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The morning times., 1897-01-10
GONE WITH THE BUFFALO
Fur Trappers and Game
Rapidly Disappearing.
COSTLIER GROW THE FURs
British America Now the Hunting
Ground-Weeks Gathering Game
That Formerly Took But a Day.
Higher Prices. But Greater Hard
ships-How They Worked.

The fur trapper in this great country is
fast following the scout and the buffalo
hunter into the realms OF oblivion. He
has mad his day in the United States, and
as product OF past conditions lie i disap-
peaFing with the game he hunts
TIE sclitudes or the forests that formerly
abounded in wild game, birds and fur
bearing animals are now nearly deserted
Trappers find il more difficult TO Obtain
their furs each season, and they are COM
PEELED TO retreat further into the north
ia order TO keep pace with the animals
The wilds OF British America contain al
most the only bearing animals Of the
continent, and life there is almost unen-
durable for the hunter and trapper. It
now requires week 10 gather the game
that he gathered in a day formerly
Most OF the furs at the present time
command higher price than they ever did.
Fashion has not allowed their popularity
TO decline. But all this is not Of mrch
consequence 10 the trapper It is true
that he receives a larger sum for his
wares than he once did, but the animals
are disappearing faster than the prices
advance, and the additional hardships
MAKE tflc DuslileSs u poorer one each season
Furs OF Domestic Animals.
Other unsettled regions of the globe are
being explored To help supply the markets
OF the world with skins, and science is do
ing everything in its power TO Utilize the
Common skins OF the dOmesticated animals
The fur OF the cat, dog, sheep, lamb and
other animals OF our barnyard and house
hold has already become valuable com
mereially, and through the dyer's art and
the curriers' skill the wearers OF cheap furs
are totally deceived.
The silver fox that abOunded so plentf-
fully IN our northern woods Is now a com
parativeiy rare animal, and from SIOO TO
$500 is paid for first-class specimens
The darker the fur OF the silver fox the
more valuable it is, and consequently the
further north the trapperS 20 the better
luck they have.
Those over the Canadian border trap
more ard better silver foxes than can be
found anywhere in the United States, al
though Northern Maine and the Michigan
peninsula have yielded some excellent
silver foxes Bear skins generally come
next to the furs OF the silver foxes, and
they run all the way from $40 to $40
apiece for the raw fur.
The cross fox fur comes tbiId on the LIST.
and is generally worth from SIS 70 500,
according to size, general beauty and rich
ness of color.
The morning times., 1897-01-10
AROUND THE CITY ARM0RY
Happenings of the Week Among
the District Guardsmen.
MORTONS' TROUBLES ARE OVER

tiers Are All Ont Now by the Dis
charge of a Number of Them in
the Interest of the Service
status of the Brigade i'll the Past
Three Months.
The morning times., 1897-01-10

quarters there hangs big placard.
reads:
''Do not be a Shnnehuck.''
The morning times., 1897-01-10
Freaks of Nature.

Horned toads and lizards dart in and
out among the beautiful ferns, and the
path is strewed with acorns Pure crys-
tai water, gushing from the rocks, is
refreshingly cool, and as you journey
upward toward the clouds and see at
your feet canon after canon, with their
flowers sand ferns, intermingled like a
vast carpet of natures handiwork, you
realize that you are being lifted out of
the artificial world into a purer and bet
ter sphere. When you reach the summit
and pass the rocky gateway of the camp.
cordial welcome awaits you. Your tired
beasts are led further up the trail. to
their resting places, for the night, and
you are assigned to your little house, 6 900
feet above your fellows in the plain be-
low.
After a little brushing up, you sit down to
your first meal in camp. The air is full of
appetiZerS of all kinds, and the solid, sub
stantiaI food disappears in a manner de-
lightfuI to behold. You are invited to wit
ness the signaling to friends below. The
master of the camp takes large bag, and,
saturatIng it with coal oil, fastens it to a
pole. 1t is set on fire, and in the manner it
is waved the friends in the valley below
know that all is well, and they in turn re-
spond i'll similar manner Just at this
time, as if it had been prearranged by
some magic hand, the electric lights of
Pasadena and Los Angeles, ten miles dis
tant, brust upon the darkness. like vast
lakes of fire-flies, "a glimmerng. silver
sheen set with millions Of sparkling dia-
monds.
The morning times., 1897-01-10
Valuable Otter Furs.

The fur Of the otter is nearly as valuable,
and a good specimen will cOmnand SIS
either at the country store or in the city
markets.
The beaver is not worth more than SIS,
the wolverine SO, the lynx and black
raccCon Sc, and the common wolf and
marteI S5. These are the principal fur
bearing animals caught by the trappers in
this country, but long list of cheaper ones
are brought to market, such as the mink,
skunk, badger, wildcat. red and gray fox,
muskrat and white rabbit.
The prices paid for these vary from q
few ceIts apiece TO several dollars The
rabbit skins are so cheap that the trappers
would not take the trouble to express
them to the cities If it were not for the
fact that they can be packed in with tie
others al no extra cost.
The skins of the deer, moose. elk and
antelope must not be confOunded with those
of the strictly bearing animals. The
former are solo as skins and hides, and
not as furs, bringing So much a pound
Deer hides usually bring frc u 60 to 36
cents per pound
The morning times., 1897-01-10
The DeadfallS.

These fall squarely upon the back or
shoulders of the hungry creature, and
either break it or crush out the life. The
animal caught in deadfall rarely lives
to tell the tale The wary animals, like
the fox. can seldom be induced to enter a
deadfall. for their instincts make them
suspicious.
Snares are used for catching a variety
OF small animals and they are arranged
in great variety OF ways, the most com
mon of which i S the spring pole
The trappers visit these shares, dead
falls and steel traps every morning, trav-
cling through the woods in the hitteres5
cold weather, and often returning with
out Il peIt of any great value. Hard
work, rough fare and little pay are ':iS
rewards, and there is little wonder that
he complains. He sees his industry shrink
ing year by year, and, without any pos
sible improvement in the future, ne real
ICES that the doom of his class has been
sou Dded.
Another generation and ne will be gone
along with the Indian fighter, the prairie
scout and the buffalo hunter.
The morning times., 1897-01-10
Trap and skinning Knife.

The trapper is essentially what his
name implies, and not hunter or sports
man. The shotgun is not his Implement,
for this tears and Injuries the skins AMI
furs. The trap and skinning knife ara
his chief articles of trade. The traps are
usually divided into three cIaSses-snares,
dead-faIls and steel traps
The steel traps vary in size from the
small ones set to capture the little KRAFT
TO the large double spring arrangements,
known as grizzly bear traps" These
latter are mammoth affairs, weighing oven
forty pounds, and with rows Of sharp teeth
spread ;xteeninchesa apart Whenthe ja VS.
OF such a trap close upon any ereatura
they are pretty sure to break the leg and
hold the captive prisoner until relieved
by some outside person.
The grizzly bears have been known to
tear the heavy traps from their moorings
and drag them a mile or more through the
forests, but they have never been known TO
pull the leg away from the relentless teeth
The deadfalls are made both for large
and small animals. In the small, horse
shoe enclosure tempting bait is fas-
tened Oh delicate trigger, which, when
slightly moved. let's down upon the AMI
mails back number OF heavy logs.
The morning times., 1897-01-10
Fairyland From the Clouds.

No one whohaseyer witnessed the picture
can ever forget it. 1t was fairyland,
viewed from the clouds. After enjoying
this magnificent view, the guests repaired
to the sitting-room of the camp. The site
of this building was a huge bowlder, which,
by blasting ground sufficient, was OBJ
tanned TO rear the structure. 1t is Of
weather board, and its interior is lined with
blue denim. A huge fireplace, ample
enough to hold horse and cart, occupied
one side OF the room. In it a large redwood
log is blazing, whilst a fine greyhound lies
couched on a goatskin mat in front of it.
Hanging lamps light up the building, and
The herald., 1897-10-07

by and some words were interchanged
between Mr.. Crandall and the driver. !
thought he was about to jump in the
buggy and drive off, and so said: You
needn't attempt to run away, Ed, for il
you do I'll kill YOU
HE said he loved Mrs Thompson, and
her influence was so great he couldn't
break it. I saw no hope, and finally
agreed to go back to Cincinnati. Mr.
Broderson brought me TO his home-Mrs.
Broderson did not know was in Los An
geles. l remained there with my anguish
and grief, and was Ill in bed for some
days. Then 1 went to Cincinnati and
obtained the divorce"
In epitomized form that was the wit
ness direct testimony. On cross-exam-
ination Judge Stephens began and in
deed occupied the remainder of the day
In submitting letters that Mrs. Crandail
had written to Ben Mccarthy, the
brother-in-law of her divorced husband,
and to her husband, at various times.
The whole trend of the cross-examina-
tion was to show that differences had
existed between Mr.. and Mrs. Crandall
before ever Mrs. Thompson appeared on
the scene, and that separation, If not
a divorce, had been contemplated.
The cross s-examination will be re-
sumed this morning.
The herald., 1897-10-07

tell the local manager to go up and see
the supervisors and make that showing.
He told 1t as business proposition and
the supervisors were reasonable men,
and upon such proposition would prob
ably reconsider their determine ton to
raise the theater license. Mr.. Holton,
not unnaturally, perhaps, feels ag-
grieved if his words "see the supervis-
ors' should have been disjointed from
the context and made to convey the vul-
gar meaning sometimes ascribed to
them.
Mr.. Harry Wyatt, too, is not particu-
larly we'll pleased with the words as
crlbed to him by The Herald, and sup
posedly uttered by him when before the
board Of supervisors on Monday. AS
matter of fact The Herald did not quote
Mr.. wyatt verbatim, but did give the
substance of his remarks. Couched in
whatever words may have been USED the
fact remains that only the one inference
could be drawn from them, viz: that
Mr.. Wyatt had been advised to extend
the managerial courtesy of free entry to
his theater to person or persons at the
court house, with the end In view that
the license of his theater would not be
raised. That is the inference that was
drawn from Mr.. Wyatt's remarks by
the supervisors. who stated yesterday
that The Herald article was in essence
perfectly accurate
The herald., 1897-10-07

company. This time it is L. P. Atkins and
his wife, Mary NJ, who ask for the. mod
est sum of $4,000 to assuage the sting
they suffer from as result of the COM
pany's sins of omission.
1t is alleged that on July Goth last Mrs.
Mary NJ. Atkins was a passenger upon
one Of the defendant company's cars 60
ing westward. On Fourth, near the in
tersection Of Wall street, the car ran off
the track and colliding with the street
curb threw Mrs. Atkins from off the car
to the ground. AS result Of the injuries
sustained the lady claims she was con-
fined to bed for three weeks and cannot
even yet use her lower limbs as before
the accident.
The accident itself, it is conterded
was the result Of the company's negli-
gence, in that the track was constructed
improperly and the dirt and soil had
been permitted to accumulate over it.
Under such circumstances the cars
when going at such rate of speed as
that one upon which Mrs. Atkins was a
passenger was extremely likely to run
off the track. Under these circum-
stances the court is asked to award the
plain tiffS the sum of $4,000, as damages.
The herald., 1897-10-07

failed to allow the same liberty Of idea
to others that they claim for themselves.
If this saloon is again to be made bone
of contention it is only matter Of time
until another petition. perhaps, will be
filed for disincorporation.
Meantime Long Beach, incorporating.
will throw off considerable acreage that
was included before and will take in a
portion of Alamitos The petitioners
wanted to have the entire town site in
cluded, but they have been denied in
that That portion of Alamitos, how
ever that is well built up and which
extends along the ocean front 100 feet
past Descanso avenue, from thence at
right angles and running parallel with
Descanso avenue to Fourth street, and
along Fourth street to the east bound
ary of Alamitos avenue, will be included
A WOMAN'S MATRON
On motion of Supervisor Field it was
resolved: Whereas, The erection Of a
building at the county farm for the
caring of INDECENT women necessitates
the employing Of matron superintend-
ent, under the direction of the superin-
tendent Of the farm; therefore be it
Resolved, That the Office Of matron of
the woman's department of the county
is hereby created.
After some discussion as to who was
eligible for the position Mrs. Agnes
Benbrook of Downey was elected with
out dissent to the position, at a salary
of $35 per month
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
The bid of S. c. Harmon for work on
the Wilmington and San Pedro road was
accepted. The bid was as follows: Ex-
cavation, 12ss cents per cubic yard;
fills, in excess of excavation, 1926 cents
per cubic yard; 24-inch pipe, including
masonry, s150 per lineal foot; 1S-inch
pipe, including masonry, 81 per lineal
foot.
A road deed to a strip of land on the
Spadra road at Puente was received
from A. T. Currier ct AL
The horticultural commissioners were
instructed to fumgate the orange orch
ard at the county farm.
TO ADVERTISE THE COUNTY
The following communication from the
Times Mirror Publishing company was
presented to the board personally, and is
self explanatory:
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4, 1897.
To the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles
County:
Gentlemen: We inclose you herewith a
circular letter which will give you some
idea of what the coming Midwinter edition
of the Times will be. The Times proposes,
in case the cost of the work can be covered,
to print in connection with the midwinter
number matter exploiting in particular the
advantages of Los Angeles county,
Mr.. r. r. Hill, who will present this let
ter, will more fully explain the details of
the enterprise, and we beg to commend him
and the proposition to your best consid-
Grafton. Yours truly,
THE TIMES-MIRROR CO.,
H. CHANDLER, Asst. Mgr.
The gentleman presenting the letter
The herald., 1897-10-07
Marriage Licenses

Harry K. Carmany. native of Ohio,
aged 27 years, and Frances Garcia, ma
tive Of California, aged % years, both
residents Of Newhall.
Ambrose Nicolai, native Of Germany,
aged 26 years, and Johanna Fedrika
Christensen, native of Illinois, aged %
years. both residents Of San Pedro.
Joseph L. Hamlin, a native of Texas,
aged rs years, and Ella M. Happ, ma
tive of California, aged 10 years, both
residents Of Los Angels.
Frank D. Crandall, native Of Illinois,
aged rs years, and Amanda Frowiss, a
native Of California, aged 10 years. both
residents of Los Angeles.
Bernard T. Halberg, a native of Utah,
aged 27 years, and Edith E. Houston, a
native Of Oregon. aged 23 years, both
residents Of Los Angeles.
Edward G. Simmons, a native Of In
diana, aged 80 years. and Louisa Kezla
Hersey. a native Of England, aged %
years, both residents of Toluca.
VIII E. Chantry, a native of Iowa, aged
% years. and a resident of Orange, and
Maud d. Neal, native of Kansas, aged
20 years. and resident Of Whittier.
Vivian S. Drake, native. of Louisiana,
aged 20 years, and Theodore Mukle, a
native of Illinois, aged 30 years, both
residents of Los Angeles.
Alonzo H. Brown, a native of Mich
igan, aged 26 years, and Luella Case, a
native of Minnesota, aged 20 years, both
residents of Los Angeles.
Albert r. Embree, a native of Iowa,
aged 80 years, and Mildred Peters, a ma
tive Of Iowa, aged "a years, both resi- =
dents of Los Angeles.
The herald., 1897-10-07
New Suits Filed

L. P. Atkins ct al. VS.. Los Angeles Rail-
way Company-A suit to recover $4,000 as
damages sustained
w. D. Newell VS.. L. Maud and w. w.
Reed-A suit to recover s167.5O on a me-
chanic's lien against a house on lot "a
CT the Florida tract.
j. D. Hooker Company VS.. West Los
Angeles Water Company-A suit to re-
cover $965002, balance due on a contract
to supply pipe for certain lines near Bur-
bank.
s. A. Dickson VS.. W. Mosher and j.
Mosher-Suit to dissolve partnership
and for an accounting, and that a re-
ceiver be appointed.
Union Mutual Building and Loan As
sociation VS.. Adele Claverie ct ALA
suit to recover $685. 25 on certain notes,
1868 attorneys fees and foreclosure Of
mortgage.
M. E. Benson ct al. VS.. F. D. Lauter-
man ct ala suit to recover $3.50 for
sinking shaft on the claim at Rands-
burg known as the Turrmarie and costs.
oliver e. A. Baynton ct al, minors,
The herald., 1897-10-07
THE LACY WILL
Letters of Administration Granted to
the Widow

The matter Of the estate of William
Lacy, deceased, was again up in De-
partment two yesterday before Judge
Clark. Probate of the will of 1883 hav-
ing been denied, the subsequent mar
riage Of the deceased without his maxi
ing apy settlement upon his wife having
annulled that will, letters of administra-
tion were granted to Ellen I. Lacy, the
widow, with bond fixed at s45OOO.
The estate was valued in the applica-
tion for letters at S1S0000, but the indi-
cations are that it will fall far short of
that amount. AS a basis for fixing the
amount of the bond the Puente oil stock
was estimated at $50 per share, ard with
other property that would amount to
about $4,000, with some outstanding
claims against 1t.
The herald., 1897-10-07
BOARD SUPERVISORS
Long Beach Again to Put on Frills as
CITY

The long line of difficulties that have
attended the disincorporation of Long
Beach as a city and the petition for re-
incorporation may be said to have
reached an end yesterday when the
board of supervisors granted the petit
ton to reincorporate. All the differ
ences that have disturbed the little sea-
side resort will now. probably, be wiped
out and a new beginning madeJ Funda-
mentally the trouble began over
trustee who, upon election, went back on
his pledge on the prohibition versus high
license question. There is one well con-
Quoted saloon in Long Beach, and no
complaints have been urged against the
manner in which it has been carried on.
But the place itself is an eyesore to the
Prohibitionists, many Of whom have
The herald., 1897-10-07
THOSE FREE PASSES
The Supervisors Perfectly Satisfied
With the Herald Report

With regard to the claim that Assist
ant District Attorney Holton, in an in
direct way, intimated to Mr.. H. Wyatt,
manager of the Los Angeles theater,
that ne might induce the board of SUI
pervisors to refrain from raising the
theater license by judciously extending
managerial favor to court house officials
the gentleman most closely concerned
makes most emphatic denial
Mr.. Holton states that Mr.. Wyatt did
complain about the license being raised
claiming that he was losing money in
one way and another and quoting figures
10 sustain his contention He then did
The herald., 1897-10-07
THE DIVORCE MILL
A Child the Mother Did Not Want to
Claim

Two years ago Flora Estella Porter
obtained a divorce, by default from
Irwin A. Porter on the ground Of dissi-
patton and profligacy. The couple had
been living separate and the minor child
had been. living with the father. The
child was awarded to the custody Of The
mother, but she did not claim it, and
yesterday the father asked the court to
modify the former order in his favor
His divorced wife, now Mrs. F. E. Web
ber, acquiesced in the arrangement and
Judge Allen made the desired order.
Judge Smith yesterday granted de-
cree to Alice A. Waite, divorcing her
from Chase B. Waite on the grounds of
n-support cruelty and desertion. The
husband is well known in the city as a
photographer and Is now in the City of
Mexico.
The herald., 1897-10-07
BUTCHERS AT OUTS
s. A. Dickason Claims He Is Being
Frozen Out by His Partners

Frozen Out by His Partners
In April of this year s. A. Dickson
and William and James Mosher opened.
up in business as butchers at 466 South
Spring street. The first two attended to
the store while James Mosher did the
collecting and peddled meat from a
wagon. Now comes Dickason into court
claiming that he is being euchered out
Of his share in the business by his part
ners.
He claims that 50 far as the store bus
mess is concerned William Mosher has
made a practice of taking all the cash
and paying the bills. Each night he
swept into his jeans the money taken in
and each morning puts in the cash
drawer just what loose change he may
have in his pocket. OF these monetary
transactions William Mosher refuses to
make any account, and also refuses to
keep any itemized account. Brother
James on the outside, in the collecting
and peddling branch of the business, Is
doing, 80 1t is claimed, what brother
William is doing on the inside, and be-
tween the two Dickson claims he is
being frozen out Of the business He
now asks that the partnership be dis
solved; that the Moshers be made to
give an accounting and that a receiver
be appointed.
The herald., 1897-10-07
A POLISH NOBLE
To Mingle With the Common Throng
in the Citv Prison

Gustave de Laveaux is a Polish noble
man and has to pay fine of $50 or serve
so days with the democratic herd in the
city prison. Laveaux is by profession
a civil engineer and at one time was a
man Of standing and some influence in
his own country. When he came to
America he degenerated, somehow and
since living in Los Angeles has had a
fairly familiar acquaintance with the
police courts.
He was convicted after jury trial of
drunkenness and ordered to pay $50
or serve the same number Of days in
prison. He appealed his case and yes
terday Judge Smith affirmed the judg-
ment Of the lower court.
The herald., 1897-10-07
Court Notes

Mrs. M. L. Martin was arraigned this
morning in Department one and pleaded
rot guilty to a charge of perjury.
In the appeal case Of the People VS.. De
Laveaux and the People vs. McFadden,
Judge Smith affirmed the decision of the
lower court.
AS several of the Judges and officers
Of the superior court are members Of the
Los Angeles commandery, and will be in
line today in connection with the con-
clave of Knights Templar to be held III
this city, business in certain of the de-
partments will be very light.
A motion for a new trial Of the case of
Pierre Etchemendy, grand larceny, was
denied by Judge Smith. and Etchemendy
sentenced to San Quentin for five years.
The supreme court has delivered an
opinion in the appeal case of Gray G.
Southern, convicted in Orange county of
a felony. The defendants contention
was that he was entitled to five days no.
tice Of hearing to correct an error in the
records. The court has decided against
the appellant.
The herald., 1897-10-07

and l. N. Van Nuys and D. G. Stephens.
as guardians, vs. C. H. Hudson ct ala
suit to restrain defendants from remov-
ing certain buildings from off premises
located on Olive street.
Application Of Cayetano Duarte-A Pc
tition that the 30-acre section of the
Azusa de Duarte rancho, with the water
rights, be declared community property.
Security Savings Bank VS.. Estanislao
de Urquiza ct ala suit to recover $4,000
on a note, attorneys fees and decree o.
sale against the mortgaged property in
the Cells Vineyard tract.
The estate Of Mary E. Arneson, de-
ceased-The petition Of L. M. Arneson
for letters of administration. The estate
is valued at $40O.
The herald., 1897-10-07

spoke regarding the advertising of the
county and its products by means of the
extra edition of the Times, and in re-
sponse to the definite inquiry as to what
was asked of the board, replied, "A dora
tion"
No immediate response was made to
the request, the matter being taken un-
der adyiSement
The herald., 1897-10-07
TO RECOVER DAMAGES
For Injuries Sustained by Mrs. Atkins
on Street Car

Yet another damage suit has been
filed against the Los Angeles Railway