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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1910
Page
5
Telegraphic summaries report glowing accounts from West Australia as gold discoveries in Yilgarn and Bullfinch spark a rush to the fields seen as the greatest find in the commonwealth. The move continues with expert descriptions of vast yield and new activity in the region.
In Leavenworth Kansas on November 16 a wild animal act at a local vaudeville house ended abruptly as several lions leopards jackals and bears argued during the performance. Trainer Louis Ballister used a heavy iron bar to quell the animals and restore order as the audience fled.
Director Durand of the census bureau announced that no further population recounts will be conducted unless fraud is involved. The statement addressed Baltimore's demand for a recount but applied generally.
A prominent railroad man says within sixty days construction will start from Benson toward Yuma and Phoenix. He predicts Yuma will join a new transcontinental line within eighteen months with San Diego as the coast objective.
Searchers fear death as the Lawson mine at Black Diamond remains hopelessly wrecked after a Sunday dust explosion that killed fifteen men. An inquest will be held by mine experts and union officers to decide if bodies should be recovered despite the danger.
In Kentucky, Jacob Noble who killed Breathitt jailer Wesley Turner is entrenched on Lost Creek in the mountains. He has defied arrest, with about 200 men and relatives pursuing him for a $500 reward, advancing from Jackson County toward the region.
Denver reports four women elected to Colorado's eighteenth general assembly from elections held last Tuesday. Alma Lafferty Louise A. Jones and Louise M. Kerwin won seats joining the state legislature.
The excerpt cites Agnes L. Riddle a Republican from Adams Arapahoe and Elbert counties running with Denver Democrats. It notes Mrs Lafferty was the sole woman representative in the last general assembly and that no women serve as senators.
Nome saw nearly 2000 more departures than arrivals in the last navigation season. Seventy six vessels entered the port with 2154 passengers aboard and 4609 left. Gold shipped amounted to 3,476,608.54 dollars. A total of 21 thousand tons of merchandise and 1,305,000 feet of lumber were unloaded in Nome during the summer.
11 year old Mildred Anderson, misinformed that she carried water, walked with two pails of nitroglycerin toward an oil well site. Workers held breath as danger loomed, but the girl set the pails down on her father’s command and was rescued. Workers halted work for the day.
In Montezuma Georgia on November 15 a mob hanged two Black men, William Barnes and John Walker, after dragging Walker from jail. Both bodies were found at a telegraph pole in Flint River swamps near the city, with Barnes shot and Walker later found hanging. Police and citizens heard rounds through the night as investigators continued.
Good manners brighten social life and arise from character and kindness. The cultivation of heart, affections, and moral sense stands as a chief concern to upbuild character through everyday civility.
A quoted "Dictum" frames a mindset of pursuing beauty and dream ink despite daily turmoil. It calls for steadfast labor, compassion, and a hopeful spirit to enhance the soul and joy of life through unwavering curiosity and creative energy.
The Jonathan Holt, the first ocean going mosquito proof steamer, has arrived in the Mersey. It is the first ship designed for the Liverpool West African trade. Copper gauze fittings seal doors, windows, skylights, and passages to prevent malaria bearing mosquitoes from entering.
San Diego on November 15 reports Robert Waters, the sole registered voter in North Island precinct, cast his ballot at 7:55 AM and later rowed to the bay to deliver the ballot box to the county clerk. Waters has long been the only registered voter on North Island.
A bill to admit Alaska as a state will be introduced at the December congressional session by Delegate James Wickersham. He argued Alaska has stronger qualifications than several admitted states, citing greater commerce population and resources.
On November 15 Captain J. D. Loop sails the Camiguin with harpoon gun brass cannon and big reel to hunt whales. He owns the Music and Camiguin launches with Captain A. H. Mason engineer Clyde Tibbets and a regular crew. Brown whales have been seen nearby in recent years and the voyage fulfills Loop’s longtime dream. Some applicants to join as passengers are not allowed aboard.
The Southern Pacific has outfitted 291 miles of its line between Ashland Oregon and Red Bluff California with telephones for train dispatching. A heavy copper wire connects stations and includes emergency plugs for train crew devices, enabling dispatch communications from any point.
California Fruit Growers Exchange estimates Florida orange damage at 11 percent after hurricane impact. Earlier figures put it at 10 percent. final shipments are expected to wrap up by year end according to shipper calculations.
Gin Wut Wah an educated Chinese fluent in English and Spanish is believed by immigration authorities to be one of the high salaried officials halted at the Mexican line near Calexico California on November 15.
Federal drag net nabbed Wut Wah just inside the U S border near Calexico. He acted as a guide to four Chinese workers and their capture is seen as key to unraveling the circuit sending convicts into the United States via the blind trail.
Kansas City November 16 Charles W Armour head of Armour interests asserted food prices have peaked and are on the down grade cereals decline and meat prices especially pork may ease as packers pay higher hog prices he urged farmers to raise healthier hogs to reduce pork condemnations and boost supplies.
Washington Nov 16 Navy department designates a board to investigate life protection in submarine boats. Oxygen helmets and on board life sustaining apparatus are seen as saving lives. Tests on Octopus showed fourteen men could stay a day without fresh air. chemical air purification could extend this to about a week.
Seattle dispatch reports October flour shipments from Puget Sound totaled nearly 100000 barrels with a notable jump to Japan. Ten thousand barrels went to Yokohama and 3000 to Moji as breadstuffs move to the Japanese market.
The London Chronicle suggests smokers existed in England long before tobacco. Pipes found in church mortar imply herb smoking for medicine or pleasure. Coltsfoot was used for asthma, though the method remains uncertain.
The eight principal Scottish banks act as one, their managers from Edinburgh and Glasgow convening to set loan discount rates and deposit interest. On average Scottish rates exceed English rates by about one half to one percent.
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