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726
I
Linshoft, Hans.
2496
II
Marcel, Ilhero.
2575
II
Lisenby, Carl A
1054
I
Marriott, George Clyde.
2303
II
Little, H. M.
1642
II
Marshall, Charles A
854
I
Livingston, Northman C.
1670
II
Marshall, Edwin C.
854
I
Lochead, Robert
1383
II
Marshall, John B.
1314
Lockie, James Franklin.
1742
11
Marshall, James McConnell.
1925
II
Lockie, John Knox
1656
II
Martin, Henry F
1736
II
Lockie, Margaret B.
1877
II
Martin, Joseph
1796
II
Lockie, William A.
1432
II
Martinto, Dominique. 2576
II II
Loescher, Otto. 1410
II
Massey, R. W., V.S.
2375
II
Loescher, E. F.
1410
II
Mathews, Roy P.
2007
II
Lohman, William Joseph.
1704
II
Mathison, Peter 2338
II
Loper, John W.
1264
II
Mattei, Andrew 937
I
Lowe, Aden A.
1431
II
Mattei, Andrew, Jr.
1489
II
Lowther, Ross B.
2346
II
Mathiesen, Rasmus
2155
II
Lugea, Jose Michael.
2558
II
Matthews, George R
1118
I
Lundell, Robert
2418
II
Matthews, J. C.
2399
Lung, John, Jr.
2577
II
Matthews, Thomas Bettis.
895
Maxson, B. D.
758
I
Lyon, O. D.
1618
II
Maxwell, James Nathan
1046
I
Maxwell, John Franklin 2574
II
Medley, Joseph. 40
I
Meisner, Henry. 2586
II
McBride, Charles. 1849
Il
Mercy, John J. and Henry N 2530
II
MacDonald, Rev. G. R. Edward. . 1133
I Merritt, Hiram P., M.D.
932
I
Larsen, Jorgen.
1195
I
McKay, Scott
I
Lewis, Mrs. Nellie.
2262
II
Madsen,
Rasmus
1684
Lockie, William S
1733
II
Maselli, G. 2539
II I
Lynch, William
1484
II
M
INDEX
Page.
Vol.
Page.
Vol.
Metcovich, Martin
2476
II
Nielsen, Iener W. 2558 II
Metzler, Adam.
2587
II
Nielsen, Niels Hansen. 2552
II
Metzler, August.
2322
II
Nielsen, N. P. 1388
II
Mikkelsen, E. M.
1799
II
Nilmeier, Conrad. 2458
II
Miles, Elbridge.
1036
I
Nilmeier, Conrad H. 2319
II
Miles, Virgil S.
2044
II
Nilmeier, Conrad O.
2594
II
Milla, Caesar.
2385
II
Nilmeier, Henry P. 2580
II
Miller, George W.
1884
II
Nilmeier, Phillip. 1944
II
Miller, Henry.
254
I
Nieswanger, J. Franklin 1958
II
Miller, Henry C.
2174
II
Nishkian, Garabed M.
2325
II
Miller, Peter.
2141
II
Niswander, J. F
763
I
Milnes, Alan D. 1891
II
Nolan, Frank J 1545
II
Mitchell, Arthur Prentice.
2424
II
Nord, E. M.
1016
I
Mitchell, Jasper Ę
1322
II
Nord, Fritz E
1799
II
Mitchell, John L.
1629
II
Nordstrom, Rev. Magnus Anders
1493
II
Mitchell, Ralph F.
1813
II
Norman, Horace E
1795
II
Mitrovitch, Stephen N
1621
II
Norman, J. L 1898
II
Modine, Alfred
2075
II
Moffitt, William Jordan
2334
II
Moline, William O
2406
II
Moller, William.
2056
II
Nutting, W. R 1997
II
Molloy, Rev. Edw., C.S.S.R.
2528
II
Momson, Henry A.
1499
II
Moncrief, E. J
1784
II
Monson, Hans.
1575
II
O'Neal, Edward .|. 2382
II
Oed, John.
2387
II
Olinger, W. L.
1837
II
Moody, Thomas F
772
I
Oliver, Mrs. Mary
1938
II
Mooney, Stephen Francis
2208
II
Oliver, Orie Odell.
1699
II
Moore, Prof. J. W.
1490
II
Olmstead, Charles H
2376
II
Moran, George P
1326
II
Olsen, Gustav 2554
II
Morgan, Harry C. 1771
II
Olsen, Lorenz
2586
II
Morgan, John D., Jr., M.D.
2452
II
Olsen, O. A. 2520
II
Morgan, Peter M
1260
I
Olson, Abram.
2029
II
Morrison, Isaac Dossey 1758
II
Olson, Albert Julius.
1124
I
Mortensen, Andrew.
2487
=
Olson, Gus
1904
II
Morrow, Jesse. 126
I
Olson, Peter. 1238
Olufs, Oluf Bernard.
711
I
Morton, Charles H.
2429
II
Orr, William. 2495
II
Mosesian, Moses Paul.
2061
II
Monren, Joseph ..
2457
II
Mower, Eugene A
2137
II
Mulligan ,Mrs. Margaret 1177
I
Mullins, Thomas H.
1895
II
Munger, Warren Sanford.
1561
II
Murphy, John R.
1513
II
P
Packard, Oren Fred. 1187
I
Page, John.
1520
II
Parret, August.
2568
II
Paulsen, Soren
2451
II
Payne, L. Roy 2527
II
Peak, John H.
1067
I
Pearce, Martin W
2169
Pearson, Emil.
1122
I
Pearson, Olof.
2516
II
Neal, John
950
I
Pedersen, Axel.
2120
II
Nederhouse, Z. D
2175
II
Pedersen, Peder S
2118
II
Neikirk, B. F 1129
I
Pellissier, Hippolyt. 2580
II
Nelson, Albert.
1970
II
Perez, Rudolph J. 2027
II
Nelson, Andrew
2537
II
Perrin, Robert .. 259
I
Nelson, Carl August.
2344
II
Perry, James Abner
2427
II
Nelson, Emil. 1841
II
Peters, A. B.
2022
II
Nelson, Fred.
2515
II
Petersen, Mrs. Christine A.
1802
Nelson, Jonas Peter Alfred.
1981
II
Petersen, Dagmar, M.D.
2255
II
Nelson, Peter Otto.
1612
II
Petersen, John T 2190
II
Newman, Bernard A.
1455
II
Petersen, Louis. 827
I
Nelson, J. H .. 2280
II
Petersen, Nicolai.
2531
II
Nicklason, John August 2100
II
Petersen, Niels.
1528
II
Nidiffer, James Murray.
1569
II
Petersen, Peter M.
2512
II
Nielsen, Anton.
1748
II
Petersen, Thomas J. 2055
II
Nielsen, Hans A ..
1771
Il
Peterson Carl Gustaf. 1272
I
Nielsen, Hans Jorgen.
999
I Peterson, C. V. 1381
II
J
Otis, George Buell.
783
I
Oussani, Joseph. 2129
II
Owen, Richard Thomas
706
I
Murray, Clarence. 1456
II
Musick, Jasper Newton. 35, 1045
I
Mutchler, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H .... 1277
I
Myer, Isaac. 2005
II
Myers, J. W.
2008
II
N
Nares, Llewelyn Arthur.
957
I
Nash, Warren G. 1187
I
Mortensen, Morten
1968
II
Oslund, John. 1962
Ostendorf, Mrs. Johanna.
673
II
Northrup, Ellsworth M.
1550
II
Norton, H. E. 1378
II
O
Montgomery, Cloyd Burton
2002
II
Montgomery, Litchfield Y
869
I
North, Benjamin 1835
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Vol.
Peterson, E. Ed.
2052
II
Rennie, William
I
Peterson, Joseph A. T.
1739
II
Retallick, Richard G.
2083
II
Peterson, Oscar E.
2124
II
Reyburn, Clarence James. 777
I
Pettit, Hon. Melvin.
1335
Reyburn, James John
685
I
Pfister, John Rudolf.
1933
II
Reyburn, Joseph Davidson 731
I
Pfost, G. W.
2040
II
Reyburn, Leslie Devoe
929
I
Phelan, James C.
1307
II
Rhea, Robert W. 1127
2189
=
Phillips, Charles C.
1582
II
Rice, Rozell W 2399
II
Phillips, Charles E., D. D. S.
1479
II
Richardson, Charles Henry 2278
II
Phillips, Mrs. Elizabeth
694
I
Richardson, Thomas E 1819
II
Phillips, Perry Commodore.
694
I
Richmond, Emmett G.
1360
II
Pierse, Rev. Patrick.
2373
II
Riggins, Emmett . 1400
1062
I
Pilegard, Mrs. Carrie ..
2268
II
Ring, Theodore J.
1662
II
Pilegard, Peter A
2403
II
Risley, E. W.
1669
II
Pimentel, John I.
2518
II
Roberts, Victor
2307
II
Pinninger, Frederic William
1200
I
Robertson, James MacGregor.
1715
II
Plate, Willard F
2193
Robinson, J. H., M.D.
1830
II
Platt, Sidney L
1512
II
Robinson, Raymond D.
2232
II
Plunneke, Charles
1140
TI
Robinson, Winfield Scott
1055
I
Polito, S. L.
1593
II
Rodrigues, Frank V.
2196
II
Pomeroy, F. K., M.D
2033
II
Roeding, Frederick C.
256
I
Porter, Evan Doyle. 1776
II
Rogers, E. B.
1086
I
Porter, George E., D.C.
1496
II
Rogers, James J.
42
I
Possons, William J.
1788
JI
Rohr, H. G
2462
II
Potter, Joseph Webster.
1508
II
Romain, Frank M
963
I
Potter, M. R.
1636
II
Rorden, John C .. 1567
TI
Poulsen, Morten
2525
II
Roscelli, Charles. 2561
II
Potter, Zane.
1437
II
Rose, Anthony G 2391
II
Powers, Aaron Hubbard
1412
II
Rose, Dale.
2276
II
Powers, Lucius.
1412
II
Rosendahl, Frank D
1232
I
Poytress, J. A
2544
II
Rosenthal, Jacob
2234
II
Prandini, Joe
2592
II
Ross, James
1147
I
Prather, Josepb L.
2270
Rougny, Albert.
2579
II
Prather, Robert R
1536
II
Rongny, Eugene.
2556
IT
Pretzer, Henry, Sr
1769
IT
Roullard, Fred P
1740
TI
Pretzer, Henry, Jr.
2195
II
Rowell, Albert Abbott.
I
Preuss, Charles.
1225
I
Rowell, Dr. Chester.
237
T
Price, Oscar E.
1777
II
Rowell, Chester Harvey
942
J
Price, R. L
1741
II
Rowell, William Franklin. 884
I
Proodian, H.
2210
II
Ruble, John W 2309
II
Puccinelli, Louis
2600
IF
Rucker, Miss Maggie P
910
I
Puckhaber, Charles R
2291
II
Rudolf, Adam
2589
TI
Pugh Brothers.
1692
JI
Rudolph, Henry, Jr.
2551
II
Pugh, John M.
630
I
Rusconi, Louis
2175
II
Rusconi, Peter
2507
JI
Russell, Capt. Ezra M. 700
I
Russell, Mr. and Mrs. H. W 2336
IT
Rusten, O. C.
1902
IT
Ruth, William
1170
I
Ryan, Jerry
303
T
Ryan, William H
302
718
I
Quist, A. J.
2433
II
S
R
Ramacher, Henry.
1097
I
Sagniere, Joseph.
1211
Ramacher, Leonard D.
1165
I
Sahargun, Jean.
2562
TI
Ramacher, Leroy
1850
IT
Sallaberry, Brothers 2578
II
Randrup, George.
2405
JI
Samelson, Samuel. 970
I
Randrup, James B. 2389
II
Sample, Cowan A. 1535
II
Rasmussen, Axel H. 1662
JI
Sample, David Cowan
651
I
Rathgeber, Philipp.
2374
II
Sample, Samuel C.
1891
II
Rathmann, Theodore.
2602
II
Sandberg, David. 1946
II
Rauscher, Henry
1490
JI
Sandeson, Charles N. 2444
II
Rawson, Mrs. Eva H.
1314
II
Sanford, Louis Childs, Rt. Rev. D.D .. 805
T
Rebensdorf, Fred.
2524
II
Santen, Henry.
1258
I
Reese, Edgar Orlando.
2090
II
Sassano, Aniello
2580
TI
Reese, Thomas J.
2542 II
Savage, H. A 2421
II
Rehorn, Frank
1551
= Saxe, Christian. 746
I
Pierce, Charles S.
645
I
Richmond, William Sherman 2279
II
Pilegard, Cbristen A
2263
II
Riggs, Don Pardee.
Porta, Emanuel.
2602
JI
Roessler, Fred M
2523
I
Phelps, Z. L.
1868
Rhodes, Stephen Walton
Page. 831
Vol.
Pugh, John Sallee.
1633
II
Pugh, Sarah Frances, D.O.
1435
II
Q
Qualis, Jobn M.
1372
=
Quick, Herbert B.
2188
Sabroe, Carl O. 1987
II
641
II
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Say, Grant D. G .. .
993
I
Simerly, Clarence G.
2219
II
Say, James H ..
993
I
Simerly, John B .. .
2215
II
Say, Mrs. Laura J.
1081
I
Simpson, Albert P .. 1456
II
Say, Lyle H.
1382
II
Simpson, James William 1501
II
Say, William Henry
1079
I
Simpson, John Greenup, Sr .. 2008
II
Scales, William L
1451
II
Simpson, Thomas Jackson. 1836
II
Scharer, Charles 923
I
Sims, Benjamin L 2425
II
Scheidt, Fred
2067
II
Sims, James William. 1630
II
Scheidt, George
2576
II
Sinclair, John G. C ..
1283
I
Scheidt, Henry.
2563
II
Sininger, William H.
2057
II
Scheidt, J. Henry
2157
II
Skoonburg, J. L.
1184
I
Schell, Mrs. Louisa Dumont.
968
I
Slater, Edward Earl. 1396
II
Schlotthauer, J. A.
2316
II
Smelley, Christopher 2070
II
Schmall, John Peter
2118
II
Smith, Chris H. I240
I
Schmidt, John A
2489
II
Smith, Edwin Herbert. 1319
II
Schmitz, Ernest
2591
II
Smith, Flora W., M.D. I213
I
Schneider, Conrad.
2575
II
Smith, George E. 2017
747
I
Scholler, Louis.
2386
II
Smith, James W. 976
I
Schuknecht, Theodore H.
2500
II
Smith, John E. 2429
II
Schultz, Barney
1919
II
Smith, John W. I747
II
Schultz; Mrs. Mary
2012
II
Smith, Lewis Howell. 1549
II
Schwahenland, Alexander P
2601
II
Smith, Thomas D., M.D.
1717
II
Schwinn, George
1534
II
Smith, Thomas P .. 1207
I
Sciacqua, Leopoldo
2560
II
Smoot, Guy Thomas
2392
II
Scoggins, John Lee.
1733
II
Snow, Alva E.
852
I
Scott, David
1727
II
Snyder, C. Ross.
1650
II
Scott, Jay
707
I
Snyder, George
2435
II
Scott, Hon. L. D
2443
II
Snyder, George H.
2233
Scott, Phil
898
I
Soderberg, Andrew
2566
Scott, Ralph H.
2002
II
Soper, Mrs. Sadie Elizabeth.
1829
Scott, Robert
1555
II
Sorensen, Christian 2500
II
Seacord, David.
2367
II
Sorensen, Hans William, D.D.S. 1690
II
Self, J. A 1843
II
Souza, Ed. J. 1818
II
Selma Irrigator (The)
1783
1I
2016
II
Selma National Bank
1558
Il
2275
II
Selma Savings Bank.
1775
II
Spence, David A.
1703
II
Sempe, Charles
2403
II
Spence, Harry Edward
2024
II
Semper, Natalio 2337
II
Spence, John Young.
2070
II
Sequeira, Antone George.
2468
II
Spencer, Wright H.
1896
II
Sequeira, Louis George.
1844
II
Spires, H. E. 2412
II
Serian, Harry S
2498
II
Spomer, Rev. August.
2395
II
·Serimian, A. S ..
2598
II
Staley, William S ..
1365
II
Serrano, Florencio 2429
II
Stammers, Clarence I,., M.D.
2286
II
Serrano Matias 2505
II
Stange, Hugo S. 1528
II
Sessions, Capt. Herbert A 1529
II
Stange, Paul T. 2391
II
Setchel, W. Flanders
2314
II
Stanton, M. E .. 1326
II
Setty, Rev. Sanford E. 1890
II
Statham, Bert A ..
2285
II
Seubert, Rev. George P. 1628
II
Staub, Arnold Humboldt. 1897
II
Shafer, John
1562
II
Stay, Andrew H. 1922
II
Shafer, W. H. 1574
II
Stay, Ole H ..
2375
II
Shannon, Albert Sidney Johnston
1336
II
Steitz, H. P., Jr. 2270
2111
II I
Shannon, Scott A.
2291
II
Steward, George Wallace 1664
II
Sharer, John William. 797
I
Steward, Nehemiah W. 1564
II
Sharer, Marques Monroe.
766
I
Stieglitz, Michael 2183
II I
Shaver, Charles B.
1305
II
Stockton, Guy
1339
II
Shaw, A. Clifford. 1592
II
Stone, Charles J.
1903
II
Shell Company of California.
2283
II
Stone, W. T. 1690
II
Shimmins, Mrs. Myra.
845
Stowell, Henry Oakley
2213
II
Shipp, George R.
1417
II
Strader, William Franklin.
1364
II
Shipp; John M.
2289
Shishmanian, G. N ..
2538
II
Stratton, John J. 2028
II
Short, Frank H ..
615
I
Stricklin, James Henry. 2030
II
Short, Jobn W.
686
I
Strid, Charles 1237
I
Shuey, John W.
780
1
Stump, Allen Everett. 1580
IL
Sides, Major M .. 813
I
Sturtevant, Andrew Judson, Jr .. 1536
II
Siering, Herman F. 1029
I
Suglian, John 1465
II
Silva, Frank
922
I
Sulprizio, Deuta 2524
II
Silveira, Joseph J.
2585
II Sunderland, Al E. I145
I
Sime, Alexander
2274
II Sutherland, William 708
I
Scheneider, Henry.
2548
II
Smith, George W.
II
II Stranahan, John H.
2213
II
Sharp, Ivy Watson
1616
II
St. John, Enos Frost.
652
Shannon, L. S.
1347
II
Stephens, Lewis O. 846
Shannon, Jefferson M.
1436
II
Steitz, John August
II II
South, N. Lindsay
Spear, E. R ..
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Vol.
Page. Vol.
Swanson, John August.
2598
TI
Verble, H. E.
2368 II
Swanson, Nels
2057
II
Verwoert, Mrs. Alfreda.
2082
II
Sward, Axel W.
1285
I
Vignola, Angelo
1668
II
Sweeney, Albert Hamlet, M.D.
1141
I
Vignola, Guy R ..
1668
II
Sweezey, E. B ..
1332
IJ
Villanueva, Miguel
2490
TI
Swift, Harvey W.
659
I
Vincent, Manuel
1710
II
Swift, Lewis P ..
740
I
Voenes, George J
2547
II
Swift, Reuben James.
2156
IJ
Vogel, Frederick. Karl
2395
=
Vogel, Herbert E
778
I
Vogel, Jacob
778
I
Vogelsang, Edward D.
1099
I
T
Taft, George W.
618
I
Taft, Mrs. Emma M ..
618
I
Vought, Lawrence 865
I
Tangney, P. D.
2195
Taylor, Alexander
754
I
W
Wagner, Fred 2593
II
Wahl, Mrs. Louis.
2379
Wallberg, Arthur G ..
1691
IT
Telin, C.
982
I
Walder, William U .. 2319
II
Thiede, Rev. K. A. Herman
1219
I
Walker, James N .. 40
Ţ
Thomas, Benjamin Cassius.
1042
I
Wall, Elmer Thomas. 1783
T
Thompson, A. E ...
1627
JI
Wallace, Miles
975
I
Thompson, Georgia Emily, M.D.
2389
II
Wallers, John
2493
IL
Thompson, James Wallace.
2358
Walley, Granville Hartman.
1442
II
Thompson, William P.
658
I
Walsh, John J ..
1847
Thomsen, Jens Christian
1160
I
Walter, Charles Lewis.
2571
II
Thomsen, Mathias
1706
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Walter, John W ..
1926
II
Thornton, Philip Burt. 2570
II
Walton, John T.
1194
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Thorwaldson, Horace
1514
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Waltz, S. W. 1607
II
Thurman, William C.
1656
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Ward, H. L .. 1820
II
Toccalini, Jack
2517
II
Ward, W. W. 2131
II
Todd, Clayton Wesley
2149
II
Warlow, George L. 844
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Tomasetti, Eugene
2595
II
Warner, Anna S .. 1074
T
Toreson, August
2490
II
Warner, Beldin
1074
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Traber, Charles H., M.D.
1594
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Warner, Percy N.
1847
IT
Traber, Prof. John W.
739
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Weaver, Willis D. 974
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Tranberg, James J.
2132
Webb, Arthur E. 1404
IT
Traweek, Cecil Calvert 1661
II
Webb, Hon. James Ransom.
2445
IT
Trout, William Arthur 1814
II
Weber, Henry, Jr.
2049
IT
Trucchi, Annibale 2564
II
Webster, John
1698
II
Tuck Brothers
2148
II
Wehrmann, Fritz
1012
I
Tucker, F.
2321
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Weitz, George H.
1015
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Tucker, Steve
2344
Welch, W. A.
1212
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Tufenkjian, Sarkis, M.D.
1056
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Weldon, Robert W
2073
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Tupper, Henry Clay.
626
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Wells, Absalom 1141
1369
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Turner, William 2093
II
Wells, Charles Prather
2296
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Tuttle, George M.
2074
Wells, Earl J.
2413
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Tuttle, John E.
2037
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W'ells, Francis Asbury
1220
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White. T. C.
1430
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Whiteside, Olney
1330
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1142
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Wickliffe, Alfred
2370
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Uhler, Russell
1470
Underwood, Olin C ..
1711
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Wiesbrod, G. 2541
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Urrutia, Juan Miguel.
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Wiggenhauser, Joseph
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Vanderburgb, John Jay. 1172
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Vandor, Paul E.
1311
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Van Ness, William H.
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Van Ronk, Lewis E. 2333
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Williams, Jess L. 2095
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Williams, Samuel B. 2301
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Voorhees, Truman I
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Taylor, Marion H
2156
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Teague, Charles
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Teilman, Ingvart
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Thome, Eugene P.
2508
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Swigart, Edward Cooper
1680
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Swiss Supply Company.
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Wells, Hon. F. E
962
Wertz, William
1326
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2416
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1808
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999
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Williamson, Simeon Edgar
1811
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Wulf, Andreas
1985
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Wilson, Aubrey
1904
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Wilson, Ernest T.
1617
Wilson, Eugene
2219
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Wilson, Henry Thomas
1909
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Wilson, J. D.
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Yancey, America Frances. 1387
Winchell, Anna Cora.
679
Winchell, Hon. Elisha C ..
127
635
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Yerington, William 2397
Winchell, Laura C ..
638
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Yoakem, James Marion
1908
Winchell, Ledyard F.
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Young, August J.
2583
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Winchell, Lilbourne A.
674
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Young, John and Alice 1511
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Winter, Conrad
2585
Winter, Karl
2483
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Winter, Peter
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Wishon, A. G.
1306
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Wistrom, Fred
2096
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Witten, Kinza P.
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Wolf, Peter J.
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Wolfe, G. A. 2030
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Zanolini, Silvio
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Wolter, Rev. Carl W.
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Zediker, David S.
1889
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Wood, Robert M.
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Zimmer, William T.
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Zinn, Thomas H 1429
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Zwang, Jacob
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Winblad, Sig 1964
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Yeretzian, Arsen
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Yraceburn, Joe
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Yraceburu, Jose M .. 2563
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Yzurdiaga, Firmin
2588
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Wolgamott, Zenas
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Youngquist, Mr. and Mrs. John A 2297
HISTORICAL
HISTORY OF FRESNO COUNTY By Paul E. Vandor
CHAPTER I
CALIFORNIA A LAND OF WONDERS AND SURPRISES. FRESNO COUNTY AN EMPIRE WITHIN AN EMPIRE. AREA OF THE TWO DIVISIONS. STATE IS NOT A UNIT GEOGRAPHICALLY. ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUATIONS. THE VALLEY IS THE KEYSTONE IN THE ARCH OF THE STATE'S WEALTH. INTERIOR REGION LITTLE AFFECTED BY THE SPANISH AND MEXICAN REGIME SAVE IN ] THE NOMENCLATURE OF LANDMARKS.
California is a land of never ending wonders and surprises, a land that can only be described in superlatives.
Literally and figuratively, Fresno County is to the state an empire within an empire-imperium in imperio as the Latin phrase has it. This statement is not put forth as the declaration of a newly discovered fact, but to empha- size that an old one is incontrovertible as the result of a remarkable twin development of state and county.
California, thirty-first state of the union, is about 780 miles long, has a breadth varying from 148 to 235 miles, a sea-coast line 1,200 miles long through ten degrees of latitude, a total area of 158,297 square miles of which 2,645 comprise water surface, and an estimated 101,310,080 acres, in great part rough, mountainous country, or desert. The term desert is a relative one. The land now comprised within Fresno County's area was long considered desert, fit only for pasturage and worthless for agriculture. Much of it is yet regarded in that category, lacking the water to make it productive. Imperial Valley in the county of the same name, the southeasternmost in the state located between San Diego County and the Colorado river as the state boundary line is another notable desert wonder in the agricultural line. Other instances might be quoted to emphasize the declaration that California is a land of never ending wonders and surprises.
Approximately one-half of the land surface is under federal control, including the nineteen and one-half millions or more acres in the national forests. As to area, California is second among the states of the union. Texas alone exceeds it. It is larger than the nine combined states of New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Ohio. It is one of the richest among the states, with a startling record of material achievements and with potentialities so varied and great as to stagger the mind in the contemplation of them.
Fresno, forty-first of the counties in the order of creation, has a land area of 5,950 square miles, or 3,808.000 acres. When organized, it was much larger, but in March, 1893, a slice of 2,121 square miles was taken off from the northern part to form Madera County, and in 1909 were transferred to Kings County 120 square miles of the southeastern portion. Even with these 2,241 square miles lopped off from the original 8,214 before partition, Fresno ranks 1
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sixth of the fifty-eight counties in the state as to area. Only five exceed it, namely, Inyo, Kern, Riverside and Siskyou, San Bernardino leading. As to population, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Alameda and Santa Clara lead it in the order named. The 1910 census returned a county population of 75,657, and for the county seat, 24,892. An estimate of 29,809 for the city was made in July, 1914, and one of 45,000 in June, 1914. The latter is according to the 1916 report of the state controller, but manifestly too liberal for various reasons. Estimates made on the figured basis of school attendance, directory publishers and chamber of commerce advertising literature all give greater returns but must be accepted with allowances. It is not to be denied that there have been large annual accessions in the rural and urban populations, but a census enumeration and not theoretical surmises will be required to give reliable figures.
The county is fourth, with Sacramento a very close fifth, for total value of assessed property. Fresno is one of the very few counties in the state that had no public indebtedness. An estimate of the value of the county's public property is the following :
Courthouse Grounds and Jail $1,207,000
Hospital, Almhouse and Grounds.
318,000
Fair Grounds and Buildings
100,000
Orphanage 30,000
County Library Equipment
10,000
Total $1,665,000
The county had no outstanding bonds and no floating indebtedness. It has $150,000 invested in state highway bonds, $300,000 in Liberty war bonds, $19,490 in county school district bonds that buying speculators would not purchase because of the smallness of the issues, and in December, 1917, had $590,200 of accumulated funds out on two per cent call loans, a sum that fluctuates from time to time. The statistical figures of the assessor give the county an acreage of 2,251.520.
ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUATIONS
Assessed value of property for 1916-17 in the state, county and city of Fresno is exhibited in the following tabulation :
State
Real Estate
$1,851,485,421
Improvements
696,960,698
Personal Property
333,403,268
Money and Credits
35,005,709
Non Operative Roll
2,916,855,096
Operative Roll
504,284,748
Railroads
157,006,590
State Grand Total
$3,578,146,434
Fresno County
Real Estate
$41,644,875
Improvements
11,421,988
Personal Property
9,892,398
Money etc.
110,547
Total
$63,069,808
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Fresno City
Real Estate
$11,596,555
Improvements
7,764,385
Personal Property
3,039,137
Money, etc.
179,585
Total
$22,579,712
Non Operative Roll
85,649,520
Operative Roll
13,980,567
County Grand Total $99,630,087
The 1917-18 county assessment roll shows the following valuations for taxation purposes, not including the segregated school district valuations for one of the numerically largest county school departments in the state, exclusive of the larger populous centers of San Francisco, Los Angeles and Alameda counties.
County Real Estate.
$ 56,792,585
(Fresno City, $15,931,470)
Improvements
20,075,245
(Fresno City, $10,933,700)
Improvements Assessed to Others than Owners
123,720
Personal Property
15,923,163
Money and Credits
427,310
Non Operative Roll
93,342,023
Operative Roll
6,044,386
Railroads
8,515,019
Total Assessed Property $107,901,428
Fresno City as the county seat is the largest incorporated municipality. The other eight incorporated towns are ; Clovis, Coalinga, Firebaugh, Fowler, Kingsburg, Reedley, Sanger and Selma.
The county's apportionment by the State Board of Equalization of rail- road mileage and property for state taxation is as follows:
Railroad
Mileage
Valuation
Southern Pacific
196.89
$5,394,978
Santa Fe
96.30
2,311,200
Central Pacific
31.46
692,208
Pullman Palace
166.61
116,633
KEYSTONE IN ARCH OF WEALTH
Geographically considered, California is far from being a unit. It presents with its immense sea-coast stretch and its great breadth, traversing interior wide valleys, desert wastes and high mountain ranges, geographical conditions in remarkable variety. When in their variety in turn, the land surface fea- tures, climates and productions, the latter ranging from those of the temper- ate to the subtropical and the arctic zones, are further borne in mind. California may well be classified as an empire itself.
California's great interior San Joaquin Valley, an empire in itself, is the keystone in the arch of the state's wealth. The Mother Lode poured its mil- lions of gold into the world's lap. Its plains were the public range during the cattle raising era of the boundless pasturage ground. It was once one of the world's granaries in the days of the vast grain ranch period. It is a leader today in the products of the intensive and diversified culture of the small irri- gated orchard and vineyard farm. The oil industry confined to the Coast Range is an overshadowing one, and the San Joaquin valley has become the
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