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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1929
Page
2
A July 13, 1925 Las Vegas note encourages readers to prepare during the mid July lull before the city’s upcoming rush of growth. It urges personal effort amid the summer slowdown and upcoming expansion.
Mining activity in Nevada draws attention as 3AS becomes a hub for prospecting from Searchlight to the Comstock. Investors anticipate capital to modernize and exploit producing mines in southern Nevada, with promoters and management balancing risk and efficiency to advance the industry.
At yain and Fifth Streets a six month delay on ornamental street lighting ends with commissioners still split between concrete and metal standards. Property owners favor prompt installation. Slocum faces scrutiny after full payment amid claims of overcharges and a disputed inspection job.
J C Denison files suit alleging defendants failed to furnish an abstract of file for a land tract sold for 28 000 with a 10 500 payment. The action names J H Ladd A C Delkin and Eugenia F Delkin as defendants. The property fronts Fremont Street from Tenth to Eleventh, 125 feet long.
Washington July 1 1920 President Hoover appointed Major General Creed C Hammond of Oregon as auditor of the Philippine Islands succeeding Ben Wright Hammond who until recently led the war department militia bureau fills the post. The abstract was not furnished to the purchaser though the plaintiff demanded it. The plaintiff seeks 10509 with 7 percent interest from February 5 1929 and 28000 in damages plus costs. A A Hinman represents the plaintiff.
Secretary Wilbur orders a clean sweep of the old Indian Bureau ring as seven to one inspectors leave and Charles Rhoades takes over. Budget chief Meritt moves to budget supervision while investigations into abuses continue across Western states and tribes. The hearings target health, estate handling, and cruelty claims, with a cautious push toward reforms before Congress reconvenes.
Clark County Farm Bureau announces a county wide home improvement contest for members. Five prizes from Las Vegas merchants will be awarded for remodeling and improvements with cost and labor records plus narrative. Applications due by July 15 1929 to M Mads Jorgenson Logandale Nevada.
William Portal donated ten dollars to the Boy Scout fund for Mt Charleston cabin building. Scout executive K Q Knudson, visiting Las Vegas, says a permanent cabin camp will rise at the mountain resort thanks to local business and citizen donations.
Lynn Massachusetts patrolman Lawrence P. Nihan filed a report with headquarters noting he had his pocketbook and billfold taken.
New York report notes baked ice cream with meringue cap drawing crowds from Times Square stores. A Canadian proprietor with ten girls operates over a dozen lamps to churn the new treat, while sidewalk vendors sell Japanese silk fans to passersby. The piece also mentions Americans abroad and shifts in society's travel trends toward mountains rather than Europe.
Las Vegas unveils its newest fountain at 121 Fremont within the Boulder Drug, a combined drug store and shop. The ornate fountain, built by Mocer Harriman of Salt Lake City, features six booths and seating. Leonard L. Arnett will manage the fountain as vice-president and treasurer, with John Graglia heading the drug department. Graglia, a U S C PhD graduate in 1928, co founded Hudson-Grag and has resided in Las Vegas since 1911.
Bishop J. I. Earl and his son from Overton drove home Tuesday in a new Chevrolet sedan bought through J. Warren Woodard’s agency.
The Social Register reports 453 more families summering at mountain resorts and 357 more at seaside homes than last year. New England seashore resorts top popularity, followed by Long Island sites, then the island’s north shore and the New Jersey coast. Ten times as many social register families stay home as travel abroad.
New York traders celebrated the first drop in brokers loans since May as steel prices surged. The decline was only fourteen million dollars, but it steadied bulls amid tight call money and a choppy market. About forty issues moved into new high territory.
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