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The herald., 1898-03-12
THE S. P.'s ."sHoRE LINE"
AN INTERESTING LETTER FROM
COILS P. HUNTINGTON
"Uncle" Is Doubtful as to the Date Of
the Roads Completion-His
Diplomatic Answer

SANTA BARBARA, March u.-An ac-
tive correspondence has been carried on
recently between Edward Ivison, men,
ber of the original right-of-way commit
tee, and Coils z. Huntington relative to
the completion of the coast or "Shore
Line" of the Southern Pacific between Los
Angeles and San Francisco. There re-
mains to be built about fifty miles, be-
tween Elwood, eighteen miles west of
Santa Barbara and Surf. short distance
from Lompoc Landing, also in this county.
When this route is finished it will ma
terally lessen the distance between Los
Angeles and northern points, and will be
the main passenger railway between
Southern and Northern California, both
on account of the shortened time and the
natural preference of the traveller for
coast scenery and air
The road was completed to Ellwood
from the south nearly ten years ago, and
although right of way privileges secured
by the local committee for the company
provided that the line should be finished
within a reasonable time, and that con-
struction should not cease, nothing has
been done at this end of the gap" From
the north, however, the company has been
working with more or less regularity, but
for two or three years with a very small
force, until they have managed to get the
track laid as far as the Lompoc river, and
two or three miles of grading finished this
side. They have built since the cessation
of work at Ellwood some very expensive
road from Templeton to San Luis Obispo,
and thence south and east to Surf. Then
all work practically stopped
Mr.. Huntington, in the recent cores
pondence, very carefully avoids commit
ting himself on the main point-when the
line will be finished, but he gives assur-
ance that the work will be more vigorously
pushed. He says in his latest letter:
'I think the work will be continued until
1T is completed, and we shall certainly in
crease our force very considerably; but
just when it will be completed / cannot
now say, for the very simple reason that
do not know. | hope the construction
will go on hereafter so that you and your
people will have no desire to complain and
for that matter l think you have no rea-
son to complain now, as we have done all
we agreed to do, and have put large
amount of money south of Santa Marga-
rita. and have received very little If any
thing, on our investments. Certainly we
have been incOnvenienced much more than
your people have, as we have been out
millions of dollars, while your people, at
most, have been out the right of way
Just what that amounts to- of course, | do
not know; but l do know that when the
road is built it will improve the value of
every acre of land lying adjacent thereto
and in fact every other interest to an ex-
tent very much greater than it can pos
sibly benefit the owners who have put
their money into the enterprise"
The herald., 1898-03-12

coming summer, when the real famine Is
to come. As sample of what to expect
from the irrigation streams 1t Is stated
that the great Bear Valley reservoir lacks
seventeen feet of being at the water line to
which 1t should be filled at this time OF the
year. In fact, there syonly one foot more
of water in the reservoir than there was
at the close of the irrigation season last
year. Unless there are some tremendous
falls of rain between now and the opening
of the coming irrigating season, consum-
ers will be put on very short rations, ana
even then, with ali the care possible, 1t is
impossible to carry the orchards depend
ing upon II through the summer on the
supply from that source. The figures
given above were taken before the last
rain, but that will hardly raise the level Of
the water In the reservoir more than few
inches.
Riverside is looking to the future. and
has just made a deal by which they hope
to obtain 1000 inches more of water. The
Riverside Highland company. for irrigat-
ing on the East Side, has contracted with
the Shay Brothers of Highland to take all
the water from the moist land in the ar
tesian belt owned by the brothers, paying
$50 per acre for the water to be developed
and will at once put down large wells to
secure the water, which Is to flow through
fumes and canals to East Cotton, from
whence it will be taken across the Santa
Ana river, and on the other side pumped to
the top of the bluff, giving it fall enough
to spread over the land to be irrigated
The Riverside Water company, that has
a large upmber OF wells in the artesiar
belt in this valley, has extended it's ter
ritory and will put down number of 10
inch wells as rapidly as the work can be
accomplished. turning the water into their
present source of supply the Warm creek.
N hoe ,,lC .,nlx. l,A
right to develop 200 inches of hot water
near the Harlem springs. turn it through
the bathing pool and add it to their supply
In Warm creek from the same source.
Samples of hot water have been pro-
cured at q point below both the Harlem
and Rabel springs, and it is proposed to
again tap the underflow at this point, put
in another bathing resort and turn this
water over to the Warm creek supply for
Riverside
There is great anxiety expressed by the
users of the water from the artesian belt
at these new drains upon the underground
supply, and lawyers have been consulted,
but in vain. for some means of relief. 1t
Is evident there is no limit to the demands
that may be made upon the artesian water,
and the question is as to the length the
supply will hold out The drain made
last year to supply Cotton ruined all
the other artesian wells in the neighbor-
hood of the point of diversion and those
who have wells in other sections are fear
ful of the results of drawing an extra 1000
Inches or more from the already depleted
underground reservoir. If the present
prospect of an insufficient rainfall to fill
the artesian basin prove true, 1t Is evident
that those who depend upon this source of
supply for water the coming summer will
fare no better than those who look to the
mountain streams and reservoirs.
The herald., 1898-03-12
Eagle Rock Notes

EAGLE ROCK, March 1O.-The rain came
just in time to insure a hay crop and to
make the fruit for an abundant yield
James Watson is just completing build
ing near Eagle Rock schoolhouse and will
put in a stock of general merchandise.
A numerously signed petition asking that
Il postoffice be established here has been
sent to the proper authorities at Washing
ton, d. c.
James Hickson and family, who have req
sided here for ten years, have rented their
ranch to DR.. Bower, lately from England.
D. Binkley, another of Eagle Rocks pio-
neers, has rented his farm and will spend
the coming season in Oregon and Wash
ington.
The herald., 1898-03-12
Riverside Non-Partisans

RIVERSIDE, March 1.-THE Non-par-
tisans have called a mass meeting for Sat
urday evening to put city municipal
ticket In the field for the coming campaign
1t Is the intention to put a full ticket up,
and the platform on which the ticket will
stand is economy in public business. The
probabilities are that the convention will
name for trustees Dr. Joseph Jarvis, Brad
Morse and II. p. Moore.
The indications are that the work of the
Republican convention which placed a
ticket in the field last Saturday will come
TO naught, at least so far as two of the
candidates for trustees are concerned. 1t
is understood that E. A. Chase and A. C.
Christern will refuse to accept places on
the ticket.
The herald., 1898-03-12
Died at His Post

SAN. BERNARDINO, March ia cable
dispatch has just been received announce
ing the death. from smallpox of the Rev.
Clarence Reeves in China, where he has
been one of the most active of missionaries
for number of years Mr.. Reeves went
direct from the Congregational church of
this city, although under the auspices of
another organization. He is a SON of the
Hon. Truman Reeves. county treasurer of
San Bernardino, and leaves wife still at
his post of duty in the interior of China.
Mr.. Reeves was at the head of quite large
force of missionaries and was most faith
full worker for the cause to which he gave
his life. His wife, Lillian was equally de-
voted in her labors. They have been the
means of establishing great number of
new missionary posts, and in all the
troubles between the natives and the mis-
sionaries they have held the confidence
and friendship of all, both natives and
foreigners.
The herald., 1898-03-12
AN IDEAL SUMMER RESORT
SUBSTANTIAL ORGANIZATION TO
IMPROVE SANTA MONICA
And Provide It With All the Conve-
niences and Attractions of an
Up-to-Date Pleasure Ground

SANTA MONICA, March 11.--Much in
terest is manifested here concerning the
formation of Beach Improvement COM
pany with a capital stock of 100000, di-
vided into 1000 shares at $25 per share. The
Jones e. Baker interests, the Electric
Railway company and several prominent
business men of Los Angeles are repre-
sented.
The object of the company is to lease a
considerable portion of the water front.
which will be improved in various ways.
Plans are under consideration for the con-
struction of a pleasure wharf to cost about
$4,000. A broad, substantial plank walk
will be built the entire length of the strip
leased, and suitable buildings for all sorts
of amusements will be erected. Fishing
and pleasure boats will be maintained in
connection with the wharf
One of the parties interested says that
the wharf will be built and the other i'm
provements made n time for the coming
season; that the Southern Pacific company
is interested in pushing the matter. and
will get the material on the ground in short
order. He says further that the wharf
will be constructed on the old s. p. fran
chise at the foot of Railroad avenue, which
will be another point in favor of the early
commencement of work, as that will do
away with the necessary thirty days ad-
VcTtiSihB Vi intention OIL appIlcatl0n Tor a
franchise, and that the S. p. company
will furnish the material for the wharf
taking stodk in the company for at least
part payment.
Santa Monica has had many disappoint-
ments on the wharf question, but glance
at the names of the directors of the new
company. which are as follows, shows that
the matter has at least been taken up
with earnestness:
M. II. Sherman, Il. p Clark and w. d.
Larrabee of the Pasadena and Pacific
company; f. A. Miller, proprietor, and f.
w. Richardson, manager of the Arcadia
hotel; Robert Jones. president of the Bank
of Santa Monica; Charles H. Forbes, at
torney for Arcadia B. de Baker; Roy Jones
and r. c. Gillis Of Santa Monica, and Jacob
Kurtz and W. II. Perry of Los Angeles
The herald., 1898-03-12
THOSE JAILBREAKS
Kept to Their Cells-A Supervisors
Mileage-The Needed Rain

RIVERSIDE, March 1.-THE case of this
county against Supervisor Thompson of
the Fourth district, who was charged by
the late grand jury with having collected
too much mileage, was tried before Justice
Chambers today, the district attorney ap-
pearing for the county. Several witnesses
were examined and the court then took the
matter under advisement
AS result of the attempt of the prison.
ers in the county Jail to escape the marshal
has ordered the whole outfit locked up in
their cells, thus taking away from them
the privileges of the corridor. There were
four in the Jail who did not try to es-
cape, and 1t is not thought theyshad any,
thing to do with cutting the Jail wall but
they are of the true blue criminal, for when
The herald., 1898-03-12
A Tip for Spain

SANTA BARBARA, March 11.-If the
war scare continues to grow, there will be
some more demands for coast defense in
southern California. Santa Barbara peo-
pie are doing some serious thinking about
possibilities in case Spain should send a
gunboat around to the Pacific to see what
damage could be done to the Western
United states. The gunboat would find
1he second largest seaport city south of
San Francisco, Santa Barbara. entirely at
her mercy, as there is not so much as a
tourth OF July cannon in the town. San
francisco has her forts and San Diego her
new fortiiications, but Santa Barbara has
nothing but company of naval reserves.
ana they go to the front with the first call
The herald., 1898-03-12

at low prices. While the consuming de.
mand from home and export buyers DUR
ing the past season has been, according 10
general report. greater than at any prev
ious time in the history of the California
trade. owing to the higher cost of imported
goods. in consequence of the increased
tariff the volume of business has been
somewhat restricted of late because Of
comparatively light offerings of sound
ota
The herald., 1898-03-12
Santa Barbara's Dogs

SANTA BARBARA, March 1.-THE
poultry and bench show closes today. 1t
has been very successful in every partic-
ular. and the dog experts and judges from
the north pronounce that department of
the exhibition one of the finest ever seen
outside of San Francisco, and far ahead
of that held recently at Sacramento. AS
u good share of the awards went to Santa
Barbara dogs against strong competition
from abroad. and as the judges were all
outside men, it indicates that Santa Bar
bara possesses some excellent thorough
breds.
The herald., 1898-03-12
Chicago's Elevated Roads

CHICAGO. March 11.-Twenty miles OF
railroad track in this city will be elevated
this summer. The cost of this work will
be in the neighborhood of $1,000, coo, and will
give employment to $4,000 men. BY the
elevation of these tracks some of the most
dangerous grade crossings in the city will
be done away with. The railroads rails
ing their tracks are: The Pennsyl-
vania Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern. Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
cifc; Chicago Milwaukee and st. Paul,
Chicago and Northwestern, Illinois Cent
raj and the Burlington and Quincy.
The herald., 1898-03-12
WATER AND WIND
Prospects for the Coming Irrigating
Season

SAN BERNARDINO, March 1.-THE
first portion of the storm is over. and the
second section is here. The rain stoned
after twelve hours Of unsuccessful at
tempts to flood the earth enough to make
vegetation grow, and about sunset of
Thursday the wind from the north com
menced to blow, gaining strength with it's
progress until during Friday it attained
quite respectable speed and will drv
out of the ground the greater portion of
the water that had fallen during the pre-
vious twelve hours. The rainfall was az
of an inch in the valley, and on the noun
tain range 1t varied from one inch to two
and half ixches. There was considerable
snow on the top of the range
While this rain will do good to the grass
and grain, its good effects will not reach
much further, and now that another
chance for good fall OF rain has passed
without material results. the users of
water are looking ahead anxiousiy to the
The herald., 1898-03-12
Pears

It is a wonderful soap
that takes hold quick and
does no harm.
No harm! 1t leaves the
skin soft like a baby's; no
alkali in it, nothing but
soap. The harm is done by
alkali. Still more harm is
done by not washing. So.
bad soap is better than
none.
What is bad soap? I'm
perfectly made; the fat
and alkali not we'll bal
anced or not combined.
What is good soap7
Pears.
All sorts Of stores sell it, especially drusciste
~ sorts OF people use It.
The herald., 1898-03-12
The Raisin Market

NEW YORK. March 1.-THE Journal Of
Commerce says: The situation In Califor-
MIA loose muscat raisins shows no improve
ment, in fact. the spot, as well as the
coast market seems to be unsettled. as a
result of efforts TO dispose of poor stock
The herald., 1898-03-12
WING TUNG HANGED
The Chinese Murderer Neither Ap-
pealed Nor Repented

SAN QUENTIN, Cal, March 11.-Wing
Tung. the Chinese murderer, was hanged
this morning at 1890 o'clock for the killing
of his uncle. Yu Lick Chung, at the Globe
Hotel, in San Francisco last September
He met his death with the racteristic
stOicism of his race and appeared to be
utterly Indifferent during the final prepara-
tions for his execution. The murderer was
pronounced dead ten and one-half minutes
after the drop fell He was a resident of
San Francisco. He was an intelligent
Chinese and soon learned to speak and
read English with ease. For many years
he seemed peaceably inclined but last year
he became involved in a quarrel with his
uncle, Yu Lick, over which he brooded
morosely for some weeks Finally, having
apparently made up his mind with all de-
liberation, he went to his uncle's room in
the old Globe Hotel building on the second
of September and shot his relative dead.
His only explanation was that his uncle
deserved to die because he had talked too
much.
Wing Tung was promptly tried and con-
victed and his case is remarkable in that
it is the first since the carrying out of
death sentences at San Quentin has been
the rule, that a condemned murderer has
gone to the gallows without having taken
an appeal to the Supreme Court.
The Amos Emo Estate
HARTFORD, Conn.,, March 1.-THE will
Of the late Amos r. Emo, proprietor of the
The herald., 1898-03-12
The Cleveland Election

CLEVELAND, O., March L.-The Bit
terest municipal campaign in this city for
years terminated last night In victory
for the McKisson administration and the
defeat of the alleged street railway can
didates for places on the Councilmanic
tickets
The McKissonites captured ten out of
the eleven Councilmanic districts.
The herald., 1898-03-12

Copyright Angeles, 1898, c. S.
of
The
Of
band of yellow ribbon tied the side coiur
high
lace mana thrown and falls below the waist The right hand holds
back the the
slightly forward
golden poppies.
The herald., 1898-03-12

lean testify that
the extraction OF a
tooth by Cr. Schiff-
mans method
need not be dread.
ed by auy one He
surely does II
without pain.
Rev. s. L. White,
Pastor Boyle HTS
Holiness Church.
Los Angeles.
Morris tribune., 1898-05-25
Democratic Convention and Primaries

A Democratic convention for the county
of Stevens, Minnesota, will be held at the
court house in Morris, on Thursday, June
9th, at O'Clock p. M, for the purpose of
eleCting delegates to the state congress
siOnal and Legislative convention, also to
place in nomination the following county
officers: Auditor treasurer, sheriff, Judge
of probate court, superintendent of
schools, coroner, court commissioner,
county commissioner, and to transact
such other business proper to be done
at said convention. The following is the
number of delegates each precinct in the
county is entitled to, viz:
Baker 2, Donnelly 2, Darnen2, Eldorado1
Everglade !. Framnas l, Horton 1, Hodges
1, Morris 2, Moore 1, Pepperton 1, Rends-
vile 2, scott 2, Synnes 2, Stevens g Swan
Lake l, Village of Hancock. Village of
Morris 5.
The primaries for the election of dele
gates shall be held at 1880 p. NJ, Friday
June 3rd, 1898, at the respective polling
places of each of said towns and villages.
The polls shall be kept open one hour.
Morris, May 9th, 1898.
JOHN w. EDDY,
Chairman Democratic County Committee.
Morris tribune., 1898-05-25
Bismarck on the War.

Prince Bismarck condemns the war
outright. He says it is due to sys-
tematic provocation, which finally
became unbearable. He added:
"The whole course of the Washing
ton administration has been insincere.
NV views of war are we'll understood.
have always held that it is only de-
feasible after all other remedies have
failed. The result of the war cannot
be wholesome either to Europe or
America. Tho United States will be
forced to adopt an intermeddling
policy, leading to unavoidable fric-
ton. The United States has aban-
doned her tradition treaty policy, land,
in order to maintain her position, she
must become a military and naval
power-an expensive luxury which
her geographic position rendered I'M
necessary. Americas change of
front means retrogression in the high
sense civilization. This is the main.
regretabIe fact about the war"
Regarding the speech made last
Friday by Joseph Chamberlain, the
British secretary Of state for the col
onies, at Birmingham, Prince Bis
mark said:
The Importance thereof depends
upon whether Mr.. Chamberlain's pri
vate opinions are those of the British
government. Closer Anglo-American
relations are doubtless feasible, but
an alliance is improbable and unser-
viceable to both. Besides, tits mis-
take to call the Americans Saxons.
They are mixed blood-British, Irish,
German, French, and Scandinavian.
The Anglo-Saxon does not even pre-
dominate to-day. This dwelling on
so-called race interests is nonsense in
politics. Look at the Russo French
agreement and the dreibund. Poll |
tics are not dictated by such far
fetched sentimentalities. Germany's
duty is plainly to maintain her inter
ests by carefully nursing the good
neighborship of the European ma
tions.
Morris tribune., 1898-05-25
AN OPEN LETTER.

Sent bv the Local Society to State
Papers.
The following letter has been sent
to several towns of the state, outside
of twin cities:
Minneapolis Mimi, May l6:-Dear
Friends: Our soldiers are ordered to
the front. Medical and surgical sup
plies and delicacies for the sick are
needed. Money can purchase these
things. The inclosed circular OF the
Red Cross Society will show what is
wanted. Membership fees, vi year.
Get as many members as possible
Send money to the treasurer OF the
Red Cross Society. Judge j. 0. Pierce
New York Life Building. Supplies
can be sent to DR.. Martha G. Ripelo'
"a Tenth street S.
"Please attend to this at once, as
some supplies must go forward by
the end of this week. Yours for hu-
manity.
katherine Louise Smith
Kate B. Mckenzie.
Martha G.. Ripely, M. d.,
Red Cross Committee"
The ready and generous response
of the people of Minneapolis to the
call for donations is worthy of much
praise, The following firms contrib
uted: Wyman, Partridge q Co., H.
S. Goodfellow Il Co., Minneapolis DRY
Goods company, S. W. Thomas
Browning King & Co., Knoblauch q
Sons, Clark & Mccarthy. The
Economy, R. NJ. Chapman, T. M
Roberts, Woman's Exchange, all
churches of the city and numerous
private donations.
Morris tribune., 1898-05-25
Peoples Party Convention.

A Peoples Party county convention will
be held at the court house in the village
of Norris on June 7th at O'Clock p. m. for
the purpose of electing seven delegates to
the state convention, five delegates to the
Seventh district congressional Conven-
tor, eight delegates to the 57th Legislative
dis triCt convention and to place in nom
mutton candidates for the following
county offices: Auditor, treasurer, register
of deeds, sheriff, county attorney, Judge
of probate, surveyor, coroner, court com
missioner, superintendent of schools and
county commissioners for the second and
fifth commissioner districts. The re
presentation at said convention is two
delegates at large for each voting precinct
and one additional delegate for each
twenty-five votes or major fraction there
of as cast for Hon. S. NJ. Owen in 1894.
The different precincts will be entitled
to delegates as follows: Baker, 3; Don
nelly, 2; Darnen, 3; Eldorado, 81 Ever
glade, g.; Frannas,2; Horton, 81 Hodges,
3; Morris, 8; Moore, 2; PeppertOn, 3; Rends-
vile, 4; Scott, 5; Synnes, 3; Stevens. 4;
Swan Lake, 2; Village of Hancock, 3;
Village of Morris,4.
All primaries shall be held on the I'd day
of June between the hours of 2 and Q p, M.
o. E. LOFTHUs, Chairman,
Peoples Party County Committee.
dated at Norris, Mimi, May 10, 1893.