Barstow Area Weighs Boost for Mines and Museums
Barstow locals survey Borax deposits 35 miles west of Barstow yielding about thirty carloads weekly. They note Death Valley lake history and the Lavie Crater trip. Calico silver, Sidewinder Mill, and new farming, tourism, and petrified forest prospects are discussed.
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T. G. Nicklin
Barstow
Death Valley
Dead Sea
Calico
Zenda
Sidewinder
Stoddard Springs
New Mill
Mt. Whitney
Grayback
Gut Petrified Forest
Petrified Forest
Istow
Mohave River Valley
Missouri
Coolgardie
Mohaven River Valley
California
Mohave
Boulder Canyon Dam and All American Canal Plan
The Swing Johnson bill would fund a Boulder Canyon dam on the Colorado River at 550 feet high with a 26 million acre foot reservoir costing 41.5 million dollars and an all American canal to the Imperial and Coachella Valleys costing 31 million. The package includes power plants up to 1,000,000 hp, interest during construction totaling 21 million, and aims to reduce flood risk, provide dependable water supply, support irrigation and hydro power, aid navigation, and resolve international water issues.
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Boulder Canyon
Colorado
House Irrigation Committee
Boulder
Black Canyon
Arizona
Nevada
Hie
Imperial Valley
Coachella Valley
Great Reservoir
Mexico
Pacific Coast
California Poppies Attract Large Lancaster Palmdale Field
Reports from the Lancaster and Palmdale Chambers of Commerce say a fine showing of California Poppies can be seen a few miles west and south of Lancaster. About seven hundred acres of poppies blanket the area in a productive valley foothill setting with a newly improved road guiding visitors from Palmdale to Lancaster.
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California
Lancaster
Palmdale
Commerae
Assayers in new home move to Stoddard Street
The San Bernardino Laboratories relocate from the Gentry building to 1097 Stoddard Street San Bernardino. The new facility is fitted for laboratory work and the firm invites mining men to send samples for analysis.
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San Bernardino
Gentry
Stoddard Street
Local social notes from Barstow and vicinity
Mrs. Brooks Tabor hosts week end guests from Long Beach, with Claude Walter and Ed Charistrom. Redlands resident M W H Williams passes through en route to Paradise mine. Various Barstow visitors and locals, including Benson family, Finneys, and Evensons, attend events and trips. two teachers return after mumps illness. travel plans and hospital recoveries noted.
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Dorothy
Barstow
B. F. Butts
Finney
City Paint and Paper Co
San Bernardino
Walter Johnson
Nolbrook, Ariz
Schuh
Little Son
Los Angeles
8. L. Benson
Floyd Marvin
Bridge Club
Tom Evenson
Tacoma
Washington
N. F. Platt
San Bernardino Ramana Hospital
Chas. C. Topping
Charles Hay
University of California At Berkeley
Jas. E. Greer
Sidney, Neb
Chas. B. Boyce
Death of Mrs. George Henderson's Father
Telegraphic notice reports the death of W. A. Crawford in Portland Oregon. He visited Barstow last year and after leaving there suffered paralysis at his brother's home in Modesto. He had been bedfast since November.
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George Henderson
W. A. Crawford
Portland
Oregon
Barstow
Modesto
A Healthful Hobby: The Rose Reigns Supreme
A noted authority on flowers declares the rose supreme among garden blooms. R E Thames waters forty one rose bushes in his home garden north of the puzzle switch, praising the flower as the Queen of flowers.
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R. E. Thames
Tehachapi Chamber Signs With Local Painter on Main Street
The Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce has a painted sign by Fred Hill on Barstow's Main Street opposite the California Inn Service Station. A large pear orchard decorates the background inviting tourists to visit Tehachapi and take the Tehachapi route to Bakersfield and the San Joaquin Valley. The Tehachapi route is 180 miles shorter between the San Joaquin Valley and Barstow than via Los Angeles.
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Tehachapi
St Joseph Church Palm Sunday Masses and Easter services
Palm Sunday Masses at 8 30 and 10 with English and Spanish sermons. Holy Thursday 830 High Mass with Holy Communion. Evening Devotions 730. Good Friday Mass of the Pre sanctified 830. Station and Veneration 3 and 730. Holy Saturday 830. Easter Sunday Mass 830 with English sermon. Rev C T Kerfs.
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C. T. Kerfs
Reciprocity Day at Barstow Womans Club Program
Barstow Woman's Club hosted reciprocity day with two out of town speakers Mrs. Geo H Bunnell Redlands spoke on current events and Mrs G W Beattie East Highlands on California history and landmarks. Earl Johnson with Miss Pfau provided trombone solos while Mrs Isaac McRae Mrs Johnson and Miss Dorie Fissel sang. Guests included club women from Victorville Hinkley and Harper Lake and their husbands.
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Barstow
Geo. H. Bunnell
Redlands
G. W. Beattie
East Highlands
California
Earl Johnson
Pfau
Isaac McRae
Johnson
Dorie Fissel
A. J. Weld
Victorville
Hinkley
Harper Lake Club
Barstow Club
Saturday Deadline for Voter Registration in California
The piece warns that midnight Saturday, March 31 marks the last moment to register for the May 1 presidential primary. It explains California voters must declare a party or be listed declined to state, with re-registration allowed. It notes Hoover seeks Republican support and Democratic candidates Smith Reed and Walsh shape California’s party future.
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California
Smith
New York
James A. Reed
Missouri
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
PTA 500 Card Party Held at Grammar School
The Parent Teachers Association held a 500 card party Monday night in the grammar school auditorium. Mrs. Bud Rush won a picture for high score and Mrs. Brooks captured the Easter Bunny booby prize. Refreshments were served. The quilt raffled by the PTA was won by Mrs. Steve Vihel. it was made by Mrs. A. Craig's sisters and valued at $25.00.
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Parent Teachers Association
Grammar School
Bud” Rush
Brooks
Steve Vihel
A. Craig
Atwater Kent Contest For Amateur Musicians
The Atwater Kent Foundation of Philadelphia announces another national radio audition with total awards of 17 500 dollars and tuition in a conservatory for some winners. Open to amateur musicians aged 18 to 25, the contest will be conducted by radio across states and districts. The Pacific Coast district contest will take place in San Francisco on a date to be announced, drawing contestants from California Idaho Montana Wyoming Utah Arizona Nevada Washington and Oregon.
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Atwater-Kent Foundation
Philadelphia
San Francisco
California
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Arizona
Nevada
Washington
Oregon
Millett's Dining Room Draws Forty-Two To Daggett
Forty two people traveled to Daggett last Sunday to dine at Millett's Dining Room drawn by a menu offering chicken mashed potatoes peas candied sweet potatoes cauliflower creamed carrots salad pie coffee and hot biscuits all for 75 cents prepared by Mrs. Millett.
Minneola Visit Highlights Loomis Family News
Miss June Loomis of Los Angeles visits her father J. K. Loomis and sister Mrs. C. A. Berty in Minneola. Mrs. Paul Haimut and daughter Lucy travel from Los Angeles to stay at the Skobel Haimut ranch. Arthur T. Evans and a Sierra Madre acquaintance called on Sunday. D. E. Thompson has ten acres leveled and nearly ready to seed to alfalfa.
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June Loomis
Los Angeles
J. K. Loomis
C. A. Berty
Paul Haimut
Lucy
Skobel- Haimut Ranch
Arthur T. Evans
Sierra Madre
D. E. Thompson
Flying School In Barstow Under New Medical Examiner
Dr John A Graham appointed Medical Examiner for the Department of Commerce Bureau of Aeronautics at the request of Bauer and Slaton Air Division to enforce rigorous preflight examinations for students. The Bauer and Salton Flying Division operates in Barstow with students including Joe Payne Mike Ochoa Jim Overton Marshall Merritt Alfred Henderson Ray Conway John Kennedy C A Scott Carl Arends and C E Wallace. Additional classes are planned in Yermo and Victorville with Bauer and Siaton as the local American Eagle planes dealer led by Chief Pilot First Lieutenant Leland L Jonas.
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John A. Graham
Department of Commerce Bureau of Aeronautics
Bauer and Slaton
Air Division
Army Flight Surgeons School
Graham
Bauer and
Salton Air Division
City to buy three airport sites for municipal use
Los Angeles Journal reports the city council voted to purchase Vail Field 900 acres at 5760 an acre Mines Field 8000 per acre for 500 acres Sesnon Field 1100 acres at 1000 an acre near Arcade area. Total outlay estimated around 6 million with bonds likely. Negotiations planned with owners on purchase conditions and potential rental use before bonds. Plans include hangar facilities at Vail Field costing 75000 to 100600.
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Vail Field
Telegraph Rd
Arcade
Mines
Inglewood
Arcade Station
Sesnon
San Fernando Valley
Los Angeles Journal
FOR SALE ITEMS AND HELP W Wanted Notices
A collage of small ads appears, listing six tube radio set for sale at 30 dollars, Corona portable typewriter for 20 dollars, German police pedigreed pups priced 15 and 10, and a job opening for selling Watkins products in San Bernardino. Also a dining room ad with meal specials and notice of a stockholders meeting for Black Hawk Tungsten Mining Corporation in San Pedro on a Friday in 1928 with director election.
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Lewis Plumbing and Heating
Jane’s Department Store
H.R. Brown
Corona
Brown
Vreight
Ey. R._ Brown
San Bernardino Co
J. R. Watkins Company
Rural Department
Hollis St
Oakland, Calif
Millett’s
Daggett
Black Hawk Tungsten Mining Corporation
San Pedro
California
South Beacon Street
R. H. Beaton
The
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J. H. Masson
Afton
Perth
ST. Joseph Church
Holy Week
Reciprocity Day Womans Club
Minneola
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