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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1924
Page
2
The Barstow Chamber of Commerce will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday at 7:30 PM in the Auditorium. Mr C W Harkins will speak on Credit and Collections. The public is invited.
Los Angeles Navy report announces $4,060,000 worth of steel cars for the California Limited on the Santa Fe. Delivery before January 1 with 78 cars including drawing room, lounge, and bath features. No excess fares. plans to use during travel between Chicago East and California. emphasized exclusive drawing room cars and palace-on-wheels service.
Cliff Bergere won the 25 mile feature race at Ascot Park covering five laps of the five mile hill and dale course in 20 minutes 20 seconds. George Beck finished second with Cannoball Baker close third. Bergere also claimed the five-eighths mile dash in 33 3-5 seconds and the 6 1/4 miles invitational sport in 5 minutes 42 3-5 seconds.
Washington news reports Senator Arthur Capper from Kansas, leader of the farm bloc, urging Congress to cut wind-jamming and unnecessary talk and get to business after a White House conference with President Coolidge. Capper, newly elected with a landslide margin over 300,000 votes, surpasses the President’s own tally by about 30,000.
The piece notes that about seven million U S families live on farms and only 2 percent of farm homes are electrified nationwide. California shows higher adoption with 26 percent statewide and 35 percent in the south. A single company serves nearly 100000 rural homes and pumps 750000 acres.
The Isleton Farm corporation of Isleton, a Japanese land corporation with American-born Japanese incorporators, filed articles of incorporation with Secretary of State Frank C. Jordan. Capitalization is $10,090 and the company is formed to develop and deal in agricultural lands.
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