The herald., 1895-11-07
Easton, EIdridge & Co. Buying
Oil at Summerland
QUEER HOG STEALING CASE
II Amuses Most Of the Population oil
Santa Rita
Three Hundred Pounds Of Pork VIII Cause
r1uch Expense to the County.
Notes and Personals

SANTA BARBARA, Nov 6.-For weeks
several thousand barrels of oil have lain
ct the Summerland depot awaiting a mar
ket. The supply vastly exceeds the de-
mand and producers are worried. The
presence of George Easton in the city,
however, may now tend to open new
channel for exports. Easton. Eldrdge &
Co., the well-known San francisco firm.
offer rs cents barrel for the entire out
put 5000 barrels daily. 1t is reported
To-Day that the various owners OF wells
have accepted the proposition, and as Mr..
Easton agrees to paw the same rate as the
yield increases, a contract will at once be
signed by the parties in interest. This
important step brings Summerland out of
a diff Guilty and will open new obannelS
for the oevelpo ment of her industries.
HOG STEALING CASE.
Several months ago Thomas ". Roberts
of Santa Rita was charged with stealing q
hog, aged months. veie hing 800 pounds
and being the property of Leon Carteri.
A Lompoc justice held the defendant to
answer before the superior court and he
is now on trial before that tribunal
Sanat Rita is nearly seventy miles from
the county seat, with neither railway nor
steam OOdC CON HCoIiy
City Witnesses are in attendance. The
prosecution has introduced strong evil
dence connecting the prisoner with the
disappearance of the swine and the de-
tense are now examining witnesses. In
one instance the loud calls of Deputy
Sheriff Peter Storm for a witness wanted
on rebuttal failed TO elicit a response, and
on investigation the Lumpocer was found
in a drunken stupor on sofa in room
adjoining the sheriff's office. He was
aroused and assisted to the court room
where he staggered to the stand, and
though he afforded considerable amuse-
ment to the spectators, he answered
readily the attorneys questions and
saved himself from going to jail.
NOTES.
The BOARD of trade will meet in regular
session Friday, Novem Der Sth. The Re-
fugio road. the water question, the bath
house proposition and several other mat
tiers of Importance will come up for dis.
cussion and final settlement.
This Independent Is entertaining its read
ers with serial dealing entirely with in
cidents in the experiences of City Clerk
Alfred Davis during his incumbency of
various offices in this city The facts re-
lated are far from being plimentary
to the gentleman. but rat her place him
in a RIDICULOUS Light.
Tax Collector NJ. F. Bur ke and depu.
com m odaton CT reside ats CT Ballard. Los
Olvos, Buels Flat and Santa Inez. They
have now cleaned up the northern part
of the county AMI Will return TO the
county seat Thursday night.
The growth of Guada loupe is out OF
proportion with the habitations and peo-
pie are obliged to live in tents.
Eventually our big ranches will cease
to he only source of expense TO the
owners. The Santa Anita will be suhdi-
vded into small tracts and stocked with
hogs. large coloey of Iowa people are
about to settle on the Canada de los
Pinos. Mines are being developed on the
Lisquoc. at the San Julian rain was SO
plentiful that the vast herds Of cattle are
now subsisting on green grass.
At the Lompoc Landing the weather
was so rough that the steamer Santa Cruz
broke away from her moorings and it re-
CURED the utm ost efforts OF skilled mar
liners to prevent her from going ashore.
AS it was, the propeller plowed up a large
quantity of sand before regaining deep
water. The boat at once lett Lompoc
and proceeded north.
Burson & Lambs shoe store was en-
tered by burglars last night who got
away with about 800 worth OF tools and
materials. Several attempts at burglary
have been made during the last few
days. Monday night Sherman q Ealand's
butcher shop was entered and 30 cents
taken. Joseph Leavys residence was
entered the same night, but the burg lars
wsre frightened away before anyth N g
was taken.