Desert Picnic Welcome for San Bernardino Chamber
Barstow hosts a welcome gathering for the San Bernardino Chamber of Commerce with a picnic lunch at the grammar school grounds, music by the visiting band, and an address of welcome. Residents from neighboring towns are invited to attend at 5 p.m. with baskets of lunch, and the event includes dancing at the Liberty theater after nine.
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San Bernardino
Liberty Theater
Grammar School
Barstow
Power Line to Big Bear Resort Ties To Gold Mountain Mine
Southern Sierras Power Co signs contracts with James Hulme Elmer McKinnon and Arthur Piepenburg to build a 25 mile 33000 volt line from Apple Valley Tusigs to Gold Mountain mine above Baldwin Lake. Estimated $35000 cost. Project aims to power a 40 stamp mill at Doble and Baldwin Lake pump within three months. possible extension to Pine Knot Bear Valley and Holcomb Valley. Gold Mountain, once operated by Lucky Baldwin, shows ore averaging about $4 per ton with high recovery. Three shifts planned once power is on.
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Southern
Doble
Baldwin Lake
Gold Mountain
Messrs. Hulme, McKinnon and Piepenburg
Oxman
Pine Knot
Bear Valley
Holcomb Valley
Baldwin
Hulme
Shower honors Barstow teacher Miss Woody
Mrs. B. F. Gauldin and Miss Metzger hosted a miscellaneous shower for Barstow Grammar School teacher Miss Woody at the Gauldin home. The guest of honor was surprised by the thoughtful presents, signaling the community’s affection for a popular educator.
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B. F. Gauldin
Miss Bessie Anderson Visits Altadena With Father
Miss Bessie Anderson of Altadena was visiting with her father Dr Anderson this week.
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Bessie Anderson
Altadena
Dr. Anderson
Hereford yearlings sold at Barstow yard to outsider buyer
At Barstow stock yards 180 head of Hereford yearlings in very good flesh were offered at 25 dollars a head but found no local buyers. A buyer from Lompoc in Santa Barbara county purchased the lot.
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Barstow
Lompoc
Santa Barbara County
Barstow Postoffice Patrons Support Postmistress
Barstow residents express strong support for postmistress Mrs Gilham. Letters to Washington and a petition with over three hundred names urge the new administration to keep her in charge, while few other candidates are mentioned.
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Barstow
Gilham
Washington
Local Boys Depart for Honolulu Training Camp
Mrs. Floyd returns to Barstow after a month in Washington. Allen C. Floyd and Will Dodson, both in Battery D of the 55th Artillery, spent time at Camp Lewis before departing Monday for Fort Kamehameha Honolulu. They expect a two year assignment aboard the transport Buford and anticipate about twelve days at sea.
Will Colcord Dies in Texas Pacific Train Wreck
A telegram notified Mr and Mrs A F Colcord that their son Will H Colcord was killed in a Texas Pacific line wreck out of Fort Worth. The family traveled to the scene, and funeral services were held by the Machinists Order with burial in Fort Worth.
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A. F. Colcord
Will. H
Texas Pacific
Forth Worth
Texas
Machinists Order
Stradivara Phonograph Shop Promotes Superior Qualities
An advertisement urges readers to see the Stradivara phonograph at Barstow Stradivara Phonograph Shop before buying any other. It also notes Mr and Mrs Rochette celebrated a birthday in Los Angeles and Mrs Frank Tiernan of Long Beach is visiting Barstow with the Tiernans.
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Barstow
Stradivara Phonograph
Mrs. Rochette
Los Angeles
Mr. Rochette
Frank Tiernan
Long Beach
Tiernans
Fourth of July game eyed in Randsburg town
Barstow manager C. H. Bucholz discusses plans with Randsburg officials to stage a July 4th game in the mining town. If held there, organizers will sell enough tickets to run a special train for the day, with no Barstow or Victorville celebrations anticipated.
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C. H. Bucholz
Barstow
Randsburg
Victorville
Church Picnic and Boy Scouts Training at Daggett Ranch
More than 100 church school members joined a Saturday picnic at A. wb Jensen's ranch near Daggett with Daggett youths. Scouts demonstrated drill, signal code, and camp cooking while the event featured ice cream donated by Mrs. Lubin J. Henderson.
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A. Wb. Jensen
Daggett
E. A. Farrington
Mr. Paterson
Lubin J. Henderson
Colby
Woody
Fred Bauer
Mr. Cleland
BE. L. White
Barstow
San Bernardino
Jesus
Jesus Christ
N. F.C
Africa
Women's Association
Mexico
Montana's Debt to Wildcatters in Oil Boom
Montana joins oil producing states with Winnett field's rapid, sensational development. Two pipelines deliver about 5000 barrels daily of high grade oil, rich in gasoline. The wildcatter, pioneer of exploration, drives western progress by turning a frontier into productive civilization and urging supportive policy for honest exploration.
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Montana
Union
Winnett Field
West
Great West
Franklin K Lane Dies Former Interior Secretary
Franklin K. Lane, former secretary of the interior in the Wilson cabinet, died at 6 a.m. Wednesday, May 18.
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Franklin K. Lane
Interior
Wilson
Chief Justice White Dies at 76 in Washington Hospital
Edward Douglas White chief justice of the U S Supreme Court died at 2 this Thursday morning in a Washington hospital after an operation last Friday He was 76 years old.
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Edward Douglas White
U.S. Supreme Court
Washington
Randsburg Mining and Local News in Brief
George Gallahar has backing to develop the Herkel rath ground west of the dyke. Hicks opens a high grade ruby silver ledge below the 200 foot level. I T Grady ships eight 40 ton cars of high grade ore and expects near 1 million dollars from the lease. Urgehart develops a sure mine southwest of Hicks with milling ore in sight. Benny Truman arrives en route to Benton after selling Copper Queen to Bakersfield. Copper Queen closed due to low lead price and high costs. Rinaldi moves cattle to Fremont seeking water from Hinkley wells.
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George Gallaher
Herkelrath
Gallahar
Mr. Gallahar
Hicks
I. T. Grady
Rand
Gill & Grady
Urgehart
Benny Truman
State Range
Bakersfield
Camp Sunday
Benton
Nuevo County
Ngto Rinaldi
Fremont
Hinkley
Hinkley Wells
Mine Rescue Car Demonstration Tour Across California District
Mine Rescue Car No. 1 of the U S Bureau of Mines, led by Engineer F E Garner, will visit Lompoc from May 21 to 30 with daily exhibitions and free lectures on first aid, breathing apparatus, gases, and safe mining. It then heads to Victorville from June 1 to 10 to train miners and support rescue efforts with a trained crew and up to date equipment.
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Washington, D. C
United States Bureau of Mines
FE. D. Garner
Lompoc
California
Victorville
Bureau of Mines
Bureau
Mojave River Association Maps District Fight Over Pasadena Water
Mojave River Riparian Association met in Barstow to map river lands and plan protests to Pasadena’s proposed Mohave River water diversion. Ranchers will protest with the State Water Commission, while Mer Foster of Apple Valley leads mapping efforts for evidence. Barstow attorney Alfred Barstow’s services end.
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Mohave River
Commission
Mer. Foster
Apple Valley
Long Beach
Water Commission
Mar
Poster
Alfred Barstow
Los Angeles
Arizona cattlemen drive stock cars toward unknown buyers
Scarcity of feeds and money forces Arizona cattlemen to load cattle on their cars and move without a fixed destination. They risk traveling along the road, hoping to locate buyers as they proceed.
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Arizona
Tit Road
Barstow Man Moves Cattle to Soda Lake
Ed Sandoz of Barstow is said to have 800 head of cattle at Soda Lake after moving them from Arizona. Local ranching activity and livestock movement are noted in the report.
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Ed Sandoz
Barstow
Arizona
Soda Lake
Cattlemen Face Bumps as Feed Costs Rise
The cattlemen now hit bumps with no better investment for buyers who can purchase and tend cattle. Those worst hit are those short of feed or who bought cattle on high prices and fell into debt.
L. Cattle Company Plans Expansion as Cattle Condition Improves
The L. C. Cattle company has shipped eighty calves to Hauser Packing in Los Angeles. This season they have ample feed and fine stock, with cows and calves thriving. They now own 1089 head and expect to bring in 500 more from Arizona.
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L. CC. Cattle Company
Hauser Packing Company
Los Angeles
Arizona
Cattleman Moves Herds For Feeding Water Costs
CC. F. Rinaldi of Randsburg manages about 500 head and, due to scarce forage, moves his cattle to the Atolia Kramer area. Water must be hauled from Hinkley at roughly 25 dollars daily, raising costs for his herd.
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CC. F. Rinaldi
Randsburg
Atolia
Kramer
Hinkley
Training Miners in Rescue Apparatus and First Aid Methods
The Bureau of Mines reports extensive training in rescue apparatus and first aid for miners. Programs include inside mine training in smoke or fumes, with equipment testing to enable entry into poisonous atmospheres for two hours. Thousands have been trained, aiming for ready crews at every mine. Free instruction is offered by rescue car and station crews, applicable to underground workers and those around mines and metallurgical plants.
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Bureau of Mines
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Welcome
Power Company
Big Bear Resort
Barstow Postoffice
Honolulu
Will Colcord
Wildcatters
White
John C. Wray
Mojave River
Mapping District
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