Randsburg Times 1942

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THURSDAY. JAN. 1, 1942
Last Rites For
TO~I1 Finnerb] 'Held
,At Mojave Tuesday
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Prominent Eastern Kern County
Citizen
FaD. to Recover
After Months- of illness
High Requiem Mass was celebrated for' Thomas E. F1nnerty at
St. Mary's Catholic Church of the
Desert in Mojave at ten-thirtY Tuesday morn1ng by Rev. Fr. Kennedy
of Lancaster. Mr. Finnerty, who
had been ill since OCtober. had
been treated in a. Los Angeles hospital, returning to his home in Mojave when his condition appeared
to be improved and later being
transferred to the Mojave Hospital
where he died Saturday n i g h t.
Many Rand District friends attended the services Tuesday In Mojave.
Mr. Finnerty was wholesale agent
for General Petroleum, Inc., for
Eastern Kern County, Mojave DIstrict, since 1935. He came to Kern
County in 1932 and was identified
with King SOlomon Min e the
Windy and the G. B. MInes in
Rand District at that time, moving
to Mojave from this community.
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He was born in P a. t t COunty,
Wyoming in 1904. and was a graduate of the University of Wyoming
a.s..a.~~. eD81I)~_,in"I~.l.~At
Mojave he helped to organize, the
Exchange Club 'and was one of the
orga.n1zers of the Mojave Gold Rush
Days in 1937. He served the Ex;hange Club as president and secre:ary and ~ed his full share of
~iv1c respo~lbillty In Mojave com-
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A. F. of L: Auxiliary
Has Christmas Party
'Members of the Ladies Auxiliary
of Local 21464. A. F. of L.. and
families, enjoyed a Christmas party
tast Tuesday eVening with an attendance of around fortY, includiiig'eteven children. " ' ."
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'A musical program of Christmll.S carols was followed by a nice
trumpet solo "0 Come All Ye Faithful" by Donald Smith. Santa. Claus,
made his appearance. ably
by Lavone "Dutch" Bennett who
provided the Christmas tree. L. M.:
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He was a member of the present
"<ern County Grand, Jury, and a
:ommlttee worker in the K ern
::ounty ~ber of Commerce.
Mr. FinnertY is survived by his
',idow, Mrs. Dorothy Ilseng F1n.erty, and three small cbDdren. Anette, Ellen and Mary Mlldred; his
arents. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E.
·innerty. of Rosamond; a brother.
.lbert J. Pmnerty. of Mojave; two
.sters. MIss 'Mndred FInnerty of,
osamond and Los Angeles and;
::rs. Ellen Albrlght of Las Vegas.
Interment was at Greenlawn
>meterY'. Bakersfield, Funeral aT,I tn~ents were in cbB.rge of the
. 'ougbty-Calhoun-<YMeara funeral
Jme. Bakersfield.
Attending the service from Rand
lstrtct wete Mr. and Mrs. Bud
'leu. Ed Petersen. Ralph Wyman.
r-. 'and Mrs. James Nosser.
Highway Accident
Results in Death
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of Red Mounta.1n, met her death in
a highway accident on U. 8. 935
last Friday. She was driving alone
and failed to take a. curve just west I
of Johannesburg with the' result
that her car lett the highway and
turned over. There was no colll-
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Tuttle wl?-o furnished the fruit and: sion. MotoristS behind her car saw !
nuts,. Sam. Woodward who brought, the accldent and immediately inthe candy. and Cal Clark whose: vestigated. Mrs. Hall was procash contribution helped with the nounced dead a.t the Rand DIstrict
other expenses of the party.
Hospital where her body was taken.
Gifts were exchanged. refresh- j San Bernardino County Coroner's
ments of cake, coffee and chocolate I office was notlfled and inquest was
were served and . III r s. Catherine held. O'Connell Funeral Home of
Spaulding presented eac~ member Barstow was in charge of the tunof the Auxiliary with a. wce box of eral which was conducted Monday,
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December 29, 1941 by Rev. L. L.
James at the Four Square Gospel
Cl1'urch in Johannesburg. Interment
was in the Rand DIstr1ct Cemetery
at Johannesburg.
Mrs. HaIl was fifty-three years of
age at her death. She was a native
of Tennessee and bad liVed in Cal1I forma. since 1906 and in RandDIstriet for several years past.. She 18
survived by her hw;ba.nd John Hall,
of Red Mountain and a son and
daughter in Los Angele3'{-J-'1A. ,.,1
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In Los Anl'ele&Mr. and Mlrs. Ben E. Fugate spent
Monday to Thursday in Bloomington and Los Angeles vtsit1ng friends.
and' attending to business.
SOPIDE MACCARI, Correspondent
In MarinesKenneth Seaton enlisted in the
Here For ChristmasMarines and will report for duty
Lene !E. Netherton and J 0 h n January 2nd. Kenneth has been emStrick.er of Las Vegas. Nevada ployed at the wm. Pitt's garage for
spent Christmas with their fam- some time.
ily in Red Mountain, .
In Inglewood-
Visit RelaUve&Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Evans and
Mr. and Mrs.. W. Pitt and family children of Trona visited at her
spent Christmas in Inglewood visl.t. sisters homes Mr. and Mrs. Jack
1ng relatives,
Landon and children and Mr. and
Mrs. Maruin Wll11ams Saturday
Christmas With Relativesand Sunda.y.
Mr, and Mrs. Frank Lamley spent
the Holidays with their daughter In Los Angelesand family Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Mr. and Mrs. Bearing and fam~
Powel .of Los Angeles. They also 11y spent Monday and Tuesday in
v1sI.ted· her mother and sister in Los Angeles visiting her father.
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The annual Christmas party of
the A. F. of L. Auxiliary was held ,
in the Union H a II. Twenty-five.
members were present. Gifts and:
treats were given to the members
and famllles and refreshments of
sandwiches, cake. coHee and tea
were served. Mrs. El!le Janki, President was Santa Claus distrlbuting
the presents. The next reg u 1 a r
meeting will be the second! Tuesday of January at the A. F. of L.
building at 7:00 P. M.
!leTe From Neva~
Mr. and Mrs. AI Hunt fro m
Peoche, Nevada spent Christmas at
the home of her sister Mr. and
Mrs. Milo Worthington of Red
Mountain. They left· the 26th for
their home. Enroute they will stop
at the home of her father in
North Hollywood.
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Guests of Fugate's-
Visit Mrs. Edwards-
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Mrs. ,Josie Netherton. Donna and
Deana. Ray and Mr. and Mrs. Glen
aatton. Ga.1lan and Joyce s pen t
saturday and .sunday V1s1tJng in
Oil1o with Mrs. Susan Edwards and
son. Mrs. Edwards a former teacher of Red Mountain is n<?w teaching there.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerald. Smith of
Bloomington were guests at the Ben
Fugate's home Sunday and MQnday.
In TronaMr. and Mrs. Erie Adk.in:lOn and
family and friends spent Christ~ in Trona.
P.T.A. Parly-
The party given by ~he Red
Ph. 303-44
6-10 Fox Theatre Bldg. Mountain and Atolia P. T. A. a.t the
School house on. Friday was well atCHAS. G. POTTER
tended:. Mrs. Charl1e Lindsey dressAttorney at Law
ed in the traditional Santa Claus
SpeciaUziDg in Mining Law
costume distributed the treats to
Court & D. streets San'Bernardlno the children and adults. The P. T.
A. gifts of $83.16 was put in a fund
for needy families of Red Mountain
'and Atolla.. The next regular meeting of th€l P.T.A. will be Wednesday
January 7th at 7 P. M. at the
School Building.
Dr. Thomas J. Kindel
DENTIST
Phil Vogel Hospital
Mojave, Calif. Phone 2
In Los AngelesMrs. Grace Davis spent Christmas in Los Angeles with relatives.
At BoraaMrs. Ellie Jank.! attended a card
'party Saturday evening in Boron.
Jim's Garage
Randsburg, Calif.
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VOLUME 16, NUMBER 6
RANDSBURG. KERN (,,'OUNTY, CALIFORNIA
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~ed "Mountain to Form
Mojave Smelter Being
Given Attention
Several years ago, a' small smelter
was built at Mojave but never attalned commercial operation. After
a few tests, the plant shut down
and has remained idle ever since.
Tuesday's Californian earned a story
stating that tests a.re again underway to detennine the feasibility of
remodeling and modernizing the
furnaces preliminary to the possible purchase of the property by the
Union Smelting Company of Cali-
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Draft Registration
Places Announced
Arrangements for "1'hird Selective
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On Wednesday evenmg, Februmee~ will be held
at the Red Mountain School to
form a loca.l e.bapter of the American Red Cross. A cordial lnvitation is extended to all interested
Starts at Brown
eitizens t.o attend the meeting reo.
~ess of w ~ i c h side of the
county line they may be from.
Inspiration for the' new cha,pter
was received from the visit of
Mn. Johnson, San Bernardino
County Red Cross Chairma.n, who
addressed the Red Mount.a.in Parent - Teachers meeting Wednesda.y night.
Following orga.nization, the new
Red Cross Chapter hopes to ar-
Councy Superintendent oC SChool.!;
Leo Hart visited the Times office
lase Saturday enroute to Bakers
field after a visit to Brown, a.t the
junction of highways U. S. 395 and
U. S. 6. He reports that Brown 15
to have a fine new school building
with many advanced features un
usual in small schools of earlier
construction. When completed, the
new school will have a value of
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Service Registra-tion Taking' Form
Sta.te Headquarters o~ Selective
I Service in Sacramento has Issued
the officially approved list of registration places in the various com-
Modern Rural
School Buildinq
Cooperation. from Ma.ny Sources
Makes Possible Model Structare
for School and Community Center
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raJ1g'e for instruction in first aid
and to launch a program of bandage and hospital
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munities which will be open from
seven in the morning until nine in
the evening for the three days. February 14-15-16.
In this portion of Kern County the
following places are given, Postoffice at Inyokern, Staley's Cafe at
Cantil American Legion Hall at
Randsburg. PCB Recreation Hall 'at
Boron.
Judge James Platt of, Atolia is
advised that the Court Room, across
the highway from the store and
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postoffice at Atolia will be registratlon hea.dquarters for Red Mounlain - Atalia area. .;....
Brig. Genera.l Joseph O. Donovan.
state director of selective service requests registrants to attend to their
registration at the earliest possible
moment. Men coming under the
nation's wutrime signup are those
born on or after February 17. 1897,
and on or before December' 31. 1921.
who have not previously registered
in one of the two previous "R" Days
and are not already in the nation's
armed forces.
Paul B. Hubbard is again serving
as chief registrar for the Randsburg-Johannesburg area and wishes
to contact election board members
of Randsburg and Joh&nnesbur~
precincts who are wllllng to serye
as deputy registrars for Feb. 14-1516. It is hoped that a SUfficient
number will volunteer to reduce the
Ilumber of hours served by individual deputies to a m1nlmurn.
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from $6.000.00 to $8,
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Full architectural drawings were
prepared for the school through the
WPA. The fact that five of the
enrollment of approximately 16 pupils are Indi'an chfldren made pas
sible much needed financial aid for
the construction through the Indian Fund. administered by Federal
.1 and State authorities. Land for the
.1 site was donated and labor for con. struction is being donated by the
Taft and Was c 0 school districts.
This inter-district cooperation is a
distinct innovation in school mattel's and is receiving general commendation. Mr. H art's office is
supervising construction which will
be spread over several months and
is expected to be completed for the
opening of the 1942-43 term.
. The building over-all will 'be "48
feet by 28 feet. It will consist of. a
large class room 20 feet by 27 feet.
a UbI's.!)' and dining room 12"h feet
,by 16 feet. a kitchen 8 feet by 12
feet and a shop 12 feet by 16 feet.
Fuel oil will be used both for heating and cooking. Construction is
now un del' way following several
months of plJeparation.
Mrs. Ethel Standard' is the teacher at Brown. Enrollment varies from
twelve pupils to 21. It is one of the
far removed schools from the county seat.
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PLANT AT SALTDALE
Early Day Assayer
Revisits Camp
Norman Johnson. assbtant assayer under Jim Starbird at the Yellow Aster in 1918. was in Rand;burg, Thursday. Mr. Johnson lives
in Riverside now and was accompanied by James Grant. retired paint
dealer also of Riverside. Johnson
found many Cormer acquaintances
and enjoyed recalling former experiences in the old camp.
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Five acres of 'additional salt vats
have been authorized by the Long
Beach Salt Company. for that concern's operations at Saltdale. according to H. C. Top p. resident
. manager. Mr. Topp adds that the
capacity of the plant will be increased to a total of 75 acres of
vats with the present addition.
The vats wlll be constructed of
earth and lumber and the work is
now ready to proceed. Additional
grading equipment for handling the
dirt dikes has arrived.
Mr. Topp says that with adequate
rainfall tot aid their operations. the
annual salt production of the plant
...ill be definitely increased this year.
Many unusual demands for s a I t
have developed because of the war.
Owens Valleg
Jap Reception
Center 'Progresses
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Advance Contingent of 7991
lops Enroute to Manzanor :
Make Highway Spectacle
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Five miles of passenger cars and
trucks, filled with Japanese men,
women and chUdren. luggage, household furnishings and personal ef-,
fects of all description, wended its
way over U. S. Highway NO.6
from Los Angeles to Owens Valley
Tuesday. Approximately 800 Japanese were estimated to be in the
group and 'it !J; understood that,these
are an advance contingent to assist
In preparations for the larger num- :
ber that will be evacuated from Los!
Angeles soon. They were escorted
by military cars, jeeps and an am- '
bulance was in the procession. A
special train of twelve coaches also
carried another contingent of evacuees north.
Manzan:u- R~eption Center
A 6000 acre cract, located between
burg PTA. The ~ut.:~. ~fJ'-~"~'~ _ ..
the evening will be Mrs. Carrie OVal!.
pa.stor of the Randsburg Community Church and James Finley, principal of the high school. A special
invitation is extended to the fathers of the Red Mountain District. to
attend this meeting. Girls will be
present to car e for Chil~...p, too
~l to be left 'at home~ -2 b.-ej
Placerville Publisher Drives
Old Death Valley Trail
Mr. and Mrs, George Burris of
Placerville. former publishers of the
Tehachapi New s. risked a motor
trip on one of the desert trails and
m:l.de it successfully. They were returing Via Las Vegas from a visit
With friends and relatives in Texas
and Ariz()D'a. and decided to cross
Death Valley and the des e r t to
Randsburg, They left Death Valley
by the old Leach Pass trail going
near Owl Holes and Quail Springs.
The road proved very difflcult but
they arrived in Ran~urg safely,
Mr. Burris reports that wheat prospects in the~mid-West. ar~ excellent
but help Is scarce. The suggestion
that ailen Japanese be used to har-/
vest the crop is not acceptable to
the farmers.
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Permits to m 0 v e five buii<Jings \:
over u. S. Highway No. 395 were
granted to Denker's Sunshine Dairy
this week. according to Jack war-II
nero state highway foreman. The
bUildings are to be moved from Atolla to Donker's new location near
Ridgecrest and the undertaking begun Wedensday, will require several
days.
Dick Denker, proprietor of the
dairy, states that'the move has been
under preparation for: several months
past and that in re-establishing the
dairy near Ridgecrest, It w i 11 be
more centrally located to the communities served. Proximity to feed '
supplies Ls also a factor that de- J
termlned the change,
Modern Equipment
The new dairy, Mr. Donker sa)'S.
will fully meet all state and county
health standards and will be modern in every respect. To, supply the
demands for pasteurtzed in ilk. a
paste~rizer was placed in operation
some time ago and during the present month, a homogenizer has been
added. The homogenizer is a comparatively new ~~esswhich mixes
the--cream and"
Uk 'under - high
pressure with the result that hte
milk is constantly uniform and reputed to be much more digestable.
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Lonll Pine and Independence, known
as Manzanar Reception Center. is
now the scene of barrack construction to bouse soldiers. A million
and a half feet of lumber is said to
be required for the necessary buildings of the center. Trucks of lumbel', and other supplies have been
plying day and night between Owens
Valley and Los Angeles to bring the
new center into operation quickly.
Sewer lines and water mains sufflcinet to care for a capacity of 10.000 people are being built. Schools,
hospitals, m1l1tary police and recreation are being arranged. It Is understood that only American born '
Japanese citizens are to pass through J
Manzanar and that enemy aliens
are to be handled' in regular concentration camps located elsewhere.
Occupa.tlonal Prognm.
The receptIon center will have
Japanese fanners at work within
the 6000 acre tract, according to the
lnyo Independent, which states the
crops produced will contribute to
the needs of the center and of the
United states Army. A complete
village Is envisioned with stores operated by Japanese and if possible.
small industries will be started such
as toy malting and the making of
small parts for the armed forces
of the United States. several long
range projects such as mine to mill
roads, broadgauging the Southern
Pacific Railroad, etc.. are being con-
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RA.-";DSBURG.
~New School for
201 RAND DISTRICT
OLDSTERS REGISTERED
Ylohannesburg
:'. . A neW school bUilding, pla=ed
.~ meet modern requirements of
'the state school and health author,"Ides is scheduled for Johannesburg I
ccxmnunity. aecording to. Wesley
Aktns. clerk of Johannesburg school
board.
Mr. Akins states that the board
has conferred with County Superintendent Leo Hart and SChool I
'Arc1lltect Wlight on the subject.
JUtters of site. design and plan of .
financing are being determined
and the board hopes to announce
a final building program very
Shortly. Mr. Aldns indicates that
the school site owned by the school
district will very likely be used for
"P1e new building instead. of the
" Present location which is privately
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MEMBERS BUY WAR BONDS
Sixty ,Percent of the employees of
: the Atol1a Mining Co. have signed
np for the puroha.se of War Bonds
C>n the payroll deduction pIan. states
" Jim Parker. committeeman solicit. ~ bond sales a.t Atolla. Mr. Par"~ is a.cting in coopera Uon with
~unity War Bond chainnan
"~ Wa.lla.ce and feels sure that the
¥.&n-up for bonds at Atolla. will be
'JOO~ as soon as the vacation per'.~ has pas&ed. The pledges made
:~ the Atolla members of .the
.~ P. of L. now amounts to fl. p~_
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sales have started at the
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Cecil Wise, chief registrar for
Randsburg-Johannesburg reports 126
registrants between the ages of 45
and 64 having reported for the
sign-up over the week end. Judge
Platt, chief registrar of the Red
Mountain-Atalia area reports 75
registrants.
The registration held at RandsbUl'g was assisted by James Nesser.
M.l's. Dagmar Dilts. Mrs. Ethel Sain
and Jack Devlin as Deputy Regis-
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SPRING H. S. PLAY
Under the direction of Miss Marjorie Hain. students of the RandsI burg High School will present their
annual spring play Friday evening
::vfay 8th at the L-egion Hall. The
play chosen this year is "June
::vfad" a· pleasing comedy drama.
The Industrial Arts class is cred\ ited with valuable cooperation in I'.
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Word was' received last week of
the dea th of Tom McCarthy of La
Me..cc.a. who passed away just wnhin
the last two weeks.
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guest speakers at the Old Timers
Reunion held here last year. Years
ago he had the book store here
which was later taken over by
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RANDSBURG TIMES , May 7,
1942, p. 4:
PAGE FOUR
Injures Hand -
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By LELA DEANNE GARREHY
From Bakersfield Rose Gtllligh~r of Bakersfield
was a week-end guest of Miss Maxine Hoagland.
Complete Courses
Students completing their stand"Victory Garden" that he has out ard and junior course of instruction in First Aid in the American
close to the Ruth Mine.
National Red Cross. under the cllrLeave tor Virginia. ection of Hall Potter, received their
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Lundy left
certificates of a ward early this
saturday for Virginia where they
week.
will visit and vacation for the next
six weeks.
In Los Angeles Mrs, G. Sierra made a. pleasure
To Reside in Moja.ve trip
to Los Angeles on Tuesday of
Mrs, Julia. Wegmann expects to
join her husband very shortly who last week and returned the followhas secured employment in one of ing day with her husband and their
n·eighbors. Mr, and Mrs. Lyle Corthe Mojave mines.
bridge. who left here early Sunday
Visit Friends morning.
The C. A. McDonalds of 'Bakersfield and former employees of the Visit Parsonage
Miss May Pepper and Miss MarRandsburg Water Co.. were district
garet Finlay of Riverside were visivisitors last Friday and Saturday.
tors at the parsonage on Saturday,
Visit Hess Family They brought many gifts of fruit,
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Walton. Mr.
clothing and flowers from the
and Mrs. Jerry Harlow and Mrs.
Wesleyan SerVice Guild of that city.
Lehman of Pasadena were guests
for the church and Salvage Shop In
at the Max Hess home on Sunday.
Randsburg.
Guests of Sierras .
Recent Visitors at the Gabriel Social Evening (Jimmie) Sierra home were Mrs.
The Ladies Union Auxiliary of the I'
Kay Vergona. Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. F. of ·L. were' entertained last
Adams and Tom Caezza of Los Wednesday evening by Birdie Wills I
Angeles.
and her sister, Madeline Hall Nelson. Those enjoy1ng the evening
and a lovely lunch were: Mrs. O.
H. Andreason. Mrs. E. Janke. Mrs.
Maryellen Petersen, Mrs. Jeanne
'Bennett and her son Dutch Bennett
and hostesses Birdie and Madeline.
The affair took place at Madeline's
home.
Victory Garden -
Geo. Benko Is quite proud of his
"While working with an oil truck
last Wednesday Carny Soto. an em.ployee of the Economy Market,
had' the misfortune of crushing his
hand between the fender and
wheel of the truck. Carny was glad
to see Jack Garrehy who came to,
his rescue. He was taken to the:
Rand District Hospital for treat-'
ment and returned home with
twenty-one stitches In the hand.
C(}ttage Hotel Guests at the Cottage last week
were; Arthur Hempton of Burbank;
H. G. strain, Cottonwood: Grant.
Morton. Stockton; B. B.. Ceto. Baker; Arthur Peterson. Chas. P.
Peterson of Glendale; Miss D. A.
Smith. Miss E. R Smith. santa
Barbara; C. A. Wright, P. L. Jobes
of Los Angeles; William Kingland
and wife of Covina; Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Merritt of Trona; Mr. and
Mrs. Paul G. Morris of Grand
Junction. Colo.; Edward L. Haft of
Hollywood: Paul J. Howard and
N. D. Hudson of Bakersfield.
May Festival The high light of the May Festl- \
val last week. held in the Legion
Hall and sponsored by the High
School. were numbers by the Band
and the "Desert Song." sung by
Alice Johnson. Spring songs and
dances in pastel form'als by the
Girls Glee Club
preceded the
crowning of the May Queen. Miss
Gloria Branson. After the program
the large crowd mingled and bought
from the gaily colored booths.
danced and played games.
The High SChool wishes to express its gratefulness to the many
people who helped in making it a
success, The nice sum of fifty-five
dollars was derived from th1s event.
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RANDSBURG. KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
The big event of the week in the
Indian Wells Valley was Public
School Week. Sponsored by the
Trona Masonic Lodge. No. 684, a
program was held on the night of
April 28. at the Indian Wells Valley School. by th~ joint student
bodies of the Mount Owen and
Indian Wells Valley Schools. The
Trona Masonic Lodge had prevlously offered prizes. consisting of
defense stamps. to the winners in
each of the Elementary grades and
the High School.
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In addition to the above prizes.
the rooms having the most visitors
during' the week received cash
prizes a.s follows:
List of Winners
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O,il and Maehineless Permanents
First prize.
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First grade. Ellen Hubbs, Indian
Wells Valley School. 1st prize. $1.00;
Elaine Hubbs, 2nd prize, SOc.
2nd and 3rd grades. Carmen Or-
$6.00. IndIan Wells
Valley Intermediate room;
2nd
prize. $4.00, Mount Owen School;
3rd pnze.$2.oo, ·Indian Wells Valley Primary room; 4th prize. $1.00,
Indian Wells Valley High School.
The entertainment program con- •
sisted of building a map of the I
United States. by the students of '
t.he Mount Owen School; Rhythm
Band by the I. W.V, primary grades; ,
several selections by the LW.V.
band under the direction of W. A.
Ballard; reading of the prize winning essays; and an address. "The
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ROAST CHICKEN
with a.1l the trimmings
• FRIED CmCKEN
• FRIED RABBITS
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TESS' CAFE
Fanny Roberson, Prop.
Purpose of Public School Week.," by
Haughton, Jr.
I Gayle
ozco, Indian Wells Valley School.'
1st prize. $1.50; Dean Howard. 2nd
prize. $1.00.
First. secon~ and third grades.
Mount Owens School, 5 prizes of
150c each. Teresse Adame. Roberta
; Lopez, Loyd Geraud, Enrique Lo~
lpez. Fernando Adame.
\ Fourth grade. Jose Adame, Mount
Owen School. 1st prize, $1.00; Litha
I Crowell. Indian Wells Valley School.
: 2nd prize. SOC.
The theme for the 4th. 5th and
6th grades was. "How an American
BoY or Girl can help in the War."
The theme for the 7th and 8th grades was, "What' Schools Oan Do
to Help in the National Defense."
The theme
for the high school was
.
"I Own a Share In America."
The prizes were presented by
Fred saul, Master of th.e Trona
Masonic Lodge and Gayle Haugh-
ton. Jr., Secretary.
Fifth grade. Dolores Smith. Indian Wells Valley SChool. 1st prize.
$1.00: Mary Orozco. Indian Wells
Valley School. 2nd prize. SOC.
grade.' Frances Geraud.
Mount Owen. 1st prize $1.00; LucL'.\
Adame, Mount Owen. 2nd prize. SOC.
SLxth
Seventh grade, Donna. Bentham.'
Indian Wells Valley. 1st prize $1.00;
Richard Danel. Indian Wells Va!ley. 2nd prize. SOC.
Eighth grade, Roger Banta. Indian Wells Valley. 1st prize. $1.()(};
Josephine Porter, Indian Wells Valley. 2nd prize, SOC.
High School, Tom PIcking. Indian
Wells Valley. 1st prize. $1.00; Jean
Banta., 1rndlan Wells Valley. 1st
prize. $2.00; Raymond Danel,
dian Wells Valley. 2nd prize. $1.00.
All Types of Beauty Work
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Grocerfe_Meats
SPEClAIJZING IN BABY BEEF
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One hundred twenty-seven persons were regIstered . for sugar at
the Indian Wells Valley School on
Monday. The·teachers. Clyde HUbbs.
H. A. Coppock and MIss Merne
Hollingsworth. were in charge and
were ably assisted by Sam Wissig
and Dr. C. J. Addison of the C.O.C.
Camp, Mrs. Clyde Hubbs, Mrs.
Savage, Mrs. Huns1nger, Mrs. BanI ta.
Mrs.
Rollingson.
Florence
: Wright and John Carr.
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Desert Service
COTTAGE
.HOTEL
DINING ROOM
NOW OPEN
Otters Pleasant
Accomodatlons
For You~ Stay
In the Desert
Mrs. W. A. Worthington
Randsburg,
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Sojourners at Rand District's
Second Annual Oldtimers' Meet
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I 01dtimers Reunion reads
like a and Mrs. I. J. vaugn. Bakersfield.
directory of California. It would. be here from 1908 to 1916;. Mrs. Kate
intel'esting to reprint the entire Itst Hart. Bakersfield: John D. Galt.
, with the names and dates which 10- Saugus. Calif.; D. B. Hilberg. San
cal oldtimers give. Space limita-j Fer!1ando: E. Cuygal. Roscoe. here
. tions however permit only the in 1896: A. L. Renfro. Bakersfield.
: printing of the list of those who I Calif.. here i:1 1923:
Atolia Employee, Earl
'registered from towns other than I Ed Rutledge, Los Angeles; Thos'l
James, Loses Life Monday ~ the immer!;ate District and this list Quinn, Bakersfield; Victor V. Brow.
some idea of the response k er. Porto'
A shaft accident at the mnth
lev-,i will o-ive
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call this '
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killed. Representatives
of San Ber-l! Ruth Witt Johnson. Los
." Angeles:.' T l'0 na. h ere 1916 t a 1933'. Madal en e
nardino Countv Coroners Officej Gertrude N. Taylor. ·Whlttler. Callf..\ Van Dyck. 'Tro:la; Pete O·Meara.
h e b 0 d y. remoVIng!
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Jack
Bakersfield
took c h arge a f . t ..
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Bevelly WIO,,!leJd. Bakers.leld.
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Iv of last yeal' when he went. to
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I fifty years old and is sUl'vived by Inyokern. Calif., NIl. and 1 rs. S. here since 1900: 'Euo-ene Ward. Las
Z. Morgan. San Diego. were owners
hIS 11'.other and two daughters. One i
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Vegas. Nevada. here from 1908 to
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'1 c:aught.er ana hIs. mother !lve In I' 29. 1929; Bli• I Morgan. S an D'lego; 1918'. GraCe L. Lair. Los Ar.geles,
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5'-J-. I_ ~ ~ p. I Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Holloway and Caiif.; Wiley Doris. Bakersfield.
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: Mickev Mae.
Inglewood.
Calif.. Calif.;
Bruce
Mmard.
MOJave.
\ here from 1906 to 1920; Mr. and Calif.; Mrs. V. J. Tolles. Bakersfield.
: Mrs. Hubert E. Rose. Whittier, Calif.; Jack Duddy. Death Valley.
· : Calif.. here in 1919;
Calif.;
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L. A. SeppL Whittier. Cali!.: John
.Hal C. Potter. Bakersfield. Calif.;
·i H. Kenyon. Colton. Calif.. here from, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Phillips. Trona.
· ', 1895 to 1901; rvrr. and .Mrs. Bob' Calif.. here in 1925; Bessie M. Ty: Pruitt and family. North Hollywood. !er. Westend. here in 1908: B. F .
Westend;
Nful'gard Roos.
. \ here in 1914; Mr. and Mrs. Neill R.oos.
Fraser. Los Angeles. here from 1914 Westend. born in Garlock. 1898;
to 1919;
Ethel HansmanJ;l. Trona. Calif.:
Harry Payne. Tehachapi, here in! here In 1928: Jack and Betty Ev, 1094; Jess Dorsey. Bakersfield. here ans. Pomo:la. bom here in 1917;
in 1899: Mrs. Clarence Ives. here in Gladys Evans. pana. Calif.: Jo!'ln
, 1920; E. E. Teagle. Stockwell Mines. {M.· Denik. U. S. Anny.
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RANDSBURG. KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Pioneers Renew Friendships at
Annual Rand District Reunion
Over One Hundred Registered Attendance. Supervisor
Harty and Party Participate in Celebration Activities
The combined activities of the Oldt1mers Reunion, Museum Opening
and Memorial Day Observance, held last Sunday In Randsburg, provided
abundant Interest for both newcomers and the pioneers of Ra.nd District.
Opinions have been freely expressed that while the number of fonner
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fewer, those present did enter into
the spirit of the occasion and made
the event one ot the happiest ever
held.
The luncheon at the Legion Hall
Henry Pleikus of Johanneswas followed by an Impromptu
burg is a good tungsten miner
program with the student orchestra
and also has other abilities. Un~
drected by Mrs. Dorothy Johns prosuspected of these is his skill of
viding music and Rudolph Chicoine
description and his ability to
of Red Mountain contributing sevexpress h1m.sel! in verse. Here is
eral violin solos. Judge E. B. Maone that Is many years old and
ginnis, early day jurist and flrst II
has been printed in many maga.clerk of the mining district, greeted
:/lines and newspapers throughthe oldtlmers and guided the pro-I
out the country and Which he
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admi ts Is from his pen:
Oldtime Songs Featured
If you want to live In the kind
Eddie Pomeroy, talented musician
of a town
from the Owl Cafe, of Red MounThat's the kind of a town you
tain, gave an ingenious musical
like,
history of popular songs in which
You needn't slip your clothes in
the audience joined. A1; the songs
a.: grip
and types of music of each period
And start on a. long, long hike.
were explained by Mr. Pomeroy, he
You'll find elsewhere what you
played and sang them. The crowd
left behind,
liked the Idea and his entertainFor there's nothing that's realment developed Into an oldtime
ly new;
community sing with many specla-l
It's a knock at yourself when
requests.
you knock your town;
. A. A. Richie, of Rialto, California.,
It isn't your town - it's you!
who mined here in 1922, gave a
Real towns' are not made by
reading and Tom Duke of Froyo,
men afraid
Utah, who was here In 1895, paid
Lest somebody else get· ahead;
high tribute to the quality of desert
When everyone works, and nofriendships. With Mrs. Duke, he
. body shirks,
was the guest of his nephew, walYou can raise a town from
ter Gledhill for a few days. He enthe dead.
joyed a visit with Dan Culbert, who
And If whIle you make your perwIth hIm was one of the first ensonal stake,
ployees
the Yellow A1;ter.
Your neighbor can make one,
Henry Pleikus, longtime tungsten
too,
miner of Rand District, gave a
Your town will be What you want
beautiful
philosophical
reading,
to see;
"Dawn in the Rand District" which
It isn't your town - it's you!
was most impressive and revealed
Mr. Pleikus' rare ability at painting
word pictures. He is the modest
author of a nationally quoted poem
"It isn't Your Town, It's You." The
poem is reprinted in another column In this Issue.
11 Isn't Your Town
/t's You . ...
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P. J. Osdick, ; representing the
Rand DistIict Cemetery A15soclation. did good work in renewing
memberships and bUilding up the
cemetery fund.
State Sen'ator Jess Dorsey and
Sheriff John Loustalot, of Bakersfield and Tex Newby of Taft sent
greetings and regrets that they
could not attend.
County Represented
At the opening of the Desert Mu~
seum, follOWing the Reunion, the
Rand Rifles accompanied the colors
in . a short pa.rade from the Legion
Hall. Emory Ga.y Hoffman, secretary of the Kern County Chamber
of Commerce
with his camera
caught the h.1gh lights of the title
presentation ceremony at which
President Jack Warner of the Uons Club received the deed for the
museum lot from Adjutant James
Christiansen of the American Legion and in turn passed it, plus the
bill of sale of the bUllding, on to
County Supervisor C. W. Harty. Mr.
Harty, in accepting the museum on
behalf of Kern County, brought
greetings from the board of superv1sors and voiced the cooperation
and appreciation of the county in
furthering the museum project.
The museum, at Its opening. contains . a liberal collection of early
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VoL 11. No. U.
Barker Mill Has
Repairs Defay
pfacer Proiects
Begun Work on
Custom Tungsten
OperatIons at Holcomb Valley
Placers will be In progress next week
again, according to George Knudtsen. in charge. 'The tractor used to
handle material has undergone an
overhaullng and other changes
were necessary because of doubling the capaclty of the plant caused delays.
" Mr. Knudtsen Is very pleased with
Q small shipment of 1000 pounds of
tungsten concentrates which tested
72 to 74 per cent sheellte.
Other p1a<:er Project.
Desert Tungsten, Inc. has also
been inactive lately, due to a walt:
for material moving equipment.
WUllam Dewitt iRho is in charge has
returns from a short stay in Reno
and action Is expected shortly. Desert Tungsten IS on the w:Blker
ground Just below the Holcomb
Valley work1n~.
The Lcdi group on the old Mojave rood continues Its work. ' -
Milling Time of New Plant
To be Shared with Small
Producers of Rand District
Following a test mllllng of 200
tons of are from the Gold BasI.n
MIne, some six custom mIllings
have been handled at the mill at
that property and time reserved for
two more. After WhIch, the mill
will again gl ve .attention to another
200 ton millIng of ore from the Gold
Basin.
Clarence :Barker, proprietor of
the property, states that the mill
wIll continue to be available to independent producers for custom
milling during the intervals between
millings from the Gold Basili. Ores
m1lled to date have varied from lh
per cent to as high as 10 per cent
sheelite and mine operators have
provided a wide range of ores which
have demonstmted the flexiblllty
ot the mill for different type material.
Custom Mllllng
"Custom mllllng started May 17
with tonnages from operators ranging from four tons to as high as
55 tons per mllllng. Among the patrons of the mill are Glen Tramroll, T. B. Peterson. Cal Williams,
Wilson H. Jones. AI Sigler, and
Carl Chilson. Glen Hatton .' "and
Hoefling Brothers have reserved'
milling time.
The mill Is a concentration gravity plant using jlggs, classifying
screens and tables. The availabilIty of satisfactory mining facilities
and apparent customer satisfaction
Is expected to result in continued
and additional Independent tungsten pl\oductlon in this area.
Gold' Basin mll) operators are
Thomas courson and JIm Fraser,
wh6 have operated the mill 'slnce
change of the flow sheet plan 1n
January.
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San Bernardino
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Lundy, longtime residents of Rand District
have purchased a home In San Bernardino anti will make their future
residence there. Mr. Lundy was
employed with I the Yellow Aster
years ago and more recently has
been the holstman at Atolla. '
He "has been released from the
strategic mineral ,employment to
accept a job In defense Industry at
} San Bernardino.
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More. Officers
At the Wednesday evening meeting of the Rand Rines, the roster
of officers was completed with ele<:tlon of Glen Trammll as 1st LIeutenant, Wally Forgee and Ralph
Ralston, 2nd Lieutenants and Tommy Bennett was named 1st sergeant.
Art M;a.y was elected treasUlter
and Eimer Moody, clerk.
Capt. Max Hess states that a fine
Interest was shown in the choIce of
officers and the company Is In fine
fettle.
About June 15, Major Scoggins of
Arvin Is expected to bring an authorned state guard Instructor to
Rand District to give official instruction to the mllltia units here.
In the meantime regular weekly
meetings are being held In Randsburg.
Son W rifes From
North African Area
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Adams of
Searles report ha.vlng heard from
their son J. C." Adams Jr., who Is
with the armed forces In North Africa.
Their other son, Billy, Is attending Kansas State College in trainIng as an aV1atl~n cadet.
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Asks Hunting Knife
In a recent letter to h1s parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Humphrey of
Atolla, their son Gene has expressed a request for a hunting knife.
Gene has just been released from
an army ho.spltal for active duty
in the South PacifIc. His parents are anxloU8 to comply wIth
their soo's request and wUl appreciate information of anyone hav4
Ing a. hunting kn1fe for sale.
Gene Is a former stUdent of
Randsburg High School and well
remembered by friends here.
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Wesley Akins. clerk of Johannesburg School District. reports that
the school building has been moved
to its new site on the district's own
property and is receiving final reconditioning and repairs.
The school building has ben given special attention this summer in
1 anticipation of an increased
enI rollment.
The Johannesburg school
; will open Tuesday. Septelnber Sti1.
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Millard Howard. foreman at the
dredge. operations of Randsburg
Gold Dredge Asociates. states that
the dredge is well afloat and that
pumps on all three wells are In
action satisfactorily.
Newton Cleveland. who is general manager of the project. was not
present to make further statement
regarding beginning of operations.
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AT DREDGE PROPERTY
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NEARS COMPLETION
If one hundred per cent of
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Tenth Township
Has 484 Voters
the
voters in the Tenth Judicial Townshit? vote at the primaries next
Tuesday. almost five hunctred votes
would be cast.
The registration for that election
closed July 16 and completed lists
released by County Clerk Veon
shows the following registered in
the four precincts of this jUdicial
township:
Randsburg No. 1 has 143 voters
registered.
Randsburg No. 2 has 158 voters.
Johannesburg Precinct has 78,
and Red Rock precinct has 95
voters.
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For Room and Board
Phone 331
Elsie J. Nosser
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Under New Management
BREAKFAST-LUNCHEON
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(Plain or toasted)
OPEN FROM
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RANDSBURG TIMES, Sept. 3, 1942, p. 1
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VOLUME 16, NUMBER 36
School Openings
Announced Bg Rand
District Boards
Schools at Johannesburg
and Randsburg Open Sept.
8; Red 'Mtn. Opens Sept. 14
The opening dates for the 1942-43
school term have been set for Rand
District schools. Teachers are contracted for the next year's work,
At all four schools. enrollment is
expected to be equal and possibly
better than the past year, despite
many changes of famUies resident
in ,the ~rea, The Randsburg High
School is scheduled to open Tuesday, September 8, as is also the
Randsburg Grammar School and
the Johannesburg Grammar School.
Red Mountain School wlll open the
following week on, Monday,' September 14. '
Hig-h School Courses
James Finley, princi{}"al of the
Randsburg High School. states that
the high school will again provide
both the academic college preparatory course and tl'!e alternative
vocational SUbjects.' The freShman
course. however. will be held to reqUired ~ubjects and the selectives
offered to the last three class
groups.
Band. orchestra.. glee club, music
a.ppreciation. industrial arts, typing,
mechanical
drawing,
dramatics.
minerology ,an<1. hobbies 'are among,.·,
the elective ',SUbjects which will.
embellish the regular academic of-'
ferings.
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Mrs. Kathleen Jewell, clerk of
Rand~burg
Elementary
School
Board. states that the teachers at
that school will consist of Alfred
Hansen, principal; Mrs. Melvina
Wofford. primary room and.. Miss
Beatrice Wiley. intermediate room,
Wm. Ballard will again handle instrumental music.
Principal Hansen comes to Randsburg from Nashmead, Calif., and
received his professional training at
San Jose State Teachers College.
, Mrs. WOfford is from Maderia.
California. She is a. graduate of
U. C. L. A. and bas a. son in high
school' and a daughter in ~rnmar
school.
Miss Wiley is a. graduate of Whittier College and comes to Randsburg from Los Angeles.
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Millin.g At Atolia
King Solomon Group Finds
Lady luck at Flat Iron
SPUD 'PATCH PLACERS ARE
SEITING UP EQUIPMENT
A visit to the "spud pateh" this
week reveals that the, large dragline
to be used there . by Spud Patch
Placers Is being put in position for
operation and that the washing
plimt further to the east near the
Jones Well Is also receiving attention,
The five miles of power line Is
due for construction during the
month as materials are secured,
Poles for the line are now on the
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Iground.
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The King Solomon Mines Lease
group. which consists of James
Christensen. James Nasser. ~
Hess and Emil SChultz. have postponed their activities at the K1rig
Solomon during recent months and
now leasers of the Flat Iron
Mine, tungsten
property of the
Atolia Mining Co. Their fourth
milling of tungsten ore In as ma.ny
month::; is one of the best millings
made to da,te during the present
tungsten activity at Atalia.
Excellent Values
N'lnety tons of high grade ore
has been reduced to slightly over .
.four tons, ~f tungsten concentra.te
that averages 65% W03 tungsten. .
The milling is the result of their
work during the ,past month and
far exceeds their three previous
millings in Quality Of ore and dollar value. Estimates of the value
of the fine milling is given at
around $7000.OQ gross.
James Christensen states that
the good are was found on the 2(){}"
foot level of the Flat .Iron, on the
old Spanish Vein in virgin ground.
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The necessaryctetail of getting
the pit opened up for the actual
program of operation has occupied
recent weeks ,a't the RandsbUrg
Dredge Associates property northwest 'of Randsburg. Newton Cleveland, who heads the project. is at
the p['operty this week.
• He states that the dredge itself
is functioning most satisfactorily.
that the formations are such that
digging is better than was expected
and that the seepage of the pit has
been definitely licked,
The dredge. in its operations to
date, has been working With overburden material and is now about
ready to handle the pay gravel beneath. Its course of operation has
been marked and the project 1s
settling down to its program after
a .. ~eriod .Of becom1ng acquainted
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Superintendent Hugh Coke of the
Atolla Mining Co. states that nine
sets of leasers. consisting in all of
eighteen me~. have arranged leases
with the' company' and' that
ground is still available for miners
who wish to lease, The leases as
prepared are an effort to comply
with the Wage and Hour Admi.Iiistratton's inteI1lretation of the labor
laws and vary SQmewhat from the
general lease terms used in earl1er
years.
Ninety men are on the payroll of
the Atalia Mining Company, states
Supel'intendent Coke. which with the
leasers makes a total of 108 men I
who are now busy on the eom- i
panY's holdings in Rand District.
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Will Re-open Papoose Mine
During the earlier days of Atolia.
the Papoose Mine was reputed· to '
have' been the ~rlchest tungsten
mine in the world. ,superintendent
Coke states that the Papoose will
'soon be re-opened as, a company
:'in:ore
operation.
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, AT COTIAGE HOTEL
After several months suspension
p.
of service. the
to the public. It was cloSed earller'
in the summer due to the' illness of
the proprietor. Mrs. L. C. WorthJngton-GibGon.
"Worthy" has 'established a widespread reputation over the. years
for western hospitality and excellent food of which she is proud.
Despite increasingly d1!!icult wartime conditions she states that
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.In~ okern and Brown
Schools Will Open
September ,14 is Date For.
Indian Wells Valley Units.
The two schools in Indian Wells
Valley, Brown and Inyokern. will
start their 1942-43 terms next Monday. sept. 14.
At Inyokern. three teachers are
employed with Clyde Hubbs again
in charge as principal, Howard Coppock and l\-lrs. Merne Abernethy
completing the staff. Inyokern
school offers the elementary grades
and two years of high school work.
At Brown. the. new school building is rapidly nearing completion
but may not be completed in time
for the school to start the new
term in it. The old building re-'
mains intact and will be used if
necessary until the new structure
is ready for occupancy.
Mrs. Earl Standard is again the
teacher [PI' the school at Brown.
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Sixteen boys and girls trooped to'
school at Johannesburg Tuesday
morning and enrolled for the C"oming term. A bright.· newly painted
school house, enlarged to double its
previous capacity, invited them at
the new school site on the district's
own ground to which the building
had been moved.
The school house' has been pracCottage diniDg room service will be tically rebuilt with an addition that
held to ~ast standards.
is equal to the size of the old building bringing the class room to
twentz by forty feet. A room housing the school library will later
have other uses.
Ed Herkelrath received word last
The school occupies a site flanked '
saturday of the death of his cous- by a' county road which has been
In. John Herkelrath at San Bernar- graded to commodious width. The
dino. The latter had made his playground swings,
flagpole and
home in San BernardlIio since 1937 other equipment have been erected
when he left Rand District follow- at the new S(t~ and a generous
ing a residence dating back to 1915. level playground nicely cleared for
The deceased was almost seventy- recreatIon.
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four years old and had ·followed
mining In the many mining camps
of the west throughout his life. In
Rand District, he. had been interested in the Red Bird claims.
'He carne west from his native
state of Minnesota as a boy with
his parents and lived first in San
Bernardino.
Druck.Ko~tsen Nuptials
Services and interment ·were ·in
Climax Colorful Romance
San Bernardino.
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Miss G e n e Druck, .for sever-
Oldtime Miner·
Called By Death
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placer ope:ations of ~he Lacey OIl .
Tool Co. m the Stnnger District
with tank
truck loads of water.
Five' hundred and fifty-five loads.
each of a thousand gallons each,
makes a tl?tal of 55f?OOO gallons.
Piacer operations are definitely
keyed to adequate water supply and
George Knutsen: in charge of the
project; has apparently concluded
that l'dlss Drucl;t is indispensible to
his -undertakings.
On, Thursday, september' 3rd.
Mls& .Dx\lck became' Mrs. George
Knutsen' at a ceremony performed
at the Wee Kirk of. the Heather
chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mr.
and Mrs. Hans Lage. associates of
the .groom. accompQnied the brIdal
couple and witnessed the ceremony.
The wedding was a~: 6: 30 in the
morning. .
The bride ·l:J.as 'assisted with the
piacer project slnce June and
to Rand -. District from Redlands.
Th~ neWlyweds expect to'live In the
Walker house near Mr. Knutsen's
·work.
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MANUAL OF ARMS
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A large audience enjoyed v,-atching the Rand Rifles at their drill
'Necnesday evening L"l Johannesburg and a gratifying number of
~tilitia members reported for pracdee.
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The e\·er.i."1g was spent in inteIlS€
: drill on the manual of :;lrms and
was the first occasion for the ~en
I to reoort. with guns. A wide vanety
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I~ioub!e barrel ShotgUl~S to regulation
armv rifles.
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The present m:l!"lual of arms ·IS
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i..'1. the last world \\"2 r and the new
recruits and world ·war veterans
were on <,qual foo~,ir.g.
Drill at Salt dale
On :vronday evening the acting
officers of the Randsburg unit made
a trip to Saltd:tle to assist the unit
there in its drill. Capt. Cecil Wise.
Lieut.
Ralph
Raison.
Sergeant
I Glenn Trammel and Sergeant Max
Hess report the men and boys at
Saltdale are working hard and getting results.
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The object of the Dew bOfIrd is
to reduce the number of miles
which citizens must travel to contact the beart!. Each board member and alterna.te ·wUl be prepared
and qUalified to a.ccept applications
tn all ratiorullg matters and in turn
tJ;) .submit the appli.ca.tions- tl).. ,the·
board at its regular weekly meeting.
William Hackman. chairman of
the beard, will be a vallable to
Randsburg citizens. Jos. Folse in
Johannesburg may be' contacted in
~hat area. Jos. Fox. at Ridgecrest,
will serve that community. Clyde
Hubbs is' the board representative
for Inyokern and Brown. and H. C.
Topp, at Saltd3.le. will serve tha t
area.
:\!ore Rationing Due
The prospect of gasoline rationing
and possibly meat rationing gives
added importance to the immectiate
functioning of the new board and
the benefit which it will gi'·e in
conservation of tires.
\ Fuel oil rationing has been announced for the eastern and midwest states but no intimation has
yet teen gi\·en regarding California.
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'RAND DIS'J'RICT, RANDSBURG. KERN COUNTY, CALlFOltNIA
VOLmlE 16, NUMBER 40
Desert Rationing Board Serves Large Area
00 PARepresentative De Lacey Charges 0L di C
B.
Board' Memhers With Duties Wednesday P~ ~ce!n r~s
Public Pot-Luck Meeting, October 8 Will.Provide Opportunaeer qulpmen 0
ity For Questions and Explanation ~f AU Rationing Problems Rand Tungsten Field
"TIle mills of the Gods grind spect the work of the board and l"cnslowly but they grind exceedingly del' further assistance. He expects
Smelters Corporation Will
fine". Field Representative Henry at that time to ~ri.llg to the new
Start Operations South of
DeLacy of the OPA started invest- board all records of this area now
Sfringer Mining District
igat.ing the difficultIes which resI- in the files of the Mojave board.
dents of the remote communities of Pot-luck l>inner !\feeting
A 2 ~ yard linkbelt dragline,
eastern Kern 'County were expertPrompted by the need for a thor- oil tanks. lumber for a bullding
encing in rationing matters in July. ough understanding of the func- and miscellaneous equipment was
On Wednesday of this week he tions of the new rationing board unloaded at Rand Siding of the
placed the new board in offiCial ac- and the desirability of reports from Southern Pacific on Sunday. This
tion at 'a meeting with board mem- other war efforts in :the community, is the first installment of a combers in Randsburg.
the Rand District Defense CounCil plete placer operation being Installed
A liberal amount of necessary is calling a meeting for the evening on the Molybdenum Corporation
forms and board supplies were left of Thursday, OCtober 8. The af- ground south of the Stringer Diswith the board w~ich will have its fair wlll be a pot-lUCk dinner at trictriet by the Smelters Corporaheadquarters for the present at the six-thirty. followed by the meeting. tion of Lodi. Callf~rnla.
Jewell buUdlng in Randsburg. De- It will b'e held in the front patio of
Further shipments of a dry conLacey was accompanied by Wm.. M. the high school if weather permits, centrator and equipment for the
Rowland, executive secretary of this otherwise the Legion Hall wUl be cle!U'-up house will follow 1mmedrationing district which coyers Kern, used. All citizzens are Ul-ged to at- iately according to Grant Morton,
Inyo, San LUis Obispo and Santa tend.
engineer in charge of the project.
Barbara. Counties.
By this date the new board ex-, Morton states that Smelters COrTells Board Duties
pec~ to have its work well organ- poration is a. Lodi group, headed by
Samuel B. Levin. chairman of the ized and be familiar with the phas- W. B. TIlurman, and decision to
Tron'a Rationing Board attended es of its work: most necessary in place equipment in this field folthe meeting.
this area.
10.....' 5 . a long period of exploration
In instructing the new board Conununities Served
work here by representatives of the
members. DeLacey charged them
RandsbUrg'
and
Johannesburg corporation.
with many duties and limitations, have V-Im. Hackm.a.n and Joe Foise
Morton is being assisted in the
Meetings of the group must be held as representatives on the board. installation work by Bob Ogden,
weekly to' consider aud' act' upon' all- ·saltdale.·~has 'H. 'C: :Topp.· IrijokerilHury ·Rickwalt. Bo' H. Patrick.- -and'
appll?Stions which have been filed. and Brown :Jave Clyde HUbbs and A. C. Dennison', Who accompanied
Reports must be made by the board Ridgecrest has Jos. Fox. These men him from the north. and by a crew
on. the 7th, 14th. 21st and 28th of will endeavor to be properly inform- of local men.
each month. Sugar, tires typewrit- ed on rationing matters and give
The object of the project is to
ers. automobiles and bicycles are information. upon request to 'c1ti- concentrate sheelite from the placer
among the commodities subject to zens.
gt'ound by dry process and to finrationing and t.o this list several
Ridgecrest was formerly served ish the recovery with water. Mormore. induding gasoline will be a·d- by Trona Rationing Board but will ton states that t·he equipment will
ded SOOll.
now be within the jUl'isdiction of have a capacity' of 1000 yards per
Within two week:.-;, Field Repre- I the . new bOD.J,·d, in eastern Kern -daT
senta.~ve DeLacey will retUl-n to in- : County. i &. ii-. J
Operations will be gotten underway as rapidly as possible, dependent on the availability of necessary
materials, It 15 hoped that all will
be in readiness within the next two
months.
A gas engine was used to move
the dragline from the cars to the
/ property whel'e electric Power will
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POW!=R COMPANY WILL
SERVE PLACER PROJECTS
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The suostation of the California
Electric Power Co. at Atolia is being revamped to Increase it.<; capacity from 600 horsepower to 900
horsepower. District Manager Trujillo states that the increase is
prompted by the immediate needs of
Spud PatCh Placcrs for their operations. The prospective needs of
the new placer undertaking of
Smelters Corporation will also be
met from this sUbstation.
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RED MOUNTAIN SCHOOL
Ben F. Fugate, principal of Red
Mountain Elementary School, has
accepted a transfer to the Yucaipa
school and left last Tuesday with
his mother and Mrs. Fugate for the,
new a.ssignment. Toe Fugates have
been very active in the community
life of Red MountRin and their departure is regreted. Mr. Fugate's
POSitiOn. Is . being filled by Mrs. '
SChneeberger.
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.ardino C'ty
Registered
for Atolia and
oin Are Appointiarmon
egtsterlng all ren tal
Bernardino County
y. It Is preliminary
,rol program of that
las been designated
ea.
ltal property in Red
Atolla are required
the order to registy.
Area Rent Director
.rdlno County. says
, the Red Mountainconnection with the
~dminlstration. Rent
.'aUon Program. will
OCtober 6. 1942 at
,ge in Red Moun taln
;toffice at Atolia."
has appointed Mrs.
on to act as registrar
in and Mr. and Mrs.
Atolia.
rn rent regulation
effective September
cardino {;ounty pro:ental property must
n or before October
~r forms will be ob) above mentioned
r~ to be filled out In
all thrce caples realee' of Price Adminexamination of same
)f Price Admlnistra.ion. one copy wUl be
landlord. one to the
) retained by the of-
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By LELA DEANNE GARREHY
In Los Angeles-Local fire warden. C. F. Garrett. I
spent last week in Los Angeles.
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Visits nome Folks-
MIsS Laura Davis. now of Northridge. was up for the week-end.
Laura is employed at the Adel Precision Company in Glendale.
At BakersfieldJim Christensen made a business
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. trip to Bakersfield Friday.
Im.prove Home-The interior. and outside 'as well,
of the Trujilio residence hns just
been given a. new paint job -.b~-'
Roy Mershon of Inyokern,
To San Francisco-Mr. and Mrs. Bob Yeager, left
Monday for San Francisco for a
visit with relatives.
.New Home, On Tuesday, Mrs'. Laura Moran
moved into the Louise Kitzmiller
house on Butte Avenue,
ConvalescingWord from Bakersfield Is received
that Wm. (Billy) Swttt. one, of
;;,. Randsburg's
oldtimers,
Is
con' - vaJescing at the Kern ~neral Hos--< pital, from a recent illness.
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Is spending a week of her vacation
Fonner ResidentsBefore reporting to the Air Corps
which he joined recently, Ed Riggs
Jr.. and his wife Esther, and his
sister. Mrs. Hinston-Thomas, with
the Ed Riggs 8["5.. visited friends
here Monday. The Riggs family
are former residents here.
\ Teachers Enjoy Valley WellsA teachers "Get-to-Gether" was
enjoyed last Wednesday evening at
the Valley Wells plunge. with a picnic dinner. Those' attending were
Mrs. Viola Genrich of 5altdale. Mrs.
Ruby Rogers of Cantil, Miss Wiley,
Mrs. Wofford. Mr, and Mrs. Finley,
Miss Hain, Mrs. Feeney and J\,!r.
Goldberg. all of Randsburg.
~Ionthly
"Fun Nlght"Last Saturday evening the Legion
Back From Vacation/
Befote returning to her home
after a vacation of two weeks spent I
in san Frnnclsco and Clear Lake.
Mrs. Ervy Cote was joined by her
husband at Victorville. Mr. Cote
will remnin in Victorville another
week.
Cottage HotelGuests at the Cottage this week
were: C. J. Bastedo, LOIS Angeles;
Garland Mathews, Los Angeles; A.
C. Dimsen, Riverside; E. Mudar. El
Paso, Texas; J. M. Wells. Callf. Elec.
Co., Riverside; C. A. Spangler, Riverside; 'E'l,rl H, Champman. Bishop;
W. M. Culbertson, Da. Wixone; R.
E. Wise, E. C. McKinney, W. R.
Reidniger. all from ;rnt. TeL Co.;
Mrs. R. E. Wise, Riverside'; A. L.
Fass, Los Angeles; Ai Carpenta.
Sacramento; G. M, Mill. Henry B.
De Lacy. Wm. M. Rowland. Bakersfield; Geo: Cummins, L. L. Hunter,
L. L. Perris, S. J. Gill. Los Angeles;
D. A. Ross. La Mesa; R. L. Ogden.
Stockton; Mr. and Mrs, Ray Steph-
Hall was turned into one big night
of fun for a gathering of a.round 80
people from this community. A
variation of games and folk dancing
was enjoyed. along vlith refreShments of cookies and punch. This
affair. called "Fun Night", is a
monthly event for old and young
alike and is sponsored by the Rands- en, Anaheim.
burg COmmunity Methodist Church.
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Move to New HomeThe !Lew occupants of the house
. recently vacated by the J. B. Parkers are the Howards. Mr. Howard
Is foreman of
the
Randsburg
QQld Dredge Associates.
Attend Meeting-Rev. Carrie E. Ovall attended a
meeting of the ministers and their
wives or the Pasadena Dlstrict held
here with he\ parents.
~turns
Home--
Mrs. Kathleen Jewell returned
se~-eral days ago from a. five day
trip spent in Southern California
on business and visiting friends.
STILL
SERVING
There has been no interruption
in our service to patrons beca.use
of the fire.
We wish to tha.nk all who cooperatetl in the successful fight
to control the blaze a.nd we
promise
improved a.~d more
complete service as repairs a.nd
replenishments are made.
A KIN
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PUBLle-GOLD BUYER.
Johannesburg-, California
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MOJAVE' JEWELERS . . . •
C. E. MILLER
Authoriud wakh Inspector for
Southern Pacific Co. and Santa
Fe Railroads.
MOJAVE. CALIFORNIA
Blankenship Heads
PioneerPowder Firm
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Murphy Bros. of Ludlow
Still ConfroJled by Family
Ed Blankenship. well known in
Rand District from his residence
here several years ago, as a representative of the Standard Oil Company, has resigned as district manager of Standard Oil for the Barstow
district. He has accepted a position
as executive manager of Murphy
Bros.. Inc.. at Ludlow and will act
as wholesale dealer for Standard Oil
at Ludlow and agent for Hercules
Powder Co.
The firm of Murphy Bros. started
business in the desert some 4(} years
ago and supplied powder and other
minjng supplies in the early da.yS:
to the Rand District and as far distant as Rice. After the dea.th of
one brother, the survivor. Michael
Murphy continued the firm. FollowIng Murphy's
death, Murphy
Bros. was incorporated about a year
ago with Mrs. Laura Murphy, a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. D.
Blankenship. as president; Mr. Blankenship as vice-president and executive general manager and Mrs.
Blankenship as secretary-treasurer.
Desert Barber Shop
AT THE
Randsburg Community
METHODIST CHURCH
Carrie Elizabeth O\'all.. Pastor
Sunday School. 9:45 A. :M,
Church of Youth, 11 A.
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JunIor League, 6:00 P. M.
Epworth League. 6:30 P. M..
Evening Worship, 7:30 P. M.
For Yom Convenience
10 A. M. to 8:30 P. M.
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J. H. Kidder. Owner
Red Mt.
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12th and Date - - Lancaster
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The Bend
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Randsburg, Calif.
Rev. Fr. Joseph H. Boucher. Pastor
Mass will be celebrated at 7:30
a.m. on the last Sunday of each: I
month and at 10: 30 on each of the
other Sundays of the month.
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Cafe
Under New Management
BREAKFAST-LUNCHEON
-DINNER
Sandwiches of All Kinds
(Plain or toasted)
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METHODIST CHURCH
Randsburg, Calif.
Sunday School. 2:30 P. M.
Worship Service. 3:30 P. M.
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FOUR SQUARE CHURCH
Rey. and :\irs. G. R. Faulkner.
IICOTTAG E
Pastors.
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Sa(Urday. 7:30 ? :\-1. Stirring Dra-I
rna, You \\'011'" want to miss it..
"Wha;; Then.
Sunday, 9 :30. Sunday Scheol. Entel' our exciting' contest,
11 :00. "How to be Blessed"Spea>;er. Bro. Paulkner. This ser\'ice will close with a Dedication /
Service for babies and chIldren.
7: 00. Prayer and Praise Service.'
7: 30, P, M.. a service tha t will be
a real blessing t.o you. Sister Faulk'ner's message is entitled. "Sweet
Land of Liberty."
! Tuesday, 10:30 A. M" Prayer ser-!
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7 :30 P. M .. Bible Study.
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--Offers Pkasant
AccomodatioDs
For Yonr Stay
In the Desert
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NOW OPEN
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Randsburg. California
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Visits ParentsMrs. Don Hardie, who is teaching
school in Walnut Creek. was a. guest
at the home of her parents. Mr, and
Mrs. Vic De Zan last Wednesday.
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Guests of Grace. DavisVisit 10 :\IojaveMrs. Mildred Baxter of Los AnMrs. Clyde ~ump~rey a~d chil- geles was a week-end guest of Grace
dren visited fnends m MOJave last I Davis and Bessie Carpenter.
Sunday.
Young- Folks PicnicHunting- Trip-.
A picnic was enjoyed by a numForrest Fulton and Otto Cavalll, bel' of young people last saturday
have returned from a week's hunt-I evening. Those present were, Bob
ing trip in the High Sierras. They I' and Helen Franich. Joe Bryan. Marbrought back with them a 200 pound, vin Chessman. George Ford. Alfred
deer and one a little smaller.
Musgrave. Johnnie Mae. Anna and
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Dmner
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H. C. SprUnger of Los Angeles and Visit l\lother1
daughter, l'vIrs, Margaret Larson of
Elfie and Barbara Lee Janke of
Trona. were dinner guests at the Lynwood visited at the home of her j
home of Grace D.~vis Saturday.
mother over the week-end.
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Neal Harwell was a business
itor in Moja"'e last Frida)'.
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From Downieville-Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Latta accompanied by Mr. Carol Wrined of
Dov."Tlieville were guests at the home
of Grace Davis last Tuesday.
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On FurlonghSgt. Oscar Griswold. stationed at
Minter Field near Bakersfield. is
the house guest for a few days of
his aunt, Grace Davis.
In LancasterFrance Fulton .and Jimmy Harrington were business "isitors in
Lancaster last Friday.
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Visit In Patte HomeM:'. and Mrs. Sanders of Sa.n Bernardino were guests of Mrs. James
Platt Tuesday.
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:\le.ats
There has been no interruption
"',e wish to thank all who cooperated in the snccessfnl fight
t.o control the blaze and we
promise improved and more
complete service as repairs and
replenishments are made.
A KIN
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in our service to patrons because
of the fire.
and
A K JN
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PUBLIC--GOLD BUYER.
Johannesburg. California
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SPECIALIZIXG I=-r BABY BEEF
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Assists In Post OfficeI Edna Harwell has been working
n the Red Mountain POSt Office.
during the illness of Cora London.
postmistress.
PETE R S EN'S
Groceries -
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FOR SALE-Fischer upright piano.
'I'ur.ed recently. good condition.
S40. wonh more. Tino Blair. Red
MClmtain.
l41-42p)
FOR SALE-Air compressor mounted on '30 Chev. truCk. Jack hammer. steel: ~OO ft.
in. air
hose. 200 ft. II." in. new pipe. Jim
Parker. Atolia.
l39-41pl
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Buy War Bonds
Every Pay Day
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Let's Double
Our Quota
VOLUME 16, NUMBER 4.2
I"Hoppie"Service
I~:?o~~~~on!!~~r:;~ations
I on U. S. NO.6 burned to the ground
last Sunday. It was the establishment operated for the past ten years
as "Hoppie's" Service Station, located at the junction of NO.6 and
U. S. 395. nea.r Brown.
As one of the results of v..-ar-time
tra vel restrictions. "Hoppies" had
I suspended operations a couple of
months ago and the buildings were
vacant when the fire occurred
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Five Mile Line Built Ta Spud ~
Placers Plant on Cuddeback .
Dry Lake Below Atalia
That placer mining is to definitely
become a commercial industry in
Rand District was given confirmaton this week when the Ca.lifornia
I Electrc Power Co. connected its services to the five mile line leading
east from Atolia to.' the washing
plant of SpUd Patch Placers. John
Trujlllo, superintendent for California. Electric Power Co.. states that
further indication was manifest
Wednesday When Grant Morton.
representing Smelters Corporation
of Lodi, signed a contract with the
local power company for service to
their location southwest of the Black
Hawk Mine.
Operations Start ~oon
The SpUd Patch proopect consists
of a large drag line unit located in
the heart of the famous Atolia "SPUd
patch", source of many rich tungsten flnds, and a washing plant a
few miles to t~e east near the' RubleJones property on Cuddeback Lake.
Work on the washing plant has
progressed during recent weeks
I'and the dragline is in position and
ready to start operation.
Kerin Malone,' representative of
Hoeflling. Bros,,' backers 'of the project. had charge of the five mile
power line construction. The line
wll1 serve both the drag line and the
washing plant and carries 4000 volts.
The power company substation at
Atolia was remodled to provide the
service and power is available now.
More Tungsten Recovery
Mr. Trujillo states that his company will construct a hal! mile of
line and provide a small substation
to serve the Smelters Corp., a new.
placer concern now establishing
equipment south of the Stringer
District, according. to a contract
signed Wednesday with Grant Morton. representing Smelters Corp.
Morton arrived this week from
Lodi with a truck load. of equipment
to be followed by considerable more
from the nort.h_
Both coo;;rns will concentrate
efforts on tungsten recovery and are
moving toward operation 'as fast as
materials a.nd help is avallable.
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IFormer Resident's
Interment Here
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VOLUME 16, NImmER 43
Body of George, Welch
Brought From Los Angeles
YeIlow Aster Water
Important Factor ! ,) .
In Closing Question
Community In Danger Of
Losing Fire Protection
Should Anglo Be Closed
Follomng the recent order from
the War Production Bo-ard cl05ing
gold mines and gold operations for
the purpose of releasing miners for
copper and other strategic mineral
production, Robt. Evans, represent.
ing the Federal Employment servIce from Bakersfield was in Randsburg Monday making a survey to:
determine the number and qualifl- .;,
cations of men who would be l"e- t>
le'ased by the cl05ing of the Anglo- ~
American cyanide plant and the Big r-'
Butte Mine.
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A Wartime Crew '
At 'the Anglo American. Superintendent AUsman supplied MI. Evans
with a list of the twenty-five workmen. Practically all of the men are
over fifty years' of age with one
workman listed at 81 years. Fiw if
any a.rc placeable by Federal Employment service for duty in copper
mines.
At the Big Butte further information was sought and no labor benefit for copper production was available at that property.
Both Supply Wa.ter
Mr. Evans learned from his vIsIts
to these gold mines that both have
'a moSt important by-product 1ri the _..,
water they make available for otlier
RaDd District needs.
The pipe line of water which the
Anglo - lUnerican Mining ~rp.
pumps from Goler Canyon is highly
valued by all four towns of Rand
District, as fire protection. Through
the years It has been piped to many
mine properties where it has been
used fot\ milling purposes. The p06sibility of its use in tungsten pla.cer
mining or for custom - milling ~
tungsten ore u; a lilillhood with the
de~eloPlng production of tungsten.
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Cyanlding Soon Finished
The cyaniding of talllngs by
Anglo-American will conclude their
'operatiOns In approximately eight
months. accoding to company· estimates and it is believed that during that period sufficient uses of
the water may be developed to JUStify pumping beyond the life of the
tailings. It is -fe1tl'e"tl that cessation
of pumping water may result in the
old line becoming useless.,
Water from the Big Butte is used
at the high school and is In process of being' su.Pplied to certain
tungsten operators. No new ore Is
being broken at the Big Butte and'
its operations consist chiefly of cyaniding.
Community Will Appeal
Business people and civic organizations have 'announced that the
War Production Board will present
the true situation to Donald 'Nelson
of the War Production Board and'
declare thltt these mines are essential for their water supply.
Kern Chamber to Cooperate
Paul Howard. of the County Assessor's office, Is chairman of the
Kern County C. of C. MIning Committee. He paid a visit to Rand DIStrict Thursday In company with
County' Assessor Tom Burke and ber.amp. rnT'lvpr<:-=ant
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Years ago George Welch was employed in tungsten recovery In Atolia mines. He passed away in Los
Aogeles Sunday, OCtober 11th and
his remalns were brought to Rand
Distlict Cemetery at Johannesburg
for interment Wednesday. The Utter-McKinley Mortuaries of Los Angeles were in charge.,
A native of Champalgne, illinois.
Welch had followed mining throughout his life, princip'a1ly in copper
mln'es. He was born JanuarY' 6,
1879 and was sixty-three years old
at his death.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Elizabeth Welch of 311 East 47th
Place. Los Angeles, who accompanied the body to Johannesburg for
burial.
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RAND RIFLE MILITIA DRill
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A weary squad of home-guards
trooped into the St. Charles Hotel
T1.lesday evening following the drill
of-the Rand Rifles and enjoyed an '
unexpected treat.
Coffee and cake were served to
the men who appreciated the
thoughtful arrangement. Co-hostesses of the occasion were Mesdames
'ElsIe Nosser, Kathleen Jewell, Max
Hess. Carrie Elizabeth Ovall and
Emma Robison. i CI. ~ ~. 'I ~ (I.J
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DeSel"t Salt Plays War Time Role
Kern County Supervisors are completing- a. survey of this county's
wartime industries and hig-h in impor~ce is the contribution of the
Long Beach Salt Company pTant at Saltdale. The above picture was
taken by the Kern County Chamber of Comroerce on its recent "war
industry tour" which was accompanied by C. W. Harty, county super-'
visor of 'this district, and Emory Gay Hoffman, secretary-manager of'
the Chamber of Commerce. 'Volunen in the photograph are harv~ting
the salt crop from a' five acre vat. Concentrated brine has been permitted to eva.porate leaving heavy layer of snowy salt cake. H. C. Topp,
resident superintendent, told the party of the increased demand for'
salt which is used in the manufacture of black powder, aU p~tics and'
in certain types of synthetic rubber compounds. Facilities are on hand
for an annual lurvest of 20,000 tons.
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Tungsten Placer
Groups Progressing
Spud Patch Placers Start
Stripping Overburden
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Placer mining in Rand District on
a commercial basis is making its
debut with Spud Patch Placers
starting to strip overburden th!s
week. It is expected that water con- "
nections to the washing plant on
Cuddeback Lake will have been completed during the next ten days and
ready to receive pay gravel from the :
drag line operationS.
Lodi Group Busy
Grant Morton. representing the
group from Lodi who are building a
mill and concentrating plant in the
Stringer District, completed the purchase Thursday of three quartz lode
claims which will be developed for
placer in connection v.ith the other
holdings of his associa.tes. The
claims were sold by B. H. Patrick.
Harry· Rickwalt and associate. They
are the Sunshine No. I, the New
Deal and the Bronx.
The Lolli project is headed by W.
B. Thurman of that cit.y and will
conduct its work here under the
name of Placer Concentrators. The
concentration mill frame wok is fin- I
ished and partly under cover and
installation has been made of a
Straub ball mill. Denver Pan Amal- .
gamator and a Universal Overstrom
table. Power fOr the project is
awaiting· approval from Washington.
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Strange things are happening on
the desert. First a heavy dredge
has been floated in a large pit high
in the hills near Randsburg and now
a first class motor boat may be
heard "put-putting" on the Anglo
American storage pond above Rands.
burg. George SChlegel. expert cabSTATE
inet maker has applied his spare Governor-time to building boats for his own
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lJleasure and has tested his lat-est
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masterpiece in the cyanide water
near t.he Yellow Aster.
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tendent AUsman warns parents t~
caution youngsters with a yen for Secretary of State- .'
swimming that the water contains
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cyanide and may result badly for
Frank Jordan ........... _.. -.. _......... .....
the boys using it for swimming.
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Figures given in the story last
week about fue amount of tailln~
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in process of being cyanided by
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slightly in erro!'. The correct amount
should have read two and a. quarter
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George Benko took a. chance Tues- Supervisor-day and deserted his Victory Garden .' C. W. Harty
near the Ruth Mine long enoUgh to
cast his vote in Randsburg. George
Wiley C. Dorris
·had re~rses in: hIs.. gardening project when the bUITOS and rabbits
took charge a,. few months 'ago but
managed to save a. nice crop of to·
matoes. He is piping water from the
claim which he and Billy Hackman
have in the Argus Mountains and
will raise vegetables until Uncle
Sam gives the green light on gold.
Benko has spent the summer a.t
the - claim, ar.d reports activity at
the Ruth1Mine nearby is being suspended for the duration.11_f,Jlf,..".}
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strange things are happening on
the desert. First a heavy dredge
has been floated in a large pit high
in the hills near Randsburg and now
a first class motor boat may be
heard "put-putting" on the Anglo
American storage pond above Randsburg. George SChlegel, expert cabSTATE
inet maker bas applied his spare Governor-time to building boats for his own
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took charge a few months 'ago but
managed to save a nice crop of tomatoes. He is piping wa.ter from the
claim which he and Billy Hackman
have in the Argus Mountains and
will raIse vegetables until Uncle
Sam gives the green light on gold. .
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the - claim. and reports activity at
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George Benko took a. chance Tues- Supervisol'day and deserted his Victory Garden'
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Quartz 'Property .
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Lease ecorue AID FOR ,GOLD PROPERTIES .
San Ber:nardino. Nov. ll-A lease
and option for purchase .of a $750.000 quartz m1nlng claim in the Slll-te
Range east of Trona have been recorded with' County Recorder Ted
R. Carpenter.
Owners of the property, James
McDonald of. Barstow and Howell
Manning of Tucson, Arizona, leased
the property to E. R. Stephens of
South Pasadena "for a payment of
$2.500 and a ten per cent royalty
on the value of ore removed from
the mine.
The lease runs for twenty-five
years, during which peri9d Stephens
may purchase the mine for $750,000
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Joe Shea of the Big Dyke Mine
received infonm~t1on this ~eek from ~
Bruce McDonnell of the State Mining Board which Is of interest to all
gold properties. \After reviewing the . '
unsuccessful efforts which were
made to prevent the order closing
gold mines, McDonnell states that
Senator Murray has introduced a
bill which provides for Reconstructlon Finance Corporation loans to
owners of gold properties needing
financing to maintain their mines
for the duration.
It was pointed out that the closing order will mean confiscation of
many properties due to bank obligations, taxes and' lease obligations.
unless R. F. C. aid Is forthcoming.
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Begin Production
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Drag/ine Operating Two
Shifts and Third Soon
With the large dragline of Spud
Patch Placers now working two
shifts. good yardage of pay gravel
is going to the company's washing
plant which is nearing completion
and ""ill be running sometime next
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ers Engineers, states that the washing plant will start with one shift
HOLD DESERT REUNION
and as pay gravel material develops
A fin'a( get-tQ-gether before .gas
may add a second shift. Mr. Allen
rationing starts was enjoyed at the
has supenised the installation of
week-end by a group of sixteen men equipment and beginning operaand. women who in the days of 1904worked for the Remington Type- tions. When the project is fully underwaya third dragline shift may
writer Company in Los Angeles. The
be added.
reunion was held at the home of
H. C. Topp at saltdale and is the
J. W. Hoeffling of Sacramento.
third annual renewal 'of old friend- who heads the Spud Patch Placers,
sh1ps.
was in Rand District this week obMr. Topp was in charge of the serving developments.
Los Angeles Remington office in
The Spud Patch Placers are 10the early days and has welcomed cated just east and south of Atolia
the opportunity of an annual visit in the heart of the famous "Spud
with his old friends and employees. Patch" where tungsten bas been
The visitors came from Eaglerock, found for many years. Its washing
LOs Angeles, Pasadena. and Santa plant is located at the Ruble-Jones
Ana. to enjoy the flne dinner pre- well on CUddelrack Lake and the
pared by Mrs. Topp and relive their pay gravel is hauled from the drage~riences as fonner business as~ line to the washing plant by truck.
sociates of their host. i l-r:JJo'i~,~l
Allen Jones, representing ·Hoeffli.'1g Bros. is now here to function
James Witt To Hospital
as general superintendent assisted
. "Jim" Witt, of P..andsburg, who has by AI McMillan, foreman or all opbeen quite iIi for several months erations. When work is fully underWas taken to Ker-n'General Hospital way' a crew ot ten to twelve men
Thursday ef this week'.
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Full d~1S of schedules; rates and
revamped service ot the Los Angeles.Trona:·/8~es are lacking' but in-
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The Trona Argonaut that James
Proper, owner of the stage line: wflJ
place the first of a fleet of three
new large busseS In service Friday- of
this week..
"The .new service, w1ll Include' a
new
llrie to San Bemardl;no and a
route to Los Angeles. The latter
wUl be via Red Mountain, Atolla
and Beecher's Comers.. The' service'
to San ·Bemardlno ~ ~ot being!
started lmp1ed1ately..
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give niore~ ·freQuent transportation I
serv::Ice a,tbetter hours' is-Said to be
among 'the 1ri!ormatlon to, be ~-'
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RANDSBURG TIMES, Nov. 26,1942, p. 1:
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Tungsten Price Boost
To $30 Per Unit Due
An Associated Press release from
Sacramento in the Los AI1.geles
Times of Nov. 24, tells of an increase
in the price of tungsten but Is con-
fus41g in that it gives the increase
on the basis of ton units whereas
tungsten prices are customarlly based on units of, twenty pounds of
60'70 (W03).
The TImes article states that California . producers of tungsten ores
and concentrates will receive an increase in price of $6.00' "a ton" for
their product until Dec. 31, 1934 according to Bruce McDonnell, chief
of the State Bureau of War Minerals. McDonnell said his office had
received word of the price increase
today from the Metals Reserve Company. The article goes on to say
that th~ who obtain contract9
from the Metal Reserves COmpany
~ill receive an increase from the
present price of $24 "per ton unit
of tungsten trloxides" to $30. It is
obvious that the price change. is
meant to apply to
customary
tun~n Unit of 20 pounds.
More complete and accurate de-'
tall should follow. Ji _ ~ r;- 'I }. p \ '
the
New Resident"Curley" Ca,rrol!. Galer Gulch
prospector. has clOsed his quarters
in the hills and moved to Randsburg. "Curley" explains that 1muling water under present· tire and
gas conditionS made the. move ,advlsable. He reports that he had
scarCely become newly dom1ciled before he learned tha t his home in
Galer had 'been broken into and a'"
nUmber or belon~gs taken. He Is ~:;
in an amiable' frame' of mind' and ~."
suggests 'tImt. hiS belongin~ be re-"
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CONFERENCE IN l. A.
,P. J. OSdick of Red MoUntain represented Rand District 'at the meeting of the MlI11rig' Association of the
sOuthwest held ¥onday at ,the Clark
Hotel' ill "~s Angeles.' strategic
metais and the problems of the nltne
industry iIi connection. ,with the. w~r
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On Walker Ground S:'"
Reno Group SeHing Up
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Frqm, Little ana Big BuHes ';
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A, Dewltt ,and assocbi.tes." of }
Reno, Nevada, are preparlng to start
pl~r' operations on
the Walker
placer claims adjoining those being
oper.s.ted by the BIg Bear Valley
Placers south-east of Randsburg.
The concern will be known as Pesert Tungsten, Inc. with headquarters
at Randsburg, Callfornla. Mr. DeWitt also m'ainta.t~' offices at the
Lyon Building, 106 E. second Street,
Reno, Nevada.
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Machine,ry for the plant arrived
on Thursday morning and a supply
of water" has been arranged.' ,The
plant, according to Mr. DeWItt who
is in Randsburg this week. will be
prellnUnary to more extensive operations as conctitlons and values'
are proven.
ApproximatelY fifty:
yards per day will be the 1mmed1ate
capacity.
Arrange For Water
Material will be handled with a' ,
tractor and carry-all. Jigs and '.',:/'
other recovery machinery are belng
assembled and operatIons will start
when all needed equipment has been • ~
brought together. Mr. DeWItt states
that his concern
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water from the Little Butte Mine
'and ako ~ made arra.ngementS·ior"
the .surplus water from' the Big,
Butte Mine. A 50,000 gallon reser-,
voir is under construction and will,
make ,water available to all' parts
the property.
L. C. Brlttain, !ormerlyof PhelPs,,: "
Dodge at Douglas. Arizona. and 05- ' ,
cal' Sundin. of Dos Cabezas, Arl-'
zona, are supervising installation '
and construction. Quarters for the..
company group have been establlsh-',', .
ed iD. the residence just east of' the' ' •
County Building on Butte Avenue., "I
Mr. DeWitt. states that follo,wing , ,
the w~ompany wishes to give',
some atte-ntion to the ok! Monarch'-:' ;
Rand Mine located on the;;
property that' is to be ,worked for,' ,'~
placer. The 'Monarch-Rand' has ,'a,· ; ~
shaft down 400 feet and is' reputed- ':,
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Word was received tha.t Lron Tuttle, of tHe U. S. Army is now sta.tlQned at Camp White in Medford.
OregQn.
Business TripJames W. Platt was a. business
visitor in SQn Be~o last Wed~
nesday. While there he plcked up
'!1ianksgiv1ng orders.
GO;Od Attendance-.
The P.T. A. Bazaar held last
Clyde. Roinney , and', V~'"
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urday was reported ,as very success-
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Rudy COke, j:ula COntreras and
Phyllis Dirrim spent Wednesday in
san Bernardino.
To Los Ang-e~
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spend ThlUlkSgtv1ng in Los Angeles.
Society Meets-"
The regular meeting of the L.. D.
S. Rellef Society was held Tuesda.y
at the home of Phyllis D1rrim.
who atten4ed
Mary Peterson, Pearl Hatton, Loraine Donker,
Wilda Rollins, Mrs. Jones. Effie, Andreasen, La RU HllIIJilbrey, Phyllis
DirnIn. Elder., Clyde Romney and
Elder Vere Peterson, ·n~i.G- "'I).. ~3, I
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Phil Vogel Hospital
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Peters~ri
the ~bSenCe' of ~ra i..ond~ ~ho 'is who are doing missionary work in
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- Rand Distrid Service
According to announ~ment made
by J. L. Robinson, Trona Railway
superintendent, in the Tiona -Argonaut, a new bus service .from Trona
to San Bernardino via Rand District is being started Friday of this
week. The bus will leave Trona 'at
5:25 p. m. daily and 'arrive in San
Bernardino -at 9 :30 p. ni. On the
return schedule will leave San Bernardino at.8:oo 8.. m. and arrive in
Trona at noon.
The time schedule for Rand Dts- I
trict Is expected to be approximately one hall!" from the Trona start- I
in~ and arriving time. The rates' J
from Trona to San BernardJno _are (
given as $3.05 for one way fare and
$5.50 for the round trip.
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Old Busses To Be Used
The Pierce-Arrow busses which
formerly operated on the Trona-LOs
Angeles run ha.;oe been reconditioned
and repainted for service on the san
Bernardino run.
Rand Motors have receiYed--a
schedule and rates ror the TronaLoS Angeles rWi. The laI"lier- -rie~
modem buSses will be uSed on that
run. Rates to Los Angeies
Randsburg Is listed at $6:00 and the
four-day round -trip Is' dIScontinued.
from
Los An~les Route Changed
The stage company has changed
its route on the Los Angeles run.
abandoning the route via the Rands-
burg road to U. S. No.6 and instead
passing through Rand District and
taking U. S. 395 to Beecher's
ers -and reaching Mojave viii. _U. -13.
466.
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The question of Whether the busS-""
es w1ll .!nclude - all Rand District
townS on ~ts Ituieri or will attem~' ;
to serve Johannesburg and Randsburg from Red Mounta1n . with::& I
taxi service h~ . had no definite· 1
ansWer. However the infonn:attoo
o'n file at Rand. Motors show def~;
tnttet1me schedUles for these t:O~ ;
includ1ng-a
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Only "Eligible Producers lJ and '!New Producers"
Entitled to Advanced Metals Reserve Co. p'rice
·SehednIe.~4~~tart~
N~w Route
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$30 To Encourage Production
RANDSBURG TIMES,
Dec.
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.. the price of tungsten h-as come from
several sources, The Mining Recard,-publlshed in Denver. in its current issue, outlines the policy of the
Metals Reserve Co. regarding the
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new price.<;. According to the Record, the new price of -$30 per unit
I will be paid to "eligible producers"
and "new producers" of tungsten.
An "eligible producer" Is defined
as a domestic producer who in the
year 1941 produced not less than ten
not: more than 100 short tons of
60'70 W03 concentrates, or tonnage
of lower grade material having a
recoverable content of not less than
600 nor more than 6000 units of
W03.
A "new producer" Is a domestic
producer who in the year 1941 produced less than ten short tons of
60% W03 concentrates. or tonnage
of lower grade Illaterial having a
recoverable content of less than 600
units of W03.
Both the "eligible" and the "new"
- producers must contract in writing
with Metal Reserves Co. to aid in
supplying' the -increased requirements for war by prodUcing tungsten at maximum capacity until
Dec. 31. 1943.
-Atolia. Not "Eligible"
Commenting on the new price announcement, Hugh Coke. superintendent of Atalia Mining Co., states
that Atalia. during 1941 produced
considerably more tha.n 100 short
tons of 60% W03 concentrates flnd
for that reason unfortunately does
not qualify as a beneficiary. It Is
believed however that the nye pla.cer operations in Rand District will
be entitled to the increased price
and that future producers of both
lode and placer properties in this
area will be eligible. '
The new price Is intended to bring
margina.l properties and dormant
holdings into production to meet the
war em.ergency. Locally it is expected that independent production
and custom milling will be stimulated and that tu-ngsten production
will SUbstantially increase.
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Dec.
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CONSTABLE FRASER HAS
SERIOUS-ACCIDENT TODAY
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Tire Inspectors For Desert Area Named I:
A throat wound which narrowly
missed the jugular vein was suffered
by Constable Stewart Fraser Thursday mom1n~ at Atolia where he and
Walter Scboonmacker are lellSing.
~_ Fraser- fell- wblle handling a
large piece of tin, the edge of which
struck his throat. A strong wind
had made the sheet metal hard to
handle.
He was taken ~ the Rand District Hospital lmmeCua.tely where he
is receiving treatment and reported
to be maJPng satisfactory recovery.
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Rationing Board ~-1l has designated tire inspector for the area
covered by the board and directs attention of car owners to the 'orders
of the OPA regarding tire inSpection.
I In the Inyokern, Brown arid
Ridgecrest, section there are two official i..n6peclors, ~rt Hopkins' on
U. S. No. 6 and Wni. Bentham at
Ridgecrest.
, For the Baltdale. Randsburg, Jo-
hannesburg section. Hartree Witt at
Rand Motors 10 Randsburg is the in-
spe<:tor.
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Busy In Stringer
Dec.
Considerable activity·is noted on
the Wa.lker property where the Holcomb Valley Placer Co. is aga.In
. starting operatioD3 lI.!ter having revamPed their equipment. increasing
capacity.
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. The new equipment is repot:ted to
be .very pleasing in results secured
and is receiving the Interest of other
operators in the area.
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Installations are going forward 'at :
Desert Tungsten, Inc_ on adjoiniIig
ground.
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MRS. JAMES win R.ETURN$
TO TEACHING PROFESSION
On Monday of this week, Mrs.
James Witt resumed her work as a
teacher 1n Kern' county pUblic
schools. She has been 'employed to
teach the Kelso Valley school and
will pave in her school four of 'her
own children in 'addition to the Kelso Valley pupils.
During the first world war. M.t:s.
Witt was principal of the Randsbti'ig
'Elementary SchooL .She hOlds a ute
certiC1cate for teaching in California..
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Outstanding for their keen interest in buying War S tamps and n'llr ;
Bonds. tht: pupils of Garlock SchOOl at S2.Hdale have an enviab~e record. :
The seven pupils have achie\:ed a· joint total of ""'ar Savings in bonds ;
. and stamps amounting to $22•.50. Oid rubber and sc~p iron sa.!es con, tributed 56.75 and S9.60 to the total. Purchases of stamps from savings j
I account fo~ S52.50 and (h'e b':'nds. three of the $25 denomination and two
$50 bonds complete the total. The papils a.nd a. yoling visitor a.m shown )
above. Back row: Viclde Arias, Arthur Rios. Vmcent Cedano; front row: l
j Natle Rlos. Joan Whitehall, Nellie Cedano, (a. vis1tor) Viola. Cedano and. II
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CONSTABLE FRASER HAS
SERIOUS-ACCIDENT TODAY
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Tire Inspectors For Desert Area Named!
A throat wound which narrowly
missed the jugular vein was suffered
by Constable Stewart Fra..?er Thursday momlng a.t Atolia where he IU1d
Walter SchooIll11aCker are lensing.
Mr- Fraser·, fell- whlle handllng a
large piece of tin. the edge of which
struck his throat. A strong wind
had made the sheet metal hard to
handle.
He was taken to the Rand District Hospital 1mmeCua.tely where he
15 receiving treatment and reported
to be m..aJPng satisfactory recovery.
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Rat[oning Board 1I-11 has designated tire inspector for the. area
covered by the board and directs attention of car owners to the 'orders
of the OPA regarding tire inspectIon.
In the Inyokern. BroWn and
Ridgecrest, section there are two offlcW inspectors, ~rt Hopkins' on
U. S. No. 6 and Wl:ii.. Bentham at
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For the Saltdale. ttandsburg, Jol1a.JIDesburg section, Hardee W1t~ at
Rand Motors in Randsburg is the inspector.
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Busy In Stringer
Considerable activity 15 noted on
the Wa~er property where the Holcomb Valley Placer . Co. is
starting operatioDS after having revamPed their equipment. increasing I
capacity.
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be , very pleasing in result8 secured
and 15 receiving the Interest of other
operators in the area.
Installations are going forward at
Desert Tungsten, Inc., on adjoiniJig ,
ground.
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MRS. JAMES win R.ETURN$
TO TEACHING PROFESSION
on Monday of this week, Mrs.
James Witt resumed her work as a
teacher in Kern' county public
schools. She has been 'employed to
teach the K~lso Valley school and
will ~ave in her school four of her
own children in llddition to the Kel·
so Valley pupils.
During the first world war. Mrs.
Witt was principal of the RandsbU:rg
'Elementary School .She holds a Ute
certificate for teac~ in Callfornia..
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Outslanding for their keen interest in buying \-Var Stamps and \\':1.
Bonds., th~ pupils of Garlock School at S""Udale have an enviab!e recorf.
The seven pupils have achie\~ed a· joint total of 'Var Savings in oond;
, and stamps amounting to S227.50. Old rubber and sc=p iron sa.!es con·
! tributed S6.i5 and 59.60 to the total. Purchases of stamps from saving,
i a::count fo~ S52.50 and five bonds. three of the $25 denomination and t .... r
; $50 bonds complete the total The pupils and a yoliDg visitor an:- shoWY.
I above. Back row: Viclde Arias, Arthur Rias. Vtncent Cedano; front ro....
Natle Rlos, .Joan Whitehall. Nellie Cedano, (a visitor) Viola Cedano' an':
I H~len Arias. Viola Genrlc~ is their teacher." i ").. - '7- " )... ~. \
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DENTIST
Phil Vogel Hospital
Mojave, Calif.
Phone 100
PETERSEN'S
Desert Service
-RANDSBURGFre5h Veg-etables a.nd Fruits
Groceries -
Meats
SPECIALIZDlG IN BABY BEEF
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Recent .Red l\Iountain Fire a.t its Height
(Editorial)
A gasoline fire is difficult to check and extinguish. Consequentl"
when the Large delivery tank of the Metropolitan Distributors fil:.cd 7.it::
Ulousands of gallons of gasoline ignited and exploded November 29. It waE
too big a. problem for the Forestry Departm~nt fire truck and local volunteers to solve to thelr satisfaction. Many be:i~ve tha.t if the replcnislunen:
of water tor Ule fire truck had been available sooner the spread of 'flame,;
might have been checked at the Wm. Pi! ~ garage building and 5oph.ia'~
Beauty Shop at least could have been saved.
An excellent investment for each of the Rand Dtstrict communities
would be a tank truck ruled with water, always ready to service' the fIre
truck and Its pressure pump, If this co"id be accomplished through
the county fire departments of the two counties It would be a wortl:
whUe service to these outlying communities. In the mea.ntime we mllS:
depend upon the ava-llability of such trucks with tanks of water that car,
be secured from private owners. The laeter are to be commended fo.'
their willlngnes.s to cooperate but- a tank ,:uck in each W\\'!l filled witt:
wa.ter and ready at all times to func~ion wouid be a fau' answ,"r to the
present lack of 'ldequate !ire hydrants.
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Anna Humphrey, C:;rrespondent
New Placer Project
Now Taking Form At
Black Hawk Property
Los Angeles Group Moving
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Mr. and Mrs. Art May and son 1
Jackie were business \'isitors in ,,10jave last Wednesday.
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Mr. and M..>-s. Clyde Humphrey
entertained In their home Elders
Clyde Romney and Vere Peterson i
as dlnner guests last Monday.
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few months of absence from this
district. Mr. Haley has been working in Shade Mountain.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hatton met Mrs. !
Rulon Hatton and sons in Barstow I
;ast ~onday morning. Mrs. R.l
H"atton has been visiting in Utah.
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Visit Friends-
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ZOna PhUlips and daughter Dor-;
0thy of santa. Rosa are v1slting rei-I
:olives and fMends for a few dayS.
Gu~~
of Hatton~
~. and Mrs. Steve Von Wilk and
da"g-:-:t.er of Trona and Mr. and Mrs.
3o::7.oument and daughter of Argus
·,'is::.e-d at the Jim Hatton Home
Satt.::cay.
Leaves For AnnyLaurence Sencell, son of Mrs.
.R.osi~ Martinez, left Tuesday even:Ilg f,)r the a.rmy.
At San Bern.a.rdino--
Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Clark were
up from Oildale Saturday and Sunda.y to visit theIr parents. Mr. and J
Mrs. C. F. Clark. (.
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Mr. and Mrs. Tino Blair and chil- !
are-.n m~tored to Bakersfield Tues-,! .
day, taking his mother. Sammy and .
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..;.lice who are moving there
Visits Schoo)?Iou-s. Ruth P..eed. San Bernardino
Co'.lnt)· School Supervisor' was vis::ir~g- in the school last Thursday.
Billy Humphrey celebrated his
twelfth birthday by entertaining at
a party for.his school friends. Those
who attended .,·ere. Clarence Pitt.
Buddy Bmnham, Jackie ~ay.· Don- .
aId Harwell, James Platt Jr.. Char- .
les Russell lindsey and Billy.
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companied by their daughter La RU
,HlLTflphrey spent Wednesday in !'.{o"jave Christmas shopping.
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Virginia Blair celebrated her fifth
birthcay at her home saturday
;.emoon. Those present were Margie.
Darlene and Mary Doris Peterson,
Yu\'Olle De Velder. Chame and
Vi\'jan Rollans. Bevel:ly and Merral
3urnham. Nancy Lindsey. Beverly
Jean and Gay Stringham, Dixie
Johnson. Sue London, Joyce Hatton,
Sonny Blair, Dona and Taplue Dunca~. Alice Blair, Mrs. sam Blair and
~. Lindsey. Many nice gifts were
:eceive-d by Virginia, Birthday cake.
Jell" ;vith whipped .cream, and
;JUD!:h were served.
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Back From Danrin~"lk Lamley and Glen Hatton
""ho have been in Danvin have re:ume-d to their homes here.
Hattie Moody entertained Sunday
at a birthday dinner for her uncle.
Al Beeman on his seventieth birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Neal Harwell and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Tedlock and family. Mr. and Mrs. Herb
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Progress is noted at all of the
placer projects In the lower Stringer
area.. Mr. Knu.tsen of the Holcomb
Valley Placers states that the enlarged and
revamPed. recovery
equipment just installed is functioning beautifully and further study is
being given to improving the handlJng of water.
Desert Tungsten, Inc. has given
first attention to W'II.ter for their
operations. Their reservoir 15 constructed lIJld pipe lines from the
Little Butte are delivering wa.ter to
it.. Attention Is n?W belng given to'
the installation of recovery equipment, some of which Is on the
ground. Wm. A. Dewitt Is super~
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At Mojave-
Mr. Bailey states tha.t his concern
has sampled the ground over the
past four months and is now proceeding to move in one unit of jigs
and bowl which may be followed by
two others. each of 30 yards capacity
per day.
Operations will start about January 1st, accordlng to
Bailey.
Placer material will be taken from
the. 4{) foot level in the old placer
wot'klngs In the flat near the mine.
Gas power will be used.
Busy Placer Mea.
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Geraldine Culmer entertained a
'T'"oup of young people on her blrth-:lay at the Platt home. She recei\'~d many beautiful gifts. Those who
'l'tended were Genevieve and Be\'~lee Platt,
Be\'erly Hall, Gaylan
"Hatton. Bob and Helen Franlch.,
Dean J;>eterson, ~a.ry De Zan. Anna.
T ,ois
and Barbara Humphrey. Bill
Cooper, Alfred Musgrove. Johnnie
Mae, 'Dennis and Dessa Mae Garrehy. Marvin Chessman, Joe Brain.
. hances Johnson, Louise Yager,
Harold Smith and Bonnie and Ger-
In Equipment for First of
Three Tungsten Units
, A newcomer to the t'apidly increasing number of tungsten placer
operat~ons in Rand District is Westenl AsSOCiates, of Los Angeles. W.
L. Bailey is general manager and
his associates are C. E. Waters. ErnC-5t E. Gagnon and H. Perlez. The
group has leased five clalms, 000
acres) of placer ground near the
Black Hawk Mine, from Its Philadelphia owner, Mr. Clapp. Their.
headquarters will be at Randsburg.
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days L'1 San Bernardino on business
~. Glen Hatton was in the Pos~ I
Office in her absence.
Vl<;its Parents-
Ar.na. May Johnson of Los Anspent the week-end at the
horne of her parents, Mr. and Mrs..
'11k Johnson.
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,To Be Auctioned Mojave Ready
The Interstate
Administrator To Sell
Mining Claims and Home
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claims of the, late Wm.
Sperling of Ra.Iidsb~ will '~'soid
Thursda.y morning, January 7th at
the west tront entrance of the Court
House in Bakersfield. The sale will
also include the. East 25 teet of Lot
5, in Block A m the RandsburgStandard Addition, together with the
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Legal notice of the sale was published in the Mojave Record by Pub-
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Telegraph
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Com-
pany has completed a new toll cir-
c~t between Randsburg and Mojave.
This
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be.
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by resi-,
'dents of the-RindsbuIg and Trona
districts. and will provide much
faster service on calls to Mojave.
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I"" will no 1onger be necessary to I
route these calls through Los AnI
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gees, re e ng the Los Angeles cirCUlts of these calls, thereby tmprov.
mg the long distance service to
other points.
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San Bernardino IPower
Depot Arranged Rapl"d
N. C. Houze this
Load Making
Comeback
The mining claims include one
group of nine claims in the AtoUaRand Mining District in Kern
A depot for convenience of patrons
When the Anglo-American Minand San Bernardino counties. one of the newly scheduled bus line
group of eleven claims in the Atolia- between Trona and san Bernardino ing- Corporatior. suspended operaRand Mining District in San Ber- has been established in San Bernar- tions November 1st. the California
nardino County and one group of dino at the General Tire Company Electric Power Co. lost approximately
fifty pe;-cent of its Randsburg Subse.ven cl~ims in the Rand Mining at 4 and F streets.
statio!"!
load. according to District
I DI.3tnct m Kern County.
The depot will be open aU day to
Manager John Trujillo. This week
Sperling's prospecting in Rand I accommodate patrons of the line.
Trujillo is happy to report that the
District over.a long period of years and taxis will meet incoming busses.
load is back within twenty-five perwas largely m search of tungsten.
Hotel reservations in the Califor·l' His discoveries are largely repre- nia Hotel may be made in advance cent of the peak loads of recent
sented in the groups now offered I by consulting the driver of the! yea.r s . ~ ~e come~ack within sb:ty
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rapid i"flux of tungsten placer operatiorls and particularly to the
sig:1-up :or power just made by the
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January 31. 1943 is the deadline Rand .Gold, Dred~ng
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~ burg cails attention of all citizens for fJ.rst InspectlOn of tires by an I
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Associates
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, securing R2tion Book No. 1 which ers are cautioned that abuse or negOn \Vednesday. electric power
was originally issued for sugar and lect of tires constitute a basis for: sen:ice was reconnected to the Goler
now incluudes coffee coupons. In· l'efusal to issue certificates for re-: \Vell ?~nd Relay Stations 1 and )2 of
·1 cti\'iduals who have not yet secured capping or new ti~e replacements.
the Y:llo~ Aster water system and
I their No. 1 Ration Books may still Car owners With "A" gasoline' the- RI\-erslde construction crew unI procure it by applying to thetr ra- books have tire inspections every der George James completed 2000
tioning beard before January 15. four months_ Car owners with HB" feet. of 4000 volt- power line to the
1943. The deadline of December or "c" books must have their tires Supermold placer project one-half
15th has been thus extended. It is inspected every 60 days. Inspect<Jrs mile south-west of the Blackhawk
understood tha~ in order to secure may charge 25c for inspections that -"'!ine. The latter connection will
t.he new rationing book soon to be do not require removal of the tire I power the dragline and mill of that
issued. it v;ill be necessary for all from the wheel. A charge of 50c' operation. Grant Morton. in charge
to have registered as holders of Ra- per tire is permitted when the tire: for Supermold, is in Lodi dUring the
tioning Book No. 1.
is removed for inspection.
i holidays and following the first of
It is sugge.sted that those Who
Rationing Board 3-11 has two the year expects to bring more equipregistered for Rationing Book No. 'I tire inspectors at the present time, ment from the north and get their
in other jurisdictions should now Hardee Witt in Randsburg and Bert operations underway very qulckly.
request thei! rationing books rec- Hopkins on U. S. NO.6 above InyoThese and the Spud Patch Placers
ords to be transferred to the board kern. W. M. Atkinson is the inspec. I hook-Up will be still further inin the area where they are now liv-I tor for San Bernardino County creased with other operations now
lng.
board at Red Mountain.
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William Petty of Inyokern reports .
the conclusion of a bonded lease arrangement whereby ErIe Halliburton
of Los Angeles will develop and op- I
• While t:sing the Y switch at erate the Pyavin Group of tung-II
Searles last Saturday morn!ng at sten claims located in Indian Wells I
two o'clock, a big compound Malet Canyon. The claims are five and a
<?;lgine of the Southern Pacific ran half miles \\""est of Highway NO.6.
onto a broken rail and aIL wheels
Owned by M. M. Warner. Grant I
left the tr:lck.
Merrill and C:owther brothers the
section news from Brown, Inyo- cl:3.lms we.re fust leased by Petty I
kern and Moja\'e were summoned who negotiated the present anange- i
and J. L. Robinson, superintendent ment. Petty sta.tes that the prop-:
of the \['rona Railway. cooperated erty has exceptIonally good show\\ith the loan of a Trona engine. It ings and he is confident .that it "'ill i
was necessary howevel' to secure an-, make.a mme. He Will aSSist the new
other large Malet engine to get the operators. EngIneer ~. V. Hughes
ene-ine back on the track.
of Paso:ldena WIll be ill charge.
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Ba~ersfield Official in Charve
A bulldoz.er is putting the road
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in condition and a compressor with,
The work was not completed until other equipment is ready to be put
two o'clock Suna.ay afternoon. AI i::1to service.
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W. Hall. assistant superintendent of _
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th.e ~~ersfield Division was on the GEORGE W. SAVAGE
J~o ~ltn Geo. C. Bogart, master me- JOINS NAVY UNIT
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cnal1lC, V. E .. Safford. master car i George W. Savage of Indepen.
repalTl112,n. both of Bakel'sfield and! dence, co-publisher of Chalfant
\'1. R. Markley,. road master from Press publications. has entered acthe saugus DIYlslon.
. tive duty 'Xith the United States
Hall, an old friend of Kent Naval Reserve as lieut:ena:1t. senior
Kno\dron. took advantage or the I grade.
op~ortunitY to se~d f~rhim and e~- l Savage. veteran desert newspaper
Jo}ed a good VISIt ~hlle the Walk publisher, is well known throughout
progressed.
J:I..- ). (j - ~ ;.. ~J i the state. He left Independence on
! Wednesday of last week for QuonVisit In Bakcrsfieldset Point. Rhode Island. for indocMrs. Louis Alisman and children I trination.
accompanied by Mrs. Etta Batt moHe holds the office of vice-presitared to Bakersfield on Friday for dent in the California. Newspaper
a few days.
Publishers' Association.
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