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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1921
Page
5
Local notice urges residents not to let outsiders buy a ranch now offered for 2000 dollars cash. The property, recently listed at 3500, features a four room house, chicken and hog fencing, ample water eight feet deep, other improvements, and some farm implements. Call Barstow Real Estate Co. on 8-25 of
Washington reports outline of a National Women's party program advocating a new constitutional amendment banning sex and marriage based disabilities, plus a bill granting women the same rights as men. Prohibition debates and rail aid funding spark cross party contention. Chicago police cite bootleggers amid liquor concerns. Urbane Ledoux seeks wealth profits relief at the White House, proposing a 50 percent windfall tax for unemployment funds, Harding replying the appeal only fits dire need.
The Southern Pacific Railroad reduced rates on farm produce. Beets cabbage carrots onions parsnips potatoes onions and turnips in carloads to Chicago Mississippi River and western points drop from 1.25 to 1.10 per 100 pounds effective October 3. Vegetables including cantaloupes and melons to Chicago and Mississippi River fall from 1.664 to 1.46 and to Missouri River and western points from 1.58 to 1.39 per 100 pounds.
Western Meat Company files with the Railroad Commission alleging unlawful icing charges by Southern Pacific on carload shipments of packing house products since July 1, 1920. The suit seeks reparation for $5 to $8 per car and asserts the charges violate the Public Utilities Act and prior Commission decisions.
Sugarman's Indicator notes farmers blame reduced rainfall on current policy, while gratitude for staying out of wars is cited. Famous Players-Lasky reports 13 cents or dollars per share for the first half of 1921. Henry Ford quips that money unmasks character, not change it.
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