The herald., 1898-10-18
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NOTES


A. 4. Powers of Ontario died Saturday
morning. He was SO years old.
The Corona arrived at Redondo yesterday
with 80 tons Of freight and 35 passengers.
The annual meeting Of the Riverside
charities will be held in Y. M. G. A. parlors
tomorrow evening.
"San Diego" an Indian living at Banner,
died at his home last week, and it is claimed
was over l04 years of age.
This has been the most favorable season
for drying grapes in San Diego county that
has been experienced for many years.
| The board of trustees Of National City
have ordered a special election held on
November 18th to vote on the saloon ques-
tion.
Thomas j. Cook was yesterday held to
answer at Santa Ana for the murder of
Jasper Griggsby on the 7th inst. Bail was
fixed at 10000.
James St. Mary of Banning was lodged in
the Riverside county Jail yesterday to serve
dians in the vicinity of Banning.
horticultural Commissioners Cave of San
Bernardino and McGinnis of Riverside were
in Ontario yesterday inspecting the work
done by the fumigating force.
The Synod of California will meet in the
Presbyterian church Of San Diego next
Wednesday. The session will be the most
important of it's kind ever held in San Diego.
Golf is still exceedingly popular on the
ing on Sunday were: Col. and Mrs. Sey.
mour, Mr.. Pridhan,, Mr.. and Mrs. Warner,
Waldo Morris and G. B. Boothe.
The .prune crop of Moreno has been har-
vested, and it was light and unsatisfactory.
The dry season, light water supply and
spring frosts is the combination Of circum-
stances that contributed to the result
The government has discontinued the
mail service from Hemet to Sage, in River
getting anyone at Sage to act as postmaster
for the munifcent sum of $5 year.
A sum of $500 is being raised by the
citizens of Ontario to prospect for water.
1t is the purpose of the trustees to sink
well adjoining the reservoir, and if water is
found in sufficient quantity, the town will
refund the amount raised by subscription.
AT meeting of the board of directors of
tho Los Nietos and Ranchto Walnut
18th inst, resolutions Of regret and SYM
pathy were passed at the death of G. A.
Coffman.
A numerously signed petition of Santa
Monica wheelmen was presented to the city
trustees yesterday asking that they be al
lowed to ride on the sidewalk during the
winter. The matter was discussed and
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the petition is granted a new ordinance will
be enacted.
w. V. Covington. Of Banning yesterday
placed on record claim papers for 600
miners inches of water flowing in the
Whitewater river near Banning. This
makes fully ten thousand inches Of water
claimed out of that river, an amount much
greater than ever ran in the stream.
The. chances are that the land owners of
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least some OF them. will attempt to have
that district declared illegal. Since Judge
Noyes gave decision knocking out the Per-
ris district, there is growing desire in the
Alessandro district to submit the question
Of its legality.
Bradford Morse, superintendent of the
Paramide Mining company, has left for
machinery is to be shipped this week from
San Diego. The company will now have a
$2o, 900 plant at the mines. The Paramide
mines are owned by Riverside and Los An
geies parties, who hold a valuable conces-
sion from the government.
Bids were opened yesterday by the Santa
Monica trustees for the construction of a
streets: Ygnacio GARLIC bid 100 cents per
lineal foot and w. A. Frick of Los Angeles
68N cents. The remarkable increase Of the
amounts from those of previous contracts
was explained by Garlic, who said that the
price of pipe had lately advanced Is per
cent.
District Attorney Gill of Riverside has
brought suit against Mary S. Matlack and
others to compel the payment to the county
Of bill! of $8S, the cost of work done by the
horticultural commissioners on the orchard
Of the defendants in eradicating red scale.
This is the fivrt case of this kind that the
county has hau to bring for long time, az
most OF the grove owners are too well
pleased to have their trees cleared of the
scale to object to paying the bill for the
work.