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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1911
Page
2
Danby Arthur Doran returns from Venice to rest in the desert and becomes interested in Geo. B. Parks in Danby mines.
Oro Grande L C Stucky runs cattle in the valley and debate over a bridge to Victorville continues. Hawgood and Gus Linck measure water in Mohave river while four men work in R B Flenniken’s blacksmith shop. Joy and Wm Broaded win dance prize. Cement plant and lime quarries operate with large steady staffs and daily shipments. Roads washed by rains. calls for more valley road funding.
A jolly group left Barstow Sunday at 4 30 morning with a four horse team for Dag gvett where they breakfasted then traveled to Calico for lunch and a tour of old mines and points of interest before returning to Barstow about 9 pm The party included Art McCustian Geo Ashdown Albert Craig Fred Hart and several women including Emma Kling Christena Kling Ethel Craig and LaVella Fisher with Mrs M Craig as chaperon.
Judson Helen A L Belton unloads first car of cement for a two mile cement flume to irrigate the Belton Goodhue and Thomps ranch orchards. They have 100 acres ready for apples next spring as Mr Fast and crews begin the construction work.
Advertising listing offers ownership of half acres and larger near town with clear title. Printer sells town lots, acre tracts, and alfalfa land at low prices and guarantees pure water from shallow wells for all uses. No-string title available.
Dr. Chas E Stauter has spent two weeks in Otis and will establish a permanent Barstow office. He plans to visit surrounding towns and offers guarantees on all dental work after five years of practice in Los Angeles.
OrcHarp Drivevelopment Co offers sinking wells installing engines and pumps clearing fencing and planting land in orchard tracts. Orchards renovated and cared for on easy terms. Prices for pruning and spraying on application. Located at 11 Victorville, California.
Frank Riggs ships ore from his Riggs mine to Murray smelter with some lots fetching as high as 1.25 per pound. Cronese Lake residents Hendry and Marks pursue homesteads and wells. Water tests show good drinking and irrigation quality. rain raises river levels and desert prospects improve.
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