Case Decided in Favor of Original Locator in Randsburg
The California Supreme Court ruled in favor of the original locator after ten years of litigation in the Iron Chief Mining Company case. It affirmed that an original locator who abandoned a claim could relocate and title by law. The decision impacts mining prospector and locator interests as Randsburg profits and equitable settlements weigh against wealth. Local notes report boosters and community events alongside mining updates and upcoming mail service.
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Jan
Wrays
Angelgm
State Supreme Court
Iron Chief Mining Company
Supreme Court
Orlando Rohn
Los Angeles City
Tron Chief Mining Company
Rohn
California
Supreme Court of
Rocky Mountain
Desert
Wild Wooly West
Goodrich & Markinson
Alfred H. McAdoo
Popular Young People Principals Home Wedding
Ruth Elizabeth Compton and Joseph Barr Mulcahy were wed at the Compton home in Barstow California with Rev M K Stone officiating. The ceremony occurred August 26 1921 attended only by relatives. The couple planned a honeymoon to San Bernardino Pasadena Los Angeles and Bear Valley before settling in Williams Addition Barstow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Clyde Compton
Barstow
Cal
Ruth Elizabeth Compton
Joseph Barr Mulcahy
Daggett
M. K. Stone
Methodist Church of
Victorville
Calif
Compton
Santa Fe R. A
San Bernardino
Pasadena
Los Angeles
Bear Valley
Williams Addition
Mrs Ola Bamp Arrives From Arizona to Visit Grandmother
Mrs Ola Bamp and her infant arrived from Arizona yesterday to visit at the home of her grandmother Mrs Richardson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ola Bamp
Baby
Arizona
Mrs. Richardson
Chief Special Officer McMillan Fatally Shot by Negro
Barstow witnessed a fatal shooting as Thomas McMillan chief special officer for Santa Fe R R Ariz division died after being shot by a black man near the depot. A witness said McMillan ordered three men from train 22 and one suspect shot him after an exchange. deputies later captured two other men confessing the shooter was hiding nearby. The coroner ruled death caused by a gunshot wound to the left side. Suspects Woodson 21 Jones 19 Lett 20 await San Bernardino deputies at Daggett jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Osdick
Los Angeles
Sea Side
Emmett Spencer
Randsburg
South Main Street
Clyde Rupfel
Clyde
John W. Kelly
Bakersfield
Wil
Johannesburg
Mark M. Alderson
Oatman, Ariz
Coyote Harry
J. C. Alderson
Oatman
Mojave
Searles Forest
Santa Fe R. R
Hampton
St. Charles
Thomas McMillan
Santa Fe R. R. Ariz
McMillan
Mac
Jack Hughes
W. R White
Officer Smithson
T. O. Carter
Fred Williams
L. E. Tiernan
Daggett
Old Mountain Road
Walker
Starnacle
San Bernardino
Barstow
William H. Woodson
Woodson
Garfield Jones
Jesse Lett
Wages Cut Yet Rail Men Find War Prices Persist
Last year it was argued that wage cuts would precede cost reductions. Rail workers report cuts of up to 40 dollars monthly under McAdoo's administration. Yet dining house patrons claim food costs remain steep, dubbing Fred Harvey a profiteer figure amid high wartime prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MccAdoo
Fred Harvey
Town Topics Hit Barstow Life And Local Moves
Barstow notes report Byron Hill heads to California Institute of Technology for sophomore year. Several residents return from trips to Los Angeles San Francisco and Del Mar while others sell or acquire property. A Needles windstorm damages hospital and trees. Bear Valley reports a rare snow. Baseball game set between Victorville and Barstow. Community gatherings include Kansas association picnic in Los Angeles and church services in Hinkley and Barstow.
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Kansas
Kansas Association of Southern California
Sycamore Grove Park
Los Angeles
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Inyo-Kern
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Schmidt
Hatch
Grandma Schmidt
John W. Killy
Edith Coons
Coyote
E. L. Blanck
Shorty Harris
Shorty
Angeles
Oarmen
Mina
Nev
Negro
Mable
Elizabeth Hill
University of California
Byron Hill
California Institute of Technology At
Byron
Charles Brass, Jr
Dillingham Building
del Mar
Harris
Bridgman
St. Joseph
Mich
Clarence Pelton
Stanfield
Meleta Thompson
Ralph Haan
Phenix
Parker
Phoenix
L. A
Helen Jones
San Francisco
Mrs. I. E. Tiernan
Gilham
Nancy
H. R. Baily
J. L. Chambers
J. O. White
J. L. Chamber
C. E. Iveson
J. Upton
Roth
K. Joe Rankin
Oroville
George Leahy
George
Needles
Frank Roach
Oklahoma City
Okla
Paxton
Barstow High School
Radondo Beach
Thomas
Alhambra
W. E. Thompson
Standard Oil Company
Ludlow
W. R. White
Mrs. W. W. Bagby
B. F. Gauldins
Yist
Hinkley Road
United States Bureau of Mines
Baldwin Lake
Victorvilles
Barstows
Barstow Lneup
McGeorge
Santa Fe Hospital
H. W. Lingenfelter
James
Long Beach
Lingenfelter
T. P. Snodgrass
Alice Brady
Flocades
Victory Theatre
E. C. Wallen
Antone Peders
Hinkley
Free Methodist Church
Berstow
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