Show for kearly emion acres judge J 0 broadhead of st louisj K rickey of washington Waa hington and P IL thompson of new york are in the city for the purpose of preparing the papers in a most important land cabo albe that is to be ba tried before the united states land court whose W hose cession will begin in denver oct 15 tho the case involves a tract of land ISO miles milea long and fifty miles wide in the salt river valley talley arizona thera them are ara acres in the claim a largo large part of which is capable of irrigation by the expenditure ol of it is estimated by engineers that the land will be worth the city of pace paca nix is located on the grant and th tha 0 celebrated rucius of the casa grande grand are ara also in its boundaries remains of prehistoric irrigation ditches show that the tha land was once un linger er high cultivation the case promises to attric attract t general esral attention on account of the amount involved and the romance of its history from the records which are found in the city of guadalajara mexico it is shown that the land was granted in 1743 1742 by limp limperos eror Ver ferdinand verdenand dinand of spain to don miguel Per peralta alts a spanish knight of the tha golden fleece and baron of Oo colorado lorado the knight was highly esteemed at court for his bravery and his distin gir services vices in protecting spanish settlements from attacks of indiana and native tribes tribe of mexico his sole descendant ant is the wife of J A peralta reavis a resident of Alis missouri in whose nam name a the contest is to be made by tho the terms of the treaty of guad guadalupe hildalgo Hin dalgo and the terms of the Gat Gails laden den purchase all the old mexican Wex ican titles are guaranteed by the united states government and if the is successful she will be paid per acre for all the land occupied by Bett battlers lers the land includes the pin indian ind ith reservation a part of the white mountain indian reservation and man many T valuable mining districts denver mr cor ba louis republic |