The herald., 1894-12-22
Niger SLOUGH IS DOOMED
The Historic Hunting Ground
Declared a Nuisance.
Dead Fish aud Dscayed Vegetable
Matter Cause T rOuble.
If the Suit Prevails tbs Bportsmeu Must
Look Elsewhere for q Shot
at ths Ducks.

Action in q matter which is ofinterest
to every sportsman in this city, as we'll
as to q large number of property own.
ers, was begnn by the district attorney
yeste rsiay when he forwarded to Attor-
ney.Gsnsral w. II. Hart the com plant
in an action looking to the abatement ol
a nuisance alleged to exist on the San
Pedro raach and known 90 "Nigger
slough"
From the earliest settlement of this
county Niger slough has been famous
as the best duck hunting ground in the
southern country.
Spartsmen from all over the southern
counties have epent many happy days
and nights along the margin of the
elough in pursuit OF canvas backs, mall
lardp, cinnamon, teal. widgeon. spike
tails, spoon bills, aud other varieties OF
the broad billed and web.footed tribes.
In the old days the ground was open
to all, but in later years the plebeian
sportsman has had to content himself
with chance shot at the STRAY duck
who wandered off the gilt-sdged grounds
which are now leased by the Los An.
geles Gun club, who enforce the game
lava and convict poachers with all the
severity practised by the autocratic earls,
lords and dukes OF "Merrie" England,
who guard their hunting grounds with
rule OF czars.
In the complaint which is entitled,
The People OF the State Of California ex
rel. w. III. Ii. Hart. Attorney General,
We. Victoria Dominguez de Carson ct 81.
. 10 fork hat sh Iok r 70 r h.
utaries, known as "Nigger" slough, lie
Q nuisance and menace to the health
and happiness OF the public.
1t recites at length that there has
nsver been any outlet to the so.called
lake or slough.
That for q long time there has been an
accumulation OF stagnant water. foul
smelling and unhealthiul.
That continuously and for long timo
dead and decaying tish and decayed veg
etable matter has polluted the lake and
its tributaries.
That the atmosphere is 90 foul as to
become injurious to the health and Of
tensive to the senses OF the entire sur.
rounding neighborhood and the COM
Inunity thereaboute.
That for these and many other reasons
the slough 10 public nuisance.
Wherefore plaintiff demands judg.
ment
First-That said nuisance be abated,
and that defendants be restrained from
causing or permitting said water to be-.
come stagnsnt, said dead fish and decay
ing vegetation to accu ulRte, and fro m
causing or permitting noxious smells
to emanate from esid slough TO the nuis-
ance of the psople of the neighborhood
and vicinity and OF plaintiff
Second, That the plaintiff recover the
costs oi the suit.
There are about thirty defendants
named, including the Security Loan and
Trust company, the German American
Savings Bank, Harry E. Brook and
some OF the best known business men,
including the Stimson Brothers. in this
county.
The papers must first receive the en-.
dorsement Of the attorney-genera which
being granted, the suit will be prose-
cuted in the courts of thia county.
II it prevsils. and the district attor-
ney's Office claim to have sufficient evi-
dsnce to ensure judgment, "Nigger"
slough, the historical hunting grounds
OF the whole southern country, will be-
come q thing OF the past, from the
sportsmen's standpoint, and the bang
OF tie shotgun will be heard no more in
the land,