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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1921
Page
3
The Printer advertises complete printing services with supplies from rubber stamps to steel dies. No job is too large or too small as they promise to furnish materials and handle all orders.
A future service interruption for Ojai trains is noted alongside multiple regional developments. Proposals outline a Baggett Station to Palermo road, Riverside Hospital fire losses estimated at 50 000 to 75 000 dollars, and Plumas Eureka mine to resume operations at Johnsville. News also covers Lathrop lighting and phone ambitions, Chico Arnold Hall demolition, a mail theft in Los Angeles, Van Noy's Sacramento manager missing, Oakdale post office opening, San Diego auto show plans, YWCA dormitory bids in Honolulu, high grade copper ore on the Eagles mine 750 level, five feet of snow near General Grant National Park, and Moose orphanage fundraising in Woodland.
Allied forces from France Belgium and Great Britain have occupied Düsseldorf Duisburg and Ruhrort with no resistance. Air patrols preceded ground troops entering Düsseldorf after daybreak. By noon allied troops established headquarters and billets while civilians continued normal activities amid orderly occupation.
Washington debated withdrawing American troops from the Rhine with cabinet members noting new French and British advances into Germany. The president said clearer information is needed before a decision, and troops will stay on the Rhine for now, honoring armistice terms and avoiding further occupation to enforce peace.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the main building of the feather River Inn at the head of the Feather river canyon near Blairsden in Plumas county. Loss estimated at 100000 dollars. Rumors of arson denied by Sheriff L A Brayden. The blaze damaged the inn house dining room lobby games room and about twenty sleeping apartments. Cottages and power plant unharmed.
The Madrid premier Dato was killed yesterday when attacked after leaving the chamber. A gunman on a motorcycle fled the scene, and the prime minister's chauffeur also died in the motor car ambush.
San Francisco voters defeated the third proposal to purchase Spring Valley Water Company properties. The measure was favored by a majority but needs two thirds to authorize bond issuance for the purchase.
A dairy note advises checking the cream separator when the flow from the cream spout is reduced. Foreign matter can lodge in the cream screw, retaining cream with skim milk, and a skim milk test will reveal the issue.
Dairy farmers depend on hired help to water cows in stalls. Sanitary automatic watering bowls let cows drink on demand, reducing labor and potentially increasing milk yield. A cow needs about 8 gallons water to produce 10 gallons of milk, with significant water used for body itself.
Replies indicate labor savings from one-half hour to five hours daily. An approximate average suggests about 14 percent time saved, varying with herd size and operations.
Silage is the best and cheapest form to store succulent feed. Corn silage yields the best results when cut at the right stage with fine cutting and proper packing. It suits dairy cows, beef cattle, sheep, and even horses and mules in limited amounts without much spoilage.
Feed prices have fallen 50 percent or more while butterfat remains high, suggesting milking cows or new entrants can profit. Corn and alfalfa prices dropped, butter hovers around 60 cents a pound in cities, making stock drives, especially milk cows, the best market for feeds and a pathway to income and profit.
The Stamford Connecticut program trains boy scouts to aid police at fires, inspect schools for fire safety, report on escapes and alarms, and assist in forest fires. After second class, scouts may earn a certificate making them formal fire department members. Blackstone Valley Rhode Island and Cordova Alaska also plan scout fire aid collaborations.
In Stattville New York during last winter a hockey game four boys Kenneth MacPhail Kenneth Gardner Ralph Schmerhorn and Emil Teztmeir formed a human chain along thin ice to rescue MacPhail after he fell through. Emil directed a safe distance approach and a hockey stick aided MacPhail to safety illustrating scouts preparedness and calm action.
Boy scouts in Comanche county Oklahoma lead a forestry drive with seedling stock from Wachita National Forest supervisor Frank Rush. Lawton chamber funded a nursery and seedling program to plant several thousand trees this spring in Oklahoma City Atlas and Wichita Falls Texas, with plans to distribute free seedlings to county youth.
Pleasantville New Jersey patrol leader John Hollings, a thirteen year old scout, saved a woman on railroad tracks when a second express loomed. He leaped onto the track despite danger and pulled her clear with one arm while holding the fence, as the speeding engines passed within inches.
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