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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1923
Page
3
California brief items report plans to erect a ten car per day pre cooling plant in Exeter. Other notes cover a Petaluma rancher gored by a cow, mining unwatering yields in Hansonville, new chemical plant interests in Los Angeles, and a memorial for George Clement Perkins in Oakland.
The article notes firm silver markets with China bid and India as the largest London gold buyer. New York silver sales around 64 cents, about an eighth above last week. A five senator five representative joint inquiry is proposed to study gold and silver in detail with broad powers including summoning witnesses and administering oaths. Senator Pittman may push legislation to create a large selling and credit association controlling a major share of world silver output, potentially via Webb-Pomerene Act amendment.
Washington March 3 The Senate today adopted the nickel son resolution creating a committee to investigate the gold and silver mining industry for the purpose of stabilizing aid encouraging the industries.
Randburg mining experts J. J. Nosser and W. H. Williams reported four parallel veins of silver ore near the King Solomon Mine, assaying to ounces per ton. The strike, four miles northeast of the King Solomon Mine, has stirred the district, with early shipments confirming value and optimism for a major Mojave producer.
New York March 6 Uncles Sam finds a new copper use on authority of the Copper and Brass Research association the United States Bureau warns protection is possible by treating hulls with a copper solution to guard against marine pests.
In Wymore Nebraska on March 7 a local store offered a $5 prize for the dearest guess of how many grains of corn a hungry rooster would eat. Bets ranged from 20 to 2000, three contestants tied for first with guesses of 341 and 345, and the rooster finally swallowed 343 grains to settle the tally.
The Treasury announced a public debt reduction of 15,823,644 in February. Government economies drove much of the decrease, leaving the total at 22,715,338,730.
Mining and legal circles discuss the Pittman Act life with doubt about silver prices. Camp notes report rapid progress on the Fox lease through granite to schist, predicting a strike within one or two rounds. Johannesburg townsite bound for sale again in Los Angeles with minimum bid of 26000 dollars, few bids expected.
January attendance reached 15 million across theatres and amusements in Southern California. Rex B. Goodcell reported February admission tax of 252,621.53 on 2,820,215.80 spent, with about 6,060,000 tax free due to the 10 cent ticket tax removal. 1918 yearly receipts were 582,606 versus January 1919 at 232,021, up 700 percent, as six million fans now attend monthly free of tax.
New York on March 7 report of a freight car from Shiloh Florida arriving at the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railway yards. Prohibition agents, tipped off about hidden cargo, discovered whiskey in 350 crates while 40 crates contained real fruit. The consignee’s name was not disclosed.
Frank Anderson of Seattle vanished in the desert after leaving Veterville in search of mining claims. Once indicted in Seattle for selling stock in Area Metal Company by claiming a lead to silver transmutation, he was bonded out, then left for San Bernardino and on to the desert. Efforts to locate him have failed.
A thoughtful note on grace that true blessing comes when we recognize God acts through us to bless others. The author urges gratitude for gifts received and for the unseen ways others are blessed by our actions and kindness.
USC coeds reject Dame Fashion on hair length, endorsing bobbed locks as comfortable and sanitary. About one third of students reportedly wear bobbed hair, arguing long hair requires hairnets and excess care.
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