Weekly Searchlight from Redding, California • 3

jnuRwnr' i rrrC --TT--r-v TwryiTTr Pvl Lumbar Company Buys Tract In Siskiyou tor $2750000 Fatally Injnrd i ot 35 Feet From NOT 6HIK0I ltd era us Dan mm GUTHRIE HAMLIN CARPER-TEH DIED SATURDAY AFTER-NOON SKULL FRACTURED THE PRECEDING FUNERAL TO BE AT BURNEY (Special to The Searchlight) FALL RIVER MILLS July Guthrie Hamlin a carpenter employed on the Pacific Gaa and new railroad between Cayton and Pit No 8 fell from a trestle yesterday afternoon and dropped thirty- five feet falling on rocks at the hot- that the price paid for the McCloud River company holdings was $8760-000 In Weed Territory The timbered area acquired ly the Weed Lumber company Is In the territory of the plant at Weed said to be the largest lumbering and lumber manufacturing camp In the world and the purchase of tha area means that the company has acquired sufficient material to keep the Weed plant In full operation for tha next decade Whether the company plans to enlarge Its plant to take care of Its Increased holdings has not been announced However It is known that help is being continually added and that the timber cutting force has recently considerably enlarged MOSQUITO FIGHTERS MEET TO PLAN FOR HIS DEFEAT tom eg the gulch fractured Hr41n itei consciousness abu died this afternoon Hamlin aged SB to survived by hie wife Mrs Elisabeth Hamlin and one child' He had worked for: tha company since 1880 making his home In the Pacific Gas and Electric camps Tha funeral will be held at Burner tomorrow afternoon Coroner Larkin earns out from Redding this afternoon and hold an Inquest He was accompanied by Dr Taylor Bis Anil ysgalaad at 1 o'clock the Anderson brickyards reservoir he stated Drainage Does It Black an enthuslastlo mem-her of Anderson drew attention to the progress being made to the north and south of hie town by drainage Places that could not be maded with rubber boots In years past were now dry aa a gone Considerable difficulty bed been had with several residents who were not Inclined to co-operate -but conditions were much Improved recently in that respect1' Mrs Clara Fountain tha only woman member and representing Clear creek said that lack of funds were their principal delinquency hut even at that they were making head- way Amalgamation Postponed -A proposition was brought forward suggesting that ths four' districts should amalgamate become one die trtet but the Judgment of thorn present seemed to be against any action at this time Committee Appointed A committee was 'appointed by President George Oronwoldt from the four districts consisting of Leslie Jones EUls Shanahan Mrs Clara Fountain and Otto Trauta whom duties It shall he to advise with real- dents of Millville Churn creek and Lotona aa to forming districts in their respective sections Among the members present besides thorn mentioned were Ed Story fl Black W) RHlr and Edmund Wyndham PHILIP HEMINGWAY SAVES HUMAN UFE RESCUED GIRL AS SHE WAS ON POINT OF DROWNING AT BATHING RESORT While a girl aged about a member of a party of tourists camped at was swimming In tha river at the municipal resort yesterday afternoon Shi came very nearly drowning She was forty or fifty feet from the raft when 'she became exhausted and sank Philip Hemingway and ethers saw her distress but Hemingway who was nearest was ths first to reach her and rescued her as she was going down for the tfilrd time He swam1 with her to the raft Robert Hill who waa appointed fo guard the other day carried the I Ir! ashore and laid heir down She faint- ed before she was delivered on the raft and did not remember being carried ashore The name of the girl could out be learned last evening as her party had left for tho south Hamlin-Kitto El NARKS OPENING OF FARM CENTER HONE ANDERSON ENTERS FIELD IN COMPETITION WITH PETALUMA AS EGG BASKET" "HIGH SPOTS DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING A splendid community 7 o'clock dinner followed by an Intensively educational business meeting marked the opening of the new home of the Anderson farm center In Anderson Thursday night The dinner was served by the home department assisted by the Improvement club and maintained the reputation Anderson has enjoyed for many years on such social affairs Soma That Anderson will soon be a rival to Petaluma In the poultry Industry that Anderson jias the reputation of being free from mafcrla and will maintain such reputation that the land settlement work approved by the Redding Chamber of Commerce Is moving rapidly along that only 6 per cent delinquency tax exists In the Irrigation district thpt the farmers are able to meet all demands of the directors of the district that tha district bonds cannot be bought on the markets In San Francisco and Sacramento as the bond holders are not willing to part with them that the farm center will work for a larger and better display aj both the county and state fairs and co-operate to the fullest extent with the Cottonwood fair and that tlie prune inspection trijj next Tuesday through tha prune ranches win be a success were only a few of the "high spots'' brought out In a series of excellent committee reports All About Prunes Bedford gave an Interesting and Instructive talk on the production and marketing of prunes and em phaslsed the fact that the ace yield In the Anderson section exceeds any other section In the estate This fact HILTON PMKIL HAS A STKNUMIS WEEK Milton Powell a Pacific Gaa and Electric laborer has had a strenuous week In Redding He wi arrest ed Tuesday for disturbing the peace Pleading guilty 'he was fined $15 by Judge A- Ross The fine was paid Powell slopped ovter Thursday end was arrested a second time This time a bottle a Jackass brandy was found In bis hip pocket fl Powell pleaded guilty of having Jackass brandy In his possession and was fined $115 He paid that fine too Traffic Officers Have Lively Day JUDGE A ROSS COLLECTS $58 IN FINES AND MORE ARE TO COME City Marshal Hammans Is enforcing the traffic laws Joiner of Montgomery Creek was arrested Saturday morning for driving his truck through the streets with the muffler open Joiner pleaded guilty and was fined $20 Gawthorp of Ban Francisco having parked his car in front of the Golden Eagle backed to California street to turn north He paid $6 to learn that he must go around the traffic post and not back up tha street John Martin of Whlskytown cut across the traffic to turn Into garage He paid a fine of $8 Lima of San Lula Obispo cut across the traffic to drive into Mitch ell's battery station That cost him $6 Warner arrested up the canyon paid $10 for passing on a turn 8 Tarahl of Anderson who was brought up from that town by Deputy Sheriff 8mlth paid $80 for reek less driving dodging between lng cars On the state highway up tha canyon Saturday Scot and Charles George traffics officers tagged these motorists for the offenses named: Stein Mill Valley excessive speeding Kneghler Sacramento piualng on a turn Alex Kemiter Ban Franoiaco speeding on a curve A Petitcleoc San Francisco speeding on a curve Wright Suita Bar 4 STATE PARTICULARS In the contest over the will ot the late John Fetch of Cayton valley the demurrer to the third clause or the complaint was sustained In the superior court Friday The contestants are given twenty days to amend The' third clause claims that the will was executed under undue Influence The demurrer was an objection on the ground that the particulars of the alleged were not enumerated 4 ASHLEY TURNER HAS LOSS Reports from San Francisco tell of the death of a six year old girl in an automobile accident while an outing trip from the bay city She was a step-daughter of Ashley Turner former Redding newspaper men The little one was rushed by special conveyance to San Francisco for surgical treatment but her life could not saved PURCHASE OF VAST AREA OF UMBERLAND ISOM MoCLOUD RIVER LUMBER OOMPAHT WILL PROVIDE SUFE1CIENT MATERIAL TO KEEP PLANT IK FULL OPERATION FOR MORE THAN A DECADE YREKA July Tho biggest business deaf In tha blatbty of Si-klyou county woo believed to have been concluded thlo week when the Weed Lumber company filed a deed to a vast area of forest land In the eastern part of of the county bought from the McCloud River' Lumber company While the amount involved In the transaction was not made public the revenue stamps on the deed indicate HOST Ml UIHHf COURT ORDERS BUM A HAM OF COTTONWOOD TO PAT $140 AT ONCE Mrs Sadie Alice Bassham about two weeks ago brought a divorce suit against Ellis Alnsley Bassham who Is Jn charge of the substation at Cottonwood Bassham was summoned to appear In court Friday and show cause why he should not pay for the support of his two children and provide attorney fees for his wife Bassham did not appear Friday morning The court heard tha evidence of the wife who la Just recovering from a severe Illness Tha court made an order directing Bassham to pay his wife $40 a month for the support of the children $16 for the costs of the suit and $76 attorney feea The money Is to be paid on the first of each month an dtho $40 for the children is dated back to July 1 The sheriff will be given the court order to servo on Bassham Divorce Sought After 21 Years JOHN STUICXUNG OF HAPPY VALLEY SUES LUCY STRICKLIN hate the sight of you and the very ground you walk on and therefore I am leaving for Nevada City never to return Thus Mm Lucy Strlckllng addressed her husband John Strlckllng a farmer living In the western part of Happy valley on May 15 last and then she left All this Is according" to a complaint In a divorce action filed yesterday by the husband The complaint alleges that for two years past the husband was treated by his wife with "studied coolness and 8he refused to cook his meals the complaint recites and would not accompany him to places of amusement and social gatheringa She called him in the presence of others and Mrs Strlckllng left on May 15 and went back to Nevada City where the couple were married over twenty-one years ago There are four children ranging In ages from 10 to 4 years-The husband asks for the custody of the two oldest and Is willing to concede to his wife the custody of the two youngest SUBWAY OPEN TO TRAFFIC The opening to traffic of tha subway south of town on the main highway Saturday afternoon was quite a relief to motorists The detour necessitated by the construction of ths subway has been a sore spot to traffic and tha constant stream of tourists pounded It into dust for a year From time to time during the last six months it has been rumored that the subway would be open within a few dan but only yesterday did it finally happen CHICO MAN FINED $10 1C Fulton traveling salesman for a Chico Ice cream manufactory being arrested for driving tx fast around a curve on the statu hlghwny pleaded guilty before Judge A Ross yesterday and paid a line of $10 Judge Ross declares be is going to stiffen up on fines for ttnfflc law offenders 4 VERY MUCH BETTER Mrs Margaret Royeroft venerable woman of Anderson who underwent an operation In a local hospital last Monday was well enough Saturday to sit up In an invalid chair and will be well enough In a day or so to bo taken home by her son 0 Roy- DAMAGES $800 The damages to ths new star auto- Off BY 1 IS IDENTIFIED EVANS OF KENMSTT LOST HIS LIFE ON TRACKS IN OAKLAND OAKLAND July His head severed from his body a man thought to be Evans sill Broadway was found dead on the Western Pacific tracks at the foot of Sixth ive-nue yesterday by a watchman for the Southern Pafilflc The police are investigating In an effort to establish the identity positively A membership card In Mammoth aerie No 147S at Kennett was found on the body and bore the name of Evens A letter addressed to Carrol Evans at tha Broadway address was also found KENNETT July Evans who was found beheaded yesterday In the railroad yards in Oakland was a son of Brigham Evans compressor man at the Mammoth mins The father left here last night or Oakland to taka care of the dead MILUON AUTOS BAN FRANCISCO July One million automobiles In California by the end of this year or one for every four persons in the state has been predicted by officials of the California State Automobile association here Already for the first half of the year 901674 motor vehicles were recorded and a man In Sen Diego claims the distinction of owning license number 1000000 although there are not actually that many issued Lost year the total number of cars registered in the state according to the association was 980000 PUBLISHED REPORT THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF GOLD WAS MORTARED FROM 40 POUNDS OF QUARTZ NOT FROM 50 POUNDS AS STATED (Special to Tho Searchlight) WEAVERVILLE July The published report that Charles Heath pounded out $1000 worth of gold from fifty pounds of quarts from his new mine near Mlnersville waa not correct He pounded out the thousand dollars In gold from only forty pounds of rock The mine wee located Just a month ago Heath has a partner Thomas Lewis To date they have nor-tared out $8600 worth of gold and they are still digging They have taced the ledge for 800 feet Heath A Lewie are preparing to build on arastra as that old fashioned machine Is much more expeditious than the mortar and pestal The mine Is two miles up Trinity rtvar from the mouth of Stuart's fork and la a little below the Five Pines mine It la opposite the old town of Mlnersville Heath hoe mined In that region ever since he was big enough to wield a shovel and pick Lewis has been In the district for ten yearn Heath Is a nephew of County Assessor Jesse Tourtellotte whom the miner visited when he was here to sell his gold 4 CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST ROY REES CHARLES CORNIS1C COMPLAINANT FAHA TO RESPOND IN COURT The charge of driving en iutomo bile while Intoxicated which raused Roy Reee formerly of Kennett to be brought back from Susanvllls last Saturday was dismissed by Judge A Roes yesterday The complaining witness Charles Cornish of Delta could not be found at his new address In Dunemulr The preliminary examination was first sot for Tii-sloy Judge Roes who had two continuances declined to grant third Rees says he and Cornish collided In their care near Caetella lie offered to pay Cornish $60 damaged but ths latter held out for $100 Failing to get that amount Cornish wore to the complaint Rees denies that he was intoxicated at the time and denied further thdt he failed to top and render assistance In a at It in a a HOLLISTER WHO WAS WJ JIHED JUNE 11 DIED SATURDAY AFTERNOON William Wells Hollister farmer from near Gas Point who had lain a local hospital since June 11 with broken neck died at 4 Saturday afternoon Nock Was Healing Property Acute Bright's disease was the cause and not the broken neck The fractured vertebrae had knitted properly Hollister himself said a few days ago after the plaster of parts cast was removed that ho felt no pain the point of fracture and he was sure that nature was repairing the broken bones Bright Disease Developed A turn for tha worse cams early lost week Acute disease developed and Its ravages ware swift was apparent to the attending physician and the brother Holltotftr who waa here most of the time that the end was near at hand Farmer Near Balls Ferry Hollister had been a farmer this county for twenty years For long time he owned a valuable farm near Balls Ferry which he sold two yars ago to Dr Chester A Sewall and Cheater Gregory He recently took lease of the Henrlquea farm near Gas Point his painter In that venture being George Crews Bona in HnUIsfor Hollister was born In the Sun Benito county town of Hollister which was named for his father He waa aged 68 years last August Interment will bo made at Santa Barbara where live his nearest relatives a brother and a slater Hollister and Mrs Hals The Accident On July 11 Hollister stood between two mules at a watering trough A dog chanced to run between the mules and frightened them As they ran away a chain wrapped around Hollister's leg and tripped him He fell backwards the back of his neck striking against the board edge of the trough 4 IN ANDERSON VALLEY PLANTED ON STORY BROTHERS FARM IN APRIL FOR USE BY ASHER BROOM MANUFACTURER OF HAPPY VALLEY -ANDER80N July Asher of Hppy valley and Charles Story and Story of Anderson this year planted 40 acres of land on Story farm to broom corn Ths prantlng was mads In April and now the stalks are from 10 to 18 foot high It Is quits an unusual sight to am solid 40 acres of this corn standing about the earns height This is the first attemp at planting this variety of corn in this vicinity It is being grown for urn by Asher who Is a broom manufacturer He says the corn la of an excellent quality 4 Girl Left Hanging In Tree After Auto Accident HAPPY CAMiP July 14 When their car left the new Klamath river highway near Happy Camp members of the Davis family of Mon-tabus were thrown over the cliff and Injured little daughter was caught In a tree where she hung for half an hour before' help came The others were thrown down the cliff within a few feet of the river below All will recover Davie hie wife son and daughter were cm their way to Wingate: On the road to Happy Camp they had some car trouble and stopped In town long enough to have some repairing done They started down the new road and on reaching a point one car left the grade and plunsherdtalo mile west of Happy Camp their car left the grade and plunged over precipice Into the canyon 100 feet below Davis was badly scratched and his back was wrenched Mrs Davis the most seriously Injured was badly bruised received Internal Injuries and two bad cuts over her right eye The boy sustained a broken rib and other hurts of a minor nature They were able to hall a passing car and help was sent Staked Out Site for New Depot Southern Pacific surveyors have staked out tho alto for the new passenger station for Redding Roughly speaking the new building will stand on ho alto of tho former depot hotel on tha west side of the track but closer to the track Tho palm eight of them are to bo dug up end transplanted on the grounds near the new station A crew of ten men ere now at the landscape work The Job of transplanting the palm trees Is a big one as the trunks of the trees are three feet In diameter BOUGHT 5000 LAM11S (Special te The Searchlight) FALL RIVER MILLS July Nelson Stewart of Cottonwood spent the week In this part of the county buying lambs for a San Francisco stork firm Ho purchased 6000 this valley and over tha lino lu Las sen The lambs win bo shipped by rail some from Bartle some from Redding and still others from Mads line In ULr conumiiw wai COST 185000 TEHAMA COUNTY AGREES WITH HIGHWAY COMMISSION TO PAY 85 PER CENT OF THAT SUM BLUFF July Official assurance is given of building at the earliest practicable time the sit bridges needed to complete the east side state highway between Red BluiT and Los Moltnos This was the word brought back from San Francisco where Supervisors George A Hoag and Alex McCullagh Surveyor Chan A Lunlng and Auditor George De-Shlelds appeared before the California State Highway commission with reference to bridge matters In this county As a result of the conference It was agreed the state will build the six bridges without expense to Tehama county if the county will pay 15 per cent of the cost of constructing the Cottonwood bridge The commission adopted a resolution to that effect This will mean a saving to the county of approximately $60000 for building the six east side bridges and for the construction of which It Is planned to begin work later In the summer The estimated cost of the proposed Cottonwood bridge Is $65000 Construction of the six bridges on the east side highway will close that number of bad gaps which have been an eyesore to the traveling public ever since the paving was completed there nearly two years ago Two of hte proposed bridges will be west of the Cone ranch one opposite the rsnch and three between the ranch at Lon Moltnos 4 RED Siskiyou Ths run of salmon In the Klamath river reached Hornbrook the first of the week It is coming as heavy as ever but there is as yet no angling The run Is at least a week earlier than usual The Shasta Valley OU company recently Incorporated under the laws of California with a capitalisation of $600000 held an organisation meeting In Yreka Tuesday morning The company has under lease approximately 6000 acres In Siskiyou county and negotiations are pending with a large drilling corporation for spudding one or more wells Lawrence Walker of Weed waa married to Miss Georgia Potter of Ashland and Sylvester Smith wm married to Miss Isabel Toman the latter couple being from Weed In Yreka at 8 o'clock Sunday morning The Siskiyou Union High school district Hoard at the meeting Saturday afternoon decided to pay for the transportation of pupils residing in the district to the nearest high school In the Siskiyou Union district That a Jinx Is camping 'on his trail Is the conviction of Frank Cunningham While driving to Yreka last Saturday from tha ranch near Redding to which he and his family moved lost week a large touring car ran Into him at a crosa roads point near Dunamulr Cunningham was slightly hurt and tha car wai badly damaged The crash was the second ho has been In the past two months and the sixth in tha past two years The Southern Paclflo soon will be gin extensive construction work at canyon A line change will be mode and tlw new track will cross the can yon about 60 yards above tho present location and a fill will be made Instead of using a trestle as at present This work will require between four adn six months Browne recently employed to succeed Kinney as pnuclpal of Siskiyou Union High school at Yreka and Mrs Browne arrived in Yreka Monday for a brief visit leav-lng the same day tof Rogue River University of California 4 REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FOUR ABATEMENT DISTRICTS CONFER AND DEVISE MEANS TO BEAT THE DEADLY DUG A meeting of more than ordinary Interest was held at the city ball Friday evening when directors from the four mosquito abatement districts the county met In Joint session That the several districts are In dead earnest in their endeavor to stamp out the malaria bearing insect was evidenced by the discussion The greatest drawback according to tbe members assembled was lack of funds and In some Instances the lack of co-operation on th part of the tarmrs Malaria Decreasing Otto Trauts druggist and leading spirit from the Cotonwood district drove homo the fact that In his particular section much progress hod been made and that the sale of malaria remedies had decreased many fold since hie advent to that field Dr 8 White of Redding added that there were practically no cases of malaria in Redding Would Minnows Professor L- Denert of the State Board of Health made an Interesting talk on progress done In the sixteen districts of the state He stated aa hie conviction that fllfty per cent of the troubles of ths districts could be ellm Inated by planting the top minnow in standing water and alow flowing dreams A supply could be had at SUPERVISORS GRANT REQUEST OF WOMEN AND INFORMALLY AGREE TO RETAIN FARM HOME DEM ON8TRATION AGENT The farm home demonstration agent will be -retained In Shasta county There was considerable talk a few weeks back that the supervisors would abolish the department as a matter economy This fear was so great delegation of women folks appeared before the supervisors at their June session and requested that the department be maintained In preparing the budget for the current fiscal year County Audltoi Shuffleton has Included the usual allowance for the farm homo department and the supervisors hare acquiesced informally There la no question but that they will formally approve or adopt the budget next Monday and at the same time agree to retain the home department The women urged that they had much right to have a home demonstration agent as tho men had to have a farm advisor and there nevci hee been the first thought of abolishing the office of farm advisor 1 4 Hand Irrigated Land Produces 7 1-2 Pound Beet Grown by Mrs A Anderson on land that was worn out a year and built up by careful fertilisation and Irrigated by a hand pump a beet weighing 7tt pounds was produced this year and now on exhibition at ths chamber of commerce rooms This land le situated within the city limits of Redding THROUGH STAGES TO EUREKA Beginning Monday morning Aiwa rd ft Root will put on their through line of automobile stages to Eureka by way of Weavervllle The through stages will leave Redding at o'clock a Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays and return on opposite days The distance to 114 miles Big Bar to almost exactly half way Going a night stop will be made at Big Bar Returning a night stop will be made at Weavervllle The every day through service to Eureka will not be established until next year The service between Redding and Weavervllle will continue to be seven days In the week 4 OFF TO NEW YORK (Special to The Searchlight) OLINDA July Mias Caroline Mitchell of Honolulu after a visit here with her sister Mrs Brown on the Ehmann Olive company's olive orchard farm toft Monday for Ban Francisco Miss Mitchell sailed Wednesday for New York going by way of Panama Vii i fl ANDERSON (July 14-ThS wedding of Miss Mary Kltto and Harry Hamlin to announced to take pjaca soon probably today although the young couple arc not making tha ax-act date known to their friends When ths time arrives however tha wadding will be held In Red Bluft where the license wae procured laat Thursday Mice Kltto to a daughter of Mr cat and Mrs Thomas Kltto Sho to -'v-graduate of the Anderson Union High school Hamlin to an automobile salesman employed by tbe Auto Sales company of Redding Ha to a son of Mrs Mary Hamlin of Memphis Tennessee from which place he cams four years ago -v 4 Elledge-Black ANDERSON July Miss Margaret Black and Elmer Elledge both of Fall River Mills wen married at Long Beach tost Friday The news of tho wedding reached Anderson by a telegram to tbe brother Harold Black local banker Saturday i The bride a daughter of Mr aad Mrs Black now of Otobura to a former Andereoa gift Sh left here five years ago with tho family after compiling her education la the Anderson Union High school After a brief mrn in tha south Mr' and Mra win gn feaak to Fall River Mills Kfslde Tha huW band to assistant nKfsr of tha baak In which the' bride was long employed -vE HV mobile that a friend ot Jos Aguilar Oregon where they have been located drove Into the cabooee of a freight the past year Br Browns Is a Ber- man and at $800 Twenty minutes ownership1 Is a graduate of the cost $800 SOU) mat HOM18 A DAUGHTER Mrs Delta Brandenburg has sold Born In Redding Californio Fritter home In Gold street to Mm Ir- day July 19 1988 to Mr and Mn landing Bella Mm Brandenburg Thomas Jensen of Millville a daugh-wlll move to Oakland 'tor GREAT SCOTT! Born In nt No 1 atar FeU Rhr--sr Mills California Snaddy July to Mr aad Mrs Gaorfa Soott a son Raymond Georgs Scott 1 'A A.