26 Jan 1925
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Newspaper
Corona Daily Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1925
Page
1
The Know Corona series examines pumping in Corona over the past fifteen years. Early irrigation relied on canal water and gravity delivery with few private pumps. Now ranchers use various pump types driven by gasoline engines, natural gas, or electricity. Modern wells are larger and deeper, delivering up to fifteen hundred gallons per minute while maintaining higher water levels.
Los Angeles company Los Angeles Midway Pipe Line eCo. wins a franchise to lay a pipeline from the Newhall tunnel to the Los Angeles harbor securing a key regional energy link.
Supervisor T. C. Jameson and Trustee N. H. Norton host a dinner for Chamber of Commerce directors at the Old South Tavern at 7 PM. The event ends a friendly feud over county road progress versus city corona lighting plans.
Tonight the American Legion and Modern Woodmen join meetings at local halls. A psychology class and Chamber of Commerce banquet are on the schedule. City Basketball vs Chaffey at Ontario starts at 8 p.m. Tomorrow features a public lecture by Bromley Oxnam and a Business Girls' Club dinner, with other club meetings through the week. The week closes with opera Iolanthe at the high school and a Corona Country Club stag party. Corona High plays Colton Saturday at 3:30 p.m.
Science offers a fresh angle in the James Winn murder case in San Bernardino. Chemists cite blood stains on a shirt worn by suspect Harry Baker as strong circumstantial proof, while his contradictory statements about his night disappearance bolster the prosecution. Baker faces charges of murder with Harry Kirk, a second alleged slayer not yet arrested.
The Riverside county board of supervisors met at the courthouse for routine matters. A joint session with Orange and Imperial counties is planned this week to review final plans for the Tri-Counties Tuberculosis Hospital at Banning.
Albert B. Cummins, President of the Senate, names senate members Butler and Walsh of MassachusettsPep per and Capper Kan sas to the commission organizing the Sesqui Centennial anniversary events marking the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
Riverside hosts a seasonal welcome as the Pacific Electric train Los Angeles Limited arrives from the East. Pretty girls hand out thousands of oranges to travelers, linking Riverside to California’s famed orange industry and the Chamber of Commerce sponsored event.
The Arizona House of Representatives approved by 41 votes to 3 a resolution ratifying the federal child labor amendment. The measure moves to the Senate. A separate Cuba bill proposes a central east west highway costing up to 40 million dollars funded by a foreign loan.
The cornerstone ceremony in Los Angeles marked the start of the county’s Hall of Justice project valued at six million dollars with participation from the Supreme Court local federal and superior courts city and county officials and the bar association.
A dense listing details KHJ Los Angeles and KNX L A Evening Express KNX Pacific Broadcasting Station KGO and other outlets. Programs include Charlie Wellman KHJ Frolic Walter M Murphy Motors market reports organ recital Hacienda Park orchestra and St Francis Hotel broadcast with stock weather and news briefs.
The San Bernardino team defeated the local ball club 16 to 7 yesterday afternoon at the city diamond. Absences of Nickels and Shinner were blamed for the lopside score as manager Jack Worhiand used three pitchers with Meyers pitching the final innings. The locals showed form developed in the post month despite misthrows and a loose game.
S. S. Rogers of the federal shipping inspection praised Corona citrus for near frost free fruit. He noted shipments from the district caused minimal trouble and commended local growers and Secretary Price of the Chamber of Commerce for cooperation in advancing citrus in eastern markets.
Resolutions adopted by the Republican Club of St. Thomas and St. John on Jan 10 call for extending American citizenship to Virgin Islands residents. The resolutions were forwarded to the United States by mail.
Stockholders of the Chine Corona United Oil Company in Los Angeles approved reopening efforts after the first well reached 4848 feet and was abandoned. Company officials cited possible heavy oil prospects and discussed testing deeper strata.
Sacramento reports the legislature introduced 4080 bills in a single day aside from the final session day, with 1197 total measures including amendments and new laws. Both houses passed an emergency deficiency claim of 292283 for Department of Agriculture admin costs from the foot and mouth epidemic, while stock slaughter compensation claims above 2238000 remain pending.
Corona city basketball artists will meet the Chaffey Junior College tonight at 8 o clock on the Chaffey high school court. Confident after last week’s victories the corps aims for another win. The Quinset quartet also faces Hemet Thursday at Hemet and Shell Oil at Ontario next Monday.
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