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1919-1994 VIGILANCE FOREVER 75 years of The Signal 7

1919 . Il @l Il

DEVOTED TO THE NEWHALL-SAUGUS VALLEYS
For
Year
No. 1
Newhall, California, Friday, February 7, Build Up, Don't Tear Down
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"Withthis issue we unfurl the UP ON AIRBANK'S THE LOCAL FIRST IN
sails of the Newhall Signal
upon the sea of journal- CUSTOMS NEW FILM NEWS ITEMS
Dougla■ : Falrbanlls and his compnny "Say, can't you send us In some
ism, and we hope that our efforts will American Claims Adml- or nhout two hun4Pi11. came up from school notes i!ach week?"
Los Angeles Tuealay by apecl11I train Must Have Aid In Restoring Mer-
be of service and benefit to the Newhall ration the People. nml nulos ond pulled ort a moving There have hccn several cases o( chant Mar.inc. ·
picture stunt. We did not Jenrn the the "Ou" here, hul lhcy arc all up and
and Saugus valley area. In order to do nome of the future nlm, but Judging ~round now. _ . __ '
KISSES OLD FRENCH LADY from whnt · we saw, "Douglas st the .Mr. nuttier of the Buttler ·Grocery : YASJ LOSSES SUMMED UP
our best, we must have the unbiased County Fair" might be considered ap, was In Loa Angeles the ftral or the .
The location chosen for week buying good■•
proprlnte.
support and cooperation of the good cit- Round Smack on Two Cheek• of the taking of the plclUrea woe the · Edward de BIiiy, . Deputy High Com-
ml-■lon·e~ ~f the . French Republic to
Old Lady Who Made Speech vacant ground lying west of the de(IOt. . Mr. L. O. Pullen, .our genial barber.
the United State■, Give■ Statement
izens of these communities, and we are Gratitude of People to Morl<et street from .the drug store to was In Los Angeles Monday buying of Country'■ Need--2,500,000 · of
Such Facility th.e railroad track, was decorated with stock for his cigar stand.
Can Now yards and yards or bunting, signs,
looking forward with perfect faith that In Good Speech In French. ftags, etc., not omitting thf' "Ice cream" We have had scarcely If any rain He; Young Men KIiied or Maimed,
26,000 Factorle■ Ruined.
s~ands along the way. There were so far thl~ season and the farmers are
With :?,!'i00,000 ot her youngest,
this assistance will be extended to us. Genernl kissed about forty horses In the performanee praying for more moisture. nhl('1<l, 11ncl mo&t spirited men klllL'<I or
no1 ::;~ 11 ~~ea,:ed~~t1':.el~hfca:t peb: : !:! 11111l111Pd, nnd upw11Nl ot hnlt her lnclu,.;
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"The columns of this paper will be the ot o no II w1111 lo aee at a county fnlr. A "apeclal Thomna M. ~•rena, who hn■ been very wrir, l•'rnnce'11 nppenl to her nllh!8 ◄lur•
The nve-ye11r-c1ld aon ot Mr, 11nd Mn.
try ''"'' llhlppln,: dl'Blrll)'NI hy tho
111
on the two
open for the discussion of any subject old French· of train" met by the committee wa, an alck with pneumonia, I■ r11pldly Im• 1111{· the 11f'rlod of rrhohllltntlnn will be
for h('lp In rcbulldln,: the foctorlen nncl
p~ovlng.
to hnve lntereallng feature. fnrms which the Oermnns wreekecl 11ncl
that will be of interest or benefit to the )the remorkoble In polnl," which waa the name Newhall cery, w-aa In Snn Fernando on Mon•
Altogether the perrormance at "Fair-
Mr. Bricker, of the Drlcker Gro• tor nsi<h,lnnce In con11tructlng or pur•
thnt he
In French rhn!llng i<hlpR, s11hl F,dwnrtl tie 0111)',
,1 .. p11ly hh:h commissioner of tho
people of the Newhall and Saugus sec- It remnlned for Cnrnet de nae11:ned for the day, was very enter• day. He la kept quite busy with his J•'n!,ch republic.
tnlnlng and we did not have to pay truck buslnesa.
Scmnlne," a French weekly lhe price oC a ticket ellher. Arlmltllng his eountry'a.goln hy tlie
tions, but we reserve the privilege of Ynnk thnt the not In of E. S. Chrisfidcl is repairing the Frmc-h _ spirit of aelf-conf)dence! sub- .
conftlct, In the revitalizing . of , the
eliminating anything that smacks of · his subonllnntes In OUR HEAL TH OFFICER MAKES A hon~c •Nhich he recently purc.h:ised on rlnrd hy the defent of 1871, and· In ·re-
,...,,.,.,.,, .,,,.,., .. ~ihcn lhrsd chlln1?r.s . cmla::-:: .AIAArl' :,:!,! l -!lrrnl~e,\y1tia their.
' YISIT
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soys: The Stearllng Borax Mine, near arc ~omlpctcd, the place will · be occu- n,:-rlcullur:al districts, Mr. de'.l31117 fnhl
malice. "Geneml a L3ng, are working f!-'11 time, three sets pied hy ye editor and family. the war's losses were for,,o:eoter'. ,.lle
Lenrned, of miners working eight houn1 each, ,lrnlecl thnt Fmnce wna "hh~t ·whlte,"-
"We should continually bear in mind {( 1·111111, thnt Amerlcnn consequenlly the mine never stops· Dr. G. F. S1cvcnson, hcallh officer hut sold the hondlcnp Imposed as n
on 11nd lenrns. working. Forty-ftve .men are now em• for 1his section, made our office a rt>Rlllt of her snerltlcea In reslsllnl{ the
that what tends to the true interest of "The geneml's the . most ployed 11nd the town has an air or In-'. pleasant c:ill the first ol the week, and ' lnvn<ler could not te 01•ereo111e except
({!toneous and dustry. The men ·are all loyal and in the mallr.r or count stands No. 1. wl~~R~::~~e t:"\gurca, he declared
one, helps others, and we must all work gmven In the memory of those devoted to their Superintendent, Mr. on our list ol suhscrihcrs. thnt 211 000 fnetorlell In the French dls-
,
hove seen him St1?war1. They nil look prosperous· Mr. Bucknell, manager of the New: trlcts occupied hf the Germans were
nn,l eontented. The Colony was vis• hall Lumber Co., and family, ■pent ,lrMlroyed or stripped of their mn' .
in harmony to promote the ongoing of Old Lady. nr· lte l •ast week by our locnl Health Of: Sunday IIJ Los Angeles with friends· ehlnrry; thnt 11lmost 12,000,000 hf'nd
our home section. recently with h'.s the ftc· ·r, Or. Geo. Stevenson, who In• and relalh'e■. · or cnl . le 'l\'ere seized; thnt thousnnds
h11d
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before delirious :f~~~~~t=n~c~~:• ~=!~~~;:~/:"::~ :~ We arc strangers here, and ir those ;~f~,~: ::i:~~si:~tf~~:~:1~~£~~'.
"In conclusion, will say that we hope In this vii· youngslf'rs he ever met. knowing or i1cms ol interest will lhrou,:h 11lnklni;a ond enfnreerl eurtnll•
little crowd surroundt•cl Mra. Stewart, wire of the Superln• kin,lly bring t1iem to. this office, it wm ment In produellon, wns 070,000 ton1t,
for the loyalty and help that is neces- J thu 1:lorlou1 ·Amerlel\n llben1tors 11ml tondent, acts na godmother over Ibo greally asaill us in maknig our col- ,,nil lhnl the money eost of tho eon-
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~\~!,,'i":1:h:;{~tr:~c:f a :r:~11i:~:ec~11:~•;,\ chlldren, looking .after their physl<:111 umns more inlcrcsling. met, In npproprlnllons nncl puhlle debt
sary to make this paper a credit to the '·'lie!'self amid the rout nnd de11111111lt'd nePds while Miss Lemon, the amlnble Mr. ,v. w. Hooper, of Brawley, Cal.; ·1,:-grt>,:nletl ·lM,000,000,000 francs, or
\;;J<llence 80 thnt, In the nnme of 11ll, 11h 1 ancl competent school teacher, la an old mining engineer, la ■topping at ,:i!~-~~~hod to atnnd," he sold,
,;might thnnk the general. SIience wn·
town." "".!restored and on old woman, n ver: very proud or lhe pro,:reas th e chll· llolel Swall. Mr. Hooper Is not feel· "lhe ftrst rush of the lnvnslon, while
j@oltl nnd trembling little womnn, Ill' dren are making In their studies. Our Ing V<try well and la here for bis thr other nrmles were being prepared.
Health Officer, Dr. 3tevenson, ·and health. Ill ha■ many words or praise Anet. hO\vever wonderful wns the ef-
·wr,rooehed him In nil her dignity 01111
!murmured words of 1:rotltude, As slu Mr. · Chas. Houghton, lhe druggist, for our cllm:\te. fort of the nrltl~h. some months Inter,
-~went on 1h~ bec:nme contused with tilt were welcomed and entertained hy nml aflerwnrd thnt of the Amerlcnn
' fon11ecuatomed honor. Her words he· the officer■ of lhe Company to which \Ve underaland that. tbore will be nrmy, the front held by the Frenr.h
hntl never been lf's■ thon two-thirds of
,
·-;jcume mixed. Finally, l;nowlni; noth lhey return lhRnka for the aame. service■ In the rreabylerlan church lhe 101111 line from the North Seo to
:jjlng else to do, she BUddenly setz, .. t next Sunday, the ftrat time for •elght the Swiss border. Thus our losses were
Hboth bonds of General Persh!ng am.I nerlln.' week■, which wa■ al.10 closed on ac• i:renter thnn those of ·any other ormy.
;;l111aook them heartily. .:' "•Jn nerlln I Then you will go count or the "Flu." lt I■ understood A pnrt of our country has been In·
j . 'tAnd the general mntunllr sqnl'PZl'd thPre, m111lnme I' cried the geneml to Pastor Evans will 1peak. ,•ntletl, Its population treated as 11lovea,
Tu"" two hands of the ohl lady. Tht-n l\lndnme Polncnre. lhl'lr houses looted, their foetorles de-
fj)<uddenl7, without o word, he remov,•11 "Then tlwy tnlked of other thing!' Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Swall Ylalled 11troyed; while on the ftghtlng line the
n era i l,ls hot-ond kissed her on e11eh ond ofter the luncheon the presldeo• 111.111 of Fronce hos been plowed 80 deep
·beek." llol motor cor took the guest■ on 11 Loa Angeles Tue■day on bu■lne11. The hy ehella that no agriculture la possl•
"One other doy," the paper eon• tour of the region. Lenrnlni; that the Swall Hotel la enJoylnc a good buat-
• tlnue■• "the 11resldent and :t,fndnm~ prealtlent'• personal estate wo ■ near ne■1 u ■eHral are here tor their heen lomentlnr onr France a■ bled
Some aentlmental people hove
hie.
'olneare, with the reneral, choneed to St. l\flhlel, General Pershing aaked to health-and from the way they speak,
white. Nonsense I Frllnce la. not bled
neet ot 110 offlclril· luncheon In St. visit It, ond ~he eor was directed thlth• this climate agrees wt» them.
white. She hos men filled with re-
newed nnd splendid energy. Dul here
l'lllhlel. At St. Mlhlel the fnmlly of er.
10S the president . of the republic orl' memories, stood beslcle him. The gen- so ■a to be able to run 1600 laying ,.he stnnds, fnclng the problem of re-
"It drew ' 11p bf'fore o moss ::,f grer
Mr. R. c'. Gibson,' or Happy Valley,
gnlnlng her plaee In the economic:
known only na 'Monsieur et Mndnme r.lndera, once tht! · Polneare family and proprietor or "Eggland,'' Informs
Pershing hdwed his head.
ltnymond.'
the
During
luncheon, home.
markets of the world, with a port of
ila that be la enlarging bis hen houses
her lndu11trlal and 11grlculturul power
whleh wos a ve17 cordl11l one, they l\lndnme Polocnre, silent and full· of
talked ll little polities.
,lestroyed, Olld with her men killed
·~Now I Understand.'"
the beat, that la the reason he baa
"'At Derllo, mo•lame, now I under-
lmnglnnllon. .Mny 1 gtve you some fla:•
. " 'For e:111mple,' the president ho·p- eral turned and Bnld quietly to her: White Leghorn, hens. · He bell81'ea In 11ml mnlmed to a number that exceeds
...
While I.Agborna.
stontJ.'"
ened to·.aoy, 'Wit must ■eek peaee In ures on these MuhJeetal .
By TIM WHYTE dents' shopping trips to Los Angeles ments, chalk and feed mill, pool hall, U.S. General Pershing, who kissed an
Signal managing editor and other points south. millinery store, steam laundry, cobbler old French lady, has become so fluent
But even then, when Newhall was shop, harness shop, furniture store, in French that he can make a .. good
an almost-sleepy rural town where talk cheese factory, skinning station and speech" in French.
o wrote The Signal's first editor, at the corner store may have focused sugar factory. And on the local front, it was report-
in the newspaper's very first on a big crop, or the proper way to And after this list of needs, a bright ed that the valley's role in the film
Sissue, on Friday, Feb. 7, 1919, breed chickens, there was the hint of outlook for the future: industry was rapidly evolving:
launching a 75-year tradition of vigi- the growth that would occur in the "Newhall is a small town of 500 "Douglas Fairbanks and his company
lance and community journalism. coming 75 years. In The Signal's pre- souls, with great opportunities ahead of about 200 came up from Los
Edward H. Brown's fledgling publi- mier issue, Brown published an ad on of it; and the aid of irrigation, which it Angeles Tuesday by special train and
cation had a hometown feel from the page 3, listing Newhall's needs: now has at its door, there is no reason autos and pulled off a moving picture
start, carrying front-page items about Bank, moving picture, general mer- why she should not improve rapidly." stunt. We did not learn the name of the
parties, trips to the beach and resi- chandise store, general machine imple- The Signal's first issue reported that Please see 1919, page 8