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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1938
Page
2
Publiciied every Thursday at its office on Central Avenue Shafter with a $2.00 yearly subscription in advance and 5 cent single copies. Entered as second matter August 1 1935 at the post office in California where the Act of March 3 1800 was observed.
A letter urges Kern County Chamber of Commerce secretary E. Gay Hoffman to verify a rumor that a town named Shafter exists north and west of Bakersfield. The piece cites maps, a high school shop project named Alta II, and even a Siberian dynamite experiment as evidence while cautioning against premature conclusions. It also cites contemporaneous aviation ideas and quotes Demorest on Crandall of Brooklyn proposing a bird like air machine design.
A report by George W. Bemis of UCLA argues liberal relief payments and better living conditions draw indigents from other states to California. It notes California's higher average monthly relief compared with $19.46 elsewhere, likening it to a modern dole rush similar to 1849 gold rush. The study aligns with prior statistics and urges action.
The article notes William Jennings Demorest editor of Demorest's Monthly foresaw air navigation advances. He discussed flying machines and imagined man could soar like a bird, though he doubted cost and feasibility for building such a plane.
Sigmund Seisorek of Burbank reveals experiments placing flavor and color in straws rather than in the beverage. Plain water becomes orange lime strawberry or grape through straw passage, a change likely to meet industry opposition if commercialized.
The Business Men's association met Monday night with Wallace presiding and elected W. D. Powell A. B. McKinley and H. C. Neufeld. John Unruh had a serious accident Sunday afternoon when his car collided with one driven by Abe Bullér.
A two vehicle crash on Wasco road near the Charles Anderson ranch left Unruh and his sister injured after the car tipped into a ditch while returning from a ball game. Walter Powell reports fishing in two feet of snow two weeks earlier and a July trout haul in snow for transport home. Shafter American Legion met in Legion hall with plans to cover a delegate’s convention expenses. officer nominations were postponed due to heat and absence.
Oil sand was spread last week on the sidewalk and into the street for half a block on the west side of James street south of Central avenue. Chuck holes in various streets around town were filled and oiling completed on Santa Fe way.
A federal WPA grant of 1 166 000 funds valley road work with start planned in October. Projects include Poso Creek Isabella road in two units from 12 miles northeast of Bakersfield to Greenhorn mountain and Greenhorn to Isabella, plus three miles south of McKittrick. California counties receive 280 000 Fresno 174 000 Madera 388 000 Tulare 124 000 and a 292 000 state contribution.
A brief quotation from Emerson notes that one has not learned life’s lesson who does not confront fear daily. It emphasizes courage and personal growth through ongoing challenges.
Kern County through its board of supervisors signs for exhibition space at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco next year. Fresno is the only other valley county to sign, with more expected before the July 26 entry deadline.
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