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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
1
Orville A. Huxsaw becomes proprietor of the Queen Colony Garage on Sixth Street, taking possession at once. Frank Dean remains through a transition period while a first class mechanic is arranged. Huxsaw plans a larger facility, adding a seven passenger car and a smaller machine, plus electrical and engine work, to serve public patrons.
A satirical riff ridicules divorce woes and public gossip as a speaker mocks legal costs and marital strife. He parodies a famed artist and a family scandal, depicting couples, judges, and reporters drawn into a web of affairs and pranks.
The Call Fruit Company completed packing and shipping the last navy oranges of the season from Orange Heights. Manager J N Sears oversaw operations while A ed Davis ran the packing house. The season’s output is estimated at 90 cars of oranges and 35 cars of lemons of fine quality.
A Congregational church evening session in Corona focused on making the city more attractive morally and physically. Speakers urged a City Beautiful program with vacant-lot cleanup, better streets, a new City Hall, and a city park. They also called for a YMCA with reading and social rooms to provide wholesome recreation for local men.
Peter Domenigioni and his wife visited friends in Corona on Tuesday and planned to return home the same day.
A Glen Ivy gathering ends with a staged seance and wild tales told by locals from Corona and nearby towns. The hotel event leads to salary talks for the city marshal and a postponed personnel clean up at the May 6 meeting.
City council held a special meeting to discuss raising the city marshal’s salary as fees from saloon license collection end. Mr. Lyman’s services may be adequately rewarded. The meeting included all members and addressed water company complaints and street gutter cleaning near the High School.
Frank Raney, a Buell's Grocery sop, found a valuable gold chain with a diamond pendant near Chen Ivy Sunday. He reported the find to Landlord Sutherland and later learned the owner’s details from Mr Evans, who said the owner lives at the Alexandria hotel in Los Angeles.
Ore from the Ora Mines in Toulimme county yields phenomenal results. An April 21 assay report from Los Angeles records 140 ounces of gold per ton with a total per ton value of $403.55, plus $2.55 in silver. The figures suggest rapid wealth for local claim owners Crolfield Rawhide and associates as new fortunes emerge.
H. K. Stahl departed Tuesday evening for the El Oro mine in Tuolumne County to inspect ongoing development work on the valuable property largely owned by citizens of the city.
Fishermen face restricted access to Glen Ivy Springs canyon as new owners limit entry and enforce catch caps. Hotel manager Sutherland aims to protect small fish and curb wasteful angling, permitting guests to take at least one trout per outing.
The California Fruit Growers Association held its thirty fourth session in Riverside with leading officials present. Mayor Evans welcomed delegates while Miguel Bextudillo, representing Governor Gillett, urged outreach to legislators for higher state agricultural funding. Commissioner Jodprey provided a thorough overview and guidance on advancing citrus interests, and Dr. David Starr Jordan of Stanford spoke on California’s future fruit belt and industry potential.
Mrs Walter Nunn of this city received word of her father C E Oatman’s death in Hastings Nebraska on April est. He died from a paralytic stroke. He is survived by his widow a son and four daughters all living in Nebraska except Alma Loyd and Walter Nunn who reside in Corona California
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