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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1914
Page
4
Barstow California weekly newspaper note shows publisher Wm. J. Evans as editor and manager. It states a price of 2 dollars per year and entry as second class matter July 8, 1910 at Barstow post office under March 3, 1879 act.
In Los Angeles a circulating petition for the Torrens land act garners over 35 000 names. If enacted, titles would be court registered and abstracts drop from about 50 dollars to around 2. California would join 15 other states in adopting the reform to end costly title companies. Barstow calls for a new cement jail to hold hobos and protect citizens amid increasing need for secure detention facilities.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tennal and their young son of Kansas City Missouri plan a six week desert tour. They stored baggage at the Inez Hotel on Thursday and will ride the T T R R to Zabriskie then cross toward Ballarat Randsburg and Barstow while gathering magazine story material.
The Hidden Hill Mining Co. forms a company as A D Nescus and Mrs Nescus plan a home at the mine after Christmas. Steele has taken two tons of north end samples and gone to San Francisco. Bonanza King mortgage holder plans to dismantle the mill for Los Angeles shipment. Firm progress at Pilot Mabel Contention and Leonard shaft work, with ore promising in several dumps.
Mr Germain and F R Davies left for Parker Arizona to begin work on valuable copper claims they own. R Atwood finishes cement deposits and seeks funds for a cement plant. Kline of Los Angeles plans extensive improvements on Amazon copper claims. Oliver of San Francisco gathers samples here. A ten stamp mill rises at Garrison mines. Ripples from local mining and railroad work, plus visits by Dunford of King ranch and Pomona residents, mark the activity.
Covina residents Mr and Mrs Wm Griffith spent Christmas in Kramer visiting friends. Adsit family moved into a new home on section 8. A box car hotel dinner hosted by W J Young featured a crab salad turkey and pies. Local visitors included G Griffiths family and Art Adsit, with several others passing through for holidays. Local residents from Randsburg Barstow and Los Angeles were noted visiting Kramer during Christmas week.
A school program in Fish Pond highlighted by Miss Emma L. Perry featured numerous recitations, songs, and orations by pupils including Asher Harris, Hulda Harris, Mattie Harris, Wilbur Harland, Adele Chilson, Alice Chilson, and others. The event showcased "The Charm of the Day," "The Night with a Wolf," "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death," and a violin accompaniment, ending with a distribution of presents and a holiday song encore.
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