Front page of the "Los Angeles Taxpayer," a San Fernando newsletter edited by Volney H. Craig, dated August 19, 1924. The lead editorial, "A Great Public Fraud," attacks the City of Los Angeles and engineer William Mulholland over broken promises of permanent water rights to San Fernando Valley farmers annexed into the city. This document is a primary-source artifact of the California Water Wars, the early 20th-century conflict over water rights that shaped the growth of Los Angeles. Project: 218690