SURPRISE VALLEY RECORD, CEDARVILLE, MODOC COUNTY, CAL WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1935 NEWS NOTES FROM NEW PINE CREEK Two more of our local young folks were married one day last week, who were Miss Beth Brownlee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Brownlee and Phillip Briggs, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Briggs. The ceremony took place at Lakeview, rev. Griffin officiating. The writer joins their many friends in wishing them the very best things in life and may their married life be a happy one. Floyd Smith was married at high noon Saturday to Miss Louise Garnett of Redding. They were married at the Redding Methodist Church. Those present bedsides the interested couple were the groom’s mother, Mrs. Della Smith and sister, Mrs. Henry Tuxhorn of New Pine Creek. The bride was just recently from Wichita, Kansas. Smith is employed with the PWA at Alturas. The writer joins friends in wishing the newlyweds success. J. A. Quinn, manager of the California Public Service at Alturas returned from a week’s business trip to San Francisco, Monday afternoon. He was accompanied by Mrs. Quinn and the report is that Mrs. Quinn suffered a slight injury in the bay city. Jean Smith last Sunday morning had the misfortune of running over the grade near the old highway camp in Cedar Pass. Smith escaped without injuries and his car was slightly damaged. OBSERVATIONS AND VIEWS BY THE Ed. Its still quite chilly our in the rarified atmosphere of Surprise Valley these days... Sunday, in spite of the elements, which produced several hundredths inches of moisture, the quail hunters were out in numbers with many getting bag limits. JUSTICE… and… being broke… closely hinge on David Lamson’s trial, which is now under way. Juries have twice said that Lamson is guilty of killing his wife with an iron pipe, but his lawyers won’t let him hang, as long as some one or rather somebody puts up money for his defense. Taxpayers have to raise all they (or He) can raise and when it’s over our surmise is that Lamsons’ neck will be broke… the backers will be broke… the county treasury of San Joaquin broke, his lawyers richer and justice sadder. How have you got it figured? And how about Hauptmann, for if he lives long enough it appears that he will be hung. His length of life as well as that of any other man in the condemned row, depends largely on how much money can be provided to fight off justice. MODOC MAN IS HELD AS THIEF J. L. Nelson, a stockman of the Likely district, who was arrested last week on the charge of the theft of two calves, one claimed by P. S. Dorris of Alturas and another by W. H. Flournoy of Likely, was held to answer in the superior court at a preliminary hearing yesterday. The officers say both calves were unbranded and not weaned. Nelson had de-horned them and was holding them in his weaning corrals. COW CLAIMS CALVES Dorris and Flournoy, becoming suspicious, each drove one of his cows into the corral. The cows claimed the calves. Nelson asserts the mistake was made in separating the cattle of the different owners. The date of the trial has not been set. Nelson was released under bonds. LAKE CITY NEWS JOTS The Lake City Flour Mill began rolling Monday, the first time since the severe cold spell two weeks ago. Mrs. Charles Carter is reported to be resting much better at this writing. Colds are prevalent in this community and some have been quite ill. CAR GOES INTO GUTTER While ascending Cedar Pass last Sunday afternoon and at a place just above the Cold Springs, where Miss Wirth and five of her pupils had the misfortune of going over the grade, Bide Steward in his new Ford V-8 struck an icy place in the road and slid into the gutter. The occupants of the car escaped injury, but the car was slightly damaged. DIPHTHERIA REPORTED IN ROUND VALLEY Dr. Tinsman reports a bad case of diphtheria at the old Gutzman place above Round Valley. The patient is a little child in a family living on the place. Dr. Coppedge, health Officer of Alturas was notified and will no doubt take proper precautions to keep the disease from spreading. – Adin Argus HEN ROOST ROBBED Some nightly marauder or miscreant last night entered and robbed the chicken house of Mrs. E. A. Wood of this place. ten fine chickens were stolen by the culprits, some of which had been pets for a number of years. Recently another theft of fowls was reported when Mrs. Lloyd Tripp lost a number of turkeys. Certain clues have been discovered and it is thought at this time that the parties committing these thefts will be apprehended. LOCAL BRIEFS Lawrence Haney, alias Hanes, who was recently found guilty of forging checks, was taken to San Quentin last Saturday morning by Sheriff John C. Sharp. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1935 NEWS NOTES FROM ALTURAS Miss Margie Hickerson is recovering nicely. She has been one of the Scarlet Fever victims. RANCH HAND SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES SUNDAY Hubert Eddie, 21, Alturas ranch hand met death Sunday morning, when he was thrown from his horse. Details as to how the accident occurred are lacking. Eddie was an employee on the Porter ranch east of Alturas. Eddie’s home was in Paradise and besides relatives in that California village, he is survived by a brother, Kenneth Eddie of Alturas. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. (1:2) NEWS NOTES FROM NEW PINE CREEK Joe Smith, local butcher, is one the sick list suffering with an attack of "Flu". Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Smith, who were married in Redding recently, were visitors here Saturday and Sunday. The Smith’s are making their home in Alturas. ALTURAS MAN IS TRAMPLED BY HORSE Ben Chambers, Alturas ranch hand, lies seriously injured in an Alturas hospital, due to injuries sustained Saturday. Chambers, while attempting to quiet a fractious horse, was trampled under foot. His is an employee on the W. J. Dorris ranch. BULL GORES HORSE A horse belonging to George Tierney was gored to death Thursday, by Tierney’s bull. Both animals had been quartered in a pasture and according to Tierney, the bull had previously been quite docile. MODOC MEN ARE CHARGED AS RUSTLERS Patrick Harkins and Samuel Scott, ranchers of the Centerville district, arrested last Wednesday on a charge of cattle rustling, have been held for the superior court under bonds of $250 each. They are to appear on December 3rd. The two were arrested by Deputy Sheriff Ray Tierney and Constable Ernest Server, who hid in a barn on the graves ranch to await the return of claimants of the carcass of a butchered 2-year old heifer. Harkins and Scott were arrested when they appeared. The officers say they found the hide of the stolen animal on Scott’s place with the brand cut out and the ears cut off close to the head. The severed ears were found hidden in the rafters of the barn. The butchered animal is the property of S. P. Dorris of Alturas. NEWS NOTES FROM FORT BIDWELL Mrs. Melvin Smith left last Monday for Chico, where she will spend the early winter months with her son, Darrell and family. Later on she plans to visit relatives in San Francisco and Los Angeles, before returning to her home here in the Spring. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cambridge have moved over from their home in Fandango and have taken an apartment in the Allenwood hotel for the winter months. THANKSGIVING In the year 1621, the Pilgrims who had settled in a new and uncultivated land were discouraged as winter approached. Crops sown so hopefully in the Spring were a failure and the brave pioneers who had left home and friends across the sea had endured privation and perils in their search for religious freedom. Many of their number had succumbed from lack of sufficient nourishment and longing for the sight of dear ones left in the homeland. Small wonder that they were dismayed by the thought of a famine; but as they worked and prayed on the last Thursday of November, a ship laden with food and clothing suddenly appeared on the horizon. The sturdy pioneers who had continued to call on their Creator for courage to bear affliction and adversity fell upon their knees thanking the Almighty God for His Beneficence and protection. A day of Thanksgiving was proclaimed which ever since has been observed annually in the United States on the last Thursday in November. Among the many blessings which we enjoy we should cherish Thanksgiving Day as one of our heritages. We may have had reverses and financial losses in the past year but let us count our blessings, not forgetting that many of the comforts and conveniences enjoyed today were made possible by the sacrifices of the little band of pioneers who settled in New England. Let us give thanks as individuals, acknowledging our special blessings enjoyed with friends and loved ones of the home circle, not forgetting to give praise and thanks. We are grateful for the guidance of the Divine Providence in the past and the assurance of His benediction and guidance in years to come. MARRIED IN RENO Marion Hawkins, formerly of Cedarville, but for the past year a resident of Reno, Nevada, was married to Don Haddock of that place last Thursday. (HEADLINES) TWO YOUNG MEN VICTIMS OF GUN SHOT WOUNDS SATURDAY MORNING JOHNNIE SEMINARIO, MONROE DORTON, SUCCUMB TO INJURIES SUSTAINED IN HUNTING ACCIDENTS Seldom has it been our duty to record so sudden a tragedy and death. A dark gloom spread over the entire community, when it was whispered from one to another last Saturday afternoon that Johnnie Pedro Seminario, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Seminario, had passed to that "undiscovered land, from whose bourne no traveler ever returns." Johnnie with his young friend, Elwin Stanley had left during the early morning hours for a quail hunt. Seeing a hawk on the ground, they stopped their truck, to take a shot at it. Through some means, while putting the gun into the truck, it accidentally exploded, causing a full charge of the shot to enter the left shoulder at a point between the heart and the lungs, with several of the shot, puncturing the lungs. The accident occurred near the Jim Poore ranch east of town. When Elwin found that his young friend had been shot, he called to Mr. Poore, who was in a neighboring field working. Upon coming to the scene, he saw the condition that Johnnie was in and rushed for the house for cloths to stuff in the cavity of the wound, in an effort to check the constant bleeding. He was immediately brought to the home of his parents and medical attention was sought. It happened that Dr. Kennedy was in Eagleville attending a similar case of gunshot wounds and Dr. Pate of Alturas was summoned. All that medical assistance could do was without avail, for at 2:15 Saturday afternoon, November the 23, 1935, Johnnie Pedro Seminario, aged 15-years, 3 months and 10 days, passed to the great beyond. Johnnie was born at Eagleville, California, on August the 13, 1920. Living but a short time at this place, Mr. Seminario and family moved to Cedarville, where he attended the Cedarville Grammar School, of which he was a graduate in 1932. Last year, he entered the Surprise Valley Union High School as a freshman… his youthful ambition being to go through high school without missing a single day…this he did until the horrible tragedy last Saturday morning. Johnnie was a studious lad, bright and winning in his ways and his circle of friends was a large one. Here in his youth, he played as a child; and was developing into an exemplary young man. To his heart broken parents, Mr. and Mrs. Seminario, his brother, Mitchell and his sister, Pearl, who now sit in sorrow, where his footsteps shall never again echo, we extend our heart felt sympathy in their hour of trial. (1:7) The second of a dual tragedy occurred Saturday morning, when Monroe Dorton and Kenneth Barber were hunting geese on the old Barber Ranch south of Eagleville. With Dorton in the lead, crawling on his hands and knees, followed closely by Barber, in sneaking upon a band of geese, the shotgun in Barber’s hand accidentally came in contact with sage brush, causing the hammer to be drawn back and accidentally discharge the gun. The entire load of shot struck Monroe Dorton in the hip, causing a mortal wound. Dr. Kennedy was called and all possible medical attention was rendered, without avail, for about midnight Dorton passed away. He was well known in the valley, having attended the Surprise Valley Union High School, of which he was a graduate in 1924. For the past several years he has been driving the Eagleville bus. He leaves to mourn his passing, his wife, Mrs. Nina Dorton and his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Dorton and a host of friends. Obsequies were held from the Community Church in Eagleville, yesterday. (1:6) A number of local nimrods spent Sunday in the Tulelake section after the Duck and Goose. Reports are that they all got the limit. THIS AND THAT Two regrettable accidents this week, proves the vital need of first aid instruction for all. – A move at the present time to organize a group of first aid stations throughout the valley, might be of vital importance in the saving of lives in the future. In line with similar movements throughout the state at the present time, men, women and children are trained by local physicians and nurses on proper emergency treatments in accident cases, while awaiting the arrival of a physician. Several such stations… properly equipped would do much to alleviate suffering and loss of life. It has been said, that if one yells loud enough and long enough, he can get what he wants… and though it may be useless to bring up the subject, almost weekly some car goes over the grade, on or near Cedar Mountain… How about those guard rails and warning signs? – Attention Mr. Cato. TRUCK GOES OVER GRADE FRIDAY A truck belonging to Percy Harris went over the grade near the highway camp the other side of Cedar Mountain Friday morning. The driver, Walter Kober escaped injury, though the truck was badly damaged. ~~~~~~ Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds Family Researcher of "The Last Frontier" Modoc County, California --- Our outgoing mail is checked by ZoneAlarm AntiVirus.