SURPRISE VALLEY RECORD CEDARVILLE, MODOC COUNTY, CAL.
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 2, 1924
We understand that Mrs. Even Gaustad left for the lower country last
week, and will be followed soon by Mr. Gaustad, and they expect to reside
there. George Miller has leased the Gaustad ranch for a period of three
years.
Mrs. George Warren and children departed for the lower country last week,
where they will spend the winter. Her husband will join her later on and
revel in the warmth and sunshine of the citrus belt for a time.
Darrel Rachford and family and Miss Munroe and Leo Gloster had an
exciting auto experience last week when their auto slid down off the
grade just above the third bridge in Cedar Pass. Luckily, no one was
hurt and the auto was not badly damaged.
Ted Strief and family arrived here from San Jose last Sunday, and report
a pleasant visit and a good trip up. They will open up business in the
building formerly occupied by Mrs. Hope Ledford, in a short time with a
new stock of goods pertaining to their line.
HERBERT VAUGHN DEAD
Last Monday morning, Mrs. Lily Cummins, of this place, received a wire
announcing the death of Herbert H. Vaughn, on Sunday, December 30th at
Palo Alto, Cal., death being sudden and caused by heart failure. Herbert
Vaughn was raised in this valley, near Eagleville, where everyone knew
him as an honorable and industrious man and excellent citizen and his
many friends here who tender their sincere sympathy to the bereaved
relatives. He was aged 44 years and was a member of the Knights of
Pythians Lodge, of this place. He is survived by his wife and two
children, three sisters, Mrs. Dora Parman and Mrs. Lola Taylor of
Eagleville and Mrs. Chas. Cummins, of this place; three brothers, Jesse
Vaughn of Hanford; Wm Vaughn of Los Angeles and Chas. Vaughn of Fort
Bidwell, and his aged mother, Mrs. H. Vaughn, of Eagleville, who was
visiting him this winter.
Fred Strief returned last week from Plumas County, where he has been for
sometime.
Mrs. May Larison, of Elko has been here for several weeks and is visiting
at the home of her father, Judge S. C. Hayes and sister, Mrs. Harry W.
Stephens.
Mrs. Wm. Hatfield was in town last Saturday. She informed us that about
two weeks ago her little daughter, Betty, met with a very painful
accident. She was riding to school and when turning a corner was thrown
into a barb wire fence, which cut a large gash in her leg. It took nine
stitches to close the wound. She is getting along nicely.
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 9, 1924
Say, friends, no one is so grateful this year as little Harold Stewart,
for on Christmas Eve, he received his wheel chair. He can go from room
to room by himself and see the things he has longed to see and touch for
so long. Mama cant keep me out of the machine drawers now, I pull my
chair up and empty out the contents. This was made possible by our good
people of Surprise valley in subscribing for the Comfort. Harold says:
Thank you, hope you are all enjoying your paper as much as I do my chair.
Look in January number of Comfort at the honor roll.
Ted Strief and family are moving into the McCloud residence across the
street to the Record office.
Married In Alturas, Cal., Dec. 29th, 1923, Rev. Hamby officiating,
Miles Vernon to Susan Cole, both of Cedarville, Cal.
Frank Stanley is reported quite ill with threatened pneumonia at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer McCulley.
Dr. Kennedy reports Mrs. Frank Choppin and Lee Murphey, of Eagleville
suffering from pneumonia, but are some better at this writing.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas Ashurst, of Detroit, Michigan, arrived here last week
and spent several days visiting Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Pabst. Mrs. Ashurst
is a sister of Mr. Pabst. They have been touring the west in a car and
left here for Los Angeles and other points, and will start on their
return trip from that place about February 1st.
The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer McCulley has been seriously ill
with threatened pneumonia, but is now improving.
PIONEER LADY PASSED
Last Monday evening, Mrs. John Murphy passed away at her home in
Eagleville, death resulting from pneumonia. She was one of the pioneer
residents of this valley coming here during the turbulent times with the
Indians and braved the dangers and hardships of frontier life. She
raised a large family of sons & daughters to whom the entire community
join in tendering their sincere sympathy in their sad bereavement. We
hope to publish her obituary next week, if obtainable.
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 16, 1924
John van Riper was returned to the Insane Asylum at Napa last week, being
mentally unbalanced.
G. A. Head left this morning for the scene of the new gold discovery near
Fallon.
FIRE DESTROYS FIVE BUSINESS BUILDINGS: OLD LAND MARK GOES UP IN FLAMES:
FRED WALLACE INJURED.
The largest fire ever experienced in Cedarville occurred he e last
Saturday morning. About two oclock the ringing of the fire bell
announced the unwelcome tidings that a fire was in progress and on
investigation it was found that the rear end of the Surprise Valley meat
Market was in flames, which burst thru the roof and transmitting the fire
to the Stage Office, the Meredith Building, the Hotel Surprise and the
Rechsteiner building, and in less than an hour all that part of town of
east Main Street, between Denehys Buildings and Wilsons Brick Building
were a mass of smoldering ruins, the last of the buildings to succumb to
the flames being the Rechsteiner, adjacent to the Cluck theatre, where a
stubborn, heroic and finally successful fight was made to stay the
flames.
The loss is estimated to be about $30,000, with only $12,000
insurance. $8,000 of which was on the Hotel Surprise and $4,000 on the
Surprise Valley meat Market and Ice Plant. The loss falls heavily on
those who occupied the buildings. But little of the furniture was saved
from the Hotel Surprise, which was conducted by Mrs. Pearl Cornell and
Frank Page. Nothing was saved from the Meredith building. Only books,
adding machine and a motor were saved from the S. V. Meat Market and Ice
Plant. About $2,000 worth of smoked and fresh meats were burned. The
Stage Office conducted by Miss Gay Delmas was practically cleared of all
furniture. The contents of the Rechsteiner building were burned. Jos.
Jurrell saving most of his shoe and harness machinery equipment. Dr.
Kennedy, whose office was upstairs in the Meredith Building, lost his
surgical instruments, books, and medical material. He estimates his loss
at about $1,000; no insurance.
A sad climax of the destruction by the fire was the wounding of Fred
Wallace, which occurred about five oclock, when an ammonia tank exploded
with terrific force, jarring the earth and shattering the windows in
adjacent buildings and hurled a mass of steel thru a little group of
people, striking Fred, breaking two ribs loose from the spinal column and
badly lacerating his face, and also striking Jake Rechsteiner and cutting
his hand. However, unless other complications arise Fred will soon be
able to be around. He had done heroic work throughout the fire and the
accident to him is deeply regretted. In fact both men and women did all
in their power to stay the advance of the flames and are to be
congratulated for their good work. One thing that favored the fighters
was that there was absolutely no wind blowing and the flames ascended
straight up to a height of several hundred feet. Had the wind been
blowing there would probably be but little of Cedarville left standing
today.
All the people who were burned out have secured either temporary or
permanent quarters. W. H. Hussa, with his characteristic energy, was
cutting steaks and roasts in the north room of the Cressler and Bonner
Building Sunday morning. Miss Delmas has the Stage office located in the
old Drouillard building, east of the Meredith hall. Dr. Kennedy has his
office located in the Strotts Building and Joe Jurrell has his Harness
and Shoe Shop located in the Ford Garage and those boarding at the Hotel
Surprise, among whom were Prof. Young and wife, Miss McLaughlin and W. A.
McCombs have found accommodations. Mrs. Cornell and Frank Page are the
only ones now out of business.
W. A. McCombs, who was sleeping at the south end of the Meredith
building came near being suffocated by the smoke, but for the timely
assistance of Dr. Kennedy, he probably would have perished in the flames.
As a whole, while we all feel keenly the sad misfortune of our pretty
little town, and while we all sympathize with those who sustained losses
by the fire, there is a feeling prevalent that if the fire had to come it
was a lucky one, for had conditions been different the loss would have
been so much greater.
The Hotel Surprise was one of the old land marks of early days, formerly
called the Golden Eagle, one portion of it being erected in 1872 by A. K.
Long, and was later taken over by J. R. Cook, who added a little more to
it, when it went in to the hands of Jesse Hironymous, who finished the
building. Later it was owned by Dr. J. T. Meredith, who remodeled the
interior and made it more up to date: and its present owner was Perry
McDaniel. It was always a popular hostelry and has housed many prominent
people from all parts of the United States.
CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank all those who so kindly assisted during
the illness and death of our mother.
Mrs. Wm Page
Mrs. Wm. Denio
Mrs. F. A Nolan
Mrs. Wm Cockrell
Mrs. A. D. Hudspeth
Lee Murphy
F. H. Murphey
F. A. Murphy
Mrs. G. H. Morgan
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 23, 1924
INDIAN ATTACKS TEACHER
Last Friday Mr. O. C. Grey, Superintendent of the Bidwell Indian School
brought to Alturas, Charlie Ochio, an Indian man, and charged him before
justice of the Peace Thompson with assault and battery on Mrs. Margaret
Welch, a teacher in the Indian School. Mrs. Welch had administered
punishment to one of Charlies children with a ruler. Charlie went to
the school with a willow stick the size of ones finger and administered
a beating to the teacher, while another Indian who came with him looked
on. Mrs. Welch was not seriously injured but bears several welts on her
shoulders and face. Ochio plead guilty and was sentenced to five months
imprisonment in the county jail.
Mrs. J. C. Sharp, who resides with her daughter, Mrs. J. B. Cloud at Lake
City, is reported seriously ill.
Born At Lake City, Cal., Jan. 9, 1924, to Mr. and Mrs. Willard Clark, a
daughter Trilma Lorna Clark. (Mrs. Clark was Miss Della Hobbs before
her marriage)
An Indian girl was brought down from Bidwell last week, and underwent a
surgical operation at Dr. Coates Sanitarium. She is under Dr. Kennedys
care and is doing well.
The epidemic of flu or something akin to that disease is going the rounds
and a large number of our residents are suffering from the malady. The
editor of the Record is among those afflicted, hence the lack of news
this week.
Last week B. F. Boggs traded his ranch on the east of the lake to Chas
Pope for property in Ashland, Oregon, where they will make their future
home. Mr. Pope now owns three farms in this vicinity the Kneebone,
Lighty and Boggs farms.
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 30, 1924
Mrs. Jesse Strotts went to Bidwell today to finish teaching the
un-expired term in the Indian School, Mrs. Welch having resigned.
Last week, Mrs. Jesse Hapgood, of this place, was taken to the hospital
at Lakeview and Dr. Kennedy went over Saturday and performed a surgical
operation on her. He was assisted by Dr. Leithead. The operation was
successful last reports, state that she is doing well.
Last Sunday morning A. E. Normile and Bob Baty were somewhat severely
burned about their hands and faces by the explosion of a carbide tank on
Normiles lighting system. It seems they were passing the tank with a
lighted lantern, which in some manner ignited the gas, causing the
explosion. Luckily, neither were seriously hurt.
DEATH OF MRS. H. SAWTELLE
Mrs. Hattie E. Sawtelle, widow of the late Fred Sawtelle and former
resident of Superior California, died on January 15th in Los Angeles
where she has been making her home since last June, and was burned there
in the Inglewood cemetery last Saturday.
Mrs. Sawtelle who was 67 years of age, came to California from New
Hampshire as a small child and had made her home in this state more than
sixty years. She lived for many years in Sierra Valley, Sierra County.
She also had made her home Surprise Valley, Modoc County, and at
Oroville. Her husband a number of years ago, engaged in the hotel
business Eagleville, Modoc County. Mrs. Sawtelle was the mother of
twelve children, nine of whom are living. She was a sister of E. H.
Hamlin, Portola, Plumas County, and Mrs. G. E. Miller, 3225 Second Ave
and C. M. Hamlin of Sacramento.
Mr. and Mrs. Erne Fee, of Bidwell came down today to meet their son
Lawrence, who came in from Reno.
E. E. Bush was confined to his home the past week with a severe sore
throat, and aftermath of the flu.
Born At Alturas, Cal., Jan. 22, 1924, to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. P. Evarts, a
son, weight 8 œ pounds.
Dr. Coates reports that the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Fisher of
Lake City, quite ill with pneumonia.
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