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Show 19. The stockholders of the company are widely scattered as to residence and many of them are men of wealth or independent means. The total amount of land which the above stockholders hold in connection with their stock is 31,490 acres, divided as follows: Patented lands inside "Blythe Rancho" 2k,jyf. acres ¦ " outside " ¦ 3,777 ¦ Homestead entries----------______ 672 ¦ Desert land entries ------------. - 2,227 ¦ Soldier's Additional Homestead Appln __ 80 ¦ FlFTH: As far as I was able to ascertain, neither the officers nor the stockholders are engaged, financially or otherwise, In any other irrigation project. SIXTH: Title to the water right held by the Palo Verde Mutual Water Company was acquired by appropriation, in accordance with the laws of the State of California, - The company causing a filing to be made by one G. W. Petit on September 14., 1908, giving notice that the Palo Verde Mutual Water Company intended to appropriate 200,000 miners' inches or 5,000 cubic feet per second of the waters of the Colorado Rlver, for Irrigation purposes, on lands situated in the Palo Verde Valley, the place of intended diversion being a rocky |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : California exhibits. |