This is a forward from the NORCAL list. Some Siskiyou items here. Joanne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Loose" <betty@unisette.com> To: <NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 7:25 AM Subject: Sac Bee Feb 25, 1919 Part 3 > Sacramento Bee > Tuesday February 25, 1919 > Superior California News > > PLAN FARM FAIR > Roseville Business Men To Accept Offer of Placer County Farm Bureau > ROSEVILLE (Placer Co.), February 25 - > The Placer County Farm Bureau Fair will be held this year in Roseville. This > was decided on last night by the business men of town and the members of the > Roseville Center of the County Farm Bureau. > The meeting, presided over by Supervisor William HAMAN, went on record as > being in favor of accepting the offer of the directors of the County Farm > Bureau, of having the fair held in Roseville. > Farm Bureau President E.C. BEDELL will name the different committees at an > early date. > > LIVE OAK PLANS RURAL TELEPHONES > LIVE OAK (Sutter Co.), February 25 - > Establishment of a rural telephone system in this district has been > proposed by the Live Oak Farm Center. A committee was named at the last > meeting to take the lead in the movement. > Committees were named also to work upon the extermination of rodents and > for better roads. > > "First Boy To Be Born in California" Dies; Was Napa Native > LAKEPORT (Lake Co.), February 25 - > A telegram ____ to Angus BOGGS of the Highland District announced the death > of his cousin Guadalupe Vallejo BOGGS at Salem, Oregon. > Deceased is credited with having been the first white male child born in > California. > He was born near Napa in January, 1847. > > TO EXTEND ACTIVITIES > Farm Owners and Operators' Association to Enter Every County in State. > STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.), February 25 - > With its initial unit, San Joaquin County, thoroughly organized, the Farm > Owners and Operators' Association has decided to immediately take steps for > a strong organization in every county of the State. > At the meeting of the organization here it was found that the members of > the San Joaquin unit owned 101,435 acres of land, with nearly $8,000 in the > treasury. > Albert LINDLEY, Chairman of the organization, presided at the meeting > here, which was largely attended both by local farmers and farmer leaders of > several other counties. > LINDLEY declared the helplessness of the farmer in every phase of his > productive enterprise, and especially in the face of Organized Labor and > organized business, will be remedied by the organized farmers. > The aims of the organization as set forth in one of the circulars are that > the farmers may collectively, officially and directly demand and secure > representation in all public conferences and upon all commissions and boards > having to do with farms, farm production or farm problems, and that such > farm representation shall be directed and backed by the full power of the > agricultural interests of California. > > PLAN JURY OF THREE > Nevada Senator Would Organize Public Utilities Commission of Three Members. > CARSON CITY (Nev.), February 25. > The Assembly has passed Bill No. 98, providing that three men constitute a > Coroner's Jury. The measure is declared to favor economy and to expedite > business. > Senator Summerfield of Mineral had introduced a bill calling for the > merger of the Public Service, Railroad and Tax Commissions into one body to > be known as the Public Utilities Commission. > Summerfield declares the bill will provide three Commissioners at a total > salary expense of $13,200 for two years, contrasted with $45,000 at present > paid every two years to members of the three commissions it is proposed to > consolidate. > > SUE FOR $39,000 > Owner of Land on Van Sickle Island Bring Big Suits Following Flood. > FAIRFIELD (Solano CO.), February 25 - > Bert R. CHAPLIN has filed suit for damages against Fletcher RAYMOND and > John P. RAYMOND in amount of $39,000, alleged to have been suffered by > result of poor levees surrounding their lands, thereby allowing a flood to > inundate their tract. > The complaint alleges that plaintiff purchased the land known as Van > Sickle Island from the defendants and thereafter a reclamation district was > formed, with the two defendants as co-trustees. The complaint also alleges > that the plaintiffs advised the trustees that the levees should be improved, > but no heed was taken to the warning. > As a result, they claim, during February, 1917, a flood broke through the > island, destroying feed and grain and prohibiting the planting of crops at > that time, all to the damage of $39,000. > A similar suit was brought by Frank N. CHAPLIN and Mittie M. CHAPLIN in > amount of $39,000 to cover a portion of the island purchased by them. > > WINTERS WOMAN DIES > Lulu M. Wyatt, Wife of Yolo County Physician, Was Lifelong Resident of > State. > WINTERS (Yolo Co.), February 25 > Mrs. Lulu M. WYATT of this city, who died Monday morning after an illness on > one week, was a lifelong resident of California. She was born in Cloverdale, > Sonoma County, fifty-three years ago, and had been a resident of Winters for > twenty-eight years. > Mrs. WYATT was the wife of Dr. M.O. WYATT and the mother of Fred, Erma and > Velma WYATT. She was a sister of Mrs. F.M. WYATT of this city. > > CONVENT TEACHER DIES > MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), February 25 - > Sister Frances de SALES, member of the local community of the College of > Notre Dame, in which institution she was teacher in the commercial > department, died last night. Deceased is survived by her mother, Mrs. Jane > DALTON of San Francisco, and two sisters. > > SHOE MERCHANT DIES > RENO (Nev.), February 25 - > John C. ELLEDGE, Reno shoe merchant, died at a local hospital from the > effects of an operation. He had been ill several days but appeared to be > convalescing until within a few hours of the death. > > LIVE OAK WOMAN PASSES > LIVE OAK (Sutter Co.), February 25 > Mrs. Harriet ROBINSON, wife of Philip ROBINSON, former residing near Live > Oak, and mother of eight children died yesterday afternoon of excess blood > pressure, aged 54 years. The children are William, David, Rachael, Philip, > Arthur, Clarence, Marion and Berthel ROBINSON. Deceased was a native of > Iowa. > > CHILD DIES > WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), February 25 - > Word has been received here of the death at San Francisco of the 1-year-old > daughter of Dr. George WOLF. Mrs. Henry GREMESHAUSEN of this city, aunt of > the child, has left for San Francisco. > > AMY B. HAWKINS PASSES > RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), February 25 - > Amy Belle HAWKINS, who died here, was 51 years old. She was a sister of Mrs. > J.C. CHILDS of this city. > > GOVERNMENT WORKER DEAD > ROSEVILLE (Placer Co.), February 25 - > The funeral of Luke L. COX, who died in Savannah, Georgia, on February 17th, > where he was employed as a machinist in a Government shipbuilding plant, > took place here. > The deceased was unmarried and was 36 years of age. > His parents, Mr. and Mrs. D.L. COX, of this city, six brothers and three > sisters survive him. > > BANKER IS GUARDIAN OF ESTATE OF SLAYER OF SHASTA SHERIFF > REDDING (Shasta Co.), February 25 - > Judge J.E. BARBER has appointed N.B. FRISBIE, President of a local bank, > guardian of the person and estate of Peter PARIS, the insane murderer of > Sheriff Albert F. ROSS. > Two other parties made application for the appointment, but Judge BARBER > decided to name neither and induced the banker to accept the trust. PARIS > has about $1,500 in bank. This money can now be drawn on through his > guardian to pay the cost of his keeping in the State Hospital at Napa. > > WRITES FROM SIBERIA > Soldiers of American Forces Prefer Letters From Home: Supplies Are Plentiful > There. > LINCOLN (Placer Co.), February 25 > That letters are much more welcome than packages by the boys with the > American Expeditionary Force in Siberia, is the declaration of Edward > HERYFORD of this city in a letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.B. > HERYFORD. > The young soldier is in Siberia, at a town called SPASCOE, which is 100 > miles from Vladivostock. Writing on January 22d, he said very little snow > had fallen and the ground was frozen, as the thermometer was sticking around > 38 degrees below zero. > He writes in part: > The soldiers are warmly dressed and well cared for. The people in the > States do not realize what heavy clothing is until they go to the North > Pole, or Siberia. We have very heavy underwear and rubber overshoes. > Of course we are always glad to receive packages from home, but enjoy the > letters more than anything else, as we have stores here where we can buy > most anything we wish to eat. > The Red Cross issued us pajamas, socks, candy, smokes, chewing gum, tooth > paste and cigar lighters. > We had the influenza pay a visit, but we didn't know what it was until the > war was over. > Every day is market day excepting Sunday. They bring wild hogs, black bear > and all kinds of skins, also the largest deers I ever saw. > They use oxen and small horses for farming. The women drive the teams. > I am feeling fine, fat and hearty, and feel we will soon be coming home. > > FLEECING CHARGED > Oakland Woman Sought by Police For False Nevada Mining Proposition. > OAKLAND - February 25 - > A woman's shrewdness, the credulity of two men and a mythical fortune > entangled with "The Lucky Girl Group" of mines at Elko, Nev., all figure in > the background of a felony warrant issued for the arrest of Miss Florence W. > BLISS, mining promoter. > Miss BLISS is accused by W.R. LANSDALE, manager of the Washington Market, > of having muleted him out of several hundred dollars on false promises > regarding the mine. > According to LANSDALE's story to the authorities, Miss BLISS in November, > 1917, employed him as manager of the mine at . . salary of $125, his wife as > bookkeeper at $58 a month, and Virgil LANSDALE, a son, as assay assistant at > $125 a month. LANSDALE says he shipped his furniture to Nevada, but received > nothing for his services. He declared that when he employed an attorney, the > woman left town. > Added to LANSDALE's complaint is that of D.W. CHAMBERS, a mining man, who > declares Miss BLISS hired him at $200 a month to act as superintendent of > the mine, but paid him only $10. > > DUNSMUIR CAPTAIN WAS ARMY INSTRUCTOR OF TRIANGULATION > Captain Herbert O. Clarke Is Discharged From Service; Will Go to South > America. > DUNSMUIR (Siskiyou Co.), February 25 - > Captain Herbert O. CLARKE, son of Judge C.O. CLARKE, has been discharged > form the army. He was instructor of triangulation at Fort Sill, Okla. > Captain CLARKE and wife leave for South America next month, where CLARKE > will survey propertied of the Pierce Oil Company. > > RED CROSS NURSE, WHO SAW DUTY IN FRANCE, IS HOME > PLEASANT GROVE (Sutter CO.), February 25 - > Miss May LYON, who enlisted with the first call for Red Cross Nurses and has > been in France for the past year, has returned to her home in Pleasant > Grove. > > BUTTE CITIZENS RETURNING > BUTTE CITY (Glenn Co.), February 25 - > Four boys from Butte City have arrived in Hampton Roads. > They will soon be back in Butte City, at work in the stores and farms. > Carl HEARD is a son of K.G. HEARD, pioneer farmer and business man, and a > prominent war worker. Carl has been in the tank service, and is an expert > mechanic. > Wesley LINVILLE is a son of A.W. LINVILLE, one of the most energetic > farmers and orchardists in the Cordova section. He recently purchased the > Overholtser place, considered one of the finest farms in the Butte City > district. > Clarence WILLIAMS is a son of Rev. G.P. WILLIAMS of Glenn. > Frank DILLARD is a son of C.T. DILLARD, a prosperous farmer who lives > near Glenn. > > CHICO SOLDIERS RETURN > CHICO (Butte Co.), February 25 - > Virgil B. DINNELL, who was decorated for bravery by Secretary DANIELS, is > home on shore leave. He has been promoted to Chief Quartermaster. > John F. MURPHY has received his discharge from the army and has returned > from Camp Knox. He was on the transport Northern Pacific, which went around > off Fire Island. > Sergeant Edwin F. SMITH and Earl McCLAIN, who went to France among the > first 50,000 Americans to cross, will be discharged at the Presidio to-day, > and after visiting relatives and friends in the South for a week, will > return to Chico. They were with the 20th Engineers. > > FOURTH CHISHOLM BOY RETURNS > GRIMES (Colusa Co.), February 25 - > Jasper CHISHOLM has arrived in Grimes from Camp Kearny. He is the fourth of > the CHISHOLM brothers to be mustered out of the service. > Another brother is in France. > > SOLDIER HAS APPENDICITIS > LOOMIS (Placer Co.), February 25 - > Ed SHEPARD of Loomis, lately discharged from the army, was taken to the > White Hospital at Sacramento and operated on for appendicitis. > > BIGGS SOLDIER SEES SIGHTS > BIGGS (Butte Co.), February 25 - > Henry BRINK, with the Ordnance Corps in France, writes his parents, Mr. and > Mrs. H.S. BRINK, that he is well and has just returned from a leave of > absence spent in visiting noted historical spots in France. > He expects to visit parts of Belgium and Germany. > > SERGEANT HOFF RETURNS > STIRLING CITY (Butte Co.), February 25 - > Sergeant Charles L. HOFF, who was recently honorably discharged from the > army at Camp Sheridan, Alabama, has been visiting relatives here. > > BIGGS SOLDIER RETURNS > BIGGS (Butts Co.), February 25 - > Fred WARDROBE has returned from Camp Kearny. > > Y.M.C.A. WORKER RETURNS > AUBURN (Placer Co.), February 25 - > **nry FRY of Newcastle, passed through Auburn on his way to the Presidio, at > San Francisco. He has been overseas in the Y.M.C.A. service. > > MILNER GETS DISCHARGE > DUNSMUIR (Siskiyou Co.), February 25 - > Ellsworth MILNER, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom MILNER, has returned here, > discharged from the Navy. > > HENRY VAN DYKE IS HOME > DUNSMUIR (Siskiyou Co.), February 25 - > Henry VAN DYKE has been discharged from Camp Kearny and is at his home in > Dunsmuir. > > TRINITY PHYSICIAN HOME > TRINITY CENTER (Trinity Co.), February 25 - > Captain W.A. ROWELL has returned to Trinity Center to remain. He was > honorably discharged from the Medical Corps at the Presidio. > Captain ROWELL is a physician. >