The herald., 1898-07-09
RIVERSIDE
The Assessment Rolls Show Falling
OF of $4,000

RIVERSIDE, July S-The county as
SCISSOR has completed the compilation of this
years assessment roll, and the figures show
falling off of over ,OO0 from the roll
of last year. The real estate this year is
valued at So ,O4S ,212; Improvements on same
ST. ,Sl2; city and town lots, 81 1859 ,25O; i'm
provements on same, 81 las $50; personal
property, s795.S37 money, 1913 ,G29; total, $40,
7s2 800. The assessed value of the mort
cages is $1.7O7 1854. The value of railroads is:
Southern Pacific company, s2O6 ,94O South
ern California Railway company, SIC, 1853;
Elsinore and Pomona Railway company.
s12,911 The total value of canals and bitches
in the county is 1851 $40; street railways,
! $2761.
The value of the telegraph lines Is s21.
| 800. and of the telephone lines 500 166.
The number of trees and vines in the coun-
ty is 1869 ,24O bearing and 653 925 non-bearing.
OF these 7e1 500 are bearing orange trees,
while 246,165 are non-beaying trees Of the
same variety. Prunes come next, with
1876, 600 trees, more than half of which are
bearing.
The number of acres of land sown to grain
last season was: Wheat. 32,160; oats, 345;
barley. 6,43S; corn, IS; hay, $500. The as
value of S55 600 in the county; horses S13.-
$50; machinery, $4,000; furniture s124 900;
pianos, $50, 900, and merchandise. $153,145
Word was received here today from
Plattsmouth. Neb., of the sudden death of
Mrs. James Patterson, wife of the former
| cashier of the Perris bank.
The trustees of the Prospect school dis
| trct, which includes the town of Highgrove
Ia, ;.l
ments to the school property, and an cleo
ton to vote the necessary tax will be held
| in q few days.
| Coroner Sherman received notice yester-
| day from Dermd station ON the Southern
Pacific line to the effect that the dead
body of Il man had been found near There
and that it was beyond recognition. The
coroner telegraphed an order to bury the
| body, as it was useless under the crcum-
stances to hold an inquest. There were no
papers on the body that would lead 20 identi-
| fication, and this last victim of the desert
sun will never be known.
| All Sami the Chinaman who was placed
under arrest Wednesday charged with SELL
ing liquor to minors, pleaded guilty last
evening and paid fine of s5O
| The Sons of Veterans are securing names
preparatory 10 the organization OIL q l0uBe
here. They have secured thirty names and
| expect to have fifty by the middle of the
month, when the lodge will be instituted.
May Jefferson, district deputy of the Re-
bekah order, returned from Ontario this
| morning, after having installed the officers
of the lode at that place.
The trial of Baptiste Bahuena, a Ban
ming Indian on a charge of rape was con-
Guided today by the jury returning a verdict
of guilty as charged.
The Riverside Horticultural club held a
very interesting meeting last evening, and
several valuable papers on matters pertain
ing to the fruits industry were read. One
of these by Mr.. Holiness on "Red Scale" was
well written and full of good pointers for
fruit growers. A paper on "Fertilizers" by
Mr.. Kyle advised fruit men to use fertilizers
on their orchards now. He urged the neces-
sity of frequent fertilization.