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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1931
Page
4
A Barstow Mexican mother supports her nine children by selling tamales after her husband loses railroad work. Her seventh grade daughter goes door to door after school to sell them, illustrating courage amid hard times.
Trustees with the County School Superintendent issue the public bus timetable. Pickups start at 7 40 a m from the east end and Cliff House vicinity, then at 8 40 a m from Newberry neighborhood nearest junction of the school house with highways 66 and 91. Locals welcome home Mr and Mrs D B Green and children from Nebraska. Perry Clinkenbeard recovers and returns to ranch. Desert Rest station proprietors James Spencer move to Los Angeles. Leased by Harold Weaver, connected to Van Nuys Cass. Walter Dowling hosts Nelson party at Nelson homestead six miles east. Mrs C E Burckhartt and Mrs Kathryn McCoy return from San Bernardino trip.
The piece recounts jobless men like Dan and Goff displaced by a business downturn. Dan, with a wife and baby, traveled the northern route to California seeking work, last employed in Los Angeles for eight days. He sent wages home while returning homeward in search of steady employment as hundreds pass through Barstow seeking jobs.
Darrel Crone seeks dairy fertilizer and treated hay for fertilizing. Request specifies quantity. Address 3000 Riverside Drive Los Angeles City.
R L Teague returned home Saturday from the Los Angeles Santa Fe hospital where he had been since August 18. Teague said he was much better after suffering with varicose veins. J T McMullen grew ill Wednesday and is under care of Dr John Graham.
On a busy Wednesday at the New York Stock Exchange shares rose for the first time in months as news of the $2.60 quarterly dividend on Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe common stock boosted sentiment. The payout, payable Dec 1 to shareholders of record Oct 30, surprised some after railroad earnings declines reduced prior expectations. The dividend sparked a brighter outlook despite a slump in Santa Fe stock.
A new standard Ford coupe was delivered Tuesday to Will Vary at Kramer.
An industrial figure, buoyed by a rising silver market, sought 100000 for an old silver prospect before the government began issuing small silver changes. The remark reflects investor enthusiasm and value assessment of precious metal assets amid market optimism.
Pat Zanini, pioneer rancher, reports many Indian signs in Black Canyon twelve miles north of Hinkley. He describes six red sheep marks with directions pointing to water and food sources. Curio seekers may find Black Canyon an interesting study.
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