Victorville News Briefs and Local Happenings
Victorville hosts embroidery club meeting at Mrs. Hardy s home. Residents Shirley Bright Guy Gooding Elwood Wall and a mother from San Bernardino visit. Mrs. John Delfs improves in health. Mrs J Weile travels to Los Angeles. Walter Joy returns from Arizona. A new reinforced concrete lodging house is planned. Strangers daily and outbound lumber indicate new settlement growth. Train wreck scatters household goods of new settlers.
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Hardy
Trees for California Planting
True to name superior quality trees promoted for California planting. Claims better root system than stock. Applicant JOHN CARROLL, 19th Agent, Victorville, invites responses for entry into California growing program.
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Fancher Creek
California
John Carroll
Victorville
Local Notes From Hesperia And Vicinity
Hesperia reports Mr H Clark beginning drilling one of four wells to the west as Mrs A M Short returns from Vancouver visit. Mr McClintock arrives from Riverside to buy granite. J Wilforth buys a new windmill for Box S ranch. Conductor Landon of the Salt Lake suffers severe injuries in a head on collision at Victorville.
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H. Clark
A. M. Short
Vancouver
Mr. McClintock
Riverside
J. Wilforth
Landon
Salt Lake
Victorville
Wild West Show Train Skids Off Track Near Cadiz
A Wild West train line crew reported a derailment near Cadiz delaying a planned show en route to Barstow. No injuries are mentioned and officials are assessing track damage as crowds await the performance.
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Cadiz
Barstow
Needles Colonists Seek Congress Aid for Colorado River Floods
Residents of Needles and supporters plan to appeal to Congress for funding to control the river overflow on both sides of the Colorado. Local leaders say irrigation and flood risks threaten homes and farms near the waterway.
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Needles
Congress
Colorado River
Whist Club Social Hostess Miss Laura Davis
Miss Laura Davis will entertain the Whist Club next Thursday at the Hart residence. The club enjoyed a pleasant session last night at Mrs. Forat Dillingham's.
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Laura Davis
Hart
Pioneer miner Danby Jones visits Arthur Doran amid desert mining stir
Danby W. W. Jones, noted pioneer miner, travels to Bargtow to see Arthur Doran and reports rising activity in the mining scene around Danby.
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Danby
W. W. Jones
Desert
Arthur Doran
Bargtow
Mikado Birthday Celebrated in Barstow Local News
Local Barstow notes include Mikado birthday celebrations by residents, visitor updates from Mr. Wall of the S. B. Index, and details on rail service from Los Angeles to Frisco and Chicago in early December. Also mentions St. Marks Guild meeting, Mrs. Marrs hosting at 2 pm, and a move to Covina by Geo E. Roth family after selling tailings lease to Western Development Co.
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Barstow
Wall
The
S. B. Index
Waterman Ranch
Santa Fe
Los
Frisco
Chicago
St. Marks Guild
Marrs
Elizabeth Barrett
Homestead
Geo. E. Roth
Orange
Covina
Western Development Co
Lost Elgin watch with silk ribbon fob and B initial
A gold Elgin watch with a silk ribbon fob and initial B on the fob was lost Wednesday evening between the post office and ice house. A reward is offered for its return to EF R Waite's store or residence.
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Elgin
Post Office
Ice Pa
EF. R. Waite
Government survey party opens work north of Barstow
Assistant Chief of Surveys Mr. W. T. Paine from Washington leads three survey parties starting in Barstow. One group under F. W. Rose north of Barstow, another with Thomas Haigh at Ludlow, and a third with Guy Redwine at Goffs. They will resume where previous teams left off to cover mineral lands in the Southern Pacific grant with W. H L. Scott guiding Paradise Springs.
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W. T. Paine
Washington, D. C
Barstow
F. W. Rose
Ludlow
Thomas Haigh
Guy Redwine
Goffs
Southern Pacific Grant
W. H L. Scott
Paradise Springs
Barstow to Drill Ten Derricks by Jan 1912 Outlook Promising
Barstow Oil Region reports Dover Oil Co. plans ten derricks with a drill set to run by January first, 1912. Manager Hutchison casing the Chicago-Barstow Co. well already down about 1000 feet. Western Development Co. to start drilling on Calico Canyon Oil Co. property next week.
Special Election Planned for Barstow Constable
State Board of Equalization members Jeff McElvane Edward Rolkin John Mitchell and R E Collins visited Barstow on an inspection tour. They aim to equalize taxation, noting taxes are already high in the county.
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Barstow
State Board of Egalization
Jeff McElvane
Edward Rolkin
John Mitchell
R. E. Collins
Women Registrations Near Seventy Thousand in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles the number of women registered reaches close to 70,000, reflecting growing civic participation and voter enrollment activity during the period.
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Los Angeles
Notice of Assessment Amargosa Mining and Milling Co
Notice of a one half cent per share assessment on subscribed capital stock by the Amargosa Mining and Milling Co with principal place in Los Angeles and works at Amargosa or Salt Springs California. Unpaid shares by December 12 1911 become delinquent and will be sold January 4 1912 at 3 p m to cover the delinquent assessment and sale costs. J B Irvine secretary.
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Amargosa Mining and Milling Co
Los Angeles
California
Amargosa
Salt Springs
San Bernardino County
United States
Stimson Block
J. B. Irvine
Dean Carey
Geo. H. Duvall
Jennie Darrow
F. H. P. Die
C. Edie
F Flanders
F. L. Gardner
John
R. E Hinzy
Kitching
W. H. Kent
Wn. T. Nittle
W. J. Plume
Martin Paulsen
A.L. Re
H. J. Richter
Frank Rilleau
Hattie Scott
E. Sawyer
David C. Troop
W. E. C. Vandevier
P. H. White
Bernard Windhaus
Los Angeles County
State of California
D. F. Wilson
Delinquent Notice from Kramer Consolidated Oil Co
Delinquent on stock for assessment number 48 levied September 26 1911 at Kramer Consolidated Oil Co listing names and amounts due.
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Kramer Consolidated Oil Co
Germain Bldg
Spring Street
Los Angeles
California
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Hesperia
Wild West Show
Gilliams
Lubin J. Henderson
T. C. Edie
Hinkley
Coal Lands
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Edith S. B. Cobb
Cal
Daniel T. Chilson
S. KB
Meridian
Register and Receiver
United States Land Office
S. H. Young
E. I. Stephenson
E. M. Haws
William Challender
Frank Buren
Register
Alfred P. Cobb
S.H. Young
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