Mining and Personal Items Near Randsburg
Randsburg news notes a cold epidemic after ten days near freezing with Clyde Kelly and Mrs. B H Beaver among cases, plus a social birthday at Madalene Hall’s home. Reports claim a 40 ton car from Sill & Grady may net $20,000, with two more cars waiting, while Grady, Gallaher, and the Coyote claim push ahead with rising ore flow and depth.
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Sill & Grady
Grady
Edd Gallaher
Red Mountain
Kelly
Gallaher
Johannesburg
F. D. Seaman
Consolidated Mines
New York
D. H. Blue
Black Hawk
Culbert Brothers
Elks Lodge Initiates Thirty at Victorville Event
In Victorville last Saturday about 250 Elks from San Bernardino and desert towns witnessed the initiation of thirty candidates from Victorville and Barstow into San Bernardino Lodge No. 8386. The event featured the Elks band, a goat wagon procession to the high school, a welcome from Supervisor Crain, and gifts including a life-size billy and a pistol relic of the 49ers. A turkey dinner followed as Victorville Elks marked January 15 as a memorable date for the lodge.
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Victorville
Elks
San Bernardino
Barstow
B. P. O. Elks
Crain
Hays
Billy
Didlow
Yermo
Sloat
Victorville Brothers
Victorville Elks
Barstow Chamber of Commerce Sets Tuesday Night Meet
The Barstow Chamber of Commerce will convene Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. J H Sloan Nene Platt and A H Pendleton were named to prepare the program. C G Phillips urged the district’s readiness for a bond election to fund a high school auditorium, with members broadly in favor. All are invited to join or attend regardless of membership.
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Barstow Chamber of Commerce
J. H. Sloan
Nene Platt
A. H. Pendleton
C. G. Phillips
Chamber of Commerce
We Must Have Good Roads For Desert Trail Travel
Barstow and other desert towns seek freeway improvements to sustain eastern tourist traffic on the Old Trails highway. A townsman reports travelers are diverted at Vicksburg Arizona to Quarzite and Earnburg, based on claims of shorter routes to Los Angeles. Chambers of commerce from San Bernardino to Needles should unite to press the highway commission for action after bond votes.
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Barstow
Desert
Vicksburg
Ariz
Quarzite
Earnburg
Rand-Atolla Company sells property for eight thousand dollars
The Rand-Atolla Company of Pasadena sold the property for $8,000. Bakersfield sources indicate the original locators reside there. If the claim is developed profitably, a new field may be opened between the Hicks claim to the northeast and the Vienna claim owned by Val Schmidt.
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Rand-Atolla Company
Pasadena
Bakersfield
Hicks
Vienna
Val. Schmidt
Protest Against Pasadena Taking Our Water Supply
Representatives from Mojave river districts east of Victorville met at Helendale schoolhouse to oppose Pasadena's plan to divert Mojave river watershed water for irrigation. A temporary chair and secretary led, with a committee from Victorville Oro Grand Hicks Barstow Daggett to attend the supervisors meeting. Two further meetings were slated in Barstow and a county board gathering to back local efforts against bonds and tax costs.
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Mojave River
Victorville
Helendale
Pasadena
H. Merrell
Lloyd Tiernan
Ifollows
Messrs
Richardson
Creer
Graham
Newberry
Robinson
Turner
Oro Grand
Emerson
Ralph Sledge
Hicks
Siemon and Rich
Hinkley
Barstow
Dix van Dyke
Daggett
Board of Supervisors
Provisions on Municipal Rights under State Water Commission Act
The act gives municipalities priority in water permits over others when applying for water use. If a surplus is allowed, the commission may issue temporary permits or designate the surplus as a municipal public utility for the period needed to apply the full permitted appropriation. When municipalities use the extra water, just compensation is required for facilities, to be determined per eminent domain procedures if not agreed.
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State Water Commission
William Hovey of Hesperia Dead in City Burial
William Hovey of Hesperia was found dead in his room last week and removed to San Bernardino where he was buried in the city cemetery. He suffered from the aftereffects of a paralytic stroke years ago and was an old timer of Hesperia who previously took an active part in local social affairs.
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William H. Hovey
Hesperia
San Bernardino
Mr. Hovey
Needles Keeps City Status After Election
In Need les, last Thursday the municipality remained a fourth class city. The vote of 257 in favor of remaining a city and 127 against disincorporation produced a total of 387 ballots cast.
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Needles
Trustees Form Association For Desert School District
Trustees and teachers gathered at the high school for a dinner and agreed to form the Association of School Trustees for the B. U. H. S. District. J. G. Phillips elected president with D. Raftery as vice president and Hl. B. Thomas as secretary treasurer. Next meeting set for February 18 at 7 30 P M to discuss trustees for election and high school completion. Members invited from all district trustees and local officials.
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Grammer
Janie C. Michaels
Metzzer
Desert property owners seek water rights near Mojave region
I A Miller and F H Merrell visited Barstow to inform desert property and farming interests along the river about Pasadena's move to divert Little Bear Lake waters. A meeting was set for Helendale schoolhouse and notices were sent via local post offices to inform farmers. Reports indicate Pasadena seeks control of water from West Fork Mojave areas and Little Bear Lake. The Arrowhead Reservoir and Power Co owns the dam, with city officials pursuing purchase.
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I. A. Miller
Helendale Ranch
F. H. Merrell
Barstow
Pasadena
Little Bear Lake
Helendale
Hinkley
Vermo
Daggett
Lloyd KE
Tiernan
Chamber of Commerce
West Fork
Mojave
Grass Valley
Holcomb
Deep Creeks
Arrowhead Reservoir and Power Company
Little Bear
Renew Your Auto License in 1921
1920 vehicle registration and plates expire January 1 1921. Apply for a new license before February 1 1921. You may operate 30 days on old plates after filing with the Department in Sacramento. Submit your 1920 Certificate of Registration as ownership proof. Do not remit by personal checks or currency. use money order to Motor Vehicle Department Sacramento.
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Sacramento
Post Office
Motor Vehicle Department
Pen's Meat Featured In Sechrist Steam Cooker
The remark praises Pen's meat quality, noting the Sechrist steam cooker as the ideal method to cook it and highlighting the appliance's capable performance in bringing out flavor.
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Pen
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John C. Wray
Clyde Kelly
Darwin
Denton
B. H. Beaver
Santa Fe
Coyote
Jesse Jewett
Minnehaha
O'Leary
Johnson
Judge Magginnis
Los Angeles
Jewett
Andy Johnson
Judge Magginis
Yellow Astor
Dr. Bircham
Astor
Anker
Yellow Aster
D. W. Bisbee
Elks Lodge of
Vernon Wilder
Interstate Telegraph Company
Ray Sperry
Guy Martin
Martin
Sperry
Mr. Sperry
Mary Fletcher
Mrs. Selvia
Mr. Selvia
Santa Fe Special Officers
C. 8. Weedman
Dillingham Apartments
Helen Larsen
San Francisco
Weedman
A. Gilham
M. E. Cook
Miss Cook
Forst Dillingham
Bernice White
Mina Conaway
Kathryn Drumm
Francis and
Ernest Walton
Helen McDonald Mary Riley
Mildred Wester
Eilen Moore
Winifred Haws
Nancy Gilham
Evelyn Taylor
Verda Haws
Ray O’brien
The
Jean Dillingham
Olive Tuton
J. T. McMullen
Santa Fe Hotel and Reading Room
Dr. Morter Hospital
Congregational Church
A. E. Paterson
Calico
Thurman
Miss Woody
Ralph Eastman
Jean Hana Wayne Hutchison
Nd Harris
Harris
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