Barstow Delegation Heads to Kingman for Old Trail Meeting
Barstow sends a large delegation at five o'clock Sunday morning for a 230 mile trip to Kingman Arizona. A good roads meeting for National Old Trail Highway advertising and road improvements is set for 10 o'clock Monday morning October 7th in Kingman with delegates from Albuquerque to San Bernardino. Local participants include R. Burke C. of C. president E. L. White vice president RR F. O'Brien secretary C. F. Arends secretary of the Old Trails Association Attorney W. P. Willett F Slaton Central Garage Postmaster and Mrs A A True and Judge and Mrs Lubin J Henderson. Ludlow's T M Gilbert and Amboy's J M Bender will join. The aim is to outline a program to publicize the scenic wonders and improved road of the National Old Trail Highway from Washington to Los Angeles as the best year round route.
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Barstow
Kingman
Arizona
Alberquerque
N. M
San Bernardino
California
Tt. R. Burke
C. of C
E. L. White
RR. F. O’brien
C. F. Arends
Old Trails Association
Attorny W. P. Willett
F. Slaton
Central Garage
A. A. True
Lubin J. Henderson
Ludlow
T. M. Gilbert
the Oasis
Amboy
J. M. Bender
United States
Washington, D. C
Los Angeles
Street improvements for Barstow
Barstow plans months of street and sidewalk work. Carl DeWolf completed a cement sidewalk and curb on the east side of First street from the highway north to the Forrest property. Bids and contracts were issued for paving walks and curbs on the west side of First street in front of the Orr home and the Barstow Printer property. The west sidewalk for Bauer and Slaton Central Garage was finished last week. Engineer Poole seeks bids for a garage driveway and cement sidewalk on First street for the Steinberg residence. A highway paving project through Barstow will start this month, creating a nucleus for better streets and paving contiguous sidewalks along the highway. A cement sidewalk was completed along the north side of the highway between Second and Third streets by DeWolf.
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Barstow
Carl DeWolf
First Street
Forrest
Mr. DeWolf
Orr
Bauer and Slaton Central
iEngineer Poole
Steinberg
DeWolf
High Cost of Water Forbids Desert Gardens
The article laments water rate hikes in Barstow, noting residents sacrifice lawns and flowers to keep trees alive. It highlights Father Keris’s church garden as an example, stating he must let some flowers die due to prohibitive water prices.
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Barstow
Keris
Switch engine team expanded with three new recruits
This week adds H. M. Otis as fireman on the 11 p.m. shift and J. L. Davis on the 3 a.m. shift with Harry Kelly. A third unnamed switchman was also added to the force in three Dew rail recruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Otis
J. L. Davis
Harry Kelly
Dew Rail
Missing Child Found Near Mojave River Bottom
A three year old boy from Yentwood wandered away Wednesday afternoon. Barstow volunteers joined the midnight search led by F W Bauer. The child was found three miles from home in river bottom land by Spike Fippen wearing day clothes as night chill set in.
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Ma,s
Mars
Farber
Yentwood
Barstow
F. W. Bauer
George Henderson
Improvements at New Maintenance Stations
Chairman Harvey M. Toy approves plans by the engineering organization to acquire new maintenance stations and upgrade existing sites. The commission authorized foremen cottages sheds and water systems at Helendale Ludlow and Newberry along the San Bernardino Needles interstate connection of the National Old Trail. More work has progressed on the National Old Trails between Victorville Barstow and Needles since Toy became chairman, signaling a real highway to the state line. A contract was set for 25 miles east from Victorville to improve the highway and bids are expected for a hard surface road from Hicks to Barstow before year end.
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Harvey M. Toy
Helendale
Ludlow
Newberry
San Bernardino Needles
Victorville
Barstow
Needles
Highway Commission
Hicks
New Service Station Planned on Arrowhead Route
Elmo Proctor of Crucero visited Benston Wednesday and plans to open a service station on the Arrowhead Highway at Cronese Valley next summer. He will supply tourists with watermelons and vegetables from his home and has been named game warden amid reports hunters flocking to the district for mountain sheep, prohibited by state law. Only Proctor and his family live permanently in the valley, with about fifty families homesteading nearby. At Baxter, two carloads daily ship lime rock to smelters, filling the local warehouse.
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Elmo Proctor
Crucero
Barstow
Mr. Proctor
Arrowhead
Cronese Valley
R. M. Sharp
Razor
Los Angeles
Rochette Transfer Sends Santa Fe Clerk West
FE. C. Rochette long employed in Barstow as a Santa Fe clerk was in town Tuesday. He will transfer to the Los Angeles division. Mr. and Mrs. Rochette have just returned from a two months trip through the east.
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C. Rochette
Barstow
Santa Fe
Tuesay
Los Angeles
Mir
Mirs
Local Items Received About Town
Miss Thedla Calbman and Mrs B F Gauldin were business victors in the county seat Monday. E M Kinslow was in Los Angeles Monday on business. Joe Sullivan anticipates a vacation in San Francisco after relief. E M Prescott of the Union Pacific was in Barstow Tuesday. The Gauldin family returned Saturday from a two week vacation in Santa Cruz and San Francisco. A J Weld of the Barstow bank reports a new posting machine. Sunday Herbert Gouldin will go to Los Angeles for Woodbury Business College. He will live at the Y M C A and study two years. Smiling Harry Allen is to be transferred to San Bernardino. Mrs Allen’s relatives visited from Beaumont and Port Townsend, Wash.
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Thedla Calbman
B. F. Gouldin
BR. F. Gauldin
Santa Cruz
San Francisco
Herbert Gouldin
Los Angeles
Woodbury Business College
Y.M.C.A
Harry Allen
San Bernardino
Mrs. Allen
Specials in meat department Saturday at City Meat Market
In the meat department a special is advertised for every Saturday. The showcases will display special prices. Mrs. B. C. Anderson and daughter Gessie traveled to Altadena after visiting Dr. Anderson for several days.
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City Meat Market
B. C. Anderson
Gessie
Altadena
Dr. Anderson
Local plumbing contractor injured delaying remodeling project
Floyd Marvin, a local plumber, is laid up with a sprained back from plumbing work. Simms and McFate hold the remodeling contract at Marvin’s home, adding a large living room, bed room and bath, screen porch and kitchen, with a fireplace part of Mrs. Marvin’s plan. Nearby, Murphy Water, Tee and Light Company awaits railroad approval to transfer Needles water system to the city. Mrs. Ola Betty Bump visits relatives in Long Beach, while Clyde Richardson returns to his barber job after illness.
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Floyd Marvin
Mr. Marvin
Simms and
McFate
Marvin
Murphy Water, Tee and Light Company
Ben
Railroad Commission
Needles
Ola Betty Bump
Long Beach
Clyde Richardson
Clyde
Mexican quarrel ends with bystander shot in Sonora
Tuesday night in Sonora a dance led to a quarrel among bystanders. Thomas Dias, intoxicated, shot Abraham Lara in the leg, not intending to hit him but others. Dias was jailed hours later by Officer Ed Harris. Dias carried a loaded revolver, a serious offense in the state.
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Sonora
Thomas Dias
Abraham Lara
Dias
Lara
Ed Harris
Tas
Report of Schools in Barstow and Desert Towns
Miss Edwards reviews a district school visit report detailing progress in Barstow and nearby desert towns. She notes active college enrollment among 19 teachers, upgrades at Barstow Grammar School, Big Bear Lake three room school, Fawnskin’s transformed dance hall classroom, and Mexican little folks programs with focused staffing and equipment gaps.
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Barstow
Desert
Miss Edwards
Big Bear Lake
Kate Smith
Los Angeles High School
Victorville High School
Miss Pollen
Miss Berkheimer
Tin Bear Valley
Fawnskin
Fawnskin Company
Margaret Daniels
Redlands University
Barstow Grammar School
Pearce
Local Grammar School Progresses Under Pearce Leadership
The school reports enrollment at 255 with steady departmental progress and plans to finalize improvements next week. Visitors including Miss Bra Fiwards and Robert Curt’s class in history highlighted ongoing projects on California. Enrollments for ages 3 to 18 are urged during the Oct week, with legal notice on school attendance.
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Pearce
Bra Fiwards
Curt
California
Parent Teachers Meeting Update for Next Week
P T A meeting scheduled for next week with notices to follow. Much help is possible for the school this year and a large attendance is expected at this Px meeting.
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P.T. A
Local youths travel to County Christian Endeavor Rally
Kathryn Drumm, De Williarg Wright, Bart Clinton McKinnon motored to Rwanda to attend the rally. Local representatives traveled the greatest distance for the banner award, with about a hundred C. repre sent. Barstow attendees Zimmerman Yohnson among those on the trip.
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Kathryn Drumm
de' Williarg Wright
Bart Clinton McKinnon
Riwanda
County Christian Endeavor
Ttheir Society
Young
Barstow
Zimmerman Yohnson
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Mojave
Baxter
Spains
E. M. Kinslow
Joe Sullivan
E. M. Prescott
Union Pacific System
A. J. Weld
Cc. S. Crooks
Carmen
Association of the Coast Lines
Mr. Kelly
J. A. Kelly
Beaumont
James Thompson
Port Townsend
Wash
Faith Longfelow
Mabel Coan
Smitheram
Curtis
Edna Donnelly
Charg of Ninors
Conn
Coan
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