The herald., 1898-02-27
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NOTES

| Shipments from Hueneme last week have
| been large, over 700 tons of barley going
| out.
| The committe in charge of the Oceanside
wharf benefit ball reports the receipts for
the occasion $51.40.
Messrs. Sutton. Radcliff and Nelson of
| Burbank went through Fernando Tuesday.
| bound for the Klondke
The rainfall for the season at Pomona
SO far amounts to 7.56 inches. compared
with o.22 inches the season before
The barkentine W. r. Hume is due to load
at Hueneme this week. She takes about
1000 tons of barley to San Francisco.
| j. III. Johnson, manager of the San Luis
| Key creamery, says that the milk supply
at present is from 25O0 to 5000 pounds per
| day.
| A number of 10-inch wells are to be pored
at the Hueneme sugar factory grounds.
These wells are the largest attempted in
the county.
The continued dry weather at Pomona is
| responsible for an additional advance in
the price of good hay, the quotations now
being $15 per ton.
| The funeral of the late Miss Woodman-
see. who died Friday at South Pasadena,
| took place yesterday al 10 o'clock from the
Methodist church.
| Efforts are being made to establish a
creamery at Pomona, with cream separat-
ors at Lordsburg and Spadra. The can
vassers for the project report considerable
interest in the matter
The first regular train over the new rail-
road to the Ojai started from Ventura yes
terday at O'Clock. About fifty passen-
| gers purchased tickets at so cents per head.
Captain Cross and other officials of the
road accompanied the excursion.
Two men and boy, named Castro, are
under arrest at Santa Barbara for cattle
stealing. The boy made confession i'm
plicating the two others in the theft of
three cows from Goleta farmers. The cat
tie were sold by them to butchers.
The vacancy OH the Riverside board of
supervisors, caused by the death of Mr..
Edmston, is a subject of much heart
burning. 1t is understood that Governor
| Budd will name the new man. The voters
of the Second district will meet tomorrow
night to recommend a candidate.
| The second rainstorm amounted to half
| an inch at Santa Barbara, but will result
in much good Notwithstanding it's light
ness. Hay and grain that now stand from
two to four inches high will be able to make
good growth for the next two or three
weeks, and if more showers come during
March all will be well. The weather Is
still promising.
|
| ton met yesterday morning in the Santa
Ana high school building. 1t proved to be
the largest in attendance as well as inn
portance for some time. Miss Grace Den
men of Los Angeles gave an excellent talk
| on 1.-THE Science and Art of Criticism -
which was instructive. Miss Anorah
Fleming of Ell Toro also spoke on the Pol
lard system of teaching reading.
| A new feature in the Pomona high school
work has been inaugurated. Scholars in
that department have been formed into a
literary society, which is directly under
the charge of the principal and teachers of
the high school,and is made part of the
regular work. The first program was rem
dered on Friday afternoon in the presence
of patrons of the schools. Prof. A. J. Gut
terry, the principal. was congratulated up
on his new departure in the school work.
These programs will be rendered every
Two weeks in the presence of friends of
the schools