This is forwarded from NORCAL list. Interesting Siskiyou item here. Joanne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Loose" <betty@unisette.com> To: <NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 4:33 PM Subject: Sac Bee March 3, 1919 > Sacramento Bee > Monday, March 3, 1919 > Superior California News > > SECRETARY OF Y.M.C.A. AT OROVILLE GETS STATE POST > Will Be One of Three District Secretaries in California; Chico To Be > Headquarters > OROVILLE (Butte Co.), March 3 - F.M. DUCKLES has resigned his position as > Secretary of the Community Y.M.C.A. in Oroville to accept a State > appointment as district Y.M.C.A. Secretary for Superior California. > His headquarters will be at Chico Three district secretaries are to be > appointed, the other two being assigned to Central and Southern California, > respectfully. > DUCLKES will have charge of the extension of community Y.M.C.A. work in > Superior California. > > NAME NEW RECEIVER > Robert D. Garrett Surrenders Control of Defunct Santa Rosa Bank; Eyesight > Failing. > SANTA ROSA (Sonoma Co.), March 3 - Robert D. GARRETT, for the last four > months receiver of the defunct Santa Rosa National Bank, has been succeeded > by John L. PROCTOR, a national bank examiner of Minneapolis. PROCTOR has > arrived here with his mother. > Garrett was compelled to relinquish the receivership because of failing > eyesight. > > ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR ARRAIGNMENT OF ACCUSED MURDER > WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), March 2 -Arrangements were being made to-day for the > arraignment of Byron J. ARCHER, Madison farmer, who is under indictment by > the Grand Jury for the murder of Herbert JONES following a quarrel over > pigs. Attorneys were also busy preparing a motion to secure bail for ARCHER. > The Madison man has been in the County Jail ever since the shooting February > 20th > J.R. JONES, father of Herbert JONES, who was killed by ARCHER, will rely on > District Attorney C.C. McDONALD to conduct the prosecution of the case. > McDONALD placed the matter in the hands of the Grand Jury after much > evidence had been introduced tending to indicate that ARCHER had shot in > self defense. > > AMADOR SAWMILL RUNNING FULL BLAST > JACKSON (Amador Co.), March 3 - The RUGGLES sawmill is now in full > operation, with over 150 men employed. Cedar, fir and sugar pine timber is > being converted into lumber. > > Summit Level Shows 154 Inches of Snow. > DONNER (Placer Co.), March 3 - An abundance of water for next season is > assured as the storms have deposited enough snow on the Sierras to warrant > plenty of water. > Snow on the level at the Summit totals 154 inches and is well packed. > > BEATS FORMER EMPLOYE > John F. Reddy, Siskiyou County Chrome Producer Alleges Pro-German Talk > Caused Attack. > SAN FRANCISCO, March 3 - Two prominent Superior California mining men > created a scene in the Palace Hotel here, when John F. REDDY, owner of > extensive chrome properties in Siskiyou County and one of the heaviest > chrome producers on the Pacific Coast, rained blows upon E.H. WEDEKIND, > mining engineer and formerly employe of Reddy, and sent hin to the floor. > REDDY, who formerly was Mayor of Medford, Oregon, and Chief of Police of > Spokane, Washington, was arrested on a battery charge. He told the police he > had discharged WEDEKIND last Summer because of his Pro-German sentiments. > Alleges Arrogant Reply > In telling the police of the matter he said: > When he gave an exceedingly arrogant reply to a civil question, I could not > contain myself no longer, and knocked him down. > Then I sat on him for a while. At the same time I delivered the blow I > called WEDEKIND a pro-German. He has previously tried to pester me with what > I consider insidious pro-German propaganda. > Recently one of the workmen on the mine hit him with a shovel on account of > his attitude. > > SHOULDER DISLOCATED PULLING MAN AWAY FROM LIVE WIRE > TONOPAH (Nev.), March 3 - Thomas GRIFFIN, local merchant, is suffering from > a badly burned hand and dislocated shoulder as a result of his fingers > coming in contact with a live electric wire. While in a local saloon he > reached for an article on a shelf and caught hold of an electric light wire > than had not been installed. > Griffin struggled vainly to release himself from the wire, and friends > dislocated his shoulder in pulling him away. Several men who sided Griffin > received severe shocks. > > THOMAS REACHES HOME > Farmer Adjutant General of State Served as Lieutenant Colonel in All But One > Campaign. > WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), March 3 - Still suffering slightly from the experience > of being gassed, Lieutenant Colonel Charles W .THOMAS, Jr., is back home > receiving the welcome hand of old-time friends. > Wearing the same happy smile that has characterized him as one of the most > joy-radiating officers in the United States army, the Lieutenant Colonel > stepped off the train to be quickly surrounded by scores of friends. > Although thirty pounds lighter than he was when he went to France, the > former Adjutant General of this State declared he is feeling fine except for > an occasional reminder of having been gassed by the Huns. > May Practice Law Here. > Woodland's military notable has received his official discharge from the > army. His future plans, however, are unsettled. He may go back to the > practice of law at Sacramento. > Colonel THOMAS saw service in all but one of the drives in which the > Americans participated. He was in the Champagne defensive, the Marne > offensive and the Argonne-Meuse fighting. He came out without a wound. > For a short time Colonel THOMAS served as staff officer at headquarters. > Met Yolo Soldiers. > While in France he met five Woodland boys - George ZANE, Ashley WORLEY, > Lester JOHNSTON, Grant BRUTON and Ashby DIGGS. > Mrs THOMAS and their three children are in San Francisco, but expect to > come here this week. > > VETERAN OF TWO WARS RETURNS TO WOODLAND > WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), March 3 - In the role of a new hero, Ben NEUSCHEL, > Spanish-American War veteran, is back from service with Uncle Sam's navy. > NEUSCHEL made six trips across the submarine zone. On three other > occasions his transport had to return to New York. > Struck Mine > Once his vessel struck a mine, while on another occasion it was discovered > that there were not enough experienced men aboard to take the ship through. > NEUSCHEL is a marine engineer. > > CAPTAIN KUSEL RETURNS > OROVILLE (Butte Co.), March 3 - Captain E.A. KUSEL has returned from Camp > Fremont, and will resume the practice of his profession as a physician here. > > CAPTAIN SENDS DETAILS OF TOLAND'S DEATH > OROVILLE (Butte Co.), March 3 - The Captain of the company to which Private > James TOLAND was attached has written to his mother here giving some details > of her son's death. > The letter stated that he was killed in the Argonne Forest battle. The > date of his death is given as September 29th, and not October 13th as > reported by the War Department. > > FOUR SONS ARE WELL > MANTECA (San Joaquin Co.), March 3 - Mr. and Mrs. E.N. PIERCE have received > letters showing that their four sons, all of whom were in action in France, > are well. > The most recent letter was from Bryan PIERCE, who has been in the Aviation > Corps for over a year, and it was the first word received from him in eleven > months. > > WOODLAND - No trace has been found of the thieves who stole a new automobile > from the garage of J.L. HARLAN located within two blocks of the police > station. The machine belonged to Mrs. HARLAN and had been purchased only a > week ago. It carried two costly tires as extras. > > T.B. SMITH DIES > Pioneer Served Shasta County and Redding as Early Day Public Official. > REDDING (Shasta Co.), March 3 - Thomas Burton SMITH, in early days Shasta > County's Clerk and County Assessor and for several years in late times > Redding's City Clerk, died last night, aged 75 years. > He was an Odd Fellow for fifty-one years. > Came West in 1852. > Thomas Burton SMITH was born in Burlington, Iowa, on March 10, 1844. On the > death of the father the mother and her son of 8 years came to California, > where the mother died five years later. T.B. SMITH was the youngest in the > family of eight boys and girls, all of whom lived to a ripe old age. > Following the death of his mother, SMITH worked and schooled himself, but > when the Civil War broke out he enlisted. After the war he came to the old > town of Shasta, where he followed mining. > Married in 1867 > On Christmas Day in 1867 he and Miss Martha McFARLIN of Ono were married. > Of their seven children the following are living: George T. SMITH, Redding; > Burton L. SMITH, Redding; Mrs. Dave BRESLAUER, Redding; Mrs. William S. > BOGGS, Berkeley, and Harvey SMITH, St. Louis. > Served as Public Official > T.B. SMITH entered public life as Deputy County Assessor under the late > W.S. KIDDER. Later he was elected County Clerk, an office in which he was > succeeded by Albert F. ROSS, who made hin Deputy County Clerk. SMITH was > subsequently elected County Assessor and served one term. > He was elected City Clerk in Redding repeatedly, but finally declined > re-election, owing to his age and failing health. > The deceased was a Mason, Odd Fellow, Knight of Phythias, member of the > local G.A.R. post and an Elk. > > Trinity Pioneer Passes > WEAVERVILLE (Trinity Co.), March 3 - Humphrey Gove GORDON, for forty-three > years a resident of Trinity County, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. > L.A. HERRICK of Modesto, at the age of 78 years. > > PIONEER MINER DIES > DOWNIEVILLE (Sierra Co.), March 3 - William ROWLANDS, a pioneer miner of > Forest, died at Downieville after a lingering illness. He went to > Downieville for treatment after the death of his only son, Walter ROWLANDS, > who succumbed during the influenza epidemic. > ROWLANDS had lived in Forest for more than forty years, engaging in > mining. He was a native of Wales, aged 70 years. > He is survived by his daughter-in-law, Mrs. W. ROWLANDS, and grandson, > Raymond ROWLANDS, of Forest. > > MERCHANT DIES SUDDENLY > LOS MOLINOS (Tehama Co.), March 3 - The body of A.A. POWELL, proprietor of a > grocery and feed store here, has been taken to Fresno for burial. > POWELL expired very suddenly, heart trouble overcoming him while he was > busy in his store. > The deceased was 60 years old, and is survived by his widow and three > daughters. > > YUBA WOMAN PASSES > ERLE (Yuba Co.), March 3 - Mrs. Francis M. ADKINS, a native of Kentucky, > aged 89 years, and resident here for twenty-five years, is dead here to-day. > She is survived by three daughters and four sons, among them B.F. ADKINS of > Sacramento. > > LOCKEFORD WOMAN DIES > LOCKEFORD (San Joaquin Co.), March 3 - Mrs. Seraphim MARCEAU of Lockeford, > mother of City Attorney Daniel V. MARCEAU of Stockton, died last night at > her Lockeford home after a protracted illness. > Mrs. MARCEAU was the wife of one of the best-known pioneers of the > Lockeford section. > > WOODLAND BELLE DEMANDS JURY TRIAL ON CHARGE OF SPEEDING > WODLAND (Yolo Co.), March 3 - Gladys THARP, Woodland society belle, residing > at 619 College Street, has demanded a trial by jury, following her arrest by > Motorcycle Policeman Elmer COOK on a charge of speeding. > The trial was set for Wednesday before Judge W.H. SCOTT of Davis, near > where the arrest took place. > COOK claims Miss THARP, who was coming to Woodland from Sacramento, was > going forty-two miles an hour. > > LAND ARMY PRAISED > Eastern University Processor Says Superior California Woman Accomplished All > Aims. > UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Berkeley, March 3 - in a speech before the women > of the university Saturday Dr. Ida H. OGLIVIE, professor of geology in > Bernard College and Columbia, highly praised Superior California for the > admirable work of its Women's Land Army. > Dr. OGLIVIE has visited almost every State and has carefully examined the > work. She stated that women of Superior California have most efficiently > accomplished all work they had undertaken. > > COAST GUARD KILLED > Raymond Ball Was Son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Ball of Copper City. > COPPER CITY (Shasta Co.), March 3 - Raymond BALL, aged 18, who was killed > trying to board a fast moving street car in San Francisco last Saturday, was > a son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel BALL of this place. > Young BALL had been in the Coast Guard service for several months. > > CIVIC LEAGUE FORMED AT PORTOLA > PORTOLA (Plumas Co.), March 3 - The Civic League Association of Portola has > completed organization, with the election of F.C. DARBY as President and > W.R. GRANT as Secretary. This body will interest itself in the general > moral, social and civic welfare of the city. > > PEOPLE YOU KNOW > REV. JOHN W. QUAY, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Point Arena, > Mendocino County, filled the pulpit of the local Congregational Church at > both services yesterday. This church is now without a pastor, and Rev. Quay > will serve in that capacity while visiting his daughter, Miss Edna QUAY, a > teacher in the local high school. > REV. FATHER CARR of Dunsmuir is confined to his home by illness. > JAMES GRIMES, who has extensive mining interests at Tonopah, Nevada, has > returned there after a visit in Nevada City. He was accompanied by W.H. > WARNECKE of Nevada City, Superintendent of the Northern Water and Power > Company. > MISS MINNIE HANLON, teacher in the Richmond schools, has returned to her > duties after a month spent with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William HANLON, at > Dunsmuir, recuperating from an attack of influenza. >