The herald., 1898-11-11
AND OTHER THINGS
WHAT THE SCALE DESTROYERS
HAVE DOME
Report Of the Horticultural Commits
\ sion for the Month of October
&. The County Cash

SAN BERNARDINO, Nov. l0.-Ihe re-
port of the bug chasers for the month OF Oc-
tober shows that they have paid out Sal 5O
for salaries of commissioners, S252.95 Tor IN
spectors S29O4.3S for chemicals, miseel-
laneous expense $lS3 3.43, making total OF
S34S2. .26. There has been received from
orchardists S27l624. The report states
that there has been considerable yellow
scale found, the trees infested being
marked so they can be gassed. In some
orchards there has been an increase OF this
scale, and in others decrease. A watch
has been kept on all plants, buds, fruit
boxes and manure shipped into the county
that might be infested with injurious IN
sects. There has been great cali for We
dalia, and the commission have good sup
ply on hand for all emergencies. The tent
outfits have been kept at work in Ontario
and Cucamonga on the orange trees.
The orchards in many parts of the county
are looking badly, being very much wilted
for the lack of water and if rain does not
come very soon the orchardists fear the
coming as well as the present crop Of fruit,
oranges and lemons, will suffer badly.
When trees lack water for time they have
a tendency to start out and bloom as soon
as the water is applied again, and in such
cases there is great danger from frost, as
the trees will produce blossoms and try to
set the fruit out of season.
The commission consists of Messrs. Nc
Ginnis and r. r. Curtis of Redlands, as
Mr. Pease has gone into other business. The
library of reports and pamphlets collected
by Mr.. Pease during his incumbency as
president of the board he is endeavoring to
oil tho aslyipn S1Q0 for ~ Tho
supervisors have appointed the other two
members a committee to report on the
value of the collection, and as to the
collected on time paid for by the county it
already belongs to the county.
BREVITIES
The cash in the county treasury consists
of $3.50 in gold, S46629 in silver, S649 in
currency, S4l.S20.6l in checks of deposit,
making a total OF S4S.6S5.90. The cash on
hand at the beginning of last month was
$67 ,500,74; the receipts were Sl4, ,347 S5. and
the expenses were S33, ,l62 60, leaving bal
ance of S4s,6S5.90. OF the receipts sl0,-
177.62 were from the new crop of taxes just
ripening enough to pick.
The number of inmates at the county hos
pital the first of the month was 20, IL were
admitted, 2 died, "a discharged and 81 re-
mained at the close OF the month The
expenses were sll59.57, or an average OF
56% cents each per day. high average, due
to the fact that the winters supply of coal
and wood has been put in the past month
adding to the expense for that month
Two filings on water of 1000 inches each
were placed on record by H. +. McCalllum
of Palm Springs, in Riverside county. The
water is to be taken respectively from the
north and south forks of the Whitewater
river, the surface and underfow of the
streams. The water is to be used to pro
duce power for the generating of electricity
and other purposes. The place OF diversion
is to be on the south bank of the south fork,
opposite Boggs' tunnel, four miles west
of the junction of the two forks, and on the
west bank of the north fork, 100 feet
north of the junction. The water is to be