Color Returns to Shatter Fields as Wildflowers Bloom
Wildflowers in the Shatter community begin to show color with pale pinks yellows and white amid green fields near Lerde road and south of town. Poppies appear in scattered clusters as blooms increase with favorable Kern county rainfall and predicted continued rains fueling an exceptional season for visitors to the Shafter district fields east of town.
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Lerde Road
Hill Ranch
Kern County
Shafter
Zee
Relief Chiseler Receives Road Camp Sentence
Bird Swinford of Shafter was given a six month road camp term for 14 counts of theft related to improper relief payments. An additional six months was suspended on the condition he repay 348.10 to the state relief administration.
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Bird Swinford
Shafter
State Relief Administration
Swinford
John Reily
Potts
William T. ‘Brothers
Justice Court
H. A. Rightmir
Lincoln at 28 and the embryonic idea of a nation
A 1837 Springfield Lyceum address by a then little known Abraham Lincoln warned against domestic dangers and “Fifth Column” threats. The speech reflects Lincoln’s emerging vision of liberty and his early stance as a future statesman despite prior debts and modest beginnings.
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Lincoln
New Salem
Young People’s Lyceum
Springfield
Illinois
Blood tests scheduled for Shafter volunteers
Members of the Shafter Volunteer Fire Department will have blood tests the evening of March 5 at Kern General Hospital so they may donate blood for future transfusions to local residents. Test records will be provided to local doctors. Warden Art Craig spoke on butane fire control at the department meeting.
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Shafter
Final yearbook highlights for California teams and states
A compact overview details California teams and other states in a final yearbook style. It notes effective counts and marketing angles shaping regional sports and school outreach across multiple states.
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California
Osborn No 1 2 Well Spudded by Superior Oil
Superior Oil spudded its Osborn No 1 2 well in Section 28 28-25 Monday at 6 30 am reaching 1954 feet. Preparations to run surface casing were under way. Other deep rigs include Burner 4 at 7441 feet and Curtis No 3 at 8610 feet with Smith No 4 derrick ready in Section 34 as the next driller likely.
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Superior Oil Company
Osborn,No. 1
Burner No. 4
North Field
Curtis No. 3
National Youth Administration Office Hours and Job Openings
The National Youth Administration office hours are from 10 o clock until noon. Shafter Ranger reports that a number of jobs are available now and can be applied for during the listed hours.
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Shafter
Aalin
Three Incumbents Defeated For Irrigation Board Seats
Election results from the Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District show three incumbent board members defeated across divisions. Henry J. Schnidt, division 4, Ralf A. Jacobsen, division 5, and R. W. Pixley, division 1, won seats, while A. P. Ohannegon, A. R. Duehrea, and Charles Westenberg lost in their divisions. Fred Pritschke kept his post as assessor-secretary-treasurer. The new board to organize March first Tuesday at the district office on Santa Fe Way.
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Shafter-Wasco
Ralf A. Jacobsen
R. W. Pixley
Fred Pritschke
A. P. Ohannegon
Office of the District
Santa’Fe Way
Shafter
Jacobsen
Channpson
Pritschke
Sehnaidt
Duchren
Praschke
Pixley
Westenberg
Thumbs Down on Proposed Mosquito Abatement District
Members of the Shafter Business Men’s association rejected expanding the Dr. Morris Mosquito Abatement district to include Shafter. A committee will study the situation and report to the city council, with potential eight cent and fifteen cent tax implications discussed for Kern County areas.
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Shafter
Kern County
Foraker
Business Men’s Association
A. W. Gaede
O. T. Olson
al. Chandler
Mosquittoes
Bakersfield
Wasco
McFarland
Delano
Dr. Morris
West Side
Taft and Vicinity
Union Fast Drilling Near World Deep Well Record
Union Oil reports ongoing rapid drilling at the 6-34 well in the Shafter field reaching 11,100 feet after 27 days since spudding. The company aims to break the world deep well record of 34 days 13 hours set previously, as crews push toward spudding the 52-28 project in Section 28 on Arthur Crites’ Bak property and prepare to set surface casing. Rigging also at Union 72-11 in the Coles Levee field on Kern County Lami Co. land, with spudding expected before morning.
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Union Oil Company
Shafter
Union
Arthur Crites
Bakfirst Crites
Coles Levee
Kern County Lami Company
Continental Drilling Advances in Wildcat Near Shafter
Continental is drilling a new wildcat near Shafter in Wasco County, reaching 5,100 feet with KCL No. 2. Drilling aims for 10,000 to 11,000 feet, targeting Vedder sandstone around 12,500 feet, hoping for a productive sand not yet proven northwest of town. The venture is the third in the area, following a Map district well and a Union Oil well near Section 36.
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Grebley
Shafter
Wasco
KCL
Vedder
Continental
Mapie
Aban- Union Oil Company
Partneratiod
Nnccniint
Néilae Sno Ce
Union. Net
Mail Box Debate Moves Forward At Santa Fe Depot
Next week a 10 day count of the 9 o’clock dispatch will be taken to decide if a federal mail box is needed at the Santa Fe depot. Postmaster Lois Berry reports the count follows orders from Ambrose O Connell and informs Shafter officials of the investigation.
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Santd Fe
Lois L. Berry
Shafter
Ambrose’ O’connell
Postal Department
Berry
Kentas
UC builds ship model testing tank for research use
A ship model testing tank constructed at the University of California aims to aid studies of increased power for navigating narrow channels and experiments on pontoons for seaplanes, expanding research capabilities.
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University of California
Food stamp program expansion amid county plans
Fragmentary text notes proposed use of food stamps in Alameda and San Mateo counties and hints at a broader state rollout in the 370s era. Mentions a continental effort and a new field, but details are unclear.
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Oo Mateo
Alameda
Nental
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Chiseler
Jatla Mel
Ohio
Blue Ridge
Osborn
Superior Oil
Irrigation Board
Schwaidt
August Bender
John Nale
Wildcat
Army
Shafter Field
Hewitt
Roy Woollames
Postoffice
United States Army
Shatter
Lerdo Road
Leland R. Hewit
Washington
Shafter Business Men’s Association
War Department
Shafter Kiwanis Club
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