Oxnard Courier from Oxnard, California • Page 3

OXWARD COURIER, FRIDAY, OCCCMtlR Hit. AY SYSTEM BENEFITS ARE FELT EVEN IN PRESENT (From Saturday's Dmny Residents of Ventura county will tod loeil travel much better thti winter on account of the many of county highway completed before nln began. It the present rain be heavy the Illustration will cone at once. Three routes between Oxnard and Camarlllo are now, in such condition that they will not he closed by the heaviest rslus. frame may go via the Cooper and Rice roads to the state highway, or on Fifth street to the roads to the Btate highway, or continue on the Fifth road to the Bprlugville road and go north to the atate road.

The pavfug between the Montalvo bridge and El Rio will soon be com- and If the present detour to i toe- bridge should become Impassable, a road will be opened along the paving to the bridge that may be trav- eled. The concrete of this section ot the road was laid past the Bl Rio church yesterday. The Connor Construction company working on the Fifth street road arrived almott to the line of pat Flynu's reach today. The toil in that section is'good so that the contractors can continue work In wet wiather soon after the rain ccaees falling. The county supervisors yesterday accepted the grading of the county highway route from Moorpark to SI ml.

The Santa Susana grade Is half completed. Thi? IB one of the biggest grading jobs in the county 'highway program. The contractors on the county road between Saticoy and Somis are laying concrete at the rate of 600 to 700 feet a day. The Saticoy bridge was opened to traffic today. VOTE TO DROP FJH1ER irrom Saturdays Courier.) By vote of three to two the board of county supervisors voted yesterday to sustain its action of several days ago In voting to abolish the office of county farm adviser after January 1.

Supervisors Chrtsman and Clark, voted to reinstate the supervisor and Supervisors Perkins, Roussey and Shlellfl voted against it. Henry H. Neel, vice-president of the county farm bureau, was the only advocate of retaining the farm adviser present-at the time the vote was ken. The vote was taken after a considerable argument among the members of the board. Supervisor Chrtsman moved that the office oC form adviser be retained.

His motion received no second until Chairman CUrk called Bvpervtsor Perkins to the chair. Mr. dark then Mconded the motion. vtafc yr ff era! (From Saturday's Daily Courier,) Articles of incorporation were filed yesterday by the Janss Investment company with the office of County Clerk McCloskey. This company, whose chief place of business Is in Los Angeles, is capitalized for The iacorporators are H.

Janss, PrJansfl and Edwin Janes. Notice that tbe special federal revenue tax again in effect was received todsry by Charles Lindenbaum. He is asked to pay $50 a year special federal tax on his pawn brokerage business. He does not consider it fair that be Is asked to pay the same tax as a man in the same line of business in a big The tax was remitted for the last six months of this SPEED GOPS (Prom Satnrdar 1 Daily Govritr.) Henry Sullivan and Kenneth phjr irers appointed additional county 'highway policemen for one month. There were five applicants for the positions.

At the same time the supervisors fixed tbe salary of all highway at a day. The addition of two policemen to tbe blghway force was made so that the roads may be patroled at night. experienced and one new man wJtl work tcgdber TJndimmed headlights and spot lights will receive attention as veil as speeding. FOUND IK DtJlr Fire la the Redwood Bowling Alter dvweererrf about 2 o'clock this itBft br Holden. smoke In bnlWing as fee mftknc Bis fie vest the rw looked into rwm, tat cwOd Me tie iUw As smoke SsA be summoned Me) Elliott opened the ImlWItr After a tker foasrf that tin smoke cosine fen ta which was red.

Jwt ready to VM kept Tbe undcnMe Clara Baggs has completed the three-room apartment In the rear of her residence at 411 A street This is the first apartment to be constructed fire-proof within the Unfits set by the council in regard to fireproof buildings. The sides of this addition are covered with sheet meUl and It is covered with an asbestos roof. Mayor Woodman of 'Los Angeles would like to see California divided into two sates, and his proposition fs receiving considerable attention. First It was the northern part of the state that wanted to separate, but now, since the north Is hogging tbe greater part of tbe appropriations, the south fs more than willing. Abbot KInney, tbe founder of Venice, Is again to act as Santa Clans for the tenth time at the beach city.

He will have at his disposal two tons of candy, 3500 gifts, 3500 oranges, 3600 apples and 3500 Christmas caps Surely tbe kiddles of Venice bare cause for great rejoicing at this yule tide season. CLEAN UP DELIVERIES. 'Prom Saturdays Dany Courier.) The post office inspector was In Oxnard this morning and complimented the local office on having its delivery of Christmas mail better cleaned up than any office along the line. Postmaster Cellah and P. Carter, assistant postmaster, not being governed by tbe bours rule, have wortgjl 12 to 14 hours a.

day since the rush began and aided In keeping the office from being congested. ROYAL ARCH ELECTS OFFICERS. (Prom Saturday's twfir Tbe Royal at their meeting this week officers fcr the ensuing yean Ine 1916 officers be- They are: Rudolph Beck, high priest. H. P.

Speer, sing. C. H. scribe. John Stelnmltter, treasurer.

B. secretary. Tbe appointive officers will be announced later. SOMIS AND LAS POSAS Special Correspondence of The Courier. luesday's Daily courier.) Mr.

and Mrs. S. Garner were in Oxnard Sunday evening. Mrs, Frank. Wadleigh returned to her home last eek Irom Ixa Angeles.

Mrs. Agnes Graham arrived Friday morning from Oakland to spend the with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A.

Graham of Las Posas. Mr. and Mrs. F. A.

Snyder and Mrs. Snyder'B Bister, Miss Gray of Nor- 'Ihotf, spent several days recently in San Diego. Antone Baptist of Somis was in Oxnard last week. R. B.

Dodson was in Oinard night. Miss Dorothy McKee who is attending Normal at Los Angelas is spending the holidays with her parents in Somifl. John Laughltn of Moorpark -was In Somis Saturday. Members of the Knights of Pythias around Semis and Moorpark are con- sidering oiganization of a lodge in Moorpark. J.

F. and B. D. Fulkcrson and F. W.

Doremiis attended Masonic lodge in Oxnard last week. Win. has just bought a new Saxon Six. Mr. Vasquesa traded in his new new Buick Four he very recently purchased.

A. Graham and Jay Smith of So- mJfl were in Satita Barbara Wednesday nigfit. They were Initiated In the EUfcs lodge with a class of seven others. Dr. Thos Rundle was Somis section on professional business recently, Mrs.

John Montgomery of Somfs was fit Oxnard Friday. Mrs. Jonn Rothenburg has returned from a tno to Los Angeles and Santa Ana. I 8. Kimbrlel of Las Posas motored to Oxnard Saturday JB.

W. Siggon of Somis was in Oxnard Saturday DAY BETWEEN (Prom Tuesday'? Daily Courier.) As if the laws of nature observed Christmas day the heavy rain of Sunday cleared- away and the sun shone brightly all day Christmas. At midnight Monday night the clouds began to gather and by 6 o'clock this mom- ing rain was falling. This section has had light showers thruout the day. The sun began to break thru the clouds' about 1:30 p.

m. Snow began to fall about 6 o'clock at Santa Paula, Moorpark, Santa Susana and In the San Fernando valley. The storm is a repetition of the snow of December 30 last year, but the fall is not so heavy. The low hills In the county show white with the snow. Santa Paula the ground was covered and the orchards and fields were white.

The fall Heating Stoves The Big Kind. The Little Kind. The Good Kind. The Kind that Cost Little Money. The Kind that Costs More.

Also Cook Stoves Wood, Gas and Coal Always Gtt Our Prices Before Buying Spurgin's Hardware Store C. SPURG1N, Prop. H. W. Witman Bidg.

Next to Postoffice Wharf and Warehouse buildings started a fire In th' building. The current was shut off and the fire extinguished before material damage was dons. A second fire on another building occurred shortly after. It was also extinguished before It gained any headway. The current was then shut off the power line.

High Water. A flood t)f water from the heavy rain in Las Posas covered the new- paring of the sfate highway near the Espinosa ranch. It was too deep for a time for autos to attempt with safety to ford It. Reports that the roadbed was washed out arose from the river of water over the paving. The paving Is in good condition today.

Each approach to the bridge over tffe Camarlllo barranca was partially REAL HEN TRjlVEL BY BUZED TRAIL (From Tuesday's Daily Courier.) The Rev. J. M. Barnhart, pastor ot the Methodist church, spoke Sunday night on the "Blazed Trail and the Broad Way." "Now Jehovah saiTunto Abraham, get thee out of this country, and from thy kindred and from thy father's house, unto the land -which will show thee and I will make thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and maice thy name great, and be thon a blessing." Gen. 12:1, 2.

Tbe blazed trail or the narrow of there lasted two hours and remained washed out. The bridge is in good on the ground alter the flakes ceased to come down. The snow fall -was heaviest hi the San Fernando valley. It extended from Universal City to the top of the Conejo grade with the heaviest fall around the Chalk Hill grade. In that section the hills and fields were blanketed with white.

About Chatsworth the snow fall was heavy. It extended over the range to Santa Susana and to Moorpark. Heavy snow fell thru the same section December 30 of last year and extended farther. The tops of the Conejo and Malibu ranges were white. Last year's snow was the first in 35 years in this section.

Rain and Wind Damage. A downpour of rain accompanied by a heavy wind began Saturday evening and continued until Sunday night The precipitation in Oxnard was 3.28 inches In the 24 hours bringing the total fall for the season to 7.61 Inches. The fall In Las Posas and the hills was Tieavier than in Oxnard. In Las Posas one gauge recorder 5.37 inches. Much damage to electric light and condition and is passable.

The water has gone down so the erosion on the approach is stopped. Railroad Washed Out Traffic on the Southern Pacific was interrupted Sunday by a. washout at Moorpark at the same place where the tracks went out in winters before. A conductor of a freight tram, the last to cross before the track went out, said that a wall of water about eight feet high came down the canyon and hit the track just after the train had crossed. He said that the train would have been wrecked If it had been in the way of the water.

Trains began to run again yesterday morning. White traffic was Interrupted passengers were taken via Montalvo and Saugufi. Gas Line Broken. The gas main of the Ventura County Power company over the Santa Clara river broke in the flood Sunday. The break was repaired In three bours.

The container in Oxnard was half full of gas. The pumps were started and the town was out of gas which Christ spoke is the way Abraham took, It Is the way that saves tte soul and makes one a blessing to the world. It was not easy to leave his kindred and native land to go to a strange country but it led to the worship of Jehovah? and it made it much easier for others to get out of Idolatry. Men Mho have chosen to walk in the narrow way and blaze the trail for other have knowu first all that wealth, and culture could do. Moses left a palace with all the prospects of prime minister to suffer affliction with people of God, because he saw the things that are invisible.

It has been easier ever since- for those who have fought for freedom and for pure religion, Livingston lost in the heart of Africa blazed the trail and made It possible and easier for others to let the light shine upon a dark continent. The trials, persecutions, and difficulties of Ben Lindsay made the sane, humane way of treating juvenile offenders easier. It Is easy to walk in the broad way because there is so much company and we all like companionships. But the broad way leads to sorrow, sickness, prematare physical death, and also to spiritual and eternal death. blazsd trail that leads to home of the blessed, goes by the way of calvary, the way of sacrifice, self-denial and self-control.

The blazed trail is safe and maXes the traveler a blessing. (Prom Tuesday's Daily Conner.) Many auto parties went to Calabasas today to see the snow. Norman Snow was a Santa Paula visitor Sunday evening. Miss Cora McGonigte of V-sntura was a visitor in Oxnard this forenoon. L.

H. Stark of Long Beach motored thiu Oxnard Tuesday morning. W. C. Van Noy is spending the day in Los Angeles on business.

Pace of Santa Paula was an Oxnard caller this morning. MORE BAD LUCK Tabhrtf are Isc eMHttpttton. Tfcey are ytttttat M4 aaJ fMUe in elect. CASTOR IA JULES MNS SELLS I (Fran Dan? Jules Caltens has sole bis ranch, the borne in tlew to George Tiw. family to Oxnard be can flBd ft residence ttal tBe cRlMrcn may rontinue In Later will go to bts Vwtm'wlifeh be bought twe revs CtsrU, COOK.

telephone was done by the vlo- only a short time. tent wind. The power lines to Cama- Stores Wet rillo blew over si 10 o'clock Saturday The rain was dtiven the heavy night and 11 poles fell across the "southwest wind into the show win- state highway. Tbe tangle of at Lehmann Brotflers' store. No wires and poles completely blocked particular damage was done, the road.

Traffic for a time had to be A drain pipe of the Witraan biuWing by Ite ibe foot of dogged- The water came thru the celling into C. F. Blackstock's office papers were not hurt. The water ran also into Spwrgin's Hardware store below Mr, Blackslock'a office. No damage was done there.

Detour Necessary. Traffic to Ventura is going via the Ssticoy bridge The temporary road to tSe Monialvo bridge thru the cemetery and by Hobson's steugMer house Is impassable for Autos The other the hills. The Ventura County Power company shut off the current when tbe extent of the damage was learned. were placed to prevent traffic from running into tbe wreckage. The road was cleated Sunday.

The line men for tbe power company have on tbe go every possible minute since tbe storm began repairing breaks. Sets Fire et Water In an oH electric switch at south end of one ot the H-ieneme ronto is longer. good, but several OIL STOVE CAUSE OF ALARM. Ti-dftr. mentani burn in doing.so.

No damage i vas done the fire. The was before the depart- In Robert at Seventh and burst into about 10:30 o'clock Sunday night, and an alarm of fire was turned Prof, Hall up thft threw it oat A window. Tuesday's Daily Courier) Christmas a quiet day In poiice circles. Several were made for drunkenness. Three Mexicans engaged in a drunken brawl and one was He mstalueti ft palatal, but not subbed the but not seriously.

REV. GAGE TAKES (From Saturday a I-aUy Courier.) The Rev. S. W. Gage of the Baptist church has resigned his pastorate ot that church to take effect January 1.

He has been pastor of the Oxnard church for four and one-half years. He wm go to the Trinity Baptist church in Los Angeles and take up has uork immediately afltr ISie first ot the year. Tbe nevt pastorale 3 advancement While in Oxnard the Rev. Mr. Gage has been instrumental in the found- Ing cf the Spanish Baptist mission Second church for Ihc Colored population of the cH.

he is an iTsdcfftUgal) 1 worker. The Rev. and Mrs Gage have made many In Otnard who win sorry to see them leave, fcnt wbo arc glad to fcno 1 of the bigger field before Mr. Gage They to Canard next Thursday. The chwroh has not selected a pas tor to succeed the Rev, Mr.

Several ministers been fed for the place. (From Tuesdays Daily Courier.) The Nordhoff Ojai says: Bob Clark of the Casitas, whose Ojai friends are many, suffered the loss of his only team of work horses some time Sun- Say night, adding another to the series of misfortunes that have befaUen him and his family during the past year or two, including sickness, the loss of loved ones and recent damage by fire, checked just in time to save the home, after sustaining a loss of about 140. In. the night the team wandered from their feeding ground onto the unprotected railroad bridge at La Crosse. The gray fell over the West side of the bridge and broke his neck.

The black in his floundering got one hind foot under a tie, and then lunged off the east side of the bridge, hanging head downward, with his nose within a few inches of the ground, near a large rock or two, the evidence of- blood showing that the suffering beast in its fruitless struggle had repeatedly hit tee rocks, until slow death intervened. It was a gruesome spectacle for early morning passersby, until released by some of the section hands. Jack Hollingsworth was among the first to discover Bob's serious loss. Just -what responsibility attaches to the S. P.

company is a matter of conjecture upon the part of those offering an opinion. Tbat the bridge is entirely unprotected is certain, but what rights the team may have had at that point of so close to the wagon road, are unable to state. DENTAL COURSE. TO ATTEND (Prom Saturdays Daily Courier.) Dr. P.

S. Cuicmhigs will go to San Francisco text Friday to be gone until about M-vch 1. He will attend a course onhodontia teeth) to be giv-en by Dr. Martin ol Kansas City. Mrs.

Cummings wili accompany him and visit "bsr parents. the weather permits they 1 1 make the trip north, by awio tboy are away Mr. and Mrs. Bensel of Hollywood will wrspy iSeir bouse. The Bensels are former residents of Oxnard.

St. John's HospiUl I flrepmof hullditft. offers an ideal boffle tnil the aced dwirtng c'imate, quietude vtA tbe ot care, a For information SJSTEfU OF MERCY St. John's.