Shafter Press Notice Card
The Shafter Press appears as a second class matter at the Shafter post office in California under federal law from 1879.
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Shafter
California
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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1936
Page
4
Highway Work Progress Near Shafter
Nine men are employed on a Southern California Roads Company project south of Shafter with 90 workers in two shifts. Grading on a four mile stretch proceeds ahead of schedule due to favorable weather. Plans aim to minimize traffic disruption. work in Shafter is slated to begin about a month from now.
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Shafter
Southern California Roads Company
Shafterwater Tank Painted and Cleaned
The Shafter Public Utility Districts high tower tank is overhauled tightened to correct a three inch lean at the top. The interior was cleaned and will be repainted this week while the exterior gets a fresh aluminum coat. W T Davis Steel Construction Company crew from Des Moines Iowa handles the job.
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Shafter Public Utility District
Lions Bounties Paid Since 1907 in California
Since 1907 California has paid 168 555 in bounties for 7460 lions. The California Conservationist notes four lion kills in Kern county last year and a total of 255 lions killed in 1935.
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Caifornia
California Conservationist
Department of Resources
Kern County
Helm and Smith Bay Property Along State Highway
Property along the state highway near the Santa Fe depot is described as the Helm and Smith Bay area. The text notes a weeklong period related to the property crossing the highway and facing public access or sale actions.
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Helm & Smith Bay
Santa Fe
Can You Do This Strike This Blow On Election Day
Poem challenges readers to demonstrate manhood by peaceful political action. It urges resilience under abuse, forgiveness of graft, and steadfast strength to vote out corrupt leaders. The speaker, Theodore F. Bayless, appeals for clear, firm language and civic action to remove graft from power.
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Villian
Theodore F. Bayless
I Welcome You Ed A Poem To A Gardener Stranger
A poem speaks of a solitary rose in a garden reserved for a Stranger who will take it away. The speaker praises the flower for fragrance hue and value and asks guardians to protect its petals. The narrator, Pauline Gatov, imagines wearing the bloom in silver-white hair and inhaling its perfume from two flagons.
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Pauline Gatov
Landscaping Hints From Krauter Nursery
Early planting of fruit and shade trees and shrubs yields best growth and appearance. Plant in containers before spring warmth arrives. January root development can be six inches by February, but tender new roots must be protected from sun and air. Plan ahead, inventory the yard, and plant early for best results as rain gives way to dry, warm weather.
Millions of Fish Planted in California Streams in 1935
California fish officials report 1935 plantings totaling 35,651,193 trout and 7,864,948 salmon with 51,326 small mouth bass. Kern county received 550,000 fish including 250,000 Rainbow and 300,000 Loch Leven stock. Year end holdings included 24,987,787 trout and 7,727,073 salmon. over 22,000 black bass were saved from floods and placed in hatcheries.
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Division of Fish and Game
California
Kern County
Loch Leven
Shafter Business Men's Association Annual Dinner
The Shafter Business Men's Association holds its annual dinner at the Wednesday Afternoon Clubhouse tonight. L. E. Chenoweth, Bakersfield city schools superintendent, will speak, with local businessmen on the program and a musical program directed by R. L. Gates. Dinner is prepared and served by Wednesday Afternoon Club members.
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Shafter Business Men’s Association
L. E. Chenoweth
Bakersfield
R. L. Gates
Vandal damages clothes in North Shafter home
W A Cagle reports vandalism at his North Shafter residence. Four dresses were ripped or torn including a new dress never worn, and a pair of dress pants damaged. The act was discovered when Mrs Cagle showed a neighbor a dress. the perpetrator remains unknown. Cagle, a truck driver for Southern Counties Construction Co., provided details to Constable J C Reily and noted no other damage.
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W. A. Cagle
North Shafter
Southern Counties Construction Co
J. C. Reily
Commissioner Has Busy Month in Kern County
Agricultural commissioner Lewis A. Burtch reports a notably busy period with more coyotes trapped and killed in Kern county this winter than in years past. Potato acreage is expected to exceed 10 000 acres and the onion crop to reach 1500 acres. Inspectors checked 147 671 parcels in February and found thirteen insect species among shipments to the county.
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Kern County
Lewis A. Burtch
Barth
Fires total 436 with multiple causes across categories
The report lists 436 fires with origins including seven from lightning, 17 from railroads, 17 from campfires, 262 from careless smokers, eight from incendiaries and 338 from miscellaneous causes. San Jose visitor Miss Martha Van Sickle of the Richland school staff spent last weekend in San Jose visiting friends.
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San Jose
Martha van Sickle
Richland School
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Central Avenue
Kern California
H. G. Comfort
Satan
Shafterwater
Lions CO
Krauter Nursery
Hecrthe
Vandal Ruins
Appin
Shafter Garbage Service
G. A. Wittmayer
Cates Reasonable
Janzen Funeral Home Ambulance Service
G. T. Reinhard Granite Works
Hanford, California
la Granada
Nathan Strauss & Son
Duncan Johnson
Juanita Ray
W. A. Rogers
Verware
Dye’s Market
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