BIG VALLEY GAZETTE – BIEBER, LASSEN COUNTY, CAL.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1905
W. H. Woodmansee, who had charge of the quarantine station this side of
Adin, returned home last evening.
Claude Simpson came down from the Hill today. He leaves Sunday morning for
Redding where he is called as a witness I the case of Frank Robinson, who is
accused of burglarizing the McArthur store at McArthur, sometime last fall.
Neely Sutton of Fall River Mills, who has been traveling from place to
place, arrived in Red Bluff five days ago to visit his sister, Mrs. R. H.
Alford. Soon after his arrival, his mind gave away and he has been confined
for four days in the county jail. He imagines that people are on his trail
with bloodhounds and raves about his fears. He was examined today as to his
sanity before Judge Ellison and was committed to the Napa State hospital and
will be taken there tonight by Sheriff Boyd and R. H. Alford. – Red Bluff
Sentinel
NEWS FROM HONEY LAKE
A young man by the name of Rogers, from near Janesville, while manipulating
a disc plow this week, in some manner got his right foot under the disc and
lost some of his toes.
While little Lulu Romero and her cousin, Frank Lamgar, were playing last
Sunday morning, Frank playfully stabbed Lulu in the knee with a pair of
sharp scissors, inflicting a very painful wound.
Gill DeForest kicked at a calf the other morning and as he was in a hurry
and made no calculations on the calf’s moving, his foot went wide of the
mark, gaining such a velocity that it pulled the other one after it.
Consequently, the Dr. had to be called.
BORN
PAULK – Near Bieber, Cal., Jan 28, 1905, to the wife of Elmer Paulk, a son
Word was received here Tuesday, says the Lake County Examiner, that an
unknown sheepman of Silver Lake and a Mr. McKune, another Silver Lake
sheepman, had some trouble over the range. The man went to McKune’s camp
about 20 miles east of Silver Lake and a shooting serape resulted, in which
McKune had one of his thumbs shot off. The six shots that were fired, were
said to be awarded, equally between the two combatants. Mr. McKune came to
Paisley Monday to have his wound dressed. So far as we have heard, no
arrests have been made.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1905
J. F. Bowman, an old resident of the Glenburn section, in Fall River Valley,
died at Red Bluff this morning at 6 o’clock. Mr. Bowman was well known
throughout the northern country and his death will be sincerely regretted by
his many friends. He was about 77 years of age. (1:2)
THE TINSMAN MATTER
Sunday morning, District Attorney Bonner received a letter from Dr. Foster
of the State Board of Health in reply to the subpoena served upon him to
appear as a witness in the Tinsman case at Adin. In this letter the Doctor
says that if he is correctly informed, Dr. Tinsman was perfectly justified
in his refusal to be fumigated in the manner prescribed at the station –
that of placing the person in a tent and exposed to the fumes of burning
sulfur. "Fumes sufficiently strong," the doctor says, "to kill germs of
disease, would kill the person." On the other hand, Dr. Gibson says he only
asked Dr. Tinsman to spray his clothing with formalin. This, he says, Dr.
Tinsman also refused to do. Thus, we see "it’s a muddle," and Mr. Bonner
would be justified in dismissing the whole business. Nothing but expense
will result to the county.
Dr. Foster says he will obey the summons, but the services of men of his
standing and reputation come high – too high, in our opinion, to waste money
in a fruitless prosecution.
However, if reports from various sources are to be relied upon, Dr. Tinsman
cannot be held blameless in the matter. He did not use, according to that
report, proper precautions to prevent the spread of the disease. He is a
physician and should have lent every energy in an effort to stamp it out and
should have assisted, rather that antagonize the authorities. – Alturas
Plaindealer
J. M. Clayton, a resident of Fall River Valley for the past thirty years,
died at his home near Fall City today at noon. (5:1)
Dr. Houston had a narrow escape from being seriously hurt Monday, while
driving along the road on the west side, one of the single trees on the
buggy broke and the team sprang to one side also breaking the tongue. The
doctor was pulled out over the dash board but escaped injury.
Hazel, the eight year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. l. W. Simpson, had the
misfortune to lose the third finger on her right hand last Saturday evening.
He brother, Charley, was chopping kindling with an ax, when she reached
under to get some of the kindling and had her finger caught below the middle
joint. Dr. Houston removed the finger at the knuckle joint and the little
girl is getting along quite well.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1905
J. F. BOWMAN
We take the following account of the death of J. F. Bowman from the Shasta
Courier:
J. F. Bowman, a Fall River pioneer, passed away at Tehama County Wednesday,
where he had been visiting when stricken with sudden and fatal illness. Mr.
Bowman had been in poor health, but appeared far from suffering from a
dangerous illness and the news of his death came as a shock to his family
and friends. He was one of the most extensive stock raisers of the North and
supplied the Terry and McCloud lumber camps with beef cattle and also one of
Fall River’s progressive farmers and citizens.
J. F. Bowman was a man, in every high and honorable sense that word means.
His heart was the home of an honest, loyal soul. He was outspoken in his
beliefs and staunch in sustaining good government and good citizenship – and
fair and square in treatment of his fellow men. His decease is a loss that
will be keenly felt.
He leaves to mourn his loss eight children – George J. Bowman, Ed. Bowman,
James Bowman, Alex Bowman, Mrs. John McIntosh, Mrs. M. Holman, Mrs. R.
Barnes and Mrs. Gould. (1:3)
Lassen Mail: T. Boatright was an arrival from Goldfield, Nev., on Friday
evening. Mr. Boatright came in response to a telegram announcing the serious
illness of his daughter, Miss Mary. The young lady is now much improved and
on the rapid road to recovery. Mr. Boatright says that Goldfield is growing
rapidly and now has a population of about 8000. He is painting with Mr.
Merritt and Will Houk, former Susanville residents and says they are all
prospering. Will Stevens, who is well known to many of our readers is there
and engaged in the butcher business and doing well. Mr. Boatright will
return to Goldfield in a few days.
Orvie Woodmansee last Friday, while trying to force a cartridge into an old
rifle, received a severe powder burn on the face by the cartridge exploding.
The quarantine has been removed from the Valley Hotel and every room
thoroughly fumigated. They are now ready to accommodate all transient and
local custom.
NEWS FROM HONEY LAKE
Last Monday morning while Mrs. John Long was feeding her chickens, she
slipped on some ice and fell, breaking both bones of her left arm just above
the wrist.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1905
WALKER FILES CONTEST
Seeking to prove ownership to lands involved in the first test suit by Mrs.
Mollie Conklin, which resulted in the indictment of John A. Benson last
year, Thomas B. Walker, the millionaire lumberman of Milwaukee, who owns
hundreds of thousands of acres of California timber lands, filed a contest
Wednesday against the proposed sale by W. H. Metson, as administrator of the
estate of the late Patrick Reddy of 9500 acres of timber in the Sierra
forest reserve.
Walker claims he purchased 1960 acres of the tract, which is in the
so-called Monache belt, from Benson, who claimed to have acquired title to
it from Mrs. Conklin, who owned one-half of it and from Mrs. Emily Reddy and
Edward A. Reddy, widow and brother, respectively of Patrick Reddy, who owned
the other half. In his protest against the sale of the lands, Walker says he
paid Benson $7,105 for the 1960 acres he claims.
Mrs. Conklin accused Benson of obtaining her signature to a power of
attorney under which the lands were sold by false pretenses. The suit grew
into the proceedings before Commissioner Heacock, which revealed gigantic
frauds in timber lands. – S.F. Examiner
NEWS FROM HONEY LAKE
Eugene DeForest and wife have moved to the Bunnell ranch north-west of town,
where they expect to reside for four years.
Harve Wilcox and Newt Welsh of Hat Creek are here this week.
W. H. Stevens of Goldfield, Nev., and Miss Frances Traugh of Adin were
married at the residence of the bride’s mother, in Adin, Monday evening by
Rev. Harry Perks. The wedding was private; only relatives of the contracting
party being present. The bride is Secretary of the Eastern Star Lodge at
Adin, and members of that lodge tendered the couple a reception before their
departure to their new home in Goldfield.
C. W. Kelley, and old resident of Round Valley passed away at his home last
Sunday morning. His death was caused by a stroke of paralysis, which he had
Saturday evening. Dr. Cate was called but medical aid could not avail and he
died the next morning. He leaves a wife and one child to mourn his loss. He
was buried in the Adin cemetery Tuesday Afternoon, services being held in
the Congregational church by Rev. Perks. – Adin Argus (5:2)
BORN
TRAUGH – At Adin, Cal., February 22, 1905, to the wife of Arthur Traugh, a
daughter
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