Barstow Mining Bureau Notes on Local Industry
Industrial and agricultural development comments cover Barstow and Baker districts with gold and silver mining near Baker, oil exploration at Mannix, new mills, and shipments up to $40 per ton. Calls for industrial news, price reductions on property, and notes on a hospital patient and blooming fruit trees in Mojave river valley.
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First
Barstow
Alaska
Arizona
South America
United States
Mt. Pisgah
Ludlow
Baker
Las Vegas
Jerry Korfist
Paymater
Brannigan
Hallian Springs
Western Pacific Oil Co
Mannix
Mianix
Henderson & Nicklin
Congress
Santa Fe Looms Large With New Intercity Phone Line
The Santa Fe Railway this week established a long distance conversational telephone circuit between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The 600 mile link runs via Barstow and is the first to use telephone repeaters. The system is separate from train dispatch and connects company offices in Los Angeles San Francisco and Barstow with Fresno and other San Joaquin Valley points.
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Santa Fe Railway
Los Angeles
San Francico
Barstow
Fresno
San Joaquin Valley
Three Die in Needles From Spinal Meningitis
Mrs Lster Barnum died at her Needles home on Sunday from spinal meningitis. Her twelve year old daughter Florence died soon after. Four other children remain, the Barnum family had lived in Needles about twenty years, and local outbreak closed schools Wednesday. Fred Miller Jr aged sixteen also died last week from the same disease. Doctors and county health officers have isolated cases and urged residents to stay home.
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Lster Barnum
Needles
Florence
Barnum
Santa Fe
Fred Miller
Improvement in Service State Inspection Station
The Division of Registration members will check vehicles traveling east or west at Daggett and Yerma stations for new licenses. Out of state cars with 1981 plates must obtain new licenses issued at either station. Visitors permits are also issued to out of state tourists at these stations.
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Division of Registration
Daggett and
Yerma
New Standard Stations Seeks Manager F B Jenkins
Fresno arrival F B Jenkins takes charge of Standard Stations Inc. He formerly lived in San Bernardino where he attended high school. Jenkins becomes another new subscriber added to the Printer family this week.
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F. B. Jenkins
Fresno
Standard Stations, Inc
Jenkins
San Bernardino
Mr. Jenkins
Olympic Visitors Find Activity In California
Motorists from other states touring California during the Olympic season will encounter extensive construction across the Southland. A survey estimates about three quarters of a billion dollars in improvement work, including dams, breakwaters, terminals, flood control, power, factories, buildings, harbors, canals, and aqueducts. The Los Angeles Colorado River Aqueduct tops the list at roughly 220 million, with the Imperial Valley All-American Canal authorized for about 34 million.
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California
Southland
Imperial Valley
Local Kiwanis Meeting Highlights A J Morgan chaired
A J Morgan chairman of the Kiwanis meeting welcomed guests and featured a Santa Fe courtesy program. Frieda Peycke Concert Company performed with Frieda Peycke and Nada Haley delivering piano and vocal numbers. Lone Star Indian trumpet soloist and William Hunter Bartlett received praise for virtuoso performances. Chas Collett Santa Fe Safety Supervisor spoke. Ed Sterns will chair next Thursday’s ladies night.
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A. J. Morgan
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Kiwanis
Mr. Morgan
Frieda Peycke
Frieda Peyke
Nada Haley
Maurice Weisner
Lone Star
William Hunter Bartlett
Chas
Collett
Howard
Coley
Borax Suit Against Western Borax Company Fails
Kern county borax deposit owners L E Seibert W M Bailing and Frank Tachudy lose a $1,000,000 damage suit against the Western Borax Company a $5,000,000 corporation located forty miles west of Barstow. Plaintiffs claimed quit claim of deposits for stock and $500,000 development funding. they say they did not receive full stock. Defendants A M Buley and Henry Blumberg say they fulfilled their share of the agreement.
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L. E. Seibert
W. M. Bailing
Frank Tachudy
Kern County
Western Borax Company
Western Borax Co
Barstow
A -M. Buley
Henry Blumberg
Plant Inspector Visits Barstow in Weekly Schedule
Walker Jones deputy county horticultural inspector will visit Barstow district every Monday and Thursday. He was in town Wednesday with Roy B Sperry of Victorville and again Thursday with W E Hanson seed inspector for the state department of agriculture. Jones reports favorable alfalfa seed grades from the Hinkley Harpers Lake districts and will inspect nursery stock at Barstow Post Office on Mondays and Thursdays.
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Walker Jones
Barstow
Roy B D. Sperry
Victorville
Jones
W. E. Henson
State Department of Agriculture
Hinkley
Harper Lake
Sperry Reelected Assessor in Victorville Sanitary District
Ray D. Sperry was reelected assessor of the Victorville sanitary district defeating Ray Ford 52 to 21 and L. L. Miller. Directors Smith and Ed Johnson won with 112 and 129 votes, beating incumbent A. B. Amarel who had 91 ballots.
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Ray D. Sperry
Victorville
Ray Ford
L. L. Miller
Vic Meneley Reads Linotype In Barstow Amid Strike Fallout
Vic Meneley a long time linotype machinist for the San Bernardino Sun spent Tuesday in Barstow at the Printery office checking up and readjusting the linotype He is among the men who went out on strike at the start of the year in San Bernardino and Barstow
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Vic Meneley
San Bernardino Sun
Barstow
Vic
San
Cooperating For River Bridge Near Helendale
Residents of Helendale and Wild districts plan a meeting at the Helendale schoolhouse Monday evening to present county board of supervisors with bridge plans for a Mojave river crossing. The project aims to serve Barstow Victorville Adelanto Hinkley and Kramer areas, with E B Newcomb of Los Angeles surveying and county surveyors choosing locations for a 15 000 acre bonded district.
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Helendale
Wild
County Board of Supervisors
Mojave River
Barstow
Victorville
Hinkley and
Kramer
Adelanto
R. Rikalo
Melendale
Brisbane Ranch
E. B. Newcomb
Los Angeles
Ogilvie Named Clerk in Charge at Yermo Registration
C L Ogilvie was appointed Wednesday as clerk in charge of the Division of Registrations at Yermo. A D Lynde previously led the Daggett and Yermo stations. Lynde stays on at Daggett. Ben Gabhart heads agricultural inspection at Yermo, assisted by Dave Morey Guy Beevor and Norman Smith. Ogilvie is aided by J H McVey and Lester Sample, with Daggett staff L K Kinspel Y V De Guerre J H Overton and O D Hill assisting the division. F D Storms leads agricultural inspection at Daggett, assisted by George Kunzler and Joe Gray.
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C. L. Ogilvie
Yermo
A. D. Lynde
Daggett
Mr. Lynde
Ben Gabhart
Dave Morey
Guy Beevor
Norman Smith
Mr. Ogilvie
J. H. McVey
Lester Sample
Daggett Station
L.K. Kinspel
YV. DeGuerre
J. H. Overton
O. D. Hill
F. D. Storms
George Kunzler
Joe Gray
Von KleinSmid Announces International Institute Session
Dr R R von KleinSmid announced the 1932 biennial summer session of the Institute of International Relations will be held at the University of Southern California. The Oregon site for 1932 is waived as Los Angeles hosts Olympic related events, marking the first Los Angeles location for the institute.
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Institute of International Relations
University of Southern California
R. R. von KleinSmid
Institute
Riverside
Northwest
University of Oregon
Los Angeles
von Klein- Smid
Home of Mr and Mrs Harry Kelly Undergoes Alteration
The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kelly is being extensively altered. The front door shifts to the east side, a cement porch and a porte cochere are added, interiors refinished, and a new roof installed over the entire house.
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Harry Kelly
Knights of Columbus Arrange Special Santa Fe Trains
Two groups of Knights of Columbus arrange special Santa Fe trains to carry them to Dublin Ireland for the Eucharistic Congress next June. They will spend nearly a week in Dublin and then tour Europe for the rest of the summer.
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Knights of Columbus
Dublin
Ireland
Europe
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Lindbergh
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