Mojave River Valley Industry and Safety Notes
A historical column discusses safety first, economic worries, and local industry. It highlights hopes for more small gold mills around Barstow and Mojave River, iron opportunities in California and Arizona, and ongoing oil finish work on the Barstow to Las Vegas highway. It also weighs round-cornered streets, school spelling bees, and mining prospecting calls, ending with a request for ore samples.
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United States
Barstow
Mojave River
Goldstone
Lane’s Well
California
Great Iron
Arizona
Marcus Plath
Cement Pipe Expansion At York Ranch In Harper Lake District
H O Nelson, superintendent, arranged with irrigation cement manufacturer H S Jay to install a mile and a quarter of 12 inch pipe at the York ranch. The district’s largest water reservoir sits there, with several thousand feet of pipe already installed by other contractors.
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York Ranch
Harper Lake District
H. O. Nelson
H. S. Jay
Barstow to Host Teachers Institute Sessions This Weekend
Barstow welcomes teachers from San Bernardino county and across state lines for the annual teachers institute. Sessions occur at Barstow grammar school Friday and Saturday with Friday evening picnic and swim at Cliff House resort Newberry. County Superintendent Ida M. Collins and assistants attend. Itelen Heffernan, head of rural education, also slated to speak.
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San Bernardino County
San Bernardino Mountains
Arizona
Nevada
Barstow
Th Teachers Institute
Barstow Grammar School
Cliff House
Newberry
Ida M. Collins
Itelen Heffernan
Miss Heffernan
Division of Rural Education
Sacramento
State Board of Education
Rim O' the World League Dinner Meet at Big Bear
The Rim O' the World League will hold its regular September dinner meeting at Big Bear Lake Tavern Pine Knot on Wednesday evening September 30 1931 at 730 pm. Reservations should be sent to Big Bear Lake Tavern Pine Knot California.
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Rim O’ the World League
Big Bear Lake Tavern
Pine Knot
California
Thief enters Sprouse Reitz through front transom
The Sprouse Reitz Company on Main Street was broken into Saturday night with fifty dollars stolen. Manager J Underwood found the robbery at 11:30 Sunday morning. Entry was from the front via a broken transom, with two or three attackers suspected. The thief dropped into the store, took the cash from the flash night counter, then left through an unbolted back door. The night light was dropped near the exit. Underwood suspects local residents.
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Sprouse-Reitz Company
Main Street
J. Underwood
Underwood
Teletype shifts move in Parker depot change
J C Vanderboof the telegrapher heads to Parker Arizona next week to take the second trick at the Santa Fe depot. Dan Halloran now works the third trick at Parker. Years ago both men were in the Barstow office but the Santa Fe teletype system displaced them. Halloran has stayed at Parker all summer while Vanderhoof returns after a 90 day layoff.
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J. C. Vanderboof
Parker
Arizona
Santa Fe
Dan Halloran
Barstow
Messrs
Vanderhoof
Halloran
Car Delivery Report From 3arstow Garage
Joe Beby of cCrea construction on the Las Vegas road received a convertible coupe delivered this week from the 3arstow Garage.
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Joe Beby
cCrea Construction Company
As Vegas
3Arstow
True motored to San Bernardino for Mrs Josephine True
Mr and Mrs 4 travel to San Bernardino on Tuesday to collect Mrs Josephine True who will reside with her son and his wife this term in a brief family move reported in local society notes.
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True
Bernardino
Josephine True
News Of Friends In Barstow And The Vicinity
Mrs. Edward Beahan and her young son journeyed to Rochester Minnesota for Mayo Brothers treatment. Edward Hill and wife departed for Bishop country on a deer hunt. H A Sullivan from San Bernardino oversees the Barstow Service Station during his son In law's absence. Robert Wheeler Barstow wed Thelma Thomas Wild in Las Vegas. Thelma attends Barstow High School.
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Edward Beahan
Little Son
Rochester
Minnesota
Mayo Brothers
Edward Hill
Bishop Country
H. A. Sullivan
San Bernardino
Barstow
Robert Wheeler
Thelma Thomas
Wild
Las Vegas
Barstow Visit By Southern Sierras Power Engineer
Mr. Dinsmore from the engineering department of Southern Sierras Power company visited Barstow on Wednesday to discuss company interests and projects with local officials and residents.
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Dinsmore
The
Southern Sierras Power Company
Barstow
Residents and visitors make local moves and trips
Mrs Clyde Orr was in town this week having her residence on First street repainted and conditioned. Mr and Mrs Steve Vihel have taken the residence following the moving of Mr and Mrs John Benson. A card was received from Mr and Mrs Ben Zentmire who are spending their vacation on a trip up the Red wood highway. Roy Cannady of Barstow and A A Houck of Mojave left Sunday for a deer hunt in the mountains near Bishop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Orr
First Street
Steve Vihel
John Benson
Ben Zentmire
Redwood Highway
Roy Cannady
Barstow
A. A. Houck
Mojave
Bishop
Dorothy Clayton in Los Angeles Visit Report
Dorothy Clayton, a Santa Fe stenographer, spent Sunday and Monday in Los Angeles for unclear business or personal reasons, with no additional details on purpose or outcomes.
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Dorothy Clayton
Santa Fe
Los Angeles
Illness and visits Mentioned in Local Notes
Francis Brooke, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Brooke, has been very ill this week with tonsillitis. Mrs. Alice Salsman of Needles visits her daughters, Mrs. Imel and Mrs. C. V. Northup of Daggett. A Ford pick-up was delivered this week by Barstow Garage to Wim Fisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Brooke
F. M. Brooke
Alice Salsman
Needles
Imel
C. V. Northup
Daggeett
Barstow
Wim. Fisher
Fishermen report green scum over Big Bear Lake
Arthur Farrar and Ed Pitcher traveled to Big Bear Sunday evening hoping for good fishing. They found the lake covered with green scum, leaving the fish undisturbed.
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Arthur Farrar
Ed Pitcher
Big Bear
Big Bear Lake
Helendale District News Development Highlighted
Helendale correspondent reports on the district’s development, noting notable growth and activities of local interest. The feature under the Helendale heading mirrors surrounding community updates and emphasizes progress in the area.
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Helendale
Newborn Daughter Balances Family Amid Henderson News
A girl born August 27 to Mr and Mrs Newt Henderson joins James and Charles Hender as Marilyn Ruth’s suitors. The husky infant weighs 8 pounds, easing chores for ten years, while the couple celebrate their new arrival.
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James
Charles Henderson
Marilyn Ruth
Newt Henderson
Baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Rowe in Yermo
A nine and a half pound baby daughter was born Sunday September 18 to Mr. and Mrs L W Rowe. Dr McKenzie of Yermo attended. The infant has not yet been named.
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L. W. Rowe
Dr. McKenzie of
Yermo
Cabinet maker loses finger in power saw accident
W. H. Brevin, who runs a cabinet shop on Third Street, lost a joint from his index finger and the thumb of his left hand in a saw accident. Dr Riley Shrum attended. The Blevins had spent the summer at the beach and had only recently returned to the shop when the incident occurred.
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W. H. Brevin
Third Street
Riley Shrum
New Fire Siren Installed on White & Platt Building
A new siren for the fire department arrived and was tested Tuesday. Residents within a mile of White & Platt drug store need not be informed. The device ran on a five horsepower motor at 3600 RPM, with starting buttons in White & Platt and Bauer & Slaton garage.
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White & Platt
White & Platt Drug Store
Bauer & Slaton
Grammar School Opens With 3245 Enrolled
Barstow grammar school opened this Monday with 342 pupils and eleven teachers. New staff include Harry D. Briscoe as vice-principal teaching music and physical education. He previously led Yermo school as principal. Miss Collins and Miss Galumbus join as new instructors for Mexican grades. Principal B Floyd Lindsley returns, continuing departmental work from eighth to fourth grade.
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Barstow Grammar School
Harry D. Briscoe
Briscoe
Yermo
Collins
Galumbus
Alwilda Callaway
Lauretta Kloefer
Priscilla H. Lester
Mabel M.whiilson
Blanche F. Blevins
Esther Willams
Grace H. Benham
Ruth C. Thomas
B. Floyd Lindsley
Grammar School
Wrecked car reveals heavy liquor traffic
J W Covington and George Hallock were hospitalized after a crash west of Ludlow. It exposed a concealed liquor stash in a customized car compartment containing about 120 quarts of Old Taylor whiskey and champagne. Covington faced a hospital guard, while Hallock recovered. police traced the liquor to a Canadian origin via Juarez.
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J. W. Covington
George Hallock
John Graham
Hallock
Needles Harvey House
Los Angeles
Covington
Ludlow
Barstow
Daggett Station
Canada
Juarez
Harris
Barstow Union High School Opens With New Principal
The Barstow Union High School began the new year on Monday September 14 with an assembly led by new principal Gordon Park. Enrollment reached 145 with mostly girls. six period day and new courses physics biology economics shorthand and domestic science. Cafeteria opened under Mrs Abner Cunningham with proceeds supporting student activities.
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Barstow Union High School
Eptember
Gordon Park
Abner Cunningham
Cunningham
C. O. Wester
Langworthy
Anderson
Yerma
Ludlow
Beatrice Haan
Claire Seymour
Earl Barton
Donald Marvin
Lorraine Candlish
Bernard Jacobson
Florence Cunningham
Park
Phil Hurst
Brady
Marie Skilling
Ethel Henderson
Ruth Parish
Dorothy Reedy
R. 3. Langworthy
Boulder Dam highway opens to traffic and church plans
The last ten miles of the Boulder Dam highway are finished except for oiling and opened to traffic. W. J. Oldfield of Long Beach will preach Sunday at 10 45 in the Congregational church. Mr. and Mrs. A W Smith visited Los Angeles for Fiesta. A Goodyear tire giveaway by Veterans of Foreign Wars went to Homer Record of Riley Electric Shop. Russell Riley attended air races in Los Angeles. Fred Hart and wife closed Futuristic Sweet Shoppe. A L Doran and Walter Stumpere planned a Needles trip. Covington stayed at the Harvey House in Needles. Halleck invited him to Los Angeles. An Auburn car wreck found nearby last year may connect to smugglers.
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Las Vegas
Boulder Dam
W. J. Oldfield
Long Beach
Congregational Church
A. W. Smith
Los Angeles
Goodyear
Homer
Riley Electric
Russell Riley
Fred Hart
A L. Doran
Walter Stumpere
Needles
Covington
Harvey House
Halleck
Auburn
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Mojave River Valley
T. G. Nicklin
Bartsow
England
Gandhi
Insit
Rim
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