California utilities bid for Boulder Dam power
June 25 Los Angeles. Dr Elwood Mead reports strong interest from Southern California utilities to buy Boulder Dam output. The Southern California Edison Company offers to contract for all power, with others like Los Angeles Municipal Power and Light and Los Angeles Gas & Electric among bidders.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Southern California
Boulder Dam
Elwood Mead
Federal
Commissioner of Reclamation
Dr. Mead
Southern California Edison Company
Los Angeles Municipal Power and Light
Los Angeles Gas & Electric Corporation
Southern High Sierras Power Company
Las Vegas Chamber protests AP piece by Pickens
The Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce condemned an Associated Press dispatch by Robert B. Pickens published in the Salt Lake Tribune on June 24. It denied a serious unemployment problem, disputed claims of water and housing distress, and urged equal publicity for the chamber’s protest through AP channels.
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Chamber of Commerce
Robert 5. Pickens
Associated Press
Salt Lake Tribune
Vegas
Las Vegas
Las
Weather readouts from Old Ranch show Las Vegas highs and lows
Government thermometer readings for Las Vegas from the Old Ranch, courtesy of George Hardman, indicate temperatures for the cited dates amid noted exposure changes due to the Age plant construction. The editor cautions that radiation reflections alter the readings, so they may not reflect true atmospheric temperatures under regulation.
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Las Vegas
George Hardman
Four New City Licenses Issued For Local Establishments
City authorities issued four licenses to new venues including Mrs Berry's Dining Room at Fourth and Ogden marked by the slogan Come Home to Me. Kendall Richardson owns a Boulder club project on Fre mont Street, and Jordain de la Fiesta at Third and Stewart opens as a restaurant and barbecue.
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Mrs Berry
Fourth and
Ogden
Boulder Club
Fremont Street
Kendall Richardson
Third and
Stewart
Owners Seek to Enjoin Bell Co Crossing Lands
Landowners filed a suit in county clerk’s office seeking an injunction against Bell Telephone to stop building a line across their properties between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. Plaintiffs claim poles and wiring reduce land values and seek removal and prohibition of further work on specified lands in Sections 3 and 10, Township 21 South, Range 61 East, and other parcels. Listed plaintiffs include Walter F McLallen Alpha Pearl Baker Frederick Bull Henry L Hunt Mrs F Bayerd Rives Frank Thompson R B Robertson and the New York and Los Angeles Investment Company.
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Bell Telephone Company
Telephone Company
Walter F McLallen
Alpha Pearl Baker
Frederick Bull
Henry L. Hunt
F. Bayerd Rives
Frank £. Thompson
R. B. Robertson
New York and
Los Angeles Investment Company
Nevada Corporation
H. Fessenden Reserve
Joseph F. Haggerty
Leigh Hunt
Bell Company
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
A. A. Hinman
Walter F. McLarren
Range
M.D.B
Alpha Pearl Laker
Iowspe
Bull, Hunt, Rives, Thompson, Robertson
New York and Las Vegas Int
Three-Day Fest for Home Folks and Elks in Las Vegas
Las Vegas hosts a three day Fourth of July celebration for locals and Elks delegates with events from water sports to boxing, dancing, fireworks and racing. Special trains bring Elks from the East en route to the national convention in Los Angeles. Leonard Blood leads planning to showcase Nevada mining camp spirit and welcome visitors to boost goodwill for Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas
Elks
Leonard Blood
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Nas
Nevada
Elks’committee
Hoover Proclaims Colorado River Compact In Effect
President Hoover signed the Colorado River Proclamation making the six state water rights pact effective though Arizona has not yet accepted. The move clears the last barrier to Boulder Dam development, with work expected to start after a preliminary survey and a six month bid window.
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Washington
U.P
Hoover
Arizona
Colorado River Commission
Boulder Dam
William Donovan
Interior Department
Colorado
Congress
Dr Mead outlines Boulder Dam project and UP build plan
Dr Mead in Los Angeles praised a Boulder Dam scheme saying it will be the largest government project since the Panama Canal. He described a 700 foot high dam with 140000 acre lake, 100 mile reservoir, four 50 foot diameter tunnels, and a 16500 foot tunnel length. The Union Pacific pledged transport facilities and two conditions for start were met, including Colorado River compact ratification and guaranteed repayment of 105 million dollars within fifty years. A Las Vegas testing lab will select materials. Meanwhile a Los Angeles couple James Cotton and Ruth Faw Twilligear wed and planned a camping honeymoon to Big Bear, Calif.
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Panama Canal
Colorado River
Hudson River
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Boulder Dam
Roosevelt Dam
Elephant Butte
Kentucky
Las Vegas
Nev
Mead
Union Pacific Railroad
Secretary of the Interior
James Cotton
Ruth Faw
Twilligear
Los Angeles
Yeterday
Bic Bear
Calif
Question who'll operate Boulder Dam power plant
Los Angeles June 26. After talks with potential Boulder Dam power buyers, Dr. Elwood Mead set for Imperial Valley. Conferences showed general agreement on proceeding with construction and debated whether government or an independent agency should build the power plant, with verbal offers of cooperation to be submitted within ten days. Nevada and California utilities, including Los Angeles Bureau of Water and Power and Southern California Edison, attended.
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Los Angeles
Boulder Dam
Elwood Mean
Mead
Sowers California Power Companies
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Nevada
van Norman
Johnson Bill Pittman
United States
Pittman
California
Arizona
Pitymin
Los Angeles Bureau of Power and Water
Southern California Edison Company
Elwood Mead
Governern
California Edison Company
Bureau of Water and Power
Daltons Airplane Wedding Rewrites Old West Romance
Jack Dalton, famed 1890s reformed outlaw, wed his longtime love "Cattle Annia" Burke in an airplane above Albuquerque. Justice of the peace officiated at noon as the cabin brougham flew 3,000 feet while pilot William Cutter and a local newspaperman witnessed.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Jack Dalton
Annia” Burke
William Cutter
Dalton
Case Probably Finished Today A jury verdict in U S court Carson City expected
The trial near conclusion favors acquittals for J Pred Hesse Joy Neagle James Ferguson and R B Spud Lake. The court instructed a not guilty verdict for Mayor Hesse and City Commissioner Neagle due to lack of conspiracy evidence. Ferguson’s acquittal was due to jeopardy. Lake’s case rests on weak testimony, with defendant taking the stand and supporting witnesses, including Frank Wall. Attorney Ham anticipated a quick outcome and traveled from the capital city yesterday.
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J. Pred Hesse
Joy Neagle
James Ferguson
R. B. “Spud” Lake
U. S
Carson City
A. W. Ham
Hesse
Neagle
Lake
Bradshaw
Geeman
Frank Wall
Carson
Ham
Mickey Wall
City
Cantalope expert Bill Tomiyasu linked to Colorado River dam talks
Bill Tomiyasu, expert cantaloupe grower, receives praise from The Editor of the Age for perfect cantaloupes raised by his friend. The note references sources including Searchlight and Cottonwood Island ranch on the Colorado River. Officials from Southern Sierra Power, Los Angeles Gas and Electric, and Nevada state officials discuss Boulder Dam negotiations and construction timelines, with Dr Mead predicting progress within ten months and plans to report to Interior Secretary Ray Lyman Will.
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Bill Tomiyasu
The
Age
Tomiyasu
Cottonwood Island
Colorado River
Southern Sierras
Interior
Ray Lyman Will
St Ont Ore
Grand Jury Meets to Investigate Hinman Charges
Judge Orr designated seventeen Clark County residents to serve as grand jurors to investigate the Hinman charges and oversee county welfare. The panel includes William Tevi Syphus Baldwin Jones Hawkins Day Perkins Shaw Von Tobel Cross Fulton Peiffer Bunker Wittner Harvel Mineer Bowman and others. The jurors were sworn, instruction emphasized their powers and duties to probe public offices and address rumors, with guidance to pursue proper action if officials are found lax or dishonest.
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William E. Orr
Clark County
A. A. Hinman
Ww. &. Hawkins
Frank Williams
Goodsprings
Tevi Syphus
St. Thomas
George C. Baldwin
Moapa
Mesquite
W. C. Bowman
Bunkerville
Orr
Anc
Amr Rtiven
Correction Notice From The Peoples' Store Ad
A correction in The Age issue of June 5 clarifies the PEOPLES' STORE advertisement. The line should read 300 Electric Trons and New Cords not 300 New Electric Irons and Cords. The store states the irons are slightly used second hand and not advertised as new, while remaining good value.
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Peoples' Store
Peoples’ Store
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