California News Briefs Highlight Tax, Tourism And Trials
California News Briefs report on petitions against legalized prize fighting, a national association convention in San Francisco and Oakland, a state education count showing over a million in California kindergartens to high schools, and a Stockton water carnival. It notes state taxes, an Eureka plane crash killing three, Masonic jubilee plans, a Chicago heiress wedding bid, criminal law reform talks, and a swordfish incident near Socorro Island. It also covers a Joan of Art search, female teacher dominance in schools, Redwood associations backing state parks, mussel poisoning warnings, California aviation regulation, and proposed 1929 license plate changes.
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Stockton
San Joaquin
California
Dixwell L. Pierce
State Board of Equalization
Pierce
San Francisco
San Diego
Tony Rosa
Rosa
Socorro Island
Southern California Music Trades Association
Redwood Industry
California Redwood Association
State Railroad Commission
J. G. Hunter
Commission
Transportation Department
Charles G. Shone
Legal Department
Shane
Frank G. Snook
Division of Motor Vehicles
Snook
First Car Load of Cherries Shipped From Vacaville
Believed to be the state's first car load of cherries sent by express from Vacaville in Solano county to the New York market. The carload this year arrived ten days earlier than last year's May 7 shipment. The fruit is in fine condition with higher sugar content than usual. Eastern auction centers reported strength and higher prices for California naval oranges, while Valencia oranges arrived and were easier in Middle Western cities. Lemons remained about unchanged.
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Vacaville
Solano County
New York
California
Naval
Valencia
Peach Thinning Underway in Wheatland and Rio Oso Districts
Peach thinning is under way throughout the Wheatland district in Yuba county and the Rio Oso district. Heavy thinning will be necessary as trees are heavily laden with fruit with no frost damage reported. Uncontracted workers are paid 385 cents per hour.
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Wheatland
Yuba
Rio Oso
California Creates Seven Ranger Districts for Forest Patrol
Twenty four state forest rangers began duty last week after State Forester M. B. Pratt announced a state wide reorganization. California now divides into seven districts with an inspector overseeing each. a Southern California district has been created for the first time, with W. H. Coupe named the inspector.
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California
M. B. Pratt
Southern
W. H. Coupe
Chamber cites ICC ruling on coast to Florida freight rates
The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce announced that the Interstate Commerce Commission declined to cancel through freight rates from Pacific Coast points to Florida points south of Jacksonville. Atlantic Coast railroads had petitioned cancellation. Seth Mann, manager of the chamber traffic bureau, advised shippers of the decision and warned that a grant would raise rates on canned goods dried fruits fresh fruits vegetables and other commodities by about 20 percent.
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San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pacific Coast
Florida
Jacksonville
Seth Mann
Chamber of Commerce Traffic Bureau
California vineyardists back national market push plan
Advises received at Fresno from the California Vineyardists' Association report that 200 Eastern receivers at a New York meeting endorsed the association plan for market expansion. They appointed a committee to aid in carrying out the program and believed joint trade promotion could greatly expand the market for California juice grapes, table grapes, and tree fruits.
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Fresno
California Vineyardists’ Association
New York State
Association For Market
California
California Avocado Show Set for Whittier May 14 to 19
Plans for the fifth annual California avocado show advance in Whittier with growers from Santa Barbara to San Diego taking space. The event promises the biggest display yet and features the California Avocado Growers' Association annual meeting on May 18 and 19 in Whittier.
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Whittier
Santa Barbara
San Diego
Imperial Isabel Sets California Butter Fat Record In January
Imperial Isabel a nine year old Jersey cow owned by Harry Cook of Ontario California posted the highest January butter fat record in the state and second in the nation at 102.81 pounds. Churning would yield about 128 pounds of butter and the cow produced up to 62 pounds of milk in a day. Cook notes only one other US cow exceeded her January total, a Massachusetts animal at 106 pounds.
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California
Emma Lintz
Chicago
Los Angeles
Anton Lintz
Imperial Isabel
Jersey
Harry Cook
Ontario
United States
Association
Cook
Massachusetts
California dairy industry shows record output in 1927
State farmers delivered about 14,000,000 more pounds of butter fat in 1927, totaling 143,331,030 pounds. Leading milk counties are Los Angeles Merced Stanislaus Tulare San Joaquin Humboldt Fresno Imperial Kings. Creameries produced 77,325,467 pounds of butter and cottage cheese hit 13,604,228 pounds. Ice cream usage reached 113,078,395 gallons. Farm value of milk delivered to creameries and dairies was $84,807,000, up from $72,383,000 in 1926.
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Los Angeles
Merced
Stanislaus
Tulare
San Joaquin
Humboldt
Fresno
Imperial
Kings
Dam Damaged County Farm Properties Reported by UC Specialist
Warren Schoonover, head of UC farm extension, said about 320 to 350 Ventura county farm properties were damaged by the St Francis Dam disaster, compared with an initial estimate of 190 by County Horticultural Commissioner A. H. Call. The figure was given a few days ago by Schoonover who was sent to appraise the damage.
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Ventura County
St. Francis Dam
A. H. Call
Warren Schoonover
University of California
Beef cattle boom ends lean years for western herds
Western cattlemen enter a period of plenty after seven lean years as beef prices show no immediate drop. Secretary Earl D. Schlaman of the Western Cattle Marketing Association notes stable beef prices, steady lamb and mutton values, and rising pork prices though not immediately.
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Earl D. Schlaman
Western Cattle Marketing Association
Chaffey Union High School wins stock judging title
In the Los Angeles Union Stock Yards contest, Chaffey Union High School of Ontario secured first place while San Bernardino High School finished second. Their scores earn both schools entry to the final contest in Los Angeles on May 19.
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San Bernardino County
Prune Crop in Biggs Weakened by Storm to 40 Percent
H S Brink Sr, leading Butte county prune grower, says the Biggs and East Biggs district will yield about 800 tons this year, far below the usual 2,000 tons. The reduction is blamed on a recent storm that bled blossoms from the trees.
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Biggs
Butte County
H. S. Brink, Sr
East Biggs
Brink
Californians Consume Record Dairy Amounts in 1927
The state dairy control bureau reports average Californians consumed 27.37 gallons of milk, 2.9 gallons of ice cream, 23.2 pounds of butter, 6.64 pounds of cheese and three pounds of cottage cheese last year. Butter intake rose about ten pounds versus 1926, while ice cream and market milk also show gains.
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Bureau of Dairy Control
State Department of Agriculture
Tulare County Sees Cotton Plantings Rise And Orchard Work
Frank R. Brann reports higher cotton plantings in Tulare County. A survey shows southern melon crops nearly all planted, 300 acres of 800d spinach canned at Porterville. Some vineyards removed for new plantings, orchard inspections active with only about two percent severely infested. Recent rains aid grain growers and stock men, rodent-control efforts boosted by damp weather.
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Tulare
Frank R. Brann
Tulare County
Porterville
Preparations for 1928 puncture vine control underway
W C Jacobsen chief state plant quarantine says counties are ready for the 1928 control campaign. Prior results were satisfactory and early action will aid elimination. Several counties have outlined spraying plans and machines have been ordered. Demonstrations show sprays outperform hand labor.
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W. C. Jacobsen
State Bureau
Jacobsen
French weed blamed for tainting dairy products
The tough mustard family weed, pennycress, threatens milk and butter with garliclike flavor when cows graze it or eat tainted feeds. Minnesota studies will test safe feeding levels, pasture rules, and possible milk treatments. The weed survives cold and resists chemical sprays, with seeds remaining viable for years.
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Minnesota
University of Minnesota
County Signs Highlight Craig County Pure-Bred Bulls
The U.S. Department of Agriculture notes Craig County Virginia has erected road signs announcing pure-bred bulls used exclusively. County Agent W O Martin and state extension specialists led efforts to eradicate grade and scrub bulls and switch to pure-bred sires. Enthusiasm for pure-bred livestock grows, with a vision of pure-bred sires for all animals in the county.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Craig County
Virginia
W. O. Martin
Martin
Dairy Cows Higher Output Across Illinois Farms
University of Illinois expert John H. Brock notes dairy cows on Illinois farms are yielding more butterfat as milk production rises. About 18,000 cows are tested monthly for 800 dairymen, averaging 22.5 pounds of butterfat per cow in December, a record high over 1926. The top herd in December also surpassed the prior year’s best by two pounds per cow.
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Illinois
John H. Brock
University of Illinois
Association
Dairy Facts on Silage and Grain for High Yield Cows
Dairy facts explain silage as valuable feed for dairy cows and advise supplementing roughage with grain. A typical ration uses about one pound of grain for every three to four pounds of milk, noting the protein quality improves when generous grain is included.
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California State Church Federation
Associated Traffic Clubs of America
H. W. Klein
Southern Pacific Company
Palace Hotel
Athens Athletic Club
Oakland
State Department of Education
Eureka
William Spaletta
Williard Wenzel
Larry Batty
Wenzel
Sacramento
Masonic Order
Coloma
American River
John Sutter
Peter B. Lassen
Jesse M. Whited
Palmyra Lodge
Placerville
San Francisco Bay
California Medical Association
Point Reyes
Karl F. Meyer
Hooper Foundation
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