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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1930
Page
5
The Waterman silo overflows with pima corn this season as Mr. Manson backs the crop for Mojave river valley. A large herd of blooded cattle adds to the valley’s agricultural activity and optimism for the year.
Frank Orr shipped two carloads of silver and lead to the smelter from his Imperial Lode Mine three miles south of Lavie on the Santa Fe line and reported further development at the Barstow Mining Bureau. The 1880 mine has had shipments at various times, with silver and lead notes tied to government money needs. The piece links gold scarcity in California to broader economic strains and political rhetoric including Bryan.
Forty years ago in Australia miners followed ancient river channels for gold in the Coolgardie Barstow district. The government built a railroad and an aqueduct to Calgoorlie and Coolgardie, enabling development in a dry region where underground water was salt. The effort resembles the Boulder Dam project with the United States backing it.
The passage notes water and gold are abundant, implying a period of real development may be at hand. It links demonetization of silver and surface gold exhaustion to a need for deeper mining or restoring silver as money standard.
A party seeks to secure a phosphate deposit to manufacture super phosphate for fertilizer by the sulfuric acid process. Desired ore should be 65 to 75 percent phosphate of lime with under 4 percent alumina and iron. They plan to take about 5000 tons in the first year, assuming railroad transport costs remain reasonable.
Grier and Doran of San Bernardino county announce plans to seek support for Amendment 21 the tax reimbursement proposal. They will travel to Sacramento and San Francisco to urge the California Chamber of Commerce to back the amendment ahead of the November general election.
Supervisor Grier announced plans to push his county campaign through November 4 for Amendment 21. He called the measure vital for taxpayers and a factor in tax reduction. The amendment would authorize state lawmakers to provide reimbursement to the county for losses from withdrawal of public utilities properties from local taxation, amount TBD.
Mrs. T F McCue hosted a luncheon and bridge party at Elk's Clubhouse and later at her home to honor sister Mrs. Gertrude Benedict ahead of her upcoming marriage to George Mariett. Prizes went to Aubrey Lyon, Albert Craig, and Elizabeth Samson. many friends from Los Angeles, Glendale, Pasadena and Redondo attended.
An editorial argues that the sole productive asset of a penal institution is inmate labor. It urges the California legislature to provide useful employment for prisoners at San Quentin and Folsom, avoiding competition with free labor or private industry, to improve inmate well being and reduce social and economic losses from imprisonment.
George W. Hezzlewood, superintendent of Consolidated Cortez Mines, is in the city on Silver Survey of New York City business. Backed by John F. Coleman, this publication aims to educate farmers, manufacturers, bankers, and professionals about silver, edited by Randolph P. Mills. Copies available by writing to Mills, suite 1216, 60 New Street, New York.
A marriage license was issued this week in Las Vegas Nevada to Nelson W. Carlile 41 of Kramer California and Ivy Gardner 35 of Selma California.
California motorists pay less for registration than most states. A state division of motor vehicles report found no state with a $3 flat fee for passenger vehicles, while other states use horsepower ratings or flat fees ranging from $8.80 to $30 or $40 for larger vehicles.
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