Woodland Daily Democrat (Newspaper) - December 26, 1923, Woodland, California r ISSUED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY WOODLAND CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY EVENING DECEMBER 26 1923 ESTABLISHED 1877 Eddy Home nas Eve While Frank J Eddy and his family were enjoying the inas eve festivities at the A W Morris ranch near Woodland burglars entered the Eddy dence in this city and stole a small quantity of jewelry valued at approximately Two rings a gold lavalier and a set earrings the property of Mrs Eddy and a gold wrist watch belonging to her daughter Miss Hazel who is home for the holidays comprise the loot secured by the prowlers Eddy and his family left their dence in this city Monday evening shortly after 6 o'clock to go to the Morris ranch where they spent the night When they arrived home on the following morning they found the front door unlocked and the window blinds in the west bedroom down Upon investigation they discovered that everything in the house had been ransacked even the phonograph Burned matches were scattered about the rooms The officers were notified but thus far have been un- able to locate any clues BAD CHECK PASSER OF XMAS FEAST While Herbert Culley a hunger striker for five days and twenty other prisoners at the Yolo county jail were devouring their ate Christmas dinner yesterday Gordon Deputy bad check passer sulked and put on a food strike of his own Deputy so the authorities state had expected relatives to come to his assistance and bail him out of jail by Christmas time o o o Bootlegger's Pie Appetizer For Herb Culley Unable to resist the tempting ner prepared at the Yolo County Jail Orchard Chief for Christmas Day Herbert Culley serving time for deserting his wife and child broke his six days feast In act his days of abstinence ceased Monday night when he ate all of a big pumpkin pie cooked for D bootlegger The pie was said o be kickless but it proved to be a ood appetizer for Culley ate y on Christmas Day REV DEAD Rev Morrison formerly pastor of the Advent Church in this city died Tuesday in St Helena Deceased is a brother-in-law of Mrs Henry Siebe of this city According to the petition filed day for letters of administration the total estate left by Earl V Bolton Esparto orchardist who was shot to death at the Thompson ranch Friday December 14 by J Walter Russell does not exceed The annual rents issues and profits from the Bolton orchard are estimated to age less than Jennie Maie Bolton the widow is the petitioner No will or testament has been found Lonnie Bolton 16 years of age and Oral Bolton 11 years of age daughter and son respectively are the heirs at law besides the widow Cash to the amount of on de- posit in the Bank of Esparto is in- cluded in the estate The Bolton chard comprises 29.38 acres George T Kern is mentioned as at- torney for the petitioner SEDAN WRECKED ON CHRISTMAS DAY Conger's Window Display Wins In National In competition with 2500 stores over the nation the Conger tric Shop in Woodland was given a high ranking and a prize for its artistic window display the donor being the Benjamin Plug Manufacturing Company of Chicago Illinois Two prizes went for the two best windows and ten prizes were given in the contest DAMP CHRISTMAS DAY PLEASES ALL In the guise of Santa Glaus be- stowing a wonderful gift to the er Jupiter Pluvius was not so erous in Woodland as he was in some other nearby sections on Christmas day The Southern Pacific gauge this morning showed that Tuesday's sprinkle had registered but 03 inches A parse containing in cash was stolen from E Vitale of Broderick after he claims to have accepted an invitation to visit a negress in her home fronting on an alley between Second and Third streets Sacramento last night An hour later a negro man and women were arrested by the police as suspects in the case reported to Detective geants Howard Sitton and A P Noone that he had entered the woman's home and upon leaving discovered that bis money had been stolen Corporal H Parker and Officers Dan Reith and F Logomarsino went to the residence and arrested and Coline Anderson for tion HOLIDAY New Year's Party To Equip School Stage At Knights Landing The Grafton School Club ing of the patrons of the school is giving a watch party Eve at the new school New Year's There will be music dancing and a social ing everyone a good time The net proceeds will go for the purchase of a curtain and stage fixtures EDWARD KING AT YOLO Ft The Christmas mail through the Woodland ice this season broke all previous records stated Pastmaster Miss Anna Mixon this morning It will be several days however before Miss Mixon and her force will be able to give out definite figures bat they are confident that when the receipts are totalled it will be found that the volume of business was greater than ever before The letter and card mail was un- usually heavy this season indicating that the custom of sending holiday greetings through the mail is Crespillo rancher residing lear Yolo had his Oakland car wrecked Tuesday afternoon it skidded and toppled ever en highway near Elston's Corner With the exception of a fractured finger ion the left hand which was treated at the sanitarium and a slight scalp bruise Crespillo escaped injury j There were several others riding with the Yolo rancher when the dent occurred but their names were not available The top of the car was demolished one rear wheel was broken the shield smashed and the radiator The Main Street Garage is Sacramento's precipitation ed to 22 inches The total in Woodland for this son is 2.12 inches as compared to 10.10 inches last year Also Light At Winters Winters reported that fruit ers in that section were like land ranchers thankful for small favors in the way of moisture day's downpour registered 11 inches at Winters Capay Gets 14 In the Capay section the sprinkle registered around 14 inches A north wind today was anything but pleasing Clearing weather for the next Yolo county is paying a fancy price to educate its youth Of the tax levied this year 34.6 per cent was provided for school purposes Increased budgets in nearly all districts were submitted by trustees in charge of the various schools about the county For elementary schools the county tax rate provided and for high schools r 64.53 or a total of Provided in the levy of special dis- WEYT VAF A f D A MH net taxes was 1 ULU uRANU In addition there was provided in taxes for the purpose of ng off past indebtedness or for the of construction bonds and he payment of interest thereon 84.38 The grand total of county taxes for was as against for all purposes or a of 34.6 WEIMAR AFFAIRS Although the panel for the new Yolo county grand jury has not yet been Along with the sum of money County jury has in the county tax levy the it is likely that an chools will receive and expend a con- tion will be made by that of the 5 report ear it will probably be more this Weimar Joint Sanitarium The this apportionment will amount grand jury is already con- tn for Wgh schools and a probe IL HERE twelve hours was today's forecast r 442.07 The state's contribution added to the amount to be produced by local taxation makes the grand total of for the year Fitch's Remember ing the machine Ten Of Eleven Grandchildren At Family Reunion more popular A record of eight J of Ten of Mr and Mrs A H eleven grandchildren were able to at- tend a family reunion at the Abele home here Christmas day the days shows cancellations In addition to these it is probable that or were cancelled by hand Delivery Handicapped TJie delivery of parcel post son Six of are bovs greatly handicapped this season for reasons due mainly to the re- of the department was a native of Missouri born ust 22 He leaves a and Chester E and Ruth Deceased is also survived by several brothers ant sisters in Missouri The funeral will be held at 2 Friday afternoon from Ross C Wilson's undertaking parlors Begs On Christmas Day Gets Floater John Good who has been begging on the for several days was jailed Tuesday by Officer C Norton and charged with vagrancy He en- tered a plea of this morning before Recorder S and was a six months floater Auto Victim Buried Today In Oakland J 30 the colored Ued Cap porter who met instant death his car turned over near j was Oakland today The body was conveyed to to that yesterday in a hearse from the Ross C Wilson all insured mail Another great handicap was the department issued a ing prohibiting the clerks and riers to work more than a half day on Sunday and Christmas day Late Shipments The arrival of packages appeared to fee later this year than usual withstanding the fact that the ment has for several years been the Abele grandchildren and five are girls Mr and Mrs Abele entertained yesterday in honor of Mr and Mrs Arthur Milnthorp of Sacramento Mrs S J Williams of San Francisco Mr and Mrs W G Myers and family of Williams Mr and Mrs T H ma and Mr and Mrs Henry Abele of Arbuckle and the John family of Woodland A C Sidwell arrested by Special Officer C L Norton for speeding in the city limits plead guilty before City Recorder S Schluer this ing and was fined ten dollars Again does the Democrat staff say Thank You to Mr and Mrs Ar- Fitch for a generous Christmas remembrance Wonderful boxes of candy for the girls and a bounteous supply of cigars and cigarettes for the men folks comprised the gift from the Fitch Store Behrens Body Taken To Redwood Home Mrs L P Behrens and son Louis made the sad trip back to Redwood City Monday following the death here of Mr Behrens the prominent San Mateo county banker whose neck was broken in a accident above Willows The body was taken to Redwood City in one of Ross C Wilson's hearses Causeway Accident Victim Recovers Clarence Hart Sacramento sign painter who was injured on the Yolo causeway and conveyed to by Mrs Fred Hamel and son er of Davis was able to leave the hospital today He was ed 9 MUCH OBLIGED Gene Parker of Esparto has the Democrat's thanks for a lug box of wonderful navel oranges representing the pick of his orange crop this season CHRISTMAS BELLS CHIME HERE FOR S F COUPLE In Woodland Wright Francisco were ried here by Rev G G Berger of the North Methodist Church board and head of the Weimar tive committee has said that he will welcome an investigation Allegations that unsanitary and 1 overcrowded conditions existed at the j Weimar sanitarium that the nurses were overworked and that young girls were confined in wards with adults were made in the report of the Placer county grand jury December 15 I When officially informed of the re- port the directors of the institution declared no probe of the matter would be made until the annual meeting of the board held the second Tuesday in January At the same time Dr W W superintendent of the issued a statement izing the grand jury report as unfair and all spite work le also asserted he would welcome any investigation and would even invite a public inspection of the grounds and the building itself More Weddings Fewer Divorces Increase In Births Over 1922 With forty-five more marriage licenses and eleven less divorces re- corded here this year than had been booked in 1922 and with the births thirty-six heavier than last year's record Yolo county took a step for- ward in the matter of vital ducting a vigorous campaign For this were many delayed Mail reason there parcels that corid not be delivered until today It is expected however that everything i will be this afternoon The rural carriers enjoyed a com- plete holiday on Christmas day due jo i rating received a short tame ago Today they are loaded down Christmas parcels and other mail DOCTOR CHRISTMAS PATIENT Dr Leo P Bell joined the list of people stricken with winter colds and Christonas day in the sick room He was able to be today BORDEN WOOD H Border Wood Portland attorney yesterday for a with his parents Mr and Mrs J Wood D C Cole's automobile twice stolen was recovered Monday al Davis Constable Joseph reported find to Constable Loroy of this city The car had been aban in one the city streets The machine was first stolen fro m Cole a farmer on the Conaway tract on the evening of Monday cember 17 Oscar cir salesman seeing the mi- chine alongside a road in the field district December 19 Constable Hillhouse went after the car immediately but it had been stolen a second time tics Bride's Month Fails August was the banner month this year for weddings Twenty-seven coupler coaxed Clerk Harry Saunders or Deputy to issue marriage permits during the summer April came second with 21 supposed to be the months didn't oven finish in money placing fifth with only couples plighting their June Ferond December in of last year ih season for 23 but haic visited promt month v t in all year as to 138 for YOLO MAY NOT AFFILIATE WITH BOARD Yolo county may not affiliate with the California Development Board despite the action by the ed Chambers of Commerce of which county is a member Secretary Win Dowher of the United has that that body affiliate for the purpose of closer unity in development Ankle Believed Sprained Broken at first to have been sprained Mrs Clarence Portens in- jured ankle was found to be broken was treated at the Woodland sanitarium Mrs Porteus suffered a fall Sunday afternoon A car of navels reaching Cleveland sold for a box all TOO MUCH CHEER TO PAY PENALTY IN CITY LOCKUP S L Collins had too much Christmas cheer Tuesday and was in a hilarious mood when hended by Special Officer C L Norton This he pleaded guilty before City Recorder S and was fined a day in jail for each dollar not paid Collins serving his lime without delay Nine carloads a day is the lettuce lipping record of Santa Barbara county Throe Harmonious Months Only have matrimonial voyage too stormy year thirty-nine hit thf rocks last June July and wore the most blissful this year nary a f operation finding it's way into the mords m cither of of good old summer lime was not a month went by last but what at one story of a love disappointment was written into the records March and Octo- the most hectic months for trouble this year with five divorces in Maith and four in October Bad Start In 22 January set a bad pace year six asserting that they they had promised to love honor ard and prevent irg duplication While Secretary Fred Shaffer would make no statement this county has previously gone on record as being opposed to with the California Development Board BACK AT OLD STAND X 0 Wilson who recently disposed of his interest in the Garage to I D Grigsby has accepted employment with Boyd Littlefield Brothers car dealers Win Cockern Funeral Held Here Today 111 for several months with tuba WTO Benton died Li the Flat district Monday after- He was 39 years old a native G W Cockern of tins city is the father of the deceased Mrs Ruth Hoss of Saramento is a sister Mrs Mollie Mealer and son Mr and Mrs Darrell Maeler of Grove and Mrs Eva Dill of were at the J G Mast how in this city on Christmas day
