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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1937
Page
2
A visitor extols California potato statistics with Shafter as the spud capital. He claims 8000 carloads shipped since May 4, totaling over 2 million sacks and imagining 72 miles of hauling gear and 136 miles of potato sacks laid end to end, all to illustrate the scale of the harvest.
Southern California employers are informed of new steps to obtain social security account numbers. Charles H. Cunningham announces that post offices will issue SS-5 forms. instructions require mailing to the Social Security Board in Los Angeles. About 28 million accounts have been issued nationally. Employers must report employee numbers and wages to the IRS Collector in July.
The cannery at Atascadero in San Luis Obispo county has bought more than 1000 tons of fine quality Tilton apricots in Kings county.
Dobeday, Doran prices the historical novel at 2.75. The work presents Major Robert Rogers and Rogers Rangers in pre revolutionary days as Lan don Towne narrates a tale of ambition, controversy, and a quest for a Northwest Passage. Roberts is praised as an American historical novelist.
A fragment notes the Mexican imperial woodpecker as the largest New World woodpecker family member with unusual feet. It mentions two toes turning or twisting in an unclear description.
Irvin Cobb notes calmer happiness among desert homesteaders and reservation traders who live within modest means. He contrasts crowded city wealth with ostentation, the lure of stocks, and a skeptical view of prosperity’s return amid public commentary and a Braddock boxing tangent.
July 18 lesson on Exodus 3 13 16 4 10 through Moses meeting God before Israel's exodus. Emphasizes justified caution humility and readiness, God’s name I AM, and the danger of over humility substituting Aaron. Encourages trusting God’s power in speech and mission.
Rio Bravo's hardball team lost Sunday afternoon as Greenfield nine, county all stars, powered to an 18 to 7 victory on the Rio Bravo home lot. Rio Bravo had recent wins over Baton Willow and Tehachapi by forfeit while listing their starting lineup Gillspie Bussel Heath Grey Miller Trent Barber Wood Rice.
O K Hunt, 44, pleaded guilty to drunken driving and was sentenced by Judge Elmer E Lobre to 30 days in county jail a $50 fine and a 60 day license suspension. Arrested Sunday after colliding with a machine at Central avenue five points intersection Hunt was chased by Constable John C Reily and night watchman Albert E Annis and later taken to Kern General hospital for a sobriety test.
Summer fallowed wheat in Tulare county Porterville district is forecast to yield as much as 15 sacks per acre with premium stands possibly adding a sack or two per acre according to growers and buyers.
Homemakers show imagination turns leftovers into appetizing meals using modern refrigeration. Frugal cooks save food that would be wasted as dried scraps become new dishes and smart budget helpers.
Parboil onions and scoop centers to form cups. Saute ham with corn and sugar, then fill onion cups and top with paprika. Add water to pan and bake at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes to heat through.
A July drink idea suggests frosted coffee with hot brew cooled over chipped ice then vanilla ice cream and whipped cream. Murdo Campbell of the H-G Ranch near Buelton adds 75 dairy cows, bringing his herd to 250 head.
Agricultural commissioner Harold J. Ryan projects nearly two million pounds of popcorn in southern California this year with about 16 000 acres in Los Angeles to be under cultivation. Farmers report hay crops varies but better than expected. Henry Pure of Gonzales Monterey County found a puff ball on his ranch weighing 22 pounds and 54 inches around.
The Thornton district expects its sugar beet crop to be the largest ever produced as plantings are far ahead of any previous year.
Imperial county agent Frank Beyschlag suggests crossing below alkali spots in alfalfa fields to create small ponds that persist after irrigation and gradually leach alkali deeper. In Modesto district grain harvesters settle at 1.26 dollars per acre plus 0.10 per sack for irrigated graft. dry land work costs 2.50 dollars per acre plus 0.10 per sack for fields yielding over 10 sacks per acre.
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