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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1938
Page
2
Publication notice shows publisher and subscription details with a price of $2.00 per year. It lists the date August 1, 1936 and notes entry or postage at Shafter with a prior registration date of March 3, 1879.
A long critique of relief policies cites massive spending and high unemployment. It argues private charity suffices, criticizes government relief programs, and warns against bureaucratic expansion. It condemns relief rackets and urges limits on aid. The piece also urges dog control due to rabies fears and quarantine.
A tract about ragweed pollen describes each grain as 0.02 mm in diameter. Forty grains barely cross a pinhole width. One grain could fill a teaspoon, yet seven grains could start a severe hay fever attack.
A county study outlines how ragweed pollen travels high in up drafts and across hundreds of miles, contributing to hay fever. It notes most victims are allergic to ragweed, with the Pacific coast comparatively freer, yet dander and butterfly scales also provoke reactions. Immunization trials may help, but cures require pinpointing individual pollen or dander allergies and extended treatment.
The Shafter Business Men's Club met with F I Wallace presiding. Talks covered boy scout work, the high school proposition, and a request for another Powell tract street light. It notes three Shafter graduates from Kern County Union High in Bakersfield and recounts a misrouted baseball game with McFarland ending 9 to 9. It mentions rail shipments of Shafter potatoes, recalling a five year peak of 500 carloads.
Dried cats fetch solid prices this year at West Ranch and Manuel Orchards, boosting earnings for these producers as demand remains steady for specialty pet products.
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