Fire wardens guide Tulare harvesters against blazes
Tulare County fire warden reports cooperation with owners of large harvesters in the lake bed to curb losses. Each machine will carry two chemical outfits, a water barrel, and wet sacks. Kings County maintains rural fire squads and equipment from fixed stations, moving to scenes at strong speeds despite rough terrain. In 1923, over 4 million dollars of grain was harvested with few fires and modest losses due to strong local fire provisions.
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Tulare County
Tulare Lake
Kings County
Metropolitan Fire Departments
Dairymen push state indemnity on tubercular cows
Dairymen in Pomona and southeastern Los Angeles County with San Bernardino county advocate state indemnity for tubercular milk cows and those killed after state inspection. They condemn the current branding and destruction without owner compensation and form committees to circulate petitions for the next legislature.
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Pomona
Los Angeles County
San Bernardino County
California Wheat Crop Seen Rise Near Three Million Bushels
E E Kaufman crop statistician for federal and state agriculture departments forecasts California wheat production at 14 30 000 bushels up from 12 015 000 last year, about 444 900 tons. Barley and oats run roughly four and six percent under last year. Season two to four weeks late, about ten days behind normal.
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California
E. E. Kaufman
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Kaufman
Apricot and plum crops in Tulare face declines this year
In Tulare County over 4000 acres of apricots yielded 25000 dollars in export value last year and will drop further. Birds and frost damaged crops this season while plum trees covering 6217 acres suffer similar issues with birds and frost causing spotted quality and complicating estimates.
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Tulare County
Professor Shaw completes Coachella soil survey map
Professor Charles F. Shaw, soil technologist, has finished a soil survey map of the Coachella valley. The map displays all soils in color and is ready for distribution. The accompanying report offers full soil descriptions and chapters on climate irrigation drainage alkali general agricultural conditions transportation and more.
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Charles F. Shaw
Coachella Valley
Legion post Pecan Trees Grow Into Shady Beauties
The American Legion post of Brawley plants pecan trees in front of its home. The trees develop into handsome specimens and may become useful ornamentals and shade trees in the Imperial Valley.
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American Legion
Brawley
Imperial Valley
State cherry crop hit by frosts and rains drops to 47 percent
Frosts and rains reduce the state's cherry crop to 47 per cent of normal, down from 70 per cent last year. Interstate shipments up to June 5 total 284 cars, well below 731 cars by the same date in 1926, the fall attributed to both light crop and late season.
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California
E. E. Kaufman
California farm bureau picnic outlines steady maize growth
The California farmer has prospered while others cry for relief. B. H. Cocheron addressed San Bernardino farmers at the annual Farm Bureau picnic last week. He heads the California State Agricultural Extension Service and oversees all farm advisers.
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California
B. H. Cocheron
San Bernardino
Farm Bureau
Cocheron
California State Agricultural Extension Service
Apricot Canning Delayed By Cold Weather This Year
Leroy C. Kauffman of Pacific Packing Company says apricot canning will start around July 1, later than last year’s mid June. Cold weather slowed ripening, and the crop will be short this season.
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Leroy C. Kauffman
The
Pacific Packing Company
California agr icultural clubs run county summer camps
Boys and girls in three California counties join three to seven day camps directed by the University of California Agricultural Extension Service. Because many cannot attend the statewide Davis camps each fall, mountain camps are organized to serve them.
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California
Agricultural Eixtension Service
University of California
Davis
Mountain Dairy Reports Record Butter Output in Modoc
H. C. Watson, manager of Mountain Dairy Products Company based in Alturas, reports butter production this year in Modoc County has broken all previous records. Plants in Surprise Valley and Big Valley run to full capacity. A new Cassel plant in Shasta County has opened, with an addition under construction at the Alturas plant.
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H. C. Watson
Mountain Dairy Products Company
Alturas
Modoc County
Surprise Valley
Big Valley
Cassel
Shasta County
le Alturas
Imperial Linen buys San Diego site for hemp factory
Imperial Linen Products Company reports purchase of a San Diego site to build a factory for hemp from Imperial Valley. Wall board, rugs and insulating material will be produced. The Imperial Valley's hemp potential has long been known, with market demand as the main hurdle.
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Imperial Linen Products Company
San Diego
Imperial Valley
Trial set in Fresno for Edison water rights case
The Southern California Edison Company suit to quiet title to water rights and condemn the Helminghaus estate holdings along the San Joaquin River will be tried in Fresno Superior Court on October 17. The case stems from a Supreme Court ruling restraining the company from impounding waters at Florence Lake and from further disrupting the river’s normal flow in its high Sierra power development.
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Southern California Edison Company
Helminghaus
San Joaquin River
Superior Court
Fresno
Supreme Court
The
Power Corporation
Florence Lake
High Sierras
Summer sores in horses linked to genetics and habronema fly
Summer sores on horses are due to genetic factors and the habronema fly larvae. Dr. G. H. Hart and C. E. Howell of the University of California Animal Husbandry Division note the habronema larvae in sores informed the causal theory. Sores appear in hot weather, resist treatment, and heal with cool weather. control rests on breeding horses free from the condition.
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G. H. Hart
C. E. Howell
Animal Husbandry Division
University of California
Whats the Answer feature begins weekly quiz series
A newspaper introduces a new feature titled Whats the Answer. Each issue prints twenty questions across history science geography literature arithmetic religion sports economics famous sayings natural history and more. The next issue will publish the answers and a new set of twenty questions encouraging readers to answer, search for facts, and track personal knowledge gains over months.
Questions and Answers Quiz From a Historical Primer
A list of twenty trivia prompts covers topics from geography and history to science and culture. Items ask who discovered the Pacific, oldest U.S. town, Earth's area, human eyesight range, St. Louis pennants, Renaissance meaning in art, drainageless land, oldest Greek letter fraternity, I Have a Dream style quote, trade barometer industry, myopia, Earth's age, slavery history, Yale founding, first car speed milestone, notable American actor, continents’ coastlines, France’s earliest lyric poet, torpedo quote, and America’s undeveloped resource.
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St. Louis
United States
France
Accidents That Made Big Industries Collide with Chance Sparks Trade Shifts
A luncheon mishap at a copper disk plant yielded a casein cheesed breakthrough, while a meat of salt over flux welded nickel iron ribbon for submarine cables. A French lab accident produced liquid oxygen, proving accidents create safer, powerful industries per Floyd W. Parsons.
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France
Floyd W. Parsons
Saturday Evening Post
Poor tramp recalls marble halls lost by expired term
A tramp asks a farmer's wife for bread and receives pie. She notes his worn look. He answers that he once lived in marble halls, and when asked how, he says his home was lost because his term expired.
Shoes Not Counted in Wardrobe Debate
A light exchange centers on clothing as two sides argue footwear should not be part of the tally. The discussion features varied opinions from a pair of speakers and references to modest attire expectations.
Hyman of Hate Says Blair Baseball Needs Fresh Air
A speaker claims Hermann Blair dislikes baseball and advocates giving the sport more air. The remark frames a personal feud as a commentary on baseball vitality.
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Hermann Blair
Senator Questions Public Interest in Shakespeare Drama
Senator Sorghum dismisses Shakespearean works, questioning why the public should study soliloquies and speeches when considering his own oratorical efforts. The Washington Star notes the exchange as a light political literary quip.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington ‘Star
Son aims for white-collar dream. ends in laundry job
Report notes a man seeking a white-collar position. He lands a job doing white laundry work, implying a craft rather than office clerical status. The piece frames the outcome as modest labor rather than advancement.
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Stono
Man's a tyrant according to Mrs Scrappington
A brief exchange quoted from the Boston Transcript has Mrs Scrappington insisting that a man is a tyrant while John hesitates before confirming her assertion. The quirky dialogue captures a sharp domestic moment with a humorous edge.
Fried Grocer Dialog Sparks Bride Demand
A comic dialogue shows a grocer asking a customer for egg color and the bride insisting on white eggs with a yellow polka dot in the middle. The exchange highlights humorous mismatch in a grocery store setting.
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Grocer
New Congressman Refuses Men's Collar in Banter
Styles for Men notes a humorous exchange where a new congressman declares he wears no man’s collar. His wife counters that a ready-made tie with a Sunday suit can be quite dressy, highlighting domestic wit in a light feature.
Fossil Puzzle In A Baseball Plea Or Riddle
A terse verse asks what a fossil is in a baseball plaint. It plays on identity and knowledge with a playful line about being a fossil and what the speaker knows. The fragment suggests a quizzical, metaphorical riddle rather than a clear event.
On the Run Brown We Are In Luck With New Cook
A note explains satisfaction with the new cook whose soup toast vegetables and dessert pleased guests. It adds the dessert was made by her successor indicating a change in kitchen staff.
Quite So Park Speaker and Heckler Exchange Barbed Quip
A humorous exchange unfolds as a speaker asserts that all men are born equal and a heckler questions what they are born equal to, highlighting sharp back and forth amid a public gathering in the park.
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Park Speaker
Heckler
Father Daddy Attends Legion Meeting. Family Seeks Evening Out
A father planned a Legion business meeting while his wife and four year old Barbara went to a movie. The film depicts a wife’s affair with another woman’s husband. On returning home the father had not yet arrived, prompting Barbara to question where their husband was. A related scene has Barbara telling grandpa she will “help you” with money, implying support beyond material means.
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Daddy
the Legion
Barbara
Grandpa
Indianapolis News
Dead Shot Worm Expulsion Ad at 372 Pearl St
A single dose of Dr. Peery's Dead Shot will expel worms or tapeworms with no second dose needed. Advertisement notes location at 372 Pearl Street North.
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Dr. Peery
Pearl St
Adv
Mysterious rays reach us from space in Capper's Weekly
Wonderful discoveries from the Mil likan cosmic rays show they bombard Earth and penetrate nine feet of lead. Science hints man could tap this free energy as a solution to the world’s work problem as discussed in Capper's Weekly.
Forests a delightful gift from God says John Muir
A short quote attributes to John Muir praising American forests as Gods finest planting, noting man’s slighting of them yet presenting trees as a divine, splendid creation.
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America
John Muir
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