The Late Sixtet(orig. error) Chabre

Sixte Chabre died last Friday at the Quarantine hospital of pneumonia.  He as a native 
of the Department of Hautes-Alpes, France, and on November 1st would have been 49 
years old.

Deceased was on of the best known sheep owners of the region.  He had been in America 
for about 30 years.  He began coming here for Bakersfield with his flocks some 17 
years ago, and during the period since has become to a considerable extent a part-time 
citizen of Inyo and Mono counties.  The rising fortunes of sheep growing favored him, 
with other during the last few years.  He was liberal with the means coming to him for 
that source.  One of his notable gifts was the deposit in the First National Bank of 
$1,000 to the credit of the first five young men drafted from here for army service, 
the money to be used for any purpose necessary to welfare of Inyo's soldiers.  Ben F. 
Barlow was made treasurer of that fund.

Deceased is survived by his wife and a son, Pete, aged about 16 years.  They came from 
Bakersfield in response to a telegram from L. Weill.

Mrs. Chabre will return here to aid in adjusting affairs, as her husbands flocks are 
in the vicinity of Benton.

A procession of his fellow countrymen, his brethren of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, 
and of other friends escorted the remains to Laws Sunday.  They were shipped to 
Bakersfield for interment, which was conducted by the Eagles and the Local Order of 
Moose.

The Inyo Register
Bishop, Inyo County, California
Thursday, October 24, 1918 - Page 1

Transcribed by Pat Houser for Inyo County GenWeb, August 30, 2004