Salaries Of Incoming Officers Under County Act
The County Government Act reshapes official salaries effective next Tuesday. Most pay is cut or adjusted. sheriff rises to 7000 without fees, county clerk drops to 5000, recorder to 1600 plus folios, treasurer and editor at 2000, tax collector to 3000 with same license share, district attorney to 40 with limits, and superintendent of schools to 1800. Township offices largely unchanged aside from Bakersfield.
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Board of Education
Bakersfield
Building planned at 16th and H streets landmark
The Land Company plans a new corner building at 16th and H streets next to the California office. It would house the Athletic Club on the ground floor and the post office upstairs. A postal relocation is offered incentives. bids will be restricted to ensure the company’s bid is lowest. Mr and Mrs Frank Whorff arrived from San Francisco this morning.
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the Land Company
Californian Office
Postal Department
Frank Whorff
San Francisco
Williams pavement experiment on Wall street and Chester avenue
An experimental durable road bed called Williams pavement is being laid at the busy Wall street and Chester avenue junction. The method uses a gravel and coarse sand foundation eight inches deep with closely spaced boiled redwood blocks four inches high. Blocks run vertically with liquid asphalt poured to fill interstices, then sand added.
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Wall Street
Chester Avenue
Williams
Not Good Bondsmen Cabinet report on County Government Act limits bondsmen
The Examiner cites Mayor Phelan claiming county officials must secure personal bondsmen under the County Government Act of 1897. The act requires judge approval, resident freeholders, and property qualifications for each surety, with bonds recorded by county offices. Separate notes describe a crowded Burns scene as political figures seek access and favors.
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Phelan
Carlson named to federal post in Cuba Philippines and Porto Rico
A San Diego dispatch reports Treasury Secretary appointed William H. Carlson former mayor and congressional candidate to head the new division of customs and insular affairs for Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines with a staff of thirty to forty clerks. Local prospector Cy Drouillard embarks on another desert tour after St Elmo Lodge discovery.
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San Diego
Secretary of the Treasury
William H. Carlson
Congress
W. W. Bowers
Carlson
Division of Customs and Insular Affairs
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Cy Drouillard
St Elmo Lodge
Dinklespiel Bros Great January Sale Bristles with Bargains
A fragment from a Dinklespiel Bros advertisement touts a January sale with new stylish goods. It hints at yardage counts and a price promotion designed to drive quick purchases before the annual inventory.
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Dinklespiel Bros
Prices Slashed On Dry Goods in Seasonal Dress Fabrics
A long ad lists deep discounts across silks satins brocades and cashmeres with wide price cuts. String of items includes 24-inch satin duchess 1.00 per yard 36-inch cashmeres 20 cents per yard and 50-inch all wool flannel serge 38 to 39 cents. Also reduced are eiderdown towels damask and ladies garments with emphasis on closing stock before season end.
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Armoras
Clothing Department Cuts Prices in Grand Bargain Sale
The catalog lists men's Cheviot suits from 7.50 to 9.75, heavy cassimere and worsted suits at 9.75, fancy Cheviot suits at 11.75, and a season’s best selection on sale at 11.45 for Stein-Bloch varieties. Also highlights heavy Vienna overcoats at 4.65 and 7.00, and boys’ capes at cost amid a large price-cut display.
Greatest Money Saving Sale Ever Held in the Valley
SHOE DEPARTMENT offers Ladies' coin toe Kangaroo calf and box calf lace shoes at 1.75 per pair. Ladies' lace and button shoes coin toe or narrow square at 1.25 per pair. Children's Kangaroo calf button shoes cheaper than elsewhere, sizes 5 to 8.75, 84 to 11 1.00, 12 to 2 1.25. Men's heavy working shoes stainless hite at 1.50 per pair. Men's medium weight or congress shoes. Enterprise shoes race or congress all toes at 2.50 per pair.
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Congress
Enterprise
The
Valley
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Mrs. A. Alexander
Woman's Club
Colonel Burns
the Bee
Globe-Trotter
Palace Hotel
Burns
Crocker
Royal Worcester Corse
Clothing Department
Amc
Shoe Department
Carriag
Secon
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