Fourteen Acres Planted To Deglet Noor Palms In Coachella
In the Coachella valley a total of fourteen acres were planted to Deglet Noor palms this spring. The Libby cannery at Chino in San Bernardino county employs 520 people while apricot packing runs there. Raisin day celebration, postponed last April, will be held October 2 in connection with the Fresno district fair.
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Coachella Valley
Libby
Chino
San Bernardino County
Fresno
California Farm News And County Fair Updates
Merced county fair slated for September 17 to 20 will showcase exhibits excluding livestock. California almond tonnage may rise. apricot grower prices and canner competition shift. New Mexico lifts fruit embargoes on California goods from infected areas. Squirrel drives reduce pests in Susanville Big Valley. Lindenhayne visits to study American farming methods. First grapes ripen in Loma Rica as viticulture research continues.
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Merced
Pacific coast shipments to Germany rise as market grows
The Bureau of Entomology notes Pacific coast dried fruit exports to Germany have surged in six months, overtaking England as the top customer. Charles E. Herring in Berlin says Germany remains impoverished, subsisting on inexpensive foods, while Pacific rice shipments to Germany show potential for growth.
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Germany
England
Charles E. Herring
United States
Berlin
Plans Set for Irrigation of Rice Lands in Provident District
Plans are complete for irrigating 11 000 acres of rice lands in the Provident Irrigation district in the Willows region. About 20 000 acres of the 24 000 acres in the district will be under culture this season.
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Provident
Willows
Record sugar beet expansion in Santa Maria and Lompoc valleys
Over 11 000 acres will be given to sugar beets this year in Santa Maria and Lompoc valleys. Eighty five hundred acres are already in beets, and the crop is flourishing. All indications point to a bumper crop of over 150 000 tons.
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Santa Maria
Lompoc
Disease Threat Hits Dairies Near Holtville
Esabies appeared near Holtville as a dairy cow died from the disease after advancing to a violent stage. A dairyman near El Centro reports four cows lost in the past two months, all afflicted in violent form.
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Holtville
el Centro
Butte County Fruit Outlook Sees Full Peach Harvest
The final 1924 fruit outlook predicts a 100 percent harvest of drying peaches in Butte county, a 30 percent almond crop, a 35 percent normal crop for canning peaches, and a 40 percent crop for prunes.
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Butte County
Cotton acreage seen in Woodville Tulare county area
A. Longan, a veteran cotton grower formerly in Oklahoma, says Woodville in Tulare county offers ideal conditions for cotton. the soil is well suited for cotton growth.
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Woodville
Tulare County
A. Longan
Oklahoma
Water rate decision aids irrigation in Yuba county
Landers near Smartville in Yuba county gain from a railroad commission ruling against the Excel Sior Water and Mining Company. The firm filed with the commission a rate for on demand water sales during the irrigation season when excess supply exists.
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Smartville
Yuba County
Railroad Commission
Excelsior Water and Mining Company
Commission
Hawaii Vet Seeks Embargo Adjustment On California Goods
Dr F T Browning territorial veterinarian asks the Hawaiian Islands board of agriculture to modify the embargo against California products to align with a Salt Lake City conference agreement among twelve Northwestern states. The annual ram sale at the University of California Davis is cancelled. A breeders booklet is being prepared. Vacant state school lands in Yolo Solano Napa Sonoma counties will be offered for sale in May at Woodland Fairfield Napa Santa Rosa.
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F. T. Browning
Territory of
Hawaii
Board of Agriculture of
Hawaiian Islands
California
Salt Lake City
College of Agriculture
Davis
Wool Growers Association
Yolo County
Woodland
Solano County
Fairfield
Napa County
Napa
Sonoma County
Santa Rosa
California Pastor Recovers From Blood Poisoning After Transfusion
The Rev. Alexander Barton of the University of California is on the road to recovery after blood poisoning and complications from a transfusion conducted by James W. Anderson, Porterville sophomore. Separately, Emil Salazar is alleged to have sold marijuana linked to a dope-crazed group, with Salazar sentenced to six months in Oakland city jail. The Grass Valley board of governors of the American Mining congress will convene June 9, per Phoenix secretary W. B. Gohring. Tanforan racetrack and nearby areas faced fire damage, including Tanforan Tavern. John Folan, 84, oldest man convicted of manslaughter in Mendocino County, received a stay to settle his $40,000 estate. First motion pictures captured the Catholic mass celebration in America at Pasadena during the Knights of Columbus state convention opening. A mining bureau feasibility report was tasked by a Nevada City chamber of commerce committee.
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Alexander Barton
University of California
James W. Anderson
Porterville University
Sophmore
Emil Salazar
Salazar
Oakland
Grass Valley
Board of Governors
The
American Mining Congress
W. B. Gohring
Phoenix
Tanforan Racetrack
San Bruno
Tanforan
John Folan
Mendocino County
America
Pasadena
Knights of Columbus
Teport
Nevada City
State Printing Costs Cut By 110000 During Year
The state government division of printing spent 110000 less in the year ending June 30 than appropriated by the last legislature. The largest decrease noted was a 22000 cut in printing school textbooks for the state board of education.
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State Board of Education
State Letter on Highway Bond Issue Sale In 1915
The final block of the 1915 490 million highway bond issue with a 3 million premium to the largest in state history was bought by a eight bank syndicate from San Francisco and New York, represented by Anglo and London Paris bank. The 4 percent rate set by the highway finance board drew many bidders, and the sale will mainly fund existing contracts rather than new highway work.
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San Francisco
New York
Anglo and
London-Paris Bank of
Highway Finance Board
Highway Commission
California guard adds eighteen units boosting strength
Eighteen new units of the rational guard have been organized in different parts of California, increasing the numerical strength of the guard 34 per cent since January or to about 5,000. The enlistments were more than 1,200. Future plans include three batteries for the 250 coast artillery in San Francisco, a headquarters battery for the 143rd field artillery in Oakland, and an infantry company at Merced.
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Rational Guard
California
Two Hundred and Fiftieth Coast Artillery
San Francisco
One Hundred and Forty-third Field Artillery
Oakland
Merced
State board moves rehab division to San Francisco
The rehabilitation division of the state board of education relocates to the state building in San Francisco. Offices in Los Angeles and Sacramento are discontinued. Landowners in reclamation district No. 1001 in Sutter County sue in Sacramento Superior Court for 508,000 in warrants paid to Peter R. Gadd, former secretary, and 18,401 to Charles F. Metteer for services in collecting a state levee purchase claim.
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State Board of Education
State
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Sacramento
Land Owners of Reclamation District No
Sutter County
Superior Court
Peter R. Gadd
State Reclamation Board
Charles F. Metteer
Federal aid funds to California for highway construction
About 2.56 million dollars in federal aid will be available in California beginning July 1 for the construction of 170000 miles of highway. There remain 110000 miles to be surfaced and the program is expected to be completed in 1934.
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California
Fire losses on state protected land rise in May and June
State Forester M. B. Pratt released a report covering twenty one counties showing fire losses totaling 119497.53 dollars for May and June. The 36,061 acre area burned included timber 8124.85 acres, reproduction 9301, brush 6915, grass 11597.75 and grain 123. A total of 134 fires were found on state protected land in the period.
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M. B. Pratt
Prison Board Grants Parole For Forty-Five Inmates
The prison board reviewed forty-five life-term prisoners. Fourteen received immediate parole and nineteen were granted parole on a future date. Fourteen more were promised future paroles and five were ordered deported. In fixing indeterminate sentences the board imposed about 1,000 years of punishment.
Southern Calif. Daily Leaders Back Daylight Saving Plan
A Los Angeles gathering of Southern California Associated Dailies members with Governor Richardson as guest heard H. W. Brundidge of the railway commission discuss conserving electric power and the group unanimously approved a daylight saving plan Brundidge said would cut lighting load by 25 percent.
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Los Angeles
Southern California Associated Dailies
Richardson
H. W. Brundidge
The
Railway Commission
Brundidge
State Treasurer cites publicity lapse on highway bond sale
The suspension of the San Francisco Journal advertises a $3,000,000 highway bond sale. State Treasurer Johnson says the sale missed one day of required publicity. Purchasers plan mandamus actions to challenge the sale.
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San Francisco Journal
Johnson
Saving to state via deportation programclaimed
The report claims about 816000 annual saving through the department of institution program deporting patients to home states and foreign countries in places of the hospitals for the insane and reform schools. It shows 5051 persons deported.
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Department of Institution
Hospitals For
California Schools Require Three Years English for Graduation
California high schools will require at least three years of English to graduate. The rule comes after a recommendation by A. C. Olney, commissioner of secondary schools, and replaces the former two-year English requirement.
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California
Board of Education of Recommendationg
A. C. Olney
Prison Board Bans Paroled Name Disclosure Policy
The prison board adopts a policy to withhold names of paroled prisoners and those with fixed sentences. Board members say publicity hinders reintegration and makes it harder for these individuals to rebuild their lives.
Butler Named Power Supervisor for Southern California
The railroad commission designated Harry G. Butler as power supervisor for southern California to coordinate actions among light and power companies during the emergency caused by drought and reduced hydroelectric output.
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The
Railroad Commission
Harry G. Butler
Southern
California
State highway bonds push total debt to 73 million
The sale of a 3 million block of highway bonds raises the state's bonded highway debt to 73 million. It will not be fully repaid until 1965, and the overall cost to the state will be substantial.
State-Federal Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Service Expanded
The rise in ship ment inspections prompts reorganization of the state federal fruit and vegetable inspection service. Shipping point inspectors are being increased. The service began in July 1920 with California among the first states to offer it.
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California
Aviation service rules noted for Los Angeles to San Francisco
The railroad commission notified Ontario Aviation Company of its rules applying to passengers and freight aeroplanes. The company answered a notification indicating plans to start a system between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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Railroad Commission
Ontario Aviation Company
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Postpone School Board Expansions Until Favorable Time
County boards are urged by the state superintendent to delay all improvements and expansions requiring higher direct tax expenditure as budgets for the new school year are prepared.
State board of accountancy denied writ in mandate suit
The supreme court, in a friendly test case brought by the state controller, denied a writ of mandate seeking to require the board to turn all funds into the state treasury and to incur all expenditures through warrants issued by the controller’s office.
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Supreme Court
State Controller
State Board of Accountancy
State Treasury
Controller
Survey of Nevada alfalfa fields on weevil spread
The state department of agriculture ordered a survey of the Nevada alfalfa fields to determine the spread of the alfalfa weevil during the last season. Results will determine whether California's quarantine against Nevada will be modified or extended.
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State Department of Agriculture
Nevada
California
Southern Pacific Seeks Agency Closures Across Several Stations
The Southern Pacific company applied to the commission for permission to discontinue its agencies at Nelson station in Butte county Mills station in Sacramento county Pinedale junction in Fresno county Yolo station in Yolo county Cameron station in Kern county.
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Southern Pacific Company
Commission
Nelson Station
Butte County
Mills Station
Sacramento County
Pinedale Junction
Fresno County
Yolo Station
Yolo County
Cameron Station
Kern County
Fresno nurserymen form committee on Davis nursery affair
At the association’s annual Fresno convention a committee was named to investigate the Davis nursery amid charges that the state competes with private nurseries.
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Association of Nurserymen
Fresno
Davis
Coman Named Head of State Education Credentials Panel
W. M. Coman of Sacramento assumes the leadership of the state board of education credentials commission, taking office June 16. He succeeds Helen Dimmick who has been appointed dean of women at San Jose State Teachers College.
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W. M. Coman
Sacramento
Commission of Credentials
State Board of Education
Helen Dimmick
San Jose State Teachers’ College
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Los Angeles County
Rhode Island
A. Signoretti
Patterson
Brawley
Contra Costa County
F. J. Mason
Stewart Fruit Company
San Leandro
Daniel Best
Oregon
New Mexico
Hichard Werner
State Sealer of Weights and Measures
Alameda County
Canning
Central
Phil Hans Lindenhayne
Department of Agriculture
Golden State
Loma _ KHie¢a
Marysville
Sierra Nevada Foothills
Loma Rica
Susanville
Big Valley
Yuma Valley
Arizona
Bureau of Entomology of the
Barston
ING
Telephone
Office
Clemetts
B. C. Anderson
Barstow
S. L. Benson
Barstow Cafe
0. K. Mapes
A. C. Pratt
Arend’s
Barstow Res
G. Cleveland Taylor
Randsburg
William L. Denton
Randsburg, California
Francis X. Moore
Jemington Portable Typewriter
Randsburg,California
Standard Oil Company
Earl Re
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