California News Briefs Highlights State Developments and Honors
Lease of the dam site near Folsom to private interests must be completed by July 29 under current law, per State Finance Director Alexander R. Heron. The State Medical Association plans its Sacramento convention April 30 to May 3 led by Dr. P. T. Phillips. Will Rogers challenges W. I. Elliott to a chariot race at the Days of 49 roundup. Los Angeles installs the first woman Superior Court presiding judge, Georgia Bullock. Three thousand visitors expected for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers convention in San Francisco June 11 to July 4.
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Folsom Prison
American River
Alexander R. Heron
California
State Medical Association
Sacramento
P. T. Phillips
Santa Cruz
State Board of Medical Examiners
Will Rogers
Sacramento “Union
W. I. “Wild Bill” Elliott
Elliott
Rogers
State Fairgrounds
Los Angeles
Georgia Bullock
State Judicial Council
San Francisco
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Civic Auditorium
A. H. Hawley
Cleveland
Brotherhood
San Francissco
Ladies’ Society of the Brotherhood
Alfred T. Pelton
Interstate Mortgage and Investment Company
Jane Amundsen
Vocational Department of the Fair
R. D. Bush
Huntington Beach Field
Long Beach
Coyote Hills
Orange County
Kern County
Coalinga
State Division of Highways
la Honda
Saratoga Gap
J. F. Knapp
Stockton
Herbert G. Hills
Hills Brothers Coffee Company
Imperial Valley
Hills
Cantaloupe Outlook Bright in Imperial Valley
Mildew none found in 27000 acres of cantaloupes and honeydew melons surveyed by J B Norton. First car is expected to leave the valley by late April or early May. Citrus shipments from Riverside district for the week ending March 17 reach 205 carloads, with 1883 carloads for the season to date, down from 3509 a year ago.
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Imperial Valley
J. B. Norton
Mr. Norton
Riverside
Holstein cow breaks butterfat world record in California
Anna Fayne Piebe owned by the Los Angeles County Farm at Hondo California set a world record in the 305 day senior two year old class with 794.32 pounds of butterfat from 23 208.38 pounds of milk.
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Anna Fayne Piebe
Los Angeles
Hondo
California
Sheep shearers gather in Tehama county for season opening
Tehama county sheep shearers converge as the season is set to begin this week if weather allows. The county's wool crop is expected to exceed one million dollars this spring with more than 95 percent of the crop already contracted.
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Tehama
First Canteloupe Crop Estimates For Imperial Valley
Federal state crop reports project 1928 cantaloupe production in Imperial Valley to fall short of 1927. Acreage for all varieties totals 33,465 acres versus 37,922 last year. Condition of new crop set at 90 percent, up from 89 percent at the same date last year.
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Imperial Valley
California butter output rises in February 11.41 percent
State Department of Agriculture reports California produced 11.41 percent more butter in February than February 1927, while the United States total rose 1.87 percent. The release also notes declines in butter production in Washington and Oregon per federal records.
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California
United States
State Department of Agriculture
Washington
Oregon
Rice Exports Slightly Lower Despite Bigger U.S. Supplies
Exports to foreign markets fall slightly this season despite larger American rice stocks in the South and California. California shipments declined while Southern exports held steadier. Aided by Japan and Korea, rice crops rose about 12 percent in 1927, narrowing Japan’s import outlets for California rice. Japanese production reached roughly 19,509 million pounds versus 17,362 million the prior year.
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California
Japan
Fresno Spring Lambs to Boost Local Markets
Fresno area will see about 300000 spring lambs, valued near 3 million dollars, with large shipments daily to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Lambs average 75 pounds and fetch about 13 cents on cars, per J M Urriata, a leading district sheepman, as contracts rush to cover the crop by May 15.
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Fresno
Los Angeles
San Francisco
J. M. Urriata
Tehama County Dairy Survey Details Farm Figures
Figures from Tehama county dairy survey by the agricultural extension service cover 238 farms over 31 499 acres, with 85 percent owned by occupants and 6 772 irrigated acres. Among farms with four or more mature dairy cows there are 2 258 two year olds or older, 782 one to two year old heifers, and 724 heifers under a year. total cows are estimated at 4 258 across the county.
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Tehama County
Agricultural Extension Service
Extension Service
Tehatva
California cherry shipment opens fruit season
C. M. Crubbs of Cacaville started the California fruit season by sending a cherry shipment to San Francisco, the first of the season. The cherries were described as luscious and red, signaling spring’s arrival.
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California
C. M. Crubbs
Cacaville
San Francisco
UC opens deci duous fruit station in Santa Clara Valley
The University of California will operate a new deci duous fruit experimental station at San Jose by summer to study pest control in the Santa Clara valley. Sacramento announced the state's financing plan for headquarters structures and building work will start immediately on farm lands once owned by the Women's Relief Corps Home.
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University of California
San Jose
Santa Clara Valley
Sacramento
University of the State
Women’s Relief Corps Home
Plans for better California grape distribution discussed
San Francisco shippers and growers discussed improving the distribution of the California grape crop in eastern markets. Final revisions to the clearing house agreement will aim to stabilize marketing for the 76,000 carload crop. Since last year the clearing house has added about 4.5 million dollars to growers income, and committees will be organized in Ukiah, Santa Rosa, Napa, Lodi, Modesto, Fresno, Exeter and Ontario.
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California
Clearing House
Ukiah
Santa Rosa
Napa
Lodi
Modesto
Fresno
Exeter
Ontario
California entomologist returns with four parasites
Harold Compere of the citrus experiment station at Riverside has returned from Australia with four insect parasites that may aid California citrus growers. He was sent to study the citrophilus mealybug and landed in Sydney in August 1927, requesting permission to bring home specimens to assist local agriculture. Meanwhile Orange county reports its first walnut census, totaling 311,233 trees across 12,443 bearing and 338 nonbearing acres.
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California
Harold Compere
Citrus Experiment Station
University of California At Riverside
Australia
Prof
Compere
Harry S. Smith
Sydney
Orange County
A. A. Brock
Los Angeles County
Brook
5 Percent Sanger Lug Adopted by California Vineyardists
The executive committee of the Clearing House of the California Vineyardists Association adopted the 5% Sanger Lug for juice grapes after recommendations from about seventy five prominent grape shippers across the state in San Francisco. No uniform lug for table grapes was set, deemed too complex to resolve now. Discussion on the juice grape lug noted that a five pound per box difference yields two to two and a half tons per car, risking dishonest practice and confusion.
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California Vineyardists Association
San Francisco
Pocket size planetarium aids amateur stargazers
Popular Mechanics Magazine describes a new pocket sized planetarium. It is an adjustable star chart with interchangeable disks to observe fixed and moving celestial bodies, designed for accuracy and convenience without elaborate instruments.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Not known to Egyptians rubies and sapphires in ancient times
The text questions whether rubies diamonds and sapphires were known to ancient Egyptians noting no confirmed examples. It references undeciphered hieroglyphs and lack of surviving instances.
Lydia E. Pinkham Remedy Praised By Westwood Woman
Mrs Lurner Hiess of Westwood California says she suffered six years with nerve troubles and insomnia but after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she now sleeps well, can do housework and helps in the field, and will answer letters about the medicine.
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Arapahoe
Okla
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lurner Hiess
Westwood
California
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Union
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Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
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