Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-19
YUMA LINE NOW
EXTENDS BLOCK
HIGH COST OF LIVING is SEND
ING MEN TO FARMS
WOMEN AND CHILDREN PRoMl-
NENT AMONG WATERS
March Uncle Sam VIII Parcel Out
173 Forty-Acre Farms to Those
Who Still Head the
Tired Column
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discouraged in the least because her
ticket reads 2S. "I am here" she said,
because my husband and I want to
be independent. 1t costs too much to
live in the city"
J. e. Whisnand, who came to Los
Angeles with his family from Illinois,
says that the meat trust got his goat,
and he decided to grow his own meat.
my family is increasing, my wages
decreasing, and the family simply had
to have more pasture" was the way
G. w. Germs from Pennsylvania had OF
expressing his desire for forty acres OF
Yuma land.
A. Powley, a family man from Indi-
ana. who needed no persuasion to step
into the thirteenth place from the front,
said: ~ became tired of working for
wages and paying it all out for neces-
stiles, so l thought would farm"
Complaints were made to the two po-
Iicenen on the "line' beat yesterday
afternoon that two men had slipped
into line without police tickets and
were Offering their places for sale. one
of the men displayed a printed post
card which he said was a photograph or
the land (which his number would en-
title him to-" but before the policeman
could reach the spot the fellow had dis
appeared. The police, however, have
the other man under surveillance. Many
of the walters, as they have come to
be called, fear that unsuspecting per-
sons will be roped in on the sale or
positions, and have asked the patrol
men to keep a sharp lookout. The
police are also experiencing dltticulty
with the street vendors who are hover
ing about the line.
Only Police Numbers Go
A telegram was sent to Washington
Yesterday afternoon by o. r. w. Rob-
inson, receiver, and Frank Buren, reg
lister of the government land Office,
advising the officials that the Yuma
land line had already formed and ask
ing for instructions.
I'VE are going to see that these per-
sons are not imposed upon and get full
Justice" said Receiver Robinson yes
terday March / we will recognize
nothing but the police numbers. y want
the public to understand that it is get
ting a square deal all the way through.
In the office everything has been ar
ranged in the simplest form for the
applicants registration. All he has to
do is to sign his name, age and signify
the unit that he has picked out, and
the papers will be turned over to him."
offered $1,000 for Place
w. S. McMannon, who holds the first
place in the line, was offered $1,000 spot
cash for his place last night and re-
fused the offer. Several sales were
made down the line. George NJ
Spyieth of Yuma, Ariz., who held
police ticket No. 80, sold his place to
Bill Henderson, secretary of the Los
Angeles Athletic club, last night for
So. So Numerous other sales were
made for considerations all the way
n S1k0 Offers of hnD-
dreds of dollars, however, are being
made by men arriving from Yuma and
Mexico for the first ten positions. This
has given rise to the report that
clique of men is possibly attempting
to get hold of that land lying nearest
the railroad and that many persons
holding the first numbers are not
actually qualified to take up the gov-
ernment land.
"object to Sprinklets"
The night shift of the famous Yuma
land line, 200 strong at midnight, had
an attack of cold feet when one of the
citys water wagons unfeelingly dis
turbed their slumbsrs. Suddenly
awakened from their dreams of Yuma
wealth, the men and women sprang to
their feet and raised such an uproar
that the policeman was startled and
ran to see what was up" By the
time he arrived the wagon had passed
the driver ingloriously chuckling in his
seat at the walters discontinue.
A committee chosen from the ranks
probably will call on the chief of police
in the morning to protest against the
watering of the street where they will
pass ten more nights and days. They
say that the wet pavement is so damp
ened that 1t adds to the chill of the
night air and the inconvenience of
passing the night on the street.