Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-05
OPPOSE LOSING
PART OF COUNTY
SAN BERNARDlNO OBJECTS TO
DIVISION
Fears That Plan Is on Foot to Carve
Out New County From Her
Territory, With Pomona
as Capital
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
SAN BERNARDINO, Oct. 4.-County
division specters are again looming up
before the people of this county, and
already the matter is being discussed
in official circles with the intent to
head off any possible move that may be
sprung. 1t is feared that the move to
consolidate the city and county govern
ments of Los Angeles involves plan
to carve new county out of the east
ern end of Los Angeles county and the
western end of San Bernardino county,
with Pomona as county seat. Ihe
people here have no objectiont to Po
mona becoming county seat, but do
object to the taking off a slice of
San Bernardino county's richest terri
tory to appease those desires. The
matter has been discussed by the su-
pervisors and it is probable that COM
mittee of citizens will soon be ap-
pointed to look after the matter.
The plan of selling oranges and other
citrus fruits by the home auction
f o. b., cash California plan was dis
cussed at a meeting of the Cotton
orange growers last night, the prin-
cipal address being made by Kenneth
MacRae of Rialto, one of the most
enthusiastic promoters of the plan.
Another meeting of the Cotton growers
will be held in the near future. The
feeling among the men familiar with
the orange market is that, II 10 per
cent of the growers of Southern Cali
fCrnia can be got into the plan, 1t
can be made a success. The Southern
California Fruit exchange has signifed
a willingness to try the plan, and the
=. c. u. is also considering it. These
two organizations represent nearly
three-fourths of the oranges grown in
this part of the state.
Contracts have been let by the
Arrowhead Reservoir company for
about fourteen miles of mountain roads
to various points about the reservoir
and to the entrances of the various
tunnels. 1t is stated that the roads
are for hauling of supplies to the
points where workmen are employed,
but from the fact that considerable
portion of the new roads are to be
on the grades surveyed for the pro-
posed mountain railway, the belief is
quite general that eventually the roads
will be utilized for the railway. AS the
company now has no power for the
electric line, and cannot have for
year or more to come, it is believed
that this is the plan, though the Off
ciaIs of the company deny it, The
contract for the work has been let to
r. H. Swinney and will cost in excess
of $15, 900.
Mrs. Louise Penraise of Riverside
has commenced habaeS corpus pro-
ceedngs in the superior court here to
gain possession of her 13-year-old child
Ida, who is at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Henry Lague. In the proceedings
here she fails to state that the girl
is at her sisters home in Highgrove
on the order of the superior court
Of Riverside, on the ground that the
mother is an unfit person to have the
care of her.
Brush Fires Again Prevalent
Three large brush fires caused some
damage in this valley last evening.
The worst was in the vicinity of Dec
lez, where several hundred acres were
burned over, and the cabin Of an old
prospector named Benton destroyed.
For time it was feared that he, too,
had been burned. but he escaped. An
other fire was northwest of the city
near the pumping plants of the River
side Highland Water company and
northwest of Rialto. Neither of the
latter caused serious damage, though
considerable area was burned over.
An analysis of the local postoff1ce
figures for the month and quarter just
ended shows that the increase over
the same month of last year is 13 per
same month of 1902. For the quarter
the increase is little more than eight
per cent over the same quarter of last
year and nearly 81 per cent over the
same quarter of 1902
A complete gymnasium has been
fitted out by the Young Mems Chris
tian club, and Phillip Swing, recently
from Stanford, has been secured as
physical director. The club is meeting
with wonderful success, the member
ship already being large.
Rev. Robert Renison, recently from
Berkeley, has accepted the rectorship
of st. Johns Episcopal church of this
city, and will at once commence his
labors.
The dedication of the new First Bap-
tist church in this city will occur next
Sunday. there being services morning,
afternoon and evening. The dedicatory
sermon will be preached by Rev. e. S.
Graham, d. d. of Hannibal, Mo-, who
has in the past ten years dedicated 1856
Baptist churches. The new building
is one of the handsomest in this part
of the state. The church was organized
in 1866 with but ten members. The
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