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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1912
Page
5
The report notes a railroad to the quarries is needed as three to four cement cars and several lime stone cars are shipped daily. Local school entertainment ended summer with ice cream and cake, Miss Buchanan may teach again, and hay crops are good.
A 200000 acre Mesa Grand district near Oro Grande and Victorville is praised for rich level land suitable for orchard farming. settlers discuss naming it Mesagrand while locals like W M Dunford, H C Ackley & Son, A G Caldwell and N W Alden invest in wells pumping plants and orchards. The Yucca club reports a partial meeting due to illness in the Douglass family.
Formal meeting on June 6 announces Prof. Edward King Isaacs will deliver the ovation at the Old Springs Fourth of July celebration. Members are urged to memorize the Mesagrand song written for the occasion. Mrs Poole chairs the name vote committee and ballots are being prepared with several names suggested.
Barstow public schools released the grammar school annual report showing 100 total enrollment for the term with 88 students in state and 12 by transfer. Average daily attendance was 57 with three graduates Jessie Crooks Vernon Carter and Jaimes Mudgett. The board re elected Soldner and Miss Travis for the next term and an old time spelling match for grades four through eight was held with Joseph D Evans and Samuel Myers taking first and second honors.
Engineer S J Wallace enjoys warm weather in Honolulu with the Honolulu Ladies after the Parker run. Arizona legislature passes a law permitting 20 round glove fights. Community urges a safe Fourth with no firecrackers. Printer ad notes large readership and six month price of one dollar.
Mary B. Kane of Spokane Washington widow of Merriam F. Kane filed notice of intention to make Final Five-year Proof to establish claim to NW14 Section 20 Township 5N Range 5W San Bernardino Meridian. The proof will be before the Los Angeles Land Office on July 15, 1912 at 10 a.m. Witnesses: John J. Osborn Mathias B. Yeager Minnie Metzgar all of Los Angeles and Anderson A. Whitlock of Victorville California. FRANK BUREN Register. First pub June 14 Last pub July 12.
Notice of application for patent by William D. Allen for the Morris AC Lode Claim and Morris AC Mill Site in Inyo County California. Describes mineral surveys 4922 A and 4922 B, locations, boundaries, bearing objects, and acreage 20.061 acres with map references and posting records, inviting adverse claims by law. First published June 7.
Department of the Interior Los Angeles issues a notice to Harold Bo Anderson that William Keyler filed a contest seeking cancellation of Andersons Homestead Entry Serial No 018619 for Lots 14 and 15 Section 27 Township 10 North Range 8W San Bernardino Meridian. Keyler alleges the entry never settled, that the land was not his home, and that he abandoned the entry. Final action requires a sworn answer within twenty days after the fourth publication, with proof of service on Keyler, or the entry will be cancelled without further hearing. Receiver O R W Robinson signs the notice with publication dates June 7 14 21 28.
James Madison Reno files an official contest against Christ Habener Desert Entry No 0670s for North Wy Section 12, Township 6 North, Range 7 West, alleging no labor or expenditures on reclamation. Habener must answer within twenty days after the fourth publication, with proof of service or mailing to the contestant.
Friends name Dr Harris Garcelon as a potential supervisor candidate with a ranch near Victorville. Mohave valley reportedly has more votes than Needles where the job has lasted 16 years. A straw vote may be organized by the Printer to gauge western strength.
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