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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1910
Page
2
The Mining Congress meeting in Los Angeles this September plans to aid California oil men by revising laws on oil lands. The recommendations target genuine explorers and weed out non-developers who never drill or develop resources.
Hinkley reports a new freight platform at the station as a much needed convenience. O. N Poling and Mrs S H Young and mother have gone to Phillipsburg Kansas. Mr Poling will stay in Kansas while Mrs Young returns in about six weeks. Hinkleyites seek county division and better roads to Barstow. Two wells on the Plotner and Kurtz property drilled by Yeary and Son are expected to yield 150 inches of water each. One well is 246 feet and the other 188 feet deep with water shale at 90 feet throughout.
Arrangements are underway to start the local smelter within a short time after a year of idle operation since its hammer sale. Senator Dana oversees quarries and takes a scheduled vacation this week. Local social notes mention Miss Bennett and Miss Popendick with H. Warren visiting Victor, while Mrs. Bennett prepares to teach again and tends a fruit ranch and alfafa hay crops. J. C. Boren is constructing a new cottage and C. A. Davidson returns from a flying trip to town.
Salt Lake reports freight revenues up five percent from the same period last year as business rebounds after resuming operations. A new American Express transcontinental passenger train debuts, and $6,000,000 contracts for a new high line mark expansion. Fred C. Fox named general manager of western lines, effective October 1.
Local honey experts predict season yield at about 40 percent of long term average. Projected total to range between 50 and 60 tons for the Valley. Condition consistent across irrigated sections, but the cause remains unknown.
Mrs Mary Brown of Oro Grande rests in Victorville at the Turner House after summering in Denver. Mrs Sibley of Denver visits brother Geo Sibley of Rancho Verde. Mrs Harvey Shaw of Long Beach visits her son Wm Ray Shaw of Apple Valley. John Talmadge family return from mountain vacation. Joe Smale of Redondo visits the Shaw bungalow in Apple Valley. Hugh T Woods reports plentiful water on his west town ranch. A McGradey travels to new placer diggings ten miles from Rose. Foster Moore returns to Rancho Verde after two weeks away. Blue Tharp heads to San Bernardino with cattle shipped by Rancho Verde. Mr and Mrs E E Richardson home after summering at Balboa.
A syndicate of eastern men has acquired the Rose mine and plans a large scale development. The purchase is said to be around $500,000. Dr. Fuller of Pasadena heads a team scouting the property before operations begin.
Hay for sale in Victorville California August 17 1910. Five hundred tons of first class alfalfa hay must be sold at once. Load in car lots at 12.00 dollars per ton. Get your agent to give the new rate. Turner and Son Victorville Cal.
Notice from F M Elliott of Hesperia California invites merchants to arrange daily or weekly shipments of apples and grapes. Fresh fruits shipped daily from the ranch with prompt correspondence encouraged.
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