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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1912
Page
6
Mr. J. M. Mahoney reported from Ludlow that a blaze gutted the upper floor and roof of the T. & T. R. general offices building, likely due to faulty wiring. Four hose lines fought the frame structure, keeping total destruction at bay through rapid, coordinated firefighting.
Miss May F Hogan and Miss Hattie L Hogan prepare a lengthy pleasure journey after creating comfortable home steads that served as social hubs in the community. The advertisement also promotes Spirella Corsets sold by Miss Gertrude Allen in Barstow California and notes various legal notices such as land proofs and mining patents.
Local notes record Dr Stauter staying at the coast with his wife. A printer office advertises wagon felloes for sale. National Irrigation Congress set for Salt Lake City on September 30. Rent cheap four room house through the Printer office. Daggett and Barstow baseball Sunday at 3 PM. W L Dover returns to Atlanta where wife and child are ill. Relinquishment adjoining Barstow land with water. See Nicklin the Printer. Wm Smithcrom of Lila C Borax mine to resume work Sept 1. about 75 men to be employed. Dillinghams return from Bear Mountain. more cottages planned. Grandparents announce new grandson at Glendora born Aug 15. Mrs Leaga visiting. Manson notes baling third alfalfa crop at Waterman ranch. two tons per acre, $18 baled, $16 field. Sloan Hart hall bills and Clune’s pictures nightly with a dance.
Local notes praise road improvements led by Alf and Hart and urge voting for Bedell to advance highway projects. Mentions Mohave River road work, desert road signs, and long‑stalled water-hole signs awaiting a Supervisor. Calls for neighborhood news on agriculture, mining, births, deaths, and marriages for the Printer.
A brief urging readers to send printing work to local shops for letter heads bill heads envelopes and cards. The motion emphasizes patronizing home industries to boost the community's craft and economy.
The article notes late summer and fall seeding for alfalfa to establish roots before winter frosts and spring winds. It warns wind erosion when fields lack leaf cover and roots. It advises inoculating seed with nitroculture, with government samples available for testing. The seed and young plants tolerate ample irrigation.
The Santa Fe pays $84,825 yearly for Mojave to Bakersfield track plus two and a quarter percent annually for additions and improvements. Salt Lake pays Santa Fe for Daggett to Colton joint track. California appraises Southern Pacific at $64,389,732 with 2500 miles of roadbed. When in doubt look it up and owe the printer a dollar.
The text states that a seller who unknowingly violates timber sale laws cannot be charged to cancel an entry. there is no law for limited patents reserving phosphate deposits to the United States. An application to enter lands with an offer to relinquish deposits must be rejected.
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