Portland seeks 1500 married men for city jobs
Portland Oregon registers 1500 applicants all married seeking municipal work to ease unemployment amid long cold spell and job scarcity.
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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1914
Page
8
Portland Oregon registers 1500 applicants all married seeking municipal work to ease unemployment amid long cold spell and job scarcity.
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals launches a state wide drive against using totally blind horses. The move marks the first such campaign in the society’s history.
Mrs A F Colcord of Barstow visits her ill daughter Mrs R B Flenniken as other residents report recoveries and business. real estate activity and mine prospects boost Oro Grande. Notables include J C Fritzlan returning with gold nuggets, B Mabee and family visiting, crowds at Mojave River rise, and plans for portable houses by R V Morrow.
A brief home industry promotion urges residents to patronize local printers for letter heads bill heads envelopes and cards. The notice highlights support for local business and craftsmanship.
Jas Goulding and F 11 Gobar haul wood from Silver and Crystal creeks as Lucerne Valley prepares cottonwoods for shade and windbreaks. John Keohly recovers. Baldridge starts spring work. Thatcher travels to San Bernardino regarding Mulholland estate. February 7 meeting of the Lucerne Valley Improvement Association at 2 30 p.m. in the Box S schoolhouse. Weather brings frequent wildfowl, 2.17 inches of rain reported. Ian Cherry injured by a burro accident.
Victorville notes freight traffic on the Santa Fe Railroad has been tied up for a week and passenger trains run behind schedule due to storms in Cajon pass and the desert. The irrigation project awaiting Interior Secretary action may prompt Chamber of Commerce steps to push Congress.
Advertisement notes a fine team of five year old sorrel mares offered for quick sale with harness and wagon. Bargain terms. Respond via Box 22 Victorville Cal.
R Turner & Son offer 500 tons of baled hay at thirteen dollars per ton f o b Victorville. Sale limited time.
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