Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-27
DESERT SALOON
ORDERED CLOSED
SAN BERNARDIN0 OFFICIALS
DECIDE MOOT POINT
Officials Refuse Application for Hotel
License In Case Of Tent Par
tltloned of SO as to Form
Four Rooms
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
SAN BBRNARDINO, Sept. 26.-After
long dispute, the supervisors have Or
dered the saloon operated at Ludlow
station on the desert by Mrs. M. Pres
ton to be closed. When this license
was asked for the application called
for its location at Ludlow, in Bagdad
precinct" 1t was generally under
stood at that time that the station
was actually located in Bagdad pre-
cinct, but soon after some of the resi-
dents of that section raised the point
precinct, which had voted "dry" at the
last election.
County Surveyor Cook was called in
to determine the dispute, and decided
that Ludlow station was more than
three miles inside of Ludlow precinct.
This settled it and the saloon is to be
no more.
An application for a hotel license to
w. ]. Flavin at Otis was denied. 1t
developed in the investigation that the
hotel consisted of tent divided into
four rooms, which the supervisors
thought was a very bad stretch of the
county ordinance providing that a hotel
must be bona fide institution of not
less than four rooms.
A Mexican, whose name is Jesus
Baraca, has been brought to the coun-
ty hospital from Gina, a desert station
on the Salt Lake railroad, about ninety
miles above Daggett. He went sudden
ly insane from the intense heat of the
desert, and attempted to beat his
brains out against a stone wall. He
is said to have been made more vio-
lent by the fact that his fellow work.
men threatened to hang him. His head
is beaten almost to a jelly, but it is
hoped that he may recover.
The public schools on opening day
showed an increased enrolment of 176
over opening day of last year and 266
over that of two years ago. No at
tempt has as yet been made to enforce
the compulsory law, and it is expected
that when this Is in operation the in
crease will be 300 or more over the
previous year. Some of the buildings
are badly overcrowded.
The new Arrowhead Hot Springs
hotel has been completed and accepted
from the contractor. The work of in
stalling the $4,000 worth of new fur
rishings will now be commenced, and
the building got in shape for opening
within a month or so. The formal
opening will be on Thanksgiving day.
Local MisceIIanies
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
D. Bethel of Redlands is dead as re-
suit of falling from a second story
window. His skull was fractured and
he lived but few hours.
Robert H. King, who died yesterday
years a resident of San Bernardino,
coming here in 1861. He established
the pioneer harness and saddlery store
in this city and was highly respected.
Paul Schlardaum, the aged German
who attempted to blow out his brains
last night at Smiley Heights has been
committed to the county Jail for twen-
ty days in the hope that his brain may
clear when he is kept away from liquor
The cause of his attempting to take his
own life is said to have been trouble
with his wife. They are said to be
possessed of considerable means.
The Jewish new year will be observed
by the Jewish colony in this city with
services on Friday evening and all day
Saturday. The colony is a large one
and the services will be of a much
more elaborate character than in past
years.