The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-14
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDITORS

The suggestion made by the Star that ,
bus line be put on the gap between thu
completed ends of the electric line il
South Pasadena was acted upon, and this
we'll as by the Santa Fe and the Termina
railroads. The entire completion of the
electric line is a matter Of but few weeks
time.-Pasadena Star.
1t really looks as if the income tax Law
was going to operate as discourager t(
matrimony. A man with an income O
$1,000 pays no tax under the law, nor does
woman with like income. But if they
marry the two incomes are considered n:
one, and Uncle Sam taxes 5000 of the
joint income. The law goes to the extern,
OF saying that the only relief for this con-
dition of things is divorce. Santa Bar
babara Press
Southern California papers report large
areas of land in that section as having been
seeded to alfalfa this season, and it is
likely that it will be years before the val
country with hay, as it has done of late.
The large area devoted to alfalfa in this
Sc ;tion also is an assurance that prices
for that crop will rule low here as we'll. But
it can be fed to horses and cattle, and
some hay carried over for prospective
dry eason.-Hanford Democrat
In June thousands of our people go to
cool. We have resorts that far surpass
those of Europe in natural beauty If they
were only taken advantage Of Santa
Monica has the elements of fine resort,
but it has never been improved. The
rookeries should be cleared away and the
owners of the majority of the land should
do something to beautify the place and
lay out plans for entertaining people. Ii,
this way some of the European wanderers
could be brought to this coast.-Pasadena
Evening News.
Richard Smith, "a marine hermit, who
is residing at present on the hulk OF a
schooner atloat in San Francisco bay. has
predicted that the city is to be destroyed
by an ocean food. He has warned the
people and is much grieved that they take
no heed to his warning but keep right
on subscribing to competing railroads,
Summing the tenderloin and otherwise
pursuing the even wickedness of thei1
way. He is consoled, however, by the
reflection that Noah was similarly neg
lected and he patiently awaits the hour
when the survivors of his catastrophe come
pleading at the deadeyeS OF his ark
Banning Herald.
1t is lamentable, but nevertheless true,
that an organization of such vital import
ance to the advancement OF a city's inter
ests in inducing desirable immigration,
as is the Chamb Der of Commerce, is not &C
corded the support commensurate with
the worthy objects for which it was Or
ganized. Our local Chamber of Commerce
has been persistent in it's efforts for all.
while it has only received the financial
and moral aid of a few of our most prom
inent citizens. A committee has been APP
pointed to increase its mem bership, and
every citizen having the best interests of
the city anu county at heart should enroll
his name and become an active worker
IN the organization.-Santa Ana Blade.
No decision rendered by San Bernar-
dino jury in some time has met with
more general approval than that returned
by the jury in the case of Emelio Garcia,
charged with the murder of James Quill
minot. The verdict was simply guilty
of murder in the first degree" This
means that he must pay the penalty of
one of the most brutal and cold blooded
murders that ever darkened the criminal
annals of this county, with his life. Muir
der is too mild term in which to speak
of this crime-it was butchery-and the
story as told by his accomplice, Juan
Ferra, is revolving in every detail 1t was
crime without a single palliating cir
cumstance. This decision, which means
the hanging of Garcia, will, we believe
have wholesome effect in checking the
epidemic of homicide which has become
alarmingly prevalent within the past few
months. Human life has been hel / too
cheap and juries have been too. lenient
and the community is to be congratulated
on the work Of this jury. 1t has made
every human life more sacred and safer
from assassins, and probably saved the
community another resort to lynch law.
San Bernardino Times Index.
The cause for temporary quiet in the
orange trade seems to be easily accounted
for. 1t is not expected to be OF long con-
tinuance. The Herald OF this morning
seys that the trade in seedlings is de-
cidedly fiat in Los Angeles. and that the
cause is entirely due to the heavy i'm
ports OF Italian fruit. Spain, Cuba and
Mexico also contribute some towards the
glut. but the principal supplies come
from Sicily. This fruit has literally
flooded the Atlantic and Gulf ports and is
finding its way into the interior. 1t is
landed at Galveston, Texas, at SO cents
box and sold at Houston at 50. Advices
to the Fruit Exchanges state that a GER
tain large fruit firm is packing Italian or
anges at Houston and labelling it as Cali
fornia fruit. This practice, which is
often INDUCED in by unscrupulous packers,
greatly demoralizes the trade for genuine
CALIFORNIA;. At the present time there is
little or no fruit atoat for the United
confidently expected that the market will
soon be cleaned up and the demand for
California seedlings resumed. In the
meantime it is we'll to go slow on ship
ments. Navels are moving off well at the
regular +. o. b. Foreign competition has
not had much effect on the market for
fancy fruit as yet, and is not likely to
have much in the future. riverside
Press