Year 2.00 Price Noted in Local Ledger
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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1925
Page
6
Government should stay out of business, says general
Brigadier General Richard C. Marshall Jr of the Association of General Contractors of America warns that government competition in business raises costs by 25 to 100 percent and growing government employment threatens private industry. He urges legislative action to curb expanding public sector work and keep private firms responsible for public tasks. The warning notes how day labor and lack of bidding invite waste and machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of General Contractors of America
Businss
Richard C. Marshall, Jr
Association
Edeavor
Marshall
Santa Fe Plans 1926 Freight Car Orders
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad seeks bids and will place orders within ten days for 83,000 new freight cars. A third will be forty foot refrigerator cars with 80,000 pounds capacity, plus 500 motor cars, 50 feet long with 100,000 pounds capacity, 500 box cars, 40 feet long with 100,000 pounds capacity, 850 coal cars, 40 feet and 100,000 capacity, and 150 gondolas, 33 feet and 143,000 pounds capacity. Santa Fe also ordered 75,000 tons of heavy steel rails from Colorado Fuel & Iron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
The
Santa Fe
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Special Inducements at Barstow
Eureka Electric Vacuum Cleaners offered with special inducements by the factory. Tinian carries Eurekas at the Telephone Building Barstow with stock on hand. Purchases as low as four dollars fifty cents down make them an affordable home gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Tinian
Barstow
The Bretannia Mine Story and Its Turning Point
A Vancouver merchant and amateur mineralogist W A Clark funds trapper Oliver Furry, leading to the Bretannia group. Through successive ownerships, engineers, and methods, the mine grows from a vague prospect to a producing venture. G B Schley’s persistence and the right people finally unlock value amid years of doubt and struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Clark
Vancouver City
B. C
Oliver Furry
Clark
Furry
Bretannia Group
Bratinnia Minning and Smelting Co
Victoria
Augustus Heinze
Butte
Montana
Moore and Schley
New York
G. B. Schley
British Columbia
Prospect
Utill
Sheley
R. H. Leach
Leach
J. W. D. Moodie
Utah
Colubia
Growers Call Freight Cut Essential in ICC Hearing
California deciduous fruit growers face the lowest Eastern prices since 1917 as Western railroads seek a 5 percent freight-rate hike. The ICC hearing in San Francisco forms part of a nationwide rate review, with growers aiming to cut rates by 28 cents per 100 pounds after a prior denial. H M Remington testified 1925 prices averaged 5.40 per 190 pounds versus 8.40 in 1920. Armistice Day national holiday proposal to Congress by American Legion officials. Floral ad copy closes the item, noting wreaths and gifts for holidays and the departed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
San Francisco
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western
Chicago
Commission
H. M. Remington
Congress
American Legion
James K. Fisk
California Department
Public Auto Sale At Murphy Bros. Garage Ludlow California
A public auction will be held at Murphy Bros Garage in Ludlow California on December 15 1925 at 10 o clock in the forenoon to satisfy repair and storage charges. The item is a Stutz Touring Car engine 6113 serial H6093 and Wyoming licence 19842. Signed notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy Bros
Ludlow
Calif
Wyoming
Belief as Key to Hidden Wealth in Prospecting
The text argues that many promising mines lie dormant until a decisive belief awakens them. Personal conviction can unlock riches overlooked by others, with bravery of belief often triggering discoveries that experienced prospectors missed.
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San Bernardino Co
Western Representative
Western Press Association
Sutter St
Lloyd KE
Tiernan
Eastern Representative
American Press Association
St. New York, N. Y
Sou
Southern California Editorial Association
American Bank Bldg
Los Angeles
Dave Wilson
Blackies
Blackie’s
Goodrich Silvertown
Burke
Larsen Dye Works
Bernardino
East
Waycotts Flower Shop
San Bernardino
A. Rizzardini
Barstow Produce Market
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