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HEARINGS
BEFORE A
SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS AND SURVEYS
UNITED STATES SENATE
SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
PURSUANT TO
S. Res. 291
A RESOLUTION TO INVESTIGATE CHARGES OF THE
ILLEGAL DELIVERY TO PRIVATE INTERESTS OF
LANDS CEDED TO THE UNITED STATES BY
THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO
APRIL 2-6, DECEMBER 5, 1929, FEBRUARY 6 AND MAY 27, 1930
Printed for the use of the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys
CONTENTS
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1929
Senate Resolution 291 (70th Cong., 2d sess.), authorizing investigation__
Senate Resolution 329 (70th Cong., 2d sess.), continuing investigation____
Attorneys and representatives appearing in behalf of individuals and
interests before committee_--
Elvon Musick, attorney, representing the Los Angeles Chamber of Com-
merce, statement of____
H. N. Wheeler, Los Angeles, Calif., statement of__
"General rules and regulations for the colonization of Territories
of the Republic-Mexico, November 21, 1828" (Exhibit A).
Decree of August 18, 1824, respecting colonization---
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, February 2, 1848 (Exhibit B).
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C. C. Grove, Los Angeles, Calif., testimony_of..
Oscar Lawler, attorney, representing the Los Angeles Chamber of Com-
merce, statement of_
H. N. Wheeler, Los Angeles, Calif., further statement of_
Homestead applications held for rejection (Exhibit D)---
Sample appeal from decision of Commissioner of the General Land
Office (Exhibit E).
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1929
H. N. Wheeler, Los Angeles, Calif., further statement of-continued___
Clinton Johnson, Los Angeles, Calif., testimony of__.
H. N. Wheeler, Los Angeles, Calif., testimony of--.
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My Seventy Years in California," by J. A. Graves, chapter XVIII
(Exhibit P).
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Example of a Spanish land grant in California___
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Form of receipt and application for homestead entry (Exhibit Q).
Three forms of contract (Exhibit R)__
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E. Palmer Connor, chief searcher for the Title Insurance & Trust Co.,
Los Angeles, Calif., testimony of---
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Harry Chandler, newspaper publisher, Los Angeles, Calif., testimony of___
Stuart O'Melveny, first vice president of the Title Insurance & Trust
Co., Los Angeles, Calif., testimony of----
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"The Romance of California Land Titles," by Stuart O'Melveny
(Exhibit S).
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H. N. Wheeler, Los Angeles, Calif., further testimony--.
Certified copy of application for confirmation of the San Fernando
Valley as a grant (Exhibit T).
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C. R. Harris, consulting engineer, Los Angeles, Calif., testimony of...--
George R. Wickham, attorney, Los Angeles, Calif., statement of....
merce, further statement of____
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THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1929
Vernan E. Clarke, real-estate broker, Los Angeles, Calif., testimony of---
Brainerd B. Smith, register of the United States land office, Los An-
geles. Calif., statement of----
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A. A. Wilhelm, examiner in the General Land Office, Department of the
Interior, testimony of‒‒‒
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H. N. Wheeler, Los Angeles, Calif., further statement of....
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Interior, testimony of, continued__
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Miss Grace A. Greer, Los Angeles, Calif., testimony of---
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Robert P. Stewart, chief deputy district attorney, Los Angeles County,
Calif., testimony of..
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J. Finlinson, police officer, Los Angeles, Calif., testimony of
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Samuel W. McNabb, United States district attorney for southern district
of California, statement of---
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James B. Lankershim, Los Angeles, Calif., testimony of---
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Procedure of the subcommittee, statement of Hon. Sam. G. Bratton, on
behalf of the subcommittee, regarding_.
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A. C. Routhe, attorney, Los Angeles, Calif., statement of....
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Joseph F. Sartori, president of the Security National Bank, Los Angeles,
Calif., testimony of__
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Howard G. Ferguson, real estate, Los Angeles, Calif., testimony of----
Fred W. Marlow, vice president of Clifford F. Reid (Inc.), realtors, Los
Angeles, Calif., testimony of..
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Clinton Johnson, Los Angeles, Calif., further testimony of--
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Los Angeles County Ranchos (Exhibit AD).
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Miss Grace A. Greer, Los Angeles, Calif., testimony of, resumed..
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Lieut. Hugh F. McCarron, detective force, Los Angeles police depart-
ment, testimony of..
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Lucian C. Wheeler, chief investigator in the district attorney's office, Los
Angeles County, Calif., testimony of.......
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James Irvine, jr., ranchman, Tustin, Calif., testimony of
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Roy E. Ross, Los Angeles, Calif., testimony of--
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C. C. Grove, Los Angeles, Calif., further testimony of
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Miss Welma S. Frasier, Los Angeles, Calif., testimony of...--
289
FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1929
Lieut. James Bligh, Los Angeles police department, testimony of.
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Police report on activities of Johnson and Summers in regard to
Spanish land grants_.
Rufus D. Morris, Los Angeles, Calif., testimony of.
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Letter to Hon. Gerald P. Nye, chairman Senate Committee on Public
Lands and Surveys, from Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the In-
terior, under date of March 12, 1929_
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Leonard S. Bar..es, attorney for Benjamin Romero, Los Angeles, Calif.,
statement of
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Benjamin Romero, Los Angeles, Calif., statement of..
J. H. Favorite, chief of the field division of the General Land Office,
Department of the Interior, testimony of...
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C. C. Grove, Los Angeles, Calif., further testimony of...
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Petition presented to Congress asking for restoration of certain
California lands to the public domain, dated December 31, 1895
(Exhibit AJ) ---
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Abstract (Exhibit AK)
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William F. Rosson, associated with C. C. Grove, Los Angeles, Calif..
testimony of__
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Miss Grace A. Greer, Los Angeles, Calif., on behalf of Miss Welma S.
Frasier, further testimony of.
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William F. McDaniel, Los Angeles, Calif., testimony of
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Oscar Lawler, attorney, Los Angeles, Calif., statement on behalf of Mr.
Nieto
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Gwynn Smith, Los Angeles, Calif., statement of
H. N. Wheeler, Los Angeles, Calif., further testimony of
D. J. Miller, statement of__
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SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1929
Miss Gertrude M. Caldwell, attorney, Los Angeles, Calif., testimony of
List of homestead filings on lands within patented Mexican and Spanish
grants (Exhibit AL).
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Joseph C. Burke, former United States district attorney, testimony of
Mrs. Margaret Pelletier, Los Angeles, Calif., testimony of....
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397
H. N. Wheeler, Los Angeles, Calif., further testimony of..
Letter to Hon. Gerald P. Nye from Dr. C. S. Cook, under date of
April 5, 1929, respecting physical condition of Williamson S.
Summers--
D. J. Miller, further statement of
I. W. Lampman, Los Angeles, Calif., testimony of..
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Mrs. Grace Alice Thorson, Los Angeles, Calif., testimony of....
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Statement on behalf of the subcommittee by Hon. Sam G. Bratton,
Senator from New Mexico-----
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WASHINGTON, D. C.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1929
Williamson S. Summers, Los Angeles, Calif., statement of
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1930
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Mexican land grant acts:
Williamson S. Summers, Los Angeles, Calif., further statement of------
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Act of March 3, 1851 (9 Stat. 631).
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Act of August 31, 1852, sec. 12 (10 Stat. 99)
Act of January 18, 1854 (10 Stat. 265).
Act of February 23, 1854 (10 Stat. 268).
Act of January 10, 1855 (10 Stat. 603).
Act of March 2, 1855 (10 Stat. 631).
Act of May 11, 1858 (11 Stat. 287)
Act of May 18, 1858 (11 Stat. 290)
Act of June 14, 1860 (12 Stat. 33)
Act of May 5, 1864 (13 Stat. 69).
Act of June 17, 1864 (13 Stat. 136).
Act of June 20, 1864 (13 Stat. 143)
Act of July 1, 1864 (13 Stat. 332)
Act of July 2, 1864 (13 Stat. 372).
Act of July 23, 1866 (14 Stat. 218)
Act of June 19, 1878 (20 Stat. 172).
Act of January 28, 1879 (20 Stat. 593).
Act of March 2, 1917 (39 Stat. 995).
TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1930
John H. Connaughton, attorney, Washington, D. C., statement of------
Report of the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, as submitted to
the Senate by Hon. Sam G. Bratton____.
1 Exhibit has been placed in files of the committee but not inserted in record.