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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1938
Page
7
Lower San Joaquin Valley growers meet in Fresno and approve a unit based pay scale per 500 vines. Seedless and Muscat grapes incur decreasing rates by volume with trays averaging 22 pounds. Supplementary pay includes 1.75 per thousand for turning paper and biscuit trays and 0.90 per thousand for cigarette rolled products.
Shafter hunters check licenses and oil guns as the dove season begins next Thursday morning. Local expeditions are planned with birds reported in the Ante Lope valley, Tulare county grain fields, the famine district, and Delano vineyard and orchard areas. The bag limit is 15 per day, 30 per week, 15 in possession. resident license costs $2 and the season runs two months.
Shafter's fire truck responded to a minor blaze Sunday afternoon along the Calloway canal off Lerdo road. Firefighters arrived quickly and believe the fire was started but did not have a chance to gain headway.
Kern County Farm Bureau seed department reports 1000 acres planted with Cal approved double dwarf milo seed produced in Merced county. Four thousand pounds were stored and sold to 26 Kern farmers including F. W. Handel Ed Schnidt and F. M. Fenderson the seed aims to improve statewide yields next year.
Funeral services were held in Inglewood for Reverend William Mullen a famed Bakersfield evangelist and horse trainer. He conducted Kern county street services decades ago, later touring the United States with the Presbyterian church. He resided near Shafter and, at his death, led the Open Air Evangelistic association in Southern California.
Charles Barry, newly named manager of the Shafter Migratory Camp, invites the public to an Open House Sunday from 2 to 5 pm. Cabins will be open for inspection with tours conducted by staff. Barry notes the camp has no secrets, welcomes questions, and focuses on health and employmen record in housing applicants also tied to one year residency. Assisted by David Kinkead, Barry previously managed a similar camp at Brawley.
Brie is a soft cow's milk cheese with a pronounced flavor and odor. It resembles camembert in texture and style, offering a creamy interior and edible rind.
A California grape prorate committee meeting in San Francisco decided 55 percent of the state's wine grapes will enter normal markets while 45 percent go into a prorate program. The prorated portion includes half gallon high proof spirits. The plan becomes effective September 1 pending approval by the California Prorate Commission.
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