Ukiah Dispatch Democrat from Ukiah, California • Page 1

Actual, bonafide paid circulation nearly DOUBLE that of any other newspaper published in Mendocino Co. VOLUME LI UKIAH CITY, MENDOCINO COUNTY, FRIDAY; JANUARY 3, 1919 NUMBER 18. DUTTON WANTS HORTICULTURAL APPOINTMENT The office of horticultural commissioner of Mendocino county being vacant, and there being no other than himself, on. the eligible list, Edgar button, of this place, recently. from a military training camp fin the south, entertained reasonable expectation of receiving from the supervisors the appointment to the position, which was left vacant on the resignation of Claude Van Dyke several months However, it seems that state horticultural commission has other ideas on the subject.

'That body. has written County Hale Prather that there will be' an examination for cortification of a list of eligibles given in Ukiah on February 14th next. The commission. writes that it believes that the supervisors should not be compellod to pick a successor for Van from a list which contains but 011e name, hence: the examination. All of which would seem to Indicate.

that for some reason Dutton is persona non grata to the state board. The board states that while the attorney general is against as regards tho contemplated procedure, they will probably go ahead regardless. All. of which would seem to foreshadow a row. of greater or less magnitude, depending on Dutton's ability.

or. inclination to kick it up. HEAVY FROSTS MARK THE WEEK'S WEATHER The predominant feature of the weather during the past week has been the extremely cold temperature, which has also marked the weather baditions all over the state. We ave had no rain. The maximum amperature.

was 55 and the minium was 17 degrecs. DEATH OF MRS, LOU BANKS Mrs. Lou Banks, of Hopland, died at that place last Monday. The funeral was held Wednesday. Influenza was the cause of her death.

She. was a member of the Vassar family, pioneer residents of the Sanel valley, and leaves many relatives and a hit st of, friends to mourn her deatli. TRUSTEES MAY ORDER MASKS ON ONCE MORE There has been a recurrence of the influenza epidemic in Ukiah this week, and: the alarming report goes out from the. city health office that the bare between forty. and fifty of the disease in the city at the present time and many more cases in the Surrounding country.

As in the pas epidemic, whole families are being stricken and the situation is assuning alarming proportions. The disease, so far, has been in an exceedingly light form. As a precautionery measure the firemen provided eve: person attending the ball Tuesday hight with a gauze mask which ti.e. were compelled to wear. The Uki high school was closed Tuesday noon by Dr.

Van Allen. In an Inte view, the city physician advises the caring of the gauze masks as a utionary measure and stated that it was probable that the town boar enforce the ordinance agar Van Allen also stated that the boa of health would in all proba(keep both schools closed and aldo lovent public gatherings of all 80 Manager Davis, of the Victory theatre, has closed that amusement house for the present. PIONEER COAST WOMAN DIES Fort Bragg, Jan. -Mrs. Aura, mother of John and 1 Auro; and a highly respect this coast, died at Pol sterday.

"It is understood that she tiling in health, for some tit about seventy years. Mrs. Lyman; of survives. MANY NEW- CASES FILED THIS WEEK IN LOCAL COURT Through Peirsol Stone, John Campbell has filed a suit in divorce against Ethel Irene Campbell. The complaint is sealed.

Through the same attorneys Gladys Valenti has filed a petition for lotters of administration on the estate of Pio Valenti, who died near Greenwood Nov. 23, leaving estate valued at about $1540. Wm. R. Drumm has filed a suit in divorce against Frances Drumm.

The complaint is sealed. Preston Preston appear as attorneys for the plaintiff. Through. Chas. Kasch Rita Brock, has filed a sealed complaint in divorce against Henry Brock.

Through Preston Preston Frank J. Wegner has filed a complaint in foreclosure against A. J. Lowell, The proceedings are brought to recover on a not for $2000, dated at Westport, March 14, 1915, and bearing interest at The property affected is in township 21, range 17. The complaint also seeks $250 attorney fee.

Through Peirsol Stone, Anton Carvalho has filed a suit against Anton Coelho, seoking to abate a nuisance at Mendocino City. The complaint alleges that the defendant rung a slaughter house and slaughter yard on premises adjoining those of the plaintiff and that the offal is allowed to decay, producing a bad stench, also that seepage from the slaughter yard runs into the property of the plaintiff, making it unfit for habitation. Carvalho seeks damages. Through Preston Preston, C. L.

Hensley has filed a suit in foreclosure against Kristian Payry and wife, seeking to recover $1200 on a note dated at Fort Bragg, Dec. 19, 1913, and bearing interest at Interest is paid until the first of last May. The property affected is in township 18, range 17. The plaintiff is the assignee of the Fort Bragg Commercial Bank. CHILD OF FORMER DIES IN BAY REGION Fort Bragg, Jan.

wa's received' here last evening to the effect that the young child of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Brown, formerly of Mendo-1 cino, had died in the bay region, presumably of influenza, as the father. is known to ba ill with the disease. The babe was born at Yosemite valley last summer.

COLD WAVE ON COAST Fort Bragg, Jan. morning surpassed all records for coldness on the coast, many of the outdoor water pipes being frozen. We have had frost all week. WILL BANKER TAKES OVER CLELAND GARAGE W. J.

Banker, who recently returned from the aviation camp. in Washington, has leased the Cleland garage, and will conduct it henceforth. His brother, Floyd, who has been with the lumberjacks' regiment in France, for the past year, is expected home in the near future, and will be associated with Will in the business. We will advise Dad Monte Banker! to look' to his laurels when these young soldiers. got started into business, for, both are first class automobile salesmen and business managers andithey are going to get their share of the public patronage.

Miss Nova Duncan, who spent the holidays in San Francisco, came up from there Wednesday evening and is at lier Hopland home, Mrs. Baker, Portland, Oregon, is guest in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dimmick. Mra. Baker will spend he remainder of the winter here.

HIGH FIGURE BID FOR WM: ROCK RANCH. VAtty. W. D. L.

Held has added his laurels as one of the county competent attorneys, a further repu tation as a. very: capable auctioneer, Last Saturday morning, when the time came for auctioning off a lease on the W. T. Rock ranch, in a few moments he had run the opening bid of $3000 up to $5500, at which figure he knocked it down to Smith and Scott. And this for a one-year terth, which is considered a record achievemen? Tie bidding was quite spirited, there being number of ranchers from the Yorkville section, where the place is located, present at the auction.

All were thoroughly acquainted with the property and cognizajit of its possibilities. Among them were the successful bidders, Fred and Austin Rawles, Bowlin H'att, John L. Rector and others. Rivalry .0 quite keen, but no one cared to go above the figure offered by Smith and Scott. The place contains 1800 acres anproximately, and 1500 head of sheep go with the lease.

WILLITS GIRL MARRIES CAMP LEW'S CORPORAL Miss Emma McWaters, of Willits, has become a war bride. Last Saturday the bride, accompanied by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. McWaters, and the groom, Raymond Walker, motored down from the northern city, and after procuring a marriage license, were united in marriage by Rev.

Fuller, at the Baptist church parsonage. The bride and groom are quite well known throughout the county and been leaders in social activities in the northern city for a number of years. At present the groom is stationed at Camp Lewis, where he has the rank of corporal in the 37th field artillery. He only had an eight-day furlough and returned to the camp last Monday. After his discharge the young couple will make their home in Willits.

WILLITS PARTY OVER GRADE SOUTH OF HERE Charles Palmer and family, of Willits, passed through town last week with the intention of spending the holidays with relatives in Sonoma county. Not far below Ukiah the automobile ran over the grade and Mr. Palmer received some serious injuries and the auto was badly wrecked. They telephoned to Geo. Richardson and he brought the wreck back to Ukiah and then took the Palmers on to Sonoma county in another machine.

SMITH SENTENCED TO PRISON TERM FOR FORGERY Loon Smith, coast woodsman, was sentenced. to an indefinite term in San Quentin when his plea or probation was denied by Judge White Saturday. Smith recently pleaded guilty in the superior court to the charge of forging the name of James Frasier to an $87.15 check which he stole from Frasier's cabin at Glen Blair. He cashed the check at a Fort Bragg bank. Smith -was arrested in a cabin on the Caspar beach by Marshal Johnson.

T. W. COX HOME RANCH SOLD TO R. E. McCRACKEN The Tom Cox ranch of over seven hundred acres of range and valley land, located near Largo, the past week to Mr.

Cox's law, D. McCrackend Th erty, known as the Cox hon is one of the valley's best being adauted to mixed far I stock re CITY TRUSTEES APPOINT MARSHAL AND NIGHTWATCH The city trustees. last Tuesday met and appointed Fred. Dart as city marshall and Jack Dreyer as nightwatch. Joe.

Elledge, who has been acting marshall as deputy under Clyde Brewer to fill out Brewer's term, we understand, did not consider the salary sufficient inducement to apply for the job permanently. The marshall's salary was fixed at $75. In addition to this he will act as 'fire marshall. at a salary of $15, which brings his total salary 'up to $90 monthly. The nightwatch's salary will be $75.

In addition, he gets $25 from the county and certain perquisites for special service to certain business houses, which will make the job well worth while. Mrs. Ruby Dowson, eity received a boost in salary amounting to $15. In return for this she will act as secretary to the board of health, the place formerly filled by the community nurse, who resigned several months ago, and who received $15 Co: the same services. WILLITS BOY WAS ON TORPEDOED TRANSPORT Lawson Moxloy, of Willits, is home a short furlough.

He is a fireman on the U. S. transport Mount Vernon, which was torpedoed on September 5th. Thirty-seven men were killed and fourteen seriously injured when the torpedo exploded in the engine room.) Lawson belonged to the department which suffered all of the but happened to be off duty. and eating breakfast at the time.

The Mount Vernon was formerly the Hamburg-American ship Crown Princess Cecille, and is a ship of 30,000 tons. When she was torpedoed she was 257 miles from Brest, France, and was able to make port. At the time she carried a crew of, 1,000 men and 7,000 soldiers. Moxley enlisted in May, 1917, and already has had several promotions. He has made seven round trips and last October had a five-days' furlough in Paris.

INFLUENZA REVIVES IN FORT BRAGG SECTION Fort Bragg, Jan. second wave of influenza has apparently hit Fort Bragg, for during the past ten days twenty cases have been recorded by the local health officer: During the same period it is conceded that there were ten or fifteen more cases where a physician was not called. With one excoption the cases are reported progressing satisfactorily. If the disease continues to spread here it is presumed that the board of health will take necessary precautions. MARRIAGE LICENSES Marriage licenses were issued the past week to the following couples by the county clerk: Eino Gummorus and Elmi Sipila; Raymond H.

Walker and Emma McWaters, of Willits. Lowell E. Kendall and Mabel Inman, of Manchester. Elmer Bucknell and Freda Brush, of. Potter valley.

Andy L. Huff, of Ukiah, and Leo Ella Russe, of Potter valley. Albert Bonini and Mary Perry, of Wendling, who were married here by Judge Hurley yesterday afternoon, CLERK'S OFFICE GIVES INTERESTING FIGURES There were 198 probate cases filed is the superior court the past year according to the records of County Clerk Hale Prather, One, hundred and fifty-three marriage licenses were issued, and' Ave divorce actions, were Ninety civil cases were? fled. COYOTE SLAYER CHEATS COUNTY OUT OF BOUNTY Taking advantage of the trustfulness of Amos Dennis, aged of Round Valley township, W. S.

inger, well known rancher of that section, has been able to bunco Mendocino county out of an unknown sum in coyote bounties. Just how. much Swearinger has mulcted the county cannot be ascertained precisely, but by his own confession made' yesterday to Sheriff Byrnes, it is $72, at a head for 12 coyotes. However, Byrnes is inclined to suspect that the larger part of the $486 Swearinger has collected on bounties the past year, as well as $186 now being held up by the tor, represents fraudulent claims. Swearinger's method was simple and he would never have been able to get by with it, but for the reliance of Dennis on his word.

He was accustomed to appear before the notary and state that he had so many coyotes and the latter obligingly certified his claim for whatever number he stated he had killed and the rant was duly passed by the supervisors and collected by Swearinger. Under the law Swearinger was supposed to present the carcasses to! Dennis and thereupon they were sup-, posed to be destroyed. Dennis, however, states that he never saw the carcasses, but always took Swearinger's word for it. This condition of affairs makes it impossible to find out whether Swearinger has really, ever killed any coyotes or. not.

His. fraudulent operations may extend back several years, as he has lected big sums from the county for many years on coyote bounty claims, and they may run into several thousands of dollars. Swearinger is liable for swearing to 2, falsehood, as his affidavit must allege he has killed the animals and state the place where they were killed. On the other hand, Dennis, before he affixes his seal, must certify that the earcasses have been before him and destroyed and must sign the statement. It is a question whether his bondsmen will.

not have to stand the county's loss by reason of the fraud. Swearinger maintains that he has collected on. but twelve carcasses he, has not killed, but as he has never produced any carcasses at all, accord-; ing to Dennis, the sheriff is inclined to scout Swearinger's statement. There. is no suspicion against Dennis, who bears a good.

reputation. It is thought by the authorities that his sole offense has been in taking Swearinger's word. However, technically, he is guilty of misconduct in office, inasmuch as he has certified to statements which were not true, as regards the producing of the carcasses before him and their destruction. S'vearinger is in Jail here awaiting arraignment. STATE RESUMES JURISDICTION OVER GAME LAWS Game Warden Bert Miller, of this city, has received advices from, the state.

fish and game commission to the effect that the federal authorities have surrendered jurisdiction over the fish and game of the state, which they assumed under the food administration, and that henceforth' the state laws will hold: in all cases, Just as they did prior to the time the food administration took charge. The taking of fish commercially 1g ticularly affected by the 'new dition, and commercial fisheries are' therefore interested in. the matter. VOLUNTEER NURSES WANTED Will those who will nurse cases or do general house their names with Carrie Home. Service garage, phone 126 65 at her home phone 380-T SNOW MOUNTAIN CO.

TO BUILD: NEW ROAD The arrival. In Ukiah this week of a steam, shoyel outfit. and crew en route: to: the Eel river section above mence Potter. work valley, on a where contract it will for com- the Snow Mountain Water Power has aroused considerable speculation as to the precise nature of the work. which the company has undertaken.

The outfit is the property of. Erick-: sen Petersen, a big contracting firm of San It was: rumored at first that the company was to undertake at last 1 the construction of its long-projected Gravelly valley dam. However, In an interview with General Graham, superintendent of the Snow Mountain. company, the Dispatch learns that. such construction is not contemp-.

lated in the immediate future. The steam. shovel outfit will confine its labors to the grading of a new road. from the Eel river ferry to Gravelly valley, a distance of 15 miles. The road, of course, is a necessary preliminary to any work that would.

be done on the dam, but its construc-. tion at this time, according to Gen-. eral. Graham, does not mean. that; work on the dam is contemplated as: soon as the road is finished.

"At: this said General Graham, one knows when we shall start work: on the dam. It may be several years, it may be 'a dozen, it may be next, year. The dam has been in contemplation for. at least twelve years. Ulti-: mately it.

will be built. But. we do not know when." It is expected that the steam shovel will complete the road by next summer. Through Mannon Mannon Fred: Warren has applied for. letters of administration on the estate of the late: Isabella Coakly, who died at.

Willits. recently leaving an estate valued at $11,000, most of which is cash. There is a will in the possession of Ann Jef-. feries, of San Francisco, naming the latter as executrix, but she declines to act, according to the petition of Warren. Through Mannon Mannon, J.

Les Charlton: has applied for letters the estate of. Sarah Frances Charla ton, his sister, alleging incompetency. The property consists of a promissory note of J. 0. Ogle for $600.

UKIAH HIGH SCHOOL SUFFER DEFEAT On last Friday evening the high school basket ball team went. down to defeat to the tune of 38-16 before the heavy attack of an alumni team composed of old veterans of the game. Despite the one-sided score, the game was not devoid of interest. The high school team, though very much light-" er than the alumni, put up good scrap and showed considorab'e teami work, The alumni team changed ite: i line-up several times during the game, as the boys were far from -be ing in condition. BIll Connolly presided at the whistle.

Two girls' teams played a very inI teresting preliminary. game. Tliere is seemingly a feeling among the male students of the high school that athletics are not worth the effort since a old track stars like Caughey, Milne, Broaddus and the rest have graduated and of high' school competitione. The boys should remember that's this higli sohool is no worse off than the other high, schools all over the state, and that while the student may be made up: of weaker material same condition da. extant everywhere It is no more dithoult to, bulld, winning team now than it was years ago, but requires now required then; constant effort the part of every boy enrolled tH' somewhere in the point machine..