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Title
Police ready to rush north
Creator
Los Angeles Times
Date Created and/or Issued
1927-05-31
Publication Information
Honnold/Mudd Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
California Water Documents
Rights Information
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Rights Holder and Contact
Claremont Colleges Library, Special Collections
For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections at https://library.claremont.edu/scl/
Description
Report reveals that officials in Los Angeles have prepared to take action in the Owens Valley in response to damage done to the Los Angeles Aqueduct by local residents in the valley. Majority of article includes a quoted statement by President of the Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners Reginaldo Francisco Del Valle in which he explains the rationale for the aqueduct and the steps already taken to reimburse Owens Valley residents. Del Valle denounces the attacks and argues that the towns of Bishop, Big Pine, Lone Pine, and Independence have seen prosperity as a result of the aqueduct.
Type
text
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
cwd00166
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cwd/id/2741
Language
English
Subject
Aqueducts
Aqueducts--California
Architecture--Mutilation, defacement, etc
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Damages
Del Valle, Reginaldo F. (Reginaldo Francisco), 1854-1938
Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.)
Protest movements
Valuation
Place
Big Pine (Calif.)
Bishop (Calif.)
Independence (Calif.)
Lone Pine (Calif.)
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Owens Valley (Calif.)
Source
Newspaper clipping, 5.31 x 23 inches, 2 scanned pages: Owens Valley Collection, Water Resources Collection, box 1, folder 12, Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library

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