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Bishop, California
(including Bishop Creek)

Newspaper Articles

1899

Inyo Register, February 2, 1899
Summary: Business cards posted for:
* W.H. George MD, Physician and Surgeon. North Main Street, Bishop, California.
* Helen M. McKnight. MD, Physician and Surgeon. Line Street, Bishop, California.
* Doctor J.S. McQueen, Dentist. Bishop, California
* Ed M. Clarke, Veterinarian. Bishop, California.
* White Smith. Attorney and Councilor. Notary Public. Bishop, California.
* S.G. Sneden. Attorney at Law. Notary Public. Bishop, California.
* Forbes & O’Niel. Attorneys. Bishop, California.
* F.E. Densmore. Attorney.

Inyo Register, March 2, 1899
Summary: James and Thomas Cain arrive from Bodie to attend the funeral of James Stuart.

Inyo Register, March 2, 1899
"RECORD OF DEATH"
Summary: Death of James Stuart, who suddenly died Friday past. He was a mechanic. Helped to build the first Central Pacific Railroad snowsheds. He was a foreman of the tunnel timbering forces in the building of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. He also ran a lumber business in Bodie. He was the uncle of J.S. and Thomas Cain. He was last living in Bishop.

Inyo Register, March 2, 1899
Summary: A card of thanks from J.S. and Thomas Cain, thanking those who had assisted in the last respects of James Stuart.

Inyo Register, March 9, 1899
Summary: Ernest and Fred Jalliday left for Independence on bicycles. They plan to go onto Los Angeles, where their mother is dangerously ill.

1905

Inyo Register, January 5, 1905
"TABOOSE."
John Cromwell, one of the brightest of the rising generation of Indians, died near here recently. He returned only recently from the Carson Indian school, and had previously been a student for a while at the great school at Chilocco, Oklahoma.

Inyo Register, January 5, 1905
"TABOOSE."
A young Indian known as Milt Clark died at the Carson Indian school a few days ago. The body arrived here this morning, and was met at the train by a number of his relatives and fellow tribesmen, with quite a procession of vehicles.

Inyo Register, January 12, 1905
"TABOOSE."
Henry Jackson had his collar bone broken yesterday by a fall from a horse. The accident occurred near Hill's hotel.

Inyo Register, January 12, 1905
"TABOOSE."
Mrs. D.R. McLaren is suffering from the effects of a badly sprained right arm, the result of a fall near the Adventist church a few evenings ago.

Inyo Register, January 12, 1905
"CARSON INDIAN SCHOOL IN DISFAVOR."
Milt Clark, the young Indian whose remains were brought home from Carson last week, was the tenth to die among the students who have gone from here to enter that school. Throat or lung troubles caused each and all of the deaths. It would hardly be supposed that the climate or conditions differed so greatly from those here as to cause this heavy mortality, but such seems to be the case. As a result, the local Piutes [sic] have lost interest in that school, while allowing their boys and girls to still go there if the latter insist. They no longer encourage the idea.

Inyo Register, January 26, 1905
Mrs. Harper, wife of J.E. Harper, a hardware drummer well known here, was attacked by a Negro in Reno last Friday morning. He struck her on the head with an ax, and then dragged her to a woodshed, where he proceeded to beat her still more, when the screams of her children frightened him away. He was later captured, and narrowly escaped lynching, by being taken to Carson. Mrs. Harper may recover.

Inyo Register, February 2, 1905
"TABOOSE."
An Indian known as Mullen contributed $12 to the county's funds Friday in Justice Shannon's court, for having been drunk and disorderly.

Inyo Register, February 2, 1905
"TABOOSE."
While playing at the West Bishop schoolhouse a few days ago, Arthur Barlow, son of John Barlow, met with an accident in which his arm was broken.

Inyo Register, February 2, 1905
"TABOOSE."
An Indian named Bob Jones was brought into town Tuesday suffering with a fractured skull. The injury was inflicted on him last Wednesday, and the Piutes [sic] kept him in camp during the intervening days. The name of his assailant and other particulars have not been learned. The injuries are likely to prove fatal.

Inyo Register, February 2, 1905
"TABOOSE."
J.S. Turner allowed the carcass of a cow to remain on his place, unburned, for a longer period than allowed by the order of the Board of Supervisors, and was therefore called to answer to a misdemeanor charge in Justice Shannon's court Friday. Admitting the facts as alleged, a fine of $10 and costs was imposed.

Inyo Register, February 2, 1905
"TABOOSE."
There seems to be an epidemic of bogus-check swindling, judging from the number of cases reported in different exchanges. But little of such work has been done here, but precautions are well worth taking. In the majority of cases, the swindler offers a check in payment for goods, and asks for cash for the difference between his purchase and the check he tenders.

Inyo Register, February 2, 1905
"DIED."
At Bishop, Cal., Jan. 26, 1905, Alvah K. Briggs, a native of Michigan, aged 58 years.

Inyo Register, February 9, 1905
"TABOOSE."
Carl Foorman arrived yesterday morning, having been summoned by telegraph to see his father. ...
... Miss Pauline Foorman returned from San Francisco Tuesday morning, called by the dangerous illness of her father. ...
... Sol Foorman has been in a precarious condition for the last few days from heart trouble. At last accounts he was somewhat better.

Inyo Register, April 13, 1905
"Jack the Kisser" was escorted by Marshall Bradshaw Tuesday night to serve out a $75 fine. Jack, whose name is John French, made himself obnoxious lately by offering to kiss several ladies whom he met on the street. Marshall Bradshaw caught him in the act Saturday evening and landed him in jail in time to prevent an irate husband taking matters into his own hands. Jack pleaded guilty when arraigned.

Inyo Register, March 2, 1905
"OPERATION FOR APPENDICITIS."
It is interesting to note that an operation for removal of the appendix, the first of its kind to be done in the valley, was performed last Monday morning at the residence of Mrs. C. Radcliffe, in Bishop, by Drs. Frisbee, Doyle and Doyle. The patient was Miss May Smith, daughter of I.F. Smith, of Round Valley. An impromptu operating room, formed by covering the ceiling, walls and floor with wet bichloride sheets, met the demand for external cleanliness and immunity from infection, while the details of the operation were carried out under strict antiseptic precautions. The patient is progressing favorably toward recovery.
That such an operation can be performed in our midst shows a marked advance along medical and surgical lines here.

1907

Inyo Register, May 9, 1907
Summary: Death of Ray Yaney. Yaney born in Benton, California.

1908

Inyo Register, March 26, 1908
Summary: Bishop resident by the name of Kinney, murdered in Seattle, Washington.

Inyo Register, April 2, 1908
Summary: Death of Ray Gill. Prominently of Esmeralda County,Nevada. Gill was born and raised in Bishop, California. The obituary is quoted from the Reno Journal.

Inyo Register, June 18, 1908
"SEVERAL ACCIDENTS."
Summary: Jerome, the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Watterson, broke both bones in one of his arms after falling from the rolling ladder in the family's hardware store.

Inyo Register, June 18, 1908
"GOT THEIRS"
Summary: Indian charged with being drunk in public in court. Partial transcript of the court session:

"In Recorder Johnson's court yesterday, he pleaded guilty to a drunk and disorderly charge. Quote, aren't you on the water wagon, Ed? asked the Judge. Yes. Raise the dickens, every time you get drunk? Yes, guess I do. Where do you get your whiskey? If I told, I couldn't get any more. Alright, I can't make you tell, of course. I guess whoever it was won't give you any for ninety days, anyway."

Inyo Register, June 25, 1908
"PIONEER PASSES AWAY."
Summary: Death of I.P. Yaney, of Bishop. He was 88 years old at death. Came to Aurora in 1863. Moved to Bridgeport, then in 1867 he moved to Bishop. Also lived at Benton between 1876 and 1879.

Inyo Register, July 2, 1908
"GOT OFF EASY ENOUGH."
A baker named Louis Warner, who had been employed by W.H. Shirley, made a fierce assault of foul language and threats of violence on Carl Hartshorn a boy barely in his teens. Citizens standing by would have been glad to have mopped up the sidewalk with the fellow, but he was arrested instead. Recorder Johnson considered that to imprison him might be a hardship on his employer, so fined him sixty dollars. And after all, Warner jumped the job forthwith.

Inyo Register, July 2, 1908
Summary: A Greek man hurt by a falling tree at the Nevada-California Power Company operations on Bishop Creek.

Inyo Register, July 9, 1908
Summary: A man hurt in a fall at Nevada-California Power Company operations on Bishop Creek.

Inyo Register, July 9, 1908
Summary: In a column on local misdemeanors, most arrests listed are for Indians drunk in public and those who are caught selling liquor to the Indians.

Inyo Register, July 16, 1908
"TABOOSE."
Summary: Details on several infractions on liquor sold to Indians.

Inyo Register, July 16, 1908
"ACCIDENTS IN CAMP."
Summary: Chester Keough cut his foot off with an ax at Andrews Camp. There also Attorney L.C. Hall was thrown from his horse and knocked silly.

Inyo Register, July 23, 1908
"CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS."
Summary: Person arrested for passing bad checks, another for selling liquor to Indians.

Inyo Register, July 23, 1908
"ATTEMPTED BURGLARY."
Summary: Man sleeping above his store heard glass breaking. He went down and found two or three men hiding. The store owner was unarmed, so he went to look for an officer. Upon return, he found the place deserted. The attempted burglars left behind a pair of good pants, which was used to wrap around their hand to smash the window. Quotation from article:

"The firm has therefore a surplus pair of pants, which they would be glad to have the owner call for - when there is someone in the store."

Inyo Register, July 30, 1908
"THIRTY-SIX YEARS AGO."
From the Inyo Independent, July 27, 1872
Summary: A Mexican man drowned in the Owens River, at its confluence with Bishop Creek, as he was driving a band of cattle through.

Inyo Register, July 30, 1908
"SCARED BUT NOT HURT."
Summary: An automobile went roaring by the horse driven stage on the road to Andrews Camp, upsetting the team and starting a runaway. Article states that the driver of the auto should have been arrested, but says, quote:

"... the chauffeur failed to linger here long enough to find out about it."

Inyo Register, August 6, 1908
"AN ATROCIOUS MURDER: WOMAN VICTIM OF ASSASSIN - HER HUSBAND AND ANOTHER MAN CHARGED AS GUILTY."
Summary: Fanny Snyder killed twenty miles southwest of Bishop on South Fork of Bishop Creek. Scene of murder two miles below Hillside Lake [Note: Now South Lake]. The crime is veiled in mystery. Mrs. Snyder is the wife of a contractor on the Nevada-California Power Company, P.N. Snyder. The story, told by the husband, was that he and his wife had left their camp at Andrew's Camp at 4:00 o'clock Sunday afternoon. They rode to Green Camp, below Hillside Lake, to pay off a number of employees. They were riding side by side along the road on the way back, a mile and a half or so below the camp, when a shot was fired from the roadside behind them. Snyder was rolling a cigarette and laid the reins on the horses neck when the shot came out, the animal jumped and threw him off. The second shot came and Mrs. Snyder got off and sat on a rock beside the road. She was still alive enough to make her way over to a rock, sat down and said she was dying. Two or three more shots were fired. The man drew his revolver, a .32 Colt, and emptied it at two men who were approaching. Snyder went running at them firing and kept on going back to the camp, and then men returned with him to take Mrs. Snyder on a litter, and they carried her to Andrew's Camp. When they got back to the camp, Mrs. Snyder was barely alive, and died almost immediately afterward. The company auto was dispatched for Justice Shannon, who reached the camp at 1:45am. There, an inquest was held. Dr. Doyal's examination had found that the ball had entered about an inch from the spine, between the eighth and ninth rib, passed directly through, and was stopped by a corset steel. The ball was found inside her dress in front, a lead ball of .38 caliber. Snyder is a Greek of considerable education. His original name had been Americanized at some earlier time. His wife had come from their home in the east a few weeks ago, a native of Kansas. She left four children, the youngest six years old. Mrs. Snyder was said to be well off in worldly possessions. P.N. Snyder had just sold his contract and he and his wife were said to be leaving for their home in Kansas. Further examination showed that someone had waited for some time in the rocks. A number of shells from Snyder's pistol were found. In time, people begin to suspect Snyder. It's possible that Snyder is probably shielding the Greeks as a matter of self protection against their vengeance. The first thing P.N. Snyder did was to offer a thousand dollar reward for the arrest of the murderers. A couple of people were camped a few hundred yards below the scene of the murder and heard the shooting and yelling, but believed the Greeks were drunk and did not investigate. At this writing, the case is tangled in mystery.

Rhyolite Herald, August 12, 1908
“SNYDER AND BROTHER HELD FOR DEATH OF MRS. SNYDER”
Summary: P.N. Snyder and his brother held for the Bishop Creek murder of wife near Andrews Camp.

Inyo Register, August 13, 1908
"SNYDER-AVGERINOS CASE."
Summary: More details on the murder of Fanny Snyder at Bishop Creek.

Inyo Register, August 20, 1908
"SNYDER-AVGERINOS CASE: EVIDENCE ON PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF ACCUSED."
Summary: Testimonies given in trial over murder of Fanny Snyder at Bishop Creek.

Inyo Register, August 27, 1908
"LENGTHY EXAMINATION OF THE SNYDER - AVGERINOS HEARING TWO WEEKS OLD."
No Summary.

Inyo Register, August 27, 1908
Summary: Jack Hilderbrand, a miner from Ballarat, fell out of the window of the Valley View Hotel in Bishop, shortly after he came from Rhyolite.

Inyo Register, August 27, 1908
Summary: Bishop man arrested for selling liquor to Indians.

Inyo Register, September 3, 1908
"P.N. SNYDER MUST STAND TRIAL FOR MURDER: BOND AT $20,000 - AVGERINOS CO-DEFENDANT TURNED LOOSE - HIS PARTICIPATION NOT BEING SHOWN.”
No Summary.

Inyo Register, September 3, 1908
"BODY OF MRS. SNYDER EXHUMED."
Summary: The body of Mrs. Snyder, whose husband is on trial for her murder, is exhumed and the remains shipped to Kansas for interment.

Inyo Register, September 17, 1908
"TABOOSE."
Summary: Officer Bradshaw returned from Bridgeport Monday bringing back Tom Roberts, an Indian, who escaped from the town jail. Quote from paragraph:

"The captive will now finish up his fifty day sentence provided, of course, that he doesn't happen to leak out again."

Inyo Register, September 17, 1908
Summary: Thomas Higgins was serving a 125 day sentence in the town jail in Bishop. He got a hold of a saw and he cut his way out to freedom. Officers chased him across the White Mountains east of town, but returned without him. Mr. Higgins has a long criminal record, now is wanted for jail breaking.

Inyo Register, September 17, 1908
Summary: John Simms, an employee of a contractor working on the Nevada-California Power Company construction at the Lake Sabrina dam site was mortally injured and and subsequently has died. He was sitting down holding a drill in the quarry when the boom of the derrick came down and dumped a heavy iron tackle block onto him. The impact broke Mr. Simms' ribs, driving the end of several of his ribs into his lungs. Investigation showed that apparently the engineer operating the derrick temporarily left his station, leaving the friction brake set. Somebody came by and knocked the brake off.

Inyo Register, September 24, 1908
"SNYDER FURNISHES BOND: TESTAMENT BY OFFICERS BEST THAT COULD BE GIVEN."
Summary: P.N. Snyder, who is accused of murdering his wife at Bishop Creek.

Inyo Register, October 1, 1908
Summary: The Inyo Independent reports that Sheriff Naylor is in receipt of a letter from Erie, Kansas that the will of the late Fanny Snyder has been found. In the will she leaves $100 to her husband and the remainder of her money to her children. Mrs. Snyder was murdered by her husband at Bishop Creek.

Inyo Register, October 15, 1908
Summary: An accident on an inclined railroad at Camp No. 2 of the Nevada-California Power Company resulted in the injuries of a number of men.

Inyo Register, October 22, 1908
"TABOOSE"
A. Dorwin was captured by Marsha Clark Monday in the act of selling liquor to an Indian.

Inyo Register, October 29, 1908
Summary: A man was injured by a rolling log at the sawmill near South Lake, on the South Fork of Bishop Creek.

Inyo Register, November 12, 1908
"INDIAN WAR HISTORY"
A.L. McGee and J.B. Usher may be hunting on the C.E. Johnson's place in West Bishop for the bones of one of the men killed during the Indian War in the Bishop Creek Battle. Cage Pleasant, for whom Pleasant Valley is named, Sheriff Scott of Mono County and a man named Harrison Morrison were the white victims in that fight. All were buried in their clothing at the time. The bodies were dug up by the Indians and stripped of their clothing. They were again buried wrapped in blankets and again dug up and their covering taken. Mr. McGee, who was in the fight, has made more than one examination for some traces of remains but without success, and it is likely that no discovery of that kind will ever be made.

Inyo Register, December 3, 1908
"TABOOSE"
The Irving School bell, the displacement of which on Halloween night caused quite some stir, has been put back into place, the broken wheel repaired and the incident closed.

Inyo Register, December 3, 1908
Summary: Mrs. Harry Warren of Mason Valley, Nevada, died recently of nervous shock following a ride behind a runaway team. Mr. Warren is a brother of H.J. Halliday, of Bishop, California.

Inyo Register, December 10, 1908
"SNYDER TRIAL NOT SET"
Summary: P.N. Snyder, accused of the murder of his wife at Bishop Creek, reigned in Superior Court. Move was to dismiss on the ground that the defendant had not been arraigned within 60 days required by law. Arraignment postponed until December 14.

Inyo Register, December 10, 1908
"SERIOUS ACCIDENTS."
Summary: Fred Rambaud, brother of Mrs. F. Pellissier, will no doubt loose one of his eyes, outcome of an accidental blow from a pick. He was employed at the Casa Diablo Mine. In another accident, contractors of the Nevada-California Company suffered injuries in accident on the tramway at Plant 2 at Bishop Creek. The man fell under a car on the tramway, dragged along over rocks, obstructions of different kinds until his partner saw him and gave a signal which stopped the car. The ligaments of his shoulders were torn loose, one of his ribs were broken and he was badly bruised.

Inyo Register, December 10, 1908
Summary: Vince Olds and Ed Lewis, Indians, were fined $10 each for disorderly conduct. Also, T.C. Trainor, was given a hundred day sentence for selling whiskey to Indians.

Inyo Register, December 10, 1908
"DEATHS REPORTED."
Summary: James Ryan, 62 years old, died at the County Farm at Big Pine. Mr. Ryan had been in southern Inyo County for the last ten years. Another death was that of M. Marks, who was a traveling salesman - "a cigar drummer for 35 years in the Inyo County area." Died in San Francisco. Universally respected by all who knew him. Aged about 70 years. And a letter from a Mrs. J.S. Brown, formerly of Bishop, now of Moose Lake, Quebec, sent a letter to her old acquaintances from Inyo County, saying that her adopted daughter Pearl is dead. The young woman was 22 years old, a full sister of Mrs. Ed M. Chamberlain and John Tibbets of Bishop.

Inyo Register, December 17, 1908
"SNYDER TRIAL."
Summary: On February 16th, P.N. Snyder was arraigned in Superior Court on the charge of murdering his wife at Bishop Creek. A plea of not guilty was entered.

1909

Inyo Register, January 14, 1909
"TABOOSE."
Hank Free, Indian, proved to be unfilial one day last week, hammering his father. Hank was arrested and Justice Shannon sent him to Independence for ninety days.

Inyo Register, January 21, 1909
Frank Gutrierrez was sentenced to six months imprisonment at Independence Monday for selling liquor to Indians. He is an old offender, this being his fifth sentence for that sort of crime.

Inyo Register, January 28, 1909
"THEY'RE BETTER NOW"
Summary Bishop, California man fined $100 for riding his horse on the sidewalk. His claim was that the street was too muddy to use.

Inyo Register, February 4, 1909
"NOT A SERIOUS AS REPORTED"
Summary Mrs. Alney L. McGee was severely injured in a fall at her home in Berkeley, California. A letter from McGee to her sister, Mrs. J.S. McGee of Bishop, says accounts were greatly exaggerated; although she did suffer painful injuries.

Inyo Register, February 11, 1909
"RECORDERS COURT."
Summary Charles Morris fined $100 following his arrest by Marshal Noble, the charge of furnishing liquor to the Indians. Jack Harrington was fined a hundred bucks for running an opium joint.

Inyo Register, February 11, 1909
"FORMERLY INYOITES"
Summary A paragraph mentions word, via the Randsburg Miner, of the death of the six-year old daughter of Mrs. Miller, formerly of Bishop.

Inyo Register, February 18, 1909
"GETTING READY FOR THE RUSH"
Work on the foundation for the new jail building is under way. The addition to the old structure, which is to stand to the westward, will be fifty-two feet long and twenty-four wide, making the entire building something over eighty feet in length. That will be sufficient to hold a few of them, anyway.

Inyo Register, February 18, 1909
"KILLED IN MINE ACCIDENT"
Summary A falling stone brings death to William F. Weiss, at Jamestown, near Goldfield, Nevada. Weiss is formerly from Benton, California and had lived there many years. Weiss was working at the bottom of a 240-foot shaft with his partners operating buckets above him. Nobody above had any knowledge of Weiss being in trouble until they realized that they had not received a signal from him to raise the bucket. Weiss was found laying beside a pool of water, his head crushed, though he was still breathing. Examination of the shaft showed a hole 40-feet above him from which a stone had been dislodged. He was hoisted to the surface and a doctor summoned from Goldfield, who arrived too late. Had Weiss feel in another direction he would have drowned. His body was carried to Goldfield. However, legal contention arose as the accident and death occurred in Nye County. Weiss was a native of Germany, being 44-years old at the time of his death. His brother still resided in Germany and was a millionaire factory owner. Weiss had been in the United States since he was ten years of age. He had been a member of the Inyo Lodge, Knights of Pathias of Bishop, Uniform Rank in Goldfield and the Masons of Tonopah, Nevada. Funeral services were held in Goldfield, where he had resided during the past five years.

Inyo Register, March 4, 1909
"GOT HIS, FINALLY"
Summary A Bishop man named Rice was arrested for selling liquor to Indians.

Inyo Register, March 18, 1909
"THE NEW CALABOOSE"
Summary Lumber for a new branch jail in Bishop began arriving.

Inyo Register, March 25, 1909
"SONNY JONES REPORTED DEAD"
Summary S.J. Jones has died in Denver, Colorado. He is remembered by many in Inyo County as an employee of the Nevada-California Power Company.

Inyo Register, March 25, 1909
"TABOOSE"
Summary A young Greek man is caught selling whiskey to an Indian and sentenced to 100 days in jail.

Inyo Register, April 1, 1909
"PIONEERS ARE GOING: JUDGE REED, MRS. SWEARINGEN AND OTHERS"
Summary Mrs. Sarah Kelsey Swearingen died at Laurel Hill in Lake County, California. She was a pioneer resident of Inyo County, living in the southern mining camps, Independence and Bishop.

Inyo Register, April 15, 1909
"THIRTY-SIX YEARS AGO”
Inyo Independent, April 12, 1873.
Summary #1: Many claims made about drunken Indians Wednesday night. There was a band of them on the road north of town. One of them made an effort to cut the leg of a soldier riding by, but got a pistol ball instead. The soldier fired at him and he fell to the ground. And an examination an hour later showed where the body had been dragged off.
Summary #2: The people of Bishop Creek are getting very tired of having drunken Indians about. And the only practicable means of putting a stop to the sale of liquor to them is the threat of a vigilante committee.

Inyo Register, April 22, 1909
Summary: Vuko Krakovitch, Pete Pavlovich, and Steve Perevich arraigned on charge of robbery Saturday night.

Inyo Register, April 22, 1909
"FATAL CARELESSNESS: ELECTRIC CURRENT ENDS LIFE AT POWERPLANT."
Summary: An electrocution took place at Plant 4 of the Nevada & California Power Company, causing the death of one employee and a painful but not dangerous injury to another. James Glynn was mortally wounded, while John Grenquist was the injured man. They were working on a section of small metal pipe in the machine shop. He was told to raise the end of the pipe. The end of the pipe came into contact with a live wire overhead, carrying 6,600 volts. The current knocked him senseless to the ground. He died shortly later. Grenquist’s feet were badly burned, but he will recover. The deceased came to work at the plant only two days beforehand. He came from Los Angeles and his wife and child still reside there. His remains were shipped to Los Angeles Saturday.

Inyo Register, April 29, 1909
“FAMILY TROUBLES IN COURT”
A divorce suit brought against A.D. Myers, a Goldfield mining millionaire, involves a former local resident. Mrs. Myers was originally Miss Mattie Smith, and afterward Mrs. B.B. Summers. She asks for a divorce degree and a property settlement. There are no children. The case is before a Los Angeles court.

Inyo Register, May 13, 1909
Business cards:
P.W. Forbes, Attorney at Law, Bishop and Inyo County.
White Smith, Attorney at Law and Notary Public, Bishop.
Leichester C. Hall, Attorney at Law, Bishop.
A.H. Swallow, Attorney at Law, Bishop.
J.W. Shulte, Physician and Surgeon, Bishop.
G.T. Doyle, MD, Surgeon and Physician, Bishop.
Hellen McKnight Doyle MD, Physician and Surgeon, Bishop.

Inyo Register, May 13, 1909
“ACCIDENTS.”
Summary: Gordon McBride, son of Mr. and Mrs. James McBride, narrowly escaped loosing the sight of one of his eyes. He was cutting a piece of cloth with a pocket knife when the knife came through the cloth. He pulled on it and brought it to his eye. The eyeball was cut deep enough to leave a future scar, but fortunately not enough to cause the loss of his sight.

Inyo Register, May 13, 1909
“TABOOSE.”
Summary: Mrs. Maud Gill Hall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Gill, now of Reno but formerly of Bishop, California; was married in Reno to D.L. Gassoway, of Reno.

Inyo Register, May 13, 1909
“DISAPPEARANCE CASES.”
Summary: Henry Keller, who resided in Bishop 20-years ago with his parents, arrived recently with the intention of going into the painting business. He rented a shop, secured a number of carriages to paint and showed every evidence of good faith. Saturday night, he did not return to Mrs. Mallory, where he was lodging. The next day Eugene Mallory, who was working with him, found at the shop a note from Keller saying that he had gone fishing and would be back that night. He was dressed in his best when he left his lodging Sunday, the fishing story seemed strange. No trace of him has been found since. His whereabouts is a mystery. His wife and children are in Virginia City. Officers there have been informed of the facts by local authorities.

Inyo Register, May 13, 1909
“DISAPPEARANCE CASES.”
Summary: A.M. Chene, recently arrived in Bishop. Mr. Chene borrowed a team of mules to drive as far as Lone Pine, he being on his way to Mexico with his family. At George’s Creek he sold the mules, wagon and the whole outfit, pocketed the proceeds and disappeared. No trace has been found. It is felt that he is probably in Mexico by this time. The mules and wagon were restored to their owner, leaving the purchaser at George’s Creek the looser.

Inyo Register, May 13, 1909
“NEVADA-CALIFORNIA POWER COMPANY TAKES OVER LOCAL PLANT.”
Summary: Word comes down from the power company’s camp at South Lake that Mr. Robert McGuire has gone insane. Thirty-five men are busy watching him. Constable Walter Reed and Chester Keough went up and are bringing Mr. McGuire to town. His aberration has proved to be but temporary and is now considered to be in sound condition.

Inyo Register, May 13, 1909
“THIRTY-SIX YEARS AGO.”
Summary: Married in Independence, by the Honorable John A. Hannah, was A.A. Cashbaugh to Miss Ann Connelly, both of Bishop.

Inyo Register, May 20, 1909
“TABOOSE”
Summary: Married, May 12, Robert Blake Jr. to Emma Frenchy. The couple were married by Reverend Bain.

Inyo Register, May 20, 1909
“TABOOSE”
Summary: Died at the home of Sam Merrideth, May 15, Charlotte, aged five years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hartwell Merrideth.

Inyo Register, May 20, 1909
“POCKETS RELIEVED”
Summary: A “sneak thief” robbed Paul Darrah of about $75 dollars, Sunday night. He was sleeping in a room next to the court of the Hotel Istalia. Mr. Darrah had his trousers containing money near the window, which was open. The thief cut the screen so he could reach through and hook it. He fished the trousers with a stick until they were in reach, took the money and fled.

Inyo Register, May 20, 1909
“FADED AWAY.”
“E. Brown and wife, cullud pussons who have been in charge of the Valley View Hotel dining room lately, de-camped one night late last week, leaving neither their address nor the cash for a quantity of bills owing to different business people.”

Inyo Register, May 27, 1909
“AN ACTIVE CITIZEN GONE: A.S. KILPATRICK SUCCUMBS TO INSIDIOUS AFFLICTION.”
|Summary: A.S. Kilpatrick died at his home in Bishop after months of illness with cancer. Funeral occurred at the Winedumah Lodge in Independence. He was also a member of the Mount Whitney Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star. Kilpatrick was also a Knight, a Templar and a Shriner. His full name was Alexander Sanderson Kilpatrick. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1842. He worked in a foundry and printing press in his native city as a youth. When he was 20 or 21 years old he came to New York. He traveled westward a few years later. He was also in White Pine, Nevada during the boom. He was also in Bodie in the best days and he and a partner owned the Bodie Foundry. From there he went to Sweetwater, Nevada, where he engaged in mining. About 15 years ago he and his family came to Bishop, he buying the flouring mills. And he was active with that until last year. He was also one of the original promoters and owners of the Bishop Light & Power Company. Surviving him are his wife. His son A.F. Kilpatrick. A daughter Genevieve.

Inyo Register, May 27, 1909
Summary: Death of Charles August Bofinger in Bishop. Age 67 years, 5 months. Cause of death, cancer. Mr. Bofinger came from Modoc County, California. His daughter is Mrs. H.E. Parker; his two sons are Emil and Albert, who also live in the vicinity.

Inyo Register, May 27, 1909
Summary: In Justice Shannon's court, a civil suit was brought by W.E. Stone, with White Smith, Attorney; against P.N. Snyder. P.W. Forbes is trying to recover $212.50 alleged to be due for team work. The jury composed by George W. Leidy, George L. Drake, Isaac Foorman, and J.A. Boyd. Found a verdict in Stone's favor for $106.25.

Inyo Register, May 27, 1909
“THIRTY-SIX YEARS AGO”
Inyo Independent, May 24, 1873.
Summary: George Smith, a pioneer of Inyo County as well as California died at the ranch of Smith & Shaw, at Bishop.

Inyo Register, July 22, 1909
“A SHOCKING OCCURRENCE: CHILD FALLS INTO DITCH AND IS DROWNED.”
Mr. and Mrs. W.P. Teel and family have the profound condolence of every acquaintance, and particularly every household in which endearing baby ways and infant prattle brighten the home, in the loss of their infant son, George. He was born on Christmas day, 1907, and came to his death by drowning in the Bishop Creek ditch last Friday.
The child wandered through an open gate to the ditch, which runs within a short distance of the house. His mother, missing him, began a search, aided by the others of the family. What a shock indeed it must have been when his little body was found floating, face upward, in the stream! Dr. Shute was called and went there at once in his auto, but nothing could be done to bring back the little life. The funeral occurred from the family residence Sunday afternoon.

Inyo Register, July 29, 1909
“FEEMSTER GOT AWAY”
George Ringwald came back Saturday from Hawthorne, bringing back the team which Feemster sold there. It cost him abont [sic] $80 to get his property. Feemster started a raffle there for the team, and after getting about $60 for chances sold the outfit for $180 and fled. A warrant was sworn out by some injured Esmeraldan for Feemster's arrest, but at last accounts it has not been served.

Inyo Register, July 29, 1909
“IN CRIMINAL CIRCLES”
Another case of robbery among the Slavonians was reported from Laws yesterday afternoon. The victim, named Nick Bechich, claims that he went to sleep while waiting for a train, and was awakened by the efforts of two companions to get the contents of his pockets. He had $75, and induced them to return $50 of it. Evidence is too hazy to make arrests or conviction probable.
Justice Shannon assessed costs against a Mexican named Jesus Saria, this week, on a case of alleged battery. Complaint was made by a Piute [sic] named Mamie Birchim. Evidence was too scant to justify a conviction, but Saria was willing to settle the case by paying expenses.

Inyo Register, August 5, 1909
Workers in religious circles who have lately established a mission here for Indians object to the latter being excluded from town after nightfall. They do not see why Indians should be prevented from attending the mission while permitted to come in for shows. Neither do we.
The effort to help the Indians has our full sympathy. We would not restrict in any way their attendance on the meetings, but we would absolutely keep them away from the back yards and byways after dark. If the mission is influencing them, cannot its work include seeing that they come and go at right times? Some are well conducted and would never make trouble. Others, of a different class, may not reach the meeting at all when permitted to come in. An example of this was furnished by two, a few evenings since, who were drunk in the street in front of where the meeting was held. It is not the Indians who behave, but those who come in with illicit objects, who must be watched. It is “a condition, not a theory.”
The exclusion policy is many years old. After being rigidly enforced without law, a change of officers caused it to be disregarded. Shortly, one of the leading Piutes was killed on a back street one night. The ferment this caused was followed by organization of a committee which enforced exclusion. In time, more laxity, and the growth of a liquor joint which had a principally nightly Indian patronage. Efforts for legal conviction were fruitless; enter the One Hundred and Forty-Five, which summarily deported seven morally proved offenders, and once more kept out the Indians after dark. After incorporation, the Trustees let some time pass before acting, but finally found it necessary to adopt the present ordinance, which prohibits loitering between sunset and sunrise. The Trustees were aware that a legal test might upset it, but were guided by experience and conditions.
Lately the reins have been loosened a little. Result, more Piute business, and two shots sent after culprits one night, while a third offender has a defective cartridge to thank for his escape from a shot meant to hit. Another evening, after dusk, a drunken Indian reeled up to a lady on the street and put his hands on a child in a baby carriage, then fell prostrate into a ditch. Take off all restrictions and such things would be multiplied in number and seriousness. The Indian sober is all right; the Indian drunk may be a fiend.
A man who is out much at night tells us that during the period of rigid restriction drunken Indians on his road have been rare, when before they were often seen. Scarcer, too, are reports of drunken riding, whooping, shooting and fighting on roads near farm houses, and out-of-town ladies are freer from the terrors which those events had for them. Morally, the restriction has not reformed such Piutes as were dissolute; materially, it has helped him by making him less accessible to reprobates (white or shaded) for whom his being in town late would be a great convenience.
Excluding the Indian at night may infringe his constitutional rights, but (without considering his object in coming in) it is for his own good. What the meetings may do for those who attend does not enter in to the case; it is what is done elsewhere. If the mission can control the movements of its attendants during their stay in the limits, while teaching them Christianity, it can do a splendid work. By aiming at this, rather than upsetting a regulation proved by long experience, it will take a commendable course. To wholly do away with the regulation would be merely to increase crimes against the Indians, and to necessitate, sooner or later, repetition of past summary measures.
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There is no one who has a better knowledge of the Indian situation than has Mrs. Randolph, who has been in the work here for a number of years. When asked as to her views of this question she said that the Indians were getting liquor at their camps, where Japs and others resort. Last Saturday night a general fight occurred, during which a Piute named Hank Free was severely slashed with a knife. Young Indian children, girls and boys, get intoxicants now to a larger extent than they used to.
The churches take up collections for home mission work, but pay no attention to the Indians. The latter need better influences. To help supply such, Mrs. Randolph and assistance have been holding services every Sunday in the Holiness church building, for a year or more. These have been brought to a summary stop by unauthorized announcement that they would be discontinued. Mr. McInnis, a missionary has been sent here, as a permanency, by two religious associations; his field to be the valley generally. As soon as quarters are arranged for the meetings will be resumed.
While holding that the natives have not been improved by exclusion, Mrs. Randolph says that white persons and property is safer, and she believes the policy to be a good one. She thinks, as do others, that if Indians can be allowed in town for shows they should be treated the same for religious meetings. In her own work with them, the meetings have been held in daytime, and a good attendance has been on hand. For the plan soon to be tried, the authorities are to be asked to permit them to come in two evenings of the week.
We have not interviewed Mr. McInnis or Mr. Maxwell, the Indian teacher here, but both are quoted to us as fully approving the idea of keeping the Piutes out of the streets after dark, except by special permit.

Inyo Register, August 5, 1909
“TABOOSE”
... D.S. Cohn, representing the San Francisco people who acquired part of the Sollender Mercantile stock by levy, some time ago, undertook to auction it piecemeal Tuesday. Not succeeding well, the remaining stock was turned over to C.E. Johnson to dispose of for the owners. ...

Inyo Register, August 5, 1909
“DIED IN IOWA”
From Iowa City comes news of the death of William N. Chalfant, brother of P.A. Chalfant, founder of this paper; of Mrs. E.C. Bivins, of Toledo, Ohio, and a half brother of James E. Parker, of Bishop. He was a native of Ohio, and in his 78th year. Iowa City has been his home since his twelfth year, and the press of that city speaks highly of his character and the respect in which he was held by all. The State University of Iowa is largely a monument to his architectural skill, as he was identified with its construction for many years.

1918

Inyo Register, January 3, 1918
Mrs. Isabella Bulpitt died at the family home here Sunday at the age of 76.

Inyo Register, January 3, 1918
Died near Bishop Friday, Miss Catherine Cashbaugh.

1920

Inyo Register, September 2, 1920
Summary Notice to Creditors in the estate of Anton Serventi, of Bishop.

Inyo Register, September 16, 1920
Summary Death of a woman, 43 years old. Native of Mono County, born in Bishop. Lived in Benton most of her life. She was the sister of H.B. Patterson, Treasurer of Mono County, and Grant Patterson.

1952

Inyo Register, January 3, 1952
“THOMAS RALPH GRAY, 68 PASSES AWAY JAN.1; FUNERAL SATURDAY”
Funeral services will be held this Saturday at 2 p.m. At the Blake Funeral Chapel for Thomas Ralph Gray, 68, resident of Bishop for the past 45 years.
Gray, a retired maintenance worker for the city of Los Angeles, is survived by his widow. He passed away from cerebral thrombosis, Jan.1, it was reported.
Conducting the services Saturday afternoon will be Rev. Laing Sibbet. Pallbearers will be city of Los Angeles employees. Rider Ray will sing. Internment will be at the IOOF cemetery.

Inyo Register, January 3, 1952
“MRS. VAN LOON'S MOTHER DIES MONDAY IN SOUTH”
Mrs. Minnie A. Hoefer, 86, mother of Mrs. H.A. Van Loon of Bishop, passed away at her home in Pasadena Monday, Dec. 31, it was learned here this week. Funeral services will be held in the Lamb Mortuary this Friday afternoon in Pasadena. Mrs. Van Loon was with her mother at the time of her passing.

Inyo Register, January 3, 1952
“BISHOP POLICE ARREST BARSTOW WOMAN ON BAD CHECK CHARGE”
Virginia Lambert, 44, was arrested by Bishop city police Sunday night of this week and has been sent to Barstow where she is wanted by authorities for issuing checks without sufficient funds.
She was picked up at a local motel where she had been staying with two children.
Arresting officer s were Chief of Police John Preku and officers Barton and Gaylord.

Inyo Register, January 10, 1952
“MRS. GLADYS ALLISON DIES IN YREKA, CALIF.”
Mrs. Gladys Allison, resident of Bishop for many years, passed away in Yreka, Calif. Dec. 21 after a lengthy illness, it was learned here this week.
She would have been 53 Christmas day.
Mrs. Allison was a mail carrier in Bishop for several years.
She is survived by her widower, George Allison, a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Waggoner and two grandchildren, Halie and Lynn, her mother Mrs. Sarah Murphy of Sparks and a sister, Mrs. Hazel Prendergast, also of Sparks. She also leaves two brothers, Ed Murphy of San Jose, and Lester of Yreka.
Internment was in Yreka Dec. 24.

Inyo Register, January 10, 1952
“TWO HOSPITALIZED FOLLOWING CADILLAC CURVE ACCIDENT.”
Two Bishop residents and a couple from Gardnerville, Nev. Were involved in a head-on auto crash at Cadillac curve last Sunday afternoon, resulting in the hospitalization of two of them.
The accident occurred shortly after noon. According to a state highway patrolman who investigated the accident, a car driven by Edmund Cheeseman of Gardnerville skidded on the icy curve and rammed into one driven by David Watterson of Bishop.
Hospitalized were Mrs. Cheeseman, who suffered severe lacerations of the face as well as multiple bruises, and Watterson who sustained bad sprains and multiple bruises. Cheeseman and Lupe Carrera, who was in the Watterson car, were treated for multiple bruises and sprains.

1995

Inyo Register, September 6, 1995
Summary Death of former Inyo Register editor, Todd Watkins.

Miscellaneous Documentation

Laws Railroad Museum, Laws, California
“HISTORY OF THE MCGEE FAMILY.”
by Eva L. Yaney
(File folder, copy of publication "SUMMERS FAMILY OF CALIFORNIA")
Eva L. Yaney
Born June 1, 1891 at Bishop, California
Died September 9, 1963 near Hermisillo, Mexico. Buried in Bishop, California.
Mother: Elizabeth Nevada Gunter. Father: Alney L. McGee

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