Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-09
TO FIX RIGHTS0F n, (,
WATER OWNERS
FAMOUS CASE BROUGHT TO
Suit Of Barton We. Riverside Water
Company Being Heard by
Judge Bennett lat
San Bernardino

Special to The Herald.
SAN BERNARDINO, Nov. S.-The
trial of the case Of Barton VS.. the Riv-
erslde Water company, known the
state over as the percolating water
suit to determine the rights of owners
of percolatng waters was commepGep
this morning in the superior coHrt in
this city. before Judge Paul W. Ben
nett "of Kern county. r,t
The trial will extend over spYerHl
weeks and is being watched with in-.
terest by water men all over the com-
monweath. Fully 5000 inefies' of wa
ter continuous now, are involved in
this case. that amount. being continu=
ally taken from the artfsi9n. lIeh rhere
by the Riverside compahE'% q = ~"
A great arraS.4f legal tlfaftht g. leri77
gagged, in the. ,,case-s TfGr PLANNING is,
represented by JudgekIkHtt -Ro1fesiI5.;
G. Haskell and Byfoni Wa atsfss;F this
CITY,. The defense issTepresented by
Houghton & Houghton OF San Fran
cisco, Chapman &ssrGhapman of Los
Angeles. Curtis &. Gprtis, F., a leon;
ard and H. G6pdcetl"6f this city, etarLl
nahan & ColHVer and IA 70. Jtli hbffd
of Riverside. t;. i ai, is'r - a4ssHl
Sunday School Convention
The twenty-seco4d ? aGhaal county
Sunday; scbeol , conYentiaiRw of a sstliis
county 6s!,ini session i'm stiisa acity9ats the.
First Baptist ehurch;y theirs bRting
about 100 fdeIegates IN attentih1ic 80 -
There, are now ..AbouHY YfiftTF Sunday
schools In the county "Gonnected with
the association, and thehtotaI .emoll-
ment of these schools is 5000 The, ems
'rollment of the Sunday 'schQOlS- ofi@the,
county twenty-one years ago, which
then included what is. now Itiy ersfde.
county also, was little, m9re than
1000. -. ;-.-.,.
Among the prominent Sunday. school
workers who are attending the con-
vention as speakers are Hugh Conway
Gibson of Los Angeles, general secre-
tary of the state Sunday school asso-
citation; w. G. Weld of Riverside, pres
ident of the Southern California asso-
citation; Mrs. G. A. Baskerville, state
superintendent of the primary and ju-
nior departments, and others, from all
parts of the county. The convention
is the most successful ever held by
the association. 's 49,
Harness Horses Arrive
Several strings of horses arrived
at Association park in this city
yesterday and today for the opening
meet of the Southern California Har-
ness Horse association tomorrow.
The stables are all filled with fast
steppers and the meet promises to; be
a. great success The heavy rain of
the past three days will probably re-
suit in the track being little slow
on the opening day, though the warm
sunshine today is rapidly putting the
track in excellent shape. With no
more rain it should be in prime condi-
ton for Fridays 'eweftsa3 q,
Horsemen are enthusiastic over the
outlook for some fast work. ON. the
track, which Is said to be, as fine as
can be found anywhere. The strings
from the stables of WA ozark, 1r!,
the Rutherford stables and, Of, the Dan
Misner stables arrived 4 Yesterday.
while today several cars.of fast step
pers came in froma maLosaANgelesN Sec
retary A. w. Bruhefoeis m tfref city
from Los Angeles and and mas taken
charge. gN,a. ~ .'frs, ....,4
Vention will be held ih-rthe. First Bap-.
tist church in this city comIfSeneinS
Tuesday, December, 5, and continuing
over the Following Sunday s,Sn,. ,..,,.:,
During the week, aside fren2 the reg
ular convention wiil,heaheh the Gcon-:
ventions of the Bapttst Youngs Peoples
union, Woman's Baptist. 'MfSsiomary
society. the Sunday, .scA9bf and, q. pas,
tors conference. The 7Rrogfain LIN
cludes prominent, speakers. from rtlis
part Of the state as well as from the
east. It. is 'expeeted.%'tt6.. be *tne 1lafgest
convention of Baptstss ever, . held in
Southern California. (: =, ,,.
An announcements in, social, CIRCLES
that is of especial interest both in This
city and Los Angelescis the e'frengage
ment of Charles w: Monahan- and Miss
Helen Grosvenor, daughter Of MR. and
Mrs. D. A. Grosvenor, The wedding,
will occur at st. Johns Episcopal
church. about December j., The bride
is one of the most popular young wo-
men of the city, while the groom is a
prominent business man and citizen, 30