State Board of Forestry gains funds for patrol work
Attorney General Webb authorizes using 55000 from departmental support to fund forestry patrols reversing prior restricts on salaries. State Forester Pratt lacked money beyond special salary funds. Mrs. Pierce to modify salaries and approve department expenditures. Julian Alco calls for post of prison road camps superintendent and supports L. H. Taylor for the job. He also urges tighter rules to stop narcotics booze and firearms sales to convict labor.
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Webb
State Board of Forestry
Board of Control
Pratt
Sacramento
Pierce
Forestry Department
Julian Alco
San Francisco
State Highway Commission
L. H. Taylor
Board of Control orders yearly department budgets
Mrs Nellie Pierce of the board of control signed an order forcing all state departments to submit annual budgets to the division of budgets and accounts where she is chief. The order bars payment of claims unless departmental budgets match the annual budget allotments, potentially halting a department if its budget for the year starting July 1 is not approved.
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Nellie Pierce
Board of Control
California Child Labor Totals Nine Thousand In State
The report shows 9 057 child laborers aged 10 to 15, about 3 percent of all children in the state. Sacramento San Diego and Alameda each record 4.1 percent for under 15 workers, with San Diego leading boys employment at 7.1 percent. San Francisco Stockton Sacramento and Los Angeles lead in girl workers under 15.
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Sacramento
San Diego
Alameda
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Stockton
Japanese Birth Rate Rises in State Population
Figures released by the state bureau of Vital statistics show the Japanese birth rate has risen sharply in the last decade. In 1912 they made up 1.8 percent of the population and produced 3.7 percent of births. now they are 2.1 percent of the population and account for 6.9 percent of births.
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Igures
State Bureau of Vital Statistics
Surveyor General Orders Squatters Off State Lands
Surveyor General Kingsburg issues ukase to squatters who have seized hundreds of acres of state lands in Fish Can Yon, Los Angeles County, demanding they vacate or pay rent. The notice underscores state authority and prompts immediate compliance amid pressure from local authorities.
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Kingsburg
Fish Canyon
Los Angeles County
State lands used as camp sites underpaid fees
State records show lands leased for recreation without paying the $15 per tract yearly fee. The state controller reports a fiscal year shortfall with disbursements at $88,783,518 and receipts at $31,393,735, a net excess of about $7.4 million. Corporate taxes contributed $32,293,313.32 and inheritance taxes $4,777,950.35.
Oil Lease Bids Examined For Norwalk State Lands
State lands at the Norwalk state hospital site in the Santa Fe Springs district attract bids from oil companies. Early surveys indicate rich oil deposits beneath the lands, prompting ongoing review of offers and potential development.
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Norwalk State Hospital
Santa Fe Springs
State prison board leader backs new Southern California facility
Chairman Radcliff of the state prison board advocates a new state prison for Southern California citing high transport costs to the two current prisons and severe overcrowding. He argues the next legislature will need to act decisively to relieve conditions.
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Radcliff
State Prison Board
California
Lumber Firms Set Up Forest Patrols Under New Law
One hundred lumber companies will establish forest fire patrols on August 17 to comply with a recent legislative act aimed at protecting timber resources.
State to auction vast California estate items
Estates of about 200 Californians who died without heirs will be auctioned soon. Jewelry and personal articles stored in the capitol basement were valued in the thousands, but the state expects to gain about 20 dollars from the sale.
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Capitol Building
New firms and filings in state year summary
For the year ending July 1 four thousand five hundred fifty new firms were incorporated in the state. In the last six months two thousand five hundred forty six firms filed articles and nine hundred eleven old firms were revived.
Religion Is Necessary says genius needs religion
A quoted aphorism from H. More on the role of religion in genius. It argues that genius without religion is a mere lamp at the palace gate, capable of a brief gleam to outsiders while the inner inhabitants remain in darkness.
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H. More
Fortune of Complaint Quote Johnson Daily Reflections
A brief quotation highlighting a Johnson line on complaint provoking contempt rather than pity. The excerpt frames complaint as a moral reflection rather than a news item, suggesting a standalone editorial or literary note.
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Johnson
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