Sale of government surplus canned meat sparks county probe
Officials including Edwin Mapes and Sheriff Champness investigate the sale of surplus meat marked for free distribution found packed and sold at low prices. Mapes reports the contraband to United States Attorney Pierson Hall. response and possible charges loom amid calls for full investigation and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
Edwin S Mapes
Kha Champness
Mapes
Mapen
Pierson M. Hall
United States
Digtiet Atlormney
Hall
Hearst
Los Angeles
Hart
Denmark
Bakersfield Merchants Fight Off Local Trade Drain
Bakersfield merchants argue that weekend purchases by city workers and teachers undermine hometown business. The Kern Herald notes a push to promote buying at local shops as merchants organize to curb out-of-town spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Jocal
Jorg
Alan
oShetell
Larsen Swans
Kern Herald
Bakersfield
Kern County
How Columbus Discovered America Told by Anonymous Author
An unsigned Shafter piece recounts a humorous tale of a boy named Christo Columbus who roams Spain seeking funds to discover America. He sails with a crew, faces mutiny, meets the Indians, and proclaims his voyage with the flag of Spain. The narrative presents a playful, chef-dieu style origin story.
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Columbus
America
Shafter
Spain
Christo Columbus
Kitts
Vii
Cayne Cotter
Colina
Kern County Sets Record With Cotton Yield Report
California’s 1934 cotton crop averaged 170.9 pounds per acre nationally and 566 to 657 pounds in several counties. Kern County led with 645 pounds per acre, while Kings 628 Tulare 655 Merced 486 Riverside 560 Stanislaus 272 and Imperial 226. Overall state output reached 259 076 bales from 2338 600 acres with total value near 20 million dollars.
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Fing
R. E. Blair
Federal
State Crop Reporting Service
California
Blaid
United States
Kern County
Kings County
Tulare
Madera
Merced
Riverside
Stanislaus
Imperial
Hatfield 10 to be Honored at Civic Luncheon
A Shafter county committee plans a Bakersfield luncheon on June 7 to honor George J. Hatfield California lieutenant governor. Hatfield will give the commencement address at Bakersfield High School and Junior College. Reservations are required through a committee member or the Bakersfield chamber of commerce secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Zimmerman
Shafter
George J. Hatfield
California
Pakersfield
Hatfield
Bakersfield
Bakersfield High School
Fumigation Relief Hinted for Shafter Potatoes
Local potato growers expect the Plant Quarantine board to favor allowing Shafter tubers to enter eleven western states without fumigation. Idaho expert J B Marshall inspected Shafter fields with local inspector R Stansbury and reportedly found no tuber moth risk, signaling possible uniform regulations and end to fumigation costs.
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Sacramento
L. A. Burteh
Jake Siemeis
Gus Bender
Shafter
Harry Fowler
Wasco
J.B. Marshall
Idaho
Marshall
R. Stansbury
Plans Made for Kern County YMCA Community Camp
Plans completed for a YMCA community camp at Portuguese Meadows eight miles north of Greenhorn mountain camp and 60 miles from Bakersfield. The camp opens June 29 and runs six weeks through August 21 for boys 12 to 19 in weeks one and two, 9 to 28 in weeks three and four, mixed weeks five, and girls week six. Fees are 8 dollars for the first week, 7 dollars per additional week, and 7.50 dollars for girls with a 1 dollar deposit due at registration at Shafter Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
Y.M.C.A
Portuguese Meadows
Greenhorn Mountain Camp
Bakersfield
Eayy
Shafter Drug Store
Wheat outlook in Kern County due to last year shortage
The Kern County wheat forecast expects a reasonable return for 1985 from about 25 000 acres amid tight supply in the winter crop and across the wheat belt. The report from the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Washington DC, was received by M A Lindsay, county farm advisor. An annual charity club meeting is set at the Club House on June 31 with traffic officers in charge.
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Kern County
Great Wheat Belt
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington, D.C
M. A. Lindsay
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Will
Rogers
Welcom
Jake C. Siemens
Firestone Service
Churity Club
A. J
Jack” Zimmerman
Kroeker
J. E. Kroeker
Shafter, California
Janzen Funeral Home Ambulance Service
Sunshine Garage
H. Mayfield
Bakersfield Implement
Orion
L. A. Lugs
Grant’s Grocery and Meat Market
Shafter Warehouse
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