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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1938
Page
6
Lesson centers on reverence for God’s name and speech. It contrasts vain swearing with truthful, godly conversation, urging Christians to avoid idle talk and oaths, and to speak in a way that reveals a heart filled with God’s word.
Bakersfield Aerie No. 93 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles marks 38 years since its 1900 instituting. The article recalls founders, first officers, early activities, notable members, and the lodge’s growth, finances, clubroom improvements, and a thriving drum corps.
The Commodity Credit Corporation regional office in Los Angeles announced that loan forms would be issued for the 1938 cotton crop for Kern county and other valley growers. Loans range from 6.85 to 9.70 cents per pound, compared with last year’s 6 to 9 cent spread.
English bullbaiting shaped the breed from early forms named alaunt and bandog to a bullfighter's dog noted for a fierce bite and later crossed with the pug around 1860. Modern standards from the Bulldog Club of America call for a 40 to 50 pound, stocky, short-faced dog with a stable, vigorous, and dignified temperament.
The California department of agriculture reports a five percent increase in turkeys in the San Joaquin valley, with declines in the Sacramento valley and steadier numbers in coast and southern California regions.
A desert cowboy traced a spiral of dark smoke to the discovery in 1901 of the Carlsbad Caverns near Carlsbad New Mexico. The caverns include the Big Room with stalactites and stalagmites 750 feet below, nearly 4000 feet long and 625 feet wide, and multiple open levels for visitors on guided trails and elevators.
The tulip spans the northern hemisphere from the Mediteranean and North Africa to the Caucasus and Persia with distant roots in Armenia and Japan yet is linked to Holland where it arrived in the 16th century and became a major cultivated industry. From Holland it spread to England and into international trade as bulb culture expanded. In America gardens prize the tulip and cross breeding created hundreds of varieties reflecting nature's artistry and human science.
Textile makers test water resistance by soaking materials, noting some fibers like cotton resist saturation for days. A technique speeds tests by adding a chemical agent whose main component is a synthetic alcohol, making water wetter and effective even with hard water.
A Bideford bridge spans the River Torridge with arches sized by local subscriptions. Built by public subscription, larger arches supposedly honor more generous townsfolk while smaller ones reflect less open-handed neighbors. Local legend attributes the scheme to varying donations from different localities.
Making nails by hand for shipment abroad was an early colonial industry. Colonists used locally found ore to shape nails for the mother country, with odd nails serving varied crafts and made from nearly any material.
Principal E P Janes announces the school implements a cross reference library card system allowing students to locate books by title author or subject. Washington library supplied index cards after listing all Shafter books, and new books now include cards. A library instruction class led by Mrs Ted Vignola trains students to use the file.
Sequoia National Park set new attendance records for the year ending September 30 with 260,139 visitors, up 6.8 percent from the prior year. Texas supplied the most out of state visitors, while the San Joaquin Valley led in-state visitors to the forest.
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