Russians Buy Land Near Helm

Formation of a Russian colony on land recently purchased near Helm from Miller and Lux by F. Jac Foss, a Los Angeles actor, was disclosed today with the filing of a series of deeds transferring ten-acre tracts to Russians in Southern California.

Foss has acquired 646 acres which has been divided into ten-acre tracts of which thirty have been sold for prices ranging from $400 to $600. The land is now being occupied and it is to be converted into truck gardens.

Thirty Deeds Are Filed
The transactions are being made through Peter I. Orloff, interpreter with the Bank of Italy in Los Angeles, and officials of the Security Title Insurance and Guarantee Company, while Foss is on his way to Europe.

Purchasers include Orloff, D. T. Warden, Andrew Tolstoi, John V. Tolmosoff, Semon Zamiatin, Moses E. Voloff,Ida M. Remachel, V. N.Jurin, Austin Antonovich, Frank Poddany, Alex P. Stupin, Dloyd E. Elwell, Bill P. Popoff, Alexander V. Froloff, Jack F. Stupin, Stephan E. Susoeff, V. G. Mechikoff, Paul E. Portnoff, Roy S. Jacobs, Joseph S. Moiseve, Alex R. Galkin, James E. Chapman, Lester E. Snowden and Vladmir L. Moliev.
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The article says that Russians purchased the land; however, I see non-Russian names. Were any of these names Russian names at one time?

I transcribed what I saw; if there are misspellings, please let the board know.

Nancy

Fresno Bee | Fresno, California | Saturday, October 05, 1929 | Page 5