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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1939
Page
10
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King Lumber Co supplied all building materials for the Harder model home. O. C. Meadows manages King Lumber in Shafter. The firm has supplied much material for other Shafter residences and urges home buyers to use Housing Administration funds offered at low rates.
Melon harvest began Saturday at the Shafter Farms ranch on Lerdo road near Highway 99. Green Klondykes are grown with good expected quality and yield. Ninety acres under cultivation. picking delayed by cool weather. Melons sold to truckers at the ranch for shipment to the southern California market.
Among the items seen at the Indian chapel at Caugna Wag opposite Lochine Que is a two century old wampum belt and BN Helreenlios dating back to TREN era.
The Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation authorizes purchases of Santa Rosa and Climax California plums to ease peak shipments caused by abnormal weather. Santa Rosa plums fetch 55 cents per 25 lb lug, Climax plums 50 cents, with U.S. No. 1 grade and specific pack sizes. Federal-State inspection is required for all fruit purchased.
The article notes sharp noise from Independence Day events is moderated by new mechanical noisemakers replacing explosive devices. It mentions a 22c to 50c per log FSCC purchase price covering packing materials loading and inspections and cites Bethell on eligible fruit purchases under the current program.
Rio Bravo beat Shafter Hi-Y 18 to 17 in a high scoring nightball game. Rio Bravo had 23 hits and every player reached safely while 17 free passes aided the win, with eight in the final innings. Pitchers for Rio Bravo were Hacker Wilson and Ed Haag. for Shafter Hi-Y were Cotton Neufeld Elmer Unruh and Ernie Neufeld.
The article states that Hitler’s plebiscite method was not original to his dictatorship and notes debates over its legality. It mentions gas lighting as a historical first use of a superior fuel in the United States and claims gas now serves about 5,000,000 American homes for cooking and water heating.
Report from Shafter indicates coyotes feed on ripe watermelons in the Shafter Farms Co. field east of Shafter at night. Farmers are trapping the animals, no serious damage reported, and the animals are said to avoid green melons.
American farmers got a cash income of 2.829 billion dollars from produce sales and government benefits in the first five months of the year, per the bureau of economics. The total is 47 million dollars more than the same period last year.
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