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cm FL Bv the Single Copies 5c And SAUGUS ENTERPRISE COVERING Castaic, Val Verde, Honby, Solemint, Forrest Park, Agua Dulce and all the Canyons. Fhnlom vanishes chicken thief still hsy The "phantom rifleman of Vas- quez Rocks" developed a split personality following vigorous investigations which included a thorough search of the Rocks by a mounted posse, and some effective gunv shoe work by Capt Ambrose Stewart Investigator Charles Kelley. According to Capt. Stewart there are probably at least two individuals involved in the activities which have gotten the residents of the vicinity considerably alarmed. VOLUME TWENTY-SEVEN NUMBER 39 Thursday, September 27, 1945 Newhall, California SIGNAL TOWER Business houses make first Victory Chest contributions FREE CATS To Spruce streetusiness houses One is the party (or parties) who have been stealing chickens, rabbits, garden truck and such, and breaking into cabins.

1 a a went the honor of making the firsj contributions to the Victory Chest drive this; week as canvassers led by General Chairman Milton Ball ii i i IV) lt "I 1 m-r-- A III, mi ImimmwA 1 I i i rt a iic iiuci ia mc uij'aiciiuus, aim thus far unidentified, party whom U.S. Government Trapper E. L. Pineau accuses pf trying to dry. gulch him with a .22 rifle There seems to be no question of the presence of a chicken thief.

opened the campaign which will ultimately cover the entire Newhall Saugus district. Among firms making the first Some folks swear by Signal want ads and some folks swear at them. Last week Mrs. June Genrich advertised a bicycle for sale it was snapped up a half hour4 after the paper was out Mrs. Carl Hargis didn't have anything to sell.

Shehad something to give away to-wit: 18 assorted cats and kittens, all sizes, all colors. Not a soul wanted- a cat not even free gratis, for nothing. The Hargises only used to have twelve cats, the ancestors of which contributions, were the Horton De Three fliers die in plane crashes in the mountains Newhall Sheriff possemen were preparing to depart for Lebec Sunday to bring out the bodies of two Navy airmen, victims of a crash while searching for a third plane fatality in the area, -when word came that a rescue party had reached the scene by using'a bulldozer. The horsemen put their steeds back in the corrals. First Lieutenant Walter W.

Dir-rim of Montpelier, Ohio, was killed instantly when his Army plane crashed on the, lower slopes of Mount McDill, about 8 miles due wesftSf" Palmdale. Dirrim's smashed plane was spotted Sunday by an army search plane. He had been missing since Friday when he left Burbank for Muroc Army Airbase. The Navy airmen, whose names were withheld, pending notification of kin, were killed while searching for Dirrim's ship. Their SB2C scout bomber crashed in rugged country Just over the county line north of Lebec.

Flaming gasoline from the plane started a small brush fire, which was quickly suppressed by Kern county crews. Because of the difficulty of reach Enough depredations have taken place to indicate definitely that a prowler may be hiding out in the rocky fastnesses of the area, maintaining himself by shooting small game and raiding chicken yards and gardens. Possemen found a cave with evidences of a camp fire and human habitation. But they are not sure that the chicken thief is the same man that perforated Trapper Pineau's panel truck and threatened to murder him. MAIfP TnnDftiinn crr-nr Ofiriml Trtdimrj Pitlt came into their possession with the house they bought.

The other day Linder Hargis noticed a cardboard box at the side of the road on his way Jiome- from school. Looking inside he found si? starving kittens, which he brought home, This sudden increase in the" cat population produced a crisis. A4 Y. 1 1 partment Store, Hammond Lumber Aitken and Kidder, Chitwood Furniture Store, Dr. E.

C. Innis, Attorney Paul Palmer, Lorraine Cleaners, L. B. Dull Shoe Repair, Placerita Liquor Store, Cameron Service Station, Newhall Pharmacy, Attorney Stanley Visel, Brown Jobbing A. B.

Thatcher, Alexander Sunset Service Station, and Newhall 5, 10 $1 Store. Other firms were being contacted as rapidly as possible. Mrs. Anna. Rambcau has been named chairman Castaic and Mrs.

Cora Taylor chairman for Val Verde, Mrs. Douglas Bruton reported. Mrs. Marion Farquhar will act as chairman for Placerita canyon. Red Cross Branch Chairman Jean.

McDonell will assist in canvassing a portion of Newhall, and many other workers are being lined up. wheel chair) Pvt. Charles D. Corneal, who was hit by shrapnel in a battle with the Japs. Beverly Jean Lake (at left), Los Angeles City College bond sales champion, holds one of the markers which, filled in with name of school, will be affixed to each bed financed with bonds in the 22 Army Air Force, U.

S. Naval, and Army hospitals in Southern California. Beside her is Geo. M. Eason, president of Los Angeles City and County School Savings and Loan Association, and at right are M.

Penn Phillips, executive vice chairman, Southern. California War Finance Committee, and Donna Rankin, fifth grade student. So remember "Be a Buddy; Buy a "BE A BUDDY; BUY A BED" This slogan of South-em California school students' Series Bond drive for the current semester is being demonstrated above. Sponsored by the "Schools-at-War" Section, U. S.

Treasury, the objective is to finance 1,650 hospital beds and equipment (at $3,000 per unit) for sick and wounded returned servicemen through pur? chase and sale of stamps and bonds. The two wounded overseas veterans at Birmingham General Hospital, Van Nuys, being cheered by news of the special drive are (in bed) Pvt. Michael Belok, whose legs were broken while serving in Europe, and (in mm uuw mat me oigtmi want uu has failed to strike pay dirt it looks like the S. P. C.

A. will have to be called in. Sign on Sepulveda "For Sale Fryers Large ft Rear." Collected too much salary, arrested ing the scene it was at first thought that horsemen would be required to bring out the bodies, and Capt Am When he collected his mpnthly brose Stewart was asked to bring Eight mounted members of the sheriff's auxiliary posse spent most of last Wednesday in a thorough search of Vasquez Rocks a search which failed to flush any sign of a "phantom rifleman." Those who made the trip were Capt. Stewart, Investigator Kelley, Judge Arthur Miller, George Lebrun, Loren Clymore, Bill Parks, Jack Cottrell and Deputy Richard Brown. Two reporters' Vrom the Los Angeles Times secured horses and rode along, and two members of the Daily News staff made the trip also, although they dii npt have horses.

By' Wednesday evening all were convinced that the rifleman, if any, had departed for pastures new. The presence of camp fires and other traces of human presence could just as well have "been left by visiting tourists, or by moving picture outfits, who have long used the Reeks-ier loeation werk- salary of $400 plus $21 extra after up a squad, bhortly after a bull dozer managed to break a way for working only the first five days of trucks to get in, and the call was the month, Bill Hoskins, of Holly cancelled. wood, went a little too far, in the PHOTOGENIC Maybe you noticed that swell picture in the Los Angeles Times last week, showing a solitary horseman standing on a high cliff, with the rugged ridges and canyons of Vazquez Rocks far away and below. Since the Times' photographer who shot the picture didn't write any credit line there was no way of knftng that the horseman was Loren Clymore and the horse was The photographer was having quite a time getting suitable sub News about Service men Major H. C.

Gibson and Major W. J. McGruber spent the week-end with R. C. Gibson.

The men are stationed at Fresno, California, with Black Widow night fighter srroups. opinion of Charles Henderson, proprietor of the Ridge Tavern garage, who swore out a complaint on Paul Palmer chosen to lead Kiwanis Club during 1946 Attorney Paul Palmer was chosen by popular vote of members to be the 1946 president of the Newhall-Saugua Kiwanis Club. The election took place at the regular meeting last Thursday evening at the French Village. Ernest E. Chitwood was selected i as vice-president The board of directors will include the Brown, Stuart Donaldson, Dr.

William D. Ross, J. T. Salmond, Sam Hyman, Loren Clymore and Fred W. Trueblood.

The new officers will be installed about the first of the year. Accidents cause I which Hoskins was arrested for grand theft. An unusual coincidence of acci According to Henderson's story, he hired Hoskins to manage the dents last Thursday resulted in a garage Iiefansa1clers6me ArriVyfarftVed I TTT 1 'J i 1 i 1 Newhall Saugus area for a period of about two hours. 22 bullets fly; four punks held Four Santa Monica youths were picked up by the police of that city at the request of the Newhal) sheriff andN brought here to answer charges of malicious mischief. The punks were joy riding in Mint canyon, according to witnesses, and taking promiscuous- pot shots at whatever struck their fancies.

One of the objects was Leslie Wright's pump house. They admitted doing tfteOTslln-g-atter Sunday C. H. P. Officer Boyle picked up three more Santa Monica punks in a hopped up car containing three .22 rifles.

Suspected of doing a lot of roadside rifle practice, they denied the charges and were, released after a warning. Community church' special service Rev. John Christensen of the Community Church has announced a special service dedicated to teachers of Newhall, Saugus, Sulphur Springs and Castaie schools at 11:00 A.M.", Sunday. The sermon topic will "Helps From the Master business in Fresno. Five days later Hoskins took his personal belongings and the entire contents of the The first accident was when a jects during the posse search for the "phantom rifleman," and it wasn't until Loren took Babe up a' long hogback and out to the, edge of the clifi.lhat the photographer caught a "natural." Ration board now located in Van Nuys on vveanesuay oi -iast wees irom Italy.

Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Goodrich are happy on receiving news from their son, Pfc.

Earl M. Goodrich of his landing at New York, Sept. 5, on geophysical exploration truck operating in the river bed north of Sau cash register and departed. Arraigned In Justice court Mon i gus and east of the Edison substation tangled a boom with a day Hoskins pleaded not guilty and the liner Queen Mary. He will visit his preliminary hearing was set or October 25.

Bond was fixed at 16,000 volt main line. Not, long his wife and son in San Mateo and after that some hunter nicked the then reports on Sept. 30 at Fort $1,000. A slick chick, says the Signal Sob Sister, is a gal that knows all the answers before marriage and all the questions afterwards. Jackson, South Carolina.

He has big high voltage line going up Mint canyon, and the combination vuusuiiuuuuns oi iocai rationing and price control boards throughout Southern California some of which now have been completed and all of which iwill be in effect by the end of this month increases the desirability of applicants using the mails tell their needs to their local board, according to O. K. Collins, OPA diatrict board executive. been with General Hodges First of events resulted in an interruption Scribner Named Word was received from Con Army for the past 18 months. When inducted into army service Good of current.

A small grass fire got started rich was training Irv Cummings' No right turns against the light Under the new state law, if a community or other locality wishes to legalize a car's making a right turn against a signal when the road is clear, a sign to that effect must be posted at the intersection Otherwise, from now on, a right turn against a traffic signaUis unlawful anywhere in the state pf California. "Iri Los Angeles, the council will SNOOZE TIP Among other war measures i i i i i 1 A near the scene of the first break string of race horses. gressman Harry R. Sheppard Tuesday that Irving Scribner, son of Mrs. Avery Smith, has been designated principal candidate en Warren Morse, U.S.N., fell into east of the sub-station, but it, was soon extinguished.

bince ieWer boards will be available'' to the public and each will serve a larger geographical area, time of annlicants na wpll no hnnrri trance to Annapolis. a bit of tough luck recently when he went into, sick bay with a boil off his His crew was due to go put, and Varren tmissed the boat" That is always a keen dis strom of a campaign, you are made Teacher." 'Sanford so Mr. and R. G. Sovern and sons are moving from Saugus sub to employees will be saved by use of the mails -whenever possible, said.

-Persons who have been served by loist, 'will sing "Lord's. Prayer" by appointment in any branc'h of the have to adopt an ordinance' authpr- Barre sub, near Santa Ana, over by the home town paper into "the people's friend, whose statesmanship and tnteitfv him to earnest 'consideration ty th'e' scneauiea 10 uie jsepteniuer ou is war time. We are going to get back that hour we lost way back in 1942 by -the clock ahead one hour and getting up at 6 instead of 7. Lest there be confusion on the point it should be pointed out tnat the thing to do when war time stops, is to set the clock back that hour. Our suggestion is to do it right after you wake up Monday morning and turn over for another snooze.

5j IB Kenneth Lowden is now with oc exceptions as desired points. 1 voters." Hitherto, right turns against And when old and cantankerous iiuiui nouywuou ooarus now win apply to the consolidated board, No. 5.2, at 14410 Sylvan Van Nuys. traffic signals have been lawful Stacey Maust has enrolled in Pasadena Junior College and will spend this winter at the home of his grandparents. throughout Los Angeles, except in the central traffic district.

you finally shuffle off this mortal coil, the home town paper Writes your obituary, "long and useful life, rich in the milk of human Although much of the rationing program has been dropped by OPA Swallows Strychnine Nettie Fitch, of the 99 Oaks Auto Court in Mint Canyon, was brought to the Community Hospital early Tuesday morning suffering from the effects of self -administered strychnine tablets, believed to have been taken with suicidal intent. She refused to talk or answer questions by deputy sheriff s. the need for price control is more cupational forces in Germany. 'He was transferred from a base in England. Richard Trueblood and Stanley Cook, U.S.M.S., came home Friday evening on a pass, and again Sunday morning.

Lynn Bid-dison, who is training with the Navy at San Diego, was also here on Sunday. Sam Johnston, former Newhall boy, is at the San Diego Naval Training Station. important than ever, the OPA em Good old home town paper, cheer helpful liar that you are. phasized, and all of the consolidated boards will have price panels working in their areas to keep prices to consumers down. (Kaffeis raneli gets magazine write-up Reprinted from the September issue of "The Thoroughbred" magazine, published by the California Breeders' Association Thatsallthereisthereisn'tanymore THE TOWERMAN While -escorting a Lockheed jet CHEERFUL LIAR The Towerman is indebted to the Publisher's Auxiliary for the following: From the.

time of your birth, through lift's ups and downs, on to the pearly gates, your home town paper shoves you along. When the storkdeposits your five pounds of red and wrinkled ornery-ness squalling on your, parents! doorstep the home town paper oyer Us watchful, benevolent care of your destiny by adding a VIE FOR MAJORETTE TITLE plane job enroute from Burbank to Muroc Friday afternoon, C.H.P. Officer Lennox was forced to unload from his motorcycle when a head gasket blew out. He suffered slight injuries to his knee. mares and at night when they come off the alfalfa, this to prevent the stock g.razing early in the- morning and developing colic from the combination of dew and tender alfalfa leaves.

Oat, hay and grain are fed in the dry paddocks. Grain is kept in the creep troughs at all times. The Gaffers yearlings number six, and their glossy coats and bright expressions tell of their prime physical condition. The ranch is especially proud of three yearling fillies. There's a baby by Top Row and a Ladysman mare that catches the you a "fine 10-pound son." When, and with hands the size" of hams, you have dragged yourself through school by the skin of your teeth and the care- lMiinnnn rt itmi 4-no nViflM! A hnmfl Fillmore youth killed in crash on Piru road town paper waves the magic wand and you become "a young man of talent, bound to make his mark." Willard George Leidy, age 16, of Fillmore, was instantly killed at 12:30 Monday when the car in which he was a passenger got That iopeless theme that sister Mary 'hfclped you write and which you inflicted upon a suffering audi out of control, and went over a 1 ence, becomes an "essay showing much thought and exceptional ability." When as a young man you leave the old home town and, through the influence of Uncle Jeremiah, Six years ago Mr.

and Mrs. W. C. Gaffers decided to produce their own replacements for the stable they were tlrey wanted to get out in the country for weekends. So they bought a hundred-acre apricot ranch in Placerita Canyon, just past Newhall.

Within six months the 'cots were uprooted and the ranch transformed into an up-to-date Thoroughbred nursery. The stallions Top Row and Ever Bubbling were obtained, and a band of mares accumulated. The Gaffers did not wish to have more than ten mares for their own, but having the accommodation's and the organization, the latter headed by Manager Dave Pollock, they yielded to the plea of various horse-owning friends and took in boarders. At the present time 21 mares' occupy the matron paddocks, only eight of which are producing for the home ranch. Gaffers Ranch has 75 acres of permanent pasture, principally alfalfa, Abundant water is pumped from three inexhaustible wells into reservoirs that are insulated and covered.

It flows by gravity to porcelain troughs in each pasture and paddock. The water analyzes high in bone-bailding calcium and phosphates. A 20-stall broodmare barn was erected with stalls 14x14. Two yearling and weanling barns, one of 14 and the other of eight stalls, each stall 12x12; individual stallion stalls, 14x14 with six-foot fences around the paddocks; three dry paddocks fdr the foaling and barren mares, and yearlings complete the stabling. The dry paddocks are used to corral the foaling and barren IT get a job ushering at the Tooner eye.

She's on the rangy side, with good legs, and guarters that portend tremendous driving power when fully developed. Another eye-filling filly is the one by Top Row-Topsy Rose, she out of Surplice by Fair Plaff thus a half-sister to Time Supply. This miss is on the blocky side, with lots of heart depth and powerful quarters. The Top Row-Valley Lass filly is a well-built youngster, extra deep in girth and quarters to balance. The grand race mare of, a few seasons back, Mary-Nell, has a Eplendid yearling by Ever Bubbling.

There is a filly by Vain Bachelor ville movie palace, the home town paper makes good and gives you a "well paid position of trust. When you persuade some short- sighted young lady to take you for better or for worse, it is the home town paper that makes her see only the "for better" by writing of you as a "sterling young business man "1 steep bank near the county line on the Piru road. The driver of the car, Henry Branscomb, seaman 1c, told C.H.P. Officers Lennox and Cummings that he had had no sleep for two days and must have dozed at the wheel. In the car with Branscomb and Leidy were four other Fillmore youths.

Two of them, James W. Grady, age ,16, and J. C. Tyler, age 17, were brought to the Community Hospital with painful injuries. Leidy was thrown clear of the car as it was rolling over and over, and probably died instantly, officers said.

i Sunday morning Robert Contre-ras, and George Ntbe of Castaic received slight injuries when the car in which they were driving down the Elizabeth Lake canyon road, skidded in some loose gravel and capsized. Although highway traffic was extraordinarily heavy over the weekend, no other fatalities or" serifn injuries were reported. out of Sadie X. and a chestnut filly of fine appearance and manner. When you begin to inflict your progeny upon a helpless world, it by lep Kow out, of Helen Porter.

All are sisters and brothers to one or more winners. starts all over again. The present crop of foals number When middle age has left you bald and- thickened your midriff. twelve, mostly by Top Row. Ross Cooper, Bud Les Coulie, the home town paper brushes your Noria Dikram, Mrs.

John Sandford coat collar, sponges the gravy from (Margaret Roberts, the movie writ your shirt front, and makes you "a Curvaceous cotie is Mae Ross, ti er), A. A. Baroni and Cunningham power in the community, inter Janet Hansen and Dot Rounds of Los Angeles are entered In the Los Angeles Elks contest competing for the honor of being chosen the out-itanding tlrum-majorette of Southern California. The lucky baton-wielding Miss chosen by the Elks Committee will lead the massed band dI ten California lodges at the B.P.O.E. convention War rally tian-haired 6kating star of the Ice and Dolan have been boarding ested in its religious and civic life." When the political bug biter you Follies of 1946 now at the Pan-Pacific, Los Angeles, for a short ran.

broodmares at Gaffers Ranch for (Turn to page 6 please) and you find yourself in the mael-.