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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-06-14

Around Bakersville, Hanford and Tu-
lare, in Tulare county are great many
EJack Rabbits-iIi some counties bounty
being paid for their scalps. These quad
rupeds are SO numerous that they prove
to be a great pest to the inhabitants of
that locality and IN consequence they
organize what is called q drive and
slaughter the little fellows by the thou
sands. In the winter when the people
are not overly crowded with work they
get togethelsas many men and boys as
possible and start OH the drive. First
q corrall is built Of wire netting, with an
opening that has two wings, stretching
out for miles each way-similiar to some
Of the fishing nets that are used in @
secret manner in your locality only on a
much larger scale-these wings are the
lead ways for the rabbits OH their
journey to the other world. After the
corrall and the wings are completed, the
army of men and boys are formed into
divisions, each division operating under
the direction of a Captain. The army of
soldiers are not armed with firearms
this being copsilered 10 aianger@ts+,, but
instra1, eAd'l have IA long cub or .cnsl1-.
ell 10 way-lay he poor unfortunate
rabbit that dore to undertake to break
through the lines. The lnen are placed
abreast from two to ten feet apart, then
a few crack shots or sharpshooters
comprising the very best shots i'll that
locality are placed at some distance to
the rear from the regular army, these
men are armed with firearms and their
duty is to- shoot any and all the rabbits
that are successful in breaking through
the advance guard The men when
drawn up in line cover distance from
six to ten miles in length, the captains
give the orders to march and the army
moves on its destructive and externlina-
ting drive.
1t is said that as high as forty thou
sand rabbits hityc faIlon victims to tie
farmers clubs at one drive. After the
rabbits are securely corralled-as many
men as can conviently swing their clubs
and not do damage to one another. get
into the corrall and begin the deadly
operations against their natural foes.
After the slaughtering process is finished
and the dead rabbits cover the ground
to two and three deep, then the farmers
will back up their wagons to the corrall
and load the carcasses on and take them
home and feed them to the hcgs while
all Others that can not be utilized are
buried on the spot. AS this is not, the
season of the year for those
drives did not have the pleasure OF par
ticipating in one.
In going from Bakersville to Fresno,
although stopping in and passing
through many cities. there was nothing
OF special Importance that | noticed
nothing more than the reader would
notice on trip from Eagle River to
Monico provided you had passed over
the route hundred tim es before | vii!
have to rest here as am now doing.
H. T. C.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-06-14

The body OF Rernard Pautz, who had
been missing at Rhinelander, was found
last Thursday a short distance from the
railroad track and in a clump of bushes.
A revolver was in his hand, which
proved couclusively to the coroner's jury
that the man came TO his death by his
own hand
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-06-14

Two persons were born at the same
place at the same moment of time.
After an age of fifty years they both
died, also at the same place and at the
same instant-yet one lived one hundred
days more than the other. How was
this possible? The solution turns on a
curious, but, with little reflection, a
very obvious i'll circumnavigation. A
person going round the world towards
The west loses day, and towards the
east he gains one. Surprising, then,
two persons are born together at the
Cape OF Good Hope, whence o voyage
around the world may be performed in a
year; If one performs this constantly to-
wardathe west, in fifty years. he will
be fifty days behind the stationary In
habitants; and if the other sails equally
towards the east, he will be fifty days
in advance of them. " One therefore
will have seen one hundred days more
than the other, though they were both
born and died IN the same place, and at
the same moment, and even lived con-
tinually in the same latitude, and reck-
oned time by the same calender.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-06-14

VIM. Sinclair, charged with passing
bogus checks, was examined before a
justice at Appleton and held in $500
bonds to the circuit court On charge Of
forgery.
The herald., 1897-03-21
GOOD WORK GOES ON
The Merchants aud Manufacturers As.
sociation Appoints Committees
A Canvass to Be Made for the Grand Bou-
levard-A Permanent Organization
to Help the Unemployed Women

| The principal work of the Merchants
and Manufacturers association yester-
DAY was the appointment of various
committees in different lines of work.
A committee was appointed TO perfect
the financial arrangements for the en-
tertaining OF the delegates of the Rail-
road Conductors Union of America, to
meet in Los Angeles, May 12.
The committee appointed consists OF
S. b. Hynes Of the Terminal railroad. e
Chambers of the Southern California and
A. d. Shepard of the Southern Pacific.
The committee appointed by the board
of trade of Pasadena to cooperate with
the grand boulevard committee consists
of Colin Stewart, president of the board
of trade; M. E. Ward, George X. Coffin,
DR.. G. Roscoe Thomas, J. e. Stouten-
burgh, e. II. Lockwood and Leo Long
ley.
The finance committee, consisting of
r. ]. Waters. Charles Forman ard w.
A. Spaldirg. decided to canvass various
classes of business men and citizens for
the purpose OF defraying some preNni-
nary expslses. incidental to setting the
machinery in opera tion for constructing
the grand boulevard between Los An
geies and Pasadena After caEvasSing
names of prominent firms they selected
E. b. Tufts. F. w. King, L. P. Stephens
and H. Knippenberg as committee to
interview the bicycle dealers.
The committee appointed to see the
bicycle amateurs consisted of Sumner
p. Hunt, Ed d. Silent and D. c. McGar-
win.
The donations yesterday were as fol-
lows: Los Angeles Soap company, SIS,
and the employees. $50; H Giese. $50;
Empire Steam Laundry employees, S47.2
this in addition to the $50 from the firm
given last week. number of small
donations were also received, amounting
to about $50.
WOMEN'S HEADQUARTERS
At the headquarters for the employ
ment of women the greatest encourage
ment is felt, and II is now believed that
this temporary work will result in per-
manent organization, where women may
obtain employment. Those who have OBJ
tanned situations feel highly pleased with
the fact that there is place where they
may get orders for days work, which
The Needle Work Guild, consisting of
three hundred women, sent out the fol-
lowing circular yesterday:
"All members of the Los Angeles
Branch of the Needle-work Guild of
America are requested to help the un-
employed women by giving them en-
ployment by letting them make at once
the two articles due from each member
for the coming November distribution,
thus helping in an emergency good
cause. Material should be taken to
headquarters of the executive committee
for the unemployed women, 313 Muske-
gon block, Broadway, and will be put
into the right hands. This method car
ries out the spirit of the work."
THE BOULEVARD'S NAME.
The San Pedro street school is quite
unanimous in deciding upon name for
the new boulevard. 1t is the Common
wealth Boulevard" because produced by
the common people. And the sugges-
ton has been that since the boulevard
is in Elysian park an appropriate name
for 1t would be Nectar"
The herald., 1897-03-21
ON ITS MERITS
A Suit to Recover About $4,000 Viii
Now Be so Tried

A Suit to Recover About $4,000 VIII
Now Be so Tried
An opinion on the suit of Lester f.
Scott against Martin Winch ]. F. Wat
son and T. B. Wilcox was handed down
by Judge Van Dyke yesterday, wherein
he over-ruled the demurrer to the COM
plant
There were four counts in the com
plant. In the first it was alleged that
Messrs. A. Ph Maginnis and w. Fl.
Davenport, jointly rendered services for
the defendants in effecting the pur-
chase of certain mines in Lower Cali
fornia, and that the defendants agreed
to pay for such services, $4,000 In the
second count it is alleged that similar
services were rendered by the same par
ties for the defendants, and that the
latter promised to pay what they were
reasonably worth, alleging that they
were worth $4,000. Both of these claims
were assigned to the plaintiff.
In the third count it was alleged that
similar services were rendered by w.
H Davenport alone to the defendants,
for which the latter agreed to pay 81, ,o00
and in the fourth count it was claimed
that similar services were rendered by
Davenport to the defendants, and that
they agreed to pay what services were
really worth. and they were worth 49,
900. These claims also were assigned to
plaintiff.
To this complaint Watson demurred
and urged that it failed TO state cause
of action in that 1t did not allege that the
contract was in writing. Objection was
also made that several causes of action
had been improperly united.
The herald., 1897-03-21
PROTECTING A WITNESS
Judge York Calls an Attorney to Task
for an Improper Question

Judge York Calls an Attorney to Task
for an Improper Question
]. A. Turner occupied the witness
stand for several hours yesterday in
Judge York's department. where the
case of Hayward Bros. & Co. ct al.
against this witness and 7. r. Reed ct
al has been on trial for several days.
4 curious feature of the case has been
that Reed, who it has been alleged sold
out his furniture store at Santa Ana to
MI Turner with intent 10 defraud his
creditors. has really testified in behalf
of the plaintiffs He practically conced-
ed that he had disposed of his property
so that he could get something out of
It," and had offered to quit the country
for $500. The unfavorable inference to
be drawn from these statements has.
so far, not been fully warranted by the
evidence and yesterday Mr Turner cast
much new light upon the transfer to
him by Reed of the property.
During the examination of the witness
e. C. Bower, OF defending counsel was
sharply taken to task by Judge York for
intimidating the witness. Mr.. Turner
had answered a query of counsel in
negative kind of way when Mr.. Bower
inquired in a rather suggestive manner:
Were you too innocent?" The court
intimated that he would not permit any
such insulting questions to be put to the
witness and that counsel must couch his
questions in proper language. After that
the case went along without any further
difficulty The further hearing will be
continued tomorrow
The herald., 1897-03-21

fered by reason of his unwarranted ar
rest. He alleges that after his arrest
upon a Southern Pacific train he was
imprisoned for forty-cight hours, and
was required to give bond for $500 be-
fore he was released and set at liberty.
Upon being brought UP for examination
Justice Young adjudged him not guilty.
and that without requiring him to put
in any evidence whatever.
The charge preferred against MiNican
was a felony. punishable, upon convic-
ton. by term in the state prison. By
reason of the humiliation suffered by
such a charge being preferred, the in
dignity of public arrest and confinement
with habitual criminals, Millican thinks
he has suffered damages to the extent of
$4,000. By reason, too, of the charge
which he claims was malicious, he was
put to the expense of SIS as counsel fees
and loss of s970, being the value of a
first-class passenger ticket upon which
he was travelling when arrested.
The herald., 1897-03-21
New Suits Filed
appointed

The following complaints in new suits
were filed yesterday in the superior
court:
Southern California Savings bank VS.
George F. Coffin ct al. On Septembe,
2, 1896, the defendant deposited with
plaintiff the sum of S321 taking therefor
a term certificate of deposit, and on
March 2. 1897. there was due $329.02 Or
December II, 1896. Julia Coffin served
notice on the bank that by decree OF
court the money had been awarded ia
her George Coffin claims the money
and the suit is to really quiet title"
County of Los Angeles vs.. +. Schwan
ct al. A suit to recover S90.60, the cost
Of destroying certain insect-infested
trees in the orchards of defendants.
California Safe Deposit and Trust Co.
VS.. o. p Widaman, as assignee of G.
w. Meade, an insolvent ct al. A suit
to recover $500 on a note secured by
112 shares of the capital stock of the
Redlands Orange Grove and Water
company of Redlands. A decree of sale
is asked against this stock, attorneys
fees and costs.
The estate of Arthur P. Lazarus, a
minor. The petition Of p Lazarus. the
father, for appointment of guardian.
The only estate is an interest in an in
surance policy
The estate of w. A. wier, an incom-
petent. The petition of Henry Cloud
for appointment Of guardian. The in
competent has been resident of Pasa
dena and has estate valued at about
$500.
Merchants National bank of Los
Angeles VS.. W. B. Barber. A suit to
recover s1267.7S. with interest, s126 at
torneys' fees and costs
The estate of A. NJ. Lugo. deceased.
The petition of B. A. Lugo. The estate
is valued at $500.
David F. Hall executor of the estate
Of Abby p. Hall, deceased) VS.. Mrs. de
Leon Shipman, ct al. suit to ecover
1857 with interest, $40 attorneys fees
and decree of sale against the mort
gagged property.
The estate of Almer T. Hall, deceased
The petition of Harry e. Hall, the son,
for probate of will of deceased, who re-
sided in San Francisco. The estate is
valued at about $21 600.
w. S Allen VS.. G.. F. Eckstroon. A
complaint on claim and delivery of per-
sonal property The property is valued
at $3.50 and was attached.
The herald., 1897-03-21
FOR CHEAP WATER
The Rates of the Bear Valley Company
Reduced by the Supervisors

| ne Rates OF the Bear Valley Company
Reduced by the Supervisors
E. H. Spoor, the receiver of the old
and new Bear Valley Irrigation COM
panies, filed a bill in equity in the United
States district court yesterday morn
irg against this supervisors of Riverside
county as an Organization and against
the individual members of the board as
well.
The cause of the action is the sched-
| ule of water rates fixed for the Perris
district by the supervisors, which the
| irrigation company thinks too low.
| The plaintiff prays that the action of
| the board be declared null and 'r)id. ard
that the supervisors be ordered to es
tablish what shall be a fair scale of
rates.
This is one OF the. suits which have
grown out of the ong-standing diff
cultes between the irrigation district
and the water consumers. 1t is claimed
that the company has been. for many
years charging consumers an eXorbi
tart rate for the use of water. Accord
ingly the board of supervisors of River
side county last month passed a resolu
ton to the effect that the value of the
water system of the Bear Valley Irri-
CATION company in the Perris district
perse of operating the system was $4,000.
On this basis a schedule o. rates was
decided upon, which, according to the
plaintiff, viii reduce the revenues of the
company $4,000 year. This, the COM
pany says, is not sufficient to cover the
expense of operating the system.
1t is further claimed that the board of
supervisors has greatly urder-estima-
ted the value of the plant, which in
reality is worth $780, 0C0, instead of $780,
Geo. and that the cost of operating is
SIC, 800, instead of the amount claimed
by the board.
The plaintiff thinks that the rate
should be changed so as to enable the
water company to realize at least
per cent on the investment, which, with
the yearly expense of $4,000 added.
means $500.
The issue is one of great interest to
the residents of the Perris district and
il is expected that a hard fight will be
made in the case.
The herald., 1897-03-21
THE MILLICAN CASE
Seems Clearly One of Malicious Prosecu-

Seems Clearly One of Malicious Prosecu.
In the arrest of James A. Millican at
the instance of the Cooperative Mer-
camille agency of Los Angeles we have
striking illustration of the inadequacy
Of the law to punish irresponsible
schemers who take advantage of the ig-
norance or carelessneSs of officials of
the law to averge personal grievances,
and at the same time shield themselves
from any possibility of retribution.
This case, briefly stated. is, l believe.
as follows: Maxwell and Miliican were
partners in the Cooperative Mercantile
agency. They finally sold out and had
settlement Of their mutual interests.
Some time afterwards they had some
dispute as to the correctness of the set
tlement, and MifLican had used some
rather plain talk to Maxwell, who,
lacking the courage to resent it, waited
until Millican and wife were on their
way to Austin, Texas, and had him ar
rested on the train at midnight in Fres-
no oIpa criminal charge, locked in cell
with the coarsest of criminals, to await
the arrival of Deputy Yonken, and COM
pelled TO sperd another day and night in
Jail in Les Angeles until bail could be
arranged.
Can you imagine a plot more dfaboli-
cal? The fact that Judge Yourg dis
missed the case on the evidence of the
prosecution alone shows there was not
the slightest grounds for the charge
sworn to by Mr.. Maxwell, ard yet the
law provides 10 penalty for the base
perversion of its purposes as is here ex-
hibited. and it is just such cases as this
which often force men TO take the law
into their own handE.-C. NJ. Holmes in
Santa Ana Blade.
The herald., 1897-03-21
East Side Notes


Mr.. and Mrs. L. r. Hamshier of Brad
ford, Pa, the guests of Rev. M
Healy and family last week.
Little Sidney Ledbetter, who lives
with his parents on South Hayes street,
met with serious accident yesterday
on Downey avenue. The child. while
playing with a little friend, ran In front
of an approaching car, which passed
over him, crushing one of his legs In
frightful manner. Drs. Armstrong and
Carson, the attending physicians, were
obliged to amputate the limb.
Mrs. C. Neil and niece. Miss Ella
Bayles. are spending few days at Re-
Rev. S. L. Hamilton of Michigan will
occupy the pulpit at the lAsbury M. p:
church this morning The pastor VIII
preach in the evening.
A full session of the quarterly confer
ence of the M. E. church was held FRI
day evening. -
AN Evening With Neal Dow was
highly enjoyed by all present at the FRI
day evening meeting of the Irvine Tenn
perance club. The program, an extreme
ly interesting one. consisted of sketches
from the life of the grand 'old temper
ance pioneer. music. recitations and dia-
lOgueS.
The herald., 1897-03-21
A POOR MEMORY
The Abrahams Damage Suits Approach
ing Its Conclusion


The human memory is very deceptive
and plays odd tricks with the under
standing sometimes. A curious illustra-
ton of this truism was made yesterday
during the hearing of the Abrahams
damage suit against the Los Angeles
Traction company, being heard before
Judge Allen in Department two.
1t was shown that after the plaintiff
had been thrown from his sprnkling
cart on Georgia Belle street by collision
with one of the defendants cars, and
while he was at the hospital he signed
a contract wherein he waived all further
claim against the Traction company for
the consideration of $100 The cheek
and contract were both put in evidence.
w. S. Hook, general manager of the
road, told just what took place when the
agreement was entered into. DR.. Dick
son was first called as witness for the
plaintiff and recalled by the defense,
stated that he was present at the time
and heard the plaintiff and Mr. Hook
talking for about an hour before he
would sign the contract. He held out
for 5000, but finally concluded to accept
500 when he found he could do no bet
ter for himself and affixed his signature
to the paper. Mrs. Simpson, of the
anitarium, when Abrahams was a pa
tient, testified that he had told her that
Mr.. Hook and he had talked the mat.
ter over at great length, and that finally
he had accepted S100; that he was sorry
for it because he then believed that if
he had held out he would have got more
money.
In the face of such testimony as this
the plaintiff went upon the witness
stand and swore that he had no remem-
brance whatever of having signed any
contract whatever and knew nothing
about it. If Abrahans had been de-
lirious with pain and after moment
or two had scraWled his signature 1t
might perhaps be conceivable that the
fact had vanished from the tablets OF
his memory. That he should have been
sufficiently at his ease to continue for a
prolonged period a bartering conver-
,sation wherein he tried to obtain II
larger sum than was offered and then
forgot absolutely all about it seems odd,
to say the least.
Some effort was made on behalf Of the
plaintiff to show that the roadbed of
the Traction company's line is not just
what it should be, and that sometimes
the cars ran at an excessively high rate
of speed. One witness stated that the
especial car that did the damage trav-
eled about one hundred feet in a second.
That is pretty speedy travelling with
out doubt and means a speed of over
200 miles an hour On the other hand,
witnesses for the defense showed that
the roadbed and rolling stock of the
Traction company is the best in Southern
California.
The further hearing Of the case will
be continued tomorrow.
The herald., 1897-03-21
Bill In Equity Filed by the Bear Valley
Irrigation Company
Abrahams Develops a MaryelousIy Poo
Memory as a Witness
Judge Van Dyke Overrues the Demurrer
in the Scott Case-D. A. Madden's
Suit for $40, 900 for Damages
Falls to the Ground

Shortly before noon yesterday DR.. y
il. Hastings, who has won unenviaole
notoriety, gave his bond for $4,000 un-
der the information charging him with
the murdery of Miss Lillian Hattery.
Under ordinary circumstances where
the penalty is death, defendant, unoer
the statute, may not be admitted to BALL
but a discretion is vested in the court
and in this instance the defendant, II
convicted, would very possibly be found
guilty in the second degree. That would
reduce the crime to manslaughter.
Attorney Nj. T. Jones. who represented
.sDr." Hastings, had some trouble in
finding one of the superior judges to ex-
anime the sureties. Judge M. t. Allen,
in department six, albeit engaged in the
trial of case, finally consented to con-
slider the matter the trial at bar being
suspended while the required examina-
tion was made.
The persons who offered themselves as
sureties were: L. ]. Hammond, NJ. E.
Kline, James G. Ogilvie, all of this city,
and Miss A L. Ogilvie of Alhambra. The
court made close inquiry into the prop
erty qualifications of the sureties, and,
being satisfied on this essential point,
approved the bond
That important matter having been
satisfactorily arranged, Attorney Jones
busted himself with arrangements for
giving bond for Hastings in the Fannie
Norris case. Justice Owens had fixed
the bond at $4,000. and the sureties being
again approved, defendant was, with all
speed informed of the fact and released
from Jail.
Meantime, Mrs. A. c. Weaver, who is
charged Jointly with "Dr." Hastings of
the murder of Miss Hattery, and who
acted as matron in the electric" estab-
lishment. still enjoys the hospitality of
the county in the jail. No arrange
ments appear to have been made for fur
nishing bond for her.
The herald., 1897-03-21
Court Notes

Hans Rohrberg, g native OF Germany
was yesterday admitted to citizenship
by Judge Allen.
Julia Craven. a girl 10 years of age,
was ordered sent to the home for feeble
minded children by Judge York yester-
day All her life the girl has been men
tally weak and has been subject to fits.
In the insolvency case Of Toberman
& Bannon VS.. creditors, Gregory Per-
kins, Jr.. was yesterday elected in de-
partment four as assignee of the estate,
Judge Van Dyke fixing the bond at $500
In the suit of r. Collingwood VS.. credi-
tors, Robert Collingwood. Jr.. was elect
ed assignee OF the estate, the court fix
ing the bond al $4,000.