The herald., 1897-02-19
RIVERSIDE
Athletic Sports on Washington's Birthday.
SocisI and Personal

SocisI and Personal
RIVERSIDE, Feb. 1S.-Washington's
birthday is to be celebrated by sport
ing event at the Wheelmens park this
city. next Monday. The events are:
Seven-mile road race over Magnolia
avenue course at 10 o'clock a. M; la
crosse at the park at o'clock D. M be-
tween the Orange City club and the
Riverside High School. The following
are the teams: Orange City club
Couts, Castleman, Stewart, Tupper, Lo-
gan, Osborne, Atrell, Copley, McCabe,
Jarvis, DILL May. High School-New-
man, Dole, Waite, Whittier, Place King
man, Stibbins, Latimer, Green, Cutie,
Mills, Morrison. Basket ball game, to
follow the lacrosse game, between the
Riverside and Cotton Y. M. c. A. teams.
John A. Simms, than whom Co. M
has no better friend, has notified the
company that he is having prepared a
gold medal to take the place of the C.
T. Rice medal. lately won by Will
Thompson for the third time the medal
becoming his under the agreemen that
the man winning the same three consec-
utive times it became his personal prop
erty. The Simms medal is to be shot
for In the same manner
AT the meeting of the ODD Fellows
last night 1t was voted to have the city
system of electricity put in electric
lights throughout the two upper sto-
ries of the Odd Fellows building A
cluster of red lights will be placed in
the lodge room for use in degree work,
Eighty-four lights in all will be placed.
Riverside is a little slow, but the
nickel-in- the-slot machines have been
placed in the drug stores. in the alb
sence of saloons, and they are quite a
fascination for the young sports, and
for some of sportive turn of mind who
are not so young.
City Trustee Brad Morse has returned
from Sacramento, where it Is alleged he
mas been trying to logroll a certain bill
through to adopt new system of as
sessing property A part of the system
Includes the use of two maps. one of
which was patented by Mr.. Morse.
George Ford will go to Los Angeles
tomorrow as the Riverside representa-.
tive at the meeting of the executive
committee Of orange growers of South
ern California, which has under con-
sideration the raising Of the tariff on
oranges
Attorney Arthur of Pasadena has been
IN Riverside looking after support for
the appointment of United States dis
trict attorney for Southern California
But owing to the uncertainty of lust
VINO mas the pull here with the admins
tration, or rather Senator Perkins he
could not get much satisfaction. One
faction here depended entirely on the
friendship of Congressman Bowers and
defeated resolution in the county con-
vention indorsing Perkins, while the
other faction fought hard for the pas
sage of the Endorsement resolution
Bowers was defeated, and Perkins may
stand in the way OF those who think
they have the pull with Mckinley.
The subject Of the fixing of water rates
for this valley is attracting more atten-
tion in this community than all oues-
tions together, not even excepting the
price Of oranges. Owing to the, absence
of number of the directors from the
city, as well as President Frost. the
discussion did not come off at the meet
ing of the city trustees today, and the
matter went over until tomorrow morn
Ing at o'clock, the trustees desiring to
cut no one off from hearing.
The ordinance fixing water rates as
now charged is as follows: Water for
irrigating purposes shall be delivered
to consumers from bitches, 10 cents per
inch for twenty-four hours; irrigating
from pressure pipes connected with
bitches, 81 per acre or fraction of an
acre per year, not including lawns and
nowers; owners of single or building lots
snal! nave rate Of cent per month
per front foot, including lawns
The ordinance now before the hoard
nxes the rates per acre per annum for
all lands using water at $S. and 10 cents
per inch for all water delivered to such
lands from canals, and SO per acre per
annum for all lands supplied with water
~ preeesre pipes s-css Is nj