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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1911
Page
10
From postoffice statistics and street railroad traffic the population of Los Angeles is estimated at 375000. Frank Wiggins secretary of the chamber of commerce says the recent large registration shows the city has passed the 350000 mark.
A ten pound nugget containing about six pounds of gold was brought to Grass Valley from the Roach claim in this county and displayed locally. The find is unusually rich for the district though high grade ore is common in the area.
San Bernardino November 22 surveyors under government auspices started collecting data on the desert for the mineral and road map begun two years ago by Washington officials. Large parts of Arizona and Nevada deserts have been surveyed along with the extreme east of the county. Base from Barstow and Height from Ludlow with Redwine starting at Goffs.
Japanese training ship Taisei Maru under Captain Sasaki sails toward San Pedro and is expected in a few days. The local post office awaits considerable crew mail. This year Los Angeles harbor has hosted Italian English German and Japanese warships and thousands have visited after the Pacific fleet departed.
The U S civil service commission announces a December 13 1911 examination in Los Angeles for stenographer and typewriter posts in the field service twelfth district. Applications and info available from the local secretary at room 328 Federal building.
Burlingame society women refuse jury duty summons for a hog ranch nuisance case. Justice of the Peace Lamb threatens court action for contempt. constables Ferguson and Owen served about thirty summonses yesterday and today. Trial details remain undecided.
In Seattle Judge J. T. Ronald ruled for the defendant in a $4500 dog bite suit, stating a dog may bite a person who steps on its tail. The setter Spot, calm and well groomed, did not act as a vicious animal and allowed people near him in court. Samuel Lavanburg claimed injuries to his left leg after stepping on the dog's tail, but evidence showed no other provocations.
San Bernardino reports oranges ripening for Thanksgiving as rain hastens color and maturity. Growers note the crop remains delayed by weeks but forecasts indicate fruit will be ready for Southern California tables and possibly for shipping east, with only light damage from splitting.
California lemon shippers press for a flat $1 rate to the east with small increases to New England points as a commission hearing proceeds. Judge Asa F. Call argues growers seek a lasting order, while railroad counsel push a return toward $1.15 and compare lemon rates to orange services. The commission decision may be delayed up to a month with no hint of the finding.
Instructions advise rubbing brass with kerosene before polishing. Use oxalic acid or common vinegar and salt to remove stains and dullness.
Dispatch from St Petersburg reports eight million Russians face starvation due to crop failure in twenty provinces. Premier Koskovsoff told the Duma relief will cost 60 million dollars. Also from Washington, California parks funds seek 381,620 dollars for the Interior Department for the year ending June 30, 1913, with much of it for Yosemite.
London reported that German capital backs a trans continental canal project across Nicaragua to rival the Panama Canal. The Kaiser is said to have approved the plan and construction would follow along the San Juan river.
Secretary of the Interior Fisher ordered the 44,910 acres of vacant unappropriated public lands near the California national forest opened for entry and filing on February 23, 1912. The parcels in Glenn Colusa Tehama Lake and Mendocino counties were temporarily withdrawn for forestry purposes.
The U S Supreme Court affirmed that moving picture films based on General Lew Wallace’s Ben Hur infringe the rights of Harper Brothers Klaw and Erlanger and other holders of the novel. The decision addresses whether illustrated books protected dramatic rights extend to film adaptations.
Reading fire chief Frank Nichols links recent blaze at the old South Methodist church to English sparrows. He found the fire started in birds nests under the eaves and believes birds carried matches into nests where flames ignited straw fuel.
New York November 21 Andrew Carnegie remains the leading taxpayer in New York City with personal property valued at 10 million dollars and real estate above 2 million dollars. His 1904 tax bill is estimated to exceed 222 thousand dollars, continuing a decade of high assessments.
Mrs Russell Sage, widow of a late financier, won a tax reduction to 2.51 million dollars after years of personal assessment payments totaling 5 million. The current year had raised her assessment to 16 million dollars, yet she achieved the lower tax figure.
Newark Ohio November 21 A nitro glycerine magazine on the George Sperry farm one and a half miles from Utica exploded at 7 o clock this morning creating a crater large enough to hold a house. Benjamin Tompkins driver of a Marietta Torpedo company wagon and team was blown to pieces and no trace remains. Every Utica window was shattered and ground rocked for miles.
San Bernardino reports P. J. Shelton known as a human hair robber slashed hair from women on a Santa Fe train near Needles Arizona and fled west toward San Bernardino county. He allegedly sold stolen tresses for small sums before being captured when his shears snagged a rat and a victim restrained him.
New York November 22 The World declares Theodore Roosevelt is a candidate again and that his Outlook editorial on chaotic business conditions signals his declaration. It argues Roosevelt aims to coalitions with anti Taft progressives and Wall Street plutocrats, while the Tribune sees potential clarity for Taft. The Outlook calls the return of Roosevelt.
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