Most Interesting Meeting in Sloan's Hall
The meeting in Sloan's Hall last Saturday was the most intensely interesting and important ever held in San Bernardino County. Plans were adopted to benefit every citizen of the desert empire and officers elected promise success. Members urged to join, read letters, and send dues to secretary Oswald Wilson. The desert empire reportedly holds over 100 million dollars in undeveloped resources, with homes for about a half million people.
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Sloan’s Hall
San Bernardino County
Desert Empire
Southern California
Oswald Wilson
Desert ranch proves water, work turn waste to wealth
Arthur E Hull told the Chamber of Commerce his Victor Valley 320 acres transformed from sagebrush to irrigated fields in four years. He spent about 100000 on water supply, lifting water 200 feet, making crops worth 5000 to 6000 last year and 12000 to 15000 this year. He argued a larger reclamation project could bring similar gains on 40 to 80 acre tracts and prompted questions about Barstow’s potential.
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Chamber of Commerce
Arthur E. Hull
Victor Valley
Uncle Sam
Hull
Los Angeles
Rench
San Bernardino
Barstow
Religio-Scientific Sketches Begin in This Paper
The paper announces a series of twenty four biblically themed history sketches with weekly installments. Each article includes a 5 cent coupon toward a book and back issue supplies to complete the set. National Memorial Day was observed with floral tributes to departed heroes as a legal holiday.
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Desert
Submarine Actions and War News From Multiple Fronts
Reports confirm an Austrian submarine sunk by Italian torpedo boats in the Adriatic. German casualties in West Galicia alleged at 106000. Danish steamer Ely sinks after mine strike. crew saved. Arrest of Mrs Boyce and daughter noted in Berlin. Milan placed under military control amid disorder. Netherlands protests Lusitania sinking. UK ships Cadeby and Spennymoor sunk. survivors rescued. Dardanelles gains praised in London while Turks short of heavy shells. German captain Persius credited for long-range sinking off the Dardanelles.
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London
Times
Petrograd
Galicia
Copenhagen
Ely
Stockholm
England
Sundsvall
Sweden
Falmouth
Start Point
Orkney Islands
Dardanelles
Moudros
Amsterdam
Berlin
Persius
Threat of Underwater Warfare Reaches Suez Canal
London reports German submarines' success near Gallipoli with the sinking of the battleships Triumph and Majestic. Officials warn that German U boat activity could extend to the Suez Canal, though British trade and Dardanelles operations continue with risk to naval forces supporting Gallipoli.
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London
Galipoli
Triumph
Majestic
Slea
Suez Canal
Germany
British
Dardanelles
Gallipoli
Sea Captain Haun’s Bold Raid Ends With Empty Deck
The Spokane Spokesman-Review recounts Captain Haun leading his crew in a bold raid against the enemy. He boasted of roasting foes, but upon arrival they were gone, leaving a quiet, anticlimactic scene behind.
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Haun
Spokane
Pickpocket in the Park Demands Spoons With Knife
A Baltimore American line notes a park pickpocket stealing two spoons and threatening to knife victims unless they surrender the items. The tongue in cheek report highlights the thief’s fork over demand.
Also Mentioned on This Page
San Bernardino Co
California
Barstow Printing Co
J. Harold Wilson
Poat
Mojave Valley
Pacific Coast
Rome
Washington
State Department
Ambasasdor Gerard
Harriet Boyce
San Francisco
Lindau
Bavarian
Milan
The
Hague
Netherlands
Cunard Line
Penzance
Sicilly Isles
Barstow Bakery
Phil Hedrick
E. L. Stanfield
Prop’r
Nal Bernardino National Bank
U. S. Depositary
E. D. Roberts
Hooper
I. E. Brunn
H. E. Harris
J. 8 S. Wood
B. Smith
J. E. Davis
H. B. Stow
A. H. Pendleton
Mgr Barstow
Cal
Sherwin-Williams
Cove Aear Earth
Sherwin-Williams Paints & Varnishes
J. O. White
Barstow, Calif
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