Title: "Japanese Plan Illegal," Seattle Times, 11/25/1919, (ddr-densho-56-342)
Densho ID: ddr-densho-56-342

JAPANESE PLAN ILLEGAL

Buying Land for Children and Cultivating It Violates Law, Says Court.

VISALIA, Cal., Tuesday, Nov. 25. -- The practice of Japanese in California who obtain land in the name of their children and cultivate and live on the land is a flagrant violation of the antialien law, the Superior Court ruled yesterday on a petition by J. Kawahara to be appointed guardian of his 4-year-old son.