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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1923
Page
7
A readably legible classified section lists for sale items such as dairy hay gas engines and a Ford delivery with overhauled motor, a 100 gallon galvanized water tank, and a 60 egg incubator. Also promotes RAT-SNAP rat poison with household safe cakes and local distributors. Includes mining prospectors notices and a two room rental offer with dugout.
Under the new gasoline tax law automobiles owned by the state pay 2 cents per gallon, diverting funds between pockets as road upkeep is paid during transfer. California boasts LeConte Hall, a premier UC physics laboratory praised for design and economy.
The reclamation board rejected all offers after a new report on the Sutter county Poodle creek drain age canal showed a 45000 cubic yard grading reduction. Bids already examined show a 38 cent per cubic yard difference with the lowest at 22 cents. The revised plan requires moving 17000 cubic yards. The state compensation insurance fund reports a 24 percent rise in business for the year, ranking seventh among over 100 U.S. insurers despite operating only in California.
Reported in September eighteen infantile paralysis cases and twenty three in August prompt emphasis on complete reporting and strict case inspection. A North Berkeley fire left 1,183 University of California affiliates burn affected, of which 1,042 were students and 55 professors. Southern California Gas seeks bonds totaling 2.5 million to fund capital needs including a 10 million cubic foot gas holder. State civil service invites applications for engineering and architectural posts. California's share of federal timber and grazing receipts totals 318,339 dollars, deposited in the state treasury. Fifteen thousand acres of Shasta county school lands go to public auction October 30, with 10 percent cash and six percent interest on the balance. Gasoline tax revenues are restricted to highway repair and maintenance, with counties allowed limited new construction.
The governor sanctioned the extradition of J. H. Spencer who fled to Ely Nevada and is now held in Kings county jail awaiting transfer on a grand larceny charge.
A consumer guide explains curtain fabrics and weaves to avoid overpaying. It contrasts scrim, voile, grenadine, and marquisette, detailing pull tests and surface checks to distinguish nets from woven fabrics and to determine value and longevity.
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