The herald., 1897-09-23
SAN BERNRRDINO COUNTY

rails were bent and flew in every direction.
The fluid touched the telegraph and tele-
phone wires, burning out a large number
of the boxes of the latter and causing the
operators in the offices of the telegraph to
turn somersaults over desks and ratings
in getting outside. A serious cloudburst
is reported in the Yucaipe valley.
C. s. Newhall has returned from seven
days inspection of the forest reserves of
which he has charge. He visited Holcomb
valley and other points on the noun tains.
An object lesson in forest fires was seen
in two adjoining ravines down which
formerly ran streams of water oftequal
size. One ravine has been burned over
and the other has not. In the first the
stream has gone down to about one-third
it's usual size, while the other, protected
by the trees and underground, is of nor
| NAL size.
| j. w. Roberts and wife had a spirited
runaway Sunday afternoon on Highland
avenue The team ran until one wheel
collapsed, when it stopped, but as it was
being held by Mr. Yocum it took an
other start, and dragging Yocum, ran into
an orchard, over a wide fiume, bringing
up against an orange tree. No one was
hurt seriously.
| The combined tax rate of the eight
southern counties of the state amounts to
| $1o56 2-3 an average rate of about 81 .95
| The combined road tax amounts to 81. 10 1-3
an average of nearly .S5 for good roads
| In this San BernardinO county stands a
good average in a road tax of .35 and a
| total tax of $1.S0, having three higher and
| four lower on the former, and four higher
on the former, and four higher and only
| three lower on the total.
The money to be at the disposal of the
| board of supervisors for expenses the COM
ing year, aside from the special school
tnv fC fol Ctota f,,,,
county school fund, $40, 900; hospital fund
$16,O0O bond fund, $1,000; county fund
| $64 500; court house fund, S17, 500; roads,
$40 600: making total of $270,OOO. This does
not take into consideration the surplus in
the several departments.
| A man named Noah, Lee, wanted for
grand larceny in Texas committed three
years ago, has been living for year or
more at Old San Bernardino, and with a
brother and young man named Hinkley,
has done considerable mining and pros
/ pecting in the Virginia Dale district They
have a mine for which Noah Lee was Of
| fered $4,000 for his share few days since.
Learning of the presence in this section
of the man wanted, the sheriff from Texas
| came on with a warrant, and going
through to Los Angeles sent back word to
Sheriff Holcomb of the man wanted. He
found him put him nj charge of deputy.
c. 7. Covington, not having warrant for
combining him. The prisoner was very
affable and showed no signs of trying to
| escape, hence was not watched as closely
as he otherwise would have been. Tuesday
Covington went into a barber's shop to
get a shave. and Lee said he would walk
around outside. He is still walking for
when the shave was over the Texas man
was non est If not honest, and has not been
seen since. This is due mainly to the Of
ficials at Los Angeles, who were notified as
] soon as the man was taken, Monday but
! failed to show up till late Tuesday evening.
| telephone message to the officers to
bring in the prisoner before Commissioner
G. B. Cole brought the reply that it was
| too late.