National Old Trail highway needs urgent construction ahead of schedule
Readers note that California’s federal aid highway plan includes 7 percent federal aid for 240 miles of the National Old Trail from San Bernardino to Needles via Barstow. Despite reports of bids for Barstow work, no advertisements have yet been issued. The piece urges faster progress and highlights the Needles Barstow segment as a heavily traveled interstate road now reduced to a wheel rut across desert.
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California
Shasta County
Helendale
Barstow
Daggett
California Highway Commission
San Bernardno
Needles
The
Highway Commission
Needles- Barstow
Riparian Owners Meeting and Silver Valley Events in Minneola
Minneola News notes a Riparian Owners Association meeting at Fairview Schoolhouse on Saturday evening September 27 under Silver Valley Club auspices, with prominent speakers on water rights. Also announced is the Silver Valley Club dance at H. P. Jordan’s new home on the highway September 20, a baseball game at Ludlow, and a San Bernardino building project in the southeast corner of Fifth and E Streets costing 428000.
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Riparian Owners’ Association
Fairview
Silver Valley Club
H. P. Jordan
Minneola
Silver Valley
Ludlow
H. J. Taylor
Los Angeles
San Bernardino
Fifth and
E Streets
Barstow Merchant Returns From Glasgow Trip
George Brown a retired Barstow merchant returned last Monday to Barstow after spending the summer in his former home in Glasgow Scotland. Last March Mr Brown closed his business in Barstow after a residence of 28 years on the desert and started on his trip across the Atlantic.
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George Brown
Barstow
Glasgow
Scotland
Brown
Desert
Atlantic
Newberry News Updates From Old Timer Column
Mrs Arthur Osborn and family return from Los Angeles after months away. Jonas of Los Angeles visits husband and son at the Jonas ranch. Residents travel to Barstow to see The Covered Wagon, aided by Barstow Printer ad. Mart Webber of Minneola injures hand in ball game then is kicked by a horse. Rain hits, alfalfa damaged, his flivver ran away. Straw vote: Coolidge 2, Davis 2, La Follette 88. Silver Valley Club bans ragtime dancing and hootch. a bouncer will eject violators. Dutch Dorrance of Wild Women Ranch improves after illness. Dance at Burden Ranch draws large crowds from Yerma Daggett Minneola. Plans discussed for building at a central point to serve Yerma Daggett Minneola Newberry traffic. Al Melon of Bonnie Brae in town. daughter Bessie visiting in Los Angeles. Residents attend dances in Yermo enjoying a dandy time. Wing Hanhan of 3-Dam Beach arranging alfalfa shipments. reports five bumper crops. Mrs George Golden of Daggett visits Mrs C B McCoy of Newberry. Neat Henderson family reports stock doing well in dry year. Foreman Jack Wittenhall of Santa Fe on company business. welcome his smile. Grandpa McCoy seeks the man who asked if Mrs McCoy is his daughter. Mrs Ma Webber of Minneola visits for sights and cool air. Cliff Barnes ill in Claremont. Chas H Kilborn, Santa Fe agent at Newberry for years, now in real estate in Manhattan Cal.
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Barstow
Mart Webber
Minneola
Mart
Newberry
Coolidge
Davis
la F
Yerma
Daggett
Yerma Daggett
al Melon
Bonnie Brea Ranch
Bessie
Los Angeles
Yermo
I Wing Hanhan
George Golden
C. B. McCoy
Neat Henderson
Cliff” Barnes
Claremont
Chas. H. Kilborn
Santa Fe
Manhatten
Cal
Charles Whitney Marries Detroit Girl
A marriage license was issued in San Bernardino on Monday to Charles FE Whitney, 18, of Michigan, residence Barstow, and Bernardine S Chapoto, 18, of Detroit, Michigan. Whitney is son of L P Whitney of the Barstow Garage and recently returned to Barstow from Detroit after graduating high school there.
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San Bernardino
Charles FE. Whitney
Michigan
Barstow
Bernardine S. Chapoto
Detroit
Young Whitney
L. P. Whitney
Charles
California Marks 74th Statehood Anniversary
California celebrated the 74th anniversary of statehood on Tuesday September 9. The state was admitted to the Union on September 9 1850, reflecting a milestone noted in local observances and historical records.
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California
Mrs Melton Leaves for San Bernardino to Be With Sister
Mrs W H Melton departed this week for San Bernardino to be with her sister Mrs Fenton who is reported in ill health.
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W. H. Melton
San Bernardino
Fenton
Personal Items Picked Up About Town
Local notes show C H Wall enjoying a week’s vacation in Los Angeles and Mrs F W Bauer spending a few days in Barstow with her husband. Fr K Lobaugh ill in Santa Fe hospital Los Angeles. Mrs May Wren visiting relatives in Los Angeles. Nels Anderson in Barstow this week, HQ in Nevada and Arizona. Barstow Garage ordered a Dodge car for a Needles party. Mrs A Gilham and daughter Nancy in Los Angeles while Gilham buys fall and winter stock. E E Adams of Los Angeles seeks mining property near old Crack a Jack mines. Albert Fonreon off duty at Barstow Garage due to wife’s illness in San Bernardino hospital. Messrs Sullivan and Stanton, highway engineers, visit Barstow inspecting National Old Trail.
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Albert Fonreon
Barstow
San Bernardino Hospital
Mrs Aragon Family Return From Belen NM Trip
Mrs Aragon and family came back Monday night from two months in Belen New Mexico where they resided. Mr Aragon works on the rip track as an employee.
Miss Eva May Able Returns Home From Visit
Miss Eva May Able has finished visiting her aunt Mrs. J A Evans and returned Saturday to Sawtelle to resume her school studies.
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Eva May Able
J. A. Evans
Sawtelle
Mrs. J. R. Waters Returns From Missouri Visit
Mrs J R Waters wife of a Santa Fe lineman and her young daughter Aves and son Robert recently returned from a pleasant trip visiting relatives in Missouri.
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J. R. Waters
Santa Fe Lineman
Aves
Robert
Missouri
Republicans Form First District Committee In San Bernardino
I E Richardson and Trent Penland, Republican committeemen from the first district, met in San Bernardino with other county committeemen to organize their group yesterday.
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I. E. Richardson
Trent Penland
San Bernardino
Judge Henderson Oversees Marriage of Sturnacle and Johnson
On Monday Judge Henderson waited in marriage Miss Henrietta Sturnacle age 18 daughter of John Sturnacle of Barstow and Allen Johnson of Whittier. The ceremony united the Barstow and Whittier connections in a small local wedding.
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Henderson
Henrietta Sturnacle
Allen Johnson
Whittier
Miss Sturnacle
John Sturnacle
Barstow
Pratt announces birth of twins weighing eight pounds
Dr. A C Pratt reports the arrival of a girl and a boy each weighing eight pounds. The girl is born to Mr and Mrs Jenkins in Winkley and the boy to Mr and Mrs Halstead in Hinkley.
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A. C. Pratt
Desert road opening praised by Harper Lake group
Harper Lake Improvement Association signed by president H. F. Speaker and secretary H. J. Rick thanks Supervisor Crain for a desert road that trims travel to Victorville and San Bernardino by 10 miles. The letter notes hospitality from local residents and family connections among Barstow visitors from Marissa Illinois and Glendale California.
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Harper Lake
Barstow
Registration at High School for Opening Monday
The high school will open on Monday September 15 with a new faculty led by Miss Paxton as principal and E A Farrington Miss Helseth Miss Kelly G A Crain and Miss Pfay. Teachers bring strong recommendations and plans include shorthand grammar music piano and potential orchestra.
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Miss Paxton
E. A. Farrington
Helseth
Kelly
G. A. Crain
Pfay
Crain
South America
Pfau
State Department of Education
Farrington
Ketelsen
Ireland
Fresno
Knapp
Miss Mills
Presto
South Dakota
California
Portland
Seattle
Barstow Visitors Head to Chicago via Santa Fe Train
Mr and Mrs W I Baughman and their two children from Los Angeles, formerly of Barstow, will travel through Barstow Sunday on Santa Fe No 2 bound for Chicago to visit. Mr Baughman once worked as a Santa Fe clerk while living in Barstow.
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Mirs. W. I. Baughman
Los Angeles
Barstow
Chicago
Mr. Baughman
The
Santa Fe
Onion brings 18 inch circumference at Printer office
Jimmie Upton brought a sweet Spanish onion to the Printer office this week. It measured 18 inches in circumference. Several onions on his place weighed from 2 1/2 to 3 pounds each. George Cunningham and family moved into Los Angeles Saturday returning this week with Master Eugene who will reside in the future with his parents in Barstow.
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Jimmie Upton
George Cunningham
Los Angeles
Eugene
Barstow
Kl Klux Klan Talk in School Auditorium
A Redlands Kleagle spoke at Barstow grammar school about the Ku Klux Klan on Wednesday evening. He defended the order as American and law-abiding, announced a nationwide membership of about six hundred thousand, and noted 73 attendees with ten dollar applications for membership. He endorsed Judge Olney for Superior Court, calling him the lesser of three evils.
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Kl Klux Klan
Redlands
Barstow Grammar School
Order
United States
San Bernardino
Barstow
Olney
Does the Klan Work for OK Against Local Interests
A speaker argues the Klu Klux Klan is an American-focused group aimed at strengthening communities through local patronage and better schools. The local Klan, claiming fifty members, allegedly violates these principles by commissioning out‑of‑town printers for meeting flyers, prompting questions about their motives.
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KLAN
Klu Klux Klan
Birthday Party Honors F W Hunt by Club Members
A birthday celebration for F. W. Hunt was hosted by Mrs. Olive Waters and Mrs. May Wiren for the Club at the Slaton home. Music and dancing followed by refreshments. W. R. White presented a token gift on behalf of the club. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Waters, Mr. and Mrs. Lemon, Mrs. Slaton, Mrs. Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. Bauer, Miss Waters, Miss Hunt, and others. The party extended into the night and a future gathering on the Bauer lawn was planned with cake, coffee, and sandwiches.
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F. W. Hunt
Olive Waters
May Wiren
Slaton
Fred Bauer
May Wren
Ruth
W. R. White
West
Conard
Claud Green
Mrs
Daggett Postmistress Resigns After Six Years
The U S Civil Service Commission schedules an October 4 examination at Daggett to fill a vacancy. The Daggett postmaster earned 817 last fiscal year. Mrs L B Sweatman, who managed the post office for six years, has submitted her resignation and sold property to Geo B Hellmerman. She seeks to travel after leaving the desert.
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
Daggett
LB. Sweatman
Geo. B. Hellmerman
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Federal Aid
Minneola News
Riparian Owners Meeting
Newberry News
Arthur Osborn
Jonas
Jonas Ranch
Charles Whitney
C. H. Wall
Mrs. F. W. Bauer
Fr. K. Lobaugh
Santa Fe Hospital
Los Angles
Nels Anderson
Nevada
Arizona
A. Gilham
Nancy
Mrs. Gilham
E. E. Adams
Messrs Sullivan and Stanton
Paxton
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