Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-11-07
Those Patents.

Is no more than JUSTICE" quoth the farmer,
"to be sure; but what did say!-l mistake
Il is yolr bull that has killed one ofHtH oxen"
"Indeedn' says the lawyer, THAT alters the
case: must inquire into the affair: and If
"And i'm said the farmers; 1.-THE business
find would have been concluded without an
If, had you been as resdy TO do justice to 9TH
ers as to exact 1t from them"
An opinion, fire cannot burn out of
US, is that the Evening Express of
this city is honest when there is no
inducement for it to be otherwise. It's
wisdom and foresight is not remark
able and in consequence it frequently
falls into traps and pitfalls which some
what smirch its we'll earned reputation
as trimmer and blatant one man SAL
elite. Hence when it endorsed the
action of the Government in institut-
ing proceedings for setting aside the
patent of the rancho de Santiago, it
was not aware that steps were being
taken to nulify the patent of the San
Vicente rancho on precisely the same
grounds. In its foundering attempt
to relieve itself from the awkward po-
sition of questioning the honesty of
its patrons patent to the San Vicente
rancho the Express says:
The fact is, however, there is no question of
title at all raised In reference to the San VII
cente, " There is some slight ques-
tion OF external boundary as regards the SAN
Ia Monica ranch, but nothing that Affects the
San Vicente or its boundaries.
This is simply false and to prove
that it is, we make the following ex-
tract from o letter emanating from an
intelligent source and which will be
read with interest by the citizens of
this valley:
The evidence In the San Vicente case Is In
the hands OF the printer. The printing II Is
said will cost 81, 900. How 1t will come out is
TO be proved. know that one one slde , Is san,
whistle cheerfully az ever school-boy chir-
ruped at midnight passing through church,
yard.
Late advices and orders from Washington all
portend rattling of dry bones Even the
United States, perceive, Is litigant to va
cate It's own Patent in the matter of the Po-
trerO Grande.
What are we coming to? A new survey has
been ordered in the san Juan TETON de santa
Ana; the Jurupa is before the Department;
Los PaIos Verdes Is in the tolls. But might
go on for an hour and then would not get
through.
And yet the Express, which pre-
tends to honesty and truth telling,
asserts that there is nothing that af-
fects the San Vicente or its bounda-
RESP OF another Patent the Express
says:
This paper (the HERALD) goes on to say that
the Government is taking steps to set aside
the patent of the Rancho Potrero Grande, on
the ground of fraudulent survey and location.
The simple answer to this is that 1t is not
true. One of the parties who was legally dis
possessed from that ranch about year and n
half ago is trying to reopen the ease-nothing
more.
This is another shuifling misstate-
ment, which could only originate in
ignorance or cupidity. In May last
the United States commenced suit
against TEMPLE, WORKMAN and SAN
CHEZ to set aside the Patent to the
Potrero Grande for alleged fraud in the
survey. For information verifying
this statement we refer the ErpresS to
WALTER VAN DYKE, United States
District Attorney, Judge GIBBS, Judge
O'MELvENY or GLAssELL, CHAPMAN
g. SMITH, all of whom are engaged on
one side or the other of the case. For
the sake of truth and honesty we will
drive one more nail into the trimming,
sycophantlc Express. 1t says the
HERALD
Ayers that "the four leagues OF the Puente
have been augmented TO eleven leagues by
similar survey and location;" that is, by u
similar process TO that which augmented the
size of the Lomas de Santiago There is not
the slightest foundation for instituting par
allel between the two ranches. The original
grant to the Lomas de Santiago was for four
square leagues. The Board OF Land Commits
sOners confirmed the title to the extent OF
four square leagues, but appeal being taken
to the United States District Court Tor the
Southern District of California, that Court, for
some unexplained reason, decreed title TO
eleven square leagues. The history OF the
Puente grant is very different. On the I'D Of
July, 1915, Governor PICo granted TO JOHN
ROWLAND and JULIAN (WILLIAM) WORKMAN
the land bounded by the lands of the Rancho
de San Jose de la Nogales, by the AZusa, by
Coyotes and by the river san Gabriel-to the
the extent of eleven square leagues. The
Board of Land Commissioners confirmed this
grant with this proviso, That III the land
within said boundaries exceeds in quantity
eleven square leagues, then the confirmation
hereby made is made to eleven square Leagues
and no more: but ii the land within said
bou undaries is less than eleven square leagues,
then the confirmation hereby made is made
to such less quantity" The decree OF the
District Court conformed to this confirmation
and the patent was issued In accordance
Herewith.
See how plain q statement Will put
down this bit of prevarication. JOHN
ROWLAND, who was an honest man
and truthful citizen, asked for the
Puente, and he and WILLIAM Work.
MAN obtained what they claimed as
four leagues. For twenty years they
have under oath been giving it in to
the Assessor as such, as the following,
copied from the assessment roll, will
prove:
civilian WORKMAN, one undivided one
hall OF the Puente Rancho; sir thousand str
hundred acres"
Now, If the Express will consider
that it has yet many things to 'earn,
it will perhaps be little more guard
ed in Its assertions. What the HER
AID states is from the record Is public
property, and is open to the inspection
of all who have the intelligence to
read and understand. The HERALD
did not raise this question of grant ex-
pansion, and in discussing it we shall
state only facts, which should injure
no one. The HERALD has no friends
to serve nor enemies to punish. Its
aim and object is to do justice to all. 1t