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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1931
Page
2
Llsyd B. Tiernan is named owner and publisher with ties to the State Press Association and the National Editorial Association. A subscription plan lists rates of one year two dollars, six months one dollar twenty five cents, and three months.
Mrs. Anna May Monroe hosted a buffet chicken dinner at her Newberry ranch on a rainy Friday with guests from Newberry and Los Angeles. Mrs. William Geauman held a Wednesday bungalow party with 500 games and a lunch, awarding prizes to Mrs. Spencer and Mrs. Burckhartt. Final homestead proof for Mrs. A. M. Monroe set for June 30 at Barstow. Mrs. C. E. Burckhartt and her three children travel to Los Angeles. Evangeline Hoerner visits LA. Hopkinson of Sayre Heights buys a new car. Mrs. Cecil Pence from LA visits Sayre Heights.
Ludlow Grammar School held commencement at the town hall last Friday night with a delightful musical program. Graduates include Ellen Langworthy Thomas Whitlow Thomas Trenkle Fred Smith and Elvira Vasquez Elvira was ill and couldn't receive her diploma but is recovering.
Ker and Adelaide visit Ludlow residents as Emory works for Murphy Bros. Trenkle and family visit San Pedro and Kra mer relatives while Ludlow streets see oiling by the county. Los Angeles, Amboy, and Needles frequent travel details mix with railway staffing changes and Fort McArthur training camp plans.
Governor Ralph signs the Special Assessment Investigation Limitation and Majority Protest Act of 1931 Assembly Bill 218 restores homeowner protections against property confiscation in the name of progress A Los Angeles assemblyman Cobb led a delegation urging relief for home owners while a majority protest can halt a project for one year by affected property owners
The 1931 law restricts protests by taxpayers and curbs burdensome public improvements. It sets two 50 percent value caps: per project and district wide, to prevent overreaching assessments. It requires full project investigation and mailed facts, with owners able to demand a Special Assessment Investigation vote if 15 percent of district area objects.
The legislative body is at full liberty to proceed with the improvement and disregard the act's provisions except the clause requiring an effective majority protest. This reflects procedural latitude while preserving the protest threshold.
A Barstow Sunday schedule notes a Children’s Day program after Sabbath school on June 2. The pastor recalled the Children of Israel’s deliverance at the Red Sea and Moses’ leadership. Evening sermon focused on Mary and Martha and Christ in the heart. Youth meeting grows. prayer meeting Wednesday and existing services next Sunday.
Pete Osdick of Pasadena was in town Wednesday. He is doing assessment work on his claims in the Randsburg district. A Luminoso left last Saturday for New York due to his father’s serious illness.
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