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dSBfcf srtvaL Jfc 'r r' sl I Va The Free Press FRIDAY OCTORtR 4 1904 FELL FROM TERRY LUMBER FLUME AND BADLY HURT taught school and where he' bad sprat many pleasant hours The meeting was largely attended and Mr remarks were repeatedly Interrupted by cheers Justice of the Peace McGrow called the meeting to order and John Dexter acted as chairman Mr Creighton made an able talk and convinced his hearers that he Is a safe and capable man to represent the district in the assembly He declared himself for George A Knight for United States senator and spoke in favor of a revision of the state text Gates Stolen Signs Changed and an book plan Endless Amount of At the close of the meeting three Pranks Played Monday Night by cheers were given for Crelgh- worse The funeral wlU occur Thursday morning at 11 Interment at the Pinkney cemetery on the North Fork of the Cottonwood William Stuart the father is in the employ of Kite at the Riverside Dairy and has lived In Shasta county the most of his life though this plane has been his residence only about the past year The sorrowing parents havej many friends who sympathise with! them during this sad hour ur ton and the Republican ticket Mrs i Smith who Hvas fa ttt Boardman addition to worikd fee prolonged fibseaee of her fnlpr Samuel a Austin An oldmea yean of age who left his home Tuesday October 25th to go to water after a load of nhlnlrrag ftra tin said he would be hosu thg day but np to fee present ttoM teg has been heard of Mr Austin was aa old gray hair and whteksrs' His lafj was gone and he was a maa'abOBt'' five and a half feet la helgkt aad weighed In the neighborhood of pounds He rode away In a wagoa driving two horses each welgUag about 1000 pounds sad one a sorrel and the other black Austin arrived In Redilitng threap months ago and settled la BoaidBaBl addition A few days sftsrwarls daughter Mrs Smith and son joined him and they hats Brad together since What has become of Aaatta ap pears to be a mystery that the i ter la lolng her best to dear up $100 Reward $100- The readers of this paper wffl plessed to learn that then la atjeaat'v one dreaded disease that been able to cure In all Its i that to catarrh Catarrh Can is the only positive cure now to fee medical fraternity being a constitutional quires constitutional Catarrh Cure Is rally acting directly upon tho blood and mucous surfaces of tho' thereby destroying tho foundation of fee disease and giving tho paflMt) strength by building np tho eonetlta tlon ud assisting nature la dolag work The proprietors have SO faith In Its curative powers that thay offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any cue that It fails to cnra Ssad for list of testimonials Addrsi CHENEY ft CO Toledo Sold by druggists 75 eaats' Take Family PIUS potion A very pretty wedding took place at high noon Wednesday in fee parlors of fee Golden Eagle hotel In this city The contracting parties were Walter Lofton of Millville and Miss Belva Hufford of Whitmore Justice of fee Peace George Bush tied fee knot and Walter Hufford brother of the bride and Miss Orelll March performed the duties of bridesmaid and groomsman The bride Is fee daughter of Peter Hufford a prominent stockralser and one of the best known residents of feek Whitmore section The grown Is a popular oyung man of Millville The bride was handsomely attired In white wife orange blossoms and feeh groom looked happy In a suit of conventional black They will make their home In Millville Better Than Gold'' "I was troubled for seveni years with chronic Indigestion and nervous writes Green of Lancaster remedy helped me until 1 began using Electric Bitters which did me more good than all the medicines I ever used They hare also kept my wife In excellent health for years She says Electric Bitters arejust splendid for female troubles that bt ryeoeUfeJ troubles that they are a grand tonic and lnvlgorator for weak ran down women No other medicine can take Its place In our Try them Only 60c Satisfaction guaranteed by Redding Drag and Book Store ODE OF The new and smaller mill of fee Terry Lumber Company at Round Mountain has been dosed down on account of the bad weather Interfering In the handling of logs Sufficient logs could not be procured to keep both mills going Superintendent Roycroft will endeavor to secure enough logs to start fee new mill up again this winter and It Is probable that his endeavors will result In resumption at the mill Tbe old mill will be ran as long ns the weather permits It Is possible a lx ran will yet be had A few men are leaving fee camp but aa test as they go out new men being sent In by the Redding Employment Bureau are taking their places and fee craw Is kept at about fee same size This season has been a good one for fee Terry Lumber Company and more lumber than usual his been cut and disposed of A Heavy Load To lift feat load off of fee stomach take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure It digests what you eat Sour stomach belching gas on stomach and all disorders of fee stomach that are curable are Instantly relieved and permanently cured by fee use of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure 8 Stoors a druggist at 297 Main Street New Britain Conn says: "Kodol Dyspepsia Cure to giving such universal satisfaction and Is so surely becoming the positive relief and subsequent cure for fete distressing nit ment I feel that I am always sure to satisfy and gratify my customer by recommending It to them I write fete to show how well fee remedy Is spoken of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure wu discovered after years of zeton-tlflc experiments and will positively cure all stomach troubles Sold by Prescription Pharmacy Turley of Kennett registered at fee Temple Wednesday morning The La Molne Lumber sad Trading Company hu cleared Its tracks of tha recent wreck and placed Cha ovartaHh- ed engine on the nils'' am al! damage dons on that Q99Bgj ion so that the road Is local mivmia A Gardner came In from On Tnea-day Albert Egerton of Whtokytown to In town Potter came In from Bella Vista Tuesday Henry Haggte of Oak Ron was a visitor in Redding Tuesday English of Big Bend was a visitor In Redding Monday and Tuesday mil Holden has returned from the vicinity of Dunamulr when he has been exploring his famous ancient city Mr and Mrs James Dungan of Barney Valley spent Tuesday In Redding They returned to their home Tuesday evening Mr and Mrs Dave Opdyke who spent Sunday and Monday In Redding started Tuesday afternoon for their home In Burney Valley Mb matter how long you have had the cough If It already de-veloped Into consumption Dr Wood Norway Pine Syrup will cure it Wash Bailey an old pioneer resident of the Upper Sacramento who for many years conducted Bailey Springs came down Tuesday morning on business Baergy all gone? Headache? Stomach out of order? Simply a case of torpid liver Burdock blood bitters will make a new man or woman of you James Thompson aa he is familiarly called and who had his left arm broken last Thursday was out Tuesday His arm reposes In a plaster cast and cannot get Into action for some days yet Ben Moor the guardian of the property of the South Fork Mining and Development Company near I go arrived in Redding Monday evening Mr Moor will visit Red Bluff before returning to his duties the latter part of the week Hundreds of lives saved every year by having Dr Edectrlo Oil In the house just when It Is needed Cures croup heals bums cuts and wounds of every sort' Wiley Whltey returned to Harrison Gulch Wednesday morning to resume his duties at the Midas Wiley has many friends In Redding having at one time been a dispenser of liquid refreshments at the Sacramento while Quadras was proprietor Campbell and family arrived in Redding Monday from Coffee creek They will spend the winter here so the children can attend school Mr Campbell has a very promising claim on Coffee creek He says things will boom there next spring and many new mills will go up Hinds and family came down from McCloud Tuesday morning and will make Redding their home this winter Mr Hinds holds a responsible position with the Westover Lumber Company at McCloud They will remain (n Redding this winter In or der that their daughter may derive the benefits of our excellent schools If you desire a good complexion use Mokl Tea a pure herb drink It acts on the liver and makes the skin smooth and clear Cures sick headaches 25cts and 50cts Money refunded if it does not satisfy you For sale at Redding Drug ft Book Store Dr Edgecombe of Shasta arrived in Redding Monday afternoon with a fine load of apples The doctor says that he has at least three Urns of the elegant fruit He not only knows how to raise apples but strawberries as wen having one of the best producing pieces of strawberry land In Shasta county Dr and Mrs Corbiere arrived in Redding Wednesday morning and will take up their residence temporarily at Mrs apartment house The doctor and his bride have spent two weeks at Catalina Island and other points of Interest along the southern coast Trinity Mining Machinery A large boiler and engine forWE mine near Lewiston Trinity county arrived at the depot Wednesday and will be freighted to the mine The shipment Is being made through Dean ft Watson the forwarding Nearly Forfeits His Life A runaway almost ending fatally started a horrible ulcer on the leg of Oner Franklin Grove 111 For four years It defied all doctors and all remedies But Buckleajs Arnica Salve had no trouble to cure him Equally good for burns braises skin eruptions and piles 26s at the Redding Drug and Book Store ft TAN DER Ishsol of Practical Civil Minin Surveying Architecture Drawing and Assaying Cyanide Chlo-itaatkm Metallurgy Ill Fulton street one block west cl Ctty Hall San Francisco CaL Open aU year Assaying of ores OK Bullion and Chlorination Aaei Ht riowptpo Assay HO comae 9M EstabUshed In XML OTIS STORER FALLS A DISTANCE OF TWENTY FEET AND IS SERIOUSLY INJURED While Walking Along on the Terry Lumber Company's Flume Near the Afterthought Mine Otle Stop-er Loess Hie Balance and Falls fo the It Is Believed His Spine Is Broken and Hie Body le Partly Paralysed Otis Storer a young man who lives at Round Mountain fell from the Terry Lumber Company's flume near the Afterthought mine Tuesday morning struck heavily cm the rocky ground twenty feet below and Is now lying seriously injured at his home at Round Mountain The lower half of his body and limbs are paralysed from the effects of the shock and It Is feared that Ms back Is broken -or spinal column seriously affected Storer and Harvey Klinger both of whom are in the employ of the Terry Lumber Company were walking along the runway on the flume Tuesday morning They were going towards the Afterthought mine Klinger was some distance behind Storer and was unable to assist his comrade Storer appeared to become dlszy and lost his balance Klinger saw the accident but was helpless Storer fell over and struck the ground with a groan When Klinger reached him he thought he was dead but placed tbe Injured man in a comfortable position and then got assistance Storer was carried to Round Mountain Bis brother Storer had started for Redding and was not at home Word was at once sent to Redding for Dr Bryant but he was so busy he could not get away and turned the case over to Dr Wallace who left for Round Mountain about 10 Otis Storer Is one of the best known young men in the Round Mountain region He is thirty-one years iff age Storer was engaged to be married to Miss Grace Hart daughter of Mrs Bouton of Round Mountain As readers of the Free Press will remember Miss Hart was crushed to death at her home on September 24th by a heavy tree falling upon her She had been assisting her cousin saw the tree and Storer came along and took her place at the saw She started for her home and the tree fell crushing the life out of her frail body before the eyes of her horrified fiance who was helpless to save her They were to have been married during the latter part of October Storer was almost erased over the terrible accident and since that time his nerves have not been as steady as they were Whether the thoughts of that other accident had any bearing on the present one may never be known It Is however a sad coincidence that one should have been killed and the other possibly fatally injured within a month of the day set for their wedding Thousands Cured Witch Hazel Salve has cured thousands of cases of Piles "I bought a box of Witch Hasel Salve on the recommendation of our so writes LaCrolx of Za-valla Tex used It for a stubborn case of Piles It cured me permanently" Sold by Prescription Pharmacy NETTED I2SS IMPROVEMENT CLUB HAD UNUSUAL SUCCESS THIS YEAR Rummage Sale Beat all Previous Records and Netted Sufficient Money For the Library Park Improvements The rummage sale recently bold by the Improvement Club netted an even $265- This broke all previous records in the rummage sale line as the most successful sale heretofore netted about 9160 The members of the Improvement Club who managed the recent sale worked hard and earnestly for Its success and the results were for beyond the fondest hopes This money will be devoted to Improvement work The park at the rear of tbe Carnegie library Is now being graded A retaining wall will be built and the park seeded to grass and trees planted The club has other Improvements in contemplation that will be attended to later DEATH OF LITTLE ONE Nineteen Months Daughter of Mr and Mrs Stuart Dies at Dairy Mabel fee nineteen months old daughter of Mr and Mrs William Stuart died at Riverside Dairy Wednesday morning November 2 1904 at about 8 The little one had been ill for five mitM but was In a hopeful condition until Saturday when a change waa made for fee Young and Old Alike Eve was observed a day late In Redding this year by many various pranks as is usually the case on such occasions It is a question who bad the most enjoyment during fee evening those perpetrating fee jokes or th ones wbo were taking observations Small boys are generally accredited wife fee carrying away of gates and ringing door bells after securing fee door so fee lnmstes will find that nil endeavors to open them are futile But judging from the bevy of High School girls and boys in evidence Monday night fee little ones were not alone In fee mischief doing While Patrolman Shallock accompanied by a friend was making a tour of fee city to prevent any serious depredations Monday night a heavily loaded rig was heard rumbling near fee Redding gas works Suspecting some mischief on foot fee officer and companion paused until fee Spring wagon was just opposite them Turning a flashlight on fee outfit revealed a merry crowd of High School girls who were being hauled by their very gallant boy friends Instant confusion prevailed the young ladles running for dear life and proving beyond any doubt feat their sprinting abilities exceeded those of their boy friends for some of fee boys were caught though after an assurance that they would "be were allowed to join their fair companions who were waiting short distance away Some of fee smaller onee on South Pine street were considerably frightened over fee fear of capture Aa an officer was showing his sprinting ability endeavoring to overtake a band of mall boys one of fee little fellows fell to the ground and ns the jovial guardian of fee law picked up the little man he was astonished to hear him say got no chicken got A little further search found the culprit and fee chicken The youthful puriolner seemed to be finite satisfied to be relieved of his prey and fee fowl half smothered and crushed was placed In more considerate hands until its ownership could be proven On fee business streets various signs mysteriously were moved this phase of the work being done while fee officers were at fee night train So rapidly was It done and quietly that fee act was virtually unknown by any except those belonging to the party They were well fitted up for sign moving using small ladder to enable them to work wife much haste Dlttmar found all outward for dlcatlons of his office down Market street In front of a photograph gallery The front of Mrs Heritor's millinery store was ornamented with barbed wire and chicken fence netting An office chair was found Tuesday morning suspended high but not dry on power line pole at the corner of Market and Yuba streets The Free Press business office front was decorated wife vegetables a regular Harvest Home -while on the door was tacked a banner bearing in large letters Wagon wheels were changed and other mlxups were In evidence No very serious damage was done but considerable annoyance resulted by fee gate stealing proceedings Mothers Praise It Mothers everywhere praise One Minute Cough Cure for the sufferings It has relieved and fee lives of their little ones It has saved A certain cure for congha croup and whooping cough A Spafford postmaster of Chester Mich says: "Our little girl was unconscious from strangulation daring sudden end terrible attack of croup One Minute Cough Cure quickly relieved and cured her and I cannot praise it too One Minute Cough Cure relieves coughs makes breathing easy cuts out phlegm draws out Inflammation and removes every cause of a cough and strain on the longs Sold by Prescription Pharmacy BIG MEE1C III WESTERK SUISTI CREIGHTON MEET8 WITH A ROU8ING RECEPTION BY PEOPLE OF ONO ready for its regular sdhadala afSffi! work rv-: A good deal of lmprovaoMals be made In that locality this The company has already' about Eva miles of railroad In oparattoa will- extend the road betwsra and four miles further Into the At present fee sawmill Is busily gsged turning out hugs bridge bora These timbers will be WNi fee construction of a 'bridge aaroM Slate creek The bridge ha feet long and will be erected la very substantial manner Vv There tie about forty IlllS Mysterious Circumstance One was pale and sallow and the other fresh and rosy Whence the difference? She who la blushing with health usee Dr New Life Pills to maintain it By gently arousing the lazy organs they compel good digestion and headoff constipation Try them Only 26c at fee Redding Drag and Book Store THE DE1D CORONER BASSETT IS TRYING HARD TO IDENTIFY VICTIM OF ACCIDENT RaHroad Crew States That the Locomotive Never Struck the Men But Every Indication Points to the Fact That It Did Before returning from fee scene of fee accident occurring two miles this side of Delta where an unknown man was klU Sunday morning Coroner Bassetft ft Instructions with Constable Dal i to search fee Sacrar mento river banks for traces of fee bundle of clothing which the deceased was known to have carried Up to this time no trace of his clothes have been found Upon the person of fee unfortunate man there was not even a scrap of paper that would lead to clearing fee mystery of his identity It was quite evident however that he had at some time been engaged In mining as prospector's glass was found In one pocket Hla companion youth of about seventeen years was evidently very much frightened at fee occurrence ns he hurried south on fee railroad He passed a crew of section men and topped to relate the happening and to them said that he had only been wife the unfortunate man a few hours that morning having never seen him before that day All necessary precautions against accidents have been made by fee Southern Pacific Company upon this bridge There Is a manway two feet wide on the side of fee track besides a place for pedestrians below the track But the deceased must certainly have lost control of his faculties and seemed paralyzed and unable to get away from fee danger that was awaiting him An Investigation proved that fee unfortunate fellow was not Intoxicated having had but one drink of liquor that morning in Delta and as no flask was found on his body It was evident bis last drink was taken In that place as there are no places between Delta and fee scene of fee accident where he could hare purchased an intoxicating beverage Coroner Bassett Is using every means in his power to locate the missing companion and discover the dead budget This makes the third case In two months In the office In which there hare been no clews upon fee body that would lead to the identification of the victim The railroad crew states that the man was not struck by fee locomotive but jumped to his death All Indications point to fee fact that he was struck by the engine On his bend were plate marks where fee cylinder end had struck OVERTAXED Hundreds of Redding Readers Know What It Means The kidneys are overtaxed Have too much to do They tell about it In many aches and pains Backache headache sldeache Early symptoms of kidney Ills Urinary troubles diabetes disease follow A Gibson switchman In the yards of 1216 Jackson street Red Bluff says: "For six months I knew my kidneys were In some way upset probably weakened from the contraction of cold which settled across fee loins or perhaps excited from over-exertion Be feat as it may when my back was aching I naked Mrs Gilson to procure Kidney Pills and I took a course of fee treatment It stopped fee backache Up to date there has not been a symptom of a recurrence fens proving to me conclusively feat Kidney Pills set ns Plenty more proof like fete from Redding people Call at the Redding and ask what dealers Price 60 Ca Buffalo United States and 11 A Good Complexion "Sparkling eyes and rogy cheeks restored by using Little Early so writes Moore at Nacogdoches Tex A certain cure for biliousness constipation etc Small easy to easy to act Sold by Prescription Pharmacy ONLY SEVEN LICENSES ISSUED BY CLERK DURNQ THE MONTH One Groom Was Obliged to Obtain tho Consent of His Office Fees Collected for October Amounted to Reports of Clerk and Treasurer favorite month is certainly not October tor the marriage license books In County Clerk Blodgett's office show a small number of licenses issued to parties tired of single life only seven haring been issued From fifty-five years to eighteen are the ages as shown by the persona desiring to wed Clarence Welton 28 and Hattie Gale 22 both residents of La Molne were the first to be placed on record last month the license having been issued on the first day of the month October 6th shows evidence of two licenses The first was Issued to Manuel West 40 year of age and a resident of this place to wed Row-ena Emery aged 18 a resident of Winters Following a close second on the 6th came Eugene McBaln aged 27 a resident of Or land desirous of wedding Nellie Dobklns 24 years of age residing at Newvllle Robert Walker and Jennie Wright both residents of Redding aged 66 and 62 years respectively secured a license the 11th of October A license was Issued the 16th of October permitting Arthur Car-lock a resident of Shasta aged 28 to wed Anna Anderson of Redding aged 19 On the 2 2d of last month two licenses were Issued tbe first to Fred Nason aged 24 residing at Woodland and Floy Fuller aged 21 a resident of Anderson This same day George Farnsworth of Keswick desired to secure a license to marry Nancy Dunham aged 18 also a resident of Keswick As Farnsworth was only 20 years of age it was1 necessary for him to have the permission of his guardian Accordingly Mrs Mulford of Taylor California sent her written consent and George Farnsworth left the county office happy In fee possession of the desired documatut The county fees and law library fees made a very small showing this month only $15615 Licenses Collected For the month of October licenses have been collected to the amount of $2549 in the tax collector's office County Treasurer's Report County Treasurer Dennis made his report Tuesday afternoon It shows cash on hand to be $3236712 On October 1st there waa on $42-37951 The receipts daring October were $217942 and the disbursements $1219181 Escaped an Fate Mr Hagglns of Melbourne Fla writes "My doctor ttold me I bad Consumption and nothing could be done for me I was given up todle The offer of a free tflal bottle of Dr New Disco very for Consumption Induced mu to try it Results were startling am now on fee road to recovery and owe all to Dr New Discovery it surely saved my This grelat cure Is guaranteed for all thoat and lag diseases by Redding Drug and Book Store druggists Price 25c and $1 Trial bottle free SUFFERED WEARS With Dyspepsia I have been suffering for fee past fifteen years with Dyspepsia and hare tried every remedy available and also many doctors hut found no relief until I purcheased a 25 cent package of Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets which helped me Immediately and two boxes entirely cured Hoping I may benefit some other sufferer I ask you to publish this Thomas Smallwood 145 South Mechanic Street Springfield Ohio Fra sale by Redding Drug and Book Store Send to WK Hooker ft Oo Buffalo for a few trial package (Nethlng Like Them) 4 ed in fee building of the new road 3 and work on it will probably i all winter A night and day fores Is wofeteg hi fee La Molne box factory to fill the many orders that on hand Jack Riley returned to Tuesday evening from Batts 1 after about one says he expects to winter He was formerly employed at the Alta House In the capacity of and Sharkskin i I i i il -if 6 Oil tanned Grate Leather Channel Standard Screwed Doable Medium Tipped Toes Seamless one of fee very best for wet Lot 22 Mente 6 to 11 IU0 Lot 22 2 yt to Lot 22 11J6 to 2 1JB TO BE HAD ONLY AT A Exclusive Shea ttora REDDING CAL PHON Mail Orders Given Prompt Attention UaafiafififiafiaftAfiafiaaaAAAAAaaAAAAaAABAftEMEGi Creighton Republican nominee for assemblyman In this district Is having splendid meetings and fee one at Ono Monday night was one of fee largest and best feat he has held The meeting was held In the school-1 Remember the nam house where Mr Creighton has I take no other Drug and Book Store their customers report For sale by all cents Poeter-MIIbura sole agents for fep -5 i'--- -v yc'LV.