Shatfter Deep Wells Near Land Interest Focuses Oil Fraternity
Oil industry attention returns to the Shafter field as several deep wells advance. Superior reports Gessinger No 1 at 11 238 feet casing with pay at 11 248 feet, while Kernco No 2 faces casing cave issues. Additional completions and new sites include Wagner and Anderson wells, with several companies staking sections 34 28 25 and planning Vedder zone drilling.
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Shafter
Superior
Gessinger No. 1
Union
Kernco
Ruhl No. 1
Wagner No. 2
George F. Getty
Secandee
General Petroleum Corporation
Wagner No. 1
Anderson No. 1
Gessinger
Marketing Plan For Spuds Drawn In Washington Meet
A two day national potato conference in Washington D C drafted a tentative marketing plan for new potatoes similar to the current marketing agreement in late potato states. Delegates including C R Simpson Frank Lyons and John B Schneider expect a formal vote around May 1 with operation about May 15 if adopted. Southern states plan a skeleton organization to apply the agreement to the 1938 crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Henry A. Wallaee
C. R
Robert) Simpson
Shafter
Kern
California
Simpson
Frank Lyons
Lodi
John B
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
Louisiana
Richland Grammar School
U. S
Development work advances at Wagner No 1 and related plants
The report notes Wagner No 1 brought in two weeks ago and details other field development including a $700,000 gas desorption plant by Union and Superior. It also mentions road grading to each well site and the erection of storage tanks and buildings.
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Wagner No. 1
Union and Superior
Poppies Potatoes and Petroleum in Early California
Shafter boasts 6,000 acres of wildflowers with more than 50,000 visitors last year and expectations of 100,000 this year. Kern County centers on Shafter potatoes with yields up to 400–500 sacks per acre. two thirds of the 1937 crop shipped from Shafter, totaling 8,550 carloads city and 11,222 county.
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California
San Joaquin
Shafter
Kern
Kern County
Press Cooking School Next Tuesday and Wednesday
Through the cooperation of the Southern California Gas company and gas appliance dealers in Shafter the second annual Press Cooking School will be held at Richland Auditorium on April 5 and 6. The event is free with many features and Miss Maurine Boradori of the gas company will conduct the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern California Gas Company
Shafter
Richland Auditorium
Maurine Boradori
Boradiri
Bakersfield Farm Credit Head Speaks at Shafter Lunch
Guy L. Greenleaf, secretary of the Bakersfield Production Credit association, addressed the Shafter Exchange club at its noon luncheon, outlining crop and livestock loan programs and benefits.
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Guy L. Greenleaf
Bakersfield
Shafter Exchange Club
Shipment of 500 Tons of Tubers Reaches South America
The article notes 500 tons of famous tubers sent to South America around the Horn. It claims the long whites were the only tubers able to pass the strict inspection standards of Latin American countries.
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South America
Crops and Record Cotton Ginnings Reported
Potatoes are the major crop with cotton also produced on a large scale. More than 21 000 bales were ginned here from the 1937 38 crop by three gins, the most bales ever ginned in this area.
Onions Sugar Beets Lettuce Grapes Among Crops
Other crops cultivated extensively include onions, sugar beets, lettuce, grapes and a host of minor vegetables.
Sh Field Discovery Taps Deep Oil Source
Sh is described as the home of a world class oil field discovered by Union Oil Company five months ago on November 3 1937. The discovery well reportedly cost more than 160000 to drill.
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Dee
Union Oil Company
Oil production rises to 3.38 million barrels daily
The Oil and Gas Journal reports a weekly gain of 27,047 barrels raising U S crude output to a daily average of 3,380,201 barrels for the week ending March 12.
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The
Oil and Gas Journal
California oil boom expands with deepfield drilling surge
The report details a rapid oil development in California with wells by seven companies soon drilling and more expected. Superior Oil and Union Oil build a large gas absorption plant valued at 700000 dollars on the unit plan, first unit planned for 60 million cubic feet daily. Shafter projects more than 500000 dollars spent in 1937 on public and private construction, signaling higher outlays in 1938.
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Union Oil Company
Superior Oil Company
Shafter
Shafter Gains Spotlight as California’s Fastest Growing City
The city of Shafter in California emerges as the state’s newest rapid growth center, drawing headlines for expanding population, business development, and infrastructure plans. Local leaders highlight investment, housing demand, and job opportunities fueling the surge.
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Shafter
California
Kern County Wildflower Ordinance Reminder Sparks Careful Driving
Visitors are urged not to decorate vehicles with flowers or drive off roads into wildflower fields. The Kern County rule bans wanton destruction of blooms and advises staying on roads to protect cattle feed and the natural display.
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Kern County
Gasoline Well Drilled Deep in Greeley Field
In the Greeley field a well labeled Gasoline produced about 700 barrels daily of 62 gravity oil, nearly gasoline. Operators of Standard KC report the flow killed and plan to deepen the hole. The well reached a bottom depth of 7,740 feet, the lightest gravity among wells in the gasoline spot.
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Standard’s
Greeley Field
Pneumonia Confines Shafter Girl
Little Phyllis Peters daughter of Mr and Mrs J J Peters Sr is confined to her home with an attack of pneumonia.
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Shafter
Phyllis Peters
J. J. Peters, Sr
Governor Merriam Heads to Shafter Wildflower Festival
Governor Frank F. Merriam will address more than 100000 visitors at the Kern county wildflower festival in Shafter on Sunday April 3. Roy Woollames and Taft Mayor E C Emmons join him on the platform as the event features the Kern County Rangers Camp West Lowe riders and Red Shirts of Taft. Local safety and info staff coordinate traffic and first aid with help from Boy Scouts and Shafter Wasco volunteers. Richfield Oil provides flower guides as eight bloom varieties carpet the field near Lerdo road and the rail lines giving an estimated 5000 cars a day visiting the beauty spot.
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Frank F. Merriam
Shafter
Kern County
Merriam
Roy Woollames
Kern County Board of Supervisors
E. C. Emmons
Taft
Kern
Kern County Rangers
County
Roy Galyen
State Highway Patrol
Boy Scouts
Wasco
Grapevine
Mojave
Richfield Oil Company
Lerdo
Midgley Firm Starts Four New Homes on Sunset Ave
H Midgley and Son began erecting four rental houses on Sunset avenue between James and Munzer streets in Kern County. The four and five room dwellings will be modern in every detail and completed within 30 days to relieve heavy rental demand from the Shafter oil boom and strong local business conditions.
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H. Midgley &Son
Kern County Land Company
Sunset Avenue
James and
Munzer Street
Shafter
Business Trip To Los Angeles Retired Executive
A. J. Jack Zimmerman has retired from Los Angeles after a combined business and pleasure trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
A. J
Jack) Zimmerman
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Shatfter
Washington
W. H. Hitchcock
C. of C. President
Jack Janzen
E. P. Jones
Wm. Lachenmaier
Jack Zimmerman
A. Peter Channeson
Win &, Seuuieek Batieion
A. Ferguson
Norman Thompson
H. Midgley & Son
Mennonite Brethren Church
Reedley
M. B
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