SURPRISE VALLEY RECORD, CEDARVILLE, MODOC COUNTY, CAL THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1937 HOTEL MAN IS INJURED BY GAS Lloyd Ogle, manager of the Hotel Lakeview, was severely burned in a gas explosion last Monday evening in the kitchen of the hotel. The gas had been left on slightly in the kitchen range and when Mr. Ogle struck a match the explosion burned his hand, leg and singed his hair. Mr. Ogle’s burns although not severe are extremely painful and he will be incapacitated for sometime. A baby girl was born at the Lakeview hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maxwell. Mrs. Maxwell was formerly Wanda Heard of this place. GASOLINE LAMP BURNS COUPLE Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Taylor were burned severely at their home in Jess Valley on the Brooks ranch last Sunday night when a gas lamp near their bed exploded while they were reading. Despite the burns, the Taylors were able to get the blaze under control and avert the threat of having their home burned. WALTER DUKE OF YREKA DIES Funeral services were held Monday in San Francisco for Walter Dean Duke, a pioneer in the raising of purebred Hereford cattle in Modoc County. He died in Sutter hospital, following a long illness. Before entering the cattle business, Duke was a San Francisco newspaperman. He was connected with the Miller and Lux Company in San Francisco for a time. Duke operated several ranches on the extensive beats in Modoc and Siskiyou Counties. He owned a home in Yreka and holdings near there. The deceased leaves his wife, Mrs. Diana Bradley Duke, a granddaughter of former Governor Bradley of Nevada, Bradley Duke a student at Stanford is a son. Earl Duke of Dixon, Solano County is a brother. (1:3) HOMESICK BOY FLEES HOSPITAL The desire of Lewis Whipple, 14 year old Modoc Indian boy to be with his parents in their modest home rather than in the perfectly appointed, but lonesome tuberculosis ward of the Klamath Falls hospital may hasten his death. Lewis, recently placed in the hospital for treatment for the lung disease, fled from the institution late Monday, during a storm. Yesterday, he was found, weak from exposure and with his toes frozen, near the Triangle ranch, 40 miles from Alturas. He was placed in the Alturas hospital. The physicians said his condition had been aggravated by exposure and that amputation of his toes is probable. PROMINENT DENTIST WEDS Dr. G. N. Wilson, prominent Alturas dentist and Mrs. Erma Munroe were married in Reno Friday. Dr. Wilson is the senior member of the Wilson and Chace, dentist office and is well known throughout the county. Mrs. Wilson is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Summers of Alturas. MARRY IN S.F. Ethel Freeborne and Jimmie Sentman were married in San Francisco December 31, 1936. Mr. Sentman is employed by the Marina Street railroad in that city. LAKE CITY ITEMS The many friends of Grandma Franklin were grieved to hear of her passing at Alturas last Monday. Mrs. Franklin spent several years here and was well and favorable known always being a kind, loving and thoughtful neighbor. (3:3) To her loved ones, especially our fellow townsman J. W. Franklin, we extend our deepest sympathy. We have just heard of another death in the Franklin family but who it was we have been unable to find out for sure, but believe it to be a grandson, Marion Gallagher. (3:3) Leap year took two more of our bachelors, George McCullens and Billie Odbert. Mr. McMullens and Mrs. McMains were married at Cedarville and Mr. Odbert and Mrs. Josephine Toney in the southern part of the state. At the Weilmunster shower, Billie bragged he wasn’t afraid of the "big bad wolf" but she caught him just the same. Sincere congratulations go with these worthy people and may their joys multiply with the coming year. Mr. and Mrs. V. H. Childs took Roy Hobbs to Ashland last week where he consulted a specialist for ear trouble. Marietta Weilmunster has been having her share of troubles. She scratched an ankle on barbed wire at the schoolhouse long before Christmas, infection set in and she has even spent sometime in the general hospital. She has now been exposed to mumps, has prospects of a swell time. NEW PINE CREEK NEWS Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Vinyard and George Hammersley went to Woodland recently. Mr. Hammersley was operated on for bladder trouble. Mr. and Mrs. Vinyard returned home. Mr. Vinyard reports that Brother Hammersley seemed to be getting along very well and we sincerely hope that the operation will bring him back to good health. We mention last week that Mr. and Mrs. Lester Vernon were at Woodland Clinic and that Mr. Vernon was operated on but we learned later that both Mr. and Mrs. Vernon were operated on. We did not learn the nature of Mrs. Vernons’ trouble. We hope to hear of their speedy recovery and return to usual health. Mrs. Leo Mulkey who was taken to San Francisco accompanied by Dr. E. H. Kelty sometime ago, where Mrs. Mulkey was operated on at one of the San Francisco hospitals. Mr. and Mrs. William Grasser arrived here recently from Pine, Colorado. Mrs. Grasser was formerly Miss Helen Foster, who left here several months ago for Colorado and was married to Mr. Grasser on October 14, 1936. Mr. Grasser was formerly from Tennessee. Mr. and Mrs. Grasser may locate here. DIVORCE GRANTED Final decree of divorce was granted Orville Pack in superior court this week against Ethel U. Pack. Action for divorce was filed in the superior court this week by Louise Scott Brown vs. Silas B. Brown. Plaintiff charges cruelty. THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1937 NEVA LOWELL INJURES EYE IN EXPLOSION Mrs. Neva Lowell, wife of Chester Lowell of Fort Bidwell was taken to San Francisco Saturday to receive treatment for an eye injury caused by a fruit jar exploding. Mrs. Lowell’s son had placed a fruit jar in the oven to thaw out. As she passed the stove she noticed the jar and started to remove it when it exploded. A piece of glass hit her in the eye and it was thought for a time that there might be danger of her not being able to see out of the injured eye. Some delay was caused in Fort Bidwell waiting for a local physician, but when he did not arrive, Mrs. Lowell was brought to Cedarville Friday evening by her husband. Dr. Kennedy recommended that she be taken to San Francisco to a specialist. Upon her arrival in San Francisco, X-rays were taken and it was found that the cornea had been cut through and the piece of glass had entered the lens. According to attending physicians, unless complications set in, her sight will be restored. Last reports received by R. R. Baker Tuesday were to the effect that she would be able to see slightly by Wednesday. Mrs. Lowell is one of the valley’s most prominent women and it is hoped that she will not suffer any permanent effects from the injury. OPENS BRASS RAIL Leon B. Estes, well-known Modoc businessman and Arthur Pepperdine of Alturas have reopened the Brass Rail, a night club in Alturas. Word was received from Lake City this week that farmers in that locality had to thaw the cows out with a blow torch before they were able to obtain any "extract of Bossy". Walt Hussa, says that in days gone bye he would take his girl in a sleek one hoss cutter and ride miles to a dance in zero weather. That was before Henry Ford in invented that wonderful machine. It used to be so people couldn’t even put up their side curtains without being talked about and frowned upon by the village folk. Goodness. They must be doing something they are ashamed of. Who would want to hide their faces behind curtains "on a wonderful night like this?" Joe Dervan, uncle of Mrs. Leland Doss of Fort Bidwell, died in Alturas Thursday night. (1:3) MISS GELLESPIE LEAVES TO ATTEND LAW SUIT Miss Katherine Gellespie, stenographer in the office of Attorney Charles Lederer in Alturas left Saturday by train for Louisiana. She will appear to court in an action brought by her attorney for injuries received in an automobile accident, while attending her fathers funeral in that state sometime ago. Roy Strong of Eagleville was taken to the general hospital in Alturas seriously ill. Last reports were that his condition was unchanged. Tom Sullivan of Tuledad left Saturday for San Francisco upon receipt of word that his brother had been killed. (2:4) NEW PINE CREEK NEWS Peggy Ballard also has an infection in her hands, which is thought to be the same as Roma Wallas is recovering from. Jimmie Vincent and his grandmother, Mrs. James Vincent had their faces frost bitten on the coldest morning of the week. Duane Stimers of Cedarville broke his right arm Friday while cranking his car. EAGLEVILLE NOTES Roy Strong, youngest son of Mrs. Hattie Pratt has been seriously ill for the past few days. Monday morning he was moved to the hospital in Alturas, but no improvement has been noted so far according to word received here by his mother. Roy is suffering from diabetics and his many friends wish him a speedy recovery. Frank Murphey is still confined to his home with a lasting case of old fashioned flu. Mrs. William Young of Eagleville had a major operation Friday. LAKE CITY ITEMS Cold, well I guess yes. Our thermometer froze up hanging by the stove, so we don’t know how cold it was. Some say they used blow torches to thaw out the cows before milking. Well, anyway, Vincil Coppedge used a blow torch around in the cheese factory thawing out the pipes. Yours for some of that hot weather last summer. Mr. and Mrs. Elzie Chase of Alturas were visiting at the Wimer home last week. Mr. Chase is a brother of Mrs. Harry Wimer. John W. Franklin was called to Alturas last week by the illness of his father, A. B. Franklin. Mr. Franklin was suffering from a heart attack. Mervin Toney took John Franklin to Alturas. Bide Steward has the misfortune Monday to have his horse fall with him breaking his foot and badly smashing his leg. AROUND THE TOWN Typewriters, printing presses, pumps and what-nots are just getting thawed out after a sub normal temperature of 19 to 30 degrees below zero. We noticed that Bill Kennedy with the blow torch in hand getting his broken faucet thawed out. That Pete Seminario doing the Houdinie stunt of crawling under the French Hotel doing the same. L. A. Wheeler really lost something last week and offered a reward for getting same returned. What L. A. lost was the mercury in his thermometer. He says it’s now visible but we haven’t been able to collect as yet. George Woods was lucky during the cold snap. He states that not more than a dozen or so of his water pipes froze. Ray Abrams, the genial proprietor of the D. S. Denehy Company store was more than busily engaged in the keeping of his Chevy "un-frozen", the store warm, the pipes thawed, etc. Yep, Dan Craig had a great time helping him. Al Cox was right on the job too, pouring, pumping and feeding wood to his two big stoves in the theatre all day long in order to make it comfortable for his patrons. Gay Delmas is lamenting about her water pipes being frozen. She states that this is the first cold snap to freeze them. Frank Allen was kept busy during the week thawing out and assorting frozen produce. L. N. Pabst was busy clearing away drug sundries in the Pabst pharmacy, after the pipes in the second story of the Hotel Surprise building had burst and turned loose a young river. George Penland of the Hotel Surprise, with blow torch in one hand and a monkey wrench in the other was sweating in spite of the frigid atmosphere, when Jack Frost froze a number of pipes in the hotel building. Bill Sweet between keeping his car from freezing and his water pipes from bursting was stepping high during the 30 below weather. The Coo Coo Club was really in bad shape and Casey Henry was on the job early and late trying to get water through the frozen pipes. The T. H. Johnstone Company did not experience any ill effects from the cold wave for they do not have a water system at the store. However, Miss Cassie stated that all the pipes were frozen at their residence. Lloyd Tripp was another businessman busily engaged during the past week, trying to keep his water pipes thawed out. The Western Garage weathered the cold weather in fine shape without any frozen or broken pipes, as well as did W. G. Rea, Alex and Alex Ash. B. B. Robinson reported his pipes all frozen up at his residence. The Square Deal ice Cream Parlor and Barbershop was without water for a couple of days during the freeze up. Charles Cummins is having some difficulty thawing out obstinate water pipes. Although he can get water by using the old time hand power. Earl Benner reports that his artesian well froze up for the first time in history during the cold wave. In fact, everything was frozen up even the cash registers, for very little activity was in evidence during the inclement weather. That is with the exception of thawing pipes and draining water systems, etc. At the A. E. Noren residence the hot water tank froze up and blew the top off. Twenty-seven cars were housed each night in the Western garage during the cold wave. THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1937 When a prominent Alturas attorney woke up Sunday morning, he was informed that it was 10 o’clock. Never mind, said Charley. Please tell me the day. Last week people all over the State was bound for the snow. This week they are snow-bound. FIERCE BLAZE DESTROYS HOME BLAZE RAZES RANCH HOME OF MR. AND MRS. JESS STINER As we were going to press this evening at 5:45, the tolling of the fire bell aroused the populace of the fire, which had broken out at the ranch home of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Stiner, one-half mile south of town. The Fire Department responded immediately to the call, but were unable to do anything with their equipment, on account of the 20 degree below zero weather, the water freezing as soon as it hit the pipes and hoses. The origin of the fire is thought to have been a defective flew. All of the household effects, including the jarred fruits and bedding and etc., were saved. The loss is estimated at $5,000.00. Mrs. Al Monroe of this place is reported quite ill this week. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. ALBERTA BRANDTHOVER Funeral services were held in Davis Creek Thursday for Mrs. Alberta Franklin Brandthover, 23, daughter of J. A. Franklin. Mrs. Brandthover died last Tuesday in Tule Lake. (1:7) FORT BIDWELL HIGH-LIGHTS Mrs. Neva Lowell underwent an operation on her injured eye Monday. No word as yet been received as to the outcome, but we all hope for the best. Eugene Hanks received an injured back while learning to roller skate. He is somewhat improved at this writing. The small house of Mr. Ed Wolfe burned last week. Nightingales, the occupants, were very fortunate in being able to save everything from the fire. Shirley Wilson who received a seriously injured knee in a car accident last Easter is able to walk without the aid of a crutch or cane for the first time since the accident. ~~~~~~ Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds Family Researcher of "The Last Frontier" Modoc County, California --- Our outgoing mail is checked by ZoneAlarm AntiVirus.