California News Review Highlights Local Deals and Proposals
Railroad officials authorize sale of a Gilroy warehouse and equipment for 500 to Antone Sota. Humboldt radio dealers plan a campaign against interference in Eureka. Modesto Junior College reports 600+ enrollments with 48 local high school graduates. Telegraphed notes cover oil finds near Tulare, Caltech building financings, Santa Clara grade crossing ruling, Angels Hotel cafe, Sonoma veterans hospital push, Rheem plant expansion, and Santa Cruz utility rate adjustments. Also noted are gas, prison defense upgrades, water service timing for Sutter Butte Canal, and public school planning for Vallejo plus aging native citizens’ aid ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. Biggart
Sam Newton
Railroad Commission
Antone P. Sota
Gilroy
Humboldt County Radio Dealers’ Association
Eureka
Modesto
Terra Bella
Tulare
Robert A. Milikan
California Institute of Technology At
Pasadena
Associates
Board of Supervisors of
Santa Clara County
Kifer Road
Southern Pacific Company
Santa Clara
Alviso Road
Old Angels Hotel
Mark Twain
Calaveras
Clara Weirich
Angeles
Angels Hotel
Sonoma County Legionnaires
Veterans’ Hospital
Congress
North Bay
Petaluma Post
Legion
Sonoma County
Hiram Johnson
Samuel Shortridge
Clarence Fr. Lea
Rheem Manufacturing Company
Emeryville
Richmond
Republic Steel Package Company
R. S. Rheem
Rheem Company
Rheem
Jtilities California Corporation
Boulder Creek
Brookdale
Santa Cruz County
California
Santa Rosa
William Bennyhoff
Vern Hickey
Folsom
San Quentin
A. R. Heron
C. C. Young
Los Angeles
Thompson
Heron
Sutter Butte Canal Company
Napa
C. D. Clark
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Plumas National Forest
Forest Service
Quincy
Martinez
Santa Ana Anaheim
Vallejo
A. P. Hill
Department of Public School Planning
State Department of Education
Elmer L. Cave
Vallejo City
United States
Anna L. Saylor
Attorney General’s
Southern Pacific
California Highway Patrol
Young
Sacramento
Fresno Civic Auditorium
National Guardsmen
Rafael
Harry Ridgway
Marvelous Marin, Inc
Laurel Place
Nye Street
San Rafael
Curtis Estate
A. R. Danziger
San Francisco
Farm agencies urge better plant nutrient use and coop relief
U S Department of Agriculture specialists estimate 126 million pounds of plant food wash from U S fields annually, about 21 times the amount used by crops. Stanislaus County leads with 49 federally accredited dairy herds, many others near accreditation. The Federal Farm Board’s $500 million revolving fund eases reliance on outside growers, per E I Feemster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Stanislaus County
H. P. B. Bonnickson
State Department of Agriculture
Federal Farm Board
E. I. Feemster
Visalia
California Peach and Fig Growers’ Association
Feemster
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Arkansas State Farm
K-R-O
K-R-O Co
Springfield
Forest Service marks 25 years of public service
The Forest Service of the U S Department of Agriculture reached its twenty-fifth anniversary on February 1. The agency now has about 2,700 permanent public servants and employs roughly 2,800 forest guards each fire season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Fire at Windsor Ranch Destroys Home and Kills 2500 Chicks
Mystery surrounds the blaze at the Hitchcock ranch near Windsor Sonoma County that wiped out a large house and burned 2500 baby chicks. The fire also endangered the home of renter W R Rogers who leases the ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitchcock
Windsor
Sonoma County
W. R. Rogers
Rhode Island Hen Said to Be World’s Oldest at 19
Ole Stevenson asserts his Rhode Island hen is the oldest hen alive at 19 years. He notes the bird laid eggs seven straight months in 1927 and claims a Philadelphia resident once held a record at 18 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Stevenson
Rhode Island
Stevenson
Philadelphia
California Rabbits: Extension Service Seeks Industry Data
The University of California Agricultural Extension Service launches a survey on rabbit raising to assess costs and returns across the state. H. M. Butterfield notes California leads the nation in rabbit production and Los Angeles consumes 2000 to 10000 rabbits weekly as demand grows for fur. The extension division will not push expansion until the survey concludes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yosemite
Spread Eagle
Mariposa
Boston Capitalists
State Department of Finance
Surveyor General
Point Conception
Day
California
University of California Agricultural Extension Service
Department
United States
H. M. Butterfield
College of Agriculture
Berkeley
Los Angeles
College of Agriculture Extension Division
Hamlin Elected President of San Joaquin Valley Association
At Modesto meeting of the San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Commissioners Association E T Hamlin of Stanislaus County was chosen president for the coming year Oscar Hemphill of Visalia was named vice president and A E Morrison of Sacramento secretary treasurer A E Mahoney of Stockton retires from the post
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Commissioners’ Association
Modesto
E. T. Hamlin
Stanislaus County
Oscar Hemphill
Visalia
A. E. Morrison
Sacramento
A. E. Mahoney
Stockton
Deer abundance in Tehama County cited by deputy warden
Deputy game warden Harry Brittain, after a seven day foothill trip east of Red Bluff, reports deer are plentiful this season and in unusually good condition, more so than in several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehama County
Harry Brittain
Red Bluff
Soledad Growers Produce Giant Cauliflower Display
A massive cauliflower from Pazam and Barti ranch in Soledad weighed fifteen pounds eight ounces, believed the largest in years. The vegetable, enough for twenty salads and three cauldrons of soup, was exhibited at the Salinas Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Pazam & Barti
Soledad
Salinas
New York Firm Seeks 1000 Acres Near Gerber for Flower Growers
A New York firm seeks one thousand acres near El Camino colony adjacent to Gerber to extensively grow canvas, yellow calla lilies, gladioli and Mexican tuberoses. A firm representative spoke with Captain Oliver H. Smith, secretary of the El Camino irrigation office, Sol E. Field, and others to arrange the deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Camino Colony
Gerber
New York
Oliver H. Smith
el Camino
Sol E. Field
Dairy prices linked. UC expert urges more milk use
Professor E C Voorhies of the University of California Agricultural Economics Division told Riverside County Farm Bureau members that dairy product consumption must rise to maintain prices. He noted butter prices have fallen sharply since December 1 and that prices of all dairy products are interconnected, with further declines likely if demand does not rebound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Voorhies
Agricultural Economics Division
University of California
Riverside County Farm Bureau
Greenhouse Growth Boosts County Floriculture Industry
Agricultural inspector Max J. Leonard notes greenhouse area rose over 25 percent in three years and the county floriculture industry now represents about 20 million dollars in investment. Hundreds of families are employed in the sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max J. Leonard
Deer on Mt Tamalpais Guard Gardens in Marin County
Deer roams the Tamalpais slopes with about 5000 animals in a protected refuge declared by the Legislature. Homeowners in Ross and Kentfield face garden damage and seek legal relief to allow an open season, though officials say only legislative modification could help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Tamalpais
Marin County
Ross
Kentfield
Tamalpais
Fish and Game Commission
Kern County Cotton Crop Sets Historic 1929-30 Record
Kern county for 1929-30 harvested its greatest cotton crop, valued at about 6.24 million dollars. Farmers expect up to 1000 more bales to be ginned as rain and fog slowed picking. With 51,000 acres, the season totals exceed 60,000 bales, averaging over one bale per acre.
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Kern County
Monterey Abalone Trade Moves 2 Million Pounds Yearly
A Fish and Game Commission report shows Monterey markets move over two million pounds of fresh abalone annually, supplying most of California’s seafood. Eight abalone boats operate during season, delivering up to 1600 dozen abalones daily, all alive in shells.
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Monterey
Napa anglers protest Hamilton branch lake closure
Napa County Fish, Game and Forest Protective Association sent a resolution to the State Fish and Game Commission opposing the closure of Hamilton branch of Lake Almanor. Local sportsmen officials call the area around the branch one of the finest trout fishing places in the lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napa County Fish, Game and Forest Protective Association
State Fish and Game Commission
Hamilton
Almanor
Sportsmen’s Club
California’s shipping vegetable boom reshapes agriculture
The rapid rise of the shipping phase dominates California agriculture. Acreage in vegetables grew from 155,000 in 1920 to 402,790 last year, with canning staying steady except for asparagus and possibly tomatoes. Carload shipments of vegetables and melons neared 120,000 last year.
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California
Golden State
California cattle tested for tuberculosis in 1929
California livestock men and veterinarians tested over 425000 cattle for tuberculosis during the year ended. In Modoc Lassen Plumas and Tehama counties all modified tuberculosis free areas 994 percent of stock were free. Division of animal industry officials alone tested 213749 cattle during 1929.
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California
Department of Agriculture
Modoc
Lassen
Plumas
Tehama
Disease Division of Animal Industry
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