Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-07-09

SIERRA MADRE, CAL, July stn'
EprroR HERALD: Four parties have
this week made the ascent to Wilson's
Peak by way Of the Wilson trail from
Sierra Madre. A party consisting OF T.
T. Reed Of this place. !. Cooper and l.
Cooper Of San Gabriel and two other
gentlemen start to-day by the same
route for Barley Flats and Bear Creek
on a hunting and fishing excursion.
They expect to be gone several weeks.
Miss K. willard is at McGregorys.
She was here one year ago aud In the
i,terim has travelled much. but says sne
finds no place in the world equal 10
Sierra Madre.
On Monday evening next will be
o;ven nv Miss +. II. Hawkes., at her
iavelv home on Grand View avenue, q
fancy dress party, to celebrate the COCA,
sion Of the seventy-fourth birthday Oh
her mother, Mrs. Hannah Hawkes..
N. c. Carter has arrived from his
Eastern trip. He returns the end OF
this week to New Mexico to meet an
excursion party at present on the way.
Three new avenues have been laid out
in the southern part Of the colony. Two
run parallel with Central avenue from
Baldwin to Sierra Madre avenue, and
are named Esperanza and Bonito. The
third extends from Live Oak to Central
avenue. between the iauds OF Messrs.
Hart and BraiDard, and is called Her.
mosa. All are sixty feet wide.
Mr.. J, Willard Of Pasadena has this
week been surveying and laying off into
lots lands Of Messrs. Hart, Hosmer and
Brainard. He has had sufficient faith
In the growth Of this locality to purchase
a lot in Hosmer's subdivision and Ia
alb nut TO erect house thereon to cost
about $1,000.
Rev. Gordon, pa tor Of the Congregas
tional Church Of this place, starts soon
for three months visit in the east.
Mr.. w. A. Spalding has had remarka.
BILE success in having young orange trees
buided. OF 8000 trees budded only two
failed to take. George Wallace OF AL.
hambra did the budding.
An orange tree on Mr.. SteinberRer's
place has shown wonderful precocify in
fruiting. The tree. one year old bud
Of the Washington Navel variety, has
now hanging to its branches IS oranges.
not one being smaller than hens egg.
II Is said on good authority that
syndicate Is treating with Mr.. p. T. Reed
for one-half the water of his canon. It
is the intention to pipe the same to La
manda Park. 1t IL also reported that a
syndioste is about to purchase the place
Of O. B. Davis for the purpose Of divid-
ing 1t into lots.
Z. B. Jones and family have gone for
q trip down the coast to San Diego.
A public nesting was held last even
ing at the school house to consider fur
ther the matter Of the public library. p.
R. Wilson presided, and after calling the
meeting to order read communication
to himself frsm Mrs. r. e. Ross Of Sierra
Madre. Therein Mrs. Ross, after ex-
pressing her kindly interest in the com
munity. offered as q site for the
library an acre of groun on
Central Avenue near her residence and
In addition TO the sum Of $4,000 to be
used for erecting buildings, purchasing
books and Identifying the grounds. The
library, to be called the Sierra Madre
Free Library" she asking, however, as
a favor that on the building should be q
tablet indicating that it was erected In
honor Of h. f. Ross, her deceased hus-
band. The acre Of ground 10 worth
$1,000, thus making the gift amount to
$4,000. The meeting arose In enthusi-
asm and gave three cheers for Mrs.
Ross. The gift was accepted, a resolu-
tion Of thanks passed and Q committee
appointed to express to Mrs. Ross the
public appreciation Of her generosity.
This committee consists Of Mrs. Jones,
Mrs Tuttle, Prof. Hart, DIR. Gresham
and P. r. Wilson. A resolution Of
thanks was also rendered Miss +. H.
Hawkes. for the earnest endeavors and
aid which she had given to the library
NOV sment, and the committee above
named appointed to convey the same to
her.
A further subscription to the library
fund was started and in . short time
$3.50 was raised, thus making the
amount Of money subscribed aud prom
ised about $4,000. II any other commu.
nifty in this county outside Of Los An
geles city has or can do as well, we
should like to know il, An executive
committee consisting Of Mrs. Ross. Prot.
Pierce and P. R. Wilson, was appointed
to arrange for the organization of the
Library Association. A building com
mittee consisting Of Mrs. G. B. Jones,
W. s. Andrews apd P. r. Wilson wss
appointed to solicit and present to the
association plans for building.
The meeting adjourned to meet at the
call Of the Executive COMMITTEES.