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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1926
Page
4
Wetomachick Club members of the local Camp Fire Girls meet next Tuesday evening at the home of Trene DeWolf. Guardian Miss Dorthy Steinberg reminds the girls to arrive promptly at 7 o'clock.
Grammar school teams the Barstow Braves and Hill Billies Juniors clashed in a lively contest on the diamond last Saturday afternoon. The Hill Billies won by a single tally when final scores were tallied after seven innings Barstow 24 Hill Billies 25. Barstow scorers included Carl Wester Elmer Brookshire Beverly Burke Thomas Paulson Bob Paulson Billy Steinberg Glen Hoagland Everett Pray Pat Morris. Hill Billies scorers included Frank Bauer Franklin Heidebrecht Mloyd Carr Lewis Copp Art Fliniken Ernest Walton Bill Cooper Billie Bigger Ramon Sam Lindsay led miners at Daggett and George Probasco is shipping high grade silver ore from Shoshone station. The Col linn mine is noted as the Goddess of the Hills with Tecopa shipments to Salt Lake.
Thousands drink and enjoy snow waters from Mount Whitney not realizing it is the United States highest peak. The snowy San Bernardino Range, about half as high, also contributes subterranean rivers to the Mojave River Valley.
Barstow becomes the business center of Mojave River Valley with railroads highways farming communities and mines driving growth. Alfalfa crops fruits and minerals including silver borax contribute to prosperity while railroad payrolls shops and other activities build an important trade center at Jarstow.
Incumbent Fulton G Feraud seeks County Recorder with claims of experience and courteous service. Goodrich S Clapp asks support for Justice of the Peace Barstow Township Lubin J Henderson announces re election bid for Justice of the Peace.
Local auto parts and dealer ad from Ludlow California promoting Hurcules powder and bulk car load purchases. Murphy Bros offers quotations before buying and positions as authorized Ford and Fordson dealers.
The excerpt urges filling every old silo and adding another if green feed and stock exist, noting silos double dairy field carrying capacity and provide winter tonic for livestock. It promotes ensilage cut finely before storage and mentions CG Gordon Stewart, a land surveyor and civil engineer, employed at Lead Mountain Mine north of town.
Genoble, a local baggage man for the Santa Fe, is headed to Pacolet South Carolina for a thirty day vacation. He recently divorced and may be returning to find a new partner. He owns a farm back home and left to visit family and relax.
Jake King died at his Los Angeles home last week. He lived around the Calico and Barstow areas for 85 years and served for years as a teamster for the late E. T. Hillis. A. P. King visited from Los Angeles and learned of his death the day before. Mr. Davis owns 20 acres of alfalfa and plans to add ten more at Harper Lake.
More than 300,000 Tilinios are expected to attend the annual picnic at Bixby Park in Long Beach on Saturday July 24.
The Hodge school district votes $4,000 for a new modern school building and Arthur Brisbane adds a $2,000 donation to aid construction on district lands. The project aims to provide a fire proof, up to date facility.
Trustees of Osdick School District in Osdick California will open bids on July 30 1926 to purchase a used school bus with seating for at least 35. Information available from Clerk of Board of Trustees Co W Platt.
Charles R. Jones undertakes tinting at Dillingham Apartments No 4. Work details are sparse in the readable segment.
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