Sprinkler Irrigation Could Save Water in Shafter-Wasco
The Shafter-Wasco district weighs sprinkler irrigation as a path to reduce water use amid underground depth and drought. Evergreen district in Santa Clara reports 25 percent savings and up to 50 percent in San Joaquin Valley tests, suggesting potential lower Friant Kern Canal needs and cost drops for distribution systems. Timely tests and investigations are urged for crops in the district to boost water supply and prosperity.
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Shafter-Wasco
Evergreen
Santa Clara Valley
Wasco
San Joaquin V
Shafter- Wasco
Central Valley Project
Friant-Kerm
Friant Kern Canal
Treck
Shafter 20-30 Club Stresses Harmony at Meet
The Shafter 20-30 Club gathered at Canelo on the previous Wednesday evening to stress harmony and better cooperation within the sub district. President Ed DeMella welcomed guests Bill Hennie and Jack Garrett as twenty four members attended the session.
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Shafter
California
Canelo
Ed DeMella
Bill Hennie
Jack Garrett
Oildale
Good Fellowship
Building permits issued for May total 19850 dollars
E. K. Grant, building inspector, reports May permits amounting to 19850 dollars. W. H. Dalke tops the list with 12000 for a State Street residence. Harvey Gaede filed 6000 for a new East Lerdo garage. J. E. Andrew 150 for a Central business structure. Lachenmaier Brothers 1500 for Central remodeling. Samuel Sheffield 200 for a Stone residence.
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State _ street
E. K. Grant
Harvey Gaede
Gaede
East Lerdo
J. E. Andrew
Central
Lachenmaier Brothers
Samuel Sheffield
Stone
Reber plan dominates Shafter Chamber meeting agenda
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce discussed the Reber plan to divert Sacramento River water into a large lake and dam the bay to supply fresh water to the Valley. Other topics included Kern county road district consolidation, a possible Miss Kern County contestant, a Shafter night in Bakersfield, and a Wasco Wasco highway survey.
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Reber
Sacramento River
San Francisco Bay
Bay Area
San Joaquin Valley
Golden Gate
Ocean
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Cawelo
Sam Becker
Central Valley Empire Association
California
Fresno
Chamber
Bill Stoller
Ardis Walker
Kern County
Becker
J.M. Radoumis
Shafter
Palm Room
Bakersfield Inn
Bakersfield
Ventura
Shafter Press
Dial Cleaners
McClure
Stoller
West’s Hotel
Wasco
Bill
Phil Clarkin
Nick Altrock
Altrock
Shafter Bank of America
Gaede's Garage Nears Completion
Harvey Gaede plans to move the truck department body parts steam wash and polishing units into the new building in about two weeks. The garage sits at the corner of Lerdo and Central Valley Highway adjacent to the Gaede Pontiac Agency & Garage.
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Harvey Gaede
Gaede
Gaede Pontiac Agency
Lerdo
Central Valley Highway
Local Man Booked For Reported Incident In Shafter
Onan Swan Bennett 27 of Shafter was jailed after an early Monday arrest following a report of a knife assault. George Grotz 42 and his wife Lillian 26 were wounded in a mobile incident west of the Shafter dump and transported to Kern General Hospital. Bennett was taken into custody after Grotz notified authorities. The three were in the same car when the alleged attack occurred and Mrs. Grotz remained in poor condition at the hospital after being found by officers.
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Onan Swan Bennett
Shafter
Bennett
Shafte
Accu
George Grotz
Buttonwillow
Lillian
Shafter City
Grotz
Kern General Hospital
Delinquent Taxes Listed For Kern County Shafter 1948-49
J Perry Brite announces the delinquent tax list for Kern County California for 1948 1949. Properties and mining rights including Lot 17 50 percent interest quarter sections and receipts with amounts due are to be sold at 12 o clock June 28 1949 at the Bakersfield Tax Collector's office. Total list includes multiple individuals and properties with small to moderate sums ranging from 2.29 to 441.73 dollars and mining rights across Township 31 32 and 34 in Range 28.
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J. Perry Brite
Kern County
Kern
California
Bakersfield
Dan J. Bartell
Finas G. Cooper
James A. Cornelius
Charles R. Dougherty
John Elcano
A. J. Gries
H. Gries
John P. McCarty
Mary G. Olin
Westland Petroleum Corporation
Maple Bird Study Lecture For Scouts And Public
Mr. Ruben Siemens and Maple Scout troops invite Shafter Wasco scouts and the public to a Maple School lecture tomorrow in the Maple auditorium at 7 30. Dr. H E McClure will discuss bird study including blood samples banding nestlings and current bird malaria research tied to human diseases. He will also bring several live wild birds for observation.
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Ruben Siemens
Maple Scout
Shafter
Wasco
Maple School
H. E. McClure
McClure
Kern County
Maple Auditorium
Shafter High Commencement Exercises Held
The Shafter High School graduation themed The Age of Speed saw 56 seniors say goodbye to their Alma Mater last Thursday in the school gym. Speakers included James Crabb president of the class and Betty Wilcoxon Patsy Kelly and Larry Royal. Diplomas were presented by Phil Channeson a Kern County Union High School district trustee.
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Shafter High School
James Crabb
Betty Wilcoxon
Patsy Kelly
Larry Royal
Phil Channeson
Kern County Union High School
Cafe Operator Freed in Spud Worker Killing
Tal Jones Bakersfield cafe operator was acquitted of the shotgun slaying of Richard L Morris a potato worker from Shafter. The coroner ruled justifiable homicide and Jones claimed Morris reached for a weapon as he entered his home after a heated dispute over a truck bump and a romantic dispute.
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Tal Jones
Bakersfield
Richard Morris
Shafter
Jones
Richard L. Morris
Kincaid Street
Harry Coughlin
Morris
Cottonwood Road
Estella Miller
Wilbur Giese
Charles Randall
Joe Taylor
Weather report notes weak disturbance dulling highs
A weak disturbance from northern California is expected to pass Shafter this afternoon with only a two degree dip in temperatures. The forecast suggests little change from recent days as the high and low temperatures remain essentially steady.
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California
Shafter
Walker Speech Cancelled as Chamber Plans Friday Meeting
Bill Stoller, president of the Shafter Chamber of Commerce, said the Friday evening talk by Supervisor Ardis Walker is indefinitely postponed. The chamber will hold its regular Friday noon meeting at Cawello.
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Bill, Stoller
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Ardis Walker
Cawello
Four Drunks and Two Battery Charges Over Weekend
In Shafter over the weekend police offenses included four drunks and two battery charges. Francis Warren and Judge Thomas received suspended sentences. Warren 60 days in the County Road camp with 30 suspended, Thomas awaiting hearing. John Cramp and Ernest Engst were fined 35 dollars with 30 days suspended. J A Higgens jailed for drunk and disturbing the peace with no dispensation yet. Jose Frankco fined 50 dollars with 30 days suspended.
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Jose Frankco
Softball Season Opens With Forfeits by Pee-Wee Teams
Summer softball opened with two forfeit losses as the Pee Wee Ruhlman nine and the Junior Wasco horse hiders did not appear at Shafter High. The forfeited games went to C Nine and Central Hardware Company.
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Shafter High School
Pee Wee Ruhlman
Wasco
C Nine
Central Hardware Company
Shafter Horses Triumph at Collinsville Track Heat Wins
William Lachenmaier of Shafter owned Book Maker 2:06 driven by Ken Carthal won first in the second heat at Fairmont Park Collinsville in a $3,000 stake. Freeman Hanover driven by Ken Cartnal also won a $3,000 stake at the same meet.
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William Lachenmaier
Shafter
Ken Carthal
Fairmont Park
Collinsville
Freeman Hanover
Ken Cartnal
Wilcoxon Named Notary Public in California
Jack D. Wilcoxon of Shafter has been issued a notary public commission. The appointment was announced last week by Frank M. Jordan, California Secretary for State.
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Jack D. Wilcoxon
Notary Public
Shafter
Frank M. Jordan
California
Shafter Girl Named County Beauty Queen in 1948 Pageant
Evangeline Steel of Shafter was chosen Miss Kern County 1948 by the Kern County Chamber of Commerce. She recently gained statewide notice as Shafter Potato Festival Queen and will travel to Santa Cruz to compete in the Miss California pageant, with transportation, hotel, and gowns provided.
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Kern County
Santa Cruz
Atlantic City
Shafter Long Whites iced on long trips
The Shafter Long White potatoes are kept ice cold for market travel using icing stations along the line. Pacific Fruit Express plants at Bakersfield Fresno Roseville and Ogden provide initial refrigeration. Ice blocks and a long conveyor system enable rapid icing as trains are prepared for eastward shipments.
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Shafter
Pacific Fruit Express
Bakersfield
Fresno
Roseville
Ogden
Kern County men plan extensive two month African hunting trip
John Lachenmaier of Shafter and Dr William H Moore of Bakersfield prepare a two month expedition to Nairobi East Africa departing August 16. They will travel via United Airlines and British Airways with a large cargo of film cameras and equipment. The trip includes 18 native staff and three trucks for a hunt targeting one species of each of 35 regional animals along with various fowl shoots.
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John Lachenmaier
Wm. Moore
Shafter
Willian H. Moore
Bakersfield
Nairobi
East Africa
Kern County
United Airlines
New York
British Airlines
London
Augusta
Sicily
Alexandria
Egypt
Luxor
Valley of the Kings
Egyptian Sudan
Khartgum
Kampalla
Aganda
Africa
Kenya
A. White Outfiters Safari
Lachenmaier
Moore
Kern Growers Fight Proposed Spud Legislation
Kern County potato growers oppose a congressional move to impose marketing quotas and penalties on western production. J J Peters Shafter Claude Botkin Arvin and E J Peters Wasco push for gradual subsidies reduction and eventual end to government control. Western growers seek fair trial without quotas.
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National Potato Council
Kern County Growers
J. S. Jacobsen,Jr
Kern County Growers’ Association
Jacobsen
Western Greers
House. Committee
Kern Spud
John J. Peters
Shafter
Claude Botkin
Arvin
E. J. Peters
Wasco
Shafter Youth Enlists in U S Navy
William M. Wilson of Shafter enlisted in the United States Navy last month under the one year program for 18 year old boys. The Bakersfield recruiting station reported the entry last Friday.
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Shafter
United States Navy
William M. Wilson
U. S. Navy
Bakersfield
Wilson
Navy
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