The herald., 1897-01-13
SAN BERNARDINO.
Taxpayers Heavily Burdened by the
Indigents-That Mill Move.

SAN BERNARDINO, Jan. 12.-It
seems that San Bernardino county is
being overrun by indgents and the ex-
penditures in this line are becoming
alarmingly large. Before the board of
supervisors had been in session half an
hour Monday eight applications for in
digent allowances We're asked for, and
the county physician reported several
cases more that had been called to his
attention. One strange thing is that the
most of them come from Rivers ide coun-
ty. They give as their reason for COM
ing to this county that rents are too high
in the new county and that it takes all
their allowances to pay rental. The
authorities are at their wits end as to
how to treat these people. In one or two
instances. when told that nothing could
be done for them the reply came: We'll
| will steal something and then you'll
have to feed me-" In almost all the
cases the applicants are actually desti-
tute ard suffering for want of food and
nourishment. One INDECENT family
named Staley, residing at Cotton, has
been ordered back to Riverside county
by County Physician Huff. Others will
probably be treated In the same manner,
as this county cannot stand such
steady drain.
Said Mr.. Suman to The Herald repre-
sentative: 1T will cost between $4OO and
$500 to move my mill from Cotton to this
city and get it in operation" There is
no doubt that Mr. Suman is at great
expense in making the move. At the
present time he has large force of men
at work in this city, putting in concrete
bitches. AT the present time the work
is being pushed along in building a ditch
twelve feet deep and two feet wide.
which runs through the property abut-
ting on the north side of Fourth street
between A and B streets. This ditch
conveys water from the springs which
rise in the eastern portion of the city to
the main mill race at the corner of
Fourth and streets, where reservoir
will receive both waters. From this
point the bed of the creek will be ca-
mented to point on B street below
Third. The work is necessarily slow,
and it will take some weeks to bring
about its completion.
Rain fell most of the night and has
continued in showers today.
A jury has not yet been secured in the
Anna Abbott case, as only four were
sworn out of venire of forty At 1:3O
this afternoon veire of thirty five more
were returned into court but Jury has
not yet been secured. The case has been
tried so much that all are thoroughly
acquainted with it.
Twelve hobos We're released from the
county Jail this morning.
The legislature will receive a petition
in few days from the Taxpayers
league of this county, in regard to the
passage of bill reducing the salary of
county officers. The grand jury will be
asked to endorse the action of the
league. The petition is now being cir
culated for signatures and will be taken
to Sacramento by a member of the
league.
Joseph Gecman, the Etiwanda wine
man, who shot GuaSer Bell will plead
to the charge of attempted murder on
Thursday.
OFT Taylor, the harness thief. was TAX
en- to San Quentin this morning by
special deputy sheriff
The Cram divorce case came up in the
superior court Monday on a general de-
murrer filed by Mrs. Cram. The court
overruled the demurrer Mr.. Cram al
legged that his young and festive wife
attempted to kill him. Mrs. Cram. who
is now in Los Angeles, has ten DAYS to
answer.
At the regular meeting held last even
ing OF Keystone chapter No Sc, r. A. M
the following officers were installed by
Past High Priest M. B. Terrass: High
priest. G. E. Wright; king, C. A. Mack
echnie; scribe, ]. F. Johnson, jr.: treas
er. e. D. Roberts; secretary. d. T. Brum
NETT; c. of H., H. C. Rolfe; P. S., F. L.
Holcomb; r. A. c., j. w. Barton. M
third ". j. d. Ouaterhout M. second v
S. c. Halle; M. first ", F. F. Oster:
guard, E. A. Smith.
The case of Lynn VS.. Thorne is occu-
pyirg the attention of Judge Oster TO-
day in department one. The Lynns own
twenty-acre orchard at Rialto. which
in April, 1896. they hired Thorr,e for a
specified amount to take care Of They
now allege that he has neglected the
place by refusing to give the trees the
proper irrigation and cultivatjon sinne
the 18th day of August 1896 They ASH
for $500 damages. Mr. Thorne states that
he only refused to do the work when ha