July 25, 1915: “COWS’ EARS CHEWED BUT ATOLIA RANCHER FREED, CRUELTY CASE—Barstow, July 24.—H. N. Roundtree, a homesteader near Atolia upon whom Constable Brown served a warrant yesterday after a 100-mile automobile ride across the burning desert, was tried before a judge om Justice T. O. Carter’s court today and acquitted on a charge of cruelty to animals. Roundtree was … More >