The herald., 1897-03-09
RIVERSIDE
Basket Ball Grows PopuIar-Business and Per-
sonai Notes


RIVERSIDE. March s.-This evening
a game of bagket ball will he played at
the Y M. c. A. gymnasium between a
team from the courthouse push and a
business mems six. The teams are:
Courthouse-Mitchell and Clancey
goals; Hyatt and Gruwell, centers; Pal
mer and Castleman, guards. Seniors
Dinsmore and Place, goals; Whittier
and Nicholson, centers; Weed and Cald-
well, guards. Wednpsday evening a
public contest will take place at Armory
hall between teams from Cotton and
| Riverside.
John d. Huff and William Cummings
have filed mining locations in the Me-
nifee district and named them the Drum
Lumond and Jumbo.
X. p. Winters, manager of the Russ
Lumber company here, has purchased
a tract of land near the William Irving
place on Victoria avenue and will erect
an imposing residence. The location of
the house will, as is the Irving mansion,
be above the Gage canal and water will
be supplied by pumping by electricity
| The two houses will also be lighted by
electricity, Messrs. Irving and Winters
paying for the construction of the ex-
ira line.
j. A. Witherspoor has purchased the
interest Of Frank F, Chase in the grocery
firm of Chase & Witherspoon. and Jos
Schneider has taken a,position with the
new management.
The city trustees of Redlands are in
quiring the cost of Riverside macadam
| with view to putting in like work in
that city. They should put in good
rock.
The rainfall up to last night for the
| past few days was .32 of an inch, making
a total for the season of 11.73 inches
Mrs M. r. Plaisted wife of the editor
of the Enterprise, who has been quite
| Ill for some time, Is much better.
| A. G. Mum, of the San Jacinto Regis
ter, was in the city Friday.
The Holyrood hotel Is we'll filed with
eastern tourists.
Attorney William Collier went to
Pasadena Saturday evening to spend
Sunday with his sister and mother.
Miss Mae Hyer. of Ontario is the
guest of Miss Ivy Jessup for few days.
l.. G. Russell, public administrator,
has petitioned to administer on the es-
tate of James X. Manning. the man
killed by premature explosion at the
Good Hope mine last Tuesday.
j. b. Doran died at the Arlington hotel
Saturday The funeral will occur to-
day. He was once the owner Of the
Good Hope mine.
P. S. Dinsmore, wife and daughter,
have gone to Pasadena,to visit friends
The friends of Assemblyman Linden
berger attempted to justify his support
of the Judge Bridgeford bill in the legis-
lature amending the Wright act on the
plea that he is supported in his support
| or the bondholders by his constituency
Perhaps he Is, but there is a defense as
ISOLATION formed in the Pleasant valley
| irrigation district, Of which district Mr.
| Lindenberger Is director, to try to
unload the already heavy burden on
the people under the system. There are
$4,000 acres of land in the district and
only 1000 acNs of landis being irrigated,
| and these 1000 acres only a part of the
time. And this, too, after $25000O In
bonds have been sold and the money
used, of $350.000 in bonds issued. The
people of hiS district are among those
complaining most bitterly of his course
in the legislature on these villainous
amendments to the Wright act. Many,
even of his party friends, are of the
opinion that he is working entirely in
the interest of the bondholders of irri-
| cation districts At least they so ex-
press Themselves One OF them said If
this was the kind Of work he was doing
1t was little wonder that the California
Advocate strongly advised his return
home, and that Mr. Lindenberger had
grossly deceived his constituents. Even
the influence OF the G. o. p cannot save
Mr.. Linden Berger from the just criti-
cisms OF the people of this county who
live under the irrigation districts.
Rev. M. G. Dotten, Phi. D., rector of
All Saints church, Riverside, will
preach at st. Pauls church. Pomona,
March "a.
There is much complaint here of the
provisions of the lately adopted bicycle
ordinance, which is in fact an ordinance
governing the driving of horses as we'll.
not being observed by some people. The
violations are invariably by the female
portion Of the population 1t cannot be
from stupidity Then it must be from
that same trait so often found in the
coarse and vulgar which allows them to
crowd one of the opposite sex from the
| sidewalk In meeting
Arthur Martin was In from the Hemet
mining dictrict in the San Jacinto noun
tains Saturday. He was exhibiting a
very fine specimen of quartz filed with
gold and taken from a mine which he
and ]. r. Horton own and are working
to profit
A. p. Campbell, civil engineer, who
did much Of the establishing of the
grades for the street work recently per-
formed in this city, started sor Fresno
Saturday where he has received con-
| tract for engineering
The Southern California Railway
company has arranged with Jules
Kaufman & Co.. San Jacinto, for the
erection of large warehouse at Ales-
sandro with a capacity of so 900 sacks of
grain, preparatory to handling the i'm
mense yield of grain in that section.
| Attorney w. F. Bray, of Perris. is in
the cisy on business before the superior
court to-day.
Benjamin Roades. a native of Eng
land, was made an American citizen to-
day by Judge Noyes. Stephen Squire
| and Christopher Bolton were the wit
nesses.