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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1930
Page
4
Credit to the Weather Man notes timely rain and abundant snow soaking the Mojave area with minimal damage. The piece recalls a past flood when snow fell first, then warm rain caused the Santa Fe railroad bridge over Mojave River at Bar Stow to wash out.
Automobile drivers are increasingly colliding with locomotives and trains, per reports to the Automobile Club of Southern California. A Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul Railroad notice claims about 40 percent of crossing accidents involve autos, as drivers misjudge distances and strike trains before they clear crossings.
Under the Federation of Ohio State Societies, Ohio natives are invited to a day long picnic reunion on Saturday January 25 in Sycamore Grove Park Los Angeles.
Police seek M J D a 23 year old 6 ft 1 in 160 lb slim build with brown hair blue eyes light complexion scar on nose tortoiseshell glasses and past as jeweler. He uses many aliases and is connected to two dangerous gunmen who have shot three policemen in Chicago and a special agent in Sacramento. Notify authorities and pursue all leads to apprehend.
Reports detail agricultural planning for bountiful Mojave river crops, a proposed highway display, and mining ventures near Barstow. Mentions Smith and Parks barium deposit, Daggett silica, Henderson Nicklin payrolls, and a new cab service, with notes on Mt. Whitney observers and bluebirds at Hill's Jersey Dairy.
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