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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1923
Page
6
Miss Ida M. Collins announces the county essay prizes with Jane J. Nicholas of Fairview School winning first prize of $5 for an essay on the Mojave Desert. The piece describes desert beauty from dawn to night, heat, storms, and the lure of open spaces.
Mining engineer and Seattle florist McGruder Beal lay on his deathbed after a road attack between Mojave and Randsburg on Wednesday night. He refused to tell officers what happened as doctors in Randsburg and Bakersfield tended him before his death last week. Beal was linked with Seattle associates E. B. King George M. Piper P. F. Resia and Rober Gentili amidst Rand district mining interests.
J Fred Dignowitty of Los Angeles is charged with obtaining money under false pretenses after allegedly selling a press to J J Nosser of Randsburg, claiming ownership to induce Nosser to start a newspaper. Nosser paid $1,500 by two checks but found no press in San Diego. Dignowitty released on $2,500 bail at a preliminary hearing.
Arizona is a major copper producer with gold by products. The Oatman district in the western part, opposite Nevada, is the sole area with gold-bearing ore yielding more than a few hundred ounces annually. This is outlined in Geological Survey Bulletin 748 from the Department of the Interior.
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