Woodland Daily Democrat (Newspaper) - July 2, 1913, Woodland, California ESTABLISHED 1850 WOODLAND CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY EVENING JULY il 1913 THE YOLO COUNTY FAIR DESIRED INTEREST DRAWN DAILY ESTABLISHED 1877 Boy Wiio Is not Bright Says He Wrote About Motorcycle in Giving Publicity to toe lair Prizes Offered by Fred lite boy who borrowed a motorcycle iVom Mark a ago last Monday and hen dis appeared with it is in the county jail It Advertises YOG County in an Excellent manner fa of Woodland Now on Display in Show William S Hardy and Mis Olive B Ingram Both of where Garloff was arrested The date upon which entries in the racing events of he county fair ran IX made closed Monday night but all i ol them have not yet come lo hand I The Sacramento Monthly is doing some excellent publicity work for the Yolo county fair From the current number we take the following Yolo county California by the Secretary Harry Dowling however voice of a large of has received enough to insure the fill her most prominent as well as most every event on card progressive citizens has decreed that The freeforall pace has five entries an old fashioned county fair be given Urn more are expected So far as Mr Mils year and the enthusiasm with j Bowling knows the freeforall pace which preparations are being made is has not filled anywhere else in he a guarantee In full that the fair Tlie entries so far received are prove to be the biggest and best county i Don Pronto Dan Logan the state this year Jim Mike C the enterprise are E A record not at Bullard farmer capitalist and live are the best horses in the state stock man H H Gable fanner arid ui doubt some records will he banker G H Hecke farmer and capi broken when they meet on the Wood T S Spanlding merchant and laud track conceded to be the fastest president of the Merchants Association in thu state o Woodland H E Van Norman dean I This event will be pulled off Satur oi University Farm School Davis day August the last day of the T G Schmeiser farmer manufacturer fair B A Nordyke has offered a aiu president chamber of commerce loving cup lo the winner of the fast Divis H SHU farmer est heat in this race This cup is on Hirer and chairman hoard of in he show window of ors Fred H Wilson farmer Fred jewelry store and manufacturer 1 U j C Sieber offers a cooler and hood farmer and capitalist Madto horse making the fastest heat E I the West Sac ior tlie hardware purse which Is Company 1 and a Friday event These articles will be C V Day wealthy farmers and citizens u exhibition at Mr Siebers store f and J S Rcoll Wood The mimes of horses that will land Frank Edson Knights in oilier events will not W 0 Russell Winters and be announced until all the other en all prosperous husij tries received but here are men and farmers and members of them to insure one of the the present county board of over In os Yoio county The purpose of the fair is to en good competition ami emulation producers of tlie many varied products of Yolo county that it may develop greater in the future and may become event where all the people of the Chester McDonald and N Chalmers county may get together and ex change ideas taking advantage of each others experience renewing thereby proving of great benefit from both an educational and enter point of view and to invite interested from outside ot Yolo county to witness what Yolo county can do and Is doing Young is only 17 years of age and his case will come under provisions of the juvenile court Me told Probation Officer Jacobs this morning that he had written a letter stating wUere he was Mid thai he intended 10 buy the ma Mr Jacobs lias not been able to see yet does not j know whether the latter received a j letter from Garloff or not Deputy Sheriff Millhouse Jn order to get best results and to have a fair that will be more than a sideshow or carnival proposition courts of the state MUTED 10 LAW IN ALL COURTS to Enter on Their Profession Jn Woodland Chester and Neal Chal mers were members of a class of twenty who were examined by the appellate court in Sacramento Tues day Ten more were examined today Both Mr McDonald and Mr Chalmers passed a highly creditable examina tion and will be admitted to practice it has been decided to eliminate all read law with C W Thom as class of entertainment and to hold as and Mr Chalmers read with E B Doth are young men ot fine Instead a fair and race event that will malce a good Impression up lained Hint the boy ran away from claiming that la could 01 Hie local citizen or the visitor from abroad ns well Yolo county desires first of all to not gel along with uix relatives He came to and worked a few days here anil there He has had but a year and a half of schooling and Is not very bright He told a number or conflicting stories to the officer Tile motorcycle was recovered by tho constable at and will be relumed to without do PERSONAL MENTION Jo Ball of San Francisco is in Woodland today Miss Ethel Powers left for San IU Iac this morning 1 H Milehell and R M Brown went to San Francisco this morning Henry Johnson and family will leave for Cook springs on Thursday Miss Billion of San Jose tbe guesi of Mrs Ed E Leake i lames Fanis and sou Dr Karris of were in Woodland today Merrill and family have tak in up UK ir in San Francisco for Hie summer Monroe and family and Miss left for Pacific Grove his morning Ura C 1 wen to Davis morning to attend the funeral of the am James Campbell ill and Mrs Warren Myers and son vout to San Tuesday after noon via Ilif Northern Electric and he rivor route Mr and Mrs B C Deauer and their laughter Mrs Blanche Baldwin re turned this morning from a five months trip most of which was spent n Europe Mrs Marcia Zimmerman Mrs Oeo Zimmerman and son Leroy left for San Francisco Tuesday evening They made the trip over the Northern Elec tric to Sacramento hence by boat to A wedding that will doubtless prov quite a surprise o the many friend of Uie young couple in this occurred in Monday Juu SOth when William Stephens Hardy Miss Olive Ingrain of till city were united in marriage About a week ago Miss Ingram wen o lo visit her sister Mrs K T On Friday of lasi week Mr Hardy loft for he same It is evident that young couple planned well and managed to keep their plans a secret for their parents were not aware of the wedding until It was over young returned to Wood land Tuesday morning and received the blessing and congratulations of their parents The bride returned to in the afternoon and will be joined in a few days by the groom After a brief honeymoon they will return to Woodland where they will reside permanently The bride is tho daughter of Mr and Mrs C L Ingram of this city and the groom is the sou of William Hardy who lives near Woodland For some time groom baa been employed as engineer on a engine for the Clark brothers The young couple have many friends who are anxious to congratulate them MEETING OF WEST SIDE ROADS COMMITTEE Banks Seem Shy and the Counties Conclude to Finance the Project Themselves ability and high character and will no San doubt win profession success in their chosen Mr McDonald will for tha present at least have a desk in become better known among the Mr hood of counties of California and open an n tlle present her claims to recognition in afUonttl BanU way that will meet with the approval j 111 in of any and all men and Immense bodies of reclaimed lands especially those seeking Investment Yolo county has made more than a ten per cent gain In population In the past two years Taxable property has grown nearly as much In the same length of time The county is out debt has an excellent sys with concrete has a free li brary and good schools and of fers nd exceeded by none With eood transportation facilities splendid Irrigation tem of good roada bridges and culverts the production and variety ol prod are almost unlimited and are not exceeded on earth Yolo a live stock county Inviting competition Ironi any and every source whatso ever will show a variety of high class exhibits of every kind Including live stock grains grasses vegetables gar den truck fruits grapes nuts etc The be four days Wednesday Thursday Friday and Saturday August 20th to inclu sive Stock of tlie Arcade Sold in a Lump at Auction J P Pullen of referee of bankruptcy and Jamds P Keleher a San Francisco attorney W T trustee sold at public auction Tuesday afternoon tha stock of bankrupt Arcade store J Gol lober of San bought the for the sum of There were but two bidders M Le vey representing Gollober and the Junior member oC ivt Rosa firm of Rosenberg Keleher that the liabilities amount to 116000 following from th Union thai the meeting of West Side Counties Good Roads Committee was not a howling success from Sacramento Yolo Suiter Glenn and coun ties met Tuesday afternoon at the Sacramento Chamber ol Commerce to ways and means of handling tho state highway bonds A plan was devised by the committee by which all hankers in these will coop erate In the construction of a highway through I be west side and across the basin into Sacramento J H Stephens chairman of tlie statu high way commission of chamber of commerce stated that the matter will now be submitted to the several bank ers in the five counties for their con sideration A report will be made in near future and it is expected that the bankers will assist la the move ment Due to tho fact that the state has found It difficult to obtain parties out side of California to handle the bonds the counties are taking the Initiative and will endeavor to finance tho pro ject themselves This has been done by other counties especially In the Sau valley and tho method has proved very successful there OF SENSATIONAL NATURE EVIDENCE OF ROY PIKE Yolo Board of Trade Protest Presented II S Maddux of Yolo County Hoard of Trade attended a purl of the session of the State Water Conservation Commission Tuesday and presented In person a letter from the board making a vigorous protest against the granting of he application of the Arizona corporation the result of which would cripple the Yolo Power and Water Company a corporation in willed Yoio county is deeply interest testimony tu so far as It at tempted to describe the manner la which Wheeler had endeavored to dis of tho lands that had come Into the possession of Wheelers company with the taint of Browns bank operations fell like u bomb shell in tlie midst of a humdrum hear IHK and when Pike declared that ha had investigated the titles lo Wheeler lands and had found that there was scarcely a clear record on anything the situation became tense I never heard said Pike of the Wheeler or or other corn testimony taken Tuesday was of a very sensational character Roy Pike president of lie Yolo Power and Water Company was the puny being actively field until the latter part of December when pal witness Among other things he testified Mr Wheeler rame to my office and fld mo his clients either owned or many thousands of acres of land ju Lake county that years igo hail put h a lot of money and inie in it and wanted to sell out to is Alt Wheeler stated that to clear up he various titles it would take about to satisfy the creditors He for his part for his ahor and his labor was worth that much he said and in addition fE0 wonld have to be used to redeem he lands In other words the prop Arties wre unredeemed mortgages Mr Wheeler said that our concern vas financed and that there was no we could not take over he properties He realized ho said hat their project was a lame duck and that they felt they could not go head with the development Hut hey hnd he said technical and legal where they could hold up our that ours was a laudable enterprise and It would he a stressing thing if he had to go to hat end to hold our work up He said hat by settling the question August tho Interests could void a payment of in water to state Sir came to mo and told mo that lie was a real estate man in us we then knew operating In He hud brought to ui some properties and he stated It was n fact Hint he Central Counties Company held and also the cook interests held in fee some lauds along the lake that ho waH probably in a better position to negotiate for them than anybody else 1 told Mr that If he would bring any properties to Us on a proper busts and at a proper price we would negotiate and expect to purchase thorn I told hini he must list those prop so we could inquire into llo brought me several propositions On March 24th Mr Wheeler cams into my off about the 20th or BO of March Mr Harding at one time and Mr Harding told me that Mr Shuman reported to him they wore talking about selling various properties to ns and what had I dona about It and ho whether wo were acting in faith Mr further testified that Whooler came to his office and claim ed to own thousands of acres of land in Lake county and wanted to sell out for ami he wanted a quick Mr Pike told Mr Wheelor Continued on page FUNERAL SERVICES The funeral of Rufus Robl son was held this morning from Coro ner mortuary parlors Rev J W McAllister of the Methodist church conducted tho Interment was in the Capay cemetery Saturday Following the Fire Starts in Shed in Fourth a Legal Holiday Rear of Bank Next Saturday bo a holiday Governor Hiram W Johnson having issued the proclamation at noon Tues day declaring the day following the Fourth of July to be a legal holiday in the state of California The following proclamation was Is sued by Ihn governor Whereas the fourth day of July A being by law a legal holi will fall upon Friday find This afternoon an alarm of fire wru turned in for a dense smoke seen Issu ing from the woodshed In the rear of I ho Hank of Woodland The shed be ing constructed of galvanized iron made It possible to confine the flames to the interior until a good stream of water was played on the blaze Quite a bit of coal kindling and some old record books were destroyed Had the many f not been discovered early there requests have been received by me j would doubtless have been a from numerous citizens throughout Irons fire for the abed is very close Lho state to declare the day following to tho surrounding buildings It la also a day of rest from labor and It j believed that the fire started from a appears to bo the general desire of pile of rubbish burning near the shed citizens of California In the different vocations of life that the day follow ing Nations Anniversary Saturday the fifth day of July A D I should bj declared legal holi day Now therefore I Hiram W John son as governor of the state of Cali fornia do hereby proclaim Saturday tho fifth day of July A D 1913 a holiday HIRAM W Governor Information The funeral of James Campbell nt Mrs Hadsall was summon ed to Berkeley this morning by a mes sage from Day conveying tho held from the Catholic church In Da va his morning Rev Father officiated Tho pallbearers were Mr Hagorman J Luft F M Clancy J Wise and Ben that Mrs Ablah his city was Day with paralysis on Tuesday Further information be awaited with much Interest J A TAILOR Will Close July 4th Wo the undersigned merchants and business men of the city of Wood land do agree to close our respective places of business all day July 4th Bush Tho Hub K T S Bros B U Wing M S Bentz H S Sum mers Co Rosenberg Co Trade Palace W W Rodgers Woodland Rochdale Co Huston Bros Ed B Delia Santa Co a Greene Dickey Chris Sieber Co Woodland Hard ware Co R B Cranston A M Bat on B A II CEOS J Grot P C Dated Woodland Gal July 1 1913 ITS JOT THINK Or KASON
