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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1936
Page
4
California marks Conservation Week with a push for year round learning on forest fire prevention water and soil protection and roadside beautification. Governor Merriam urges public mobilization to curb fires and erosion while stressing the value of forests wildlife streams and shorelines to the state’s economy and beauty.
The district Judge F. E. will be in his office daily from 10 a.m. to noon for routine business. Constable J. C. Reilo also has a desk in the justice’s office and will be there frequently during those hours.
A reflective poem recalling the Santa Fe and Oregon trails through the author’s life. He describes camp scenes, ghostly wagon trains, and memories of frontier travel, contrasting past winters and green prairies with modern roads and autos. The piece closes acknowledging the poet Theodore F. Bayless.
The article notes that most bright blossoms come from deciduous shrubs, not evergreens, and recommends flowering types to brighten landscapes. It highlights Spiraea thunbergii, Spiraea prunifolia, lantana, common snowball, Weigela Rosen and Eva Ratke, Forsythia suspensa, Philadelphus species, and Lagerstroemia rubra as attractive, hardy options for mixed borders and seasonal color.
Kern County labor groups endorse the Santa Fe Transportation Co. bid for intrastate bus permits and urge the California State Railroad Commission to grant the licenses. A Kern County Labor Council resolution cites support from Bakersfield leaders and rail brotherhoods, with similar endorsements from Needles and Richmond. More than 250 state civic and political organizations back the Santa Fe plan to coordinate trains with motor stages at a 25 percent fare cut.
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