NO PAPER IN MICROFILM FOR APRIL 18, 1933 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1933 RETURNS HOME AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS’ ABSENCE Mrs. Florence Mullins is home again after spending the winter with her daughter, Miss Mary, who is teaching school in Alturas. Mrs. Mullins recently returned from San Francisco, where she had been undergoing treatment, having lost the sight of one of her eyes, she is improving and the sight has been restored. LIKELY INDIAN WOMAN IS STABBED In an Indian celebration at Likely last Tuesday evening, honoring the memory of four Chieftains, who had passed to the happy hunting grounds during the early days. Harold Montgomery became overly intoxicated and became enraged on account of his wife refusing to dance with home. On going home sometime later the quarrel was renewed and Montgomery took a hunting knife and stabbed his wife twice in the back and once above the eye, inflicting serious wounds but she will recover. Tom Coffman, Likely deputy, arrested Montgomery and brought him to Alturas, where he was lodged in jail. His hearing came up last Thursday and he plead guilty to the charge of assault with a deadly weapon and he was sentenced to a term in San Quentin from one to ten years. NEW CITIZENS ARRIVE A baby daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Russell Taylor in Reno on April the 22nd, 1933. Both the parents of the new arrival are well known in Surprise, but for the past year have resided in Gerlach, Nevada. Born at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wheeler in Cedarville, California, April the 23rd, 1933, to Mrs. Eunice Hunt, a son. Mother and babe are reported doing well. APPOINTED CARETAKER OF CEDARVILLE CEMETERY Claude Mulkey has recently been appointed caretaker of the Cedarville cemetery. He succeeds Walker G. Robinson, who served in that capacity for a number of years and up till the time of his death last fall. MODOC FARMER IS KILLED UNDER DISCS OF PLOW Mark A. Livington, bachelor farmer of the extreme northwest corner of Modoc County suffered a horrible death several days ago, when his team he was driving on a disc harrow ran away precipitating him beneath the discs of the machine. Livington was alone at the time and his body was found by neighbors. Coroner J. F. Kerr and physicians who examined the body believe that death came almost instantly. The deceased was in the neighborhood of 55 years of age and leaves a mother and brother in Roseburg, Oregon, his remains being shipped from here to that place. He had lived in Modoc County for several years. (2:2) Born at St. Helena Sanitarium, April 8th, 1933 to Mr. and Mrs. A. Meyer (nee Charlotte Crampton) a 7 pound 7 pound baby, Ila Laurence Nick Tisserand, who has been in Westwood, Cal., Gardnerville, Nevada, and other parts during the winter returned to his old "stamping ground", in Cedarville last Saturday, where he will again take up his position of oaring to locals. Harold Miller, Hazel Lessig and Mary Lopez of Westwood were in Cedarville over the weekend and visiting with friends and relatives here. LAKE CITY NEWS Miss Winola Steward is improving slowly. She has been a very sick girl and for a time grave doubts were held for her recovery. Harold Parman was operated upon for appendicitis at Alturas last Wednesday night. Dr. Kennedy was the attending physician. We’ve heard some chicken in our time, now here’s one we would like to see bested: Mrs. C. A. Ward set a hen with fourteen eggs, a few days later she went out, found the hen with fourteen eggs and two little chickens. Solve the mystery. Mrs. Geraldine Ballard has been visiting with her sister, Mrs. M. M. Quirk and family. Messrs. George Heard and Harry Toney returned from Oakland last Thursday, where the latter has been taking radium treatments for cancer. EAGLEVILLE NOTES Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Cook, Elmer Cook, and Mrs. Guill were at Massacre Lake on a still hunt for arrowheads a week ago Sunday. Elmer informs us that discoveries totaled six. Lady Luck was evidently busy elsewhere. E. B. Grove and family, who have resided in Alturas for the past few months, moved to their old Eagleville home last Thursday. Harold Miller, former resident of Surprise Valley, visited Eagleville the past weekend with some relatives. They returned home Sunday to continue work the following day. (From Westwood) Russell (Shorty) Taylor, of Gerlach, is the proud father of a baby girl. Mrs. Elmer Wurth, of Davis, arrived here first part of last week, where she will spend a short vacation visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hill, of this place. Last week a truck and trailer, loaded with two hundred cases of eggs ran off the road near Buntingville and scattered the load hither and yon over the highway – scrambled eggs, we’d call it. Delbert Fitzpatrick, of the Modoc County Times at Alturas, accompanied by his young lady friend, were visitors in Cedarville last Sunday. William Thompson and Carl Peterson, of Glenbrook, Conn., arrived here last week, to visit for a time with relatives. Peterson left on his return trip after a few days’ stay and Thompson will remain for a while and visit with his uncle, Mr. Simon Bennett, of this place. George Hammersley, Mrs. J. U. Gentry and sons, Lair and Layton and Miss Peggy Heryford, of New Pine Creek, were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Heath Stanley Sunday. Mr. Berry of the Commercial Loan Company at Lakeview was in Surprise Valley Saturday attending to business matters. L. A. Wheeler, John Hawkins and several others of the cat-fishing fans were out on the banks of Pit River trying to land a mess of "cats". They report fair luck. ~~~~~~ Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds Modoc County, California "The Last Frontier" www.rh2o.com/modoc --- Our outgoing mail is checked by avast! AntiVirus. Avast! Is Free To Home Users.