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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1928
Page
2
Editorial notes Las Vegas city owned airport has adequate lighting and streets are more paved, urging continued investment and maintenance. It argues infrastructure quality reflects municipal management and public safety, calling for steady funding to uphold standards.
A Nevada era notice discusses dangerous dust from traffic on Clark Avenue West Side and Las Vegas Tonopah highway. It links road dust to a Wednesday night accident and urges road paving or sprinkling to curb future crashes, while noting heavy traffic to Lorenzi's resort, especially on dance nights.
Nevada Corporation seeks a patent for Colemanite and related lodes in Clark County with detailed surveys and boundaries. The notice lists borax and gypsum bearing claims, exclusions, and a 60 day publication period, signed by Clara M. Crisler with dates in 1928.
Bureau notes liberty no 2 3 4 and 5 lode claims described with bearings summed to 76 130 acres in Clark County Nevada. The application excludes conflicts with Sur Nos 4623 4649 and White Basin No 2 and borax gypsum bearing lodes. Filed in Carson City office during the 60 day period of public дія.
Serial No 016673 surveys placer mining claims Cottonball Nos 2 3 and 4 in Clark County Nevada within unsurveyed lands described as Township 18 S Range 66 E Mount Diablo meridian. Beginning at corner one of Cotton Ball No 2 with multiple boundary legs spanning about 555 acres after exclusion of adjacent lodes East ABA Mayflower and Argus. Last publication July 14 1928.
Serial No 016674 Survey No 4649 pursuance of act of principal office at Las Vegas. Claim in St Thomas sixty six East Mount Diablo Base and Meridian Borax Placer No 3 described by Official Plat and Field Notes on file in the US Land Office Beginning at Cor No 1 bears 8 46 deg 21 min W 3484.92 ft thence N 53 deg 51 min E 2300 ft thence S 34 deg 43 min E 3000 ft thence S 53 deg 51 deg 43 min W 3000 ft to the place of beginning area 133.588 acres, conflicts and exclusions with White Basin lodes and Colemanite lodes. Adjoining claims noted. Adverse Claims to be filed during publication period. Publication dates May 12 1928 and July 14 1928.
agitation over the city paving program has increased public attention and spurred owners along Fifth Street Fremont to Charleston Boulevard to petition for full-width improvement. Main Street, Clark Avenue, and southern Clark's Las Vegas Townsite areas join calls, Union Pacific expresses willingness to cooperate on Main, as committee seeks evidence that oil-bound gravel will deliver value and funding allows rapid expansion of principal streets.
Published Tuesday Thursday and Saturday afternoons by Charles P Squires at 8 Fremont Street Las Vegas Nevada entered in the post office as second class matter Advertising rates on application Subscription per year 5 00 per month 50 cents per copy five cents Representatives none C Russell Squires Manager Wm Harve Buntin Editor
Hornsby now takes over as Boston Braves manager after a winter transfer from the Giants. The move follows Judge Fuchs and pressures on Jack Slattery, with Hornsby expected to apply practical and some theoretical tactics to lift a team that has lagged behind Cardinals 1926 and Giants 1927. He plans personnel changes including shortstop and bullpen tweaks while pushing pitchers to complete games, hoping to slow the Red Sox rise in Boston sports interest.
Bud Stillman heir to the Stillman millions and his Canadian backwoods bride Lena Wilson Stillman will occupy a six room Brookline apartment next fall. They recently honeymooned in Europe and plan Harvard Medical School study and home furnishings purchases for 1928 29. The third floor unit costs 135 dollars monthly and is near Harvard Medical School with no elevator to encourage stair exercise.
New York June 16 announcement of installation of a complete aero nautical weather reporting service for the Los Angeles to San Francisco airway. Sponsored by the Guggenheim Fund for the year ending June 30 1929 in cooperation with the Department of Commerce Weather Bureau and Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. Twenty two observation stations will feed two terminals at Los Angeles and San Francisco forming a network along the route from the Pacific to the Sierras. The Air Coordination Committee endorsed the experimental service as vital to commercial aviation and to Army and Navy aircraft operations.
June 4 in Vienna Johann Varsagh Hungarian songwriter suffered severe eye damage during gastric ulcer surgery when the anesthetist reportedly lost reason and poured contents into the patient's eyes. A specialist later saved the sight but the anesthetist was placed in an asylum as a raving lunatic.
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