16 Feb 1912
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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1912
Page
1
Engineer D L Richardson operates a Bakersfield to Barstow freight while women join positions on Russian railways. Barstow handles 125 cars daily to eastern markets. Citizens tease President Ripley with merit marks for widening the Santa Fe wall gap and removing the grass sign.
The county announces the appointment of a woman as Assessor of Santa Clara. It notes that no woman has previously received recognition in this role in the county.
Barstow outlines aims to establish a bank a laundry a creamer y a custom mill and to hire a good lawyer. The town also seeks a second hand store more cottages for residents and additional home factories and enterprises to provide employment.
Two or three ranchers may act as witnesses for each other to save costs on special witnesses to Los Angeles. For more information contact the Printer. Ranchers should prove on land before oil is struck. Early applications avoid crowding at the Los Angeles Land Office. Do not wait for notices. send $1 for six months now.
The Remedy Secretary reports 16 775 divorced persons or 60 percent of the total have remarried in California over the past five years. Washington leads in divorces last year followed by Iowa Indiana and California with 266 251 233 and 219 respectively. The piece argues divorce is better than continual conflict and critiques divorce laws as needing easing.
Rail directors will meet by March 4 to decide feeders along the line and whether to build the missing link from Daggett or Otis through Barstow Oro Grande Victorville to Colton. Senator Clark says the link will be built soon, calling for relief from the Santa Fe joint track monopoly.
Public Land in offering commutation proof requires residence and cultivation to be shown as continuous through the filing date. If proof is rejected on one ground the entry may remain intact pending future compliance. Contest must start within two years of final receipt. otherwise dismissal. Also mentions divorce, alimony, and publishing Land Proof Notices with notices of contests, mining patents, forfeiture, and other legal notices.
The note urges April 30 as the election day to choose 15 Freeholders to draft the County Charter and suggests women should have equal representation. It criticizes male Charter Patriots for excluding women and predicts notable influence from women voters, urging registration and participation.
For sale a Racycle motor bicycle delivering four and a half horsepower. Used one year, good condition, sell cheap if taken at once. Address F A Young, Hinkley California. January 12. $52. Arti.
Dale Doings reports Dale properties in Barstow begin tunnel construction with about 70 miners on site. Ore is free and yields around $20 per ton. Miss Mary Marr plans a Chicago visit to relatives. The Printer ad urges readers to advertise, stating its broad readership and six month price of $1.
Concrete Work Sharp Fellows Co. started lowering concrete from the high derrick Monday for the Santa Fe roundhouse at Barstow. The circular building spans 400 ft and will include 26 stalls. C. A. Potter serves as superintendent. $133,000 is appropriated for the project, with a seven month completion target.
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