Show CALIFORNIA SENATOR WAS TAKING CARE GAHE OF THE WASHINGTON WASHINTON W END ENDS SENATOR S l nA K P I FLINT T T OS ANGELES Cal Aug 25 The LOS name of United States Senator Frank P Flint and that of ot the tile Los Angeles law firm with which he has been associated here were brought Into the hearing today before j j States Surveyor General Archer where when testimony is being taken to determine whether the federal or state govern government government ment mont has haa title to about acres of valuable bottom lands in Riverside county lying ling along the Colorado river in California fifty miles above Yuma YumaL L IA 1 L 1 Morse a hotel keeper and ranch rancher er or of the Palo Vorde Verde valley alley where the theland theland theland land in question is located testified that he was induced to file tile on some of the land as state land on the representation of J II H Levering Lovering a civil en engineer engineer engineer interested in the time effort to have havethe havethe havethe the tract declared property of the state Levering told him according to Morses statements that he lie might as well set get setin in on this that Senator Flint FUnt was taking care of the Washington end and that the Los Angeles law firm of ot Gray Gra Walker Bowen was handling matters here This is Senator Flints old firm and he still maintains offices In connection with it How did you OU happen to apply for tor such lands Morse was waa asked Mr Levering came down into the valley valle and saw me he replied He said that those lands would be re reclaimed reclaimed reclaimed claimed by the government and that I might as well get some for myself I 1 told him I think there was any possibility of that but he assured me ins I there was He said that Senator Flint was taking care of the Washington end of ot it and that Barker Bowen Gray Gra of Los Angeles would take care of this end of ot the proposition Levering later denied dented Morses state statements statements statements ments The Ilie firm of Gray Barker Bowen is lIS I r pr the IO hearing various J ur we en endeavoring endeavoring to prove that the land is swamp and w thus belonging to the state If they are successful hi in their contention hundreds of federal filings tHIngs will wUl be invalidated and a tJ large number of settlers s would be forced to toI relinquish their land to others I |