Salinas Jail Addition Bids Opened Construction Soon
Bids for a $7500 addition to Salinas city jail will be opened at once with construction set to start shortly. Isleton residents gain natural gas from the new Natural Gas Corporation of California plant, joining Rio Vista Vacaville Fairfield and Suisun in the region.
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Salinas City
Isleton
Natural Gas Corporation of California
Rio Vista
Vacaville
Fairfield
Suisun
Highway Stripe Repainted North From Carquinez Bridge
So lano county Supervisor Fred Birchmore reports state employees have repainted the white highway stripe from the Carquinez bridge toward Vallejo and will extend the stripe north to the Napa Wye.
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Fred Birchmore
Solano County
Carquinez Bridge
Vallejo
Napa “Wye
Professor Uses Airplane in Quest for Californian Plants
Howard McMinn a Mills College botany professor works with F L Naylor of Berkeley as pilot to search California forests for rare trees and shrubs. They have flown for several months spotting unusual species and native growth varieties from the air.
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Howard McMinn
Mills College
California
McMinn
F. L. Naylor
Berkeley
Eureka Women Sue Over Erosion Loss at Buhne Point
Three Eureka residents Mrs. Sophia Newett Mrs. Mary Pratt and Miss Georgia Buhne filed a federal suit in Sacramento against the government seeking 9975 dollars damages claiming jetties in Humboldt bay caused eighteen acres of their Buhne Point land to wash away.
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Humboldt Bay
Buhne Point
Eureka
Sophia Newett
Mary Pratt
Georgia Buhne
Sacramento
State division of labor collects unpaid wages
As a collection agency the state division of labor retrieves funds for workers. It reports an average near $100,000 monthly from unpaid wages. Will J. French, director, said more than 3000 complaints were investigated last month and collections were made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Division of Labor
Will J. French
Sunnyvale chosen for navy dirigible base site
The House naval affairs committee approved Sunnyvale as the base site after rejecting Camp Kearney. The panel authorized a bill to acquire over 1600 acres at Sunnyvale for a nominal $1, by an 18 to 1 vote.
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Sunnyvale
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Camp Kearney
City Clock Restored After Quarter Century Silence
Redding residents learned that the city hall bell, long trusted to mark 8 pm, had been sent to repairs. For 25 years it rang nightly, guiding parents who faced protests from children who doubted the hour since the bell no longer rang.
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Redding
City Hall
Controversy Over Renaming Town to Avoid Conflict with Old Shasta
Frank N. Lawrence received a letter from State Senator James M. Allen about appealing to the N. S. G. W. and N. D. G. W. for aid to pressure the newer city to yield to the old name. Allen argues naming a town should rest with its residents most affected.
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Mr. Shasta
Sisson
Shasta
Frank N. Lawrence
James M. Allen
Hollister Eight Citizens Naturalized in Court
Hollister and the United States gained eight new citizens as candidates were accepted in naturalization court by Examiner Ernest J. Hover and Judge Maurice T. Douling. Those naturalized include John Genaro Felice Virginia Fortino Filice Pasquale Felice all of Hollister. John Peter Botelho Dario Avila Freitas and Mary Botelho of San Juan Oregon. Oreste Alberto Deri of Hollister. and Rose Palumbo, formerly a citizen, who lost her rights through marriage to an alien.
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Hollister
United States
Naturalization Court
Ernest J. Hover
Maurice T. Dooling
John Genaro Felice
Virginia Fortino Filice
Pasquale Felice
John Peter Botelho
Dario Avila Freitas
Mary Botelho
San Juan
Oreste Alberto Deri
Rose Palumbo
Trees to beautify Antelope Valley with four thousand saplings
Spence D Turner Los Angeles county forester announces immediate distribution of 4000 trees to Antelope Valley residents. Of these 1700 Arizona ash have already performed well along county right of way. The new lot includes 860 oriental sycamores and many catalpa locust and Italian poplar seedlings for planting in irrigated valley areas.
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Antelope Valley
Spence D. Turner
Los Angeles
Arizona
Valley
Forestry ‘Department
Califor nia Newspaper Publishers Association Convention Plans
Plans near completion for the annual California Newspaper Publishers Association convention to be held in Stockton January 16 17.
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The
California Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Stockton
Appointments Revive Board of Agriculture Terms
A. C. Hardison of Santa Paula and A. B. Miller of Fontana were reap pointed by Governor C. C. Young to the State Board of Agriculture. They will serve until October 28, 1934, under the new appointment. There is no salary attached to the positions.
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A. C. Hardison
Santa Paula
A. B. Miller
Fontana
C. C. Young
State Board of Agriculture
Dividend Authorized For Bank Of Cottonwood Depositors
Ralph Stanley, in charge for the State Bank Superintendent since the bank failed in May 1929, has court permission to distribute 5500 dollars as a 10 percent dividend to savings branch depositors. Depositors in savings and commercial departments have already received 50 percent of deposits.
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Bank of Cottonwood
Ralph Stanley
Superior Court
Savings
Fresno plans five million bond for city hall and library
Mayor Z S Leymel proposed a five million dollar municipal bond issue to fund a new city hall public library civic auditorium and replacement of old police and fire department quarters in Fresno to be voted on in April as part of addressing employment and public improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Z. S. Leymel
Fresno
Stand Management to Start $500,000 Hollister Project
Hollister officials welcomed relief in unemployment as Stand Management and Operation Company tied to Coast Counties Gas and Electric announced a $500,000 improvement plan to begin before year end. The program will deploy 100 workers to construct 60,000 volt power lines from Hollister to Watsonville and Morgan Hill.
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Hollister
Stand Management and Operation Company
Coast Counties Gas and Electric Company
Watsonville
Morgan Hill
Battle Creek salmon egg station ends season with record run
The Battle Creek plant closed for the season due to an overflow of sockeye salmon eggs. This year’s harvest reached 11,130,000 eggs, up from 7,600,000 in 1929 and 2,500,000 in 1928. The surge is blamed on fishermen closing their season ten days earlier for two consecutive years, boosting upstream spawning.
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Battle Creek
Oakdale irrigation district reports cash balance December 1
Treasurer T. M. Maxwell presents figures showing a total cash on hand of 81,202.80 dollars with the bulk in the bond and interest fund at 61,977.13 dollars. Other funds include General 13,067.26, revolving 2,035.52, Melones 4,104.93 and construction 17.96. The board transferred 6,000 dollars to the Melones fund to retire final reservoir obligations.
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Oakdale Irrigation District
T. M. Maxwell
Fremonts Peak may become state park in California
Fremonts Peak near San Juan Bautista could be handed to the state as a park. Hawkins said Dr Rollin Reeves of Salinas owner of the peak land has offered the area if the county builds a two mile road to the summit. Supervisors appropriated 3000 dollars to match state funds and plan to buy adjoining land and improve the peak road.
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Fremont’s Peak
San Juan Bautista
California
John Fremont
W. Irving Hawkins
Pinnacles National
Rollin Reeves
Salinas
California Gets 4.7 Million Federal Road Aid in Parcel
The federal bill allocates California a total of 4 701 233 for highway construction and improvements with 3 108 233 for highways and 600 000 for roads and trails. It lists specific river and harbor sums including Redwood Creek 26 000 Suisun Bay 52 000 Petaluma Creek 50 000 San Rafael Creek 10 000 Humboldt Harbor and Bar 92 000 San Diego Harbor 323 000 Los Angeles and Long Beach harbors 410 000 Middle River and Empire Cut 3 000 Sacramento River 24 000 Mokelumne River 3 000.
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California
Redwood Creek
Suisun Bay
Petaluma Creek
San Rafael Creek
Humboldt Harbor
Bar
San Diego Harbor
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Middle River
Empire Cut
Sacramento River
Mokelumne River
Hayward to Host Third Winter Pigeon Show at Armory
Hayward prepares for its third winter stock show from January 1 to 4 at the Hayward Armory. Sponsors report civic and financial success from recent poultry and rabbit events. Hayward stands as a leading pigeon raising center in Northern and Central California, with a growing squad industry and large shipments of breeding stock worldwide.
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Hayward
Hayward Armory
California
Los Angeles
Placerville Fruit Growers elect officers at annual meeting
The Placerville Fruit Growers Association named officers: President James A. Irving, vice president EH E Jones, secretary treasurer Dr W A Rantz, and directors Frank Tombs D J Akin Walter J Stone and Leland Veerkamp. The group covers about 80 percent of El Dorado county fruit growers. Flax trials at Meloland show high iodine content and favorable oil. Yield reaches 32 bushels per acre. Top varieties cited include Abyssinian Rio or Long Punjab Giza and Redwing.
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Placerville
Meloland
Washington
United States
Acre
Rio
Punjab
Giza
Rodriguez dam project suspended indefinitely in Lower California
Work on the Rodriguez dam on the south fork of the Tijuana river in Lower California has been suspended indefinitely. About $2,000,000 has been spent so far. The dam was to provide water to irrigate 10,000 acres in Tijuana Valley for avocados citrus fruits and winter vegetables.
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Rodriguez
Tijuana River
California
Tijuana Valley
Election of 4 H Club Officers at Alameda school
The 4 H Club of Alameda school near Downey elected William Squibbs as president, Ray Canton as secretary and treasurer, Carl Mussachia as reporter, and Richard Bird as yell leader. E W Ward the principal is adviser and oversees activities. Members have livestock projects including calves chickens hogs and sheep. Some members earned a trip to Davis, aiming for county and state fair trips next year.
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Alameda School
Downey
William Squibbs
Ray Canton
Carl Mussachia
Richard Bird
E. W. Ward
Davis
Light pruning and irrigation boost peach profits in Tulare County
Assistant Farm Adviser W. B. Gilfillan of the Visalia extension service reports profits rise from light pruning, cultivation, and heavy irrigation in Tulare county peach orchards. Analyzed across 71 orchards over three years, average production cost was 21.65 dollars per ton with an average yield of 839 tons. Five-year-old orchards averaged 22.95 dollars per ton. By variety, costs were 29.20 dollars for Tuscan, 22.18 for Freestone, 20.89 for Midsummer, and 20.65 for Phillips.
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Tulare
W. B. Gilfillan
Visalia
Freestone
Midsummer
Phillips
Raisin Pool Raises Prices and Cooperative Gains Control
Grower members celebrate a higher price for raisins to commercial packers at 30 cents a pound as the government financed cooperative takes charge of the 1930 raisin crop. Sun-Maid officials say the cooperative will lift its price on choice Thompsons from 4 ½ to 5 cents a pound with related increases on other varieties.
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California Raisin Pool
Co-Operative
Sun Maid Raisin Growers
Thompsons
California cotton crop sets record in 1930
The 1930 California cotton crop yields 443 pounds per acre on 270000 acres, valued around 17000000 at current prices. Production totals about 250000 gross weight bales, with ample picking labor reported in many areas. Nationwide output is estimated at 14243000 bales from 45218000 acres.
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California
United States
Open house at UC citrus station highlights regional outreach
The citrus experiment station of the University of California hosted an open house to acquaint representatives from most Southern California counties with campus activities. Attendees from Tulare, Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange, Los Angeles, San Diego and even Egypt and South Africa learned about citrus work and other crops. L. D. Batchelor outlined station programs, A. D. Shamel described bad selection research, and Dr. H. J. Webber showed root stock and its effect on tree quality.
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Citrus Experiment Station
University of California
California
Tularé
Imperial
Riverside
San Bernardino
Orange
Los Angeles
San Diego
Egypt
South Africa
L. D. Batchelor
Fall pea shipping surges in Calipatria North End District
The Imperial Valley North End buzzes as 9000 acres of fall peas were planted with over 5000 acres growing for shipment. Most of the harvest will be sent from Calipatria to Eastern markets, boosting local activity in the district.
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Calipatria
San Fernando Canning Co Closes Season After Profitable Year
The San Fernando Canning Company ends its season after a record year with over 10 million tins produced. More than $250,000 paid in wages and $200,000 to growers for apricots peaches tomatoes spinach and other produce. The plant packed over 7000 tons of tomatoes and set a high daily run of 160,000 cans. The largest weekly payroll reached $10,000. For the first time dried lima beans were canned by soaking and processing them from dried state.
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San Fernando Canning Company
West San Fernando Valley grove plan boosts orange output
Armacost and Royston, Chatsworth wholesale flower growers, plan to plant forty acres to oranges this spring and aim to set out the entire 200 acre tract with Valencias in three years making one of the valley’s largest groves. Fine oranges thrive in Chatsworth foothills with bearing groves adding to the $5 million annual output. Canoga Citrus Association packing-house handles most west valley crops.
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Armacost & Royston
Chatsworth
San Fernando Valley
Canoga Citrus Association
West Valley
Arizona Oranges Cleared for California by Quarantine Board
Director G H Hecke announces that navel oranges from Arizona may enter California after studies by A C Fleury show the navel orange worm Myelois Venipars is of no economic significance. The worm is said to attack only split oranges culled in grading and does not bore into sound fruit.
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Arizona
California
G. H. Hecke
California Department of Agriculture
A.C. Fleury
California State Bureau of Quarantine and Pest Control
California farmers join co operative plan for cotton sale pools
Farm advisers in cotton counties, with state and local committees, promote the American Cotton Cooperative Association plan backed by the Federal Farm Board. California's cooperative, based in Delano, reorganizes to sell cotton in two pools two seasonal and optional while aiming to reduce production costs and improve quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Cotton Co-operative Association
Federal Farm Board
B. H. Crocheron
University of California
California Cotton Co-operative Association
Delano
California Association
American Cotton Co-operative
Misunderstood Mr Watt Compliment Sparks Banter
In a light exchange, Mrs Watt thanks her husband for a rare compliment on her bathing suit, while Mr Watt responds with humor about the remark. The couple’s playful dialogue highlights affection and domestic banter.
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Garfield
Paris
Roman Eye
Pearl St
Super Auto Painting Co., Inc
Bush & Franklin Sts
San Francisco
Hotel
Alexandria
Calif
P. T. A. Assoc
Alexandria Hotel CO
E. C. Eppley
Charles B. Hamiliton
Hotel Roosevelt
Jones
Eddy Garage
Famous Pasteur Institute
France
Rajette Foundation
Montgomery Street
Corona
2Nd St. F
Somerton
Geary St
Mason St
Lissner & Iverson
Hotel Turpin
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