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Author: Grinnell - 1925
Location: San Diego, California
Date: March 3, 1925
Page Number: 2451

[last spec. #6258]

2 p.m., at the Natural History Museum, in Balboa Park. Here in the interests of launching an MVZ
"expedition" into Lower California. Left Berkeley on "Owl"
Friday night (Feb. 27). Spent Saturday at the Los Angeles
Museum, Exposition Park, and Saturday night with
Lee Chambers. Came to San Diego, Sunday forenoon;
and since then have been meeting various people;
and especially, waiting to see Jose Maria Gallegos,
the Mexican official who is supposed to be
mainly influential in the granting of permits
for an entry into Lower California. But,
Sr. Gallegos hasn't returned to the Hotel Brewster
(his headquarters here) from a trip he and Laurence
Huey undertook two weeks ago down to the
vicinity of San Quentin. They went under the
auspices of the Museum here to collect some
mammals and were supposed to be be back
Sunday. But delays on the order of the day,
seemingly, in this life-zone! Also it is said
that a fellow-Mexican is on Gallegos trail with
a knife, by reason of an alleged unpaid debt
of $800.00 - settled by a Mexican judge, but not
settled in the eyes of the creditor! So - I
wait, and MVZ party (Borell in Berkeley and
Lamb in Los Angeles) waits. Poco tiempo!
I have met several fine people here:
Mr. L. M. Klauber, an engineer, and his friend H. R.
Peckham, both informative and ready to help