The herald., 1898-10-29
UNCLE COILS ROAD
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC SECUR-
ING ITS PATENTS
Riverside's City Marshal Falls Foul of
Candidates Posters-Waiting for
Water Litigation

RIVERSIDE, Oct 28.-The Southern
Pacific company is fast securing patents
from the government to lands claimed by II
in this county. In the past few months the
company has recorded deeds to a large acre
age of land, most OF which is situate in the
fertile valleys OF San Jacinto and Per11s
Of course, great share OF this land is taken
up by settlers, who will receive patents
from the company now, as the latter has
full title to the land The company today
placed on record a patent which covers an
aggregate of 3l59 acres situate In sections IL
and 20, in township 2, range /; sections
and 6, in township 3, range /; sections ~ and
80, in township 2, range 2: sections IL, 2o and
%. in township 3, range 2.
come together over the provisions OF the
city ordinance which say that no one Is al
lowed to post bills, posters, ETC., on the
trees or fences along the public streets OF
the city. A few days ago that ofticer went
out and tore down all the political cards
active candidates had replenished the sup.
ply and added thereto. Another cleanup
was made, and the next move will be to ar
rest some of the offenders.
Mitchell Smith, Perris miner, who,
while drunk some weeks ago, stabbed man
named Beatty in dispute over game OF
cards, and who was fortunate enough to
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pie assault, walked out of Jail today, having
completed his 40-day sentence.
Mrs. Ike Palmer, who was sent to the
asylum ut Highland few weeks ago, was
brought home today in the best Of health,
and her friends, as well as the physicians,
think she ia permanently cured.
Corona has had another exciting liquor
case. This time it was man named George
j. Young, who was charged with selling Ii.
quor to minors. The case was tried yester.
day and attracted great attention. The
verdict of the jury was that Young was
not guilty.
The Riverside Horticultural club met last
evening at the residence of D. c. Twogood,
and very interesting as well as instructive
read very interesting paper on the subject
Of fertilization. This was followed by a
paper on grape fruit by E. w. Holmes. Mr.
Holmes said that grape fruit was profitable
and would become more so as the people OF
the east come to know its virtues better.
+. l.. Koethen gave a very timely discus
sion on the rose. He exhibited several speci-
mems of La France and Maria Henrietta
roses, and stated that this was the proper
season of the year for these varieties to
show the best bloom.
WATER LITIGATION
The success of the people of the Perrs
irrigation district in securing decision that
the district was an illegal one and its bonds
were void, has encouraged the property own
crs in the Alessandro and San Jacinto dis
tricts to make arrangements to test the
validity of those districts, which are said to
be in about the same shape as was the Per-
ris district. Permission has been granted
the attorneys Of the people in the San
Jacinto and Pleasant Valley district to use
the name of the state in bringing suit to
test the validity of that district, and the
fight will soon be on in the courts. So far as
water supply is concerned, the Alessandro
district is in the same condition as the Per-
ris district. 1t has no water, and never has
had any to speak Of In the San Jacnto and
Pleasant Valley district small amount of
water was developed, but it has been cost
ly, and the people-or, at least, good many
of those who own land in the district-think
the cost of the water has been far greater
than the good thus far derived from it. The
water litigation in this county promises to
be lively enough for some time to come; in
fact, it will not cease until all the districts
organized under the provisions of the
Wright act have been passed upon judicial
ly. The present uncertainty acts as bar
to the proper progress of the several settle
ments in these districts.