The herald., 1897-08-07
PASADENA

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spondence.) A large number of orchardists
and others interested took advantage of
Mr.. c. H. Richardson's invitation to visit
his lemon orchard on South Madison ave-
nue. this morning to meet the horticultural
| commissioners. The commissioners, as
stated in this mornings Herald. were pres
| ent for the purpose of determining what
effect Mr.. Richardson's experiments with
different washes had upon the red scale
with which the trees were afflicted. The
McBain wash was found to kill the small
scale, but the large ones escaped. This
| is cheap wash, and though it appears to
| burn the young twigs somewhat, it is
| thought this will be corrected in time.
| Other preparations were ones by Mr.. D.
| Doty of this city, which killed the scale,
but blackened the fruit and bark Mr..
Doty expects to correct this The resin
used by the state board of horticulturists,
composed of resin, caustic soda and fish
oil, does fairly well. The thing wanted is
a wash that will do away with the old
and young scale, red and black. and at
the same time not harm the trees. How
ever, no such wash or parasite has been
discovered. The only thing to do. the au-
thorities say. is to constantly spread the
wash on. The little black lady bug,
rhizobius, is recommended for the black
scale, and Inspector e. H. Rust announces
that these parasites can be had free at the
Park nursery on West Colorado street.
The commissioners declined to make an
official statement of the result of their
examination this morning owing to the
fact that they had not seen the spraying
done. Many visitors from out of town,
among them experts on horticultural mat
ters, were present at the inspection.
ELECTRIC ROAD BUILDING
Bids for the construction of the East
Side electric loop of the Pasadena and
Pacific line on South Los Robles, Califor-
mia and Lake avenues were opened yester-
day, and A. B. Hogan was awarded the
contract Four bids were opened. Mr..
Hogan's bid was not the lowest, but was
preferred. The work is to be completed
within thirty days. Mr. Hogan will go to
work at once with twenty men, more to be
added as needed. The amount involved
is about $1,000.
1t is thought that M slavin will get the
contract for the carpenter and masonry
work on the Green annex Bids have been
invited and received, but not yet opened.
Mr.. Slavn is thought to have made the
lowest bid.
BREvITIES
Thefts of two bicycles took place last
night and so far there is no clue to the
perpetrator. Will Thompson left his wheel
at the door of the Y. NJ. C. A. rooms, over
the Southern Pacific depot, and when he
returned it was gone. The wheel was
last years Crescent. Lloyd Macy left his
wheel on the porch of his home on Worces-
ter avenue. and it was likewise puroined
The latter wheel was not as good a wheel
as Thompson's, but evidently worth TAX
ing.
Swaine Firth was taken to the county Jail
today by Officer Slater to serve a sentence
of thirty days for disorderly conduct.
Firth was convicted last Wednesday of
pying improper attention to Mrs. l.. C. !
Meserve. Justice Rossiter gave Firth the
choice of days and dollars and Firth took
days.
Mrs. E. A. Groesch and four children |
were sent this morning by the United Sa-
maritans and other charitable people to |
their old home in Leavenworth, Kas. The |
family were left here by a drunken nus |
band three years ago, since when they |
have seen some very hard times
number of members of the G. A. r. |
and w. r. c. of this city left this morn |
ing for San Diego to join in the annual en- |
campment. The party composed about |
thirty members who will spend the time |
with work and rest
DR.. f. l.. Conger, in a communication to |
a local paper this evening, makes the in |
teresting suggestion that Pasadena might |
have several fine lakes by dammng the |
arroyo at Devils Gate, Scovl's dam and |
other narrow places.
Today was the last day for the signing /
of the contract between the bondholders
of the Mount Lowe railway and its cred
itors. By the provisions of this contract
the unsecured creditors receive so per
cent of their claims in first mortgage /
bonds.
The preliminary examination of Mrs.
Mary Test for poisoning John Ryan's {
dogs has been set by Recorder Rossite~
for tomorrow afternoon at o'clock.
The BICYCLE boys propose holding meet
the 10Th of this month if enough entries
can be secured to make the meet pay. /
They plan to have road race in the morn
ing and track events in the Afternoon.
PERSONAL
Charles B. Burke and Miss Ida Gulick-
son were married last evening at o'clock
by Rev. Clark Crawford in the presence OF
some twenty-five friends. The home of
DR.. e. J. Beach on Worcester avenue was
very prettily decorated for the occasion
with pepper boughs, roses and oleanders
The wedding march was played by Mrs.
Vail After the serving of refreshments
and the presentation of congratulations
the bride and groom departed for their
new home on Elmira street. They were
the recipients of many handsome pres
ents.
M SIS Emily Stanton, who is spending the
summer with her mother at Squirrel Inn
has invited number of her sAends to a
M A~ r.