Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-22
GRANT ACQUIRES
SAN DIEGO SITE
METHODISTS SELL CHURCH
PROPERTY
OFFICE BUILDING TO GO UP
County Teachers Institute Closes =
Successful Weeks Session, at
Which One Hundred and
Fifty Attended
OFFICE BUILDING TO GO UP
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald ... ....
SAN DIEGO. April 21.-By the ruling
of Judge Terrence the Methodists are
permitted to sell their church block to
u. s. Grant for 100000. 1t Is under
stood that Mr.. Grant will rebuild the
block, making of 1t fine Office build
ing. The trustees Of the church have
already selected site at the corner of
Ninth and D streets and will put up a
100000 church edifice. The new edifice
is to be Of brick and stone and is to
have seating capacity, of 1000.
The San Diego County Teachers in
stitute closed weeks session this
evening. One hundred and fifty teach
ers have been in attendance and lee
turers from Stanford university and the
state normal schools have been In
charge.
| A committee has been appointed by
the Federated Trades and Labor .coun-
Gil to investigate whether or not the
eight-hour day is being lived up to. by
city contractors and by the city itself
The federation has retained an attor-
ney, H. S. Utley, to represent the Or
ganization in the matter Of enforcing
the law.
The bonds of W. r. Andrews and c.
L. Williams. as city attorney. and city
treasurer, were approved by the audit
ing committee and ordered filed with
the clerk.e .,.t D..
Had to Tie 1t Down 's'
Everybodys Magazine for May con.
tains picture of portion of Elks' hal
in this city, showing the way that tht
reading room committee was compelled
TO anchor the magazine in order tt
keep 1t from walking off. The magazine
formed habit of disappearing and the
committee secured an inch rope about
seventeen feet long with which the
magazine was tied to the leg of one ol
the heavy oak reading tables.
While the big Hawaiian-Americar
liner Californian was not listed to stor
here she is going to put in, having abou
500 tons of freight for Southern Califor'
mia. She will be in. tomorrow or the
day following. A part of her cargo CON
sists of large consignment of steel fol
i Los Angeles.
A number Of deeds on record thi
week show the purchase by the recent;
organized cattle company at Campo o
some sixteen ranches and ranges, 81
that the company now has continuous
range five miles wide and twenty-fou
: miles long. Representatives of the com
pany are now In Arizona purchasing
!, more cattle to turn out on this immens
, range. The principal owner of the nev
corporation is w. H. Jones of Chicago
and #. j. Gray Of Campo will be fore
man and general manager.
'''' Local oarsmen Relieved
Secretary Brown of the San Dleg
Rowing club has received word that tn
oars for the two fine four-oar barges
just completed for the club by Builde
Stone. will be shipped from Worcester
Mass, on the oath inst. Considerabl
anxiety had been felt respecting them a
1t was feared that their non-arriva
would put a stop to the proposed rae
between a crew from Stanford univer
sity and the local oarsmen.
The directors of the First Nationa
bank have elected d. Frank Garrettsol
as president OF the bank in place o
Jacob Gruendike. recently deceased
Homer II. Peters will remain as vic
president and George w. Fishburn a
cashier.
t Deputy Sheriff James Kerr who ha
just returned from an official visit t
i the desert portion OF the county. say
; that the flood reports have been greatl
! exaggerated. He was in the same dis
trict in 1889 and there was more waite
then than now. The Salton waite
works are flooded and the water |
} within 200 feet of the railroad track. I
is not considered likely to go an,
higher.