Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-21
CEMETERY FIGHT
STIRS COUNCIL
SAN BERNARDIN0 AMENDS
MASoNS' PROJECT
Jail Contractor Must stick to speelfl-
eatlons-Rialto fluff Road to
Be Built - Alleged
Elk's Trial
sneclal TO The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
SAN BERNARDINO, Feb. 20.-The
cemetery fight came up before the city
council last night when the ordinance
which has been prepared with a view
of defeating the plans of the Masons
to build a graveyard on 10 acres
within the city limits, north of base
line, was amended so as to take In q
much larger district within the heart
of the residence section within which
cemeteries can be maintained.
While this ordinance makes 1t possi-
BILE to legally maintain cemeteries in
certain sections, which are now occu-
pied with elegant homes, 1t is prohibit
tory with respect to the north part of
town which is being rapidly built up,
and I'm this way serves the purpose of
preventing such an obstacle arising to
retard the growth of the city to the
northward.
During the session of the council the
Jail contract came up for an unpleas-
ant half hour for the contractor, A.
Robinson, who had coyly suggested
that he could not obtain the brand of
cement called for in the specifications,
his desire being to substitute another.
Mayor Barton caused a stir by declar-
ing that the Jail contract was in just
such a condition to cause scandal I'M
less the council insisted strictly upon
the specifications and the council
agreed with him.
Party King met defeat before the
board of supervisors in his effort to
stay action on a report of road viewers
fixing $500 as all that should be paid
King for a right-of-way for a county
road across his premises on the Rialto
bluff running north from Fourth
street. King declared that he should
have at least $500. The result will be
that the road along the Rialto bluff.
making a magnificent driveway to Lyle
creek canyon will be built, though King
will probably commence court proceed
ings to recover more damages.
C. E. Farnham, charged with falsely
representing himself as an Elk of the
Reno lodge, will have his trial before
Justice Thomas tomorrow. Secretary
R. NJ. Arms trong of the loacl lodge has
Just received a letter signed Robert
Levers, secretary of the Reno lodge,
in which the writer expresses the hope
that the local Elks will not spare
Farnham, stating that Farnham de-
frauded H. ]. Gosse, a Reno hotel
keeper out of a good sized board bill,
and that Farnham used to lounge about
the Elks' home at Reno, claiming to be
a member of the lodge at Vallejo and
that six months ago he attempted to
pass himself off on the San Francisco
Elks as a member of Reno lodge. A
woman with whom Farnham worked
from Oregon to San Diego is now in
Los Angeles, hawking safety razors, it
is alleged.
The city's new well on the Antill
tract was capped yesterday. 1t has a
continuous flow of $50 inches. which
comes from below the $50 level. lower
than in other artesian well in this
valley
First Grand Vice President Eva P.
Bussenius of Los Angeles visited the
new lodge of Native Daughters of the
Golden West and delivered the charge
to the following new charter members:
Mrs. ]. H. Barton, Mrs. Mary Weeks,
Mrs. G. NJ. Cooley, Mrs. ]. William
Smith, Mrs. Rex Goodcell, Mrs. Ernest
Martin, Mrs. George Heap, Mrs. Nc
Garvey, Miss Emma Morgan and Miss
Lena Harris. Past President Miss Til
lie Wolff presented DR., A. M. Bennette
with silver vase on behalf of the
members