He also served two terms on the Los Angeles City Council and was on the California Railroad Commission.

[1] The Los Angeles Times reported that it was Summerland's custom "whenever a circus came to town to buy 200 tickets and take all the poor boys he could find.

"[6] Summerland died on December 5, 1919, at Clara Barton Hospital in Los Angeles after a short illness.

[9] In 1896 Summerfield was on the losing end of a California Supreme Court decision that he was not entitled to a commission for his collection of road, poll and personal property taxes that he had collected in the city and then submitted to the County of Los Angeles.

Redding, and was struck on the head with a walking stick, resulting in a "bad gash" to the scalp.

The Los Angeles Herald reported that "For some time past there has been ill feeling between the men.

[who] met in the Hollenbeck [Hotel] last evening, and lost no time talking, but mixed things up in savage style.