SURPRISE VALLEY RECORD, CEDARVILLE, MODOC COUNTY, CAL
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1935
NEWS NOTES FROM NEW PINE CREEK
Two more of our local young folks were married one day last week, who were
Miss Beth Brownlee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Brownlee and Phillip
Briggs, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Briggs. The ceremony took place at
Lakeview, rev. Griffin officiating. The writer joins their many friends in
wishing them the very best things in life and may their married life be a
happy one.
Floyd Smith was married at high noon Saturday to Miss Louise Garnett of
Redding. They were married at the Redding Methodist Church. Those present
bedsides the interested couple were the groom’s mother, Mrs. Della Smith and
sister, Mrs. Henry Tuxhorn of New Pine Creek. The bride was just recently
from Wichita, Kansas. Smith is employed with the PWA at Alturas. The writer
joins friends in wishing the newlyweds success.
J. A. Quinn, manager of the California Public Service at Alturas returned
from a week’s business trip to San Francisco, Monday afternoon. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Quinn and the report is that Mrs. Quinn suffered a
slight injury in the bay city.
Jean Smith last Sunday morning had the misfortune of running over the grade
near the old highway camp in Cedar Pass. Smith escaped without injuries and
his car was slightly damaged.
OBSERVATIONS AND VIEWS BY THE Ed.
Its still quite chilly our in the rarified atmosphere of Surprise Valley
these days... Sunday, in spite of the elements, which produced several
hundredths inches of moisture, the quail hunters were out in numbers with
many getting bag limits.
JUSTICE… and… being broke… closely hinge on David Lamson’s trial, which is
now under way. Juries have twice said that Lamson is guilty of killing his
wife with an iron pipe, but his lawyers won’t let him hang, as long as some
one or rather somebody puts up money for his defense. Taxpayers have to
raise all they (or He) can raise and when it’s over our surmise is that
Lamsons’ neck will be broke… the backers will be broke… the county treasury
of San Joaquin broke, his lawyers richer and justice sadder. How have you
got it figured?
And how about Hauptmann, for if he lives long enough it appears that he will
be hung. His length of life as well as that of any other man in the
condemned row, depends largely on how much money can be provided to fight
off justice.
MODOC MAN IS HELD AS THIEF
J. L. Nelson, a stockman of the Likely district, who was arrested last week
on the charge of the theft of two calves, one claimed by P. S. Dorris of
Alturas and another by W. H. Flournoy of Likely, was held to answer in the
superior court at a preliminary hearing yesterday.
The officers say both calves were unbranded and not weaned. Nelson had
de-horned them and was holding them in his weaning corrals.
COW CLAIMS CALVES
Dorris and Flournoy, becoming suspicious, each drove one of his cows into
the corral. The cows claimed the calves.
Nelson asserts the mistake was made in separating the cattle of the
different owners. The date of the trial has not been set. Nelson was
released under bonds.
LAKE CITY NEWS JOTS
The Lake City Flour Mill began rolling Monday, the first time since the
severe cold spell two weeks ago.
Mrs. Charles Carter is reported to be resting much better at this writing.
Colds are prevalent in this community and some have been quite ill.
CAR GOES INTO GUTTER
While ascending Cedar Pass last Sunday afternoon and at a place just above
the Cold Springs, where Miss Wirth and five of her pupils had the misfortune
of going over the grade, Bide Steward in his new Ford V-8 struck an icy
place in the road and slid into the gutter. The occupants of the car escaped
injury, but the car was slightly damaged.
DIPHTHERIA REPORTED IN ROUND VALLEY
Dr. Tinsman reports a bad case of diphtheria at the old Gutzman place above
Round Valley. The patient is a little child in a family living on the place.
Dr. Coppedge, health Officer of Alturas was notified and will no doubt take
proper precautions to keep the disease from spreading. – Adin Argus
HEN ROOST ROBBED
Some nightly marauder or miscreant last night entered and robbed the chicken
house of Mrs. E. A. Wood of this place. ten fine chickens were stolen by the
culprits, some of which had been pets for a number of years. Recently
another theft of fowls was reported when Mrs. Lloyd Tripp lost a number of
turkeys. Certain clues have been discovered and it is thought at this time
that the parties committing these thefts will be apprehended.
LOCAL BRIEFS
Lawrence Haney, alias Hanes, who was recently found guilty of forging
checks, was taken to San Quentin last Saturday morning by Sheriff John C.
Sharp.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1935
NEWS NOTES FROM ALTURAS
Miss Margie Hickerson is recovering nicely. She has been one of the Scarlet
Fever victims.
RANCH HAND SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES SUNDAY
Hubert Eddie, 21, Alturas ranch hand met death Sunday morning, when he was
thrown from his horse. Details as to how the accident occurred are lacking.
Eddie was an employee on the Porter ranch east of Alturas.
Eddie’s home was in Paradise and besides relatives in that California
village, he is survived by a brother, Kenneth Eddie of Alturas.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed. (1:2)
NEWS NOTES FROM NEW PINE CREEK
Joe Smith, local butcher, is one the sick list suffering with an attack of
"Flu".
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Smith, who were married in Redding recently, were
visitors here Saturday and Sunday. The Smith’s are making their home in
Alturas.
ALTURAS MAN IS TRAMPLED BY HORSE
Ben Chambers, Alturas ranch hand, lies seriously injured in an Alturas
hospital, due to injuries sustained Saturday. Chambers, while attempting to
quiet a fractious horse, was trampled under foot. His is an employee on the
W. J. Dorris ranch.
BULL GORES HORSE
A horse belonging to George Tierney was gored to death Thursday, by Tierney’s
bull. Both animals had been quartered in a pasture and according to Tierney,
the bull had previously been quite docile.
MODOC MEN ARE CHARGED AS RUSTLERS
Patrick Harkins and Samuel Scott, ranchers of the Centerville district,
arrested last Wednesday on a charge of cattle rustling, have been held for
the superior court under bonds of $250 each. They are to appear on December
3rd.
The two were arrested by Deputy Sheriff Ray Tierney and Constable Ernest
Server, who hid in a barn on the graves ranch to await the return of
claimants of the carcass of a butchered 2-year old heifer. Harkins and Scott
were arrested when they appeared.
The officers say they found the hide of the stolen animal on Scott’s place
with the brand cut out and the ears cut off close to the head. The severed
ears were found hidden in the rafters of the barn.
The butchered animal is the property of S. P. Dorris of Alturas.
NEWS NOTES FROM FORT BIDWELL
Mrs. Melvin Smith left last Monday for Chico, where she will spend the early
winter months with her son, Darrell and family. Later on she plans to visit
relatives in San Francisco and Los Angeles, before returning to her home
here in the Spring.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cambridge have moved over from their home in Fandango
and have taken an apartment in the Allenwood hotel for the winter months.
THANKSGIVING
In the year 1621, the Pilgrims who had settled in a new and uncultivated
land were discouraged as winter approached. Crops sown so hopefully in the
Spring were a failure and the brave pioneers who had left home and friends
across the sea had endured privation and perils in their search for
religious freedom. Many of their number had succumbed from lack of
sufficient nourishment and longing for the sight of dear ones left in the
homeland.
Small wonder that they were dismayed by the thought of a famine; but as they
worked and prayed on the last Thursday of November, a ship laden with food
and clothing suddenly appeared on the horizon. The sturdy pioneers who had
continued to call on their Creator for courage to bear affliction and
adversity fell upon their knees thanking the Almighty God for His
Beneficence and protection. A day of Thanksgiving was proclaimed which ever
since has been observed annually in the United States on the last Thursday
in November.
Among the many blessings which we enjoy we should cherish Thanksgiving Day
as one of our heritages. We may have had reverses and financial losses in
the past year but let us count our blessings, not forgetting that many of
the comforts and conveniences enjoyed today were made possible by the
sacrifices of the little band of pioneers who settled in New England.
Let us give thanks as individuals, acknowledging our special blessings
enjoyed with friends and loved ones of the home circle, not forgetting to
give praise and thanks. We are grateful for the guidance of the Divine
Providence in the past and the assurance of His benediction and guidance in
years to come.
MARRIED IN RENO
Marion Hawkins, formerly of Cedarville, but for the past year a resident of
Reno, Nevada, was married to Don Haddock of that place last Thursday.
(HEADLINES)
TWO YOUNG MEN VICTIMS OF GUN SHOT WOUNDS SATURDAY MORNING
JOHNNIE SEMINARIO, MONROE DORTON, SUCCUMB TO INJURIES SUSTAINED IN HUNTING
ACCIDENTS
Seldom has it been our duty to record so sudden a tragedy and death. A dark
gloom spread over the entire community, when it was whispered from one to
another last Saturday afternoon that Johnnie Pedro Seminario, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Seminario, had passed to that "undiscovered land, from whose
bourne no traveler ever returns."
Johnnie with his young friend, Elwin Stanley had left during the early
morning hours for a quail hunt. Seeing a hawk on the ground, they stopped
their truck, to take a shot at it. Through some means, while putting the gun
into the truck, it accidentally exploded, causing a full charge of the shot
to enter the left shoulder at a point between the heart and the lungs, with
several of the shot, puncturing the lungs.
The accident occurred near the Jim Poore ranch east of town. When Elwin
found that his young friend had been shot, he called to Mr. Poore, who was
in a neighboring field working. Upon coming to the scene, he saw the
condition that Johnnie was in and rushed for the house for cloths to stuff
in the cavity of the wound, in an effort to check the constant bleeding. He
was immediately brought to the home of his parents and medical attention was
sought. It happened that Dr. Kennedy was in Eagleville attending a similar
case of gunshot wounds and Dr. Pate of Alturas was summoned.
All that medical assistance could do was without avail, for at 2:15 Saturday
afternoon, November the 23, 1935, Johnnie Pedro Seminario, aged 15-years, 3
months and 10 days, passed to the great beyond.
Johnnie was born at Eagleville, California, on August the 13, 1920. Living
but a short time at this place, Mr. Seminario and family moved to
Cedarville, where he attended the Cedarville Grammar School, of which he was
a graduate in 1932. Last year, he entered the Surprise Valley Union High
School as a freshman… his youthful ambition being to go through high school
without missing a single day…this he did until the horrible tragedy last
Saturday morning.
Johnnie was a studious lad, bright and winning in his ways and his circle of
friends was a large one. Here in his youth, he played as a child; and was
developing into an exemplary young man. To his heart broken parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Seminario, his brother, Mitchell and his sister, Pearl, who now sit in
sorrow, where his footsteps shall never again echo, we extend our heart felt
sympathy in their hour of trial. (1:7)
The second of a dual tragedy occurred Saturday morning, when Monroe Dorton
and Kenneth Barber were hunting geese on the old Barber Ranch south of
Eagleville. With Dorton in the lead, crawling on his hands and knees,
followed closely by Barber, in sneaking upon a band of geese, the shotgun in
Barber’s hand accidentally came in contact with sage brush, causing the
hammer to be drawn back and accidentally discharge the gun. The entire load
of shot struck Monroe Dorton in the hip, causing a mortal wound.
Dr. Kennedy was called and all possible medical attention was rendered,
without avail, for about midnight Dorton passed away.
He was well known in the valley, having attended the Surprise Valley Union
High School, of which he was a graduate in 1924. For the past several years
he has been driving the Eagleville bus.
He leaves to mourn his passing, his wife, Mrs. Nina Dorton and his father
and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Dorton and a host of friends. Obsequies were
held from the Community Church in Eagleville, yesterday. (1:6)
A number of local nimrods spent Sunday in the Tulelake section after the
Duck and Goose. Reports are that they all got the limit.
THIS AND THAT
Two regrettable accidents this week, proves the vital need of first aid
instruction for all. – A move at the present time to organize a group of
first aid stations throughout the valley, might be of vital importance in
the saving of lives in the future.
In line with similar movements throughout the state at the present time,
men, women and children are trained by local physicians and nurses on proper
emergency treatments in accident cases, while awaiting the arrival of a
physician.
Several such stations… properly equipped would do much to alleviate
suffering and loss of life.
It has been said, that if one yells loud enough and long enough, he can get
what he wants… and though it may be useless to bring up the subject, almost
weekly some car goes over the grade, on or near Cedar Mountain… How about
those guard rails and warning signs? – Attention Mr. Cato.
TRUCK GOES OVER GRADE FRIDAY
A truck belonging to Percy Harris went over the grade near the highway camp
the other side of Cedar Mountain Friday morning. The driver, Walter Kober
escaped injury, though the truck was badly damaged.
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Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds
Family Researcher of "The Last Frontier"
Modoc County, California
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