Hetch Hetchy Bill Passes Senate in California Fight
California news item reports the Senate approving the Hetch Hetchy water bill by 43 to 25 after a twelve year battle for adequate pure water supply in San Francisco.
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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1913
Page
8
Recall results and varied 1914-era news items across the U S
The recall election in Arlington Washington removed J W Morris and W G Grimm both Socialist School Board members by over a hundred votes. Reports from many states describe a springlike climate and active plant life. The coastwise Rio Grande was aided by the Sawanee rescuing 197 people during a coast fire and then resumed voyage. Ex Mayor James K McGuire of Syracuse faces surrender after a $70,000 campaign contribution probe. California Board of Health rejects R Edmund's horse slaughter permit. Fresh eggs drop to four cents a dozen in New York markets amid an egg boycott. Oregon Hotel Men propose removing veal from hotel menus to curb meat costs. Indianapolis union teamsters plan to resume work after a week on strike. some employers sign scale contracts. U S immigration records show 134,140 immigrants admitted in October, up 25,840 from last year. German naval constructor Lt Herman Wahl approves Curtiss flying boat tests for Germany and three new U S Navy boats arrive. A Hammondport crafts fleet targets England, France, Germany, Italy, and Russia. Dr Anna Shaw notes four women who could outrank male leaders for president and suggests policing roles in place of presidency. Convict labor wages rise from $0.60–0.80 to $2.00–2.50 daily, signaling shift from leasing to highway construction work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Burns
Earl P. Burns
Eureka
Dinsmore Brothers
Dinsmores
Burns
Johnson and Lister
Good Roads
David Bell
Alamo
Parcel Post
Bell
Walnut Creek
Board of Trustees
John P. McLaughlin
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Central West
Atlantic
Rio Grande
James K. McGuire
Syracuse
N. Y
Union Oil Company of California
Davis
Supreme Court
California State Board of Health
R. Edmund
Berkeley
New York
National Housewives’ League
Hotel Men's Association of Oregon
Portland
Oregon
Indianapolis
Ind
Labor Temple
United States
Bureau of Immigration
Department of Labor
Herman Wahl
Germany
United States Navy
Hammondsport
England
France
Italy
Russia
Anna Shaw
Jane Adams
Carrie Chapman Catt
Joseph Bowen
Chicago
Susan B. Anthony
Abraham Lincoln
Shaw
Wilson
Large Barstow baby born to Walker couple
Barstow report notes the birth of a large girl at 12 noon on Thursday the 11th to Mr and Mrs Edward Walker living in Williams Addition Barstow. Handbills are printed for a Barstow Union Church bazar and concert December 17 with bazar at 2 50 pm and concert at 7 pm a silver collection will be taken up at the concert. R Connors and D C McCormick take boiler maker helper jobs on the rip track. Carpenters and painters finish work on the new rip track shed. Mr and Mrs Wm Leasa visiting relatives in Los Angeles and Glendora. A dance to be held in Lees Hall Xmas night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Leasa
Los Angeles
Glendora
Lee’s Hall
Dick Groom Travels to Ludlow on Oil Field Business
Dick Groom of the Kramer Con. Oil drilling force made a brief trip to Ludlow on business. The Printer received a shipment of seeds from the Department of Agriculture by courtesy of Senator Perkins. Beans lettuce muskmelon onion and radish are included in the free distribution lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Groom
Kramer Con
Ludlow
Department of Agriculture
Senator Perkins
LUCERNE VALLEY NEWS: Goulding Leads Road Work and Local Plans
James Goulding, road overseer, reports the district’s dry lake grade being advanced with Gobar Porter’s Rumely Oil-Pull tractor at Cherry’s to Deadman’s Point. A cooperative store is to be studied, six hundred dollars of work recorded by the road committee, and officers nominated for 1914. Local notes include wells, insurance agents visiting, and Dr. Gobar and K. Beggs returning from Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Goulding
Gobar & Porter
Cherry
Road Committee
Kk. H. Wells
Benj. Packer
W. A. Porter
P. E. Weigle
Ray EK. Packer
F. H. Gobar
Joseph Holmes
F. J. Gobar
C. A. Thatcher
Barstow
Keyes & Krabill
Harris Garcelon
Will White
Walter White
Los Angeles
E. R. Wylie
Oro Grande Business Ashore Not a Deserted Town
A reader counters last week's claim Oro Grande is dead by listing active local enterprises. The Golden State Portland Cement Co employs 75, shipping cement daily. Oxnard Sugar Refining Co has 30 workers. contractors Thompson and Germain & Son haul rock. Blacksmiths Flenniken & Co prosper. Dent & Atwood mine. Drais & Morrow run general merchandise. hotels Sargent and Decrow noted for meals. other residents and businesses boost infrastructure and roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oro Grande
Golden State Portland Cement Co
Oxnard Sugar Refining Co
P. C. Thompson
R. A. Dana
Germain & Son
R. B. Flenniken & Co
Penland & Sargent
G. S. P. Cement Co
Boren & Bare
Dent & Atwood
Drais & Morrow
Sargent
Geo. Wiehn
Judge Huey
Novelty
Barstow
Preston Powers
The
Powers Cattle Co
Inyo County
Miss Powers
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California News
San Francisco
Senate
Channel Islands
Laura B. Crampton
William J. Stansberry
Richmond
Santa Fe Railroad
Stansberry
Washington
Japan
California
Relief Home
Board of Public Health
Arlington, Wash
J. W. Morris
W. G. Grimm
Iowa
George W. Cosson
E. Bragg Whitin
National Committee On Prison Labor
Columbia University
L. J. Henderson
L. Ibsen
Cal
Igroceries
Henderson’s Department Store
Astow C
Aere A
Central
Interstate Telegraph Company
Lubin J. Henderson
Everybody’s Tailor
Barstow, California
Santa Fe
Barstow, Cal
San Fran
Overland Express
the Angels
Phoenix
Johannesburg
Lucerne Valley
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