SURPRISE VALLEY RECORD – CEDARVILLE, MODOC COUNTY, CAL. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1930 JACK WHEELER MEETS WITH PAINFUL ACCIDENT Yesterday afternoon a terrible accident happened when Jack Wheeler started to crank his Chevrolet roadster, in front of Denehy’s store. The battery being dead, he cranked the car by hand. It seems the car was left in low gear and when cranked the engine started, causing the car to run forward. Jack tried to hold the car back, but due to the fact that it was pavement, it pushed him backwards into the corner of the door, thus catching his left leg between the corner and the spring on the machine. His leg was laid open from the knee to the ankle; the bones were broken in two places and badly mashed. The car was immediately pushed into the clear by a group of men standing near the scene of the accident and Jack was taken to Dr. Kennedy’s office, where the fractured member was dressed. At this writing, he is getting along as well as possible under the circumstances. Lem Toney returned from Gerlach Monday; he spent the holidays with his daughter, Mrs. Thomas Quirk and family. Elmer Toney was in from Nevada yesterday spending New Years here in Cedarville. FORD COUPE ROLLS OVER THREE TIMES AND LANDS ON WHEELS Last Saturday while going to Alturas, Pete Espil, accompanied by his sister, Marie, were rounding the turns just south of the old Raymond Turner place, the car kidded on the loose gravel, causing it to roll over three times and the roll it lit on its wheels. The occupants were somewhat shaken, but neither were hurt, although they display various bruises on their bodies. The car was somewhat damaged and scratched, but was able to come back to Cedarville on its own power. Born at Cedarville, Cal., to Mr. and Mrs. Martin Lartiroygen, a daughter Santa Claus took "Mr. Stork’s" job away from him "Xmas" eve and left at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Toney, twin baby girls. Each was weighing around five pounds. Congratulations are extended to the extended to the happy parents. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1930 LAKE CITY NEWS Miss Violet Vaughn has been employed as nurse in the Lakeview Hospital. Miss Charlotte Cramton, who has been visiting with relatives and friends during the holidays, has returned to her position at the St. Helena Sanitarium, taking her mother, Mrs. Oliver Cramton, who will stay with her this winter. Mrs. George Toney accompanied by Mrs. Minnie Heard went to Woodland, where Mrs. Toney will be operated on at the Woodland Clinic. She is getting along nicely and her many friends here hope to welcome her home soon, completely restored to health. Mrs. Charles Vaughn is moving to Cedarville this week in order to send Lewis and Lavene to High School at that place. Harriett will also attend the Grammar School there. Born – At Cedarville, Cal., Jan 3, 1930, to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Garrison, a son WINDSTORM PLAYS HAVOC WITH SERVICE Poor excuses are better than none and the Record this week has a good excuse to offer, due to the fact that we are issuing two days late; well, here are the facts, a severe windstorm visited Surprise Valley and vicinity last week and everything loose or movable in its path was either blown over or ripped off its place of resting. Simon Bennett’s cottages suffered severe effects from the storm thus tearing off one of the garages in connection with the cottages; Several trees were blown down and small buildings being toppled over; also the wind got underneath the roof of Jurena’s new paddle ball court and several sheets of the metal were blown off before it could be repaired. Now the sad part of the tale is that there was also some wind on the mountain and as you all know it blows like the very mischief up there. Well the electric transmission line comes to Cedarville over this pass and the wires got tangled up with the wind and got the worst of it and were broken in several places. Men were soon on the job, but due to the distance to be covered, it took the linemen several days to replace the broken wires and restore power into Cedarville. Now the current being off from Saturday forenoon to Wednesday afternoon, we are forced to make the excuse that on account of no current, we were in this way delayed. Miss Aileen Atkinson id employed in the L. A. Wheeler home, during Mrs. Wheeler’s absence and is assisting in nursing Jack, who had his leg broken one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Somer Beeson, who have been in the valley for the past six weeks, left for their home at Davis Creek last Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stanley arrived here last weekend from Alameda, where they had been at the bedside of Fred’s father, who has been seriously ill at that place for sometime; they report his condition somewhat improved. Leo Weilmunster and wife were in from Nevada last Monday; they bucked snow for about twelve hours before arriving here. Winfred Gooch, while chopping wood yesterday had the misfortune of cutting his left hand. He was taken to Dr. Kennedy for treatment and about six stitches were taken in the injured member. Born – At Eagleville, Cal., Jan 5, 1930, to Mr. and Mrs. Warren Slinkard, a daughter, weight 11 pounds Mrs. and Mrs. H. O. Hughes and daughter, Miss Marion Bogert, left for Oakland Tuesday morning, where they will spend a short time visiting Mrs. Hughes’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Smalls, of that place. They will be absent about ten days. Miss Marion will enter the State teachers’ College at San Jose. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1930 TOM KENNEDY SUFFERS INJURY TO HIS EYE Last Thursday, whole playing basketball, Tom Kennedy received a painful injury to his left eye. While trying to get the ball, it seems that Dale Davis was there about the same time and in the melee, Davis jabbed his thumb in Kennedy’s eye and injured the eyeball. Tom, accompanied by his brother, Milo, immediately left for Reno, to consult a specialist and have his eye treated. The encouraging report come that he will not lose the sight of his eye, as was at first feared; he can now distinguish objects three to five feet away. Milo returned Monday from Reno, but Tom will remain for sometime under the specialist’s care. MANY QUAIL PERISH DURING LATE STORM Now that the quail season is over the festive birds thought they were over for this year but from appearances, it seems as if their troubles have just begun with the coming of the big snowstorm and cold weather that has been prevalent during the past three weeks. The ranchers in Surprise report that a large number of these birds have been found frozen to death during the past week, and if the cold weather continues, most of the quail here will be frozen to death. When a big snowstorm comes, the quail gather under logs or brush and stay there until it is too late to get out and thus imprisoned under the snow, freeze to death. Even though the ranchers protect the quail from the sportsmen during the open season, a large number meet their death in this manner. HARD TO BELIEVE SUCH CONDITIONS EXIST IN MODOC A family of four ragged and half starved children, one a total invalid, fighting for very existence in all the filth and squalor of a cold, practically bare two-room shack, with the freezing blasts of winter whistling thru the cracks in the wall and white snow flakes sifting down thru the leaky roof above – a picture of utter misery and wretched poverty – could you imagine such a condition in Modoc County? Few of us can. Yet such a situation was brought to light Tuesday morning by William Conklin, when he appeared before the Modoc County Board of Supervisors, says the Alturas Plaindealer. Conklin, who operates a sawmill on the Adin Mountain, that a family of four children, one 16-year old boy and three girls, 14, 12, and 8 years old respectively, had been left on their own resources when their mother, Mary A. Thomas, a month ago, left for Sacramento, where she had been in the County hospital convalescing from an operation. The little family has been existing for sometime on food given them by kind neighbors. Deputy County Clerk, Ella Sloss motored out to the shack on the Alturas-Redding road, to investigate the case. According to Mrs. Sloss, the conditions found was, hard to imagine in Modoc County. Of the children, one, a 12-year old girl, as the result of an attack of spinal meningitis, which she suffered at the age of 13 months, is entirely helpless and unable to talk. The investigators found that the three older children has taken turns going to school and attending their little invalid sister. The furnishings of the little hovel consisted of a stove, two beds and a table. Part of a sack of flour and a few potatoes were the only provisions in evidence. Supervisor Caldwell and Mrs. Sloss, returning to Alturas, reported their findings to District Attorney, Oscar Gibbons, who communicated with the mother in Sacramento and learned that she intended to arrive in Alturas today. The little crippled girl has been brought to the County hospital and the other three youngsters are being looked after by neighbors until the return of their mother. The youngsters, who were unable to recall much of their father, stated that they had come from Klamath Falls last fall. The Patterson Slough Bridge is open. Constructed under the direction of County Engineer George A. Posey, the new structure, 44 feet wide between curbs and giving a 4-lane traffic route, opens a clear highway to the southern counties. Posey also announced the opening of the Niles Canyon road, closed when the Western Pacific tunnel burned. A steam shovel on the Carmel-San Simeon highway unearthed evidence between Villa and Alder creeks, that many years ago, an Indian village by the sea was obliterated by a landslide. The shovel brought to light skeletons, tomahawks heads, pieces of buckskin thongs, a stone mortar, arrowheads, pestles and other relics. Skeletons in prone position afforded proof that the village was buried by a landslide for it was the Indian custom to bury the dead in a sitting posture with knees drawn up under the chin. H. L. Leventon, in charge of construction, is sending a description of the articles to the department of ethnology, University of California. Clifford (Pat) Franklin, former owner of the Ace High Barbershop and Miss Claudine Roberts, of Portland, were married at Alturas last Saturday. On Monday evening, a number of their friends treated them to an old fashioned charivari. The young couple will make their home in Fort Bidwell, where Mr. Franklin recently established a barbershop. Willard Sweet, of this place, was suddenly stricken with appendicitis last Thursday and was taken to Alturas for an operation. At last report he is getting along splendidly and hopes to be out in a few days; Dr. Kennedy is the attending physician. Born – At Cedarville, Cal., Jan 10, 1930, to Mr. and Mrs. Vern Wheeler, a girl. Born – At Cedarville, Cal., Jan 14, 1930, to Mr. and Mrs. Willard Clark, a son WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22ND, 1930 HOME OF JOHN FRANKLIN BURNS TUESDAY NIGHT Last Tuesday evening, John Franklin’s home, north of Lake City, the origin of the fire has not been determined but it is thought that the soot in the flue caught fire and burned thru the plaster and thence into the attic where it caught to the rafters. Mr. Franklin was the only one present at the time the fire occurred, which was about nine o’clock at night. He at one time thought the fire under control but due to the smoke, he could not see the blaze until it was to late to save the house. A few of his personal belongings were saved, but other than these, the entire furnishing and the structure were completely demolished. We understand that no insurance carried on the property. Tom Kennedy, who had his eye seriously injured two weeks ago and has been at Reno receiving treatment, is expected home Friday. His sight of the injured eye has been restored we are very glad to hear. Phyllis hays, who was operated on at the McKenney hospital at Alturas last week, was able to return to her home last Sunday; she is the eldest (The statement wasn’t finished) Mrs. Charles H. Simson and two children, of Yreka, arrived here this morning. She is taking the place of Miss Ann Murphey in the High School faculty. Miss Murphey resigned on account of the illness of her father. Isaac Sanders, who recently came to this valley, died at the McCloud ranch, south of Eagleville Monday, after a brief illness. He was born in Jefferson, Illinois, in 1844. His remains were buried in the Cedarville cemetery today, Rev. V. A. Vinyard conducted the services. Undertaker Lloyd Tripp directed the interment. (8:5) Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Kennedy have gone to Arizona, where they will remain for at least several weeks and as their plans are indefinite, they may not return to Westwood for two or three months. Mr. Kennedy has been in very poor health for the past several months and they hope that this trip to the southern state will enable him to regain lost health. – Westwood Sugar Pine Fifty-one inches of snow fell in Westwood, Lassen County, during the late storm. Total precipitation for the year to date in that section is 16.80 – 3.77 more than last year and a little over two-thirds of normal for the entire year. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29TH, 1930 Mitchell Tillotson, editor of the Modoc Times, of Alturas, is reported on the sick list this week. He is suffering with hemorrhages of the head. Father O’Driscoll was over from Alturas last Sunday and conducted the funeral of Gene Ytzaina. Last Thursday, Pete Laxague and Pete Ytzaina arrived here from Quincy with the body of Gene Ytzaina, who died at that place recently. Services were held at the Catholic Church her in Cedarville last Sunday. His body was then taken to the Eagleville cemetery where it was interred. He leaves to mourn his death a large number of relatives in Surprise. (1:4) NEWSY JOTS OF LOCAL INTEREST Numerous mountain quail are reported coming into the valley since the last snowstorm, which drove them out of the mountains. Tommy Rea left last week for San Francisco, where he will enter Heald’s Business College; he will take up Electrical engineering. Born – At Bieber, Cal., January 15, 1930, to Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Martin of Fort Bidwell, Cal., a son. Mrs. Martin was Miss Grace Jack, of Bieber before her marriage. Mrs. John W. Taylor, of Eagleville, is seriously ill with pneumonia this week; her sister, Mrs. Charles Cummins, of this place, is at her bedside. Oliver Cramton left yesterday morning for St. Helena, where he will spend a short time visiting his wife, who is in the Sanitarium at that place. Elden Dorton of Eagleville and Mrs. Alice Baty of Cedarville were married at the Methodist Parsonage Tuesday evening January the 28th, with Reverent Virgil A. Vinyard officiating. Frank A. Henry and Miss Ruth Bachtel acted as witnesses of the ceremony. The couple will make their home in Surprise Valley. Robert Baty, father of A. L. and bob Baty of this place is seriously ill at his home in Fort Bidwell this week. ~~~~~~ Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds Modoc County, California "The Last Frontier" www.rh2o.com/modoc --- Our outgoing mail is checked by Norton AntiVirus.