Superior Oil Reports Deep Riggs Well Near 12 000 Feet
Superior Oil officials announced Riggs No. 1 in Section 21 28 25 reached 12 007 feet with no further details. Field rumors claim a hard formation above producing sands in Shafter may have been breached near 11 550 feet and testing below this depth is planned. The Riggs well lies about a mile northwest of the Shafter field with potential expansion northward if successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Oil ‘Company
Fee
Shafter
Superior
Moore No
Greeley Field
Rudnick No
Pasadena Realty Company
Osborn No
Mandell No
G J Rieker Develops New Type Melon at Shatter Ranch
G J Rieker at Shatter Ranch west of town has grown a new type melon from a cross of an imported Russian melon, cantaloupe, and muskmelon. The fruit weighs three to four pounds, is exceptionally sweet and golden when ripe with a thin rind. Rieker plans to plant several acres from seed saved this summer from about ten vines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. J. Rieker
Town
Rieker
South Dakota
Cole Assembly Candidate From 41st District
Cecil L. Cole of Bakersfield locomotive engineer seeks the state assembly from the forty-first district with the pledge Progress With Honesty. He spent his boyhood in Delano and is a graduate of grammar and high school there. He says he represents no special group and runs his campaign by himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil L. Cole
Bakersfield
Cole
Delano
Shafter Grapes Command Good Montana Market Price
Seedless Thompson grapes brought 350 cents per lug in Montana markets in late July. P A Schmidt shipped 324 boxes by truck with Hugo Rogers hauling. Price equates to about 28 dollars per ton versus 15 dollars in Shafter district. Schmidt may ship more to state or Midwest. return could rise. Four days to land Montana market. Two other shipments sent east on an experimental basis. last season shipments to the Dakotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Thompson
Montana
P. A. Schmidt
Hugo Rogers
Shafter
Schmidt
Middle West
Dakotas
High temperatures reach 103 at experiment farm this week
A 103 degree reading Monday marks the peak of a hot week at the experiment farm, with daily highs over 100 each day. Records note highs of 101 Tuesday 103 Monday 102 Sunday 102 Saturday and lows around 62 to 65, confirming a stretch of extreme heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Experiment Farm
Road Sign Authorization by Shafter Business Men
Shafter Business Men's association approved the sign committee’s plan to place Shafter directional signs at Blackwell's corner and on Kimberlina and 99 highway. The Bakersfield Automobile Club will install reflector signs for intersections. Herbert P. Sears urged establishing a local credit information service branch and urged membership solicitation by Sears in Shafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Blackwell's Corner
Kimberlina
99 Highway
Shafter Business Men's Association
Cafe Neuman
Bakersfield
Automobile Club of Southern California
P. Sears, Inc
Herbert P. Sears
Herbert P. Sears, Inc
Merchants’ Association of Tickersfield
Credit Information Service
Sears
City Budget Consideration Scheduled Monday
City council of Shafter plans to review and revise the tentative 1940 41 budget at a regular meeting Monday at 8 oclock in the city hall. Changes proposed earlier will be incorporated and routine matters will also be addressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Shaw
Richland School Names 1940 41 Teaching Staff
The Richland School announces its 1940 41 teaching roster by principal O T Olson. New teachers include Miss Alice Ruttencutter first grade Miss Inez Griffith second grade Miss Virginia Scheidecker third grade Miss Audrey Mitchell fourth or fifth grade Miss Ruth Kennedy fourth or fifth grade Miss Hazel Johnson fourth or fifth grade Miss Carol Preston fourth to sixth grades Paul Hughes sixth grade Oda Peters sixth grade Clifford Squier seventh grade and assistant principal Lloyd Wattenbarger eighth grade plus two special teachers Miss Evelyn Carlisle for cooking and sewing and Kenneth Helvey for vocal and instrumental music. Existing staff returns across all grades with district supervision by O T Olson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
O. T. Olson
Alice Ruttencutter
State of Oregon
University of California
College of Education
Oregon
University of Oregon
San Francisco
State College
Inez Griffith
State Teachers’ College
Valley City
N. D
University of Montana
Greeley
Col
Pulman
Wash
Griffith
Virginia Scheidecker
San Francisco State College
Sonoma County
Audrey Mitchell
University of Chicago
Santa Barbara State College
San Jose
Ruth Kennedy
Washington
Alaska
Carol Preston
Paul Hughes
San Jose State College
Oda Peters
University of Redlands
Clifford Squier
Chico State College
California
Santa Fe Way
Lloyd Wattenbarger
Stanford
Evelyn Carlisle
Miss Carlisle
Utah State Agricultural College
Idaho
Utah
Kenneth Helvey
Kingsbury
Wallace No. 1 well near Shafter to reach completion soon
General Petroleum reports Wallace No. 1 in the Shafter area between Shafter and Greyleg fields should be completed by Sunday or Monday. Casing is cemented, depth 11 305 feet Tuesday, with expected bottom at about 11 450 to 11 500 feet as crews advance production sand. Local owners view completion as key to regional development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace No. 1
General Petroleum
Shafter
Greyleg
G. P
Wallace
Groty
Eréa
Wallace Weil
Kern County High School District approves 1 136 000 budget
The Kern County Union High School district board approves a 1 136 000 budget covering Bakersfield Shafter East Bakersfield McFarland and includes 100 000 for undistributed reserve. It funds branch high schools in Oildale and Arvin over four years and lowers the tax rate from 74 to 70 cents per 100 in assessed valuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County Union High
Shafter High School
Board of Trustees
Bakersfield
Branch
Oildale
Arvin
T. N. Harvey
East Bakersfield
Shafter and
McFarland
Spud Disease Report Given To Growers
A countywide survey on ring rot in Kern County potatoes shows 388 growers were contacted. 10 percent responded with 83 lots of potatoes and 47 diseased, totaling a 22 764 sack loss across 602 acres diseased. Experimental work and a potato disease specialist are under way in Bakersfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Kern County
M. A. Lindsay
Bakersfield
City Treasurer Named Monday At Council Meeting
Bill Rodgers was appointed city treasurer of Shafter by the city council in a special session to fill the unexpired term of Dr L H Meane. Dr McGrane renounced the post due to time conflicts with his practice. Present were Mayor Phil Channeson and councilors Glenn Day H Midgley and Joe Frizzell.
Postmaster Calls For Closer Check On Letter Addresses
Postmaster Lois L. Berry told the Shafter Business Men's Association that better mail delivery depends on local merchants verifying mailing addresses. She noted many monthly statements are improperly addressed and undeliverable, and offered cooperation to obtain correct addresses when needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois L. Berry
Shafter Business Men
Hydrants Relocated After City Sidewalk Project
Two hydrants on James street and one on Munzer, left in the street after the sidewalk project, were moved back behind the curb this week by the Shafter Public Utility district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Street
Munzer
Shafter Public Utility District
Field Artillery Gun Draws Crowd in Valley Display
A 155 mm heavy field gun from the 144th National Guard division attracted a large crowd yesterday morning at Central avenue and Santa Fe way in Shafter. It travels to Arvin Wasco Mc Farland Delano and Bakersfield as part of a county wide national defense recruitment drive. The gun weighs about 14 tons and fires 105 pound projectiles to distances up to 14 miles with a super charge. It will be returned to Santa Barbara tomorrow after a Bakersfield recruit parade this evening.
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Shafter
Central Avenue
Santa Fe Way
144Th Division
National Guard Field Artillery
National Guard
Santa Barbara
Arvin
Wasco
McFarland
Delano
Bakersfield
America
144Th Guard
Santa Maria
Santa Monica
Kern County
Ed. Vance
C. N.stewart
C. Newell
Union completes 63 34 well in Shafter field
Union Oil reports Monday completion of its 65 34 well in Section 34 Shafter field from 11 475 feet depth with production sand at 1 258 feet. Oil gravity 39.6 and casing pressure 1825 psi tubing 1675 psi. Next well to spud at 25 34.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Shafter Field
Union Oil Company
Shafter
Section 34
Section 28
Crites
Shafter Public Utility District
Cotton Market Specialist to Speak Tuesday
Kern county farmers and businessmen will hear P. K. Norris, marketing specialist of the U S Department of Agriculture, discuss marketing problems from disturbed world conditions. Norris, chief cotton specialist in foreign markets, recently returned from a South American survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. K. Norris
Department of Agriculture
J. J. Peters, Jr
Norris
Kern County
Hotel el Tejon
Peters
Division of Foreign Markets
South America
Officials to Attend Kern County Peace Officers Dinner
Several Shafter city officials plan to attend a fried chicken dinner hosted by Kern County peace officers association on the evening of August 16 in Bakersfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Shafter
Kern County Peace Officers’ Association
Bakersfield
Citywide cleanup in Shafter extends through next week
Shafter officials announced a city cleanup ongoing from Monday to the end of next week. Property owners must clear unsightly trash and burn dry grass where fire hazards exist. Unclean lots will be posted and charged to owners after the two week period. Permits for individual burning are available at the Shafter Ranger station on Santa Fe way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Santa Fe Way
Absentee ballots available for Kern primary
Absentee ballots for the August 27 primary election may be obtained by writing to Kern county clerk R. J. Veon at the courthouse in Bakersfield. J. O. Reavis, chairman of the Kern county Democratic campaign committee, announced the party’s efforts to support Hiram Johnson for a new term in the United States Senate and noted Kern Democratic headquarters at 213 Haberfield Building in Bakersfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Veon
Kern County
Bakersfield
J. O. Reavis
Democratic Campaign Committee
Hiram Johnson
United States Senate
Reavis
Kern Democratic
Senator Johnson
Haberfelde Building
Death claims mother and sister of Shafter resident
Death last week claimed Mrs. J. S. Tannahill of Palo Alto and Mrs. Janet Wickham of Fresno, mother and sister of W. W. Tannahill, within an hour of each other. Services were held in Fresno for the women Thursday, then Mr. and Mrs. Tannahill returned to Shafter early this week after attending the funerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Tannahill
Palo Alto
Janet Wickham
Fresno
W. W. Tannahill
Tannahil
Shafter
Kiwanis Hold Informal Meeting in Shafter
A noon Kiwanis luncheon in Shafter at Cafe Neuman featured guests Pete Bender Dr L H McGrane and visiting Kiwanian Howard Huston of Lindsay. Officers through year end named: Herb Shirmer president Al Anderson vice president Les Hobson secretary with S I Wood Jr as house chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Cafe Neuman
Pete Bender
L. H. McGrane
Howard Huston
Lindsay
Herb Shirmer
al Anderson
Les Hobson
House
S. I. Wood. Jr
Board Urges Action On Kern Canal
Shafter-Wasco Irrigation district directors urged action on Kern Friant canal surveys to bring Central Valley project water to Shafter and surrounding county lands. They asked secretary Fred Pritschke to contact other districts and push letters to officials. A prior year request to Page Ickes and Young drew responses but no survey start date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern- Friant Canal
Central Valley Project
Shafter
Shafter-Wasco
Fred Pritschke
John C. Page
United States Reclamation
Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Walker Young
Irvin Althouse
Tulare
Friant Dam
George H. Hobson
Certified Public Accountant
Bakersfield
Central Valley Project Association
Culbert Olson
Frank Clarke
John Nale
Kern County
National Reclamation Association
Great Falls
Montana
Central Valley
Santa Fe Way
Charles Westenberg
A. R. Duehren
A. P. Ohanneson
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Riggs
Shatter Ranch
Cole Assembly
Strumental Music
Louise Warner
Rose Willis
Martha Gaede
Erile Long
Louise Neufeld
Neva Rydin
Ruby Ann Williamson
Martha Gloeckler
Eunice Gaines
Jean Ramage
Elizabeth Otto
Ethel Livers
Ellamarie Crawford
Evelyn Marshall
Ida Engle
F. E. Shotwell
Edna Prieve
R. F. Gribble
Mayne Brother
Lerdo Road
Wallace Well
Pacific Coast
Death
Kern Canal
Irrigation District
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