SURPRISE VALLEY RECORD, CEDARVILLE, MODOC COUNTY, CAL WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1935 (Headline) BUTTE COUNTY WILL TRY McKAIN WANTED FOR MODOC THEFT DEPUTY SHERIFF IDENTIFIES STOLEN STUFF AS BELONGING TO MOYER Butte County has decided to try P. L. McKain, who was found in Oroville, after having stolen a lot of goods from Ernest Moyer in Alturas. This was determined by Deputy Sheriff Ray Tierney, who made a trip to the Butte County seat on his return from the trip to San Quentin with Bill Clements and Dewey Dibble. Sheriff Albert Gibson had several charges he wished to try McKain on and decided to hold him there. Meanwhile a warrant will be issued for McKain here and he will be returned here if he is ever acquitted there. Moyer identified most of the goods he had lost. There were two drill presses, however, which could not be located which the local man had missed. Born in Alturas, Monday, August the 24th, 1935, to Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Fitzpatrick, a daughter. FUNERAL HELD FOR ED L. SMITH Funeral services were held in Alturas Tuesday for Edward Llewelyn Smith, aged roundhouse foreman, at Alturas for the old NCO railroad. Mr. Smith died in San Francisco Sunday. He was laid to rest beside his wife and daughter in the Alturas cemetery. (1:2) HISTORIC RIFLE ALTURAS MAN HAS At Redding, Sunday, they buried Horace Williams, a stage coach driver, who was known to many persons in Northern California, as one of the many victims of the hold-ups of Black Bart, the notorious highwayman. M. G. Belli, in Alturas has the gun, which Black Bart used in many of his hold-ups. (1:2) LONG TERM SENTENCE CLEMENTS GETS FIVE YEARS TO LIFE AND DIBBLE 5 TO 14 Acting Superior Court Judge E. C. Bonner, Wednesday sentenced Bill Clements, confessed slayer of Frank Martin, Indian to San Quentin for five years to life and sentenced Dewey Dibble to Five to 14 years for assault with intent to kill with a deadly weapon, for his slashing Clements with a knife in the weekly Indian fight at Adin, a week ago Sunday. The men were taken to San Quentin Thursday by deputy Sheriff Ray Tierney. He also took Louise Crabstein, a CCC youth from Board Corrals, to Stockton, where he was returned to the insane asylum. Crabstein was a combination Napoleon, Clark Gable and Tarzan and had for several weeks thrilled the young and frightened the old in Alturas, since his discharge from the conservation camp. NEWSY NOTES FROM NEW PINE CREEK Lester Vernon and Clarence Boyce, two of our well known carpenters, are busy remodeling the H. M. Fleming residence. Foster Vernon is a brick layer and building the brick flues. Davie Brickey seems to hold the record here for having the most operations performed on him at one time in this community. Last Saturday, he went to Lakeview to be operated on. He said to his father, "Dad, I don’t suppose there will be much left of me when the doctor gets thru with me." He had four operations performed by Dr. Leithead among them were the removal of tonsils, adenoids and the pulling of four teeth and the fourth we will let Davie tell you that. He is one of our splendid little men of 9. HITCH HIKER DRIVEN FROM HIGHWAYS BY MILLER SEARCH IS KILLED IN FALL FROM TRAIN LAST THURSDAY ALTURAS HOSPITAL IS SCENE OF DEATH OF JOHN JASKOVICH, 48 OF LAKEVIEW Fatal injuries to John Jaskovich, 48, of Lakeview, were results of the search, which has spread all over Northern California for Robert Miller, one of the slayers of Police Chief L. R. Daw at Dunsmuir. Jaskovich met his death as a result of being driven from the highways, where he was hitch-hiking to his home at Lakeview, Thursday. He fell beneath the wheels of the Great Northern freight train, near Nubieber and was rushed to the Modoc County General Hospital where an emergency operation failed to save his life. He met his death while on the operating table, as he was unable to stand the shock of both legs crushed. As he was being taken to the hospital by Deputy Sheriff Lee Vernon, he was conscious and talked freely. He was able to summon a wan smile as he was being placed on the operating table, but his strength waned with the administration of the anesthetic and lapsed into unconsciousness, which soon slipped into death. Both legs were crushed and horribly mangled, just a few inches below the hips. Futile tourniquets failed to staunch the flow of blood. He had lost about two gallons of blood by the time his heart stopped. Since the shooting of Police Chief Daw, about a month ago, motorists have been warned to not give rides to anyone in the northern area, in an effort to _____________ the net drawn for Robert Miller, who with C. L. Johnson killed the Dunsmuir police chief. Motorists have followed this advice and this made the hitch-hikers hit for the railroads. (1:6) FORMER RESIDENT IN THE MARINE CORPS Regardless of how small a town may be, an adventurer may be born to it if destiny so decrees. This is substantiated in word received from Marine Corps headquarters, Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, that Private Harry E. Rose is finding adventure in the ancient city of Peiping, China. When Private Rose enlisted in the Marine Corps, he perhaps never dreamed that some day his duties would take him to the other side of the earth. But on May twenty-seventh, of this year, he reported for duty with the Marine Detachment, American Legation in Peiping. Peiping is the site of the historical "Forbidden City" in which lived some of China’s greatest emperors. Subsequently, such a glamorous environment marks Peiping as one of the most colorful posts in the Marine Corps. And only because of the fact that Private Rose maintained an excellent record, did he finally earn his transfer there. Because of this, he saw service at the Marine Barracks, Guam, to which station he was transferred upon completing his recruit training at the Marine Corps Base, San Diego. Prior to entering the service, Private Rose lived here with his mother, Mrs. Mary Prewitt. FORT BIDWELL HIGHLIGHTS Miss Rogers, a trained nurse, arrived last Tuesday to take up the duties as head nurse in the local Indian Hospital recently vacated by Mrs. Dempsey. Mrs. Eunice Baty, who has been quite ill in the Lakeview Hospital, was able to return to her home last Sunday. We are glad to learn she is much improved. LAKE CITY NEWS NOTES Mrs. Bruce Steward’s mother, sister and their families from Eugene, Oregon are spending a few days here. They are on their way to Texas. We regret to hear that Mrs. Grace Carter is not so well. Mrs. Carter has been in bed for several days. Mr. Joshua Streif fell from a ladder while picking apricots last week, injuring his back. At this writing, Mr. Streif is unable to do but very little. ~~~~~~ Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds Family Researcher of "The Last Frontier" Modoc County, California --- Our outgoing mail is checked by ZoneAlarm AntiVirus.