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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1914
Page
4
Barstow California weekly paper published Friday by Wm J Evans as editor and manager. Subscription price two dollars per year. Entered as second class matter July 1910 at Barstow post office under act of March 3, 1879.
The amended county highway report shows $10,000 per mile for valley roads and $125,000 for 225 miles of desert sections. It highlights a $250,000 30 mile road from San Bernardino to the Summit with bridges and grading, urging readers to study the plan before election day.
In an address to the Redlands Chamber of Commerce on January 15 Hon. J B Gill chair of the County Highway Commission stated Redlands would receive the road from Redlands to Mill Creek canyon if funds remain after bond issues. He noted written promises and pledged supervisor backing, suggesting the amended highway report is not final.
J. M. Morrison visits friends in the east while J. C. Osburn travels by team and wagon from Los Angeles to his property to drill a new well and install a pumping plant. The week brings little frost due to cloud cover, with warm days and moderate nights favorable to ranchers.
Excerpt reflects Thoreau arguing that true guidance comes from an inner neighbor within us rather than seeking external advice. It suggests that we overlook our own impulses and await an outside voice to justify easier paths, highlighting inner moral examination.
A London weekly offered a prize for the strongest ten words from any one writer. The winners were Hate blood hungry dawn coming gone love dead alone forever. Readers are asked to suggest even stronger words.
In a Baltimore household a young girl laments dessert at dinner when she discovers ice cream is served. She pleads that being told earlier would have changed her expectations, prompting a humorous exchange about dinner plans and timing.
Cima residents resume school after a three week break. Julian Douglas travels from New York City en route to Shadow Mountain. The Gibson brothers finish Jack Rabbit mine work for Walter Greening of Los Angeles. Death Valley mine superintendent C M Davis makes a flying trip to Los Angeles. Draper and John Gibson survey at the Minden mine. Social visits include Miss Bertha Gibson IT C Blanchett and Jack Snyder with local residents.
A terse, fragmented snippets style notes a reflection on health wealth and realism. The text references a rich uncle in New York Times style and a Louisville Courier-Journal comment about excessive realism and a doctor issued bulletin between acts. A brief quip on love at first sight appears.
With the National Orange Show opening February 18 in San Bernardino districts producing 90 per cent of California citrus have entered to exhibit the finest oranges and lemons. Communities listing displays include Lindsay Exeter Fresno Riverside Covina Placentia Alta Loma Redlands Corona Pomona Claremont Lordsburg La Verne Whittier Ontario Etiwanda Upland Rialto Cucamonga Fontana Highland Bloomington East Highland Monrovia Duarte.
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