The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-12-06
CONCONULLY NOTES.

A. B. Eldridge. better known as
Doc" E,ldridge, was arrested at
Brewster recently by deputy sheriff
Dan Bassout as the young man was
headed for Wenatchee, and was
brought here and lodged in JAIL He
was charged with stealing 3S-55
Marlin rifle from William King which
he attempted to sell to Frank Jones
who resides just below the old town
of Ruby. Eldridge was arranged be-
fore justice Leon B. Baketel last week
Monday afternoon and entered a plea
of guilty to the charge of theft and at
tempting to sell the rife. He was
fined 500 and costs and committed to
Jail in default of payment. He will
pass about 40 days saving and split
ting logs unless he can raise the mon
ey. Immediately after being sentenced
Eldridge wired his father in German
town, Pa, asking for the needed sum.
Complaints have been received by
sheriff Thorp for sometime about
young Eldridge, it being claimed that
he has helped himself to a number of
articles belonging to other people. Ell
bridge denies the thefts but it is un-
derstoOd that at least three additional
charges are to be brought against him.
The young man is married and his
wife and baby are being cared for here
while he is serving his sentence. Ell
bridge has been in trouble before, 1t Is
claimed, and about year ago the We
natchee papers were full of accounts
as to how he tried to film fam a We
natchee policeman on the day he Ell
bridge, was to be married. He con-
sistently refuses to work but Sheriff
Thorp declares that Eldridge and
work will become thoroughly ac-
uuainted while he is an occupant OF
the skookum house here.
A decision in the case OF w. II.
Henderson VS. Arthur Lund and the
Okanogan State Bank, OF Riverside
in which Henderson brought suit to re
cover six shares of stock in the Bona
parte Land company, of TOnasket, has
lust been filed with clerk of courts, w.
8 Mcclure. by Judge E. II. Sullivan.
The decision in effect is that Hender-
son has no claim on the stock and
therefore takes nothing by his suit
The court further orders that the de-
fendant Lund recover mis- costs from
Mr.. Henderson. The case was tried
in superior court here May last. Mr..
Henderson stated at the time that he
had turned the certificate over to the
hank as securiy and that when he at
temptped to get it again. Mr.. Lund re-
fused to return it to him, claiming he
had made sale of the stock when he
first placed it in the hands of the cash
ier.
Last Monday the first session of the
superior court in nearly two weeks
was held with Judge Pendergast pre-
siding. The case under consideration
was that of the Nelson Gold Mining
company VS. Alfred Hagelberg on a
show cause order. Sometime ago re.
straining order was granted forbidd-
ing Hagelberg to build any fences on
the land now in controversy between
the defendant and plaintiff. A show
cause order was issued at the same
time commanding Hagelberg to show
cause why the restraining order
should not be made permanent. When
the matter was called last week, the
defendant declared that he never had,
did not now and did not believe he
would in the future erect any fences
upon the land because the controver-
sv over the land was still unsettled
and he was awaiting action by the
land office before attempting any work
upon the land in question. With this
showing the restraining order was
dissolved but was left in statue quo
pending the decision of the land office.
Notice of appeal to the supreme
court has been filed in the Office of the
clerk of courts by Smith & Gresham.