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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1938
Page
5
Modern two bedroom house for rent at 25 dollars a month. Applicant should contact J. E. Klassen via Box 373 Shafter to inquire.
A classified note invites buyers sellers or traders to contact Bolen Box 832 Oildale California for land exchange or sale. The ad emphasizes a small tract converting to large acreage and asks readers what they will do.
Desert travelers chase mirages that mislead and save lives. Hope and danger intertwine as seekers navigate extreme heat and deception, seeking water and direction beyond the horizon.
A Shafter library display curated by T.V. Little showcases minerals and crystals with ties to early California history. Andalusite and other specimens from nearby Devil’s Den, Kern County, and Carrizo Plain illustrate mining, geology, and prehistoric activity, with notes on borax, barite roses, glauberite, nardite, benito ite, cinnabar, and opal among the showcased items.
Australia hosts rugged cattlemen known as drovers boundary riders and jackeroos. They work vast stations covering thousands of acres and travel long distances to fatten cattle for city markets. Exports reach about 200 million pounds of beef yearly.
A seven week campaign introduces the Certified Performance CP gas range as a major home cooking improvement. The range promises super-economy, speed, convenience and cool operation with trade in allowances up to 35 dollars. It meets 22 industry specs and can reach oven temps using far less gas, plus a fast oven heat and a giant burner for rapid boiling.
Gas range makers push CP range features like rust resistant enamel top burners ball bearing drawer rollers and enhanced insulation. New models add automatic clock control minute minder lamps and flush back construction, with outside temperatures 13 percent cooler than last year to assure kitchen comfort.
Mr and Mrs P H Kroeker and daughter Bertha visited Los Angeles to see their son Menno Kroeker a Bible Institute student there. Meanwhile new houses rise in Stone tract and Wall tract with plans for rustic and modern finishes. Herb Frey returns to Springfield South Dakota after spending weeks with the Weidenbach family in Shafter California.
Additional pupils attending Richland school raise enrollment to 1166. Though some pupils have left the district, net inflow remains large as new students arrive.
Dr L H McGrane to be installed as commander of Leslie L Robinson Post No 13 Amer ican Legion at Shafter Legion hall Monday evening A social evening will follow the ceremony Other officers named include Peter Bender C M Siebert P M Schmidt Glenn O Nay Floyd Yenn and others on the executive committee The plans were set at the fall session opening meeting two weeks ago
Eleven Corriedale ewes purchased from Bakersfield Future Farmers were delivered this week to the Shafter high school farm for breeding. The animals arrived after the September start and will be kept at the school.
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