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when dropped down it did not reach the surface of the pool below by 5 or 6 

 feet. It was a frail thing for a man with a broken leg to trust himself to : 

 but Day had "grit." Dropping himself over, he clutched the rounds, 

 while his companions held the ladder above, and thus let himself down as 

 far as the ladder reached, and then dropped into the pool. He swam and 

 paddled until he reached the shore. By this time it had become so dark 

 that the mountaineers were unable to find their way out till morning. 



"The provisions and blankets had been left here. Day was able to 

 crawl to them, and there he spent the night alone. Early in the morning 

 one of the boys came down to my house and told of their mishap. I imme- 

 diately dispatched a couple of strong men and a spring wagon to the canyon, 

 lycaving the wagon at the mouth of the canyon, the men proceeded to the 

 falls. There they constructed a rough litter upon which they stretched the 

 unfortunate man and carried him to the wagon, and thence to his home. 

 He must have been suffering a great deal of pain, but not a groan escaped 

 his lips as he was jolted over the boulders and down the rough mountain 

 road. It was six months before he could walk again." 



For more about Mr. Day, see Chapter 7. 



First Saloon Case. — March 30, 1885, Jerome Beebe, who had 

 opened the first liquor saloon in Pasadena, was tried in justice's court for 

 making threats of bodily violence against L,. H. Michener. District Attor- 

 ney Geo. M. Holton of lyOS Angeles and H. W. Magee of Pasadena were 

 attorneys for the prosecution ; and Geo. W. Knox of Los Angeles was 

 attorney for Beebe ; andT. P. Lukens was justice of the peace. The result 

 was that Beebe was found guilty, and required to give bonds in the sum of 

 $2,500 for six months to keep the peace. Mr. Knox tried hard to get the 

 bond reduced, claiming that it was exorbitant, etc. ; but justice lyukens 

 was inflexible and the amount had to stand. Knox afterward laughed 

 over it, and said privately, " O, it's all right. I was told by the wholesale 

 liquor men of Los Angeles to tell Beebe not to worry. He could have any 

 amount of bail he required. They'd back him." I heard Knox say it 

 my.self. 



Cannery Burned. — The first fire calamity of importance in the Col- 

 ony was the burning of Joseph Wallace's Cannery on the night of Septem- 

 ber 2, 1885. (Thomas Banbury's house had burned down a few years be- 

 fore.) The following points showing the disastrous nature of the Cannery 

 fire I quote from the report published in the Valley Union at the time : 



"The building was of wood and consisted of a two-story part, 20x50, 

 and a one-story part 16x30. The contents were 10,000 cans of fruit in tins, 

 one and one-half gross cans in glass, 60 cases of last year's pack, three tons 

 of evaporated fruit, and two tons green peaches, besides the evaporator and 

 tools of the cannery The fruit includes all of this year's pack and part of 

 last. Mr. Wallace roughly estimates the loss on fruit at $5,000 ; insured 

 for $3,000. There is also $1,000 insurance on the building. Work was 

 nearly through for the .season, the cannery being engaged on late peaches. 

 As to the cause of the fire none is known, though incendiarism is .suspected. 

 * * * The ten thousand cans of tinned fruit made a novel feature 



