Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Suicide victims
A Los Angeles field agent commits suicide in the city of Bishop. Article reports that his last message read: "A square man should not get mixed up with the City of Los Angeles."
San Joaquin County (Calif.); Sacramento County (Calif.); San Joaquin River (Calif.); Irrigation-California; Water-supply; California. Dept. of Public Works; California. Division of Water Resources
A report of Sacramento - San Joaquin water supervision activities. The report is compiled from data collected by water organizations, landowners, power consumption records, salinity observations and stream flow data.
State government publications-California; California. Division of Water Resources; Water-supply; Sacramento County (Calif.); Sacramento River (Calif.); San Joaquin County (Calif.); San Joaquin River (Calif.); Water-supply-California
A report on Sacramento - San Joaquin water supervision activities in 1945. The report was compiled from various data sources like water organizations, power consumption records, stream flow data, and salinity observations from Sacramento – San...
San Joaquin County (Calif.); Sacramento County (Calif.); San Joaquin River (Calif.); Irrigation-California; California. Dept. of Public Works; California. Division of Water Resources
A report on Sacramento - San Joaquin water supervision activities. The report was compiled from various data sources like water organizations, power consumption records, stream flow data, and salinity observations from Sacramento – San Joaquin...
State government publications; State government publications-California; California. Division of Water Resources; Sacramento (Calif.); San Joaquin River (Calif.); Topographic maps; Geology maps
Accompanying drawings to report of Salt Water Barrier, below confluence of Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, California. Black and white charts, relief maps, general maps, geological maps, topographical maps. There are charts on the boring and...
Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Dams; Dams California; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Real property; Reservoirs; Reservoirs California; Valuation
An offer to purchase the former Los Angeles Mayor Fred Eaton's ranch in Inyo County was submitted to the city's Water and Power Commission. Current Mayor John Clinton Porter states that the property is not worth the money offered. Article notes...
Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Artesian wells; Automobiles; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Mountains; Photographs
Artesian well near the Los Angeles Aqueduct that is the "best well but has a small flow." In foreground, man sits in a car, and in background are two people. Photograph labeled R9-4.
Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Real property
Article announces that talks have opened up between Owens Valley residents and the City of Los Angeles to purchase remaining land in Owens Valley. Article says that the sale would end a more than twenty year long conflict between Owens Valley...
Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Irrigation; Irrigation-California; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Mulholland, William, 1855-1935; Newspapers; Publicity
Article announces the publication by Owens Valley residents entitled "Facts." News article summarizes the publication and worries that it puts Los Angeles in a bad light because of the way it portrays the city's dealings with Owens Valley residents...
Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Banks and banking; Board of Water and Power Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Committees; Damages; Del Valle, Reginaldo F. (Reginaldo Francisco), 1854-1938; Los Angeles...
Article announces the publication of the Chamber of Commerce Committee formed to investigate conditions in the Owens Valley and provide solutions for the area in its conflict with the City of Los Angeles over the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Article...
Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Bonds; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Water rights
Article announces the sale of Owens Valley Irrigation Bonds. Purchase of bonds, the article relates, will guarantee water rights to the purchaser and protect said rights from outside city purchases.
Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Lippincott, Joseph Barlow, 1864-1942; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Mulholland, William, 1855-1935; Photographs; Portraits, Group
Article contains photographs of the Los Angeles Aqueduct under construction and a group portrait of William Mulholland, Frederick Eaton, and Joseph Barlow Lippincott. Article itself details the plans and purpose of the Los Angeles Aqueduct and...
Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Lippincott, Joseph Barlow, 1864-1942; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Real property
Article critiques a move to secure lands in Inyo County for the City of Los Angeles to purchase. Article notes that the people of Inyo were not notified of the move and warns of possible manipulations similar to those earlier executed by Joseph...
Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Real property; Water-Storage; Water-Storage-California; Water-supply; Water-supply-California
Article includes a list of steps Los Angeles Mayor John Clinton Porter will take in the Mono Basin and Owens Valley to secure more water for the increased population of the city. A transcription of the mayor's statement is included.
Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Architecture--Mutilation, defacement, etc.; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Damages; Governors; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.)
Article observes that Owens Valley residents have commenced new attacks on the Los Angels Aqueduct at the same time these residents have rejected an offer from California Governor Clement Calhoun Young to settle the dispute over damages from the...
Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Real property; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; United States. President (1901-1909 : Roosevelt)
Article reports that 250,460 acres of land in Inyo County have been held by order of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in order to allow the City of Los Angeles to purchase the land. Article states that the announcement was made last July but...
Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Architecture--Mutilation, defacement, etc.; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Taxation
Article reports that attacks on the Los Angeles Aqueduct will now be considered a felony as result of recent destruction by Owens Valley residents. Along with the law change will come the addition of police forces to guard the aqueduct. Article...
Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Damages; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.)
Article reports that Owens valley residents have begun to make use of a law allowing for reimbursement by the City of Los Angeles for damages due to the Los Angeles Aqueduct. News piece also lists legal council involved. Article is dated June 10th.
Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Mulholland, William, 1855-1935; Photographs; Portraits; Portraits, Group
Article reports the initial plans to construct the Los Angeles Aqueduct. A description of the landscape of the Owens Valley aqueduct site and the role of both Frederick Eaton and William Mulholland in the creation of the aqueduct is included....
Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Board of Water and Power Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Damages; Del Valle, Reginaldo F. (Reginaldo Francisco), 1854-1938; Governors; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.);...
Article reports the reply made by the Board of Water and Power Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles to allegations that they have not paid sufficient reparations to the residents of Owens Valley for the construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct....
