Cotton Field Day at U S Cotton Experiment Station Shafter
Field Day at the U S Cotton Experiment Station in Shafter is set for Friday September 20 at 1 30 P M George Harrison station superintendent notes the event will showcase experiments with various cotton varieties strains and pests aims to breed superior cotton resistant to wilts nematodes and insects. open to Kern county growers and San Joaquin valley participants with tours of current field trials and crop rotation discussions.
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U. S
Shafter
George Harrison
California
Kern County
Harrison
State of California
San Joaquin Valley
Sierra high school league adopts 1935 football schedule
The 1935 football schedule for the Sierra high school league was officially adopted at Shafter high school. Attendees included Dr. Ben Crandall unable to attend as president, with E P Jones presiding, plus principals and coaches from Wasco McFarland Tehachapi Maricopa Shafter. The schedule lists games from September 27 through November 1 with various home and away dates and several byes.
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Shafter High School
Ben Crandall
Wasco
E. P. Jones
Shafter
Smith
Paul Wise
Lester Hedge
Charles Flannigan
Don Bell
McFarland
Sidener
Tehacapi
Princre R. Cookman
Bill Cle
Maricopa
J. V. Wilson
Bill White
After
Tehachapi
Marc
Marico Oi
Maicopa
Was
Mineral Society Opens Fall Meeting in Bakersfield
President T. V. Little presided at Kern County Mineral Society’s first fall meeting in Bakersfield Monday evening. Shafter members Gene Rose Sette Jack Hare and Donald Lit attended. Speaker Pr. Grossback of Porterville delivered a most interesting talk.
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T. V. Little
Kern County Mineral Society
Bakersfield
Shafter
Gene Rose- Sette
Jack Hare
Donald Lit
Pr. Grossback
Porterville
Provisions of the Potato Act of 1935
Long-form text outlining Sections 204 to 211 of the Potato Act of 1935 including how quantities are set and adjusted by the Secretary of Agriculture, apportionment rules to farms based on past production, tax exemption stamps, regional designations, and transfer rules.
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Secretary of Agriculture
District of Columbia
Maryland
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Secretary of Agricult
Central Valleys Water Project gets $20 million federal loan
President Roosevelt approves a $20,000,000 federal loan to start the $170,000,000 Central Valleys Water Project. Dr. Elwood Mead, reclamation commissioner, will inspect and decide first construction parts, with Friant Dam favored for a $14,000,000 plan. The project aims to store and divert San Joaquin River waters, create electricity, and curb saltwater intrusion in the delta regions.
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Sacramento-San Joaquin Valleys
Roosevelt
Central Valleys
Elwood Mead
Reclamation
Boulder Dam
Bureau of Reclamation
Mead
Friant Dam
San Joaquin Valley
Kennett Dam
Contra Costa
County and Transmissioon Lines
Friant
Madera Canal
Friant-Kern
San Joaquin
Tulare
Kern
Madera
Federal Reclamation Bureau
Public Works
Earl Lee Kelly
Gecerory
Kennett
Sacramento
Voters Defeat Annexation Proposals in Wasco and Earlimart
Farmers in Wasco district vote 108 for and 117 against annexation to the Southern San Joaquin Utilities District by nine votes. Earlimart district voters reject a similar measure by 238 to 168.
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Wasco
San Joaquin
Earlimart
Shafter Teacher Conducts McFarland Church Services
J H Porterfield head of the English department at Shafter high school led services at Community Methodist church in McFarland substituting for Rev H G Langley who attended a conference in Omaha next Sunday morning Porterfield to officiate again at the same church next Sunday morning.
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J.H. Porterfield
Shafter High School
Community Methodist Church
McFarland
H. G. Langley
Omaha
Nebraska
Mr. Porterfield
Potato Allotments in November Under New Control Act
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration prepares regulations for the Potato Control Act. National allotments and state allocations are expected to be announced before November 1 after consultations with potato growers. The act targets normal production, prevents overproduction, and aims to stabilize grower prices without raising consumer costs. It exempts from tax a quantity deemed sufficient for current consumption at parity prices.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Washington Administration
M. A. Lindsay
Kern Couny
Agricultural Adjustment Administrator
Potato Section
The
Potato
Bakersfield Supervisors Debate Sheriff Office Radio Project
A heated Bakersfield courthouse dispute centers on a proposed broadcast system for the sheriff’s office. Supervisors Woodlames Parish Hinman Abel, Sheriff Champness and County Purchasing Agent Agey push for a standard radio setup, while Supervisor Wimmer advocates a custom designed unit. The clash escalates after a telegram from the federal communications secretary reveals the permit for the broadcasting station was rejected, sparking sharp exchanges about ethics and cooperation.
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Court House
Bakersfield
Sheriff's Office
Woodlames
Parish
Hinman and Abel
Ed. Champness
Ralph Agey
Wimmer
Chasing Force
Secretary of Federal Communications
Pee
Champness
Agey
Immer
Alleys in Shafter to be ded, oiled and sanded project
A SERA project will upgrade Shafter alleys with dust removal and resurfacing as work moves from field headquarters to the city. Contact details were not fully clear in the report.
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Shafter
Ersfield
Fight for high quality cotton seed urged at Kern gathering
Prominent Kern County cotton men urged an aggressive, continuous fight to raise seed quality after a visit to the U S Experimental Farm. George H. Harrison led a farm tour, L W Frick chaired talks by experts and financiers, and Stanley R Pratt praised federal and state support for seed regulation while groups from San Joaquin Cotton Oil and other firms attended.
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Shafter
U. S
George H. Harrison
L. W. Frick
Pure Seed Distributors
Hughwewett
Frick J
Kern County
Td Fien
Stanley R. Pratt
Werner
Harold Pomeroy
Kern
B. A. Madson
University Offornia
Uson We Omas
Girl Scouts Organize Shafter Troop No. 1
A new Girl Scouts troop is formed at the American Legion Hall with Mrs Beulah Hare as Captain and Mrs Ruth Hubbard as Lieutenant. Lois Annis serves as Scribe and Marian Harris as Treasurer, as members prepare for tenderfoot tests and plan a Frontier supper for October 4 at Legion Hall.
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Shafter
American Legion Hall
The
Legion
Iary
Mirs
Beulah Hare
Ruth Hubbard
Lois Annis
Marian Harris
Legion Hall
Eleanor Fox
Muriel Gage Ar
Ellen Hanson
Marian Harrison
Wilma Jean Henderson
Kathlene Janzen
Nedramics
Norma Lohr
Virinia Nay
Norma Neufeld
Phylis Preive
Earlene
Lou Reilly
Patty Stringham
Club delegates attend Kern Federated Clubs meeting
Mrs J J Peters Jr Mrs J P Arnold and Mrs C P Morgan represented the Wednesday Afternoon Club at a Kern County Federated Clubs meeting in Delano Tuesday.
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J. J. Peters, Jr
J. P. Arnold
C. P. Morgan
Kern County
Delano
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U. S. Experiment Station
Girl Scouts
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