Santa Fe Opens Longest Double Track Across Southwest
The Santa Fe Coast Lines complete 350 miles of double tracking from Los Angeles to Chicago, excluding 120 miles near Winslow and Gallup. The $30,000,000 project adds 60 miles of new line near Laguna and 45 miles in the San Bernardino range, with final completion planned for 1925. Plans for further double tracking in Southern California, including 24 miles Los Angeles to Fullerton and 10 miles San Bernardino to Riverside, are announced without cost estimates.
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San Bernardino Mountains
Hicks
Barstow
Vacinity
Laguna
New Mexico
Santa Fe Coast Lines
America
Los Angeles
Chicago
Winslow
Ariz
Gallup
N. Mex
R. B. Ball
California
Fullerton
San Bernardino
Riverside
Barstow Prepares For Big Friday Night Dance
Barstow residents and visitors from Victorville plan to attend an eight piece orchestra at Barstow auditorium this Friday night promising the best music and largest crowd yet. The hardwood floor is in excellent condition for dancing and the event draws guests from nearby towns. The following Friday October 31 the Antlers Club hosts a masquerade ball.
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Barstow
Victorville
Antlers
Santa Fe to Erect $700,000 Shops Unit in San Bernardino
The Santa Fe announces immediate erection of two ad ditional shop units at its San Bernardino facility at a cost of 700000. The contract goes to Robert E McKee of San Diego. The addition includes a 164 by 673 feet boilershop rising 45 feet, built in steel and reinforced concrete as part of a 1250000 yearly shop improvements and a 3000000 extension program at the location.
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Santa Fe
San Bernardino
General Offce
Los Angeles
Robert E McKee
San Diego
Record potato yield set in San Joaquin Delta field
The San Joaquin Delta in the Rindge tract below Stockton produced 57,752.75 pounds of Burbank potatoes on a measured acre, surpassing Britain's 53,760 pounds and the U S records of 692 bushels in Nevada and 700 in Maine, marking a world leading harvest for a single acre.
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San Joaquin Delta
Atlantic
Great Britain
Stockton
Burbank
Nevada
Maine
Baby Maxine Henderson Born in Dr Anderson Residence
Mr and Mrs George Henderson welcome daughter Maxine born Tuesday October 21 at the Dr Anderson residence. The eight pound girl joins grandparents Lubin J Henderson in Barstow and Margaret Henderson as great grandmother, with W A Crawford in Portland as the maternal grandfather. A wide circle of friends joins in the joy.
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George Henderson
Dr. Anderson
Maxine
Lubin J. Henderson
Barstow
Margaret Henderson
W. A. Crawford
Portland
Oregon
Yermo News Highlights Local Travel And Developments
Mr and Mrs Archibald are away with Archibald on leave awaiting an operation. D D Connell buys a Ford with balloon tires and drove to Victorville Sunday. Mrs Morris visits Los Angeles for a rooming house. Mr and Mrs Jack Long and son Arthur went to Victorville rodeo and fair. Mr Ely and Mrs Ely visit with Mr and Mrs Bob Greer. sisters Mrs Ely and Mrs Greer. Lucian Bell, Yerma’s Clean Store proprietor, visited Victorville. Goodfellows Cafe in Yermo, run by Mr and Mrs Cannon, leads local restaurant business due to home cooked meals. Barstow residents travel for Sunday chicken dinners. Union Pacific Round House 125 foot turntable completed and in use. Yer mo division sees heavy investment. New water mains from the tank to the roundhouse, Second Street piped, pipes to new townsite on northwest. Stock yards remodeled with concrete troughs. yards drained and graveled. Fifteen Yerma and Daggett families ordered Christmas ecards from the Printer. attractive samples on display.
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Jack Long
Arttur
Victorville
Ely
Los Angeles
Bob Greer
Mrs. Greer
Hester
Lucian Bell
Yerma
Goodfellows Cafe
Ln Yermo
Cannon
Advertising Pays Dentist Doctors Open in Melrose Hotel
Dr. C. FE. Meagher and L. Seaver, two local dentists who opened offices in the Melrose Hotel last week, are drawing patient flow from neighboring towns after their notice in the Printer. With a 2,000 person district, a Barstow dentist offering satisfactory service stays busy.
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C. FE. Meagher
L. Seaver
Melrose Hotel
Barstow
Barstow Cafe Ad Highlights New Reopen and Chicken Dinner
Felix Piltz opened the Barstow Cafe on Tuesday and reports strong customer turnout, crediting advertising in the Printer. The cafe has been repainted and stocked with new meal tickets and menus. He promotes a special chicken dinner this Sunday.
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Felix Piltz
Barstow
Personal Items Picked Up About Town
Mrs A Bureh entertained a bridge party Sunday night while Miss Madge Henderson traveled to Los Angeles and back. Mr and Mrs Clyde Orr returned from San Bernardino, and J J Murphy on a Bakersfield business trip stopped in town. A daughter named Maxine was born October 21 to Mr and Mrs George Henderson. Charles Whitney and R L Teague hosted guests, with Billy Stein and Lucian Bell visiting Victorville for the fair and rodeo.
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Clyde Orr
San Bernardino
J. J. Murphy
Bakersfield
North 21
Mrs Lillian Jones Returns From San Bernardino Care
Mrs Lillian Jones arrives home Friday after visiting her son Herman who remains under medical care in San Bernardino.
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Lillian Jones
San Bernardino
Herman
Charles Brass Sr Is Critically Ill In Los Angeles
Friends report Charles Brass Sr is critically ill at his home in Los Angeles. The illness is serious and his condition is being watched closely by family and physicians.
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Charles Brass, Sr
Los Angeles
Local residents visit Victorville Rodeo and Barstow
Mr and Mrs Reece Dillingham traveled to Victorville Sunday for the rodeo. M Mulcahy, Daggett mining man, was a Barstow visitor Monday calling at his son Joe Mulswhy's home.
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M Mulcahy
Daggett
Barstow
Joe Mul Swhy
Miss Kelly Spends Weekend With Sister in Whittier
Commercial teacher at the high school spent Saturday and Sunday with her sister residing in Whittier, according to unconfirmed social notes from local sources.
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Kelly
N Whittier
Mrs Harry Voisey and Daughter Return From Riverside Visit
Mrs Harry Voisey and her little daughter came back Saturday night after a visit in Riverside and San Bernardino.
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Harry Voisey i
Riverside
San Bernardino
Mrs. Chambers Family Visits In Anaheim
Mrs John Chambers and daughter Mary Ellen and son Billy visited with Mr Chambers mother and father Sunday in Anaheim.
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John Chambers
Mary Ellen
Billy
Mr. Chambers
Sunday
Anaheim
Griffiths buy Chevrolet to visit son in Bakersfield
Mr and Mrs EB O Griffith purchase a new Chevrolet and plan a weekend trip to Bakersfield to see their son Ruben and his wife. Mrs Fliniken and children joined Barstow visitors in Victorville for a large show staged by Victorville residents.
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EB. O. Griffith
Bakersfield
Ruben
Mrs Reece Dillingham and Mrs George Deskins Travel to Cities
Mrs Reece Dillingham and Mrs George Deskins motored to San Bernardino on Wednesday for a day trip and plan to drive on to Los Angeles afterward.
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Reece Dillingham
George Deskins
San Bernardino
Los Angeles
Santa Fe Operator Buys New Dodge Coupe At Barstow
Santa Fe telegraph operator Leich died at Helendale, and the Barstow Garage delivered a new Dodge coupe on Sunday, with Mr. Schmitt in attendance.
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Santa Fe
Leichfus
Helendale
Barstow
Schmitt
Mrs Hargis Returns From Signal Mountain Visit
Mrs W G Hargis returned this week from Signal Mountain Tennessee where she visited her mother for several weeks. Her mother is past ninety years old.
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W. G. Hargis
Signal Mountain
Tenn
Ninty
Mr and Mrs H W Taylor Enjoy Weeklong Los Angeles Outing
Mr and Mrs H W Taylor with Mrs Robert M Campbell traveled to Los Angeles for a week of leisure and returned to Daggett last Friday.
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H. W. Taylor
Robert M. Campbell
Los Angeles
Daggett
Haggett School Students Make Rapid Progress
The Haggett school children under Miss Viola Shea from San Francisco show rapid progress this term with seventeen pupils eight girls and nine boys across grades one five eight six and seven. A public and a school library exist in the schoolhouse with Mrs. Bell in charge.
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Haggett
Haggett School
Viola GeneLt
Shea
Daggette
Miss Shea
San Francisco
Barstow Union High School
Congregational Notes Highlight Early Sunday School Year
October marks the start of the new Sunday school year with promotions to higher grades and certificates signed by the Pastor, Superintendent, and teacher. A vacation attendance picnic was held on the ball grounds near the high school, and the Christian Endeavor Society plans practical church work. The regular service featured a fine sermon and expanded choir, with the orchestra to be a regular evening feature. Men organized at the parsonage for further church work as women press ahead with activities.
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Barstow
Burton Leak
Brass trio heads to Los Angeles as elder Brass nears end
Charley Brass Jr and Mrs. Margaret Henderson depart Thursday morning to join Chas Brass Sr in Los Angeles where he is not expected to live.
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Charley Brass, Jr
Margaret Henderson
Los Angeles
Chas. Brass, Sr
Kinsey Taken To Hospital After Surgery
C. E. Kinsey was taken to Ramona hospital in San Bernardino Sunday and Tuesday was operated upon. Mrs. Kinsey and daughter returned to Barstow today. The Kinsey family recently moved here from Long Beach with Mr Kinsey employed at the City Meat Market.
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C. E. Kinsey
Ramona Hospital
San Bernardino
New Road Signs Placed Across Desert Route
Auto Club of Southern California posts new desert road signs from Atolia to Haws and replaces old signs along routes including San Bernardino to Randsburg Adelanto Searles and Barstow Death Valley Junction Daggett Yermo. The project is led by E L Johnson and Taylor. The note urges travelers not to shoot at signs or harm them.
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Auto Club of
California
Desert
E. L. Johnson
Taylor
Atolia
Haws
San Bernardino
Randsburg
Adelanto
Searles
Balaratt
Kramer
Barstow
Death Valley Junction
Daggett
Yermo
Minneola Social News Highlights From Victorville Event
Minneola district residents sent a strong showing to the Victorville fair and rodeo on Sunday. Plans are set for a Halloween program October 31 with all invited. A Taylor ranch club dance drew a large crowd Saturday evening. E L Hopkins and son Dr C E Hopkins of Los Angeles visited M A Webber's family. The Hopkins family homesteaded nearby and remain optimistic about the valley. A LA party from Los Angeles hunted and enjoyed desert recreation before returning home Sunday. The Silver Valley Club booked the H P Jordan house as headquarters for a dance on Saturday night November 1 and every two weeks thereafter, located two houses east of Minneola siding.
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Victorville
Taylor Ranch
E. L. Hopkins
C. E. Hopkins
Los Angeles
M. A. Webbers
Antlers Club Hostess Notes and Prize Winners
Mrs. Paul Sullivan hosted the Antler Club gathering on Wednesday night with a small turnout. Word of the memorable potato salad and generous servings spread, and guests who did not attend may regret missing the party prizes. Miss Cloony attended. Mrs. Floyd Marvin Ralph Haan and S. Pearce won the favors.
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Paul Sullivan
Antler Club
Miss Cloony
Floyd Marvin
Ralph Haan
S. Pearce
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Trafic
Henderson
Yermo News
A. Bureh
Party of Friends
Bridge
Dame
A. Craig
Craig
Madge Henderson
Mrs
Chas. Whitney
R. L. Teague
Billy Stein
San Dimas
Dillingham
Daggett- Newberry-Vermo
Silver Valley
G. B. Hellerman
Hellerman
Butcher
Minneola
Entertains
Antlers Club
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