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The Desert Sun from Palm Springs, California • 10

Publication:
The Desert Suni
Location:
Palm Springs, California
Issue Date:
Page:
10
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TIIE DESERT SUM OF PALM SPRINGS CALIFORNIA FRIDAY MARCH 27 1936 fur his Mexico-Canada flight He believes It will require about hours time to cross the United States PALM SPRINGS Eight Years Ago Iloldson recently became an nlrplane pilot having mastered the work in less than four hours lu the air He Is now making solo flights Mr Hold-son holds a number of endurance rec-'irds In April 1923 he drove a Duren-burg car between Los Angeles and San Francisco every day for thirty consecutive days He says he will have no difficulty In securing backers GUSTASON HEALTH SERVICE Acute ami Chronic Diseases Restoration Rejuvenation Phone VA9970 736 Broadway Los Angeles sloucl mots' Association held In Los Angeles It wuh decided tlmt no member shall be permitted to enauge In stunt flying in the future It Is considered that stunt-flying Is a deterrent to aviation nnd Is the cause of most of the accident To become a member of the assnclutlon one must have been an uvlatnr far at least five years Many former stunt flyers are mem-bora Wtsley Gray and Seaton of Palm Springs are members of the association Charles Ii Iloldson of Palm Springs operator of a taxi service proposes to fly from Mexico to Canada or visa versa every day for 30 days Mr OANC 'K Every Saturday Night Odd Fellows Hall BANNING TO (From the Files of The Desert Sun March 23 1928) Twenty-Nine Palms which has occupied the front pages of newspapers in the past three weeks has settled buck to its customary peace and quiet Twenty-Nine Palms news has been punctuated with reports of tar feathers gun plays and neighborhood rows Mrs Bernice Tucker formerly Mrs Donnell of Banning whose proposed tar and feather party at Twenty-Nine Palms led to her arrest Monday pleaded not guilty before Superior Judge Charles I Allison at San Bernardino to two counts of an assault with a deadly weapon Tbe court set April 24 as the date for Mrs trial Reports to the outside world from Palm Springs state that the burros there are developing pin feathers This freak of nature is probably due to the fact that Palm Springs has suddenly developed into an aviation center doubt about it Hoover is the logical man He is the best qualified The Gulf Coast Orchestra This orchestra played at the San Diego Fair all last season A well known orchestra Souvenirs PARKER'S Central Hotel Lobby Hamilton local member of the California Highway Commia-lon gave a comprehensive report this week on roads of special interest to this section of the slate including Riverside Imperial and San Bernardino counties which are soon to be built or completed Among the roads on which bids will probably be let within the next two weeks are the Box 8prlnga to Theodore street (Riverside) stretch which will complete the new Highway 60 route to Riverside together with the new entrance and bridge being built over the Southern Pacific trucks at the Beaumont end of the highway This roud will connect Riverside with the new Juckrabhit Trail Bids for this work will be advertised April done whose experiences are extremely interesting and who would lie the hero of every American hoy who might have the opportunity of lieuring him During his bojhool days Mr was a messenger hoy or Scout carrying messages between government forts and oui posts In the wild and woolly Middle West He traveled between Fort Laramie Fort Sill Fort Dodge and a number of other government outposts' in western Texas Kansas Wyoming and other states Naturally Mr Peveler had many experiences with the Indians and he was chased for four days and four nights by the savages one time but each night he eluded them hiding out while he rested and they took up his track next morning and chased him He finally escaped He was told by an Indian messenger one time that a certain tribe was planning to capture him and acalp him before killing him lie lent word back to the tribe that when they scalped John Peveler he would be dead He aaw Buffalo Bill fight a duel with an Indian brave It was thought that all the Indians on a certain reservation hud been disarmed hut one young buck appeared with a big gun and challenged Buffalo Bill to a duel The latter aald he did not want to fight but if the Indian insisted he would do so They stepped off about twenty paces and fired almost simultaneously Both men were excellent marksmen but Buffalo Bill (ColonelCody) had killed the Indian with one shot Several times Mr Peveler saw Indians abducting white children after they had killed the parents and each time he went for the soldiers whom he led to the spot and recovered the children Mr Peveler saya he is more content with the quiet life of Palm Springs than he would be with the strenuous life as a pioneer scout At a recent meeting of tbe Profes- tOSlMjm RAILROAD LANDS i Thousands of Aerea In This County VINCENT STONE LAND AGENCY 363 Ramsey 8t Banning Why Be Formal? 'mitlHIllllltitlMlimillMlllllllimiMIIIMIflMlHimilllMIIIIIII I Clean and Store I 8 Your ENJOY AN EVENING'S ENTERTAINMENT AT The Bairn IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF DESERT INFORMALITY Rugs aid Furs SAFE FROM FIRE THEFT and MOTHS Covered Plaiting Phone 351-03 LARSEN DYE1W0RKS I 407 South St SAN BERNARDINO CAL Dining Dancing Mixed Drinks MINIMUM CHARGE $100 per couple NO COUVERT Featuring JIMMY ROBEY and hie Band Supreme MASTERS OF DANCE RHYTHM rHIIIIMIIIIMHHMIlllMIIIMHIMmilllHIIIIIIIIMIMIIMIIMIIIIIIIII PALM SPRINGS FIELD CLUB presents 2 rn'l work will probably begin with in a month A clause in the contract he is tbe best loved and wants the specifics that the road construction nomination and he'll be the next occu-must begin at Theodore street (Riverside) and be built towards Redlands Boub-vard The reason for this is that after the first mile is built the road may then be opened for traffic which may get through over this stretch while the remainder Is being built The board of supervisors agreed to improve Redlands Boulevard to the connection point with the new road Redlands Boulevard extends from Moreno Valley to San Tlmoteo canyon Where the new Highway 60 at present ends a road will be built in a southeasterly direction so that persons wishing to drive from Riverside to San Jacinto or Hemet may utilise part of the new highway and then turn off Mr Hamilton explained in detail the Kendall Drive project better known as the Little Mountain entrance to San Bernardino The Improvement on this road will include lowering the grade and lengthening out tbe curves Contractors' bids for this Job will be advertised next Thursday March 26 The third road Improvement project of interest to this section is known as the corner improvement in Coachella Valley From this point to the Imperial county line summer cloudbursts and floods are a menace to the road Drainage canals and ditches will be built along a stretch of road five and nine-tenths miles long so that the water may get past the road without washing it out Bids on this will also be advertised April 2 Another road Improvement project coming up soon but not immediately is a stretch of proposed grading of road shoulders along two and four-tenths miles of highway 99 from Call-mesa towards Beaumont The money for this project is now available to the highway commission's use but plans are not finally completed Mr Hamilton stated Another road running straight east from Colton to connect with the present route 26 the Redlands road will be graded and paved and a new bridge crossing the Santa Ana river will be built A number of dips in the highway running through Corona will be taken out as another project Also seventeen miles of highway improvement in the Palo Verde valley on route 64 will be built Mr Hamilton concluded pant of the White The above was the statement of John Fredericks former congressman and district attorney from Los Angeles Captain and Mrs Fredericks are at Palin Springs and the desert for a brief visit in which they will enjoy the beauty of the desert flowers now in bloom Dr Clara Judson Stillman president of the ParentrTeacher Association has asked The Desert Sun to extend the thanks of the association to the citisens of Palm Springs for their loyal support at the cooked food sale last Saturday when 6 36 was cleared for the association treasury The election of police commissioners for the newly-formed Palm Springs Police Protection District will be held on April 2 with the polling place at the school house open from 8 a to 6 All residents of the district who registered 80 days prior to the date of the election are eligible to vote The county board of supervisors appointed three commissioners John Holditch George Roberson and Walter Bunker who are candidates for re-election Additional candidates who have been properly nominated are Connell Ray Bryant Lyk-ken and Jack Williams Four camps have definitely been selected in the national forests in the San Jacinto mountains for the use of the public The land is granted by the Forest Service and except for the county camp ground at Idyllwlld no charge will be made at any camp At the Idyllwlld camp a charge of 25 cents per day will be made A Bottel county horticulturist and leader in the move for improvement of the four sites reported progress in the work when he appeared before the supervisors Monday He urged early action by them in order to have the grounds ready for the campers The four sites are located in ideal parts of the mountains Streams are available for water supply and the laying out of camp sites will be easily arranged Two are near the Keen Kamp entrance to the Idyllwlld country one is near the Idyllwlld townsite and another is along the Banning-Idyllwild road at Fuller's Mill Palm Springs has a pioneer real- with LOWRY I See in His Famous Suicide Roll Palm Springs Field Club Grounds SUNDAY MAR 29 feAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA eat A Loans Dill Lumber Co tf WALTER WORDEN WATCH MAKER and JEWELER Grove Building THIS MODERN ELECTHIC WAT Canning uaed to be hard hot work Now Weatinghouse electric cooking makes It eaayr automatic cooL Zt'a ao simple that even a child can help find it fun to put up supplies of canned foods in aeaaon when fruits and vegetables are ao economical Let ua show you the figures proving how much you can save with almost no effort at alL AAAAAAAAASSSAAAAAsaaAAAaA Westinghouse ELECTRIC RANGES in and let us show you thaae beau-range Let ua demanatnte the "Kcowxnber" unit that top apaed with tha LOWEST KLKCTRIC COSTS IN HISTORY FREE WIRING up to $3500 Ranges from $205 per month np Hot Mineral BATHS Open Daily From 8 A to 9 LARGE ROMAN TUBS LARGE COOLING ROOM (Water as hot as you cau take It) GUEST ROOMS With Private Sunrooms May Be Had by Making Reservation DINING ROOM and BUFFJOT (A Beer Served) How to get there: Turn north at Garnet off 99 and follow the signs From Palin Springs go north on Indian Ave to GarneL COFFEE Mgr Box 41 GARNET CALIF www 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