Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-21
POMONA.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE TRUSTEES
TO BE SUED.
An Effort to Gust Him from Ofic e-Sen-
tence Passed on Green-A Number of
News and Personal Notes.

POMONA, Feb. ~.
III. B. Westerman of the law firm of
Westerman & Broughton of this city in
formed us yesterday that he was prepar-
ing and had about ready for filing in the
superior court complaint against s. j..
Rolph, president of the city board of
trustees, to oust him from office. The
complaint will allege that while a trustee
he contracted with and did work for the
city board of education, presented his
bills sworn to by himself to the city
trustees, who allowed and paid the
same. The complaint will probably be
filed Monday.
The ladies of the Christian church will
give Martha Washington chicken pie
dinner on Monday, the 22nd.
Some hundreds OF acres of alfalfa have
been sown in the Rincon this winter.
The splendid soil of that section, to-
gether with the abundance of water, are
especially favorable to alfalfa farming.
The people down there have been max
ing an effort for the past two or three
years to secure the establishment of a
cooperative butter factory. 1t is pre-
eminently adapted for the successful
prosecution of such an enterprise.
The tamborine drill and entertain
ment given by the ladies working
chapter of the Congregational church
Friday night was success in every par
ticular. The programme was neat
one and was we'll presented.
j. L. Means, late prominent citizen
and business man of Grand Island,
Nebraska, who has taken up his resi-
dence with us, informed us that he
brought plans with him for $4,000
residence, but that he has concluded to
wait while before building. He has
some fine property here, is live, pro-
gressive man, and we hope to see him
take hold with all his accredited vim
and enterprise in helping along the up
building of town and valley.
The pupils of Miss Peters department.
of our public schools held Washing
| ton birthday picnic at Ganesha park
yesterday Saturday and most enjoy
able time was had.
The new pipe line of the Sycamore
Water Development company, extend
ing from Mountain View to the lands
situated on Holt avenue belonging to
Mr.. Brady, president of the Pomona
! National bank, will be completed next
| week.
| The defendant in the Green liquor
case was before the city recorder yester-
day for sentence. His counsel moved
| for a new trial, which was denied, to
which ruling defendant duly excepted.
| Sentence was then passed in accordance
with the ordinance. The ordinance fixes
the punishment, so that the recorder
, has no alternative but to pronounce the
| judgment prescribed by the ordinance,
viz: ten days in Jail and $3.50 fine, and
ii the fine be not paid, imprisonment
until it be satisfied at the rate of one
day for every $2. An appeal was taken
from the judgment, during which, of
course. execution of ofsentence was stayed.
The Mutually trial will come up next
Thursday, the 25th, to be followed on
the 29th by the Copeland trial, and that
on the I'd of March by the Cohn trial.
So far each case has required venirea ag-
gregating from 125 to 250 jurors. We
learn that Henry L. Gage is to be asso-
ciated in the defense of Mutually and
! Copeland.
| 1t is noted with satisfaction that a
large amount of building is being done
and improvements being made in the
large belt of country lying along the
foothills within the boundaries of the
| Orange Belt irrigation district. That
district is yet on deal for water, but it
is thought now to be pretty well settled
that the supply will be furnished by the
| Arrowhead company.
| A number of strangers visit occasion
| ally, although our hotels and boarding
houses are not crowded as they should
be at this time of the year, considering
the soft, balmy, delightful winter eli
| mate, the delicious water, pure and
sweet, which we drink. and the thous-
and charms Of scenery which we enjoy.
| We ought to have some hundreds of
strangers with us every winter.
Mr.. Miller, uncle OF Bent Ross of this
| city, and prominent stockman of Pres
/ colt, Ariz., is here for visit.
| Mrs. Baumgartner, of Riverside, wife
of the editor of the Phoenix, is in Po-
mona on visit with friends.
H. G. Houghton, president of the Po-
mona Electric Light and Gas company,
left for San Francisco yesterday, after
business visit to Pomona
Washington's birthday will not be
generally observed up in this delectable
and patriotic valley. The failure to do
80 may not be in accordance with a
"time-honored CUSTOM" but it will,
doubtless, save good deal of wear and
tear and the expenditure of deal Of
energy that we need in our every day
| routine.
Pomona has dozen lawyers and over
a dozen doctors. The lawyers all live