Magazine highlights California cotton boom and leading yields
Fortune magazine details California as a top cotton producer with Kern and Fresno counties rising in rank. It notes a 1948 average yield of 572 pounds per acre and a 960,000 bale harvest, placing California fifth in state production behind Texas Mississippi Arkansas and Alabama.
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California Cotton Kingpins Rise in Valley Boom
The Shafter region and Fresno County are highlighted as keys to a vast cotton expansion. George Harrison of the Shafter Experiment Station oversees about 1,000,000 acres of Acala 442, with Russell Giffen of Fresno County dominating 85,000 acres and 19,000 cotton planted. The era brings immense profits for growers, ginners, and merchants alike.
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San Francisco Stadium Expansion Plans Move Forward
The San Francisco Stadium project gains momentum as the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Finance Committee approves transferring 250000 dollars from Park Commission funds to begin land purchases east of Kezar Stadium. The plan would add parking for 200 more cars and lift seating toward 70000, with the full board now to decide.
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Cotton Growers Recommend 1949 Chopping Rate
San Joaquin Valley cotton growers set chopping rates after a meeting at Fresno Memorial Auditorium. Labor and grower representatives discussed wages for chopping in clean fields at 2.50 dollars per acre or 70 cents per hour with housing, amid expectations of 17 to 18 percent more planted acreage this year.
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State Allocates Shafter $1,270 From Liquor Fees
Liquor license fee revenues of $2,353,170 for the July to December 1948 period are allocated to state local governments. Kern County unincorporated area receives $23,390.99 and the city of Shafter gets $1,270.00 as part of the 26th such distribution to support liquor law enforcement and local control.
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Family Fetes Mrs Fred Mettler On Mother's Day
Mr and Mrs Roland Mettler hosted a Mother's Day gathering at 269 Atlantic Avenue to honor Mrs Fred Mettler. An outdoor barbecue with steaks followed by visiting drew in the Mettler family including Mila Mettler and children Darrel Donald David Janet, Alvin Weidenbach and daughter Sharon, and Ray Zeeb plus Fredrick and Maurine.
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Shafter Airport Named Among Nation's Finest
Shafter's airport, formerly Minter Field, is celebrated as one of California and the nation’s finest. After wartime service as a cadet center, it was renamed Shafter Airport and leased to Kern County, forming part of the largest county owned air system.
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Bergens Fly East to Pontiac for New Car
Mr and Mrs Jake Bergen flew to Pontiac Michigan last week to pick up a new automobile On the return trip they will drive to Hillsboro Kansas and will be joined for the trip to Shafter by Mrs Ida Bartel and Miss Jean Bartel Miss Bartel has been attending Tabor College at Hillsboro
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