California County Shares In Motor Vehicle Fees For Roads
Report to Governor Merriam shows 2 077 350 registrations in six months ending June 30 generating 5 565 586 34 apportionment for highway construction and repair Half goes to state highway division and half to 58 counties based on registrations Kern county with 38 654 registrations is allotted 51 780 The six month total exceeds 1934 by 422 217 54 and the twelve month total of last year by 121 388 10 indicating an upward business trend Los Angeles County has the largest share of the apportionment with automobiles leading the six month registrations breakdown includes 4 870 623 automobiles 3 669 solid tire trucks 116 438 pneumatic tire trucks 7 782 motorcycles 5 948 solid tire trailers and 72 890 pneumatic tire trailers.
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California
Frank F. Merriam
Ray Ingels
Department of Motor Vehicles
Kern County
Ingels
Los Angeles County
Kersey Announces California School Apportionment Totals
State funds amounting to 69 243 492 05 are distributed to California counties for 1935 36 education. Kern county receives 1 360 072 11 with 869 806 72 for elementary and 490 265 39 for high schools. Allocation per student is 5 83 for elementary, 24 18 for high school, and 94 31 for junior college.
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California
Vierling Kersey
Kern County
Kersey
Record Fruit Exports from California Hit New High
Eighty two carloads of pears plums and apples left San Francisco for Europe on five refrigerated ships marking the largest single fresh deciduous fruit shipment from California in one day. An additional 33 carloads moved overland to New York Montreal and thence to Europe Asia and Africa. Prices were reported satisfactory. The previous daily record was 45 cars to England and Scandinavia. Heavy exports are blamed on European crop damage.
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California
San Francisco
Europe
Ethopia
New York
Montreal
Asia
Africa
England
Scandinavia
Local telegrams from Reedley and area update week’s visits
Numerous brief items list visiting relatives neighbors and travelers around Reedley California including John Kroeker from Inman Kansas with family visiting A T Kroeker. Birth of Mariene Edna a nine pound daughter to Mr and Mrs Arthur Bender born last Friday morning.
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John Kroeker
Inman
Kansas
A. T.kroeker
Arthur Bender
Mariene Edna
Oklahoma
P. G.bergen
Corn
H. P. Kliewers
J.P. Kliewers
First Mennonite Church
Upland
Reedley
F. W. Hendel
Adam Springs
Walter Springs
P. W. Enns
Newton
A. J. Regier
Cornelius Epp
Hutchinson, Kansas
A. T. Kroeker
West
On Vacation and Travel Snippets in Shafter News
The M r Lohr family is vacationing for a month at the Beach with Mr Lohr joining them before a San Diego fair visit then returning as school opens. Mr and Mrs Dave Ruth are traveling to Long Beach and southern California. L A J G Fox from Los Angeles oversees ranching interests. Mr and Mrs Bill Bestwater motor to Canada to visit relatives. George Strauss and wife, long on Greenhorn Mountain, visit Shafter as Mrs Strauss shows health gains from the high altitude retreat.
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Ralph Peters
R. W. Partridge
Long Beach
Cara Peters
le Alien
M.r. Lohr
Mr. Lohr
San Diego
Dave Ruth
Canada
Bill Bestwater
Canadian Northwest
Mr. Bestwater
Greenhorn
George Strauss
Greenhorn Mountain
Shafter
Bakersfield notes run from families to wells and fruit
C I Jackson and wife visited Bakersfield to see twin daughters born to Mrs Ed West Jr. Cass and Parsons hunted for two fine heifers and found J H Sanders bull, long missing. Cecil Tracy builds a raised driveway at Buttonwillow. Sanders families visited Taft. Albert Duran returned home with head brace after a month in hospital. Oil field activity grows with eleven wells near home. shale discoveries noted. Gregory Duran transported to Los Angeles for food poisoning treatment. Apple trees bloom again with a biannual crop, Newtown Pippins and yellow crabs bearing by Christmas.
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C. I. Jackson
Bakersfield
Ed. West, Jr
Sanders
Taft
Robert O. Sandaes
Richfield Company
Albert Duran
Fullerton
Gregory Duran
Los Angeles
Local births and moving notices in community column
The Rev. and Mrs. White welcome a nine and a half pound boy. Miss Caroline Tobin and her mother moved into Miss Wood’s former house. Mr. and Mrs. A. Poppet moved into the Tobin apartment. Mr. Urey recently retired as B. P. depot agent and is visiting California, Oregon and Arkansas with his wife. Mr. Doyle remains the present B. P. depot agent.
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White
The
Pentecostal Church
Caroline Tobin
Woodin
A. Poppet
Miss Tobin
Urey
8. P
California
Oregon
Arkansas
Mr. Doyle
Byron rancher to kill pests with lime compound
Ed Krumland, a rancher, prepared a lime chloride solution to trap and kill pests described as local wildlife, while observing a knothole where six naked squirrels appeared.
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Byron
Ed Krumland
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Henry Berg
Mennonite Brethren Church
Thornburg
Murray Thornburg
Beach
Emil Kirschenmann
Pismo Beach
Mrs
Gus_ Sorsi
Fred
Emma Schnaidt
George Nikkel
Pismo
P. H. Kroeker
D. Wittenberg
J. J. Peters, Jr
Hebee
J. J. Peters, Sr
G. L. Klassen
Santa Maria
Louis
J. E. Unruh
Abe Beese
South
Cosmo Farmway
Winifred Ellis
Highland Park
E. V. Bowies
C. E. Lucas
P. J. Klassen
Hillsboro
Klassens
Regiers
H. H. Unruh
Unruh
Mr.Klassen
J. H. Arnold
Diego Fair
J. S. Balzer
Reedsley
Elizabeth
Viola Voth
Ike Peters
John Balzer
San Jose
E. J. Thiessen
H. C. Janzens
Glendale
Jess Scott
Dinuba
Frank P. Dueck
George Friesen
E. Wittenberg
Adolph Kirschenman
South Dackta
Ella Rott
Dave Buller
Lodi
South Dakota
Jake Ehly
H. H. Gaede
Duerksen Brothers
George, Bill
John
Denair
Upper Lake
Lake County
Mexico
Bill Bender
San Diego Fair
Old Mexico
August Bender
Kern River Park
C. R. Codd
George Isaac
Ralph Sanderson
Theo Knecht of
Yosemite
Will Neumann
Abe Peters
Yosemite National Park
Edward Neumann
Ontario
Mr. Neumann
L. A
J. G. Fox
Newtown
Duehren’s
West & Lowe Ginning
Wasco
McFarland
Rosedale
Dye’s Market
Bakersfield Implement Co
Universal
Duchess” Universal
Satsanets Wersal Saftey
Shafter Furniture Co
Emil Stoller
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