Mining activity rises in Slate and Argus ranges highs
In January 13 field notes from DeWitt Bisbee outline bold development across San Bernardino Inyo counties. The Slate Range hosts the Slate Range Mineral Co with silver and lead mined and milled by K. & K. oil flotation funded by Bakersfield capital. Arondo Arguella and Knight's canyon ventures advance, with the Argus Mining Co logging heavy equipment and a 50 ton K. and K. mill. Revenue Metals pushes Apex Buck Eye work while Sterling Mining reports five high grade silver claims.
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Randsburg
DeWitt Bisbee
Argus Copper Company
Slate Range
Argus Range
San Bernardino
Inyo
Slate Range Mineral Co
Benny Truman
Jim Tait
Bakersfield
Shephards Canyon
Messers, Sullivan & Rowan
Arguella Mining Company
New York
Boston
Knight’s Canyon
Revenue Metals Co
Los Angeles
Arizona
Apex
Buck Eye
Revenue Metals Company
The
Revenue Copper Company
Revenue Canyon
Canyon
Anill
Inyo County
W. C. Fry
Gbloride
Argus Mining Co
Walter J. Foley
Ifione Bisbee
Supreme Court Upholds Ranchers' Side over Trespassing Cattle
The San Bernardino desert decision in Montezuma Improvement Co. vs. Simmerly affirms the Estray Act of 1915 repealing fence laws in most counties. The court says landowners must fence stock only where the common law requires, applying to the desert south of the mountains in San Bernardino County.
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San Bernardino County
Supreme Court
Montezuma Improvement Company
John
Guy Simmerly
John L. Campbell
Trinity
Shasta
de. Norte Siskiyou
Modoc
Laigon
San Bernardino
Colorado River
Desert
No Cause for Worry Antois State Motor Vehicle Dept Notice
The State Motor Vehicle Department issues a notice dated January 16 stating that the 1919 license remains valid until February 1 1920 and that new car buyers needing January 1920 use a 1919 license with a quarterly fee. It asks applicants not to write for status and to notify by February 15 if they do not receive 1920 plates and certificate.
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State Motory Vehicle Department
Motor Vehicle Department
Sacrament
Calif
Argus Range mines revive silver and copper boom
In Snow's canyon Tack Cross drives work at Blue Bell mine and a five stamp mill, while the Mionetta mine operates twenty or more men with silver and lead ores yielding dividends at current market prices. Superintendent Sexton, in charge since the old mine reopened, notes the Argus range has not been on the map for forty years yet silver drives activity and will likely continue with thirteen more to come.
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Snow
Canyon
Blue-Bell
Mionetta
Sexton
Argus Range
Oil Boom Expands in Barstow Area With New Mojave River Corp
The Mojave River Oil Corporation plans to drill a new well near Helendale to test oil in a Barstow to Hesperia region. The 18,000 acre venture includes leased land and uses a standard rotary rig to reach great depths. Professors Bailey and Kidder endorse the vast oil pool theory, joining Shadow Mountain Oil and Kramer interests in expanding exploration efforts across the Mojave desert.
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Kramer
Barstow
San Bernardino Sun
Mojave River Oil Corporation
Hesperia
F.E. Lynch, Jr
Helendale
G. E. Bailey
University of Southern California
D. M. Kidder
Lynch
Shadow Mountain Oil Company
Shadow Mountain
Silver Lake
Kramer Company
Mojave
Desert booster urges good roads petition in desert
L S Emerson of Palliser visits town as a booster for good reads and better roads. He urges desert residents to petition supervisors and the Highway Commission to fund the state highway through the territory, promising to help print and circulate. He notes the desert’s strong support for bond issues and calls for widespread signers to ensure timely road construction.
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L. S. Emerson
Palliser
Desert
The
Supervisors and Highway Commission
Ito
Emerson
Young Folks Masquerade Party at Edwards Home
Last Friday Maretin Edwards hosted twenty-two school friends for a masquerade party. Decorations featured red white and blue carnations. Music by Mrs George Leahy. Prizes awarded for costumes to Master Herbert Gouldin and Miss Minnie Burnam. George Moore and Edward Evans won games prizes. Refreshments served by Mrs George Leahy and Mrs J J Edwards. Guests received carnations on departure. Barstow’s painted town image noted as a sign of progress with a nudge to begin painting next spring.
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J. H. Edwards
Maretin
George. Leahy
Herbert Gouldin
Minnie Burnam
George Moore
Edward Evans
J. J. Edwards
New Arrivals and Local Appointments in Barstow
Barstow welcomed Mrs. Jones and her San Bernardino daughter moving into town as a high school entrant. Mrs. Jones plans to open a dry goods store in the former Barstow Department Store building. New manager F C Crepser arrives at Harvey House, replacing prior leadership. Local notables travel to Riverside and Bakersfield for business, naval furloughs, and film showings at Fletcher Opera House. Captain N F Mackela of the National Air Lines Association visited Barstow seeking an air landing site near town while outlining routes to Salt Lake City.
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Barstow
Jones
San Bernardino
N. F. Mackela
National Air Lines Association
Citizens National Bank
Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce
Needles
Salt Lake City
Victorville
P. S. Loso
Sawtelle
Loso
Harvey House
Losos
Barstow High School Notes Highlight New Student and Events
Leonard Soules reports Barstow Union High adds San Bernardino student Heilen Jones bringing total San Bernardino pupils to three. Committees plan County Fair at the school as attendance is expected to surge. Annual staff weighs a fundraising play. Freshmen invite a masquerade party on the 30th. Midyear exams begin with civics and trigonometry tests, followed by economics and solid geometry. Mise McNeesh visited home. Mabel Hill spoke on Freshmen’s Life at Berkeley earning four ones for the first semester.
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Leonard Soules
Heilen Jones
San Bernardino
Mise McNeesh
Mabel Hill
Berkeley
Mabel
Mechanical duplication of nature yields gold and silver
A Louisville report states that after 18 years of experiments a process reproducing nature’s methods produced gold and silver. The claim centers on a mechanical duplication approach announced in Louisville, Kentucky, last week.
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Nature
Louisville
Revival Meeting in Barstow Led by Miss Ella Becker
Miss Ella Becker an evangelist and returned missionary from India will hold revival meetings at the F Methodist church in Barstow beginning Friday January 23. Everyone is invited. Becker recently closed a successful revival at Hinkley and several residents of that district are expected to attend Barstow.
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Ella Becker
India
Barstow
F. Methodist Church
Miss Becker
Hinkley
Mass and Lecture at St Josephs Church on Sunday
Rev. J J Crowley will celebrate mass at St Josephs Catholic church on Sunday January 25 with mass at 9:00 am and a lecture on Catholic Belief at 7 30 pm All are invited Similar services will be held on the fourth Sunday of each month at St Josephs
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J. J. Crowley
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
St. Joseph’s
New Jail for Parstow in Santa Fe Lease Deal
Barstows new jail site chosen behind the ball ground near the hill. The reinforced concrete building measures 18 by 20 feet with two steel cells each holding two bunks. Two banks line the corridor. Bids for construction are invited. Ground belongs to the Santa Fe, requiring a county lease.
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Barstows
The
Santa Fe
San Bernardino County
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John C. Wray
Mesers
Chas. DeFore
John Goudie
George Fickett
Robi. Gardner
Sterling Mining Company
W. J. Foley
Argus Company
Argussimilae
Rafferty.canyon
J. Thurman
Chbrie Wicks
Antois
H. L. Miller
Melrose
Riverside
W. A. Leight
E. A. White
Dunsmuir
Cal
San Diego
Frank Boyakins
F. C. Crepser
Winslow
Ariz
Lubin J. Henderson
James MacDougal
Pasadena
Navy
Fletcher Opera House
Florence Reed
Frank Keenan
Paul R. Waite
Waite
Oro Grande
C. H. Roach
Mr. Roach
J. Harold Wilson
Utah
Alfred
Kurt
Kelso
Barstow Union High School
Chowehbilla High School
Purviance
Catholic Church Services
Parstow
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