The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-25

| testified that the defendant showed them
a copy of tho verses In his butcher shop.
! With this the state rested and the defense
placed the defendant Boone On tn, stand.
He testified that he had copy of the
verses but denied that he had circulated
them. but acknowledged that he lad
shown them to Preston and Dils, both OF
whom witness said called at his place OF
business and asked to SEQ the verses.
After argument by counsel the court
held defendant Booze for trial in the SUI
perior court
The case OF Beach, the other defendant,
was then taken up, but it lasted only a
few minutes when the defendant was dis
charged, as the state failed to show that
he ever had the verses, or that he ever
showed them to anyone.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC TAXES.
Concerning the Southern Pacific clai NJ
against the county, on the ground tn at
Desert district is not part OF the Helmet
high school district Superintendent
Hyatt says that this is not foregone
conclusion. by any means. 1T is true
that so far as the schools and the SUPER
intendents office is concerned, Desert
has never been considered part of the
Helmet district, as certified by the super
intendent but whether or not Desert S
in fact still a part of Henct is a question
!, for the courts and the attorney general 10
| decide.
The whole thing is legacy left as
| from San Diego county. Desert district
! was formed some wears ago from territory
| belonging to the San Jacinto district
which was i'll turn part of the liemet
high school district. But it was cousid-
cred at that time that Desert, in thus
forming an independent district OF its
own, was thereby removed from the
Helmet district; and the Desert district
has never oeen treated as part OF Hemet
since, either by San Diego or Riverside
school officers. 1t has had no voice or
vote in Hemet affairs, and has no repre-
sentation there. Yet it seems that the
Hemet taxes have included Desert terri
tory.
1T now remains for some competent
tribunal to decide whether or not Desert
is legally part of the Hcmet district.
The latest high school law contains
the following clause, which seems to have
direct bearing on this case: NO change
in districf boundaries shall affect the
boundaries of high school districts
1T seems very doubtful that the
Southern Pacific has any valid claim
against the county"
ASHPALTING THE STREETS.
The work of aspbalting the streets is
progressing quite rapidly. but there is
o'itio NcisN Nbuect ~ ihabllltH ~ .hI.
} ohnson, tire city engineer, to keep sutfi-
Gle ntly ahead with his WORK. The task of
setting the grade for the work is no small
one, an Mr.. Johnson is irking with all
possible dispatch, all things considered.
ia. Ferchild has about com pleted the
work on the block on Main, between Sew
enth and Eighth streets, and from present
indications he will have to suspend wort
for short time in odrer to give the grad
ers and surveyors a chance to get ahead.
A. Flecli and Ormand, who have the
contract for grading the streets, have
their crew at work on Eighth street
now, and 1t is understood that the block
on this street between Main and Orange
Will be asphalted next. This change is
made because the railroad people have
not got their track graded on the block
between Eighth and Ninth streets.
Claude Hancock, who has the contract
for the gutter work. has a big force at
work on Eighth street, and he will have
his part done in ample time for the grad.
efS.