Barstow Mercantile Expands with Two New Stores
Barstow Mercantile Company sold to Edward Lazenby who will run the meat market and soda fountain while Smuin Grocery Company takes over the grocery stock and department. Smuin and Hoxsie will operate the Grocerteria auto with George Smuin driving. The Barstow Bakery plans to establish headquarters in the same building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barstow Mercantile Company
W. &. Hat Insis
Edward Lazenby
City Meat Market
Lazenby
Smuin
Floyd Hoxsie
Smuin Grocery Company
Grocerteria Auto
George Smuin
Barstow Mercantile Meat Market
Barstow Bakery
Plum dies at Hinkley ranch after health quest
Hinkley area resident H Plum aged 48 died Wednesday while staying at J A Malink ranch home near Hinkley. He homesteaded near Todd after moving from Iowa and worked for Crescent Creamery in Los Angeles. Funeral set for Friday at Barstow Undertaking Parlors with entombment in Barstow cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Plum
Plumb
Desert
Todd
Crescent Creamery Company
Los Angeles
California
Iowa
Fresno Masons Plan New Temple Amid Campaign for 525000
The Fresno Masons and Scottish Rite Temple groups announce a campaign to fund a new building estimated at 525000. The structure would include three lodge rooms with space for degree work, a banquet hall for 1150, and extensive club facilities including women’s rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottish Rite Cathedral Company
Fresno
Highway building bids sought in county area
The Highway Commission invites bids for constructing shops at the site east of Arrowhead Ave between Second and Third streets. Work begins February 12 after bids open February 2, starting with a machine and blacksmith shop, truck sheds and facilities. Structures will be concrete with corrugated iron roofs. later an office building bid will be issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Highway Commission
Arrowhead Ave
Utah Idaho Picnic Opens Season in Los Angeles Park
The opening picnic reunion for the season 1925 will be the Utah Idaho rally in Sycamore Grove Park Los Angeles all day Saturday January 17 1925. There will be registers and headquarters for each county souvenir badges hot coffee and popular program. Each attendee brings a large basket dinner for self and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sycamore
Grove Park
Los Angeles
Balance of Old Trail Money To Barstow Highway
The commission had appropriated 25000 for a Barstow area highway. The two mile contract to grade the road will use about 13000, leaving a balance to be added to a paved street through town. The district has seen little state investment since highway commissioners were appointed, and residents seek a better highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barstow
Local News Briefs From Barstow Area
Mrs Myers visits relatives in Los Angeles and plans to join Friday. George Searle, Master Mechanic, returns from a San Bernardino meeting and stops in Barstow en route to Needles. Mrs Grace Garrett Dobbs is ill with pneumonia in San Bernardino. Joe McCue of Vermo orders a Dodge coupe from Barstow Garage. Perry B Thompson and Shorty Crawford travel to San Bernardino for a day. Mrs Leahy has been absent from the post office and the post master notes his assistant is very ill.
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8. L. “Myers
Los Angeles
Mr. Myers
George Searle
San Bernaardino
Barstow
Needles
Grace Garrett Dobbs
San Bernardino
Joe McCue
Vermo
Santa Fe Real Estate Chief in Barstow on Business
Mr. Lapham of the Santa Fe real estate department visited Barstow on Tuesday for official business matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Lapham
Santa Fe Real Estate Department
Barstow
Sullivan Couple Attends Elks Dance in San Bernardino
Mr and Mrs Paul Sullivan traveled to San Bernardino on Tuesday to attend the Elks dance held that night in the city.
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Mrs. Paul Sullivan
San Bernardino
Barstow P. T. A. Holds First 1925 Meeting
The Barstow P. T. A. met for its first 1925 meeting Tuesday afternoon. The seventh grade at the grammar school won the picture for the largest attendance of mothers for the past month. The PTA plans a Fathers Night in February and may serve tea at future meetings to boost attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barstow
Grammar School
P.T.A
PTA
Langford Birth Announcement for Kenneth Langford in Los Angeles
Mr and Mrs K K Langford announce the birth of their son Kenneth Everrett Langford on Sunday January 4 in Los Angeles. The Langfords are known in Barstow and the desert. Mrs Langford's maiden name was Carrie Bennett. They reside at Vices terville.
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K. K. Langford
Kenneth Everrett Langford
Los Angeles
Langford
Barstow
Desert
Carrie Bennett
Vicesterville
Antlers Club Members Delight In Evening Win
Members of the Antlers Club met again Wednesday evening and enjoyed the same overlook of games. Mrs Reece Dillingham won the ladies prize a handpainted cup and saucer. Forst Dillingham won the gents prize a China ash tray. Ms Paul Sullivan was hostess and served delectable refreshments.
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Antlers Club
Reece Dillingham
Forst Dillingham
Paul Sullivan
Avil Free Methodist Church Schedules Sunday Services
Due to the pastor's illness there have been no sermons for three weeks. MSS Cobb is able to attend and will hold regular services. Sunday school starts at 10 a.m. with preaching at 11. Evening services move to 7:30 p.m. The sermon topic is the Baptism of the Holy Ghost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Methodist Church
Avil
Mss
Cobb
Peter Pan to Play in Barstow Theaters Soon
Barstow will host Paramount pictures including Peter Pan in the near future. The PTA has canceled several older films and added new releases, with some titles unreleased in Los Angeles. Showings are set for Tuesday and Saturday nights, while Thursday programs will end. A Friday the 16th screening exists but none on the 17th.
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Barstow
Paramount
Los Angeles
Personal items picked up about town in brief notes
Grace Olsen and Grace Dillon spent Tuesday in San Bernardino. Leonard C. Shaw, electrician for the Santa Fe, is enjoying a new Ford roadster. Mrs. Stark of Kramer visited her daughter Mrs. Harold Wilson on Wednesday. R. R. Burke of Standard Oil is in Death Valley this week on a business trip. Peter Bogle of Amboy recently purchased a Dodge Touring from Barstow Garage. The Alaska? with Thomas Meighan in the lead will be shown by the PTA this Saturday night. Weese Wilhelm is in charge of operations at the well. Mrs. Steve Vihel left for San Gabriel as word arrived that her mother was very ill. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Martin returned Saturday from a trip to Oklahoma and Colorado to visit their parents.
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Paul Martin
Oklahoma
Colorado
Mrs Agnes Wright and Virginia Return From Holidays
Mrs Agnes Wright and her companion Virginia returned home Sunday after spending the holidays in Los Angeles and Pasadena.
Brown couple return from Seastis Bluff Nebraska visit
Mr and Mrs H R Brown return home after a three week stay in Seastis Bluff Nebraska where they visited friends and sights during their trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Brown
Seastis Bluff
Nebraska
No Picture Show Saturday for Elks Initiation
There will be no picture show Saturday January seventeenth as the Elks have the Auditorium engaged for their initiation ceremony that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Elks
San Berardi couple attends Tournament of Roses game
Williard Wright and Miss Tern Wiest of San Berardi traveled to Pasadena on New Year’s Day to see the Tournament of Roses and the big football game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williard Wright
Miss Tern Wiest
San Berardi
Pasadena
Burke family drives to Bakersfield to visit brother
Ed Burke and his family motored to Bakersfield on Sunday to visit a brother. Burke notes the Mojave Barstow road is in the best condition he has ever seen it.
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Burke
Bakersfield
Mojave-Barstow Road
Dee Cooper Learns of Fathers Death in Durango
Dee Cooper of Barstow Garage received the sad news Wednesday morning that his father had died in Durango. He is a brother in law of Mrs. Jas Burnside.
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Dee Cooper
Barstow
Durango
Mr. Cooper
Jas Burnside
Lineman George W. Clarkson Aids Barstow to Victorville Repair
The Interstate Telegraph Company reports lineman George W. Clarkson and two colleagues worked the past week on the long distance line between Barstow and Victorville. They repaired the line and moved four poles from the right of way on the new highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Interstate Telegraph Company
George W. Clarkson
Barstow
Victorvlle
Malink Couple Return to Hinkley Ranch From L A Trip
Jr and Mrs J H Malink have returned to their Hinkley ranch after weeks away in Los Angeles. While they were gone Mr and Mrs Plum cared for the property. Mr Plum has been critically ill the past week and is not expected to survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Malink
Hinkley Ranch
Los Angeles
Mrs. Plum
Mr. Plum
Frank Shearer Leads United Trinity Mines in Trinity County
Frank Shearer, formerly of Barstow, now heads the United Trinity Mines in Trinity County. The mine, once known as the Bonanza King and opened by James Tredwell, is regarded as one of the best equipped in the state. Mr. Shearer is a well known figure in the district.
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Frank Shearer
Barstow
United Trinity Mines
Trinity County
United Trinity
James Tredwell
Mr. Shearer
Chubbuck Buys Property 120 Miles East of Barstow
San Francisco's C. J. Chubbuck recently bought land from Tom Schofield located 120 miles east of Barstow. After shipping three cars of lime for sample tests, he plans a spur track from the Santa Fe main line at Kilbeck station and to further develop the property.
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C. J. Chubbuck
San Francisco
Tom Schofield
Barstow
Chubbuck
Santa Fe
Kilbeck Station
Concrete hotel and store building bids opened in Barstow
Bids were opened in San Bernardino for a new reinforced concrete hotel and store building in Barstow for Dillingham Bros. Local 66G A. Land bid $46,967, just above the lowest by Charles Chester of Los Angeles at $45,200. Other bids ranged to $51,954, with painting and wiring contracts to be let later. The plan includes a large basement, five stores on the first floor, and a 30 room hotel on the second floor. H L Miller of the Melrose Motel will be located in the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bernardino
Barstow
Dillingham Bros
A. Land
Charles Chester
Los Angeles
George Herz & Co
A. E. Taylor & Son
HW. Vandenhosgen
Yard & Hichborn
H. L. Miller
Bud Hillis Arrives in Barstow for Summer Work
Bud Hillis of Pasadena arrived Saturday and will stay and work in the Barstow Garage until summer. A telegram from Hinkley mentioned a dangerous man who escaped custody at Patton and was headed toward the district, but no sighting had occurred. A baby girl named Arlene Mildred Pain was born December 20 at Dr. Anderson's to Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Pain of Barstow.
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Bud Hillis
Pasadena
Barstow
Hinkley Wass
Kramer Station
Hind
Patton
County officials discuss road plan from Barstow toward Nevada line
County Highway Commissioner J. Wi. Cole and Supervisor Crain arrived in Barstow on Tuesday evening to meet Las Vegas visitors Boyer Cashman and Moore. They planned to inspect the road between Barstow and the Nevada line with the aim of improving the route linking Los Angeles with Salt Lake City.
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J. Wi. Cole
Crain
Barstow
Messrs .Boyer
Cashman and Moore
Las Vegas, Ney
Here
Nevada Line
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Richardson in town as Western Pacific eyeing new well
E. M. Richardson reported in town Wednesday for Western Pacific Oil Company. He said the firm is at 2450 feet, discarding six inch pipe for four inch drill pipe, and plans to drill from the ten inch casing into oil sand. Three full crews, fifteen men, expect to strike a well within thirty days.
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E. M. Richardson
Western Pacific Oil Company
Salesman praises Alaska linotype mission at Nulato
Eugene B. Merovitch of Mergenthaler Unotype Company visited Barstow Printer Wednesday. He recently returned from Alaska where he sold several Linotypes and praised Sister Mary Ralph and her associates in Nulato for conducting a school and doing wonderful work among the northern people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene B. Merovitch
Mergenthaler Unotype Company
Barstow
Mr. Merovitch
Alaska
Mary Ralph
Nulato
Far North
Imperial Utility Corp expands ice plant and improves capacity
The Imperial Utility Corp expands the ice plant boosting capacity by 20 tons and installing a new ammonia compressor and air agitation system. Local manager Tumbln says Barstow will receive better ice this summer as water is analyzed to reduce whiteness. New water mains completed on Train Street and First, Third, and South streets with fire hydrants to come later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Utility Corp
Highway funds and district road improvement questions
The text questions highway commissioners spending in districts that oppose funding for better roads. It notes little effort for roads along this route compared with others and asks how many residents have written to the Highway Commission about paving a road from this district to Victorville, highlighting the district’s residents and property owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Commissioners
Commission
Victorville
Highway Commission
Final Arrangements for Elks Entertainment in Barstow
Elks from San Bernardino and desert districts travel by special train to Barstow on Saturday January 16 for a major Elks gathering. About 106 members visit Barstow with representatives from county seat and other districts. a parade from Harvey House to Elm Street ends at the Grammar School Auditorium for an evening program and a substantial meal hosted by the Barstow Antlers Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bernardino
Barstow
Elks
Desert
Deeen
Harry S. Webster
O. P. Sloat
Barstow Antlers Club of Which J. P. Whitney
Elis
Elks Band
Harvey House
Elm Street
Grammar School
Palatial Radio Station Planned for Chicago
Chicago announces a palatial new radio broadcasting station with a glass studio for visible and audible entertainment. Sponsored by William Wrigley Jr and former mayor William Hale Thompson, the station is designated WHT. The studio will allow guests to view performers, and a $87,000 pipe organ will be installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Wrigley, Jr
William Hale Thompson
Notice to Graduates Card Samples from Barstow Printer
Barstow Printer announces upcoming visiting card samples for graduates to enclose with invitations. It invites graduate orders, promising workmanship and price as good or better than competing options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barstow
New Four Page Colored Comic Supplement At Barstow Printer
The Barstow Printer announces a four page colored comic supplement for subscribers and advertisers. The new section will run at the top of the first page and is expected to boost circulation and ads despite added costs. Advertising will be limited to short contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barstow
Also Mentioned on This Page
Barstow Mercantilet
Lum
Hinkezy Ranch
Kresno Masons
Perry B. Thompson
Shorty Crawford
Dillingham’s
Grace Olsen
Grace Dillon
Leonard C. Shaw
Stark
Kramer
Harold Wilson
R. R. Burke
Standard Oil
Death Valley
Peter Bogle
Amboy
Alaskin
Thomas Meighan
Pp. T. A
Weese Wihelm
Steve, Vihel
San Gabrial
Hate For Elks Entertainment
Tom Woods
Big Boy
George Drumm
Big Tom
EH. G. Hudson
Strane
Daggett
Lucas
H. G. Hudson
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