Ukiah Dispatch Democrat from Ukiah, California • Page 2

1 COYOTE VALLEY Budget of Personals Valley, Jan. Sunday liipicipl which hu been organized two Miitoii'by Rev. P. T. Lynn, 1 proving success.

The farmers are making good use the sunahlne weather. 'Geo. Jones, of Is busy haul- 'fiffg posts for P. Farmer, who has the I to build a mile and a half of fence on the Dowling Bros, ranch. Robert Pickle has left the valley V.

to work for Van Nader Hawn. Warner Nell, of Potter Valley, was In Coyote and also made a i'( business trip to Uklah this week. 'Mrs. Myrten Christy spent Friday 1 with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

J. W. Pickle. Grover Cleveland is busy clearing s. land for his brother George.

Mr, and Mrs. C. J. Chandon and family were visiting in the valley 3unday. The Dowling who are living on the Valley Oak ranch, are having a great deal of loss this They have lost three horses and three cows.

Melton Hunt, of Petaluma, and Miss Irene Seward, of the Forks, were the visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hunt Sunday. Mr. Sam Scontros, the overseer of the Standard Farm and Stock ranch, left for San Francisco Satur day on business.

Miss Lillian Heckendorf has returned to her home in this valley from Willlts where she was visiting relatives and friends for several weeks. 25 15 YEARS AGO Happenings of Interest Gleaned From Dispatch Flies BACKWARD GLANCE AT EVENTS SEALER OF WEIGHTS HERE THIS WEEK What the Law Contemplates H.H. Brown, of Mendocino, county sealer of weights and measures. son, firm, copartnership, society, association! aha corporation, Sec. 10.

The term "container" used in this act is hereby defined to be any receptacle into which a commodity is packed or put for sale or to be offered or exposed for sale. Sec. 11 Every person, who by himself or his agent, servant or employee violates or causes or permits was in Uklah this week. His outfit i to be violated, any of the provisions has arrived and he will go to work at once looking after the law. Under the provisions of the latter, merchants must mark the net weight or January 24, 1800.

quantity contained in all packages John Nelson, of Point Arena, was' sent from their stores to Jcustomers NEWS FROM PHILO AND VICINTY Writes of Events Philo, Jan. ia quiet around Philo. The pugilists have gone back to the farm and taken up the quieter side of life and still Frank Brown is judge, and rumor says George Johnson is going to give another dance on Saturday i-lght. The family of Robert wlic came up from Petaluma to visit at Chas. Price's, are all sick with the measles as also are some of Mr.

Price's children. The death of little Vergil Williamsson of Win and Hettie Williams, formerly of Point Arena but now stationed at the Farralone Islands, was heard with a great deal of regret by their many friends and the sympathy of this community go out to the stricken family In their bereavement. This incident calls to memory the family of William Smith who contracted this terrible contagion while living at the Farralone Islands and who struggled through the terrible time alone on that lonesome island. Mrs. Smith was the sister of J.

C. Lane and his mother, Mrs. Charity Lane, was at the time with her daughter. Mr. and Mrs.

Wess Peterson arrived home Saturday from San Francisco where Mrs. Peterson has been under the doctor's care for over two months. A social party was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.

L. Prather last Saturday evening and a fine time reported by all in attendance. Games and dancing were the principal amusements until 12 o'clock when a dainty luncheon was spread for the guests. Everyone came away voting Mr. and Mrs.

Prather as ideal entertainers. Those present were, Mr. and Mrs. J. L.

Prather, and Mrs. Ralph Brown, Oscar, Ella Eten, Avis Cureton, Gladys RoadB, Ester and Blanche Brown, Rella Prather, Donald and Kent Brown, Lloyd Prather, Albert and Leonard Cureton, Carrol Prather, Lynn and Billy Prather. killed at Fort Bragg week while employed in logging operations. Daniel Sutherland was killed at Rockpile on the 19th while blasting a log, one of the halves rolling on him. J.

E. Packard, of Mendocino, who had been Jailed on a charge of naping his child, was released on $2000 bail. The rainfall at Point Arena up to Jan. 10th was 25.09. Ukiah is one of the few towns in California which reports no deaths during the month of December.

A tree fell on the Ukiah-Mendocino stage near Low Gap Wednesday, knocking over a horse and overturning the vehicle. Fortunately no damage was done. O. E. Johnson, of Fort Bragg, has been committed to Napa asylum on a charge of insanity.

The suit of the county against the California Northwestern R. R. Co. was argued before Judge McGarvey this week. The company has offered to settle on a basis of a valuation of $3,500 a mile.

L. Van Dusen, senior, is very ill at his home in Ukiah. The rainfall at Mendocino to Jan. 17th was 36.28 Inches. At Lakeport for the same date it was 30 inches.

Ukiah has had 37.05. The storm which started Tuesday has demoralized the railway service and we have had no mail for two days. Snow is eight feet deep on the ridge in Eel river country and cattle are perishing in great numbers. January 26, 1900. Martin N.

Donohoe and Miss Katherine Wilson were married in Ukiah last Sunday. O. L. Smith, of Pine Ridge, was captured by Deputy Sheriff Wm. Ornbaun on the headwaters of Indian Creek this week and was sentenced by Judge Critchfield to six months in' the county jail.

He was accused of sheep stealing. Hugh Gallagher was killed at Usal last Wednesday afternoon when a falling tree struck him. Potter valley, Jan. 23, Frank A. Rupe, of Willits, and Miss Mary McKee.

J. S. Ross, superintendent of the L. E. White Co.

at Greenwood, was married last week to Miss Lulu Willis. Propositions to buy one of the two electric light plants operating in Ukiah have been made to the town trustees. Henry Marks, a well known and Mr. Brown's first work will be the education of the people affected by the law. The law is as follows: Sec.

1. This act shall be known as the net container act. Sec. 2. This act 1 designed to protect purchasers of any commodity within its provisions against deception as to the quantity or amount of the commodity purchased, and as against the seller shall be strictly construed with a view to effect its object.

Sec. 3. The provisions nf this act apply to foodstuffs and stuffs intended to be used or prepared for use as food for human beings and shall ap- of this act shall be guilty of a misde meanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or shall be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Sec. 12.

This act chall be in force and effect from and after April 1, 1914. FORAGE CROP SEED FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION partment deems it advisable that each "individual should receive not more than one package of seed of any one variety, but each individual may receive one package of each packages altogether. If those farmers who are interested in testing these crops and who would be willing to make reports to the Department on the results of the tests, will write me. stating which of the crops they desire to test, I shall be glad to forward ther names to the Department, which will then send the seed direct to the applicant together with instructions for culture and a report card on which the report desired by the Department is to be submitted at the close of the growing season. Those making application for test packages should write their name and address plainly BO that there will be no mistake made in delivery of the seed.

Gov't Wants Report ot Farmers The Dispatch Is in receipt of the following letter from Congressman Kent: t. i be Department of Agriculture is ply to any commodity Intended to be authorized by the Act of Congress PROFESSIONAL Hale McCowen, Jr. ATTOBNEY-AT-LAW Will pi notice in all State and Federal Courts. Office in Preston Bldg- UKIAH, CAL. PRESTON PRESTON Attorney and Counselor at Will Prattlce In all Stato and Federal Coartt UKIAH, CAL B.

A. L. U1IMIUM, EM VINT BnlldlliR. Okiab.Ual P. P.

Eckhart was up from Largo the latter part of last week. Louis Heilmann and wife were down from their Redwood valley ranch last Tuesday. eaten or drunk by human beings; provided, that it shall not apply to, any commodity intended so to be Warner Neil was in town from Potter valley last Tuesday on a short business visit. making appropriations for that Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915, to distribute certain R. E.

Dlmmick Is putting in 300 trees on his farm south of town, formerly the Klnloch place. They will be divided between apples, pears. used solely for medicinal purposes, Sec. 4. Whenever any of the com- neW and rare crops and haa Peaches and walnuts.

PRESIDENT WILSON NOW A GRANDFATHER Washington, January son -was born at the White House Sunday to Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre, Presi Wilson's second daughter. Mrs. Sayre and the child are doing well The child was born at 4:30 P. M.

but the fact was not formally an nounced until 6 o'clock, when Secretary Tumulty gave out the following statement: "Dr. Grayson, the White House physician, states that at 4:30 o'clock Sayre gave birth to a fine boy The boy weighed seven and a half pounds. President Wilson made no effort to conceal his joy when informed that the child was a boy and that Mrs. Sayre was well. His face was wreathed in smiles for hours afterwards.

It was his first grandchild and the president had no boys of his own. Hopkins and wife, of Potter walley, were in Ukiah last Saturday. enterprising merchant of Covelo, in Ukiah on business this week. is PEOPLE OF ORNBAUN IN WEEK'S NEWS Notes From Southern Mendocino Ornbaun, Jan. M.

Throop returned to his home in Healdsburg Sunday, Jan. 17. It is his intention to stay in the valley for some time. Millard Ogle was a visitor in Cloverdale last week. A nine pound babj girl arrived Jan.

13 to gladden the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Elkins. This is their second daughter and needless to say they are very happy over her arrival. Mrs.

Elkins and little one are in Healdsburg and are both doing nicely. Mrs. A. P. Ornbaun returned home last week from a visit with friends and relatives in Philo.

Arthur Crlspen is visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. Crlspen at Comfort. Mr.

and Mrs. H. N. Ornbaun, Mrs. Curtis Beebe and Leve and Lula Beebe were visitors in Boonville Friday of last week.

Lin Prather, of Philo, was a visitor at the Ornbaun hotel last week. JenningB Campbell 1B visiting with his grandfather, Nicholas Campbell, at Comfort. Mr, and Mrs. L. T.

Hotell returned home last week from a visit with relatives on Dry Creek. THE ALBERTINUM ORPHANAGE This 1 to certify that the follow Ing children have been received in to the Albertinum Orphanage, Ukiah, Mendocino County, California, since our laBt publication: Charles Selling, age 9 years; Edwin Selling, age 7 years. Dominican Sisters. January 22, 1916, modltles within the provisions of this act are sold, or offered or exposed for sale, in containers, the net quantity of the contents of the container shall be plainly and conspicuously marked, branded, or otherwise indicated on the outside or top thereof or on a label or tag attached thereto. Sec.

5. The designation of the quantity of the commodity required by section four of this act shall be according to weight, measure or nu- merial count, subject, however, to! the following provisions: (a) The designation used shall be such as is most feasible and suitable to the character of the commodity, or, it there is a trade custom as to the measure of the quantity of the commodity, the designation shall be in accordance with the custom. (b) If the designation is by weight, it shall be in terms of pounds, ounces, or fractions, of either, avoirdupois, standard of this state. (c) If the designation is by liquid measure, it shall be In terms of gallons, quarts, pints or fractions of any of said units, standard of this state for liquid measure. (d) If the designation is by solid measure, it-shall be in terms of bushels, pecks, or quarts, or fractions of any of said units, standard of this state for solid measure.

(e) If the designation is by numerical count, it shall be in English words or Arabic numerals. The words "net contents" 'or the words "net weight" or the words "net measure" or the words "net count" shall appear with and as a part of the designation of the quanti ty of the commodity as required by the provisions of this act. Sec. 6. The provisions of this act shall not apply: (a) To any sale of a commodity within the provisions of this act when such sale is made from bulk and the quantity is weighed, measured, counted for the immediate purpose of such sale.

I (b) To a sale of any container of an ornamental or symbolic character with which a quantity ot some commodity is sold as merely incidental. (c) To a sale of a commodity in a quantity that is sold for less than eleven cents, at retail. Sec. 7. It shall not he held to be a violation of the provisions of this act when a commodity in a container is sold, or offered or exposed for sale, and there is a discrepancy between the actual quantity of the commodity In said container and the net quantity of the contents thereof indicated on the container as herein prescribed, provided such discrepancy is due to unavoidable leakage, shrinkage, evaporation, waste, or causes beyond the control of the seller acting In good faith.

Sec. S. It shall not be held to be a violation of the provisions of this act when a commodity in a container is sold, or offered or exposed for sale, and there is a discrepancy between the actual quantity of the commodity in said container and the net quantity of the contents thereof indicated on the container as herein prescribed; provided, that the seller purchased said commodity in said container, in good faith relying upon the said indication of the net contents thereof, and sold said commodity in said container without altering the contents thereof or the indication of the contents thereof; and provided, fur titer, that the exemption of this section shall not apply to any sale unless the container had the name of a packer, manufacturer, wholesaler, or jobber thereon at the time the, seller purchased St. Sec. 9, The.tern* "person" used in this act shall include every per- asked the cooperaton of Members of Congress in placing samples of these John Gossman, a prosperous ran- new forage crops in the hands ot! cne of the Philo section, was in farmers who would be interested in town last Monday and Tuesday, leav testing them, and who would report ng ror home Tuesday morning.

The to the Department the results of the Dispatch acknowledges a pleasant test. Each sample contains a suf-' ca rom MJ Gossman. ficlent quantity of seed for a satis- factory field trial. The following varieties and amounts of seed have been allotted to me for distribution in the First District: Feterita, packages. Milo, packages.

Peruvian Alfalfa, The seed will be sent to those with whom suitable arrangements can be made, together with full Instructions regarding the culture of the crops. The size of the packages has been determined as the result of the Department's previous experience in the testing of these crops, and tar U. IMIAHK, VOUNNEMIK AT LAW. Uklah, Uai. Will practice ID all the conns ot the Itate Prompt attontlon given to all btjitnoit entnilt- ed to hit oare.

OFFICE: School irath of Christian ohntcb OBKK'I IMMTHltri ATTOBNKT ATTOHNKY AT UW. Ukiah Citr, Will practice lu all the ConrU ol the BUM. Prompt attention given to all probate butwt and off 11 bulneu to whloh the bounty i aot party. In Coart Hone. TIHOMAN.

ft THOflf AH ATTORMKTft COCNSBLOHti AT LAW CTklah, Omca--In Poatoffloe Balldlng, Goner School and Perkins Will practice lu all Bute and foderal Ooartt Wirt P. Griffith was installed as High Priest of the Santa Monica lodge of Royal Arch Masons and as chaplain of the Eastern Star there last week. Mr. Griffith is a former Mendocino county boy, formerly residing in Potter valley. J.

H. Hansen FRUIT TREES HANSEN HANSEN Osteopathic Physicians Office in Erersole Bldg. Hours, 10 to 12; 2 to 5 Phone 2002. If you have not ordered your trees for Pall or Spring planting now la the time to do it. See Wm.

Cux at the Cox Hardware Go's store, agent for the famous Sllvla-Bergtholdt nursery. Our trees are guaranteed the De- true to name and well rooted. 3-tf IT TACITDII Registered under Kim cfUJlLril the laws of Cali- OPTOMETRIST Examination Free DON'T WAIT BUY RUGS MOW Before the war we bought a large assortment of Rugs and Carpets. Since then German dye stuffs, foreign wools, have been hard to get, almost impossible. As these are extensively used in the manufacture of rugs and carpets you can readily see the price must advance soon, because of the scarcity of these articles.

But while they last we are selling the rugs and carpets we purchased before the war at the same low advance whatever. This is a timely warning to those of our customers who need rugs and carpets. BETTER BUY NOW, AND SAVE MONEY AN INSPECTION OF OUR FURNITURE MAY REMIND YOU OF SOMETHING IN THAT LINE THAT YOU NEED HUTCHISON ROEDER UKIAH, CALIF. DR. I.

M. LATHROP-M ALPAS UHIUMMCN'M JOINEASEN A SPECIALTY Uklah, Cal. Office No. 204 Oak st. Phone, 613; Lena Lee Hansen JAMES R.

ELDER Notary Public Office in Odd Fellows' Building Ukiah, Cal. KEITH C. EVERSOLE Attorney at Law Will practice in all State and Federal Courts. San Francisco connections. Eversole Building Ukiah, Calif.

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Plageman, Prop. WO Got Every Modern Improvement Cafe in Connection Room $1.00 per day upward and batli $1.50 per day upwards. gortuf and San fratulw Entrance on Powell St Phone Douglas 33x5.