Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-08
SHERIFF DREGER
FORCED TO RESIGN
CALIFORNIA TRIP CAUSE FUR
BITTER CRITICISM
Theater Manager Closes House-Fss-
tidious Thieves Rob Store.
Other Pasadena
News
Pasadena Agency,
81 North Raymond Avenue
Telephone. Main 1908.


PASADENA, Dec. Word reaches
Pasadena from Minneapolis that Sher-
iff J. w. Dreger of that city has been
forced to resign his office because of
the bitter criticism to which he was
subjected for his recent trip to South
ern California to arrest DIR. j. ". Force,
the ex-official Of the Northwestern Ma
tional Life Insurance company. 1t VIII
be remembered that DIR. Force was ar
rested here in Pasadena and arralgned
I'm Los Angeles as a fugitive from JUS
tice, being released on bond. After
putting his affairs i'm shape he volun-
tarily returned to Minneapolis to face
the charge against him. When Sheriff
Dreger reached Pasadena he found
that Force had already gone. 1t was at
once charged in the sheriff's own town
that he knew before hand that DR..
Force was coming home voluntarily
and that he came to Pasadena because
he wanted the fine trip at the expense
of his county Sheriff Dreger had
served as sheriff four years, but this
charge was too CALLING for him to stand
and he Indignantly resigned.
Theater Man Decamps
The Southwestern Family theater on
East Union street VIII be dark until
some other manager. appears who has
the nerve to run it as IN every-night
vaudeville without a Sunday perform
ance. Manager George Lubbock has
abandoned the task as impossible, shut
UP the theater and left the city. In
cidentally It is stated that a number
of bills were also left unpaid and that
the present whereabouts of Manager
Lubbock are much desired. Manager
Lubbock recently stated that the enter
prise was losing money and that he
was about to put on a Sunday show.
Mayor Waterhouse is said to have put
q sudden veto on the proposition with
the result that the troubled manager
was in despair He found it impossible
TO pay the prices demanded by high
class vaudeville people on the Pacific
coast, and although he struggled hard
seems 10 have run steadily behind. 1t
is rumored that within a few days one
of the new religious denominations in
the city is likely to turn the theater
into church.
Thieves Fastidious
Burglars entered the Pioneer grocery
on North Fair Oaks avenue last night
and stole about $25 worth of groceries.
The deed was not discovered until this
morning, when it was found that a
pane of glass had been removed from
the window In the rear of the store
and the window opened. The burglar
was extremely fastidious in his choice
of goods suitable to his use and sorted
over nearly everything in the place
in making his choice. The proprietor of
the store usually keeps a bag of small
change in private drawer. The bur-
glar seemed to be acquainted with
this place of concealment. but as there
was nothing left in the drawer last
night secured no money. The police are
at work on the case.
Killed a Wildcat
]. n. Edelin of 541 South FL Molino
avenue shot and killed a wildcat this
morning in his poultry yard. The ami
NAL measured four feet in length and
weighed twenty pounds and was MAX
ing a determined campaign of eXter-
mination among the fine fowl. Mr..
Edelin heard the noise, and suspecting
the cause investigated with his shot
gun in hand. He says that the big
cat made determined rush at him
when he attempted to shoot it.
An Interesting Presentation
One OF the interesting incidents of
the closing hours of the Women's fed
GRAFTON convention was the presenta-
tion by Mrs w. D. Turner of two hand
some orange spoons, one to the state
president, Mrs. Cowles, and one to the
district president, Mrs. Bryant. They
were the gifts of the members of the
district federation. The bowls of the
spoons were of silver orange leaves, the
little oranges adorning the handle be-
ing aof gold. The delegates went to
their homes with many words of praise
for the generous hospitality of the
women of Pasadena.
Ask for New Pastor
The congregation of the United Pres
byterian church in this city has is
sued a formal call to Rev. NJ. NJ. Kill
patrick of Santa Ana to become its
pastor, the term to date from the first