Free Press Saturday Weekly from Redding, California • 8

I man referred to le a resident of Big Bend and that he was guilty of resist-1 ing an officer The marshal says the man struck him and tried to tear a board from the Depot hotel fence a weapon whereupon he reduced him to a state of passivity with a blow of his club The Big Bender was left in the cooler for several hours has never received his $300 reward from the state for killing the man who attempted to hold up the railroad depot three years and a half ago The state board allowed tbe claim all right but Schuckman has not yet seen the coin equivalent Cleveland Tucker a well known Keswick lad has opened up a newsstand at Copley and Is ready for the boom when it strikes that place The Keswick orchestra has an advertisement elsewhere in this paper It is a first-class combination of musicians under the leadership of Charles Kline with A Kenney as business manager The orchestra is a large one and furnishes on call excellent musio for dances and entertainments Mrs Thomas entertained her Sunday school class Saturday afternoon with a party which includedi good things to eat for the youug folks KESWICK NEWS Roustabout Man Loses His Lunch and His Ticker Special Correnpondence Free Pram Kkswick April 25 -A laborer in the railroad roustabout gang was peculiarly unfortunate yesterday Some one stole liis lunch bucket He bad to walk half a mile to get his diuner After eating he saw by his watch that he had twenty-five minutes to get back to his work When he got "on the he was amazed to find that he had no watch He had probably dropped it on the ground instead of into his pocket It was Worth $25 Johb LalFerty well khown among smelter employes is now working in the Napa tanneries at good wages is an experienced man in leather The Keswick orchestra will furnish the music for the dance at Shasta next Saturday evening True Christopher will open their new saloon next to news stsud in a day or so Fireman Nichols has moved into his new house ou the hill east of the school house Will Thomas cousin of Mrs II Bilker stopped over night in Kes wick on liis way from Los Angeles to Tacoma Mrs Asseistlne wife of the jeweler has gone to Vancouver Washington on a two visit to the home folks POWER HOUSE SITE HAM PRICE TERRIBLY INJURED AT KESWICK Already Owners Are Preparing to Rebuild Burned District 'Special Correspondence Fasa Press Keswick April Samuel life was probably saved yesterday by his shoes He was employed on one of the new McDougalls In attempting to put a belt on a pulley a set screw caught in his clothing and he was whirled arouud and around 'the shaft Fortunately it had a slow motion He was alone at the time his partner being at work ou the lower floor shoes were torn from his feet and cast to the floor below The partner thought there was something wrong about the shower of shoes He climbed above and at once saw predicament He retraced his steps to the lower floor and stopped the machinery by shutting off the current in the dynamo All this took time Price must have been carried arouud the Bhaft a hundred times or more In the few precious minutes he was helpless But for the shower of shoes he might have been tangled up very much longer before being discovered He was frightfully maogled Both feet were crushed fearfully both bones of a leg broken and his right arm almost torn from its socket While being conveyed to the hospital he was conscious and talked cheerfully Whether he can stand the shock remains to be seen His arm may have to be amputated as there was but little flesh left on it near the shoulder He is aged about SO years had worked in the smelter but ten days and it is believed came here from Glenn county It is expected that Bcliuckman hotel at the depot will be open for business May 1st John Miller has resumed business In a sheii ou the old premises It may be said that his business never closed because of ttie lire He waited upon customers as his bar stood in the rieven saloons were burned down in lire Fifteen were left In the town however Dennis Lucy feels very grateful to the Mountain Copper company from the manager down for what was done to save his building Buckets and water were given In plenty at a critical moment The company Is always generous in its assistance In time of fire It miniature water works did good service in affording protection to his saloon building John Miller will put up a temporary building on the old 'place and will resume business right away John Morgan had men at work yesterday clearing ofT his lot in the "burnt and to-day carpenters are at work putting up a new building for bis Smelter saloon- Gus Bauer and Paul Friedman have uot definitely formed their plans Henry Prickiuger will put up a building for John saloon It will stand nmvi tin tbe old site Mrs Dinnigan is ill Schuckman will come to Keswick to revtde about May 10th He PEASE President News Notes of the Miners MAN WITH A STICK STARTS EXCITEMENT Philemon Beck Declares Oil Lies 180 Feet Beneath the Surface The people of the vicinity of Elmore are wondering eagerly if oil exists beneath the surface of their holdings in tbe canon An oil excitement was started there several days ago by the declaration of a patriarch from Yolo county who based his statement on the actions of his divining rod Philemon Beck of Knights Landing is a substantial German -American citizen who having placed himself beyond the reach of want devotee his time to the study of kindly provisions for mankind- The divining rod has been his especial study From the antics of a supple branch from a tree held in his hand and controlled apparently and a9 he says by his own mental concentration he has long been able to point out the exact spot where water may be found The willowy wand under his power vibrates a number of limes telling how many feet tbe water le beneath the surface Mr Beck has studied the practicability of the liiviuing roil in locating oil He has frequently shown his neighbors where to bore for water and their wells have proved his prediction He asserts with equal firmness that lie can locate deposits of oil Mr Beck has been visiting the friends of his youth at Elmore He found surface indications and immediately secured a rod to test the ground for oil He Bays it is there in places At one spot he believes it lies only 180 feet below the surface Several parties carried Mr Beck over their land and noted each spot where he declared a well would strike oil Some of tbe residents doubt but others knowing of Mr reputation with his divining rod are staunch believers in bis predictions for their laud How to get a well down is the next question with them Preparing For Confirmation There will be cervices in the Catholic church on Sunday theSth of May in Redding at 8 and also at 10:30 a on the same morning The Rt Rev Bishop Grace of Sacramento will celebrate the 8 mass and the Rev Father McGrath will celebrate tbn 10:30 mass which will be sung by special choir The Rt Rev' Bishop will preach at the last mass ami also administer tbe sacrament of confirmation to a large class of children hnd adults Immediately after tbe high mass The children preparing for confirmation are expected to study the several parte assigned them so they may be able to pass a creditable examination when the bishop comes The examination will take place at 7 on Saturday May 4th and also on Sunday morning May 5th Bella Vlstans Unite A marriage license was issued Wednesday afternoon to Glen Chatham aged 21 years aud Miss Ella Hughes aged 18 years Both are natives of California and residents of Bella Vista Tbe couple were married shortly after the issuance of the 11-! cense by Justice Herzinger No More a Cess Pool George Cochran superintendent of streets and his men were engaged Thursday in changing the drains at the intersection of Yuba and California streets so that they will no longer empty on the Lorenz lot Pipes were laid so that the water from the gutters will be carried off down California street The buildiog of the new hotel lias already the advantage of removing a malarious cess pool The Free Press is in receipt of a communication from a resident stating that the city marshal beat a drunken mail brutally on Oregon street Tuesday and protesting agaiust conduct Marshal Fisher when interviewed said that the drunken DENIES HE KNOWS OF THE CUMMINGS GIRL False Story Is Injuring the Compahy Playing at Eugene Oregon The Free Press is in receipt of a letter from Ralston business manager of the Jessie Shirley company which is now at Eugene Oregon He denies the story that Maud Cummings went to meet Drew the zylophone player of the Shirley orchestra The company hag been in the north all the time The story is being pub-ished in Oregon and is calculated to damage the business and reputatiou Mr Ralston states that he le abso lutely positive that the story connecting WJ Drew with the escapade is wholly unfounded Miss Ella Estes left Wednesday night for San Francisco where she will endeavor to locate her niece Maud Cummings who left her homo in this city several days ago Question Answered Yes August Flower still has the largest sale of any medicine in' the civilized world Your mothers and grandmothers nevev thought of using anything else for indigestion or biliousness Doctors were scarce and they seldom heard of appendicitis nervous prostration or heart failure etc They used August Flower to clean out the system and stop fermentation of undigested food regulate the action of tbe liver stimulate the nervous and organic action of tbe system and that is all they took when feeling dull and bad- with headaches and other aches You only need few doses of August Flower lu liquid form to make you satisfied there is nothing serious the matter with you Go to Redding Drug and Book Store aud get a sample bottle free Regular size 75 ceuts Get Prize Almanac Castle Hock Natural Mineral later Awarded Vint Premium at the State Fair Sacramento A flue table' water with wonderful medicinal properties The proprietor! alio have camping grounds at Caitella Spring! Mineral bath! for accommodation of campers after Hij 15th For termi and partlculaa address a PARKINSON PBE8IDKNT AND MAKAQBR ICaatella Cal Garden Hose I Fishing Tackle I Tents and i Hammocks Ice Cream Freezers and Refrigerators Mower and Rakce James Young HABDWABE COMPANY Near 0 TeLM Redding De LaMar The Growing Smelter City offers choice investments Business lots in the heart of town as low as $150 Beal? deuce lots within one block of the main business portion from $40 to $75 Terms easy Profits certain Buyers will double their money jn six months Me Mar Torate Co' DELAMAR SOCIAL' Popular and Skillful Young People Win Prizes Special Correspondence raaa Paw DeLamar April 25 A social was given in DeLamar for the benefit of the parsonage A voting contest took place for the moat popular young lady and gentleman' The prizes consisted of a gold watch and chain valued at $40 and a gold ring valued at $6 Tbe watch contest was between Miss Hattie Moore and Miss Royal Miss Moore won by 195 majority Tbe contest for tbe -moat popular youug gentleman wae rather slow at flwt between John Stewart Mr Hieing and Mr Ball 'At last Cady started the ball rolling by passing the hat and taking up a collection of 95 cents for John Stewart Mr Stewart won by thirty-three majority He is one of those good-hearted good-natured men who is always ready and willing to assist a fellow man Another prize was a silk nmhrella given to the person who whlje blindfolded came the nearest to pinning a tail in tbe right place on a picture The prize wae won by Master Norman Bra who pinned the tail in the exact spot where it belonged ANOTHER COMPANY Determination Petroleum Company Has Large Holdings The latest oil company to be formed is the Determination Petroleum company It is organized under tbe laws of Arizona for $1000000 The directors are Dr Friable San Francisco president William Brote Bakersfield vice president Wentworth Anderson secretary Fairbanks Arbuckle and Oliphant Anderson Bryan ReddlDg: Alford Rosewood The company has large holdings of land in both Shasta and Tehama counties a considerable acreage lying in the Bald Hills Oil Land Sells Cheap Dr Buffington public administrator of Burte county was in Redding Friday for the purpose of selling at public auction 160 acres of land located ou Bercreek tills county aud belonging to the estate of Mrs Kate Hoiubar deceased The land was sold to Mrs Mary tors for $120 It is in the heart of the Bear creek oil lands Will Locate Families Head of Brown county 8outh Dakota is in Redding on a visit to his brother Dr Head of the New System dental parlors He has been traveling through Washington and Oregon looking for locations for eastern families and will remain in this section several days Bridge a well known resident of the Inwood section wae a business visitor to the county seat Friday Andrew Squire a well known business man of Fall River Mills transacted business in Redding Friday Joseph Sent! of Buckeye was in town Friday He aays the heavy frost two weeks ago effected his vineyard Cardwell is In town from his home at Harrison Gulch Carson of Sallee was a Thursday visitor to the county seat Antone Jaegel went to Red Bluff on a business trip Thursday morning Jacob Young a mining man was in Redding Thursday en route from Ban Francisco to his home at ranch John Logan a well known miner who has been employed by Volney Fox near French Gulch for several mouths was a guest at the Golden Eagle hotel Wednesday evening A VAN DER School of Practical Civil lining ELECTRICAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Surveying Architecture Drawing and Assaying Cyauidtf Culurlnation Metallurgy IiJ Ffiltoa St one block west el City Hall San Francisco Cal OPEN ALL YEAR Aseaylngoi Ores 125 Bullion and Chlorination Aay $21 Blowpipe Assay $10 Full Course of Aiwaylng foil Ebtsbllihed lest for Circular Wanted! Red fir mining poles Not less than four inches at small end and not more than eight inches at larger end Address MOUNTAIN COPPER CO MINING SUIT NOW IN THE COURT A Party to the Action Tells a Queer Storj of the Mis nnderstanding There is an Important mining suit now pending in the court with $3000 involved which appears to have two very different sides to it The suit Is that of A McIntosh and Jf 11-son versus Connor to force the return of two notes for $1500 each signed by McIntosh aud Jillaon as surety which are In the Bank of Shasta County The notes were made as payment for a third Interest in the Daisy Dean mine at Hayden Hill It has been stated that the notes and a deed were placed in the bank in escrow This Mr Connor denies He states that he gave an absolute deed to A McIntosh who tendered him the notes in payment and that he placed the notes in the bank himself merely for safe keeping Mr Connor states that he notified McIntosh that the notes were due whereupon the latter brought suit On March 9 1899 Mr Connor bonded a one-third interest in the Daisy Dean to Crane and John Swear-inger for $5000 for sixteen months Two extensions of three months each were granted when Connor was notified that they had assigned the bond to A McIntosh whom he had never seen The sura of $500 which was deducted by Conuor is alleged never to have been used as agreed and for this additional trouble is promised Portugese Couple Marry A quiet wedding took place in the Catholic church Thursday at 8:30 a Jacento Costa aud Miss Mary Piever of Weaverville were the contracting parties Autoue Piever and Mary Joseph were witnesses to the marriage A nuptial mass was celebrated for their welfare by Rev Father McGrath Immediately after the wedding ring was blessed The wedding party partook of a pleasant wedding breakfast after the services were over The bride aud groom had a special carriage from Weaverville and returned to their home ou the slope of Trinity mountain after breakfast Antone Piever brother of the bride had interposed an objection because she had so recently come to this country from Portugal but he withdrew this Shasta Oll in Chicago Dustin secretary of the Lassen Butte Oil company was engaged Thursday packing prospectuses of tbe company for shipment to Chicago The company has five established offices in that city at the present lime Bruson the aged mining man was a guest at the Depot hotel Veduesday afternoon 3 and Elder two young miners were in Redding Thursday from the East Side brought with them a nine ounce gold worth $159 which they took out near the old Ben Jenkins place on Rocky Plains RUNYON Secretary RUBBER GOODS First St Portland Oregon Shasta Electric Power Company flakes a Purchase Superintendent John Dodgers of the Shasta Electric Power company purchased the site for the power house from Louis Silva Thursday for The site 430x150 feet is on section 20 township 35 north range 3 west It borders the McCloud is nine miles above Baird and seven and one-third miles below the head of the power ditch Mr Rodgers' has set men to work on the ditch for which a complete survey has been made with Weldon as foreman The force is aoon to be increased Charles Litch and wife of Shasta were in Redding late Tuesday afternoon Mr Litsch recently returned from Kotdc creek near Wengler where he located mining claims Charles Thompson tbe Keswick attorney was a passenger on Wednesday train enroute to Nevada and Arizona in which states he will establish selling agencies for the Keswick Crude Oil company WD Graham Dick Hold to A one'feiglitii Interest in the sw of sec 12 twp 32 2 the same being known as the Alaska Petroleum placer claim The purchase price named in the deed was nominal SHEPARD Treasurer Crack Proof I ruin: kuiskhk hoots "SNAG Rutter Boot Crack Proof l-V Cal 73 anil 73 iEtub ber Belting Packing Sc Bose vw' Rubber Clothing-MACKINTOSHES Oil lot him: 573 579 Market Street WGirdnerSec MEDittmarPres.