Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1916-05-25
MEXICAN COMMISSION TAXES TRIP ID SETTLEMENT ACROSS TIE LINE

than impressed with it's feasibility, and declared that 1t will be done, after the necessary arrangements shai have been made with the United States.
 Then we crossed the bridge and made our way to Monument 204," about a third of mile up on tine mesa. Here we took additional pic lures, one of which shows Senor Co- rella standing on Mexican soil, with one foot on the base of the monument, while I occupied a similar position on American soil, with our arms extend ed, hands clasped in friendly senti- ments for the two sister Republics, and crying: "Viva Estados Unidos del Norte; Vivo Mexico"
 We wandered about over the desert on the Mexican side, took pictures of this immense and splendid body of 3itrus fruit land identical with Yuma mesa lands), and then started toward the valley, where additional pictures were taken, showing that there are similar to Yuma valley lands, pracr1- cally all of which is now claimed by something like 150,00O acres of land Banker Sandoval, of Los Angeles
 We spent an hour at the little settle ment below the border, where the commission obtained the names of all the inhabitants of that section, about twenty in number. MT. Corella was as inquisitive as prosecuting attorney bent on obtaining discriminating evil denee. He made all manner of inquir- ies about how long each inhabitant had been residing on the lands down there and led me to believe that Gen. Gales and Governor de la Huerta con- template looking very closely into the legal rights of those who claim the property, all of them saying it was claimed by MT. Sandoval
 It will be recalled that the Sonora officials have recently declared that all lands in the state are to be sub divide dinto small farms for the peo- ple-that is all state lands. I take 1t that Investigations like this commis- sion is now making are for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the per sons claiming the lands have a legal title to them, and if not that the state of Sonora will forthwith declare them public lands, open to homestead entry under the Mexican laws. It is also known that during the Diaz adminis- tration immense bodies of lands were presented to favorites of the Diaz gov ernment, in many cases without right or reason. Many people who hold these immense concessions are re- garded as the people who have SUD- piled most of the sinews of war to keep Mexico aflame for the past five years. Whether or not the Carranza government will permit these conces- sions to remain in force remains to be seen. The general impression is that all of them will be annulled, and the property restored to the people.
 AS soon as MT. SandoTaI heard that the Corella commission was in Yuma he hastened to this city from Los An geies and is now here, having obtain ed the facts of the commissions pre- sence through friends who first learn ed of it through the columns of the una Daily Examiner. I am very much inclined to think that a very large portion of the lands below the border will soon be declared state -ands," after which arrangements will be made to place it under irrigation by connecting with Yuma project.
 Let's wait and see.