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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1914
Page
8
Entry identifies Barstow California as a second class mail matter with a filing date of July 8 1910 under the 1879 act. The brief line notes post office classification and archival handling for the period.
Editorial announces new management Oswald Wilson inviting Barstow and Mohave Valley businesses and citizens to cooperate. Promises a paper reflecting local citizenship and regional development in minerals, agriculture, and horticulture. Staff invites correspondence and personal visits, stressing openness and partnership.
A reflection on childhood warnings and the psychology of prohibition. The piece argues that phrases like mustn't touch spark curiosity and that adults treat laws the same way, often resisting bans and preferring education over restrictions. It warns that zealots create disrespect for enforceable rules.
The Barstow Printer urges formation of an active Barstow Chamber of Commerce linking with Associated Chambers of Commerce of San Bernardino County and state bodies to gain publicity and prosperity. It invites citizen suggestions while noting benefits seen in larger communities. Also announced is the Oil and Mining Bulletin, Los Angeles, a new monthly for oil and mining in the Great Southwest edited by J Nelson Nevins, praised as a high-grade journal.
A desert land entry inquiry discusses required proof of water distribution to every legal subdivision and sufficient quantity for practical irrigation. It weighs pumping capacity, storage, and staged irrigation, questioning if 20 to 40 miner's inches plus a reservoir meet practical irrigation under varied farming plans.
A discussion on irrigation by pumping in Mojave and Victor Valleys notes that success hinges on landowners with money and enterprise. It argues pumping faces troubles like sand in wells, but intelligent operation and sufficient resources can solve issues. Repeated sand treatment is suggested.
Regional Reserve banks opened last week with about four hundred million dollars in emergency funds. The public expected a distribution leading to four dollars per person, but ten to eleven days pass without action. Some fear missing the Rock Island Railway sale and register discontent with McAdoo if he runs for president.
A poetic sketch by Dr. Inez Sheld Ritchie in Out West Magazine imagines the Cajon desert. It conjures bee ranches, quail calls, coyotes, deer and hares, and pinto hoofbeats near a cabin door beside juniper and grease wood. The verse honors desert life and the joy of open spaces.
A reader from Loma Linda California requests publication of a desert poem that appeared in Out West Magazine last June. He notes bee ranches and land at Hinkley, praises the Barstow Printer, and asks for a mailed copy if published.
A Christmas appeal suggests giving a prepaid Barstow Printer subscription for a year to a friend. The notice promises fifty two weekly messages of news items good wishes and cheer. It notes subscriptions renewals or new gifts please the editor who has provided a year of weekly content.
Dr. Harry J. Hammond of the U S Bureau of Animal Industry has dispatched two inspectors to Michigan to help combat contagious foot and mouth disease in cattle. The illness, a serious prize among European outbreaks, has appeared in the United States for the third time as federal authorities strive to stop its spread to western ranges.
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