1916 Column

February 25, 1916

- Mrs. William T. Barton left Tuesday morning by auto for San Bernardino to visit with her husband, who went there some time last week to act as a
policeman at the orange show.
- Joe Winkels has purchased a new, Maxwell through the agency of Frank L. Fernald.
-Mr. and Mrs. William Friedemann made a trip last week to San Bernardino to take in the Orange Show, returning the next day.
- Mr. and Mrs. William W. Allen spent a few days last week at Rainbow visiting Mrs. Allen's mother.
- Mr. Hutchinson of Murrieta was in town one day this week on business.
- William Friedemann, on of the proprietors of Friedemann Bros. Meat Market, went to Perris Tuesday afternoon after freight, returning the same day.
- John B. Kelly and two other men have been busy every day the past week hauling stone and building stone fences. The stone was washed down the
mountainside during the last flood. Mr. Kelly says there must be twenty cars of stone on his place.
- Pat Speziali, road master, has commenced work on the bridge across the river between the railroad station and town. He wants to have the bridge
finished before the train starts to come, so that the merchants can haul their freight.

March 3, 1916

- Liney Helms, who has been suffering with rheumatism for the past two weeks, was taken to the Murrieta Hot Springs the first of the week.
- Mr. and Mrs. William T. Barton returned home from San Bernardino last Saturday. Mr. Barton is again at his old job with the Santa Fe.
- The grand masquerade ball given at the Bank Hall last Saturday night by Merrill Kolb, Ole Larsen, and Charles Escallier, was well attended. The music
was furnished by Clint Tripp of Aguanga and Albert Golsh. Many from Murrieta and surrounding country were present and the bus from the Hot Springs
came loaded with dancers. Supper was served at Mrs. Hall's restaurant, forty couples partaking.
- Tony Alvarez, who is farming at the Santa Rosa Ranch was suddenly taken sick last Sunday afternoon, and was brought to his home here.
- Mrs. Lizzie M. Hall went to Los Angeles Tuesday for a two weeks visit with her sisters and her daughter.
- Mrs. Dinwiddle of Murrieta came to town Tuesday to work at Hall's restaurant.
- Frank Tripp of Aguanga was in town this week on business.

March 10, 1916

- A. Troeger of Santa Monica, who has been doing carpenter work here for the past three months, left the first of the week for his home.
- Miss Irene Vardy went to San Bernardino last Saturday, returning Sunday night.
- Tony Alvarez, who has been very sick for the past week was taken to the hospital at Riverside last Wednesday morning.
- Miss Esther Banks returned to Riverside Monday to continue her studies at Heald's Business College.
- Five teams came up from Pala after cement. The cement is to be used in rebuilding the mission tower, which was damaged during the last flood.
- Albert Banks has a contract to haul two carloads of cement to Pala. The government is going to repair the water ditches that were damaged during the
flood.
- Mrs. Curtis Stevenson went to Riverside Monday morning to stay with her sister Mrs. Alvarez, whose husband, Antonio Alvarez is very ill at the
Riverside city hospital.
- After spending a few weeks with her mother, Miss Eila Kolb went to Riverside where she is attending Business College.
- Charles Escallier and Mrs. Ruth Keyes attended a dance given at the Murrieta Hot Springs last Saturday night.

March 17, 1916

- Tony Alvarez, an old resident of Temecula, who was suddenly taken sick at Santa Rosa Ranch, died last Wednesday morning at 12:10 o'clock at Riverside
City Hospital. Wednesday noon the remains were brought to Murrieta. The funeral was held at his home and the remains interred in the Pechanga
cemetery. He leaves a wife and son to mourn his untimely death.
- Miss Jennie Medran arrived last week from Los Angeles to attend the funeral of Antonio Alvarez, and returned home Tuesday.
- Mrs. Camilla Aguirre arrived last Wednesday from Brea, and is visiting her brother, Juan Munoa.
- Dr. Roripaugh was in town one day last week on business.
- James O. Freeman and family left Saturday for Imperial Valley, where Mr. Freeman will start a dairy.
- Mrs. George Simon arrived from Los Angeles last week and is visiting her sister, Mrs. Hall.
- A. Cantarini shipped three cars of barley to the Globe mills last week.
- Mahlon Vail returned the latter part of the week from an extended trip through the eastern states.
- Mrs. Lizzie M. Hall returned last Monday from a two weeks' visit with her sisters and daughter in Los Angeles.
- Miss Mabel Helms came from Elsinore last Monday night to visit with Mrs. Hall.
- Mrs. Amos Kolb has returned home from a visit in Riverside with her daughter, Eila Kolb.
- Mrs. John B. Kelly left last Tuesday to visit with her sister, Mrs. B. Baxter, who lives out in the country.

March 24, 1916

- Juan Munoa has been very busy the past two weeks manufacturing beehives for James Freeman.
- After resting for about two months S. Wolfe has started to work again at the Pauba Ranch dairy.
- M. Ray and John Benson shipped two cars of blocks the first of the week to Oswald Bros., Los Angeles.
- Last week Mrs. John B. Kelly made a visit to her relatives and friends in Ethanac.
- James Freeman is bailing alfalfa for the Pauba Ranch.
- Roy Fernald has planted more fruit trees of different varieties on his place.
- Last Sunday Mr. and Mrs. William Friedemann made a trip to Riverside returning the same day.
- A large number of the young people from town attended the masquerade ball given at the Murrieta Hot Springs last Friday night.
- J. Monoa (Juan Munoa?) and A. Aguirri and family left the first part of the week for San Luis Rey where Mr. and Mrs. A. Aguirri will visit with relatives
and friends before departing for their home at Brea.
- Harry Walters and George Friedemann spent Sunday at the beach at Oceanside.
- Mr. and Mrs. Machado, proprietors of the Mission Store here, spent last Sunday at Hemet and San Jacinto.
- Last Friday night a Sunday school party was given to the children at the Clubhouse.
- Trees of different varieties are being planted on our school grounds, which will improve the school grounds; also the fence around the school is completed.
- In the near future a new road will be opened from Temecula to Pala. The old road in the Wolfe Valley will be abandoned on account of washouts and the
sand.

March 31, 1916

- After a two weeks visit with her sister, Mrs. Lizzie M. Hall, Mrs. George Simon left Wednesday for her home in Los Angeles.
- Mac Machado drove his auto to Elsinore to C. S. Bolting's Garage to have it repaired this week.
- J. M. Nicolas was in town on business one day the first part of the week.
- Miss Irene Vardy left Saturday morning for Los Angeles, where she will visit before returning to Riverside to attend the teachers' institute.
- J. G. Martin, teacher at the Temecula School, left Monday morning to attend the Institute so the children will have vacation for one week.
- Alex Escallier and two of his little brothers motored to Elsinore Sunday.
- George Watson left Monday noon for Los Angeles; from there he will go to South America.
- Mrs. Frank Fernald and her sister, Mrs. Ormiston Gonzalez went to Los Angeles this week for a visit with their parents and other relatives.
- Paul Clark, a successful beet king at the Pauba Ranch, has a large number of Mexicans working for him thinning out the beets. He expects to have more
beets this year than ever.
- J. G. Martin of Fallbrook was in town one day last week on business. Mr. Martin is teaching at the little Temecula School.
- Charles Escallier and Mrs. Ruth Keyes motored to Elsinore last Saturday afternoon to see the Angels practice.
- School has been suspended for the week and the teachers have gone to Riverside to attend the teachers Institute.
- Mrs. George Simon of Los Angeles was visiting her niece, Mrs. Carl Swanguen last week.
- Miss Mabel Helms, the globetrotter is visiting with the Cantarini's.
- Mrs. Antonio Alvarez and her mother, Mrs. Andreas Tortuga, went to Santa Rosa the latter part of last week, where Mrs. Alvarez has a large crop of
grain.
- A new water tank is being built back of the Hall's restaurant. Some time ago the old tank fell down and it was so badly damaged that it had to be
condemned and a new one built.
- Charles Cantarini of Perris was in town one day last week. He had gone to his ranch at Dry Creek.
- Juan Munoa returned Saturday from San Luis Rey where he was transacting business and visiting relatives and friends.