walters
Hesperia
Arthur Woods General Merchandise
John Blake
Man
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