Woodland Daily Democrat (Newspaper) - December 20, 1928, Woodland, California Will Sell Car If you could sell the old wouldn't the money help out for Many automobile deals are closed each month through pensive classified ads in this Today's Best Smile What puzzles us is how got elected after promising to call an extra session of Florence Ala Herald ISSUED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY WOODLAND CALIFORNIA THURSDAY DECEMBER 20 1928 ESTABLISHED COMPROMISE Slayer of ENDS FIGHT In Prison SCHOOL BOY Compromise ended the second battle over Jackie Luft day An agreement as to custody of the child as well as payment for his port has been reached between the mother on one side and the father and grandmother on the other Judge Anderson was told when the came up for hearing Following the court's approval of the compromise the matter will be dismissed on De- cember 27 Both sides were on the offensive Thursday's court bession The mother who har divorce from John R Luft of Davis married J C Culley of Rio Vista brought contempt proceed ngs against her He had failed to pay any money for support of tne i sno declared Seek In reprisal Luft and his mother Mrs Etta Luft Davis theater proprie tor a motion for modification 01 the divorce to allow Luft and the tc see the Jn Mrs thai had never refused to allow Luft to sea his but that she had ned Mrs Luft as a In the compromise effected by the parties Mis Culley to whom custody of the child was given in the divorce decree is to him the school The father may have him on alternate Each parent is to nave him six veeks of the summer vacation I Tfi Pay Support Luft on the other hand har agreed j to pay back support on the and monthly from now on The second tiff between the trio is i a sequel to one early last spring in which the grandmother had sought t gain possession of the child on the j grounds that Mrs Culley did not vide a proper home for Anderson refused to alter the decree i giving the bey to his mother Attorney Percy of the firm i of Huston Huston Huston sents Mrs Culley and Bailey is counsel for the Lufts j A score of witnesses who had been i called to testify Thursday appeared in court but were not put on the stand j j Whitney Warren Jr j To Leave Hospital Whitney Warren Jr student of the University of California Farm yt Davis who had both jaws broken in an automobile accident a ago is rapidly recovering and will be dis- missed Saturday from the Woodland Clinic hospital The young man will go to San Francisco for a rest and will return to college after the days His father Warren Sr the noted New York architect visited the injured student here for several days lie left early this week for the south after which he will return east By United Press ST GEORGE Long cent Rice high school youth who ad- mitted killing Alica Joost because he her amorous advances sentenced to serve 20 years to life in prison Thursday Rice admitted tilling Alice a year-old girl He told how she kepi i putting her arms around his neck ana how he resented her actions Then he said she stood up anc 1 C come on be a sport I Rice confessed he struck the girl knocking hcd unconscious and bound an light cord around hei IN COUNTY TAX APPORTION County FOR SCHOOLS May Dismiss Attack Case As Witnesses As the first apportionment of the 1928 taxes schools of the county were given Thursday The ond apportionment will probably come May following the second merit of this year's taxes j The schools share oi the county money is greater than that of last DEFENSE GRANTED MOWN IN COWEll In a suit there were day mcie than 200 defendants today there is only one B C Rogers Grunting a motion for Judge John F late yesterday eliminated all the defendants in the Armstrong Creek wa- ter battle except Rogers Rogers must go on in the case because he to build u dam on the creek ana develop an irrigation project The lone defendant is scheduled to begin presenting his case on icr 27 ot the plaintiff has been of k red It is expected that Rogers can be disposed cf in a tune it indicated ney will file an appeal on Judge thus holding up further the lcl contest I he motion was granted on grounds of insufficient evidence by the plaintiff i year but the increase is due to a cor- I responding boost in the county school enrollment i Elementary schools will receive of the money and high will get the remainder i Some of the Yolo county school money has to be transferred to mento county for education of college and high school pupils in that county Last year here were about 40 dents froin Yolo county in the mento Junior college This year there are about 60 The amount that has to be transferred to Sacramento for ior college purposes is 84868.48 For high school pupils who arc 1 nearer to Sacramento county ary schools than to those in Yolo the amount paid is Yolo county's schools a -e also ported in a large measure by state funds FILLMORE SCHOOL PROGRAM FRIDAY i Strong probability that criminal at tack charges lodged against Marlow of Winters will be when the case comes up for December 27 wete seen today it transpired that Fred G Kruse fath of the asserted girl victim has Winters Authorities are of the ion that the prosecuting witnesses wil not appear for on the day set When Kruse left Winters he is al to have told at least three dif ferent stories of where he was going It is said that he told some he wa going to Sacramento others that h planned to go to Napa and still ers that he was leaving for the statt of Washington where he said he hac a well-to-do brother During the first trial of the case in the jury failed to agree tet was introduced to show tha Kruse had concocted a plot agains young Marlow in order to gain money CLARKSBURG LAYS SCOUT PLANS British Legation Saf a From Rebels fBy United NEW DELHI British at Kabul signaled that all well when a Royal Air Force piano flew over the place Thursday The which is about miles from the center of the city ad- the plane not to land The message said that all was well Ask S A Chiefs To Consider Peace By United WASHINGTON Paraguayan and Bolivian delegates to the ican conference here have cabled their asking it they are ing to resume diplomatic relations the outcome of efforts to con- ciliate the border Thirty-five hundred yellow pines were recently planted on areas in Hunter Creek Stanislaus Turkey Cheapest in Years Prices Lower than Chickens f The housewife is not only paying less for turkeys this year than she has for several years past but she can buy turkeys at a lower price per pound than she can buy large roasting chickens This is true to a greater or lesser degree all over fornia and should tend to increase the consumption of turkeys out E H chief of the division of markets state department of ture llora is an illustration of price re- Retail Price Per Pound Tuesday before Thanksgiving Dressed Dressed Year Roasting 1925 1927 Year December 23 Dressed Turkeys Dressed Roasting 8 Oc 1925 1927 1928 Retail turkey prices this ng in Woodland were mostly -10 with some instances of growers bringing in dressed birds on order and delivering to the housewife for Of cents On the other hand tho price of Continued on Page Pour The annual Christmas ment of school be pre- sented Friday evening under the tion of DuDois class teacher Friends and parents of pupils have been invited to attend The gram to be given the school Jack Silveira Why Do We Have Myrle Margaret Giger and Junior Silveira Folk grades a German Clap Dance b Finnish e Nixie Polka The Best by Harmonica solos by George son Song in Pantomime When Good Old Kris Comes by Dorothy Beeman Harvy Rohr Gene Rominger Symbols by Gomez June Rominger Margaret Giger Delphina Elsie Barbara Martinez Songs by Ella Farnham Dolly's Presents by Mabel Goette Folk Dances by lower grades a Carousel b Shoemakers c Chimes Dunkirk d Looby Loo Flay The Holidays Christmas Christmas rfay Elmer Robinson Christmas Eve Vera vick Father Time George Robinson New Year Leo Hoffman June Ethel Heidrick Valentine Lor-_ Silveria Thanksgiving Anna 1 Giger Hallowe'en Margaret Kaelin Patrick's Fred Heidrick Fourth of July Antone Sham Labor Sam Moody April Fool Martin August Vacation Myrtle Hucke Would Take Over Express Company By United Press committee of railroad executives met with the in- commerce commission to approve agreement under which railroads will over an operate the American Ex- l press company i Railroads represented by the com- i are the New York Central Pennsylvania and the Atchison and Santa Fc A round table discussion nig work was held Tuesday night at the Clarksburg school house Gus Olson chairman of the Clarks burg committee in charge of the meeting The purpose was to organ the local committee anc also to aid in the development of t district unit composed of Clarksburg and Courtland V executive of the Sac Council was introduced bj and presented the plan for thi which is in various areas committees were suggested under th plan with one man as the head o each to the various phase of scouting within the district plan was not adopted at the meeting but was to ba taken under tion for future action Discussion nf the local Scout worl followed which led to the appointing of men to act as examiners for the Scouts All of the men present some responsibility for training and examining of Scouts Thone present Gus Olson C E Slater R S Harcourt Holmes Martin Butler Harold rich R M Yelland H J Reamer E T Hargis Ray Burdg George and John R Wilkins In ad dition work was also tc George Holmes Ralph Wilson and T W Moors 1 Stress will he laid upon the ing of second first class tests anc earning of merit badges which to ths higher Scout ranks The Scouts are also looking forward to i dinner and entertainment during February on the occasion of their ond anniversary ESPARTO HIGH TO HAVE CONSTABLE GETS IN MISHAP SETTLEMENT In settlement for injuries received he was struck by a truck Con- table Roland Zacher of Zamora was riven late Wednesday As a result the suit that he brought against Leslie Button prominent rancher will be dismissed The suit i tsked a total of The accident occurred last May 19 vhile Zacher was assisting in ng a grain fire near Dunnigan He in the suit that William Kull in employee of Button drove the ruck along a road through the constable Permanent impairment of his ng broken bones and other injuries f serious nature were sustained de- lared the officer In addition to giving Constable Zacher Button paid 67.43 to he Industrial Accident commission vhich had been paid in compensation or hospital bills C C McDonald was at- orney Woodland Clinic Treats 8 Victims Of Broken Backs Once upon a time if one had his hack broken his chances for ery were very remote broken backs are not con- fatal injuries As a matter of fact leas than 25 per cent of broken back victims die figures by Woodland Clinic pital authorities show During 1923 eight patients with broken backs were admitted Of that number six have recovered They were William Morris Hugh Loftis James Grace Hoxter Clement Dixon and Dennis Callahan WOODLAND NATIVE SUCCUMBS AT BIS IN MONTEREY FINES THREE UNSANITARY LABOR CAMP Already fined and with threats of more serious punishment hanging over their heads three Knights Landing i men today set about ending the un- sanitary conditions that prevail in camp in Sutter Basin The trio was found guilty of ges preferred against them by of the state division of tion and housing by Justice of the Peace E E Proper of Sutter county Wednesday Fined Jack of Knights Landing was and given a suspend- ed sentence of 30 days on condition that he clean up the camp J 0 Brooks and F J McCarthy also of Knights Landing were led each The charges against George Japanese proprietor of the W Templeton Read 58 a native of Woodland whose early lue was spent here died at his home in kuda Thursday morning News of his boarding house at the camp and A A death was in a brief labor contractor were dis- missed when Pretzer assumed full re- sponsibility for their acts The cases were tried by Judge sage from his Fon Horace to relatives n this city Wasps Have Neat In School Gong For two days Tho boys of the Davis ngh school failed to come in off the ield on time when the physical atlon instructor pushed the button o the supposed to summon hem Wednesday the instructor discovered hat the did not ring and when IG called the janitor for assistance in hecking the trouble it was found hat wasps had chosen the coils of the gong as a suitable support or their nest thereby disabling the for its intended purpose The were dislodged without lalty x per without a jury Edward A No particulars of illness were director of m the message It is known presented the case for the state that he had been in failing James G lames camp inspector of health for a number of years In fact the division of housing was put on It was on account of his poor health stand and told of the unsanitary that he resigned a position with the Condition of the camp Describes Conditions Standard Oil Iames described the throwing of i MORE FROST I Look for more cold and frosty ther Thursday night and Friday the weather man The days will be fair but the night cold predicts N R Taylor United States weather forecaster Mercury dropped to 31 degrees Wednesday night i Students of Esparto High school will hold their annual Christmas frolic Friday The festivities will open a 4 p m with a basketball game 1 the B teams of Sacrament i and Esparto high schools Following this the girls basketbal team will play a game with a composed of graduates among will be Unmet Hopkins Virginia Nis j sen Van Lew Ina Fitzgerald j Searcy and others j At a buffet dinner will be ed in the Home Economics room after the dinner a tree ed with josh presents will occupy the j attention of all present At o'clock a nonsense program will be presented and the festivities will conclude with dancing Recovery of King Seen by Doctors By United Tress George is in a sition to recover from his critical ness Five of the royal physicians ex- him and issued a joint ment saying the king's progress was on a firmer basis The statement the right side of the chest hod jcd and that there was evidence of i move normal respiratory function German at Davis For Short Study Dr Gerhard P Mager Javer Germany is in Davis to pend two months in n animal husbandry at the college r Mager his Ph D from ne of the German agricultural col- eges in 1927 doing research work n wool as the project for tho degree is in the United State's on a fellowship and will in he country for a year While in Davis Mr Mager is ng research work in dairy cattle vith particular attention to the of dairy products Cruiser Bills Hit Snag a filibuster asting more than two hours the Senate factions agreed Thursday afternoon to delay consideration of the Kellog treaty and he naval cruiser building until the Christmas recess company at Richmond three ago and moved to about tric camp the open rey drains from the kitchens and the ets were in no fit condition for a native of Woodland human use a son of the late G and Mrs He told of families sleeping on the 1 tha Jane Read After finishing his floors of tents with no beds of any r studies in the grammar schools of this a Pile of blan city he completed his education with j took the stand in his own j a course the old Hesperian College defense the defendants having no at- in this city As a young man he held torney and made a categorical denial a number of responsible clerical of the charges This led to a clash tions and at one time was in between him and Brown in which Brown threatened to demand the with Ervie Snavely of this maximum I city in conducting a dry goods store i Finds Trio Guilty here After the testimony was taken i Judge Proper gave his verdict as Ho was married to Miss Carrie j guilty in all three cases j Eakle of Woodland who with her two j Pretzer was given the heaviest fine sons Horace of Monterey and hue admitted being principal owner of the camp The suspended sentence of Richmond are the surviving be in the event he fails bers of the family He is also 1 to clean up the camp i by two sisters Mrs Sam Williams of j In addition to the fines for the Woodland and Mrs Walter Farley of other two Judge Proper warned them Berkeley and one brother Sutter county would not tolerate i r such conditions as those that exist in Head of Woodland There are cotton camp in Sutter Basin and two grandsons declared that further infraction of the 1 Fifteen years ago the family moved law would leads to more severe to Richmond where Read accepted employment with the Standard OH j p J company a position he held until treasury health forced him to resign He Gave Selves Up a member of the Christian church and I The rases against the three men also affiliated with the Of i Srew out of investigation of the camp j i 1 1 ri i u i the Deceased had i maintained bv them in the Sutter Ba- sin for cotton pickers Visits to the friends in this city wno will he carap revealed sanitary conditions ly grieved to learn of his death there to be of the worst order and The funeral will be held in resulted in the drawing of complaints rey probably on Saturday Owing When failed to serve Stop on Journey By United Press u s s President-elect Hoover weary from he strain of the hurried trip of South America Thursday was only a few hundred miles from the last stop of his trip Rio de Janeiro n ir i the warrants Brown and lames re- Mrs will be unable and brought the to attend but her brother where the warrants were will be present i served by Butler j Brown and lames declared LLOYD GEORGE ILL that make another in- -r t- j n v of the camp within a short T r and if it is not cleaned up by Lloyd time they wiu have Pretzer ar- prime minister of Great rested to serve his suspended Britain was confined to his bed today tence in the county jail with chills and fever inspections of camps in this His physicians forbade his section of the valley in the future will T be the inspectors said and ance in the House of Commons effort bs made to enforce the Thursday Joyless Christmas in Sight For Many Needy Families Epidemic Is Spreading Rapidly the wave of the epidemic steadily proaching the larger centers of lation public health officers day predicted a toUl of cases by Christmas Christinas just around the corner and there'll be too many families in Woodland without eve the semblance of any joy or happiness in their That is of course providing the Democrat's Cheer Fund falls short of enough money sufficient visions to go around cold other circumstances have combined make life miserable for many It is for these poor unfortunates that a special appeal is made If you'll just send in a contribution to this fund there'll be no additional obligation on your part Tho crat and Mr and Mrs Arthur A Powers and their volunteer assistants will do the rest There should be plenty of food plenty of warmth and plenty of all around in Woodland next Tuesday morning YOU can do your share to bring about that condition Santa Glaus is a goad but he'll necessarily have to appoint many little kiddies If Cheer Fund doesn't net a M YOU who are sure your of plenty next Tuesday morning enjoy a happier if f Ml the genuine Yule spirit by what you send the homes ot those Please give your day or Friday morning to crat or to Mr the Yolo Detention
