Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-04

II. hughes JOTQdul Jtu ISh1oAi 80
and Bradner w. Lee, 1105 South Hope
street, for twenty-five years attorney
for the old racing man. 1t reads IN
full as follows:
Text of VIII
1, Elias j. Baldwin, resident OF
Santa Anita, in the county of Los An
geles, state of California, and OF the
age of so years, and being of SOUND
and disposing mind and memory ana
not acting under duress, menace, fraud
or undue influence of any person Wnat-
ever do make, publish and declare TINS
my last will and testament al MANNER
| following, that is to say:
1. / direct that my body be decently
buried with proper regard to my sta
| ton and condition in life and the CIR
! cumstances of my estate.
2. | direct that my executor herein-
after named. as soon as he has sum
cient funds in his hanos, pay my tu ,,s.,
raj expenses and the expenses OF my
! last sickness, and all my just debts, II
any there be.
Request TO Wife
8. 1 give, devise and bequeath to my
wife. Lilly Bennett Baldwin (who Is
now In the city of Oakland, state of
California;, an undivided one-third in
| terest Of in and to all that certain real
property situate, lying and being on
! Market street, near Powell street, and
running through to Ellis street, COM
monty known as 1.-THE Baldwin Annex
! property, and lying and being in the
| ritv and county of San Francisco, state
of California.
4. 1 give, devise and bequeath to my
niece, Mrs. Elizabeth Rush (wife of l..
H. Rush), now residing near Ell Monte,
in the county of Los Angeles, state OF
California, twenty acres of land in the
TO In, he W nf &c
Angeles, state of California, to be Sc
1ected therefrom as hereinafter pro-
vided.
5. | give, devise and bequeath to my
nephew. Charles Fawcett. now residing
near Ell Monte, in the county of Los
Angeles, state of California, twenty
acres of land in the Rancho la Puente,
in the county of Los Angeles, state of
California, to be selected as hereinafter
6. I give. devise and bequeath to my
granddaughter, Rosebud Doble Null
lander (wife of Joseph Mullander), now
residing at Alameda, in the state OF
Rancho la Puente, in the county OF
Los Angeles, state of California, to be
selected as hereinafter provided.
Z. give, devise and bequeath to my
daughter, Zelda Selby (wife of =. Sell
by, now residing in the city of San
Francisco, state of California, 200 acres
of land in the Rancho la Puente. in the
county of Los Angeles, state of Cali,
fornia to be selected as hereinafter
provided.
s. [ give, devise and bequeath to H.
A. Unruh, now residing at Arcadia, in
the county of Los Angeles, state OF Cal
ifornia, 100 acres of land in the Rancho
la Puente, in the county of Los Ange-
les, state of California, to be selected
as hereinafter provided.
Division of Rancho la Puente
9. The lands in the Rancho la Pu-
ente. in the county of Los Angeles,
state of California, hereinbefore given
and devised to Mrs. Elizabeth Rush,
Charles Fawcett. Rosebud Doble Null
lander, Zelda Selby and H. A. Unruh,
in clauses fourth to eighth, inclusive,
of this will, shall be selected by my SAID
devisees in the following manner:
Each devisee shall appoint one d1sln-
terested person, and the five disinterest-
ed persons so appointed shall proceed
to select the said several tracts OF lana
so hereinbefore given and devised as
aforesaid from and out or the Janus
owned by me at the time of my deatn
in the said Rancho la Puente, IN Wnat
is known as the E. ]. Baldwin Firth
subdivision thereof, in the county of
Los Angeles, state of California, the
said tracts so to be selected by said
committee of five aforesaid to be as
nearly equal in value and quality as II
is possible for such committee to select
the same, and the same being SO select
ed by said committee shall thereupon
be set apart and conveyed or distrlput-
ed to my said devisees as hereinbefore
provided.
Property to Daughters
10. I give, devise and bequeath TO
nv two daughters, to wit: Clara Bald
win Stocker (wife of Harry r. Stock
err residing at Arcadia, Los Angeles
county, California, and Anita Baldwin
McCIaughry (wife of Hull McClaugh-
rv). residing at Berkeley in the state
of California, all that certain real
property lying and being situate in the
county of Los Angeles, state of Can-
fornia, and being more particularly
described as that portion of the Rancno
Santa Anita, known as the BALDWIN
Home Place" bounded on the north by
right of way of the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe railroad right of way on
the east by Santa Anita avenue, as
shown on map recorded in book "a,
pages Al and AZ, miscellaneous records
of Los Angeles county, to the nortn
line of the Pacific Electric railroad
right of way; on the south by the right
of way of Pacific Electric railroad right
Oh way anu Oil lllS NCSb ~ ANAANS
A. r. Chapman, reserving ten acres
of land fronting on Santa Anita ave-
nue. extending north from Pacific Elec-
trio railroad right of way to Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe railroad right OF
way, for and during their lives and
from and after their decease or the de-
cease of the survivor of them to their
children herein named, to wit: Albert
Snyder of adult age, son of the said
Clara Baldwin Stocker; Rosebud Doble
Mullander, daughter of said Clara
Baldwin Stocker and wife of Joseph
Mullander, now residing in Alameda,
Cal; Dextra McClaughry "a minor)
and Baldwin McClaughry Ca minor),
the children of the said Anita Baldwin
McClaughry, in equal shares, share and
share alike as tenants in common.
Wants Home Kept
I recommend to my said children
and my said grandchildren and request
that the said Baldwin Home Place"
herein given and devised be perma-
nently kept and not disposed of as a
family home or residence, and that the
grounds thereof be kept up in good
order and condition.
II. 1 give devise and bequeath to
my said two daughters, to wit: Clara
Baldwin Stocker (Wife of Harry r.
Stocker), now residing at Arcadia in
the county Of Los Angeles, state of
California, and Anita Baldwin Nc
Claughry (wife of Hull McClaughry),
now residing at Berkeley in the state