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The herald., 1897-08-24
LONG BEACH

LONG BEACH, Aug. 23.-(Regular Cor
| respondence.) The intense heat of yester-
day and the previous days sent large
number of people to the seaward. The
beach was lively all day with bathers in
the water and people eating picnic dinners.
sleeping, reading and spooning on shore.
The children waded and 'sozzled' around
in the water to their fill, and the merry-go-
round and the popcorn man did thriving
business. The boats of the entire pleasure
fleet were out all day cruising around the
bay, finding relief from the intense heat
that prevailed on land. Though this is the
coolest point on the bay, the heat was
extreme, even on the beach close to the
water.
of the pier to the shore yesterday after
noon, distance OF one-third of a mile and
gave out when part way in. They called
for help, and Percy Hunsaker took one of
the rowboats of the Bessie and went to
their rescue. One of the men is confined
to bed today as a result of the exhaustion.
The lowest tide of the year occurred
Sunday morning at GIG o'clock
Notwithstanding the heat, the churches
were well filled yesterday. DR.. Denen
of the Presbyterian church preached to
an overfull house.
Judge Campbell and wife of San Beg,
nardino are escaping the heat at the Hen
derson
The Sunset Telephone company has put
in six instruments and will add twenty
two more by the end of the month.
George BiXby, p. E. Hatch, Louis A.
Bailey and e. C. DEMO are a committee of
prominent citizens who went to Los Ange-
les today to represent Long Beach at the
Hooker reception in the chamber of COM
merce.
Mr.. Armor, druggist apd telephone
So ;-
cool ocean breeze.
Capt. Nevins of the yacht Morning Star
is quite seriously i'll at his home in Ala
mitos Beach.
The people in this locality were almost
stifled with dreadful stencil that filled the
atmosphere last evening about 10 o'clock.
1t was ascertained this morning that it
was caused by the breaking of an outfall
sewer at the sugar factory at Los Ala
mitos
The Cemente, Santa Barbara, the Morn
ing Star, j. Wiley and the Hrondelle had
parties out on pleasure bent this morn
ing.
r. S. Talbot. aged so years and months
died on Sunday evening at the residence
of Lewis Kirkland. The funeral services
will be held tomorrow at Sanitarium hall.
and the remains taken to Los Angeles to
be cremated at Rosedale.
There are rumors of new paper to be
started here in the near future by news
paper men from Iowa and Oregon The
plans of the publishers, however, are not
yet given to the public.
The herald., 1897-08-24
RIVERSIDE COUNTY

shower was enjoyed in Riverside Sunday.
Thunder of a quite vigorous quality accom-
panied it, but no lightning was seen. The
precipitation amounted to but 04 of an
inch The temperature fell 23 degrees in
less than an hour.
The Elsinore, Pomona and Los Angeles
railway, which bobs up serenely every little
while, was in evidence at the recorder S
office today by a deed to right of way across
the property of r. d. Warner and wife,
North Elsinore.
A couple more Riverside wheelmen were
gathered in Saturday night for neglect
ing to let their lights shine. They pleaded
guilty before Recorder Chambers this
afternoon and were fined S5 each. The boys
were given until tomorrow night to raise
the needful.
William Newport of Menfee valley will
have his grain harvested before Septem-
Der 1st, says the Winchester Recorder. 1t
is estimated that two combined harvesters
have still ten days cutting to do Few
people think when they read of the grain
blockade in San Diego that Mr. Newport,
the grain king of Menifee. raised enough
wheat on his ranches to produce the block
ade. He made one sale of 0C0 sacks of
wheat, or 100 car loads of 200 sacks each
He has still plenty more to sell. besides
large quantities of barley and alfalfa hay.
In July the average price of butter at
the Winchester creamery was 46 cents a
roll net The patrons received more than
$500 for milk delivered. The creamery has
recently sold 10000 pounds of cheese The
demand exceeds the sllpp1y
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SUM AMER RESORTS

the day. He grew quarrelsome and at
tempted to strike Landlord Shanks, push
ing his way into the dining room. He was
soon hustled out and put aboard the train
for Los Angeles No harm was done. ex-
cept a severe fright to one of the ladies.
General Andrade, the Mexican consul
and Prof. Arevalo, the noted musician
were the guests yesterday at Terminal Of
c. S. Cox, general passenger agent of the
Terminal road
The health of the islanders in the sea-
sons to come will undoubtedly be well
cared for if physicians skill can be de-
pended upon. There were fifteen doctors
here yesterday, all looking at lots with q
eye to future summer residences here
Among them were: Doctors Cochran, e
B. Smith, S. M Moore. Bert Files, Davis
son. Hit, Norman Bridge, Barlow, Hitch
cock and-"Dr." Variel.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Bartlett of Los An
geles came down yesterday to spend a
week at Terminal tavern. They are con.
templating summer home here.
DR.. Louise Harvey and Miss Frances
Wills were the guests of friends yesterday
Messrs. Percy Wilson, F. A. Gibson
Fred Wood, with their families, Mr.. and
Mrs. Crisp and Madam Pigne went tc
White point on the yacht Nautilus yester-
day morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Bradley, Mr.. and
Mrs. Daney Burkes. c. A. Sumner of Los
Angeles; Stacey Matlock and family OF
Redlands; s. c. Swift, Oakland; Ed For.
ster and wife, Los Angeles. were among
the visitors who spent Sunday here.
w. c. Patterson and family returned tc
Los Angeles today.
Ray Hutchins wife, mother and niece
Susie. left for Pasadena today and will re-
turn late in the week for longer stay.
The herald., 1897-08-24
SANTA ANA

| SANTA ANA, Aug. 23-(Regular Core
spondence) Constable Nick Bittner came
over from Anaheim today, having in charge
four Mexicans whom he turned over to the
custody of the sheriff. Two of the men
are charged with assault with deadly
weapons and the other two are held as
witnesses. All are beet toppers and were
engaged in a general fight last Friday at
Anaheim, wherein several of the partici-
pants were badly carved. They had their
preliminary hearing before Judge Landell
of that place and were held to answer to
the superior court. A blood-stained bowie
knife about two feet long, which played an
important part in the affray, is in the hands
of Sheriff Nichols.
E. NJ Hanna and wife of Los Angeles are
the guests of the latter's father, Judge
Ballard of this city.
Machinery arrived today for the fine new
creamery now nearing completion on
South Main street. When finished this
creamery will be the largest and most
complete institution of it's kind in the
county, if not in Southern California.
Claude Chrisman spent Sunday in Los
Angeles.
Miss Ora Ball is quite ill at her home on
North Main street.
A man named Austin was last Saturday
sentenced by Judge Freeman to fifteen
days in Jail for disturbing the peace.
L. A. Teele and wife have sold to Anna
J. Macarthur four and one-haf acres of
land west of Santa Ana for $500. A three
The herald., 1897-08-24
LOS ANGELES COUNTY

without influence is the apparent good
feeling of the people. A magnificent grain
crop, with prices more than double those
of last year, has paid up mortgages and
brought relief everywhere. The writer has
just heard of a man who has struggled for
years with $4,000 mortgage who has paid
it all up and has a goody sum left. The
almond crop, for which the Antelope valley
is noted, is also fine. Splendid crops are
produced with no irrigation. Best of all,
there is push and enthusiasm here which
makes all the people of the valley content
ed and happy. They believe in their valley
and in each other.
The farmers institutes of California are
to be modified somewhat this coming year.
For the past three years the writer has
had Immediate charge of the institutes of
Southern California, those north of Te-
hachepi pass being conducted by the pro-
fessors of the university. This year the
south remains as before, while Mr.. Fowler
of Fresno takes charge north. More in
stitutes will be held, and those held will
be improved. One of the best fruits of the
Southern California institutes is the forma-
tion of one or more farmers clubs every
where that the institute is held. There are
now about thirty of these clubs and they
are doing admirable work. These clubs are
| to be associated in the future. Next winter
a delegate meeting from them all will be
held in Los Angeles, when matters of great
and common interest will be considered.
The herald., 1897-08-24
POMONA

POMONA, Aug. 23.-(Regular Corre-
spondence) Messrs. Gruenig and Hard
castle, long distance bicycle riders, ar
rived in Pomona today from San Fran
cisco, en- route to Riverside via the Chino
beet sugar factory and other points of
interest. The gentlemen are touring this
portion of the state for health and pleas
ure. Before coming out to Pomona they
visited Catalina and Santa Monica and
other coast points. They made the trip
from Santa Barbara down to Los Angeles
liz miles-in ray and a half including
a twelve-mile walk.
Pomona is so struck with the mining
fever that even small boys shCrlder a pair
of blankets and other necessary articles
and strike out to prospect for gold. Today
three boys, the oldest one hardly being in
his teens, footed it into town from the
top of Badly mountain. covering the dis
tance from Dell's Camp into town in eight
hours. They spent part of yesterday on
the summit, so they claim. Yesterday it
hailed quite heavily in the region OF the
mountains that they were in.
Mrs. Ella Vaughn, daughter of III. T.
Bingham, left yesterday for her home in
Clifton, Ariz.
E. B. Tilden has returned from a two
weeks trip to the mountains.
Byron Manchester and Thomas Scott,
two Pomona young men, are out on the
desert prospecting.
Porter Gould has gone out on prospect
ing trip.
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RIVERSIDE

RIVERSIDE, Aug. 23.-(Regular Corre-
spondence) Judge Ballard of Orange
county, sitting for Judge Noyes, will rem
der decision in the suit brought against
the county by Recorder Gruwell This
suit was brought to collect pay for folios
transcribed in the recorders office. The
supervisors refused to pay for the work,
claiming that under the new county gov
ernment act they could not pay any sum
in excess of the salary paid before the act
went into effect. Judge Ballard's decision
will be of far-reaching effect, as the county
officers in nearly half of the counties in the
state are working on the same basis as is
the Riverside recorder 1t will pi<oably
be appealed to the supreme court which,
ever way 1t goes.
Judge George NJ. Gill died last night at
his home on East Eleventh street of in
hammatory rheumatism. The deceased
was a brother of District Attorney Gill,
and was a man of exceptionally brilliant
attainments He was born in San Joaquin
county in this state thirty-nne years ago,
and was admitted to the bar when only
twenty-five years of age. AT the last cleo
tion he was elected superior judge of 1nyo
county on the Republican ticket, and has
since that time administered the affairs
of the Office with great abaility. Judge
Gill came to Riverside with his wife last
April hoping that the climate might prove
beneficial
The unusual experience of a summer
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NORWALK
ing trip.

NORWALK, Aug. 23.-Regular Corre-
spondence) Much disappointment is felt
in Norwalk over the fact that the district
attorney has declared the recent special
election for school purposes to be illegal
Owing either to carelessness or ignorance
on the part of whoever drew up the election
notices, they read "for purchasing school
site. moving school house, building school
house, furnishing and other purposes" The
last three words knock out the whole prop
osition. and Norwalk loses its much-needed
school house for another year, although ii
was voted by over so to 6.
Miss Agnes Lombard, Miss Addie Groo-
yer and De Witt Swigart are back from
Catalina.
Miss Bessie De Witt has returned from
visit to Pasadena.
Miss George Kellogg. Miss Lena
Christian and Mrs. Hallet have returned
from an outing at Long Beach,
Mr.. and Mrs j. Swigart and daughter.
Carrie. left on Friday for two weeks at
Catalina.
Mrs A. M. Sproul takes a weeks vaca-
ton from her duties as postmistress and
will spend the time at Catalina.
Rev. G. H. DeKay and son. G. H., jr..
left today for two weeks outing and camp
ing at Catalina. The Congregational church
will have no service next Sunday
Miss Mamie Young of Los Angeles is the
guest of Mrs. DeKay.
Considerable quantities of beets are being
shipped from this point now for the factory
at Chino.
The herald., 1897-08-24
PALMDALE


PALMDALE, Aug. 23.-(Regular Core
spondence.) The August and September
series Of farmers institutes opens here to-
day, to be continued at Covina Wednesday
and Thursday, and at Long Beach Friday
and Saturday. Next week similar meetings
will be held at Montecito Nordhoff and
Santa Paula The prospects for an excep-
tionally good institute here are excellent.
People came twenty miles yesterday.
bringing fruits. flowers. etc. and have been
busy since daybreak decorating the hall
and putting up the rare exhibit. Hon. A.
r. Sprague says that there will be a big
attendance many of whom will come TWEEN
ty or thirty miles. The people appreciate
The interest shown by the University of
California in giving them these Invaluable
meetings The program here, besides hav-
ing four representatives from the unver-
sity. will have such men as Sprague.
Melick, Adney, Edison, etc upon it, which
would insure a brilliant success in any
meeting.
The institute will be helped by a fine
rain which came yesterday. 1t laid the
dust, cooled the air and refreshed the whole
landscape. Anott~ r-~nt of cheer not
The herald., 1897-08-24
SANTA MONICA

SANTA MONICA, Aug. 23.-(Regular
Correspondence Judging from the inn
mense crowds of people that surged up and
down the beach and to and fro from the
band stand yesterday. every city and town
in the nearby heated interior must have
sent its delegation of breeze-seeking hui
manity to us today. The verdict of old
timers is that it was the largest crowd of
visitors Santa Monica has had this sum-
mer. From the extreme south beach as far
north as the canyon the sand was full OF
people, and this resort emphatically proved
it's popularity above all others. The heat
of the past week has filled up the rooming
houses and hotels, and the railroads have
done thriving business with the tran
Sients.
Late arrivals at Hotel Arcadia include
l.. N. Breed, Louis Lyons, John Long and
wife, Fl. Morris and wife, F. l.. Talcott, ].
w. Baillache, Marion Wigmore and Mrs.
Billcke of Los Angeles: p. X. Franken-
helm, Riverside; Martha Scott. San Diego;
John Carruthers and wife, Rialto; w. d.
Richardson and wife, l.. r. Lang and wife,
Sacramento; Mrs. Fl. K. Boen and daugh-
ter, Chaparal, Ariz.; w. Gillett Oakland.
The hotel guests had their usual weekly
enjoyable hop on Saturday evening. The
ballroom and glass porch were very pref
tily decorated Amongst the Santa Mon
The herald., 1897-08-24
SOUTH PASADENA

SOUTH PASADENA, Aug. 23.-(Regular
Correspondence Mrs. Gleason, wife of
the city justice of the peace. gave a lawn
party yesterday afternoon and evening at
her residence on Mission street. She was
assisted by Miss Grace Longley and Miss
Grossly in entertaining and at the supper
table. There were present a goodIy num-
Der of the older residents of the city The
host and hostess are pioneer Californians:
the former, of course in connection with
Klondyke talk, was tempted to recite some
of his tragic experiences in gold-digging.
and money-losng as we'll as making; the
latter. having just returned from a visit
to relatives in New York and elsewhere
east. yielded to the inquiries of her guests
to tell of her many happy experiences with
long-ago friends.
Mr.. Packard today broke ground for the
erection of a cottage residence adjoining
his place of business, to be occupied by his
foreman.
The question of water or no water
again broke out yesterday between Mr..
Holt and the zaniero. Mr.. Sobraje. The
former had not been able to get any water
for irrigating his place on the day allotted
to him, so he attempted to take it "when
he could get It," The zanjero objected and
The herald., 1897-08-24
CHINO

CHINO, Aug. 23.-(Regular Correspon-
dence) Vice-President George Crocker,
accompanied by j. A. Muir, were here last
week in special car and also went over the
new road from Pomona, which is complete
within three miles of here. AS result of
their visit the right of way has been ad-
justed across a small strip of land owned
by John Ashley, and now the only obstacle
has been removed. Mr. Crocker states
that the road will be pushed through at
once.
The richest beets ever received at this
factory are from Ventura county near
Hueneme Analysis shows 80 per cent
sugar, and will bring at this percentage
the handsome price of IS er ton. This per-
centage eclipses anything known in this
country. In Germany beets rarely analyze
over 13 per cent sugar.
j. N. league of Pomona has leased of
the California Beet Sugar Estate and Land
company 800 acres of land three miles be-
low town and will put about 100 acres of it
into alfalfa and the balance to grain. Mr..
league will put in a number of dairy cows
and furnish milk for the new creamery
here.
Work on the new brick schoolhouse is
progressing rapidly. There are six brick
layers at work on the walls Architect
Burton was in town yesterday looking af-
ter the work, and says it will require over
1Ity carlOauS OF Dr1ck TO complete the
building.
]. T. Gilmore president of the California
Beet Sugar Estate and Land company ar
rived here yesterday morning direct from
London and left in the afternon for San
Francisco, where the annual meeting of the
company will be held on the 26th.
Mrs. Louise Hunter IAN old and much re-
spected resident of Chino, died yesterday
at the home of her parents in Spadra of
consumption. The funeral this afternoon
wa slargely attended.
j. e. Light was down from San Bernar-
dino Saturday looking after the creamery
here. The machinery is all In position and
the creamery will be in full operation in a
few days.
For the past few days we have had the
longest spell of hot weather ever known
in this valley. Friday was the hottest day
being 104. The unusually hot spell has
been pretty hard on factoy employees who
work nights. On Friday night these men
were completely exhausted and had to be
carried out of the factory.
Editor Rhodes and wife of the Cham
pion left yesterday for Catalina.
w. T. Hayhurst is shipping 600 tons OF
barley hay to Los Angeles to be put ir
storage.
7. e. Walker has commenced work on his
new cottage on Seventh street.
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TI1ERN1 6Az[F}{{a{R@NE7S{S g RE56iHIs

lea people present were: Mrs. j. P. Jones,
Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler Cole, Misses Alice
and Marian Jones. Hamilton and Griffin,
Messrs. Harry Van Dyke, Bumiller, Good
win, Pitcher and McGarry.
Mrs. Fl. T. Vollmer of Los Angeles was
the guest of Mrs. Guasti yesterday.
John McElheney of Los Angeles spent
today on the beach.
Bush, the Los Angeles jeweler, enjoyed
the surf and the sunshine of the beach to-
day.
Miss Adele d Artois of Hotel Lincoln Los
Angeles, spent the day very pleasantly
with Mrs. Il. l.. Moore of Sixth street to-
day.
B. f. Day of Les Angeles spent the day
on the beach.
Miss Millie Daily arrived today from San
Bernardno and is the guest of Miss May
Daily.
Miss Sadie Firth returned to her home in
San Bernardino today after several pleas
ant weeks at the beach.
Miss Edith Meyerstein, who has been Wis
iting friends here for several days, returned
to Los Angeles today.
w. 3. Hooker. chairman of the river and
harbor committee, accompanied by his
wife, Mrs. Moore and Miss Sessions OF
Fredonia, N. Y, spent yesterday and to-
day in Santa Monica, guests at the Area
dia.
r. D. Gibbon, H. G. Otis, G. NJ. Trow-
bridge and Frank Virgins lunched at the
Arcadia today.
| Mrs Austin and daughter Sadie of Los
| Angeles visited friends here today.
Mrs. Dolly Merrill, wife of Howard Mer-
ril died this afternoon of heart disease al
her home on Fifth street Mrs. Merrill
had been a very great sufferer for years
and her death was not unexpected.
| Miss Annie Elser of the Soldiers Home
' is the guest of Miss Grace Elliott.
The herald., 1897-08-24
SANTA BARBARA

SANTA BARBARA, Aug. 23.-(Regular
Correspondence Police Judge S. S. Price
Friday evening directed a prominent at
torney who had been found guilty of vio-
lating the bicycle ordinance to appear for
sentence at 10 o'clock yesterday morning.
An hour before the time set, certain indi-
vduals whose legal experience should have
enabled them to know better prepared a
pretended petition under the guse of
sympathy beseeching the court to imprison
the attorney but five days in the county
jail instead of confining him for ten days.
1t received the signature of twenty cit
liens, and the reckless messenger hurried
to the city hail. but reached the court room
little too late. for fine of $25 had al
ready been imposed. w. P. Butcher,
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SAN BERnHRDInO COUNTY

Riverside. The @oroner reports the ther
mometer registering 120 degrees at Barstow
and that the country is full of tramps
headed this way.
1t is rumored that on the first of Sep
tember two of the Santa Fe officials now To-
Gated at Los Angeles will be removed to
this city again. the offices being those of
train dispatcher and of Mr.. Beamer. They
will occupy the offices formerly used by
them in the Third street depot.
On Saturday night Howard MacGibbon,
young bcyclist, collided with another
boy. Young MacGibbon suffered severe
cut on the lip and chin.
Mrs. M. A. Davis, a sister of Mrs. N. H.
Ball of this city, is suffering from broken
arm. Last Thursday while at Banning
experimenting the gathering of her fruit
crop she stepped from a car track and
struck on her right arm, breaking it near
the wrist.
running order between September 1st and
7th, and for while will be compelled to
run the mill night and day In order to
meet the many orders already in.
An order from the superior court re-
straining J. r. Richards of the Windsor
hotel from disposing of any of his prop
erty pending the suit instituted by his
wife was filed today. The case comes up
for trial on the 2Sth.
A. H. Mckay has sold to Joseph Goesten-
korhs an undivided one-eighth interest in
all water and water privileges in the Dandy
mining district; also one-eighth interest
in the Old Dominion quartz claim the Ro-
salind, Desert Butte and Richmond min
ing claims.
The Moonlight is new mine located in
the Holcomb valley district by E and
Frank Luna. The rock shows a decided
richness.
The city was visited Sunday evening by
heavy wind, while a heavy thunderstorm
ragged in the mountains. Today it has been
laundering. A slight shower OF rain fell.
The thermometer registered ITO degrees at
2 o'clock.
George Smith. an employe of the asylum,
had a runaway yesterday which resulted
in badly smashed buggy.
Several high school boys will leave for
the north tomorrow to enter Stanford or
Berkeley. They are Joe Meyer and Wal
ter Byrne of '96 class. Clifford Thoms of
| '97, John Collwer and e. Graw.
| M. T. Simonton and Miss Maggie A.
Metcaf have been licensed to wed. Both
are popular residents of this city, Mr.. ST.
monitor formerly being foreman of the
Times-Index, while Miss Metcalf held
| cases.
Mrs. F. S. Walk has returned from San
Jose.
D. A. Moulton and r. c. HARRISON have
returned from Oceanside.