Quarantine Areas Patrolled As Rabies Cases Rise
The county appoints Charles A. Steelsmith as special quarantine patrol officer under Dr. Joe Smith to patrol Shafter and Ford City where strict quarantines are in place. The order lasts at least 90 days and aims to stop the spread of rabies with searches for suspected animals and Pasteur treatments for bite victims.
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Board of Supervisors
Charles A. Steelsmith
Steelsmith
Joe Smith
Shafter
Ford City
Kern Academy debates student constitution revision
Kern Academy discusses revising the student body constitution. Student body president Charles Conley has appointed a committee led by chairman Le Roy Buller to study angles and report findings to the student body before final action. Other officers include Ed Duerksen as vice president and Lorraine Knecht as secretary and treasurer.
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Kern Academy
Charles Conley
Thas
le Roy Buller
Ed Duerksen
Lorraine Knecht
Kern Produce Moves to Marts
Kern County dispatch reports 1371 cars shipped to markets as Kern Produce shifts distribution strategy to direct-to-market channels across regional buyers.
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Kern Produce
MARTS
Kern County
First Fall Rain Storm Hits Shafter Tuesday Night
The first real rain of the 1937 fall season fell at Shafter Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Cotton growers said the rain did not damage the local crop beyond slowing picking, and by noon Wednesday harvesting resumed as the storm cleared. Lightning and thunder accompanied the showers, with a forecast of clear skies for the next few days.
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Shafter
George Harrison
United States
Experiece Rene Dany
Cotton Shipments From Shafter Begin Moving to L A Harbor
Shafter cotton shipments total 680 bales with most sent to Los Angeles harbor for worldwide distribution. Truck shipments totals not yet tabulated and no season-wide estimate given. Industry sources note a sharp acreage increase but current shipments trail last year due to harvest starting about ten days later.
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Shafter
Los Angeles Harbor
Mountain Potatoes Harvested by Shafter Growers
Mountain district growers in Tehachapi, Cummings Valley, and Kernville have nearly finished this season's harvest. More than 400 carloads have been shipped. Varieties include White Rose, Shafter long white, Bussett, and British Queen.
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Shafter
Techachapi
Cummings Valley
Kernville
M.A. Lindsay
Mountain District
Idaho
Farley to Speak in Kern County Next Wednesday
The prominent figure and his party are due to arrive at the county seat at 7 p.m. and will address a mass meeting there, attracting local Democrats and political observers.
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Farley
Kern County
Long On Temper Short On Bail Ends In Jail
Olin Bowen, 24, transient, was arrested by Constable John C. Reily and Night Watchman Albert Annis Monday night following a chase to a vineyard near Richland school. The man was captured after fleeing into shadows and a crash under police lights.
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Greece
Olin Bowen
John C. Reily
Albert Annis
Richland School
Last Rites Held For P. H. Buller Rancher
Funeral services for P. H. Buller a Maple district rancher were held Tuesday afternoon at the Four Fold Gospel church in Wasco with Rev. L. H. White reading the burial service. Buller died at his ranch.
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P. H. Buller
Maple District
Four Fold Gospel
Wasco
L. H. White
Go to Work or Face Kern County Vagrancy Order
Sheriff Ed Chamness launches a drive to seize idlers lacking support and offer county jobs harvesting crops. Those who refuse will be arrested on vagrancy charges. The policy targets pool halls and bars where strangers drift, promising work or removal to aid Kern County.
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Kern County
Ed Champness
Champness
Kern
Chamness
Spud Acreage Sets Possible Limits for Next Season
Farm administration officials report a nationwide referendum showing growers favor stabilization. The A A A will allocate a national acreage limit between 3,100,000 and 3,300,000 acres among states counties and farmers with benefit payments for those within goals.
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Farm Administration
Breckenridge Park Offered To Kern For 45000
San Francisco administrator J L Hanna of the Frank E Munzer estate proposes selling 4700 acres known as Breckenridge Park for 45000, under $10 per acre, if the deal closes by year end. A Kern group meets Friday to plan presenting the proposal to the Board of Supervisors, with options to sell to the state or the county or both.
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Gonian Club
J. L. Hanna
San Francisco
Frank E. Munzer
Hanna
Board of Supervisors
Hanna Cas
Suit Against Constable Dismissed in Bakersfield Court
A civil suit of $11,000 against Constable John C. Reily and his bonding company was dismissed by Presiding Judge R. B. Lambert in superior court Bakersfield after nearly two years. Lloyd Cox, once a prisoner at Folsom, filed the case in November 1935, with repeated delays on technical grounds. An immediate hearing followed Cox’s transfer to Folsom for a robbery charge from Pixley, leading to the dismissal while Cox was in Shafter jail.
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John C. Reily
R. B. Lambert
Bakersfield
Lloyd Cox
Folsom Penitentiary
Marks
Cox
County WPA Projects Suspended Friday
E W Cummings district manager suspended all PWA projects in Kern county on Friday to provide all possible labor in the cotton fields. Only three skeleton crews remained active making workers available for field tasks.
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PWA
Kern Couunty
E. W. Cummings
Rabies Control Emphasized by Kern County Health Chief
Clifford H. Baughman, Kern County health chief sanitarian, told the Shafter Business Men on Friday that all must know rabies symptoms and report cases. He warned that rabid dogs often are household pets and that dumb rabies can be more dangerous due to misrecognition.
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Clifford H. Baughman
Kern County Health Department
Shafter Business Men’s Association
Baughman
Kern County
Transplanting Onion Sets To Begin On Local Farms
Onions grow on several Shafter farms as green fields of sets attract attention. Sets will be transplanted by hand this week with most planting next month. Local growers expect a possible 30 percent drop in onion acreage next year. Major area growers include Lachenmaier Neu man Phil Ohannesson Zimmer man brothers J C Ohannon son F W Handel W F Mettler J H Maurer and others.
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Shafter
Lachenmaier and Neuman
Phil Ohannesson
Zimmerman Brothers
J. C. Ohanesson
F.W. Handel
W. F. Mettler
J. H. Maurer
Log Cabin Restaurant Under Construction in Town
E. D. Hammond of Petaluma has leased Dr. Taylor Tabb's Central avenue frontage opposite Shafter Theater and begun a Log Cabin drive-in. The 24 by 70 foot exterior will feature red wood bark with storerooms and restrooms in the rear and the restaurant in front. Hammond already runs a Log Cabin in Petaluma.
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E. D. Hammond
Petaluma
Taylor Tabb
Central Avenue
Shafter Theater
Hammond
Kern Raisin Growers Oppose Proration Plan
Kern county raisin growers have gone on record opposing a prorate plan for the industry. The dispute centers on how production quotas would be allocated among farmers and affects future raisin supply.
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Kern County
Seed Spuds Begin Arriving Here for Next Season
Seed potatoes, crucial for raising Shafter's long white tubers, arrive in carload lots with six loads received this week and more expected next week. Most seed so far comes from the north and planted here next season. Growers consider various brands, with acreage likely steady or slightly reduced from last season. U S No 1 potatoes topped yields, followed by Golden, Bliss Triumph, and White Rose strains. Chippawa failed due to disease. Warba noted as rough with pink eye.
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Shafter
U. S
United States Department of Agriculture
Cotton Ginned At Shafter Near Four Thousand Six Hundred Bales
Total ginned this year at Shafter reached 4590 bales as of early morning from three plants. Officials expect a small decline in ginnings over the next two days.
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Shafter
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