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The herald., 1897-04-30
William Starbuck's new residence is
nearing completion.
SAN BERhHRDIhO COUNTY

the college to Los Angeles, along with
the hundred thousand dollar endow-
ment, combine it with the College of
Liberal Arts of the University of South
ern California, calling the institution
Chaffey College of Liberal Arts
In return for this the trustees agree to
give to the people of Ontario for nomial
rent the present Chaffey building and
five acres of the campus for high school
and also to give the graduates of this
school free tuition in the Los Angeles
university.
The proposition does not seem to meet
with universal favor with Ontario citi-
zens, and 1t is probable that any attempt
to take Chaffey college away from On
tario will meet with great opposition.
There is universal rejoicing over the
acquisition of the lands and interests of
the Pomona Land and Water company
in San Antonio canyon.
The fruit shipments continue to hold UP
we'll for this season of the year. Last
week they were: Oranges, 1886 boxes;
lemons, III boxes; dried fruit, 9S8 pounds.
This is a total of nine and a half car
loads.
Mrs F. S. Bortells of Monrovia has been
visiting friends here this week.
B. N. Clark and wife are at the Elsinore
hot springs this week.
w. E. Coils of Chicago, formerly Sec
retary of the Ontario Land company
was in town this week.
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Bird, who have
spent the winter here with their daugh-
ter Mrs. George B. Ford, returned yes
terday to their home at Larchmont, N.
The herald., 1897-04-30
ORANGE COUNTY

Glashen gave an interesting address on
lodge affairs. after which short speeches
were made by members of the Local
lodge. The evenings program concluded
with banquet.
lodge of this city went to Anaheim last
night to assist in instituting a lodge
there.
1t is rumored that another proposition
for municipal ownership of the electric
lighting system ie in course of prepara-
tion, and that within a few months the
people will again be called upon to de-
eide this important question at the polls
AS yet the proposition has not assumed
definite form, but it is understood that
an electrical company will submit an
offer to erect a plant IL the city will pay
rent on it, the payments 90 made to &c
toward the purchase of the system.
Mary M. White has filed an action fol-
divorce from J. c. White. her complaint
alleging failure to provide.
Arthur w. Lyon has applied for de-
cree severing the martial bond existing
between himself and Cornelia Lyons his
basis of action being desertion.
Ernst Koseert has purchased lot 21
block A, Reiser's addition to Anaheim
for $1,000.
Next Friday afternoon the middle
class of the high school will hold class
day exercises, at which an interesting
program Of readings and recitations will
be presented.
The steamer Protection arrived at
Newport this afternoon.
The herald., 1897-04-30
RIVERSIDE

RIVERSIDE, April 29.-(Regular Cor
respondence) Quite a number of River
side wheelmen have lately been invited
to contribute IS each for riding their
wheels on the streets at night without a
lamp attached, in violation of the new
city ordinance.
I. S. Logan. local consul of the L. A. W.,
has received a circular from c. c. Mon
Afghan of Santa Aan, chief consul of the
Southern California division, announc-
ing a big meet at Monrovia Saturday
Among the wheelmen and ladies on the
reception committee are Mr. .and Mrs. w
A. Correll of Riverside. A reduced rate
has been secured on all lines of railroad
in Southern California.
Those interested in raising pure strains
OF poultry in this valley have decided to
held show in this city Dec. 9th to 11th
to which all breeders of poultry will be
invited to exhibit. E. T. Kingman, "
Tresslar, A. Crawford, W. T. Hislop and
J. T. Hartwell were appointed to take
charge of the exhibition, and ]. R. Hick-
man was selected as superintendent.
Rev. William A. Knighten of Los An
geels has been secured to deliver an ad-
dress at the Odd Fellows memorial SER
vices next Sunday. The canton will es-
cort the lodge to the cemetery. Ramona
Rebekah lodge will assist in the exer-
cises and decorate the graves of departed
sisters.
The herald., 1897-04-30
WHITTIER

WHITTIER, April 29-(Regular Cor
respondence.) Whittier is getting on
an air of activity such as has not been
known since boom days. And it is all on
account of the rapid growth of opera
tions in the oil fields adjacent to the
village. The Central Oil company
struck big flow of oil in its third well
this morning at a depth of $50 feet.
After going ten feet in the oil sand the
flow came we'll up the shaft. 1t is
thought that his we'll will break the rec
ord when the sand has been penetrated
less than hundred feet further. which
the company expects to do. The Gen.
trail company put it's first well down
last November, and the average yield
has been between 35 and 40 barrels per
day ever since. UP to date active op-
erations have been begun by three 9TH
er companies, and a corps of engineers
has commenced a survey of 2400 acres
of the Pickering Land and Water COM
pany's holdings. In the east part of town.
This has been leased by the Central COM
pany
The Mutual Oil company, composed
principally of Whittier parties, has also
leased is acres of of the Pickering Land
ana water company. Boring Is now
going on upon ten or a dozen wells.
These oil fields are being developed
In the eastern part of the town, running
Gown from the Puente hills to the edge
of the village. So close have they come
to the town center that the trustees of
Whittier college held meeting Wednes-
day evening and decided to accept a
proposition for lease of part of the
college grounds, upon which boring
will be commenced shortly. Meanwhile
the local hotels are we'll patronized by
strangers who are in town looking the
field over and prospecting with their in
genious experts. A local firm of attor-
neys is said to have on it's hands no
less than fifty contracts for oil leases
which are now in process of negotiation
with parties owning land in the oil dis
trict.
The herald., 1897-04-30
DowNEY

DOWNEY, April 29-(Regular Core.
srondence.) B. M. Blythe has, sold the
home place of E. T. Nolan on Fourtt
street to ]. Booker, lately of old Mexico
also choice building lot on Third street
upon which Mr.. Booker will Immediately
erect neat cottage.
The Presbyterian and Baptist Sunday
schools will picnic on Saturday, May
day, in the l%lls above Whittier
M. B. Golden is assisting in the store
of Blythe & Purcell during the absence
Of the senior member of the firm in the
east.
Charles w. Smith is correcting a cot
tage on his property on Second street.
Lumber is being placed on the ground
for creamery on the Jerome property
on Third street.
Rev. j. r. Kirkpatrick Is at San Pedro
this week to assist in the establishment
of branch of his church at that place.
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Quite a number of their friends drop
PED in at the home of Mr.and Mrs. Frank
w. Balfour last evening and, though a
surprise party, 1t was indeed pleasant
one from start to finish. All hands en-
tered into it with proper spirit and will
The fruit and flower mission girls have
decided to give flower festival for one
afternoon and two evenings about the
middle of May, as the ladies of the Uni
tartan church have given up the project
and withdrawn in favor of the mission.
Mayor c. p Patterson Is suffering
from a severe bite or sting on the hand
by a, spider or other insect.
There is more or less complaint by
parties in the valley that the cut or army
worm has made it's appearance in suf-
ficient numtars to do some damage even
to barley.
The herald., 1897-04-30

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE, LOS
Angeles, Cal, March IS, 1897: To whom
1t may concern: Notice is hereby given
that the Southern Pacific Railroad COM
pany (branch line) has filed in this office
a list of lands situated in the townships de-
scrbed below. and has applied for patent
for said lands; that the list is open to the
public for inspection, and a copy thereof,
by descriptive subdivisions, has been post
ed in convenient place in this office, for
the inspection of all persons interested and
the public generally. Within the next sixty
days following the date of this notice. pro-
tests or contests against the claim of the
company to any tract or subdivision, with
in any section or part of section described
in the list, on the ground that the same is
more valuable for mineral than for agri-
cultural purposes, will be received and
noted for report to the general land office
at Washington, D. c Original supple
mental list No. 80, Southern Pacific (branch
line) railroad lands. Lots 1. 2, 3, and 5,
sec. To- twp. S, r. 4 W.. S. B. M. s5.Ss
acres, Los Angeles district, California
7. J. BOLTON. Register.
ENOCH KNIGHT. Receiver. fri-5-2
The herald., 1897-04-30
REDLANDs

REDLANDS, April 29-(Regular Cor
respondence.) The contract for a resi-
dence to be built for Mrs. c. A. Hills has
been let to d. Mcdonald of Redlands.
1t will be very tasty building and will
cost about $500. Messrs. Dennis & Far
rell of Los Angeles are the architects.
M. l.. Lum, city engineer, presented n
resignation of the position at last nights
session or the city trustees, having con
fiicting duties which at present occupy
his entire attention. The resignation
was accepted.
DR.. ]. NJ. Wheat, secretary of the board
of health, asked for more stringent or
dinances than are at present in force
requiring physicians to report contag-
ious diseases, births and deaths, and reg
ulating the quarantining of houses in
cases of conta gious diseases. The city
attorney was instructed to draw UP new
ordinances covering these matters.
The city attorney was also instructed
to take the necessary steps to defend the
F. G. Ferand, who demands damages in
the sum of $1,000 on account of an over
flow of storm waters from Orange street
upon lots belonging to Mr.. Ferand.
Two carloads of trees and shrubs
which are to be used in the new park
near town. have arrived and will be Sc,
out at once.
A. B. Ruggles. secretary of the Red
lands Orange Growers association, re-
ports sales of two carloads of Redlands
navel oranges in New York recently al
$1258 and $12S7. These oranges were
shipped March 16 to Lyons Bros. of New
York, who rejected them, the marke
having materially declined between the
time they were ordered and the time
they were received. The fruit was placed
in cold storage and sold some three
weeks after it was rejected, bringing $10(
a car more than the price at which il
had been sold to Lyons Bros. who de-
clined to accept them.
The army worm is not doing as much
damage in this vicinity as Is reported
from other parts of the county.
The herald., 1897-04-30
FULLERTON

FULLERTON. April 29.-(Regula,
Correspondence E. H. Stone has beer
i'll for several days with rheumat tism.
Cards have been issued announcing the
marriage of Miss Cora Jessup and w. C.
Vail. The wedding will take place on the
evening of May 18th at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. William Starbuck.
During the past week large number
of oil claims have been filed in the OF
district northeast of town.
E. s. Brown and family, who have re-
sided in Fullerton for three years, de-
parted Wednesday for Quincy, Mass
their former home.
New hay Is selling in La Habra valley
at 81 and S. a-ton. Hay is now being
harvested at the rate of hundreds OF
tons daily in this section.
A heavy team belonging to the Semi.
Tropic Fruit company ran into the
Hotel Reception Saturday afternoon and
broke the large plate glass in the front
of the building.
Fullerton lodge, A. o. U. W., will en-
tertain seventy invited guests tonight.
The herald., 1897-04-30
LOS ANGELES COUNTY

named date. The suit of the Carleton
Block company against Mrs. Mattern
for rent has been dropped.
Next Saturday evening at o'clock
there will be wrestling match between
Paul Mestel. the weterweight champion
of Germany, and Tom Jones, the colored
heavyweight champion of the Pacific
coast. Besides this event there will be
some minor matches, notably one be-
TWEEN Archie" and a man to be found
later
President E. c. Websters handsome
residence on South Marengo avenue is
in the hands of the sheriff on an attach
ment sworn to by r. H. Pinney, the
East Colorado street hay and fuel dealer.
An execution was levied by Sheriff Burr
on the house and contents. The amount
due Is $500 for fuel furnished by Mr..
Pinney to the electric road of which Mr..
Webster is president.
Miss Olaf Kararer, the little Esquimau
lady who tells the interesting story of
her life tomorrow evening at the taber-
nacle, Is only 40 inches in height. The
lecture is for the benefit of the Y. M. C. A.
Major Bangham Of the Americus club
has received a check from the Fiesta
committee to compensate the members
of the club for car fare paid out by them
in getting to the Tribunes on the day
of the floral parade.
The funeral of the late Mrs. s. G. Ben
nett of Grant street was held this after
noon from the residence, Rev. E. L. Con-
ger officiating Interment was made in
Mountain View cemetary.
The first annual banquet of the Mer-
chants Protective association will be
held at the Green on the evening of
May 3rd
At the first meeting of the new board
Of directors of the board of trade this
morning the following officers were
elected: President, Herman r. Hertel
vice-president Edwin c. Stearns; secre-
tary, Frank P. Boynton; treasurer, p.
M. Green.
Prof. A. J. McClatchie, formerly of
Throop, was shaking hands with friends
In Pasadena today. Prof. McClatchie
will spend the remainder of the school
year in botanical work at Chaffee col
lege. Ontario, where he has been engaged
to do some important work In his line.
PERSONALS
p w. Lloyd has returned from Rands-
burg.
| Dr. Hodge leaves tomorrow morning
for New York to spend May and June.
Mrs. s. G. Reed has returned from an
eastern trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Gamble of
Bakersfield are guests in the city.
e. 7. Howe left last night upon
northern trip.
Mr.. Brush Of San Francisco Is in the
city.
M. r. Elder left for his home in Ohio
yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. N. Van Nuys leave
tomorrow for a stay of month in Oak
land.
The herald., 1897-04-30

Gus, is among the shellfish discovered,
also the Holuthurican. besides worms
and corals of various and delicate
shapes. Three or four varieties of
sponges were among the finds, and a
large number OF rare deep-sea small
fish.
There is no telling what this expert
ment will result in, but in the mean.
time 1t is very interesting, and those
who desire to investigate the wonders
Of the deep will enjoy a half-hour's chat
with Mr.. Clark, who has these curiosi-
ties on exhibition.
The herald., 1897-04-30
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AVALON

AVALON, April 29.-(Regular Cores
pondence.) Ex-Governor Markham, D.
B. Dewey, e. c. Webster, D. K. Cameron
and Prof. c. F. Holder were guests of
Mr.. Doran on his pleasure yacht Narod
yesterday. They made an excursion to
Seal rocks and enjoyed some capital
yellowtail fishing.
A party consisting of William H. Gra-
ham, president Mercantile Trust COM
pany of Pittsburg, Pa. Mrs F. C. Joce-
lyn and Misses Bernice and Ruth Joce-
lyn ana Frank Jocelyn of Chicago, VIM
H. Hunt. jr., and Messrs Barnett and
Blount of Albuquerque, enjoyed picnic
excursion to Silver canyon and Pebbly
beach on the Fleetwing yesterday. Mr..
Graham and Joe Barnett each secured a
fine goat, the latter carrying out his
threat not to leave Avalon until he had
obtained one of these Catalina celeb
rites. The ladies captured four yellow
tail. and all had a pleasant day.
A. w. Swanfeldt is in Avalon for a
few days, putting his addition in shape
to receive it's usual crowd Of summer
campers.
The bay is full of bait, making the
sportsman's heart happy, and inducing
the larger fish to come in in numbers
Life on Catalina island Is full of sur
prises. The latest novelty Is the deep
sea dredge, which drags out the wonders
of the sea from depth of from 600 to
300 feet. The dredge is operated from the
deck of small power launch owned by
Vicente Morecich, named the Catalina
Some very interesting specimens of
.deep-sea life inhabiting the waters
around the island were obtained yester-
day. Some of the shells brought to the
surface puzzled our best scientists, and
have been sent away for classification.
Among the most curious specimens is
the toredo worm, about six feet in length
and dotted here and there with a cup
coral formation. More than ten varie-
ties of deep-sea starfish were brought
up, besides twenty distinct varieties of
sea-urchins.
The leQueas. or Trebatella Calisorn.-
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Notice

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ONTARIO

ONTARIO. April 29.-(Regular Cor
respondence.) Ontario's citizens were
much surprised to learn yesterday that
some representatives of the board of
trustees of the University of Southern
California had made the trustees of
Chaffey college a proposition to move
that institution to Los Angeles.
In detail their proposition is to move
The herald., 1897-04-30
RIVERSIDE COUNTY

churches save the First Baptist Joined
in the meeting.
DR.. c. c. Smith Of Jeffersonville Ind,
and Miss Cora c. Whilhite of this city
have been Joined in wedlock, Rev. ]. M.
Ferguson Of the Christian church per-
forming the ceremony.
Nate P. Adams of the Rowell hotel has
taken out license to marry Miss Grace
Howard of Riverside.
The herald., 1897-04-30

TO Cure . Gold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money IL ii
fails to cure. 25c.
The herald., 1897-04-30

w. r. Coils has moved to the resi-
dence recently vacated by Rev. Her.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-04-23
GERMANS CULTIVATE CANE
BIG FIRMS INTERESTED IN THE
NEW IMMIGRATION.
Castle d Cooke and Brewer e. Com
pany Carrying Out the Law-Pros-
pcct of Field Workers from Coast.

Il is learned that the great concerns
Company are also interested in the
importation of German laborers into
Hawaii. In speaking of the matter to-
day. John +. Hackfeld. of Ilackfeld q
Company. stated that out of the 1870
families being brought to Hawaii on
the II. f. Glade now en- route, twenty
six families were for c. Brewer g. Com
pany and twenty for Castle g. Cooke.
The remainder will be taken in charge
by his firm and sent to Lihue planta-
ton.
President j. b. Atherton, of Castle q
Cooke, when seen regarding the Ger
mans, said that his firm was simply
complying with the requirements of
the Government in securing foreigners
for the Eva cane fields. The law calls
for ten per cent of the labor employed
on sugar plantations to be made up Of
white foreigners and the German i'm
migrants now en- route would serve for
that purpose.
"Bu:t should these Germans prove a
success in the cane fields would your
firm import more Germans" was
asked Mr.. Atherton.
quite likely. However, what we
are chiefly interested in just now is
the California labor. Commissioner
Fitzgerald. who is in Hawaii making
his Investigations, will in all prob
ability, be able to submit a feasible
plan to the sugar planters by which
good men who are now idle in Cali
fornia. could be brought to Hawaii.
This would be far more preferable, IN
my opinion, than the importation of
Germans, for many reasons. The men
are more accessible and the planter
could tell pretty well what he is get
ting when the men are secured in the
Golden State. Then, again, they would
be English speaking people, which
would be a considerable advantage to
the plantation and the country as
we'll"
p. c. Jones, president of c. Brewer
& Company, confirmed the statement
that portion of the German imm.
grants would be received ny mat con-
Germ. Mr.. Jones and Mr.. Robertson
are deeply interested in the labor ques-
ton and they will make careful obscr-
walton of the life and work of the
Germans imported by them.
Hackfeld & Company have already
experimental with the Germans in the
cane fields and have found them to be
success on Lihue and other planta-
lions on Kauai NJ Glade, the rep
resentative of the firm in Germany, IS
enthusiastic on the importation of Ger
mans to the islands. The III. f. Glade,
since she has been fitted up to accom-
MEDIATE passengers, may be returned to
Germany for more laborers shortly
after her arrival here.
1t is known that the Hawaiian Cav
eminent looks favorably on the Ger
man laborers and is willing to assist
in their importation.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-04-23

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ing the whole a final coat, and there
will be no more leak there. Or if the
whole gutter is bad, make it clean and
dry, and apply paste of P. & B. Paint
and portland Cement
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-04-23

Americans are the most inventive
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-04-23
Sole Agents for the Hawaiian Island

The building papers are 1, 2, 8, and
ply They come in rolls, each roll con-
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keeping out insects.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-04-23
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to Patrons

You can get Buffalo or Pabst beer
at the Cosmopolitan, Pacific or Royal
saloons. Exchangeable checks good
at all the aforementioned resorts are
given in change if you only want one
drink. "Best beer ever in Honolulu"
is the verdict of many of our prom
inent citizens.