Hogs May Find Opening in Kern County Farming
Shafter area farmers consider hogs as a new commercial venture. L. H. Rochford and C. L. Pelissier discuss feeding economies, surplus feeds, and forage crops to reduce costs while meeting California demand for pork. Signs of road safety drive gains appear with officials warning on sign damage.
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Shafter Aict
L. H. Rochford
Bakersfield
Kern County
California
C. L. Pelissier
Tulare County
Pelissier
Shafter
John A. Loustalot
John Reily
Darkness in a lit town Shafter PG&E window mystery
A night walk along Central Avenue in Shafter reveals bright signs and lights everywhere except one dark window. A visitor reads the inscription San Joaquin Division Pacific Gas and Electric Company and doubts the building is vacant, then investigates across the street.
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Central Avenue
Santa Fe Way
Shafter
San Joaquin
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Road Signs Not For Target Practice
Editorial warns vandals destroy reflector buttons on road signs endangering lives. It notes yearly losses of about a quarter million dollars to taxpayers and stresses human risk from damaged or mutilated road markers.
Mine with the Iron Door and other lost treasure tales
A nostalgic survey of famed treasure legends across the American Southwest. It recalls the Mine with the Iron Door near Oracle Arizona with hopes of a hidden cache, the Lost Dutchman Mine near Phoenix, Skeleton Canyon Loot near Tombstone, La Mina Perdida, the Burro Mine, and other undiscovered riches.
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Oracle
Arizona
Mexico
California
Harold Bell Wright
Phoenix
Tombstone
Skeleton Canyon
Santa Fe
New Mexico
la Mina Perdida
Wichita Mountains
Oklahoma
Sierra Mountains
Sierra Country
Dalerio relief racket exposed in Tulare county
The Dalerio family faced arrest for taking about 891 dollars in relief funds while five adults reported a combined income of 6,000 dollars annually. Mrs Dalerio led the family after her husband left for WPA work, with inconsistent income reports and supplemental earnings from contracts in oranges and olives. The piece condemns relief racketeering while acknowledging legitimate aid exists.
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Tulare County
Dalerio
Dalerios
Industrial Accident Commission
Oreno Dalerio
WPA
Oreno
Daleries
Shafter Boy Saves Woman From Kern River
Roy Skaggs a Shafter resident and Boy Scout hero saved a Bakersfield woman from drowning in the Kern River amid high, treacherous waters caused by melting snow. The district group elected Sam Lachenmaier director with others for a $30,000 water system bond plan.
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Roy Skaggs
Shafter
Kern
Bakersfield
Roy
Shafter Lad
Sam Lachenmaier
W. H. Hitchcock
E. K. Grant
Shafter Public Utility District
Georgia Eskridge
C. A. Campbell
Walter Powell
Henry Neufeld
T. V. Little
Two Per Cent Interest Payment Authorized At Bank
The Anglo California National bank board authorized paying 2 percent per year on savings deposits for the six month period ending June 30 1939.
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The
Anglo California National Bank
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Shafter Progress
H. G. Comfort
Central ‘Avenue
Anne
Shafter District
J. H. Maurer
Tom Hammer
Linguist Ranch
Mr. Maurer
Charles Codd
Harry West
Shafter Fire Department
Young Codd
San Joaquin Valley
Santa Maria
Kerckhoft
Kings River
Big Valley
Madera
Gus
Frank
John Poetker
Poetker Boys
Ben Poetker
J. E
Wasco
Buttonwillow
Mennonite Church of
Strathmore
First Baptist Church
Sam Janzen
Alvin Karber
John Janzen
Walter Karber
Mabel Reimer
Esther Fiddler
Henry Miller
Supervisors
Board of Supervisors
C. A. Berlow
A.R. Beckes
W. B. Camp
Leo Scott
Edna Prieve
Eat Crandall
Giant Forest
Redwoods
F. B. Annis
Sam Weis
Aratore
Odel
Hanaredy
Shafter Drug Store
L. H. McGrane Optometrist
Sunset Ave
Calif
Piso
Sunbright Cleanser
K. C
Wilshire
Libby Vienne Sassage
Vienna
Ib Lie
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