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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1923
Page
3
California-wide notes report Redlands orange harvest progress and Turlock apricot and peach plantings while Oroville pushes a Feather River project. San Francisco deportation roundups, Riverside citrus research, San Bernardino hotel and theater openings, and a Sun-Maid leader appointment illustrate broad regional activity and notable incidents.
The State Railroad Commission adjusted the protested electric bill for a Mission district shoe store proprietor after an inspector found no service irregularities and suspected unauthorized use of power. The meter tested correctly, and the agency noted the program serves all California utility patrons with careful handling of every complaint.
Twenty Germans were reported killed Monday as French soldiers used arms to protect themselves during a violent nationalist demonstration at Boppard near Bingen. The protests followed the arrest of the burgomaster of Boppard.
Sweden completed six hundred miles of highway in 1922 as a public works program to employ idle workers. Funding came from the government and work focused near unemployment centers. Projects ended as local employment rose, with 1923 unemployment expected around 24,000 and 6,000 by 1924.
Washington reports liquor smuggling into the United States from the Bahama Islands reaches 1.2 million gallons annually. Representative Rogers of Massachusetts says the Bahamian government and population reap huge revenues and show no sympathy for anti smuggling efforts, citing State Department data.
After forcing the cashier and night watchman into the basement shortly after closing time, three masked gunmen overpowered two office men and escaped with 1800 dollars in cash and 2000 dollars in negotiable checks from a large Oak land department store.
A new bank is contemplated for Livermore while Petaluma will exhibit at the Citrus Fair in Cloverdale in February. Blossom time in Santa Clara valley is set for March 22 to 25 with four days of festivities. A gold nugget was found by Mrs. Henry Merriam in a chicken gizzard in Hallwood near Marysville. J C Allison of Calexico plans 100000 acres of cotton land in Lower California after returning from Japan. A $750000 tourist hotel will rise on the Bigelow ranch toward Sonoma City. San Dimas claims a breakthrough in marketing concentrated orange juice high in sugar and acid with low water content. Santa Barbara Elks scrap prior plans for a new home and hire an architect through their building committee. San Francisco interests reportedly control copper claims in Spenceville near Grass Valley. mine reopens contemplated. D H Bryant, Civil War veteran and California political figure, dies in San Jose at 81 after a stroke. Irvington school building sold to the Latter Day Saints for 4550. Miss Donia Jones becomes Sacramento county’s first regular deputy sheriff. Rev E D McAreary, famed Methodist minister, dies at 78 in Santa Cruz after pastoring in several cities. Mrs Frederick Forrest Peabody donates site and building for Santa Barbara Girl Scouts.
Notice to Barstow residents states the Parent Teachers Association meeting is moved to 2 30 p m February 7. Those interested in street lights for the new Barstow lighting district are asked to meet February 6 at 7 30 p m at White and Platts drug store.
A 1922 Macmillan tale traces a westward traveler climbing the Rockies from Kansas. It notes four hundred miles across varied upland landscapes, with oaks elms walnuts and sycamores along the river hills and bluffs as crossing the Missouri approaches.
Litigation began before Superior Judge Benjamin F. Warmer to stop a monorail line proposed 380 miles across San Bernardino County. Rainbow Mine directors seek injunction against American Magnesium Corporation to avoid blocking Layton Canyon wagon road into Slate Range Valley used for 20 years. Company officials deny blocking wagon traffic and the case will run a week or longer.
Superior Judge J. F. Warner fined six confessed traffickers in the Osdick Inn City area for violating local dry laws. Each received nine months in jail, suspended on the condition they observe dry laws, with fines of 500 dollars each paid by Trixie Smith, Gus Renner, Mark Burgess, John L. Kelly, H. N. Smith, and Charles Dorr.
A description praising a man who is clean inside and out, who treats rich and poor with equal regard, accepts loss without complaint and wins without boasting, and shows courage, generosity, and consideration for women, children, and the elderly. Contributed.
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