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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1930
Page
5
T G Nicklin reports on Gold Belt Mining Co in Barstow with 20 workers and 20 visitors at dinner. shaft 228 ft tunnel 2,400 ft, 170hp electric powered plant, ore valued around 15 per ton, capital 250000, W LePountaine as GM. Also notes water gauges on Mojave River bridge and local vote turnout and silver speculation.
The article notes gold’s decline and silver’s need to circulate again. It cites fading Mother Lode and other gold properties, with gold diverted to watches and jewelry. It claims few real gold mines remain in the United States and forecasts a new silver measure likely at the next Congressional session.
Fifteen miles south of Barstow, toward the Gold Belt Mine, Stoddard Well area shows water flow decline with two of three shade trees cut, once a cattle herd cared for by pioneer Starnacle and a settler murdered for goods. Good water at Stoddards Well if protected. Wires around the lone tree threaten it. An excellent Boy Scout camp exists 15 miles south on good road.
Henderson and Nicklin of Barstow advertise farm and garden lands near Newberry for sale at twelve dollars and fifty cents per acre for an entire section with ample water in the area.
J Coffey of Barstow won the flat iron prize in the Victorville Fair event presented by Southern Sierras Power. The contest drew local residents to the fairgrounds where exhibitors featured regional goods and entertainment.
The piece argues against Proposition No 26 blue laws in California, claiming it criminalizes lawful Sunday labor and harms various trades. It cites Justice Henshaw’s 1895 ruling to emphasize liberty over restraint and warns that the measure affects stores, trades, and home chores, urging that one day of rest should not become a legal constraint.
Mrs. P. J. Osdick muses on a red blooded American leader entering Washington D C with a passion for America and its people, akin to Mussolini’s influence in Italy, expressing a hopeful vision for national leadership.
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