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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1945
Page
9
The first telegraph in California ran in 1853 from Telegraph Hill in San Francisco and extended eight miles to Point Lobos, marking an early server to communications.
A Kern County overview highlights soil erosion as limited to some farming areas while urging soil quality practices. M A Lindsay notes permanent cover crops, cereal and legume hay mixes, and stubble mulch farming reduce erosion and improve fertility. Range management and grazing rotation, cross fencing, and extended stock water improve range use. vegetation can control erosion where gullies reach fields. Birth rates in San Francisco rose from 10.3 percent in 1935 to 12.9 percent in 1944.
A list detailing California landmarks including Tehama County Court House in Tehama, Oldest House North of San Francisco Bay in Novato, Mission San Antonio De Padua near King City, and Luther Burbank's Home and Gardens in Santa Rosa with notes on their dates and significance.
Jack Dial 1/C of the Navy awaits discharge in San Pedro with wife Roxana Rogers and son Jackie at home in Shafter. The item notes Rogers family ties and local residence. Also mentions historic local landmarks Swift's Stone Corral in Colusa County as an oldest landmark in the area.
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