The herald., 1897-06-14
RIVERSIDE

RIVERSIDE, June 13.-(Regular Core
spondence,) The town has had an Easter
likeness today. 1t has been Children's day
at most of the churches. and the decora-
tions have been extraordinary and the at
tendance large. Riverside makes much of
everything pertaining to the children.
| In spite of all the supervisors can do to
keep it down, the INDECENT list of this
county continues to grow. 1t now numbers
ffty-four. At one time the list was made
up largely of Mexicans, and many of them
were able-boded impostors. But the board
stopped all that several months ago, and
now three-fourths of the names are Ameri-
can-at least they are not Mexican.
| The Jail question is quite a serious one
| in this county, at least the supervisors
consider it so. They think they are paying
the city (he county uses the jaiD too much
| for the care of the prisoners. and moreover
they want the sheriff to have charge of
| county prisoners The city authorities,
however. say they cannot AFFORD TO care
for the prisoners for less than 50 cents
day and Furthermore that the city Jail is
placed in charge Of the city marshal by
law, and no change in that respect can be
made. This is one of the arguments in
favor of building a court house.
There is trouble brewing between the
board of supervisors and the county re-
corder over one of the provisions of the
new county government act-that which
gives the recorder n salary of $1,000 per an
nun and cents per folio for recording.
1t was thought at the time the schedule
of salaries and fees for this county was
agreed upon that the recorders salary was
reasonable, and that in paying cents per
folio to Gave the copying done the county
would have to pay only for the actual work
performed. In short. it was believed that
a reduction was being made in the ex-
penses of the recorders office. 1t turns out.
however, that the work has been increas-
ing in the office, and the bill for copying
this month is more than the old monthly
lump salary paid the recorder. and has
therefore been rejected. The supervisors
claim that the effect of the law is really to
increase the recorders salary. and that 1t
is therefore unconstitutional. The re-
corder takes the ground that while this
month it may increase his salary, next
month the work may be lighter and the
total sum paid the office be less than under
the old salary schedule. 1t will be impossi-
BILE to determine whether in the aggregate
the change will increase or diminish thA
total expense of the office until Mr.. Cru
wells term is completed and footing
made of the total amount paid him after
the change was made. The chances for
lawsuit are good-in fact, it is understood
that the recorder will at once institute pro-
An important real estate deal was closed
late last night. by which Mr.. d. d. Gage
of Pittsburg, Pa, now living a Pasadena,
becomes owner of the Col. j. T. Richie
orange grove. The price paid for it was
$4,000 cash. Mr.. Gage will at once remodel
and enlarge the dwelling house on an
elaborate plan, and as soon as the i'm
provements are completed will take up his
residence here with his family. Mr.. Gage
is a celebrated though not professional
baritone singer.
The San Gabriel Valley bank has begun
suit in the superior court of this county
against H. T. Grffiths and others who own
land on the Jurupa ranch to foreclose a
mortgage for S6725.
Charles Kerr of San Jacinto. who farms
5000 acres of grain land near Lakeview in
formed your correspondent yesterday that
he has in $500 acres in wheat this year and
that the crop was the best since 1891. He
has now been running his combined har-
vesters for two weeks and got the earliest
wheat into the Riverside market this sea-
son. He says that his wheat will run 100
pounds to the acre, and that it is worth
81. .25 per 100
Half hundred Sunnyside lodge, K. of P, I
boys will pay fraternal visit TO Redlands
lodge next Wednesday evening.
Rev. G. H. Hillerman has gone to San
Diego to temporarily supply the pulpit of
the English Lutheran church at that place |
AT the annual meeting of the Perris Land
yesterday the following board of
directors was elected: NJ. ]. Daniels. J. s. |
Castleman, j. A. Simms A. Martin. A. C. !
Frederick A. II. Naftzger and L. c. Waite. |
The board organized by electng j. A. !
Simms president and A. Martin secretary