Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-11

Of the HERALD, which have been
uniformly characterized by remarkable
degree of literary and statistical merit.
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-, Another Land Swindie.
Scarcely month passes but some new
California land scheme is bro ught before
the English public. On this occasion
the job is operated from this side Of the
Atlantic, but what the nationality of the
operators is We know not. For several
weeks past there has appeared in the
leading London and provincial newspa-
pers the following advertisement:
Free. ee, free. free. free real estate property
free, divided iuto California fruit tracts OF
ave, ten, twenty and forty acres each, and
selected residence or business lots;
property located in the Golden State Of Cal for
mia. q. s.A will be given absolutely free of any
charge for the land 70 any person who sends his
offce # the California Land Company at Gin
.cinnati, Ohio, q. 8. A.
The object OF msainf sd's 9a, na oner
ship throughout the different Countries of
Europe in the land owned and controlled by
the Above en- ns%ea n isysa the will,
open branch Offices in different European
Cities and offer its large remaining properties
acre ssr os 1ut Snd anS Fix POUNDS
per lot for residence or business lots.
1t is believed by the company that the diver
sided interests that will be thus secured by this
preliminary method of advertising will amply
compensate for the amount OF property that is
now offered free.
pa OF this free property should carefully OBJ
serve the following instructions: Send your
full name and postoMce address by postal card
or letter TO the American office Of the Company
write your name plainly and in full, so that
no error need be made in executing proper
postofice address plainly. so that deed can be
sent you without loss tn the mails. As soon as
y0ar name and address are received by the
Property ~ to o. b. s given, and notify You By frst
post that deed will be executed in your favor
9he only cost for the property will be the
having the sisnstares thereto legally &C.
knowledged before proper officials Such ex-
pense viii in no case exceed ten shillings, and
notice that your deed wills be executed.
1.-THE uumoer OF nam es sent for free property is
In excess of the amountof such property, those
Hence the advantage OF sending name aud ad-
dress at once.
All that need be written is your full name
and address, written plainly, and the same to
be sent by post, addressed as follows:
CALIFORNIA LAND COMPANY,
997 Main st. Cincinnati. Ohio, U. y. A.
In amongst the cable news in the San
Francisco Chronicle of the 9th instant,
appears the following, under date Of Lon.
don, December 9TH:
There have been numerous anxious in.
Quiries this week at the Consulate of the
United States concerning an institution
calling itself the California Land Com
pany" and giving its address as 997 Main
street, Cincinnati. This concern has
been advertising largely in London and
provincial newspapers, offering free 90
OO0 acres of land, "divided into Califor.
mia fruit tracts of five, ten, twenty and
forty acres each, and selected residence
or business lots"
The advertisement goes on to say
"The object in making this extraordinary
offer is to secure diversified interest and
ownership throughout the different coun-
tries of Europe in the lands owned and
controlled by the above-named company,
which will open branch offices in the
various European cities and offer it's
large remaining properties for sale at the
uniferm price of E5 per acre for California
fruit tracts and 96 per lot for residence or
business lots"
Peraons who have answered this ad-
vertiee ment have been informed from
Cincinnati that tract of land has been
selected for them, and that q payment
of 10 shillings is necessary for the legal
expenses OF executing q warranty deed.
The return for the 10 ehillings ia ex-
tremely indefinite, and is q gorgeous
piece of parchment upon which there
must be at least 90. Sd. profit to the
vendor. Vice Consul johnson thinks
that, judging from the number of in
quiries by persons interested, the Cali
tornia Land Company is doing q lucrative
business in England.
Let us hope that the officers of the
United States Consulate in London will
make full inquiries and ascertain
whether the lands this company in Ohio
profess to give warranty deeds to in ex.
change for fee of ten shillings is owned
by them or not.
Let the company be made to give the
section, township and range in California
where the property is situated, and also
the County Recorders Office, number OF
book Of deeds and page where the same
il on record in their name.
If they cannot do this, the affair is q
gross and unmistskable fraud, and it is
the duty of every one who has the inter-
est of this State at heart to expose it.
The fee of ten shillings processes to be
charged for "the expense OF executing q
warranty deed legally acknowledged be-
fore proper officials"
1t will be well to learn whether these
free deeds have been duly acknowledged
before qualified notary of some State
Of the Union.
The above cable to the San Francisco
Chronicle points ont unmistakably the
interest English people take in Califor-
MIA.
1t must appear strange to outsicers
that we Californians cannot manage our
own land business, but have to rely upon
= corporation in Cincinnati, Ohio, calling
itself the California Land Company, over
1900 miles away from this State.
Why does not one of our wealthy cor
poratioDs, like the Southern Pacific Rail-