End of Kershaw Clan Marks Last Of Line In Eden Valley Feud
Ranceford Kershaw dies suddenly while riding with his daughter Larry leaving only Owen and Larry as remaining members of the Kershaw clan. The feud with Hensleys over fences and irrigation dates to earlier ranching days in Eden Valley, where Joel Hensley settled in the valley’s lower half and bloodshed followed. Nate Tichenor survives on the Hensley side by 1917.
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Ranceford Kershaw
Kershaw
Hensley
Rance Kershaw
Owen
Larry
Nate Tichenor
Nathan Tichenor
Fden Valley
Bar H
Tichenor
Darby
Joseph
Nate
Miss Kershaw
Valley Center
Eden Valley
Miss Lorraine
Water battle drives Eden Valley saga continues
In Forlorn Valley, Rance Kershaw passes, Lorraine Kershaw vows water to Circle K, Nate Tichenor returns as neighbor and ally. Babson plots a dam plan to flood Bar H land for irrigation credits, eyeing control of Eden Valley creek and a future water empire.
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Rance Kershaw
Lorraine Kershaw
Nate Tichenor
Kershawa
Circle K
Rance
Father
Tichenors
Eden Valley Creek
Eden Valley
Larry Kershaw
Shy
Hensley
Mr. Babson
Babson
Bank of
Valley Center
Federal Farm Loan
Young Nathan Tichenor
Bar H Land and Cattle Company
Tichenor
Kershaw
Savings Bank of
San Francisco
Kershaw Ranch
Kershaws
Growth of Forlorn Valley Village Center in 1880s County Seat
Chapter IV notes how Eden Valley's tragedy coincides with Forlorn Valley's land rush by 1880. The district becomes a dry and later mixed farming area as Gold Run serves as county seat. Valley Center grows from a settlement into a village in the heart of the valley.
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Eden Valley
Forlorn Valley
Gold Run
Valley Center
Ice Skating Pond on Mount Kenya Described by Museum Scientist
An American Museum of Natural History representative recalls skaters on a small lake ten miles south of the equator, the so called Skating Pond on Mount Kenya. He details a harsh ascent with fog, cold for camp, and a glacier region near Batian and Nelson.
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Africa
Equator
American Museum of Natural History
Mount
Kenya
Natural History Magazine
Lawis
Batian
Lewis
Nelson
Smithsonian puts solar observatory on Mt St Katherine
After testing mountain tops across three continents the Smithsonian installs a solar observatory on Mt. St. Katherine in the Sinai desert. It is described as the highest and driest site available for sun observations in the eastern hemisphere.
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Continents
Smithsonian Institution
Mt. St. Katherine
Sinai Desert
Shortage of Food in Early Pasture
Extension dairy bulletin warns against relying on young immature grass for cattle roughage. Dry roughage is essential for milk production. Early heavy grazing damages soil sod and reduces later yields. Temporary grazing with fall cereals helps, while a constant grain ration is needed.
Pasture Seeding for 3-A Contract Acres Suggested
Illinois faces a surge in pasture seeding as 2 million acres are removed from crops under AAA programs. H P Rusk of the University of Illinois promotes a high yielding seed mix for early livestock capacity, including bluegrass and several clovers and timothy. The recommended blend may be used on contracted acres if totaling above previous pasture acreage and not pastured to 1934.
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Corp
Illinois
University of Illinois
Ohio 4-H Clubs Chart Strong 1933 Season
Ohio 4-H clubs total 48,000 members and 4,600 leaders in 1933. Ohio ranked fourth in total members enrolled and first in completed projects with 80 percent finishing their work. Nationwide, 970,000 members completed 41,920 projects of 50,044 started.
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Ohio
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
World tobacco crop, early yields aid California farmers
The global tobacco harvest nears four billion pounds annually while unusually early crops boost California’s agriculture. Peru hopes profit returns after three-year slump as Kiowa Indian lands in Oklahoma undergo soil conservation terraces. Mississippi leads cheese production, South cotton farmers earn over 856 million, and farm horse numbers keep a slow decline. Kentucky teaches instructors to grade tobacco per federal standards.
War on superstition targets the Bunyip in Australia
Authorities launch an education campaign to stamp out indigenous beliefs in the Bunyip the feared swamp beast said to cause death before sunrise. The pamphlet outlines the singed bone punishment used by tribal councils and describes the creature as frog shaped about three feet tall haunting waterholes.
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Australia
Week's Supply of Postum Free Offer
The Postum Company offers a full week's supply of health giving Postum free to anyone who writes for it. This advertisement promises a no cost trial to readers who request the product by mail.
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Postum Company
It Is Not Worth It
A brief editorial urging readers to avoid futile disputes and stop arguing when not needed. It cautions against ego-driven confrontations and emphasizes practical quiet patience over quarrels.
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Middle West Bank
Silas Babson
Iowa
Bank of Valley Center
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California
Chapter
John A. Arey
North Carolina State College
WNU Service
H. P. Rusk
College of Agriculture
University of Nlinois
Tton Planters
Peru
Kiowa Reservation
Oklahoma
Mississippi
South
Department of Agriculture
Kentucky
OME
Nese & Taylor Co
Chicars
Clyde Terry
Witness Military School
Abixzsos
Itl
Wesley Street
Wheaton
Peterman
ANT Food
WNU
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