Frank Russell Builds Firm to Serve Growers
Frank Russell Manufacturing Co., founded in 1937 by Frank Russell in Shafter, grew from a one man blacksmith shop to a 15 worker plant making farm equipment for 11 western states. Its best known product is a two row potato digger, with thousands built for western growers. The firm also makes scrapers, cotton trailers, blockers, border discs, gypsum spreaders, and custom equipment and serves as Shafter Wasco area distributor for Oliver Iron Age gear. Russell’s sales cover the 11 western states with activity in the San Joaquin Valley of California.
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Shafter
Frank Russell Manufacturing Co
Russell
Frank Russell
Oliver
Isabella Dam Nears End of Work Detail
Project engineer H. J. Dickinson reports Isabella Dam progress with 95 percent of dam work and 88 percent overall completion. Real estate 96 percent, utilities and Highway 178 relocation 95 percent. Main dam to reach required elevation by March and incidental work by April. Weather conditions may affect schedule. 250 workers plus 30 government staff on two shifts work six days weekly.
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Isabella Dam
H. J. Dickinson
Kern County Board of Trade
Dickinson
Isabella
Highway 178
South Fork Valley
French Gulch
Old
Kernville
Weldon
Barrel Canal
Pipeline system begins for CVP water in Delano-Earlimart district
Construction starts on a district wide CVP water distribution project serving 50 898 acres in the Delano Earlimart area with an initial contract to Link Belt Co of San Francisco for eight automatic water screens. The program aims to lay 65 miles of concrete pipelines soon and reach 180 miles of laterals over three years under a $14 509 000 plan to supply supplemental irrigation from the Friant Kern Canal with full pressure operation.
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Delano-Earlimart Irrigation District
Bureau of Reclamation
Jack W. Rodner
Bureau
Fresno
Denver
Colo
Link-Belt Co
San Francisco
Rodner
Friant-Kern Canal
Redner
Delano-Earlimart
San Joaquin Valley
California deer harvest tops fifty thousand in 1952 season
State wildlife officials report 50 667 deer taken by hunters in 1952. The tally trails California’s 1951 all time record of 64 619 and statewide archery and coastal areas see limited activity. County tallies include Mendocino 4252 deer, Siskiyou 2187, Lake 2056, Kern 655 with archery counted, Los Angeles eight archery deer. Proposals age to two hunting days for selected coastal zones and a push to raise take to 20 30 percent.
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California
Mendocino County
Siskiyou County
Lake County
Kern County
Los Angeles County
Vest
Department
Game Conservation
Fish and Game Commission
Dean Sackman Heads Kern County Gas Dealers Group
Dean Sackman of Bakersfield is seated as president of the Kern County Independent Gasoline Dealers Association. Officers include Wilton Sims as vice president Ralph Ker ley as secretary and Dean Gay as treasurer. The group backs a two percent gasoline tax refund to offset evaporation and gas coloring for non highway use. Assemblyman H W Kelly of Shafter sponsored the tax bill now under legislative study.
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Dean Sackman
Bakersfield
Kern: County Independent Gasoline Dealers Association
Wilton Sims
Ralph Kerley
Dean Gay
Kern
H. W
Pat) Kelly
Shafter
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North Kern
Irvin Fike
Onc
Oliver Spray
Winpower
Pacific St
Kernco
Kern Battery Company
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