California News Briefs Spark Range of Local Events
The report covers multiple incidents including the deaths of William Treptow and Wade Denniston found in a San Diego pond after a missing week, a Tiburon post office safe burglary yielding minimal cash, Lincoln Beachey’s near-fatal Fresno loop, and Contra Costa selling $100,000 in state highway bonds to Anglo London Paris National Bank for $94,605 at 4 percent. Also notes a possible magazine-subsidy scam case, Folsom parole plans for Christmas, Western Pacific asking to drop two Stockton–San Francisco trains, a motorcycle theft ring bust in Los Angeles, San Quentin historian appointment for Warden Johnston, and potato worm issues in San Joaquin County with quarantine implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Treptow
Wade G. Denniston
San Diego
Burgilars
Tiburon
Carpenter & Chapman
Lincoln Beachey
Fresno
Reachey
Contra Costa
Anglo London Paris National Bank of
San Francisco
Charles McConaughy
Raymond Osborne
Albert Richmond
Shortall
United States
Folsom
Dennis Duffy
Kris Kringle
Western Pacific Railroad Company
State Railroad Commission
Stockton
Los Angeles
James A. Johnston
W. M. Campbell
San Quentin
Johnston
Folsom Prison
Campbell
State of Prison
San Joaquin County
Oregon
Coman
William Garden
Sta Barbara
Santa Bar Garden
Garden
World News Roundup Ten Events From Across The Globe
A diverse briefing covers Cannibals in Neumecklenburg massacre of a German scientist and aides, unsettled Christmas week weather across the United States, and a scarlet gown customs dispute for Charles Francis Adams. It notes Zan Argi Bathilio and Zianillio Eugenio rolling a barrel around the world from New York to San Francisco, President Wilson retreat plans at Pass Christian, typhoid prevention for Bremerton servicemen, Princeton curbing alcohol to minors, a Michigan labor convention on copper miners, a Cuban witchcraft scare linked to a white girl’s murder, postal cost controls via railway terminal offices, and rising parcel post driven transport costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neumecklenburg
Bismarck Archipelago
Deiniger
United States
Weather Bureau
Pacific Coast
Charles Francis Adams
Oxford University
Zanargi Bathilio
Zianillio Eugenio
New York
San Francisco
Globe Trotters
Venice
Europe
Wilson
Pass Christian
Miss
Federal Reserve Board
Navy Yard
Bremerton
Wash
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Princeton
N. J
Howard McClenahan
Michigan Federation of Labor
Lansing
Houghton
Mich
Western Federation of Miners
Havana
Cuba
Islands
Congress
Stewart
Postoffice Department
Miners Inch Pump Test at Holmes Upper Well
LUCERNE VALLEY reports 75 miners inches of water pumped from Holmes' upper well. D. J. Gribbin and C. A. Thatcher drill a desert claim well in Cozy Cove, down 51 feet with water at 20 feet. The Gobar boys Vic Porter and C. G. Van Horn trip to Fullerton for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes
D. J. Gribbin
C. A. Thatcher
Cozy Cove
Gobar Boys
Vic Porter
C.G. van Horn
Fullerton
East End
Chase Drilling Co
Pingwell
Thatcher's
Needles Girls to Play Barstow Team Sunday
The Needles girls basketball team will host Barstow on the school grounds Sunday afternoon January 4 unless notified otherwise. The Needles squad has been undefeated in regular games and looks to extend their streak in what promises to be a strong matchup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Needles
Barstow
Victorville Forms Horticulture Protective Association
A Victorville meeting of the Victor Valley Chamber of Commerce organized a Horticulture Protective Association. W. S. Cherry was named president RE. S. Morrow secretary and E. E. Richardson treasurer. The group aims to guide landholders in Victor Valley on crop variety, tree age and size, planting times, spacing, pruning, and related horticultural practices, and to establish a central buying unit for wholesale nursery stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Valley
New Blacksmith Shop Opens in Victorville and Local News
Mr Wirtz has opened a new blacksmith shop in Victorville on the hill near the former Guarantee site and offers all kinds of blacksmithing and horseshoeing. Lottie Reichwein returns home from Los Angeles Normal school for the holidays to the Turner House. Lester Ingram becomes head clerk at Turner Son's store, replacing Charles Morgan. Appleton Land and Water Co plans to survey Victorville townsite lots for a large sale. Vandever and Will Trowie of Victorville Garage tour Mojave towns promoting the Overland auto, with Vandever as agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie Reichwein
Los Angeles Normal School
Turner House
Lester Ingram
San Diego
Apple Valley
Charles Morgan
Turner & Son
Appleton Land & Water Co
Victorville
C. A. Vandever
Will Trowie
Mojave River
Overland Auto
Mr. Vandever
Land and Mining Laws Reversal Impacts California Locators
A Dec 10 decision at the local land office overturns the Yard ruling, allowing pre discovery mineral locations to hold possession. It declares locaters or groups may possess claims indefinitely if laws are followed, with disputes settled by courts rather than land offices. The ruling affects Meadows and Meadows No 2 in Oregon and other California claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
Secretary of the Interior
Pearce
H. K. Yard
Yard
California
Land Office
Los Angeles Times
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California News
Tata
Lucerne Valley
L. J. Henderson
Henderson’s Department Store
RSTOW
L. Ibsen
Cal
Interstate Telegraph Company
Pniatt IO
LSOO
Hyih Ahl Fatitos
Rheene
Barstow, Cal
Tao
Santa FE
San Fran
Chicago
Tourist & Mail
Overland
Saint
Phoenix
Johannesburg
Overland Express
Salt Lake
Pacific
Victorville Notes Horticulture Protective Association
Lee’s Hall
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