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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1928
Page
3
Barstow Home Laundry, a 30 year local institution, offers high quality work rivaling large city laundries. They provide affordable, prompt service with phone number 691 and will pick up and deliver laundry.
Last weekend guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Ira Ramsey were Mrs John Reeves of Oklahoma City Mrs Wm Coombs of America Texas Mr and Mrs J J Ray of Seligman Arizona and Gilbert Ray of Nashville Tennessee Mrs Ramsey accompanied them to Los Angeles to show them the many interesting places of the southern metropolis.
Sacramento grants Pasadena a state water rights permit for an $8,000,000 municipal supply on the San Gabriel river below the county flood control reservoir site. The decision ends a five year dispute that spurred a full water rights inquiry costing over $105,000.
A Chevrolet sedan owned by Mr. Schreiner on a Denver bound trip from Los Angeles rolled over after striking loose gravel south of Barstow. A woman and a young girl escaped injury. The Fisher body prevented the top from crashing in as the car turned over.
Barstown indoor baseball opens June 18 with five teams Tourist Garage Central Garage Cleaners Nite Owls Produce and Yermo. Spectators contribute a dime, proceeds aid Boy Scouts Building fund. season ends with surplus to the fund. Standings show Produce 5 0 1000 Central 6 0 1000 Nite Owls 4 1 800 Tourist 4 2 667 Yermo 3 2 500. An upcoming match features Yermo vs Barstow after a crowd attended Monday night’s Indoor game.
Statisticians from the Federal state crop reporting service estimate California will yield about 2,555,000 tons of a grape crop this year from 656,549 acres, compared with 2,406,000 tons on 658,528 acres in 1927. The overall crop is put at 90 percent of normal with wine grapes at 96 percent, suggesting 505,000 tons if conditions hold to harvest.
Word from Mr and Mrs H L Miller while visiting Berkeley with Mr and Mrs Wallace Miller says they are enjoying the bay city trip. B F Butts is managing the Melrose during Mr Millers absence.
A Charleston Gazette opinion notes that the letter e is never in war and always in peace. It begins existence and ease, ends trouble, and is central to many concepts such as honesty love meat life heaven creditors devils and news.
George Cunningham's squad of youths ages 10 to 14 defeated a Mexican boys team 15 to 5 in the final indoor baseball game. A rematch is scheduled for Friday morning on the high school grounds.
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