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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1935
Page
4
Mojave Gold Festival Promised Amid Mining Boon
The Mojave area plans a Gold Year festival around May 19 with Golden Queen mine showing thirty million dollars in gold ore and other Kern county properties yielding important finds. Officials and press crews will attend while celebrations extend to Shafter and nearby districts, highlighting potato crop returns as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
Mojave
Golden Queen
California
Kernville
Piute
Shafter
California bill shields autos under $200 from creditors
Legislature favors a measure exempting automobiles valued at 200 or less from attachment, and also exempts one radio, washing machine, typewriter, and refrigerator. The package blends 17 house-origin items aiming to ease financial hardship while preserving essentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Shafter Takes First Place With Many Square Miles of Wildflowers
An impartial observer Earle R. Clemens lauds Shafter's vast wildflower displays southeast of the city, arguing the area far surpasses Arvin and Edison in color expanse. He guides readers on how to visit the fields, noting prime viewing times and routes toward Wasco and Shafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Boloster
Earle R. Clemens
Terra Bella News
Clemens
Shafter
Arvin
Edison
Kern County
Terra Lellan
Terra Bella
Famosa
Wasco
U. S. 99
U. S. _ experimental station
Shafter Fields
Oil magnates dismissed by Indians in New York talk
Dr Gustav Egioff of Chicago told a meeting of the American Chemical Society in New York that Indians were the first American oil men and that Rockefeller Doheney Sinclair and associates are small time operators by comparison in money getting from the oil game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller
E. L. Doheney
Harry Sinclair
Gustav Egioff
Chicago
Joff
American Chemical Society
New York
Buttonwillow gas goes to 10 Bay Cities
Eight gas wells in the Buttonwillow district feed mains to the northern metropolitan area. Fifty million feet of gas now flow daily, with officials from Milham Exproation Co. calling it only a starter as demand rises due to slackening Kettleman North Dome production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Bay Cities
Buttonwillow
Milham Exproation Co
Kettleman North Dome
Appointment of Fifth Commissioner Urged
The fifth seat on the county water commission is vacant and its filling is urged in a formal recommendation received by the county supervisors from the Panama Grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Water Commission
Panama Grange
Exploration trip to Searles Lake by Kern County mineral society
Kern County mineral society members explored the Searles Lake area on a weekend. Participants included T. V. Little, president of the county society, along with Edward Little, Donald Little, Jack Hare and Gene Bessette. Wasco and Bakersfield delegations joined the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tronn
Searles Lake
Kern County
Mineral Society
Shafterites
T. V. Little
County Society
Edward Little
Donald Little
Jack Hare
Gene Bessette
Wasco
Bakersfield
Local residents visit Shafter and return from duties
Mrs L Dressler of Bakersfield visited Shafter acquaintances last week. George Beese a northern town garage operator returns from a hurry up trip to Los Angeles. C D McArron of Fresno, lone representative for Pred H French Paper Co of Los Angeles, called on local patrons. Herman Kroeker recent visitor from Poso Creek oil field now employed by Scott Bros Drilling Co. George Gaede returns from the coast to Shafter and takes a sales post at a local tire and auto firm. George G Gregory, former Shafter business man now with Valley Pump and Welders Supply Co Bakersfield, was a Shafter visitor last Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Kroeker
Shafter
Poso Creek
Scott Bros. Drilling Co
George Gaede
George G. Gregory
Valley Pump’ & Welders Supply Co
Bakersfield
Local Man Honored by History Society
A Shafter resident, F. F. Latta of the local high school faculty, was elected recording secretary of the Kern County Historical Society at its Bakersfield annual meeting. Jesse R. Stockton of Bakersfield was named president, Roy Loundon of Panama vice president, Mrs Agnes Montgomery Kaar corresponding secretary, and John Henderson bibliographer and curator. A dinner on May 13 will close the season. monthly sessions resume in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
F. F. Latta
Kern County Historical Society
Bakersfield
Jesse R. Stockton
H. A. Pindt
Kern County Union High School
Roy Loundon
Panama
Agnes Montgomery Kaar
John Henderson
County Chamber to Meet at Kernville
The Shafter district will be represented at the May meeting by W. H. Hitchcock. The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday evening May 7 and will be held in Kernville in a joint session with the Kern River chamber of commerce serving the county mountain communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
County Chamber of Commerce
W. H. Hitcock
Old Mountain
Kernville
Kern River
New Exchange Club Formed in Tehachapi Gathering
Bakersfield Exchangites traveled to Tehachapi Monday evening to formally organize a new Exchange Club in the mountain community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Exchange Club
Tehachapi
Bakersfield
Also Mentioned on This Page
Central Avenue
Shafter, California
H. G. Comfort
Board of Supervisors
Merriam
F. F Latta
Shafter High School
T. V. Little Complete Machine Shop and Welding
Shorty
Chili Parlor
History Society
A. J
Jack” Zimmerman
Hitchcock’s
Chas. VJ Hitchcock
Prop
Neufeld’s Automotive Parts
Henry C. Neufeld
Shafter Press
Grant’s Grocery and Meat Market
E. K. Grant
Kern
J. Ll. Case
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