The herald., 1895-12-29
SHE LEFT THE HOTEL THERE
Mrs. Squires' Experience With the
Windsor House
An Episode at Rediands That Caused Many
Business lien to Mourn -The
Creditors

REDLANDs, Dec. 29.-Not for the first
time in its history the Windsor hotel of
this city is again the cause of inquiry in re-
lation to the presence of it's proprietor.
But like the Arab she has folded her tent
and silently stole away" Several months
ago Mrs H. L. Squires came to RedIands
from Chicago, and b, coming infatuated
with the beauties of the wonder city, she
concluded to make a business venture.
Her eye dropped upon the Windsor hotel
and business deal soon sprung up be-
tween her and A. II. Pratt, who was then
proprietor. 1t resulted in sale of the
furniture owned by Pratt, and transfer
of his leases She paid a portion of the
sale price down and mortgage was given
for the balance. and then she started in as
proprietress of the largest and best equip
to go along smoothly until several weeks
ago she was refused credit by n
humber of merchants who mad
been furnishing supplies and who
had discovered that it was not good
thing to push along" She then resorted
TO other dealers and when they presented
their bills no ''dough" came. A howl was
made and 1t resulted in a meeting of some
of the large creditors and Mrs Squires.
1t was agreed that her leases should be put
in the hands of a respons, BILE trustee, and
John W. Wilson. cashier of the First Ma
tional Bank, was chosen to hold the same.
1t was also agreed that Mrs. >quIires should
make an accounting every mouth of the
receipts and expenditures incurred in
the management of the hotel, and after
holding out $50 per month for her personal
expenses she was to pay the balance. if
any, to her various creditors. Very few
days elapsed before the contract was
broken and Mira. ~nuirQs I'm nf hoov,
IN Redlands since. and nobody was aware
of her absence until II was ann ,unced that
hotel broker of Los Angeles. named j.
M. Richards, had purchased Mrs. Squires'
interest for the purpose Of speculation to
the tune of $500. 1t however turns out
that the Squires interest in the properly
amounted 10 nothing except what the
leases were worth
A. w. Hatch, proprietor of the Union
transfer, Is mourning over the fact that he
will be called upon to pay a $500 note
which he endorsed for the lady at the First
would not object to check for $3.50, and
the Electric Light and Power company
would not feel bad OH pay day If she would
throw up about $3.50. Heap no goodee."
was what the Chinese cooks said when
they heard of the affair, t + they could have
pla, ed lots OF tan on the 5000 now owing
them. The omestic Water company has
a charge of $3.50, but as it takes water to
make "consomme,' Mr.. Richards has
agreed to square that. Pablo Garcia, the
butcher, has furnished fine steaks and
other delicacies, and it is said he Ia willing
to call things square if an amount in the
three figure line is preluceh. Suess, the
grocer, who was shrewd in days gone by,
was only niLbled for $40.
George W. Meade, of Les Angeles, who
owns the annex to the Wind sor, wants
about $ZOO for rent, rrs. squires always
gave the impression of being a straight
forward business woman, but her recent
actions have caused a good deal of com
ment here lately. Her Indebtedness will
amount to nearly $4,000, which does not
include the Pratt mortgage of $4,000.
A heavy north wind prevailed today
throughout the >anta Ana valley, throwing
and thorning many oranges and oyerturn-
ing trees and fences.