The herald., 1897-11-10
SAN BERNARDINo


been put in circulation except the sum
of $50, ,000 which are held on deposit by
w. s. Hooper of the San Bernardino Ma
tional bank. The suit was brought By
w. F. Seabrest and A. o. Huntoon
against the Rialto Irrigation district, the
directors of the district, w. S. Hooper.
the San Francisco Savings union, Ger
man-American Savings bank, State
Loan and Trust company, Los Angeles
National bank. Bloomington Land COM
pany, Anglo American Canaigre conf
pany, Chicala Water company and about
forty or fifty other defendants, who are
holders Of the bonds of the district. The
papers filed state that the issue of the
| $50O0OO worth of bonds was fraudulent
and state the reasons; that the contracts
made with the Semi-Tropic company
and others were fraudulently obtained
and paid for in the fraudulent bonds;
that the form of the bond was made out
and autographed before they were voted,
and when signed by the president. A. B.
Fowler, and the secretary. d. Robin
son, were defective and irregular and
not according to the act of the legis-
lature; that the bonds issued stated the
Rialto district was composed of citrus
of water piped to each lot, when there
was not one-tenth of the land citrus
producing or producing anything, and
there was not over 300 inches of water,
and that was not delivered to the lots
as claimed; that the water purchased
by the bonds was not permanent and
gradually diminished, until at present
there is not over 100 inches of water OBJ
totv 1,1 t1,ot tv1 oh Nd ~
the contracts made by the board OF
directors the actual value Of the prop
erty, labor or services has at no time
been greater than 40 per cent of the par
value of the bonds given Tor such prop
erty, labor or services; that no part of
the principal of the bonds has been
paid and no interest for the past two
years; that the plaintiffs fear the board
| of directors are about to levy an assess
ment for the purpose of paying interest
and part of the principal, as the latter
becomes due, and If the assessments are
not paid the land of plaintiffs will be
sold and thus cloud the title; that no
such interest is legal claim on the
property of the district wherefore, the
plaintiffs pray judgment that each and
all of said bonds ordered to be issued by
Tie Sdlu DOdIQ VI ulTeCtOTS, tO-Wlt. tHe
said 1000 bonds of $500 each, are invalid
and void; that all of said bonds in the
custody of defendant. w. s. Hooper, be
brought into court and Cancelled and
| destroyed; that each and all of said
defendants holding any of such bonds
be required to bring such bonds into
court and they be Cancelled and de-
stroyed; that the directors of the dis
trict be perpetually enjoined from levy
| ing any assessment to pay any interest
on said bonds; that plaintiffs have judg-
ment for costs, and Furthermore as may
be proper against each of said defend
ants.
The health officers have condemned an
ancient landmark, the Alexander place,
| opposite the high school, as a menace to
| health and ordered it vacated and pulled
down. The building rests directly on the
ground and is a breeder that is
to be abolished for the safety of the
school children and the whole neigh
| borhood.
| The board Of education of the city in
discharging H. J. Allison from his posi-
ton of janitor on June 30th and putting
another man in his place, tried to evade
paying him any further wages, and when
he put in a bill for July and August they
tried to compromise and offered him
$50 for the two months. He refused to
take it and demanded $170. The board
has now come to his terms and paid
him the amount asked. In endeavoring
to secure testimony that he was dis
charged for incompetency as he claimed
the benefit of the 'old soldiers act" the
board employed an expert to make a
thorough examination of the boiler and
engine under his care, but the expert re-
ported both in perfect shape and good
for ten years with as good care as Alli-
son gave them.
Half dozen hobos have been run in
by the police and considerable stolen
property discovered, while there is Il
| large amount of stolen goods that cannot
be found. The city recorder gave the
| thieves and thugs three days each in
| iail One Of them tried to make a dash
for liberty on the way to jail, but ran
up against Deputy Sheriff Whaley, who
rounded him up, and when he showed
| fight struck him with the butt of a re-
volver and brought him to terms.
One death from diphtheria is reported
and many other cases are rumOred to be-
in existence, but the physicians are very
shy of news in that line.
The temperature Tuesday morning
went down to &c. in spite of the weather
bureau report that it was warmer"
| Mr.. and Mrs. Trumau Reeves received
a postal card from their son Clarence,
who is a missionary in the interior Of
China, that is literary curiosity. The
card is covered with what appears to be
fine parallel lines, but on applying a
magnifying glass the lines resolve into
perfectly written words and sentences,
long letter being compressed into the
small space.
| st. Clair Bidgood, manager of Squirrel
| inn, closed the season and came down to
| the valley on Sunday.