Mojave River Bridge To Be Repaired Soon
Barstow area residents push for a low rock ford and bridge repair to allow safe auto traffic. A committee secured board approval for a $700 crossing plus survey work, with Engineer Cook to layout and bids requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mojave River
Messrs. Mitchell
Joe Zanini
Oswald Wilson
Board of Supervisors
Barstow and
Vicinity
Butler
Waterman Crossing
Lothrop
Cook
Homestead Act Denies Mineral Rights in Maricopa Claim
A Interior Department decision informs the Harris 160 acre dispute near Maricopa, with local land officials noting the futility of claiming mineral lands under homestead laws. The Register and Receiver's findings to reserve mineral rights were upheld by the commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Interior
Roche
Mitchell
David B. Harris
Maricopa
Des Moines Furniture Ad from Bolong and Nicholson
An advertisement extols Bolong and Nicholson furniture store in San Bernardino offering extensive stock to suit any home. Prospective buyers are promised attentive service and a special sale advertised on the last page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolong and Nicholson
San Bernardino
Desert Empire
Letter of Appreciation from Whittier to Barstow Printer
A Whittier subscriber sends $2 to renew the Barstow Printer and expresses satisfaction with the paper. She mentions owning 320 acres between Barstow and Hinkley, planning well work, pump installation, and spring improvements. The letter notes readers from California towns and asks if the Desert Empire newspaper is mailed to eastern friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barstow
Calif
Hinkley
Ity
Wim. Loftus
W. Luella
Whittier
Cal
Tulare
Col
San Anselmo
Ar Calif
Montrose
Erho Park
Desert Empire
Large Apple Tree Shipment Reaches Barstow Area
Sixteen hundred apple trees arrived Wednesday for Pat Zanini to plant at Chas Greenburg’s ranch near Barstow. Greenburg, resident of Los Angeles, hires Zanini for the work. F A Fletcher, horticultural inspector, inspected a similar shipment from Victorville. Mr Bemis of Utah Nursery assists with unloading.
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Pat Zanini
Chas
Greenburg
Barstow
Mr. Zanini
Mr. Greenburg
Los Angeles
F. A. Fletcher
Victorville
Mr. Bemis
Utah Nursery
Changes in Pioneer Goodsprings Firm
The firm of Yount and Fayle pioneer merchants of Goodsprings and Jean has been dissolved effective Jan. Vision Geo A Fayle purchases the interest of S E B Yount in the firm, transferring ownership and control to Fayle. The change affects local commerce and merchant operations in the Goodsprings area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yount and Fayle
Goodsprings and
Jean
Geo. A. Fayle
S. EB. Yount
Protection of Our Roads in Southern California
Redlands Calif January 28 1916 The Barstow Printer argues highways should not be used to profit auto transporters without paying for road maintenance The piece notes railroads pay franchise taxes while auto companies exploit roads risking reduced service and tax burdens on citizens District Attorney Duckworth leads a drive for a uniform road protection ordinance across Southern California counties to stabilize funding and policy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redlands
Calif
Barstow
California
Duckworth
Program Set For Apple Show In San Bernardino
The Apple Show convenes February 19 in San Bernardino chamber of commerce rooms drawing growers. Geo P Weldon leads the program with talks on pruning spraying varieties cultivation packing and marketing by experts from Sacramento Watsonville and the Citrus Experiment Station.
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Chamber of Commerce
San Bernardino
Citrus Growers’ Convention
Geo
P. Weldon
Sacramento
California
Isaac Ford
K. BR. Smoot
First Torrens land title petition filed in Mirage Valley
Thomas R. Creswell Mary E B Creswell Alonzo C Wheeler Mary A Wheeler and Lucile L Summers filed the first Torrens land title petition in the county seeking a state certified title after a hearing. The law aims to reduce costs with a $1 fee and a state backed title after one year, funded by a sinking fund for corrections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Thomas R. Creswell
Mary EB. Creswell
Alonzo C. Wheeler
Mary A. Wheeler
Lucile L. Summers
Palliser Community News Highlights and Local Moves
Palliser C. Henderson and family visited the Hobsons early week. Carl Feldhocker works for L. Emerson on the ranch. LS Emerson made a trip to China and Los Angeles for business. Delos Trumble visited Kings county and bought a 26 acre truck patch, planning to move this spring. A Marysville push aims to establish a club room for boys aged 16 to 21 for evening activities.
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LS. Emerson
China
Los Angeles
Marysville
Mining Claim Transfer Ties Kenneth Water Co to SMRC
A deed filed in Redding shows the Kenneth Water Company transferring adjoining mining claims to United States Smelting Mining and Refining Company, parent of Mammoth Copper, for 75000 dollars. Funeral services in San Diego honored four flood victims from the Daneri Winery loss. A Los Angeles suit seeks 15000 dollars for a 13-year-old girl over a coyote bite. another tragedy reports candy tainted with flour and strychnine injuring a woman in Sutter County.
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Redding
Kenneth Water Company
Mammoth Mine
United States Smelting, Mining and Refining Company
Mammoth Copper Company
San Diego
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Daneri Winery
Superior Court of
Los Angeles
Nellie Margelin
R. E. Slomer
Salt Lake Ships Schedule Shifts After Flood Disruptions
Salt Lake offices said the steamship Harvard will run daily from San Pedro to San Diego starting today to serve a flood affected area without rail service. The Yale will sail tri weekly to San Francisco and Santa Fe expects its line to be rebuilt into the bay city within two weeks.
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Salt Lake
Harvard
San Pedro
San Diego
Santa Fe
Bay City
Yale
San Francisco
Portraitist Wallace DeWolf Visits Barstow Gallery Scene
Renowned landscape painter Wallace L. DeWolf of Chicago and his sister in law Miss Rea of England visited Barstow this week. He sketched the desert mountains and may create a notable painting of Calico and nearby points. The pair praised the region’s inspiring scenery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barstow
Wallace L. DeWolf
Chicago
Miss Rea
England
Mr. DeWolf
United States
California News in Brief Highlights State Horticulture to Mark Ladybug Drive
Multiple items from across California detail events from Red Bluff muster of Company 1 NGC to government moves on orange marketing. Reports cover floods wrecking washouts, Stanford rowing plans, drought water bonds, and unclaimed bank deposits totaling about 119 thousand dollars.
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State Banking Department
California
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P Weldon
J. B. Hand
W. M. Mertz
Citrus Experiment Station
F.S. Jerome, Watsonville Apple Distributors
Mirage Valley
Palliser
C. H.henderson
Daggett
Hobsons
Mr. Allen Ot Hinkley
Carl Feldhocker
Emerson
Fred Hill
3. P
Frank Rich
D. Trumble
Mr. Graham
L.S. Emerson
Carrie Bennett
C. Games
State News
Fred Anderson
Harkey’s Corners
Sutter County
Golden State
State Horticulturist
Feather River Canyon
C. W. Thomas
Red Bluff
Harris Weinstock
The
State Market Commission
H. C. Carr
Portersville
Henry P. Bowie
Hillsborough
C. M. Jameson
Los Banos
Ernest K. Tully
Redlands High School
Pomona College
Stanford
Hudson
Meridian
Trustees of Reclamation District No. 70
Iola Dunning
Thil. Dunning
Lindsay
Roanoke
North Pacific Steamship Company
Portland
E. T. Ross
State Board of Health
Modoc
Lassen
Marin Municipal Water District
Supreme Court
William Dolge
Lake Hemet Water Company
San Jacinto
Wasco
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