This may be of interest to someone on this list! Joanne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Loose" <betty@unisette.com> To: <NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 4:45 PM Subject: Sac Bee Jan 19, 1907 > Sacramento Bee > January 19, 1907 > > > ANNOUNCES RATES FOR KLAMATH RESERVE > Forest Superintendent May Issue Permits for 9750 Head of Cattle, 4300 Sheep > and 3600 Hogs. > MONTAGUE (Siskiyou Co.), January 19 - > Grazing rates for the Klamath Forest Reserve have been announced by R.L.P. > BIGELOW, Forest Supervisor in charge. The Secretary of Agriculture has > authorized him to issue permits for 9750 head of cattle, 4300 sheep and 3600 > hogs. > The season for cattle and horses will be from May 1st to October 31st, > the charge being 25 cents a head for cattle and 35 cents for horses. For the > longer season from April 1st to November 29th, the corresponding rates will > be 30 and 50 cents. The half-rate allowance has been discontinued. > Summer grazing for sheep will be from May 15th to October 31st, the rates > being 8 cents a head for sheep and 10 cents for goats. For the year-long > permit sheep will cost 18 cents a head, with an additional charge of 2 cents > for ewes or does to be lambed within the reserve. > Permits for grazing hogs will be issued for the year-long permit only at > 20 cents a head. > All grazing permits must be applied for before March 1st, applications to > be addressed to R.L.P. BIGELOW, Forest Supervisor, Yreka, who will furnish > blanks and give all necessary information to stockmen. > > > CARRIER KILLS FOUR PANTHERS > CALLAHAN (Siskiyou Co.), January 19 - > Henry MURRAY, the mail carrier from this place to Cecilville, tells of the > killing of a female panther and her three cubs by his assistant, Charles > RUFF, near Rattlesnake Gulch, on the Salmon Rivere range of mountains. RUFF, > astride of snowshoes, meets MURRAY about half-way up the mountain with the > mail, and then returns to his home near Cecilville. On his return yesterday > he discovered the tracks of a panther. After arming himself with a rifle, > and assisted by a neighbor with dogs, the trail of the beast was taken up. > The dogs treed two of the cubs, which were promptly put out of existence > with shots fired by Ruff and his friend. Further search showed another cub > in a tree close by. This also was killed. The dogs again took up the trail, > and finally succeeded in sending the mother panther to the top of a tall > pine tree, from whence it was dropped to the ground be a well-directed shot. > RUFF feels proud of the game bagged, and will be $40 richer, as the county > allows $10 for each panther scalp. > In the particular locality where the animals were killed an average of > ten feet of snow is on the ground, and from the late high winds has drifted > in places to the depth of twenty-five feet. > > RAILROAD BUILDING WILL SOON BEGIN > KENNETT (Shasta Co.), January 19 - > A large force of railroad builders will arrive in Kennett on February 1st, > when active work of building a railroad from Kennett to De La Mar will > begin. > F.J. DEARBORN, chief engineer of the Sacramento Valley and Eastern Railroad > Company, the corporation that is to build the railroad, returned yesterday > morning from San Francisco, where he replaced an order for men with the > various employment agencies, the men to be shipped on or about February 1st. > Every man that can he had will be given employment, and the work of brushing > out the right-of-way and grading the roadway will be pushed as rapidly as > possible, for until the railroad is completed the Bully Hill Copper Company, > the parent corporation, can not or will not start up its smelter at De La > Mar. > > NO INDICTMENTS RETURNED BY JURY > OROVILLE (Butte Co.), January 19 - > The Grand Jury adjourned yesterday afternoon after spending nearly the whole > day in investigating the police cases. They failed to find any indictments > and refused to take any action in the matter. According to a statement made > by Judge GRAY when the attorney for the accused men was before him a few > days ago, upon a petition to dismiss the cases, he will dismiss all the > cases, thus closing the matter. These cases were the only ones taken up .The > Grand Jury will meet again on April 16. > > FATAL ACCIDENT NARROWLY AVERTED > YUBA CITY (Sutter Co.) ,January 19 - > A fatal accident was narrowly averted yesterday afternoon on the trestle of > the Northern Electric Company over Second Street at this place. The 1:20 > o'clock car left Marysville on time, and crossed the bridge to the Yuba City > levee in safety. Just as the car crossed the levee, however, the wheels of > the rear truck climbed the rails, and began to bump over the ties. The car > was stopped not a moment too soon, as the wheels had displaced the third > rail and the car was on the verge of the trestle when it was brought to a > standstill. There were several passengers on the car, who, had the car not > been stopped, would have been carried with it to the earth, about eighteen > feet below. As it was, they escaped with a bad scare. The car was not placed > on the rails again until late yesterday afternoon. The cause of the accident > is unknown. > > DUTCH FLAT FEELS THE FUEL FAMINE. > DUTCH FLAT (Placer Co.), January 19 - > The fuel question is a serious one here at present, and many have to rely on > the compassion of their more fortunate neighbors. The public school is > closed on account of no fuel. The open Winters of the past few years has > made the people careless about laying in supplies of fuel for Winter use, > and now with four feet of snow on the ground they find fuel transportation a > difficult job. No serious damage from snow has resulted. > > TO IMPROVE STREET > KENNETT (Shasta Co.), January 19 - > At the January meeting of the Supervisors it was decided that $100 worth of > improving should be done on the main street of Kennett by the county, as the > recent rains and heavy traffic have made the street bad for teaming. D. > RAGIAN, one of the property owners, has circulated a subscription paper > among the business men and succeeded in getting an additional large amount > to put the street in better condition than was the plans of the Supervisors. > A drain pipe will be laid alongside of the sidewalk, and the entire surface > of the street covered with gravel and crushed rock. Later in the year this > new surface may be treated to a coat of oil. > > MODOC COUPLE TO WED A RENO > ALTURAS (Modoc Co.), January 19 - > Local society is taking a great deal of interest in the approaching marriage > of Miss Mary Cecelia FORREST, of this place, to Marion HUGHES, also of > Alturas. The couple will leave the latter part of the week for Reno, where > the nuptial knot will be tied by Father Thomas HORGAN. > The bride-to-be is sister of ex-Superintendent of Schools Nellie FORREST > who was last November, just prior to the end of her term of office, became > the bride of Edward IVORY, Jr. They are both daughters of the late Dr. J. M. > FORREST, who was one of the pioneer physicians of Modoc. > The groom is a prominent ranch owner and politician. He held the office > of County Clerk for two terms. > > > LICENSES TO WED AND DIVORCE DECREES > Record of Marriages and Application for Separation From Wedded Life in > Superior California. > > OROVILLE (Butte Co.), January 19 - > The following marriage license was issued during the past week: Victor > SANDSTONE, aged 32 and Lena MATSON, aged 33, both of Chico. > Interlocutory decrees of divorce were granted to Mattie Ellen ROBB from > Fred ROBB; Minnie SMITH from B.F. SMITH, and Henry CUTLER from Delia CUTLER. > > IN YOLO COUNTY > WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), January 19 - > The following marriage licenses were issued the past week: Earl S. STEELE > and Miss Lena HUELSMAN, both of Sacramento; Austin M. DAVIS, of Williams, > and Miss Mary Grace McGUIRE, of Colusa. > > IN SOLANO COUNTY > FAIRFIELD (Solano Co.), January 19 - > The following marriage licenses have been issued during the past week: > William E. HALL, 37, and Anna Lois MARVILL, 25, both of Berkeley; Edward > LOVE, 24, of Vallejo, and Bertha LUGO, 18, of Santa Barbara; Felicio CLARIO, > 48, and Maria MARISCO, 54, both of Vacaville; George Albert KELLY, 21, and > Gertrude O'MEARA, 21, both of Vallejo; Walter R. FAIRFIELD, 32, and Grace > Maud LAMBERT, 23, both of Vallejo. > > MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), January 19 - > Although no marriage licenses were issued from the local bureau this week, > there are announcements of approaching weddings at a distance, which include > former residents of this locality. > To-morrow at the home of the bride's parents at West Butte, Miss Abbie > NOYES will be married to Antone VAGEDAS, formerly of this city. > Walter A. STAGNER, who was married in Santa Rosa this week to Miss Mabel > THOMPSON, is a former resident of Wheatland, this county. He and his bride > will reside in Chico, the present home of his parents. > > IN SHASTA COUNTY > REDDING (Shasta Co.), January 19 - > Not a single marriage license was issued this week, but there was something > doing in the divorce line. Mrs. Cornelia MOSS received an interlocutory > decree from W.S. MOSS on the ground of cruelty. Mr. and Mrs. MOSS have > resided in Redding for several years. > > IN SISKIYOU COUNTY > YREKA (Siskiyou Co.), January 19 - > The following marriage licenses were issued during the past week: Ralph > HUGHES, aged 22, and Oliva Geneva EUBANKS, age 17, both of Scott Valley; > Henry John GEARY, aged 47, to Gertrude Abigal HARRISON, aged 48, both of > McCLOUD. > > > > > TAKING TESTIMONY IN ASSAULT CASE. > ALTURAS (Modoc Co.), January 19 - > The trial of R.S. MASON, charged with assault, is under way. The jury is > completed and the testimony is being taken. > The first witness was complainant L.S. BILLUPS, who told the story of > being attacked by MASON in the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Fort Bidwell last > Thanksgiving night. His testimony was damaging to the defendant. The attack > was made with a pistol and was preceded by MASON's saying "This house is not > big enough for you and me," which the prosecuting witness interpreted to be > a threat against his life. > The star witness was Justice of the Peace LEWIS, of Bidwell, who had > ordered the arrest of MASON, and had also acted as custodian of the > confiscated pistol. > Both sides are watchful and are looking for technicalities. The defense > is piling up a host of exceptions to be used in case the trial should be > against them. > > CEDARVILLE MAN ADMITTED TO BAR > ALTURAS (Modoc Co.), January 19 - > The admission of A.K. WYLIE to the practice of the law by the Appellate > Court at Sacramento last Monday is good news to the young man's friends > here. WYLIE is the son of James WYLIE, of Cedarville, who is engaged in a > law practice at the local bar and also in Oregon. The young man is an > ex-college man from Stanford, and has been engaged in the study of his > profession for several years. He took an active part in the last political > campaign and had charge of the Democratic headquarters here. > Besides being a student, WYLIE has scored some successes as an athlete > and is looked upon as one of the cleverest baseball players in this part of > the State. > > JEWELRY THIEF HELD TO ANSWER > RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), January 19 - > Jacob SMITH, the half-breed Indian of Siskiyou County, who was arrested some > weeks ago on the charge of being the burglar who entered P.H. SHUEY's > jewelry store and stole about $800 worth of watches, chains and other > trinkets; had his preliminary hearing yesterday afternoon in Justice > LUDEMAN's Court. > > NO TRACE FOUND OF HIGHWAYMEN > OROVILLE (Butte Co.), January 19 - > No trace has been found of the four highwaymen who held up Nick SEAPATAS, a > Greek barber, early Friday morning and robbed him of a $500 gold note which > he carried in a belt around his person. He believes they were countrymen of > his, as he had showed the note to no one but one or two intimate friends. > Sheriff CHUBBUCK and several other officers are hard at work on the case and > have arrested three men on suspicion, but there does not appear to be the > slightest evidence against them. It is the general belief that the thieves > struck out at once for the mountains and will go to some of the railroad > camps or make for Quincy, and there attempt to change the note and divide > the money. > > JURYMEN DRANK; NEW TRIAL GRANTED > WILLOWS 9glenn Co.), January 19 - > The BRITTON Brothers, who were tried in Elk Creek about a month ago for > stealing a bale of barbed-wire from the Green ranch, as stated in The Bee at > that time, and sentenced to serve a term of six months in the County jail, > have been granted a new trial by the Superior Court of this county. The > grounds for the appeal was that while the jury was deliberating two of the > members of that body left the room and went across the street to a saloon > and had a drink. The hearing has been set for January 24. > > > SHERIFF'S BROTHER NEAR DEATH'S DOOR > AUBURN (Placer Co.), January 19 - > Daniel McAULAY, brother of Sheriff-elect Geo. McAULAY, is lying at the point > of death at his home in Forest Hill, his affliction being heart failure, > with which he was stricken several days ago. > Sheriff McAULAY is at the bedside of his brother, who has slight spells > of improvement, but it is feared he cannot recover. The stricken man is well > known and popular throughout the mountains, and has been engaged in business > in several of the mining communities. > > ______________________________