Ukiah Dispatch Democrat from Ukiah, California • Page 1

bonaflde paid drmdatton nearly DOUBLE that of any ottier i published in Mendocino Co. VOLUME LI UKIAH OITY, MENDOOINO OOTiraY, FRIDAY, JANUARY WANTS APPOINTMENT AS HORTICULTURAL Gi; The ofBce of horticultural coin- nflftsloner of Mendocino county being Tacant, and there being no other than hlmseif on the eligible list, Edgar of this place, recently re- turned from a military training camp "7 Itf the, south, entertained reasonable expectation of receiving from the supervisors the appointment to the position, which was loft vacant on the resignation of Claude Van Dyke several months However, It seems thai the state horticultural commission has other ideas on the subject. That body has written County Clerk Hale Prather that there will be an examination for cortlflcatlon of a of ellglblos given In Uklfth on February 14th next. The commission, writes that It believes that the super- MANY NEW CASES FILED THIS WEEK EOCiy. HIGH FIGURE BID FOR ROCKRAHOl yAtty.

W. D. L. Held has added, his laurels as one of the coun competent attorneys, a further tatlon as a very capable auctlonei Last Saturday morning, when this time came for auctioning off a leaae. Through Polrsol Stone, John Campbell has filed a divorce against Ethel Irene The cowiplaint is sealed.

Through the same attorneys Gladys Valentl has filed a petition for letters of administration on the estate gt Pio Valentl, who died near Greenwood Nov. 23, leaving estate valued at about $1540. Wm. R. Drumm has filed a suit In divorce against Prances Drumm.

The is sealed. Preston Preston appear as attorneys for the plaln- Tisors should bo to Ulff. pick a successcr rov Vr.n Dylio from a which contains but one 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 them aa regards the '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. CITY TRUSTEES APPOINT MARSHAL AND NIGHTWATOH The city trustees last Tuesday met and appointed Fred Dart as city niar- ahall and Jack Dreyer as nlghtwitch. Joe EUedge, who has been acting marshall as deputy under Clyde Brewer to fill out Brewer's term, we HEAVy FROSTS MARK THE WEEK'S WEATHER The pre4ominant feature of feather during the past week has been the extremely cold temperature, vvlilch has atto niBiFked the weather IbQdltibns all over the state.

We had no rain. The maximum Mmperatnre. was 55 and the minl- was 17 degreoc. OF MRS. LOU RANKS Mrs.

Lou Banks, of Hopland, died at that place last Monday. The funeral was held Wednesday. Influenza was the cause of her death. was a uiember of the teaally, pioneer residents of the Sanel va and leaves many relatives and a Hf St of, friends to mourn her death. Through Chas.

Kasch Rita Brock luis li led sealed complaint in divorce against Henry Brock. Preston Preston Frank J. Wtjgner 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 attorney fee. Through Pelrsol Stone, Anton Carvalho has filed a suit against Anton Coelho, seeking to abate a nuisance at Mendocino City. The complaint alleges that the defendant runs 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 $1000 damages. Through Preston Preston, C.

L. Hensley has filed a suit in foreclosure against Krlstia'n 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 th6 first of last May. The property affected is in township 18, range 17. The plaintiff is the assignee of the Fort Bragg Commercial Bank.

on the W. T. Rock ranch, in a moments he had run the opening biS of $3000 up to $5500, at which figure he kiiocked it down to Smith and Scott. And this for a one-year which is considered a record menK Tire bidding was quite spirited, there being number of ranchOTS from the YorkvUle section, where place is located, present at the a-tfC- tlon. All were thoroughly acquainted with the property and cognizant of its possibilities.

Among them were the successful bidders, Fred Austin Uawles, Bowlln H'att, L. Rector and others. Rivalry quite keen, but no one cared to above the figure offered by Smith Scott. The place contains 1800 acres ap-i TJ; proximately, and 1500 head of sheep go witli the lease. 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 $16, which brings his total salary up to $90 monthly. The nlghtwatch'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 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 same services. SNOW MOtoN CO, TO BUItO; NEW ROAD' 'M The arrival In Ukiah this week Jift a steam vshoyel and crew route'to th6 Eel river, section Potter valley, where Mt, wilt coip- mencis work a contract for Snow Mountain Power has aroused considerable speoulatlon as to the precise nature of work Taking advantage of the trustfulness of Anibs Dennis, of RouAd Valley township, W. S. Swear-; which the company has well known rancher of that The outfit is the property of Brlok- sectlon, has been able to bunco Men- sen Petersen, a big' doclho county out of an unknown I firm of San Francisco, sum in coyote bounties.

Just how. it -was: rumored at first that'the muchSwearinger has mulcted the cotepany was ta undertake at last the- county cannot be ascertained precise- of its long-projected ly, but by his own confession made' dam. However, lu yesterday to Sheriff Byrnes, it is $72, an General Grahamv the Snow MGuntaln company, learns TRiiSTEES MAY ORDER ONONGEMORE WILLITS GIRL MARRIES GAMP GORPORAL Miss Emma McWaters, of WilUts, 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 Rev. Fuller, at the Baptist church parsonage. The bride and groom are quite well known throughout the county and -have 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 corpora.1 In the 37th field artillery.

He only had an eight-day furlough and returned to the camp last After his discharge the young couple will make their home in WlUlts. IVILIITS BOY WAS DN TORPEOOED TRANSPORT at a head for 12 coyotes. However, Byrnes is inclined to suspect that the larger part of the $486 such Swearinger has collected on coyote; lated in the immediate future. The bounties the past as well as steam. shovel will confine Its labors to the grading of a new road- is not contemp- $186 now being held up by the auditor, represents fraudulent claims.

Swearinger's method was simple and he would never have been able from the Eel river ferry to Gravelly valley, a distance of 15 miles. The road, of course. Is a necessary to get by with It. but for the reliance! preliminary to any work that would; of Dennis on his word. He was ac-jbe done on the dam, but its construe- customed to appear before the not-jtipn at this time, according to Genary and state that he had so many; eral.

Graham, does not mean that Moxlcy, of Wlllits, is, home on 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 Lawson belonged to the department which suffered all of the but happened to be off eating, breakfast at the CHIIJ) OF FORMER COASTERS DIES IN RAY REGION There has been a recurrence of the epidemic in Ukiah this weipk, and the alarming report goes out from the city health ofhce that between forty and fifty cas' of the disease in the city at the pre! at time and many more cases in the urrounding country.

As in the mis apidemic, whole families are being trlcken and the situation is as- 8un njg alarming proportions. The disc se, so far, has been In an exceed ngly light form. As a precaution ry measure the firemen provided eve; person attending the ball Tues- light with a gauze mask which the, vyere compelled to wear. The Ukl i( high school was closed Tuest noon by Dr. Van Allen.

In an rlew, the city physician advises oaring of the gauze masks as a utlonary measure and stated it was probable that the town enforce the ordinance Van A.llon also stated that the lof health would in all proba- coep bp.th schools closed and gatherings of all Sanager Drfvls, of the Victory theajre, has closed that amusement houVo for the present. COAST Fort Bragg, Jan. i ura, mother of John and and a highly respec this coast, died at Pol I 'tt is. vmderstood that she in health for some tl about seventy years Mrs. Lyman; of Fort Bragg, Jan.

was ceived'here last evening to the effect that the young child of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Brown, formerly of Mendocino, had died In the bay region, presumably of influenza, as the father is to bj ill with the disease. The babe was born at Yosemite valley 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. WILLlTS PARTY OVER GRADE SOUTH OF HERE Charles Palmer and family, of Uts, passed through town Last week with the intention of spending the holidays with relatives In Sonomj. 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. and time. The Mount Vernon was formerly the Hamburg-American ship Crown Princess CeciUe, 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. coyotes arid the latter obligingly certified his claim for whatever number he stated he had killed and the warrant was duly passed by the supervisors and collected by Swearinger.

Under the law Swearinger was supposed to present he carcasses to work on the dam is contemplated ast soon as the road Is finished. "At this said General Graham, "no- one knows when we shall start work on the dam, It may be several It may be a dozen, it may be next, year. The dam has been in contemp- But we da Dennis and thereupon they were sup- lation for at least twelve years. Ulti- posed to be destroyed. Dennis, however, states that he never saw the caixasses, but always took Swearinger's word for it.

This condition of affairs makes It impossible to find out whether Swearinger has really SMITH SENTENCED TO PRISON TERM FOR FORGERY 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 liojne 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, fori both are first class automobile salesmen and business managers are going to get their share of the public patronage.

Miss Nova Duncan, who spent the holidays in San Francisco, ctime up from Wednesday evening and is at her Copland home. Mrs. Baxter, Portland, Oregon, is guest: home of her daughter, rg. Mrs. Baker will spend remainder of the winter here.

Loon Smith, coast woodsman, was sentenced. to an indefinite term in San Quoutln 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 Fraslcr 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 Caspar beach by Marshal Johnson.

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 the same period it is concedeQ that there were ten or fifteen more cases where a physician was not called. With one exception 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. mately Jt will be built, not know when." It is expected that the steam shovel will complete the road by next summer.

Through Kannon Mannon Fred ever killed any coyotes not. His, Wirren OT letterp. of fraudulent operations may extend ministration on the estate of 'the We- back several years, as he has col-; Isabella Coakly, who died at WilUts- lected big sums from the county for recently leaving an estate valued at many years on coyote bounty claims, most of which is cash. and they may run into several thous- 1 is a will in the possession of Ann Jef- ands of dollars. feries, of San Francisco, naming the.

Swearinger is liable for swearing latter as executrix, but she declines to a falsehood, as his affidavit must to act, according to the petition of allege he has killed the animals and Warren, state the place where they were killed. On the other hand, Dennis, before he affixes his seal, must certi- Through Mannon Mannon, J. Jj.y Charlton has applied for letters on the estate of Safah Frances CharK ton, his alleging The property consists of a sory note of J. O. Ogle for $600, MARRIAGE LICENSES fy that the carcasses have been produced 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, ixccord-, ing to Dennis, the sheriff is inclined school basket ball team went down to to scout Swearinger's statement. defeat to the tune of 38-16 before the There is no suspicion against Den-! attack of an alumni team com- nis, who bears a good reputation. It posed of pld veterans of the gatne.

is thought by the authorities that his pespite the one-sided score, the game UKIAH HIGH'SCHOOL FIVE SUFFER DEFEAT On. last Friday evening the high 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 COX HOME RANCH TO MCCRACKEN VThe Tom Cox ranch of over seven hundred acres of range an land, located near Largo, the pa'st week to Mr, Oox' law, Ri B. McCrackenfl erty, known as thfe is one ot' tlve valley's best being V.0 mixed far stock ri Marriage licenses were issued the past week to the following couples by the county clerk: Elno Gummorus and Elmi Sipila; Raymond H.

Walker and Emma McWaters, of WlUIts. 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 Bonlnl and Mary Perry, of who were married here by Judge Hurley yesterday afternoon. STATE RESUMES JURISDIG- was not devoid of interest. Tie school team, though yery niiich er than the alumni, put up al scrap and showed work, The alumni teto changed its regards the producing of the carcass- 1 several tiijies during es before him and their game, as the boys were far from-befe S'vearlnger is in jail here awaiting lu condition. Bill Connolly arraignment.

I sided at the whistle. Two girls' teams played a very.in-^ teresting preliminary game. There is seemingly a foelftig amoti the mala students of TinU nWCD PAMC I IijHQ that athletics are not W0rthNtliavM'fii nun UVCn URWIC LAWO ajnco oW trdcU I Allenby, Milne, Broaddus and Game Warden Bert Miller, of this rest have graduated city, has received advices from, the high school Tfe state fish and game commission to i-emember Uttlfli the effect that the federal authorities school is no worse Off othejr have surrendered jurisdiction over all over the and' tfeei fish and game of the state, whlcli that student 4ihey assumed under the food admin- made weaker same condition la. extant it is no nytt.i'tka&SltijSMM^^^^ '''if 4" CLERK'S OFFICE GIVES INTERESTING'FIGURES There were 198 probate casesiflled is the superior oonrt the past ywr, according to the records qjf Coiuitity' Clerk Hale Pratber, bundred Istiation, 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 commerolally is particularly by the new condition, and commercial fisheries are therefore interested in the matter. winning teahi now years ajso, but rednired constant," thb part 6i' ev6ry in somewhere'iti PQiRt.