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4 BETRAYAL OF A WOODLAND GIRL, Pitiful Story Told by Mary Higgins Before Her Death. DUPED BY A DECEIVER. Her Marriage to D. A. Lancaster Found to Have Been a Mockery. SHE DIES IN AN INFIRMARY. Relatives Will Endeavor to Have Justice Meted to the Man Who Blighted Her Life. WOODLAND, CaL., Feb. 8.—The death of Mary Higgins, a young woman, atthe County Infirmary this afternoon, dis- closes a pathetic story of betrayal as the result of A mock marriage. While in ‘Woodland she met D. A. Lancaster, an in- surance agent, and shortly afterward they met again at the Arlington Hotel at Suisun. The statement made by the woman shortly before her death was that Lan- caster indu her to go to 8an Francisco, where a marria ceremony was per- formed, but there is no record of the mar- riage, the date or the officiating minister. She stated thai Lancaster had insisted that she should return to Woodland and marriage a secret until such financial circumstances im- proved so that he could proclaim her to the worla as his wife. This was overa year ago, and ce then she has been un- able to learn of his whereabouts. The woman became a mother a few hours be- fore Ler death. A brother and sister of Mary Higgins, who reside'in Suisun, have been notified, and are already instituting a search for | Lancaster. " LA~ FAIR RANCH THREATE Water Encroaching Upon Six Thou- sand Acres of Growing Grain. WOODLAND, Car., Feb, 8.—The Fair ranch, of over 6000 acres of healthy young graif, is in imminent danger of an over- | flow. Water is within a few inches of | being on a level with the back leyee, and | is gradually rising. It is the wind and | waves that are threatening the great ranch. None of this flood water is from the river. It was all emptied: into the Colusa and | Northern Yolo basin from the streamsthat | find their source in the mountains and | foothills to the west. This water has| already submerged the fertile body of | 15,000 acres of land that has heretofore been protected by the Howell Point levee. With the increase in volume and a high north wind, it naturally moves southward. If the levee break: nd there now seems | 10 be no possible way of averting the dis- aster, all hopes of a crop for this season | on a greater part of the ranch will be destroyed, as the water will remain on the Jand for several weeks. Sycamore Slough affords the only means of draining it, ana the present stage of the river precludes the possibility of making that means available. Several hunareds of acres are already covered by water. The outlook now is_that the crops on this tract are doomed. Gl S i CASSELMAN C. SURED. The Supervisor Declared to Have De- fravded Yolo County. WOODLAND, Car., Feb. 8.—Supervisor Casselman was severely censured by the Grand Jury, which submitted its report this aiternoon, as follows: The minority of the Grand Jury, upon the question the investigation of the official conduet of E. Casselman, beg leave to report as follows" We find that Mr. Casselman, for the purpose of procuring the payment of claims that were iliegal and not entitled to payment at all out of the county treasury of Yolo County, ialsely &nd fraudulentiy, and with the intention of procuring them o be falsely and frauduléntly paid, falsified not only the items of the said claims, but falsified the verification thereto; that is to say, Mr. Casselman, in the' case of the McGregor claim, procured’ Mr. McGregor's signature and sworn to by him; that Mr. Cas- selmen then filled out the items of such claim and falsified the datesof such items, so that the claim would appear on its face to be fair and would be allowéd and paid out of the county treasury. The other claims mentioned by the majority report here are in a similar situation, and a similar allegation by this minority as fo-them would be true, We are, therefore, of the opin- ion that Mr. Casselman’ palpably violated sec- tion 72 of the Penal Code of this State. AFTER TULARE OFFICIALS Assessor Gibson and District Attorney Howard Scored by the Grand Jury. Useless Expense Said to Have Been Incurred and the Law Violated. VISALIA, CaL., Feb. 8.—The Grand Jury impaneled last Monday filed its report this afternoon. Concerning Assessor Gib- son the report says: “Upon an examination of the books and statements in the Assessor’s office we find that the Assessor received statements from certain individuals of personal property, which statements he failed to enter upon his books. As we understand the law, itis the duty of the Assessor to enter upon his assessment-roll a statement of all the per- sonal property of the county, and he is guilty of at least a.technical violation of the law in not entering these statements upon his bocks.’” Relative to trict Attorney Frank B. Howard the report says: ““We find that the county has been en- gaged in considerable litigation during the past year; that considerable money has been expended in the emoloyment of out- side counsel. If it is necessary for the District Attorney to have deputies, we rec- ommend tbat he employ as his chief dep- uty a lawyer and a man of some experi- ence in the practice of his profession. We believe that much useless expense has been incurred during the past year, and that it is traceable directly to the District Attorney’s office. In many suits where the county has been a party for the pur- of protecting the county’s interest the goum of Supervisors has been compelled the Pirtle Real Estate and Trust Company, Hughes, Uonrey & Garrison, the Ma- chinery Supply Company, the Crane Com- pany, the Garduner Governor Comlgan‘g, George Phoebg-, J. J. Fulgham, B. W. Jennings, J. H. Gregg and E. T. Cox filed a petition in the Superior Court praying that the City Water Company be declared insolvent. The date for a hearing of the: petition was set by the court for Febru- ary 14. ———— SONOMA COUNTY IMPROVEMENT. Citizens Petition for a Hoad Connecting Santa Rosa and Duncans Mills. SANTA ROSA, Car., Feb. 8.—At a meet- ing of the Santa Rosa Impravement Club iast night a communication from the Dun- cans Mills Improvement Club was read asking the organization to join in a peti- tion to the Board of Supervisors asking for a new county road five miles in length to connect Duncans mills with the Santa Rosa and Occidental road. The proposed new road would shorten the distance from Santa Rosa to Duncan fully ten miles and would be of inesti- mable value to theTesidents of both places. A committee of five was -T inted to con- sult with the Duncans Mills Club and for- mulate the petition. 3 The secretary of the Santa Rosa club re- ported that seventy members had signed the roll and paid the initiation fee. A constitution and by-laws were adopted. Al INCENDIARISM AT SANTA EROSA. A Tramp Sets Fire to a Barn Containing Three Hundred Bales of Hay. SANTA ROSA, CaL., Feb. 8.—A barn on the ranch of John Strong, near this city, was destroyed by fire last might. Three hundred bales of hay and a lot of farming implements were consumed. The fire was undoubtedly of incendiary origin. A tramp, who had been refused a night's lodging, is supposed to have set fire to_ the building for revenge. The loss is estimated at $1000. Insurance $100. MODESTO SUIT DECIED Dr. Tynan Will Retain the Estate His Step-Daughters Sought to Secure. The Court Rules That the Plaintiffs Have No Right to Any of : the Property. MODESTO, Car. Feb. 8.—The long- pending case of Woodside against Tynan was decided to-day in favor of the de- fendant. This action. was brought by mrs. Eme- line A. Woodside and her sister, Mrs, E. Lucinda Fuquay, against their stepfather, Dr. Thomas E. Tynan, several vears ago to require him to convey to them practi- cally all of his large estate, valued at sev- eral hundred thousand dollars, under the claim that it had been acquired by him during his marriage to their mother, and after her death from the rents and profits of her preperty. The suit was first tried before Judge Wil- liam O. Minor and decision rendered in faver of the plaintiffs, on December 22, 1893, whereby the plaintiffs were given three-tifths of Dr. Tynan’s property. An appeal was taken to the Supreme’ Court, and the judgment was reversed on theé in- sufficiency of the evidence to supportthe decision of the lower court, the evidence having been chiefly based upon conversa- tions which the plaintiifs testified they had heard between Dr. Tynan and their mother during the time that they were between the ages of 5and 12 years, now more than twenty-tive years ago. The case was pushed forward to a second { trial and was called on January 27. The counsel for plaintiffs meluded Governor Budd, who has been present during the trial, while the defendant was represented | by D. M. Delmas, L. W. Fulkertand W. H. Hatton. ‘When the evidenee for the plaintiffs was closed to-day Mr. Delmas moved the court for a non-suit on the ground that the plaintiffs had shown absolutely no right to part of the property. The matter was argued and this evening the court de- cided in favor of the defendant. 1t is the general opinion that the decision, con- sidered with thatrendered by the Supreme Court, finally disposes of the case. g COMING TO LOS ANGELES. Santa Fe Officials Arrive at Barstow on a Special Train. LOS ANGELES, CAL., Feb, 8.—A special train carrying the big chiefs of the Santa Fe system reached Barstow. this evening. There’ a stop was made "till' to-thorrow morning, when the run to Los Angeles will_be resumed. Those on the special «arc E.-P. Ripley, president; D. B. Robin- son, first vice-president; Paul Morton, third vice-president; W. B. Biddle, freight traffic manager; W. B. Strong, formerly i»{resident of the Santa Fe system; and N. . Fairbanks, N. B. Ream and R. D, Richardson, prominent Chicagoans. The party will reach the city about' noon, and will 'be met K. H. Wade, general manager of the Southern California. Mrs. Ripley, wife of the Santa Fe's presi- dent, arrived in her special car last even- ing and proceeded at once to San Diego, where she will be joined by her husband. e DYXING AT PASADENA, Dodworth, the Famous Band- master, Cannot Eecover. PASADENA, CaL., Feb. 8.—Allen Dods- worth, who was the leader of the famous Dodworth band of New York, which was ti2 most famous band in the country forty vears ago, is lying critically ill at his resi- dence in this‘¢ity, and the attending phy- sician expresses little hope of his recovery. Mr. Dodworth was attacked by pneumo- niaa few days ago and his condition has been growing worse ever since. He is tog far advanced in years to stand a very hard siege of sickness, being 78 years of age. The invalid’s father, Thomas Dodworth, ‘was styled the father of bands in the United States, being the original founder of Dodworth’s famous band. Mr. Dod- wortb’s condition was somewhat improved to-night. el . FRESNO'S ALLEGED EMBEZZLER. Novel Plea Advanced in Defense of Clarke % Wood. FRESNO, Carn, Feb. 8.—The trial of Clarke Wood, the defaulting Deputy Couuty Clerk, who was indicted for embez- zlement, is near its close. The case will g0 to the jury on Monday. ‘Ward sets up a peculiar defense. He says no demand has ever been made upon him for money and that he is still an officer of the court and is entitled to hold this money until it is called for. Then, he says, he is ready to pay it over on demand. He also claims that the indictment against him iz fatally defective, and he expects to get off sooner or later without punish- ment. { ek FRESNO SALOON CLOUSED. Supervisors Succeed in Driving Out a Disorderly Kesort Proprietor, FRESNO, Can, Feb. 8.—*Doc¢”’ Ea- wards, who for several days defied the police to close his saloon, to-day capitu- lated, took down his sign and gave up the fight. He kept a disorderly place, and when the authorities undertook to revoke his license they were surprised to find there was no law under which they could Allen to employ outside counsel to assist the District Attorney.” The other officers were not criticized and no indictments were fonna. bt Petition of Creditors. VISALIA, Cas, Feb. 8. ~John A, Pirtle, act. With that Edwards became defiant and said he would not close. The City Marshal to-day paid him back the money he had paid for a license and gave him five minutes to close. He,made up his mind to obey, and in five minutes he bad complied with the order. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1896. TACOGMANS IN A FUTILE SEARCH. No Trace of the Missing Mrs. Cody Can Be Found. BUT ONE RAY OF HOPE. She Might Have Started to Join Her Children in Los Angeles. DRAGGING THE BAY IN VAIN. Relatives Now Believe That the' Un- fortunate Woman Did Not Commit Suicide. TACOMA, WasH., Feb. 8.—No trace of the missing Mrs. Arthur B. Cody of Chi- cago has yet been found. The search in the city and suburbs, as well as outside points, was to-day pushed with the vigor ihat has characterized the movements of the officials and the relativesof the un- fortunate woman during the past week, but aside from unfounded reports and theories, without facts to substantiate them, nothing new has been learned. Attorney Cody, the husband of the miss- ing woman, has, since the trail to Portland turned out to be a wrong one, come to the conclusion that his wife is still alive and making her way southward;with the inten- tion of joining her children, who are in Los Angeles. Chief of Police Smith left the city at an early hour this morning to investigate a clew in some new direction, but just where he has gone or to what this new move is due has not been made public. The de- tective force, together will all patrolmen, are Jeaving nothing undone in their search in the city, but the search seems hopeless. The party that has been engaged in drag- ging the bay has met with no success, and this pomnt of investigation gives evidence of proving fruitless also. It was learned this morning that among the letters found in Mrs. Cody’s room at the home of her parents was one in-which she stated what disposition she wanted made ot her personal effects after her death. She expressed the desire that cer- tain pieces of jewelry or other property be given to certain relatives, evidently in- tending the letter to be her last words to her parents, These letters are a strong point in the theory of suicide, and while the husband is of the behef that his- wife is alive others believe the contrary, basing their opinions unpon her letters and from the fact that she purchased a revolver on the day of her disappearance. i AR T0 IMPEACH Another Echo of Tacoma’s Notorious City Hall Seandal. TACOMA, Wasn,, Feb. 8.—The City Council passed a resolution this afternoon calling for impeachment proceedings against Isaac W. Anderson to remove him from his position as City Park Commis- sioner, on the ground that he misrepre- sented to the city of Tacoma the value of the light andjwater plant purchased by the city from the Tacoma Light and Water Company, by which transaction the city was defranded out of $787,500; further more, that he used money to bribe voters at the election for the purchase of the light and water plant, and that heis guilty of neglect of duty. The petition was sworn to by J. A. Overman and John Koel. Councilman Bulger introduced the resolution. Attor- ney Arthur N. Jordan represents the peti- tioners. The date for the trial of Anderson before the City Council on these charges has been set for 10 o’clock on the morning of February 20. Anderson is president of the Tacoma Land Company, a side issue of the North- ern Pacific Railway Company. The im- peachment proceedings will result in a rehash of the old City Hall scandals, exposed by THE CALL two aonths ago. SAITA CLARY GADNERS Plans for Extending the Fruit Market in the East Are Discussed. DERSON. Committees Will Be Appointed to Formulate a Plan of Organ. ization. i SAN JOSE, CAL., Feb. 8.—There was a large attendance of fruit-growers at the mass-meeting held in Grand Army Hall this afternoon to discuss ways and means for extending the market for Santa Clara Valley fruit products. Colonel E. G. Hall vresided and C. H. Allen acted as secre- tary. The meeting was addressed by Messrs. Castle, Dalton and 8. F. Klein of San Francisco, John Markley of Sonoma County and A. R. Hall of Minneapolis. Affter an extended discussion resolutions were adopted authorizing the chair to ap- voint a committee of seven me:nbers, and the Santa Ciara County Fruit Exchange and other fruit unions to add one mem- ber each, to formulate a plan of organiza- tion to work toward creating a market for Santa Clara fruit products in the East. The committee will report at an adjourned mee%lsng to be heid in this city Febru- ary 29. —_— 3 ENDEAVORERS’ CONVENTION. Ban Jose Christians Arranging to Receive the State Delegates. SAN JOSE, CaL., Feb. 8—The Christian Endeavor committee of '96 has fixed May 14, 15, 16 and 17 as the time for holding the State Convention in this city. At a union meeting of the Christian En- deavor societies ot this city last evening the chairman of the various committees working in the interest of the convention rendered encouraging reports. The Ross Carniyal pavilion about to be erected, with a seating capacity of from 6000 to 8000, will be used for convention purposes. ——— INVASION OF STUDENTS. Stanford Clans Will Capture Ban Jose During the Carnivals SAN JOSE, CaL., Feb,8.—C. F. Aaron, chairman of the Stanford University en- tertainment committee of the Rose Carni- val, and G. B. Wilson, chairman of the Stanford music committee, were in the city to-day conferring with the entertain- 3 ment committee of the Carnival of Roses in regard to the programme for Stanford day. They visited the site of the pavilion, the'bicyele track and race track, and were much pleased with the outlook for a suc- 39:"“;‘ MEbHMB of Stanford day—Fri- ay ‘They stato_ that great interest in the Tose fair was being manifested by the stu- dents, and that on Stanford day the en- tire student body would' come down on a special train early in the morning, headed by the Stanford band and tae the town With a whoop and hurrah that would long be remembered by the Garden City. Furniture Company Atiached. SAN JOSE, Car., Feb. 8.—The Lains & Lord Furniture Company wae attached to- day by G. F. Plyler for $2215 on assigned claims from the Union Savings Bank and Miiton Grims, T SOLANO COUNTY MEMORIAL. Congress Will Be Asked to Appropriate Money for Dredging. VALLEJO, CaL., Feb. 8—E. McGetti- gan, a member of the harbor committee and member of the Board of Supervisors of Solano County, leit for Washington this afternoon. ~Among the important matters that will be attended to by the Supervisor is the presenting of a-memorial from the citizens of the middle and northern part of the County o Congress- man Hilborn for transmission to Congress, urging the necessity for an appropriation to dredge the alougfl from Suisun to deep water in Suisun Bay. Fifty thousand dollars will do the workin & satisfactory manner. bl e s AFFRAY OF PH®ENIX WOMAN. Miss Hammond Shot by the Mother. of a Boy Whom She Chastised. PH@NIX, Arrz., Feb. 8. —Mrs. Carrie H. Wilson at 4 o’clock this evening fired four charges from a shotgun at Miss Jennie Hammond, the last shot taking effect in the woman’s knee. Mrs. Wfilaon was arrested and placed under $1000 bonds. Both are well known in social circles. The cause was that Miss Hammond chas- tised Mrs. Wilson’s eight-year-old boy for killing chickens and throwing rocks through the window of her cottage. LAWSUITS AT SANTA AN, Justin Fruit Association Sues the Earl Company for Breach of Contract, Dissatisfied Growers of the County Are Watching the Case With Much Interest. SANTA ANA, Car., Feb, 8.-—Suit has been instituted by the Justin Fruit Asso- ciation of this county against the Earl Fruit. Company in the Superior Court here. The plaintiff alleges that under a contract between the two parties the defendant sold thirty-two carloads of oranges from March to July, 1894, from the proceeds of which a sum aggregating $1878 92 was fraudulently withheld. The case is an important one to fruit- growers, who, as a rule, have suffered too often by tricky commission men. The rominence of the defendant company ends to the action more than usual in- terest. This is the second case now on the docket of the Superior Court of this county in which the Justin Association sues the Eart Fruit Complnfi, the former one being for a larger sum alleged to be due owing to the failure of defendant in fulfilling a contract w,di?ose of astipulated number of carloads of oranges during & certain period. ———— FRANCHISE FORFEITED. Santa Ana’s Method of Disposing Tess Streot Railways. SAN'TA ANA, Car., Feb. 8,—The Board of Trustees of Santa Ana have declared the franchise of the street railway company forfeited, and have allowed thirty days for the removal of the ties and rails. Work has already commenced on tearing up the track, and there is at last an encouraging outlook for the settlementof the paving difficulty. The public in general.in this city indorses the action of the Trustees, and would prefer to have no street railway service for a while rather than a system conducted after the manner of the one just closed. There jg little uneasiness mani- fested that nm‘fther system will not be forthcoming shortly. The fact is there is a splendid openinginBanta Ana fora well- equipped trolley system to some pointon the beach and connecting with the many surrounding tow. e FIRE AT WESTMINSTER. Spontaneous Combustion of Drugs Causes a Heavy Loss. VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 8.—Herring’s drugstore block in Westminster was de- stroyed by fire to-day. The fire started from spontaneous combustion of druws, and the chemical engine had no effect on the flames. Herring’s drugstore, Manson’s furnishing store and De Gray’s shaving parlors were destroyed. The loss was about %8000, partially insured. Mr. de Gray, who slept in_a room above the store, was hemmed in by the flames and jumped from a baléony to the side- walk. He was carried away with an in- jured spine, pime s S A L In Trouble at Port Townsend. PORT TOWNSEND, Wasn., Feb. 8.— Captain Bwanson of the bark Matiida, which arrived here on Thursday from Honolulu, is in tronble as the result of false entry on a manifest forwarded to the Treas- ury Department on his arrival here. The Matilda brought over a small consignment of coffee, but it was entered on the mani- fest as sugar and sworn to by the captain. The Collector ot Customs states that he will probably fine the captain, and the lat- ‘ter must then make ex: l&nations and look to the Secretary of the Treasury for a re- mission of the fine. Smiedte LT AR Livrary for Montecito. SANTA BARBARA, Car, Feb. 8.—A Hall and Library Association ~has been organized' by the residents of Montecito and quarters have heen ‘temporarily en- gaged in Buell's Hall, where books will be received and shelved and reading-tables es- tablishi The intention of the associa- tion is to collect funds for the purchase of a large coilection of books and to provide & public hall where entertainments can be held and lectures neard. OF ARMOR PLATE. Secretary Tracy Appears Before Naval Affairs Committee. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 8.—Ex-Sec- retary of the Nayy Tracy of. New York was before the House Committee on Naval Affairs for almost four hours to-day mak- ing a statement on the investigation under way relative to prices paid for armor plate, alleged overcharges, the ownership of patents, etc. ‘ Mr. Carnegie and several of his people are also here to appear before the commit- tee. The heari ted behind S dwmnrmg is conduct e| PRICES the S Return of the Duck-Hunters. WASHINGION, D, C., Feb. 31.—The President returned from his gunning trip this evening, the lighthouse tender Maple reaching her wharf here at 9:30." Carriages were in waiting, and the members of the party were immediately driven to their homes. They brought back thirty duoks, but information as to how many of these were killed by th, - b s “{ e President hmyo}l was of Use- SAN BERNARDIN ~ WATER STORAGE, Irrigation : Facilities That Cannot Be Surpassed in California. THE SPRING TORRENTS. Thousands of Acres of Arid Land to Be Brought Under Cultivation. ARTESIAN WELLS TO ASSIST. Tunnels to Tap Mountain Ranges and Beds of Creeks at Intervals. SAN BERNARDINO, Car., Feb. 8,—As the greater portion of Southern California has to depend upon irrigation as the means of aiding the cultivation of the soil the county of San Bernardino is second to nonein water resources. Dividing the desert and valley portion of the county is a great range of moun- tains, constituting 2 watershed that can- not be surpassed in California. On the south side of the range the mountain streams dash from every canyon and gorge into the valley below, and all thatis necessary for the farmer to do to get the water on his land is to construct his drains and ditches, the former to protect his lands, as in winter time and early spring the streams at many points come dowh in perfect torrents. ‘Two of these streams in particular—one coming fron Santa Ana Canyon on the east and the other from Lytle Creek Canyon on the west—form most destruc- tive rivers, that when up sweep every- thing before them, the latter especially having destroyed thousands and thousands of dollars worth of valuable property. Along the Santa Ana River bed, to the southeast of this city, a Riverside water and 1mprovement company has sunk big artesian wells at a distance of about 200 feet apart, so that in summer time they swell the size of the stream, which during the months of June, July, August and Septémber runs quite low. Irrigation, it might be said, is in its in- fancy in this county, as the water used was taken as it naturally came from its mountain retreals, there being no effort to increase the flow or form any storage. That it came was sufficient for the old settlers of the valley. Whether or not it was taken under control to be used on land where its natural flow would never take it was a maiter of very little conse- quence. But new blood took hold. Men of push and entérprise saw that great things could be achieved in this county by means of irrigation. They set to wopk and to-day Highlands and Redlands furnish indis- putable results. ? i'Before the Bear Valley dam was con- structed and its waters sent down over the eastern. plains of the valley, where Red- lands and Highlands now stand were nothing but acres and acres of cactus, sagebrush and: rocks. Unfortunately for all concerned the Bear Valley system has been very indiscreetly handled and sensa- tions are yet liable to spring from its waters. That it is a great system there can be no doubt, but is it the only one? No. There is the Arrowhead company, the Grapeland, the Semi-tropic, the Cajon, Columbia Colonization: Company and Lytle Creek. Perhaps the greatest of all is the Arrow- head Company. The seat of operations of this company is about a quarter of a mile over the summit of the mountain. The company is now in the fourth year of its existence. At present not much work is being done on the system, as the company has a corps of engineers at work examin- ing the respective sheds. The water will be taken from the moun- tain recesses by a system of tunnels, in which there will be twenty tunnels in all, ranging all the way from 300 to 6000 feet in depth. ' Two of the tunnels have been com- pleted, one being 6000 feet in depth and one 2000 feet. . The third tunnel is now-be- ing excavated and it is estimated that it will be about 2200 feet in depth. These tunnels are not to be opened at regular intervals, but will follow the course of the range, which will include a scope of between 75 and 90 square miles. These tunnels are being built on contract, and already over $450,000 has been expended on them. When the tunnelsare completed they will empty into a canal built along the mountan side, and thence into a mammoth dam or resérvoir. This will be the distributing point by which thousands of acres of land on the great desert beyond the mountains will be irrigated and placed under cultivation. The men back of this enterprise are thoroughly responsible, and feel satisfied that their venture will prove a success in every particular. A systemn that is attracting considerable attention from men versed in irrigation affairs is the Grapeland Company. This company also goes on the tunnel system, and as a result of their labors they now have a tunuel 2300 feet in depth, from which flow over 300 inches of water. The tunnel, when comp!lsted, will be between 3000 and 3200 feet in depth. As the work progresses the water in- creases at the rate of one inch per foot. Very little timbering to be done, as the work has been almost through solid Tock. The tunnel runs under Lytle Creek. Where the end will be it will be seventy- five feet to the surface or river bed. In many places the tunnel is 450 and 500 feet under ground and in none less than 40 or 50 feet. The tunnel throughout is 4x614 feet. In the neighborhood of $150,000 has been expended in the enterprise, but owing to the muddle over the Wright act work hag been suspended. His act has also placed the company in a peculiar positiorn, as John W. Downs of this city, who holds $3000 worth of Grapeland bonds; has filed on the water flowing from the tunnel to make good his venture. He also awaits the decision, saying: “'If Judge Ross’ de- cision is sustained I have the water; if re- versed I have the bonds.” The other enterprises have as yet not progressed snfficicnt to make any show- ing, as the present time is being taken up securing rights of way and posse-sion of certain water rights. The Columbia Qolonization Company is intended to water the great expanse of country in and about Victor. The dam of the company will be built at what is known as the Ndrrows and will be 150 feet 1n height, below which will ge a submerged dam to catch the under- ow. The watershed from which the water will be taken has an elevation of about 5000 feet, with an annual rainfall of about 68inches. During thedryest period of the year, the flow of the river at the dam site is nearly 14,000 inches, and it is estimated that the reservoir with the height of 150 ieet and in length 140 feet at the base anll 350 feet at the top,will irrigate 200,000 acres, and by raising the dam to a height of 175 feet 400,000 acres can be accommo- dated. It will take two or three years to finish the work, and it is estimated that the cost will be about $1,584,700. The reservoir will hold 127,721,404,000 United States standard gallons, and aftér making aliowances for evaporation and seepage, and reserving one-third of the capacity of the reservoir, there would be left for use 115,633,836,000 gallons. When the system is completed as planned 1t will be one of the greatest in the State. San Bernardino City depends on artesian wells for its supply, there being between 1000 and 1200 in the city and immediate vicinity, EXTRADITED AT VICTORIA. Albert Menzenmeyer Is Being Returned to Qakland for Trial. VICTORIA, B. C., Feb. &.—Deputy Sher- iff A. W. White of Oakland left for that city to-night, having in custody Albert Menzenmeyer, who is wanted by the Ala- meda County Grand Jury for shooting John R. Perkins with intent to kill on Christmas evening. Perkins is_hovering between life and death, and it was ex- pected Menzenmeyer would fight extradi- tion to the bitter end. At the eleventh hour, however, he decided to waive all formalities, T SANTA ANA HOESEMEN, Owners of Fast Pacers and Trotters to Reside There Permanently. SANTA ANA, Carn, Feb. 8.—William Frazier, the owner of the phenomenal young -Oregon pacer, Chehalis, 2:07%, who had such a walkover in the California circuit last season, has concluded to keep the horse at the race track in Santa Ana through the present season. He has been here since the close of the last circuit, and Mr. Frazier is so well satisfied that hé has concluded to remain throughout the year. Tom Raymond, the owner of the great trotter, Klamath, located in S8anta Ana in exactly the same way. He brought his racer here in 1893 and was so well pleased with the local track and people that he has made his home here ever since. There isnot a town in California that can produce three of a kind to beat Santa Ana’s—Klamath, Chehalis and Bilkwood. g OTTO ZIEGLER'S CHOICE. The Speedy Wheelman Joins the Garden City Cyclers. SAN JOSE, Gar., Feb. 8.—Otto Ziegler is now a full-fledged member of the Garden City Cyclers. He applied for membership, was admitted, and has been received asan active member. This seitles the matter of Ziegler’s mem- bership. The San Jose Road Club, of which Ziegler has been a member since he began riding the wheel, bas always claimed bim. The Olympic of San Fran- cisco always claimed him, too. Contro- versy arose as to the club Ziegler did belong to. It finally went up on appeal to cycling authorities, the controlling board, to settle. In the meantime Ziegler has cut the knot by joining the Garden City Cyclers. e g ANGELS CAMP PRIZE-FIGHT. Joe Josephs Defeated in Five Bownds by Charles Eli ANGELS CAMP, Carn., Feb. 8.—A rat- tling prize-fight for a good-sized purse be- tween “Professor’” Joe Josephs of this county and Charles Elias, late of San Francisco, occurred here to-day. The mill was witnessed by nearly the whole male population, and hundreds of dollars changed hands on the result. Elias possessed unex afighter and outclassed bis opponent in weight and science. Josephs made a game fight, but in the fifth round he became very groggy and was knocked down and out. x}:le was bgdly used up and is nursing his bruisesin béd. Lot Record-Breaking at Coronado. CORONADO, Car., Feb. 8.—McCrea of the Syracuse racing team; paced by two quads, broke the three-quarter-mile stand- ing’ gmn record this morning. Time, 1:22 2-5. NEW TO-DAY. HE workman often eats his lunch on the same bench where he does his work. The office man snatches a few min- utes from his occu- gnfion and turns his esk into a dining- table. Neither gets the exercise he needs, neither takes (fi the proper time for % ., eating, "It is small ‘wonder that the digestion of order. Nature works as hard as she can, but there are some things she cannot atana. If & man gets some foreign substance into the works of his wateh, he doesn’t expect the watch to run until the impediment is re- moved. His own digestive system is a much more wonderful and delicate mechan. ism than that of his watch, and yet he neg- lects it and abuses it. He lets it get out of order, and fefuses to kelp it. In the end gis neglect reacts with terrible force upon imself. The reaction comes on gradually, ‘however, so that sometimes he scarcely sus- Ppects the cause. The cause of nine-tenths of the sickness of the world is constipation —a condition 8o common that four people out of five take it as a matter of course. From this one cause come indigestidn; disorders of the stomach, liver and kidneys; biliousness, headaches, flatulegce, heartbumn, impurity of the blood and the serious complications that follew. To begin with, constipation is a little thing, and a little thing will cure it. Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pelletsare tiny, sugar- coated ules. They give to nature just the little help she peeds. They are as ntle as they are efiicient, and will per- ectly cure the worst cases of constipation. There is nothing in the world like them, so there can be nothing “just as good.”” The druggist who tries to sell you something else has his own interest in view and mot yours. For £ of both gets out a free sample package of fr to g doses, address &ofld"ga lgispe:;r; %{:fl_‘ilfll Association, No. 663 Main Street, cted qualities as| A MINBR'S LUCK. Grass Valley the Home of the Happy One. But it Was Not in Gold That He “Struck It.”’ T IS FUNNY TO WATCH THE MAN WHO goes out to make his fortune in & way that is *‘out of the groove.” Sometimes he Wi_ll ap- pear in the guise of a lottery fiend ; again he will appear as a dabbler in stocks ; anet he is to be found as & gold mine prospector, and he has been heard of as trying to find gold on goose- berry bushes. In any case he is & man without an object—a careless, reckless and usually worthless chap, whose duty to humanity (in his mind) is made up of getting rich at some one else’s expense. That is not the type of man, though, who carries his life in his hand from day to day, and who really works hard to secure fortune’s fayors. He is usnally a ster- ling, whole-souled fellow, fearing nothing, though he risks much. One of the sterling sort of searchers after “luck” who has recently “struck 1t rich” is Mr. A. Burton of Grass Val- ley. He was unable to pursue hisarduouscall- ing as & miner because he was prostrated with aserious disease. He thought there was no relief for him and he began to look at death as a certainty., He had not heard of the grand old Hudson Medical Institute then. But he went there and he is cured now. “Health is more than wealth.,” His good fortune was health. Ina letter to the managers of that great institution he says : Grass Valley, Cal., August 15, 1895. Hudson Medical Institute, San Francisco, Cal. Genilemen: Lleft Gold Valley on the 3d of June, and I have been to Nevada and all through the mining camps seeking to find “good times.” and that is the reason I suppose tha I did not get your letters before. At present I am not doing anything and money is scarce. ‘The medicine I took did me lots of good, and as soon as 4 am ‘“in junds” { shall certainly send for some more. Yours, respectfuliy. ‘A. RURTON. See how with “hard times” practically staring him in the face, this decent fellow expresses his thanks for what has been done for him by the skilled ‘physicians at the great institute which is located at thevornerof Market, Stock- ton and Eliis streets. And he is only one among many thousands of decent, grateful men. Forinstance, among those who have re- cently felt impelled to thank the specialists for what had been done for thes 8.J. Bailey of Weaverville says: ‘“‘After two months’ treatment by you I feel fully restored to health.” A K. C. Taft of Stowe, Cal., says: “I am feeling fine without & sign of the disease now.” J.T. Ward of Park City, Utah, writes: “I am very pleased to say that I am cured of the terrible disease I had.” There is not a single State or Territory in the Union from which equally satisfactory indorse- ments do not come, and it is now becoming to be a proverb (for it is pure and unadualterated truth) that if you are ill and can be cured THE HUDSON M EDICAL INSTITUTE is by far the best place to go to, THERE RELIEF IS CER- TAIN. > All the Following Cases Are Curable: Catarrh of the head, stomach or bladdes; all bronchial diseases; ail function: nervous diseases; Bt. 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