The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-02
Grape Pickers Terrorizing the
Etiwanda People
WHISKEY AND GAMBLING
Two Stabbing ARRAYS Occur Within
Three Days
The New LytIe Creek Road-Wiliiam Ed
wards Is Wanted-News Notes
Of General Interest

da is still experiencing the reign of ter
ror which was occasioned there last week,
on account of the carousals OF the Mexi-
can grape pickers who are camped near
the village. There are about 100 Mexi-
cans and about forty Indians employed in
harvesting the grape crop. and few
idlers and gamblers in the party, to-
gether with bad quality of whisky,
have caused all the trouble. Another
Mexican was stabbed there last night
making the second ARRAY of the kind
within three days. As in the former case,
the sober members OF the camp captured
the assailant and held him until the ar
rival OF the officers.
George Mapstead was sworn in as
special deputy sheriff Saturday evening,
and none too early, for last night he was
called to the camp and found Mexican
stabbed in two places, one wound being
in the left arm and the other in the
abdomen. According to the story told,
the wounded man had been lying on the
ground asleep, when his assailant ap.
preached and plunged fruit knife into
his sleeping victim. How serious the
wounds are Mapstead did not know,
but he at once secured the fellow who
made the assault and brought him to
this city this morning.
The main portion of the grape pickers
camped at Etiwanda are peaceable, and
If the gamblers could be kept out of the
camp, there would be no trouble. The
latter bring liquor with them, and this
lie directly responsible for the lawlessness
prevailing. and against which the people
Of Etiwanda are almost powerless.
Two of the leaders in these disturb
ances are lodged in Jail. and it is hoped
that this may have a salutary effect
upon those who are left.
THE LYLE CREEK BRIDGE.
The members of the board OF supervis-
ors inspected the new bridge over Lyle
creek, on Cotton avenue this forenoon,
and gave it their official approval by
accepting the work, and auditing most of
the claims for the work. The total cost
Of the bridge is $30SS. The bridge was
built by D. P. n. Little of Los Angeles
The bridge is built OF iron and steel,
and is of the low truss pattern. 1t con-
sists OF three 60-foot spans, resting on
cylindrical piers, filled with concrete.
The bridge proper Is finished, and the
last approach is so nearly done that it
| is possible for teams to drive on to the
bridge. Several spans OF horses were
| driven on as a sort of test of the strength
| OF the structure, but the weight was not
| sufficient to occasion even a small vibra-
| ton.
| The work of completing the approaches
will be pushed, and the bridge thrown
open for use within two weeks.
Cotton avenue Is now spinkled it's
whole length, and this, together with the
hridOa I,vfla crack mi kpa Of
the most pleasant drives in the vicinity.
The supervisors also took up the mat
| ter of maps of the trails and sources OF
water on the desert, and instructed
| Chairman Turner to proceed with the
preliminary work at once. The members
| doing tbe.work, and as soon as Mr.. Turn
or reports definitely what is needed, it
will be orderd done.
| Surveyor Cook filed his estimate of tha
| cost OF surveying the 60 miles of disputed
| boundary between this and Riverside
be required for the work, and that it will
cost $1340, asiue from the salaries of the
surveyors of the two counties. This will
amount to $1,000, or $2340 for the total
expense-$l270 for each county.
INFORMATION WANTED.
The Times Index has received the fol-
lowing letter asking for information as
to the heirs OF William Edwards, very
early pioneer of California;:
Owensboro, KY. Sept 20.
Dear Sir: If you can give me any infor-
nation concerning the present add ress OF
the heirs of William Edwards. brother of
Miles S. Edwards. grand nephew of Rob.
| ert Edwards, it will be greatly apprecia-
ted. Recent developments in a long con.
testad case in New YORK have made it
very important to locate the living heirs
at once. William Edwards is supposed
to have settled somewhere in California,
about 1885 or 1910. A. d. POWERS.
NOTES OF THE DAY.
The Cotton schools opened week ago
with an enrolment of 1888, which Is IS
more than we're In attendance year ago
at the beginning of the term. Thirty
two are enrolled in the high school, with
probably six more to come in. The OPEN
ing of the high school has also had the
effect of filling up the higher grades be-
low the high school.
Mrs. Amanda L. Suddeth OF Cotton has
filed petition for lettars of administra-
tion on the estate of her late husband,
DR.. J. W. Suddeth. The latter left no
will, and his property in California is
estimated to be worth $l2, 200. The total
value of the estate will be many times
that amount, the bulk of bis property
being in other states.
A patent to the Last Chance gold mine,
in Bear valley, was filed in the recorder 5
office this afternoon. The patent is made
to Samuel Rogers and William Ross. and
was issued October 49, 1880. 1t bears the
name of President r. d. Hayes.