August 7, 1941 (6 pages)

ae te cS ES asa Three Night Deer Marauders Arrested % ———at ’ ecgemmgiats The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week Nevada City U t— —— _ This paper gives you complete coverage of all local happenings. gget oe If you want to read about your ® for ied per friends, your neighbors, read COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA The Nugget. ! ie Vol. 15, No. 63. The County Seat Paper__ NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA, The Gold Center _ __THURSDAY, AUGUST 7. 1941. ¢ Game Warden. Harl Hiscox,’ J. D. Raffer Sheriff Ronald Fraser. The men confessed firing the shot but stated they thought’ they were firing at a deer. guilty to charges of night hunting before Justice of the Peace George Gildersleeve here yesterday afternoon and were each sentenced to serve 50 days in the county jail in lieu of a $100 fine. Thinking { Out Loud * By H. M. L. When the torial mentioned below ' was Nisa in the Nugget, it should have been properly labeled ‘Joke.’”’ Nobody in these parts would know Harry See from Adam’s off ox. He seems to have watched others water, cultivate and prune the fruit tree, and now steps in, with the help of an in, nocent editor, and picks the ‘truit, taking all the credit for having obtained the funds over a period of nearly ten years, for the improvement of the Downieville road. It does not seem necessary, so well are the facts known, to set down here the names of those to whom the credit is due for at length moving the hard hearts of the State Highway Commission, The letter that follows from Senator Jerrold Seawell reviews the _ history of the improvement to the Downieville highway, vulgarly known as the May West road, givés the sum expended upon it, and sets right the editor whose political friend misled him. The letter follows: Mr. H. M. Leete Nevada City Nugget Nevada City, California Dear Mr. Leete: T recently noted the. editorial reprinted in your paper written by Editor Bert Cassidy of the Auburn Journal relating to the Nevada City Downieville State High way in which he gave the entire _ credit for the improvement of this road to one Harry See, legislative representative of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, for securing the monies that made the improvements on that highway and elaborating upon the same. Having represented ‘this district in the legislature since 1929 and Sierra County since 1931, I can not let such a statement go wunchallenged and I have ‘taken the trouble to secure the facts from the State ‘Department of Public Works’ highway engineer. I have before me every budgetary appropriation for this road since the year 1932, including the coming biennium of 1941-43. There has ‘been expended a gross amount: of $465,793 in Sierra County, $6,176 in Yuba ‘County and $137,966 in Nevada County during that period of time. This makes a total amount of $609,935 in construction ‘work. In addition to this, there has been expended over the same period of time $302538 in the same counties and on the same road for maintenance purposes, making a total expenditure of $912,473 in both construction and maintenance work. On December 31, 1940, I appealed to the Highway Commiss. 4on for an additional appropriaMrs. Agers. Canyon, Gives Lowdown On Downieville Road SENATOR JERROLD SEAWELL (See Thinking Out Loud) NEVADA COUNTY MEN HELD ON GOLD CHARGES Joseph Omer Launius, 56, and (Mart Amos Sharp, 62, both of Nevada County, are held in jail in Sacramento on charges of falsifying affidavits to the United States mint in the selling of gold. Bail for the two men has been set at $1,500 each. They will be given a hearing Saturday morning in Sacramento before United ‘States Commissioner Adellia McCabe. The two men are accused of selling the gold and signing affidavits it came from a creek in Nevada (Continued on Page Sik) County. The government claims the ) zold was obtained from a third man ) now employed at Friant Dam. Twins Born To Local Couple Last Night Twins, a son and a_ daughter, were born last night at the Miners Hospital here to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry O’Neill of this city. Reports from “the hospital today indicated the twins and mother are getting along nicely The boy weighed in excess of six pounds and the girl weighed more than five pounds. Mr. and Mrs. William Haley of this city are maternal grandparents of the twins. Returns From Santa Cruz— Mr. and ‘Mrs. Robert L. Tamblyn, who have been vacationing in Santa (Cruz and Yosemite, have returned to Nevada City. Enjoy Picnic Today— Mrs. John Odgers’ Girl Scouts, ‘Troop Three, enjoyed a picnic at Pioneer Park today. ee ng ' The shot, admittedly fired by Hickerson, pierced the tent of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Agers of Oakland. The bullet came within inches of striking The arrest of the trio was the result of the excellent detective work of Game Warden Hiscox. The game warden followed the tracks of the car in which the men drove away from the scene of the shooting. The tracks led over miles of mountain road and finally-to the camp of Holmes in Gold —* . riving at Graniteville at about eight ip. m. Walter Hickerson had his .32 . special rifle, and Riley’s .22 caliber rifle was in the automobile. We in% *% * % Pa gr * * r k Excellent Detsitive Work By Game Warden Earl Hiscox Leads _ To Capture of Gold Canyon Trio The mystery surrounding the firing of a rifle bullet through the tent of campers near Snow Tent, narrowly missing a young woman was cleared with th earrést of Walter Hickerson, J. D. Holmes and Timothy Riley Dy ty, law enforcement officer of the Tahoe National Forest and Deputy The trio pleaded In depositions taken by Rafferty, the men made the following statements: “TI, J. D. Holmes, do hereby make the following voluntary Hatenient: “On the night of August 4, 1944, at about 7 p. m., I left my residence at Gold Canyon, accompanied byf Walter Hickerson’and Timothy Riley, and headed for Graniteville, artended to kill a deer if we saw one. We left Graniteville about 8:30 ». m. on the night of August 4, 1941, and drove to Snow Tent, and took the road to the Robbins Ranch; about one quarter of a mile from the Bloomfield Road we saw a_ deer cross the road, and Hickerson jumped from the auto and fired one shot from his rifle at the deer. Riley left the automobile after the shot, upon’ hearing Hickreson calling to him. I: did not leave the automobile, which I was driving, at any time. When Hickerson and Riley returned to the camp at Gold); Canyon.” The statement of Timothy Riley, alias LaVon Hermanson: “In the company of ‘Jiggs’ Holmes and Walter Hickerson I was hunting deer on the night of August 4, 1941, when in the vicinity of the Bucks Bros. mail box and _ about three quarters of a mile from the junction of the ‘Robbins Ranch road and ridge road, Holmes stopped the ear and called our attention to a light on the east side of the road. Hickerson got out of the car with his rifle and I directed a flash light in the direction of the light which leoked like deer eyes to me. Hickerson said it would be a difficult shot about 40 yards, and fired. Hickerson claimed he heard some one shout when he fired so we turned the car around and headed it in the directtion of the main ridge road. When we drew abreast of the point where the shot was fired we saw some one coming toward us with a flash light. Realizing that we had shot a a camp and fearing that the party would fire at us in return we drove away in the direction of Bloomfield. I estimated the time of this incident at about ten p. m. “The purpose of our trip was to hunt and kill deer with the aid of flashlight and not to injure or kill any human being.”’ Hickerson’s statement was: “On the night of August 4th, 1941 in the company of J. D. Holmes and one man known as Timothy Riley, left Gold (Canyon buildings in Holmes’ automobile for Graniteville at about 7 p. m., arriving at about 8 p. m. We bought a gallon of wine and some groceries: at Graniteville, and then proceeded to the Robbins Ranch read near Snow Tent. I had ’ Orders Ban On Slot Machines DISTRICT ATTORNEY STOLL D. A. AGAIN CLAMPS DOWN ON OPERATION OF GAMBLING DEVICES Stating the law must be enforced, District Attorney Vernon Stoll issued instructions to all law enforcement officers to ban the operation of slot machines in Nevada County. The action by the district attorney followed numerous complaints of the operating of the. gambling devices, the possession of which is even unlawful, District Attorney ‘Stoll has conscientiously sought to prevent infiltration of the machines’ into’ the county but despite his watchfulness occasionally the gambling devices appeared in various places. During the past several yé@ars, District Attorney Stoll has several times called to the attention of the public officers of the operation of the machines and requested immediate action to stop them. The machines were operating in . . Nevada City several months ago but . automobile I turned the car around . ‘and returned to my were banned on the order of the city council. Their operation continued, however, elsewhere in the county, until Stoll’s order to law enforcement officers this week. On Field Trip— Supervisor Guerdon Ellis of the Tahoe National Forest, accompanied by Ranger Anselmo Lewis, left yesterday on a several days field trip within the North Bloomfield ranger area. The two forest men are trayeling by horseback. . ee FOR LOCAL TRIBE IS UNKNOWN HERE the subject some study. The and helpful although some of expenditures. J. B.-Black, pictured above, is the president of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, which has an extensive development program in full swing in this area. Besides local improvements, the power company of which Black is the head is building 2 $2,000,000 power tunnel on Bear River and soon will start a $1,000,000 power house at the Narrows Dam. The Nevada City Unified School District trustees last night turned thumbs down on the request of a number of parents for the establishment of a kindergarten here. trustees were of the opinion the instituting of a kindergarten at this time would be an undue burden upon the taxpayers of the district. The school It is not known at the _ present whether the kindergarten proponents will resort to a writ of man damus to compel the board’ of education to establish the school The law provides, that if the required number of signatures were secured it was mandatory on the trustees to essary number of signatures had been secured. Action by the school board was taken at the time set for a hearing on the proposed annual school budget. The budget includéd $1320 for a kindergarten teacher, $750 for equipment and $1,000 for rémodéling (Continued om Page Ewe) the recreation shed at the eléméitary establish the kindergarten. The nec-' School Trustees Turn Thumbs _Down On Kindergarten Here school for a kindergarten room. The trustees, after hearing arguments for and against the kindergarten, adopted the following resolution: “Whereas, it appears that a request has been made to this board to have a kindergarten established, and, “Whereas, while this board belieyes that a kindergarten would be a useful institution for parents of the city if it were instituted, but “Whereas, it appears to this board that the expense of instituting and maintaining a kindergarten dt this time would be an undue burden upon the taypayers of the district and especially so in view of the many and various taxes apparently to be imposed upon the people by state and federal governments, ©“Now, therefore, be it resolved that the items providing for a kindergarten teacher and supplies for kindergarten be stricken from thé tentative budget, and that the buds MED! Local Indians To : Be Transferred To Placer Co. Colony REASON FOR INTENDED CHANGE. __ (By Mrs. Belle Douglass) The inmates of the Indian camp west of town are about’ to be moved to Placer County. Who.thought this up or fot’ what purpose is beyond my ken. I. have always been deeply ' interested in the welfare of California Indians and have given” come to my attention until today and I consulted Katherine « Williamson who has had charge of the old women at ‘the camp. The stewardship of Mrs. Williamson has been faithful. icised her and accused her of ‘‘graft’’ but she makes a regular accounting to those in authority and keeps strict report of all -* Some years ago through the’ in-— Displays -Confidence In This Area a reservation though a ara . wee? gry Ri% current state°of affairs did not’ the men at the camp have crit. * fluence of the Native Sons and: Daughters and the efforts of interested citizens, such as: Henry Schroeder, Hattie Buffington, F. L. Arbogast, myself and many others had a meeting at the camp. with'.'the Indian agent. The property had been vested in the name of Chief Charley ‘Cully and legally at his death reverted to his wife Josie who was’ made to understand that if she would sign her rights away it would be used for the benefit of her people for all . time, It had never been an official later agent — called it so. ‘More recently there has been more or less. “overseeing” which, -in my opinion was not al~ . ways for the best care ofthe inmates. Indians are entitled to the ol@, age pension and lately many com‘forts have been added through that . source, the last being ‘an addition te . the home of Polly by annexing one of the other cabins. Some time ago I saw the camp at . Auburn and feel that unless some . drastic improvements are made thé ‘women will not ‘be as happy or 4s . comfortable as at present. As the land belongs to them here and the expepse is no more, I am at a loss t@ understand the move. Many do not know that the California Indians are the only #ribés who have not been reimbursed for the lands taken from them. California was a part of the original territory of Mexico, preceding which it was part of the Spanish. Domain, prior to that, of the aborigines, who had immemorial possession in which their title was recognized by every civilized nation of the earth. We made a treaty with Mexico ‘ guaranteeing the rights of the Indians to the possession of their property of all kinds, Then came the discovery of gold and within three years two hundred thousand white men rushed in. With this population ‘ we were admitted to statehood in 1850 without territorial government. and two senators were-sent to Washington. Bighteen treaties were negotiated with the Indians: for the purpose of having them surrender their title to the entire state in exchange for .eighteen tracts of land. Four hundred of their representatives signed a surrender. Meanwhile. a ‘state government had been formed, the legislature opposing ratification of the treaties and passing a resolution in accordance with that idea, — White men did not want the In* dians to have aécess to any of tld gold country and the resolution pite-. dias from the state boii . (Continued on Pages Six) . %

ae te cS ES asa Three Night Deer Marauders Arrested % ———at ’ ecgemmgiats The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week Nevada City U t— —— _ This paper gives you complete coverage of all local happenings. gget oe If you want to read about your ® for ied per friends, your neighbors, read COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA The Nugget. ! ie Vol. 15, No. 63. The County Seat Paper__ NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA, The Gold Center _ __THURSDAY, AUGUST 7. 1941. ¢ Game Warden. Harl Hiscox,’ J. D. Raffer Sheriff Ronald Fraser. The men confessed firing the shot but stated they thought’ they were firing at a deer. guilty to charges of night hunting before Justice of the Peace George Gildersleeve here yesterday afternoon and were each sentenced to serve 50 days in the county jail in lieu of a $100 fine. Thinking { Out Loud * By H. M. L. When the torial mentioned below ' was Nisa in the Nugget, it should have been properly labeled ‘Joke.’”’ Nobody in these parts would know Harry See from Adam’s off ox. He seems to have watched others water, cultivate and prune the fruit tree, and now steps in, with the help of an in, nocent editor, and picks the ‘truit, taking all the credit for having obtained the funds over a period of nearly ten years, for the improvement of the Downieville road. It does not seem necessary, so well are the facts known, to set down here the names of those to whom the credit is due for at length moving the hard hearts of the State Highway Commission, The letter that follows from Senator Jerrold Seawell reviews the _ history of the improvement to the Downieville highway, vulgarly known as the May West road, givés the sum expended upon it, and sets right the editor whose political friend misled him. The letter follows: Mr. H. M. Leete Nevada City Nugget Nevada City, California Dear Mr. Leete: T recently noted the. editorial reprinted in your paper written by Editor Bert Cassidy of the Auburn Journal relating to the Nevada City Downieville State High way in which he gave the entire _ credit for the improvement of this road to one Harry See, legislative representative of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, for securing the monies that made the improvements on that highway and elaborating upon the same. Having represented ‘this district in the legislature since 1929 and Sierra County since 1931, I can not let such a statement go wunchallenged and I have ‘taken the trouble to secure the facts from the State ‘Department of Public Works’ highway engineer. I have before me every budgetary appropriation for this road since the year 1932, including the coming biennium of 1941-43. There has ‘been expended a gross amount: of $465,793 in Sierra County, $6,176 in Yuba ‘County and $137,966 in Nevada County during that period of time. This makes a total amount of $609,935 in construction ‘work. In addition to this, there has been expended over the same period of time $302538 in the same counties and on the same road for maintenance purposes, making a total expenditure of $912,473 in both construction and maintenance work. On December 31, 1940, I appealed to the Highway Commiss. 4on for an additional appropriaMrs. Agers. Canyon, Gives Lowdown On Downieville Road SENATOR JERROLD SEAWELL (See Thinking Out Loud) NEVADA COUNTY MEN HELD ON GOLD CHARGES Joseph Omer Launius, 56, and (Mart Amos Sharp, 62, both of Nevada County, are held in jail in Sacramento on charges of falsifying affidavits to the United States mint in the selling of gold. Bail for the two men has been set at $1,500 each. They will be given a hearing Saturday morning in Sacramento before United ‘States Commissioner Adellia McCabe. The two men are accused of selling the gold and signing affidavits it came from a creek in Nevada (Continued on Page Sik) County. The government claims the ) zold was obtained from a third man ) now employed at Friant Dam. Twins Born To Local Couple Last Night Twins, a son and a_ daughter, were born last night at the Miners Hospital here to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry O’Neill of this city. Reports from “the hospital today indicated the twins and mother are getting along nicely The boy weighed in excess of six pounds and the girl weighed more than five pounds. Mr. and Mrs. William Haley of this city are maternal grandparents of the twins. Returns From Santa Cruz— Mr. and ‘Mrs. Robert L. Tamblyn, who have been vacationing in Santa (Cruz and Yosemite, have returned to Nevada City. Enjoy Picnic Today— Mrs. John Odgers’ Girl Scouts, ‘Troop Three, enjoyed a picnic at Pioneer Park today. ee ng ' The shot, admittedly fired by Hickerson, pierced the tent of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Agers of Oakland. The bullet came within inches of striking The arrest of the trio was the result of the excellent detective work of Game Warden Hiscox. The game warden followed the tracks of the car in which the men drove away from the scene of the shooting. The tracks led over miles of mountain road and finally-to the camp of Holmes in Gold —* . riving at Graniteville at about eight ip. m. Walter Hickerson had his .32 . special rifle, and Riley’s .22 caliber rifle was in the automobile. We in% *% * % Pa gr * * r k Excellent Detsitive Work By Game Warden Earl Hiscox Leads _ To Capture of Gold Canyon Trio The mystery surrounding the firing of a rifle bullet through the tent of campers near Snow Tent, narrowly missing a young woman was cleared with th earrést of Walter Hickerson, J. D. Holmes and Timothy Riley Dy ty, law enforcement officer of the Tahoe National Forest and Deputy The trio pleaded In depositions taken by Rafferty, the men made the following statements: “TI, J. D. Holmes, do hereby make the following voluntary Hatenient: “On the night of August 4, 1944, at about 7 p. m., I left my residence at Gold Canyon, accompanied byf Walter Hickerson’and Timothy Riley, and headed for Graniteville, artended to kill a deer if we saw one. We left Graniteville about 8:30 ». m. on the night of August 4, 1941, and drove to Snow Tent, and took the road to the Robbins Ranch; about one quarter of a mile from the Bloomfield Road we saw a_ deer cross the road, and Hickerson jumped from the auto and fired one shot from his rifle at the deer. Riley left the automobile after the shot, upon’ hearing Hickreson calling to him. I: did not leave the automobile, which I was driving, at any time. When Hickerson and Riley returned to the camp at Gold); Canyon.” The statement of Timothy Riley, alias LaVon Hermanson: “In the company of ‘Jiggs’ Holmes and Walter Hickerson I was hunting deer on the night of August 4, 1941, when in the vicinity of the Bucks Bros. mail box and _ about three quarters of a mile from the junction of the ‘Robbins Ranch road and ridge road, Holmes stopped the ear and called our attention to a light on the east side of the road. Hickerson got out of the car with his rifle and I directed a flash light in the direction of the light which leoked like deer eyes to me. Hickerson said it would be a difficult shot about 40 yards, and fired. Hickerson claimed he heard some one shout when he fired so we turned the car around and headed it in the directtion of the main ridge road. When we drew abreast of the point where the shot was fired we saw some one coming toward us with a flash light. Realizing that we had shot a a camp and fearing that the party would fire at us in return we drove away in the direction of Bloomfield. I estimated

the time of this incident at about ten p. m. “The purpose of our trip was to hunt and kill deer with the aid of flashlight and not to injure or kill any human being.”’ Hickerson’s statement was: “On the night of August 4th, 1941 in the company of J. D. Holmes and one man known as Timothy Riley, left Gold (Canyon buildings in Holmes’ automobile for Graniteville at about 7 p. m., arriving at about 8 p. m. We bought a gallon of wine and some groceries: at Graniteville, and then proceeded to the Robbins Ranch read near Snow Tent. I had ’ Orders Ban On Slot Machines DISTRICT ATTORNEY STOLL D. A. AGAIN CLAMPS DOWN ON OPERATION OF GAMBLING DEVICES Stating the law must be enforced, District Attorney Vernon Stoll issued instructions to all law enforcement officers to ban the operation of slot machines in Nevada County. The action by the district attorney followed numerous complaints of the operating of the. gambling devices, the possession of which is even unlawful, District Attorney ‘Stoll has conscientiously sought to prevent infiltration of the machines’ into’ the county but despite his watchfulness occasionally the gambling devices appeared in various places. During the past several yé@ars, District Attorney Stoll has several times called to the attention of the public officers of the operation of the machines and requested immediate action to stop them. The machines were operating in . . Nevada City several months ago but . automobile I turned the car around . ‘and returned to my were banned on the order of the city council. Their operation continued, however, elsewhere in the county, until Stoll’s order to law enforcement officers this week. On Field Trip— Supervisor Guerdon Ellis of the Tahoe National Forest, accompanied by Ranger Anselmo Lewis, left yesterday on a several days field trip within the North Bloomfield ranger area. The two forest men are trayeling by horseback. . ee FOR LOCAL TRIBE IS UNKNOWN HERE the subject some study. The and helpful although some of expenditures. J. B.-Black, pictured above, is the president of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, which has an extensive development program in full swing in this area. Besides local improvements, the power company of which Black is the head is building 2 $2,000,000 power tunnel on Bear River and soon will start a $1,000,000 power house at the Narrows Dam. The Nevada City Unified School District trustees last night turned thumbs down on the request of a number of parents for the establishment of a kindergarten here. trustees were of the opinion the instituting of a kindergarten at this time would be an undue burden upon the taxpayers of the district. The school It is not known at the _ present whether the kindergarten proponents will resort to a writ of man damus to compel the board’ of education to establish the school The law provides, that if the required number of signatures were secured it was mandatory on the trustees to essary number of signatures had been secured. Action by the school board was taken at the time set for a hearing on the proposed annual school budget. The budget includéd $1320 for a kindergarten teacher, $750 for equipment and $1,000 for rémodéling (Continued om Page Ewe) the recreation shed at the eléméitary establish the kindergarten. The nec-' School Trustees Turn Thumbs _Down On Kindergarten Here school for a kindergarten room. The trustees, after hearing arguments for and against the kindergarten, adopted the following resolution: “Whereas, it appears that a request has been made to this board to have a kindergarten established, and, “Whereas, while this board belieyes that a kindergarten would be a useful institution for parents of the city if it were instituted, but “Whereas, it appears to this board that the expense of instituting and maintaining a kindergarten dt this time would be an undue burden upon the taypayers of the district and especially so in view of the many and various taxes apparently to be imposed upon the people by state and federal governments, ©“Now, therefore, be it resolved that the items providing for a kindergarten teacher and supplies for kindergarten be stricken from thé tentative budget, and that the buds MED! Local Indians To : Be Transferred To Placer Co. Colony REASON FOR INTENDED CHANGE. __ (By Mrs. Belle Douglass) The inmates of the Indian camp west of town are about’ to be moved to Placer County. Who.thought this up or fot’ what purpose is beyond my ken. I. have always been deeply ' interested in the welfare of California Indians and have given” come to my attention until today and I consulted Katherine « Williamson who has had charge of the old women at ‘the camp. The stewardship of Mrs. Williamson has been faithful. icised her and accused her of ‘‘graft’’ but she makes a regular accounting to those in authority and keeps strict report of all -* Some years ago through the’ in-— Displays -Confidence In This Area a reservation though a ara . wee? gry Ri% current state°of affairs did not’ the men at the camp have crit. * fluence of the Native Sons and: Daughters and the efforts of interested citizens, such as: Henry Schroeder, Hattie Buffington, F. L. Arbogast, myself and many others had a meeting at the camp. with'.'the Indian agent. The property had been vested in the name of Chief Charley ‘Cully and legally at his death reverted to his wife Josie who was’ made to understand that if she would sign her rights away it would be used for the benefit of her people for all . time, It had never been an official later agent — called it so. ‘More recently there has been more or less. “overseeing” which, -in my opinion was not al~ . ways for the best care ofthe inmates. Indians are entitled to the ol@, age pension and lately many com‘forts have been added through that . source, the last being ‘an addition te . the home of Polly by annexing one of the other cabins. Some time ago I saw the camp at . Auburn and feel that unless some . drastic improvements are made thé ‘women will not ‘be as happy or 4s . comfortable as at present. As the land belongs to them here and the expepse is no more, I am at a loss t@ understand the move. Many do not know that the California Indians are the only #ribés who have not been reimbursed for the lands taken from them. California was a part of the original territory of Mexico, preceding which it was part of the Spanish. Domain, prior to that, of the aborigines, who had immemorial possession in which their title was recognized by every civilized nation of the earth. We made a treaty with Mexico ‘ guaranteeing the rights of the Indians to the possession of their property of all kinds, Then came the discovery of gold and within three years two hundred thousand white men rushed in. With this population ‘ we were admitted to statehood in 1850 without territorial government. and two senators were-sent to Washington. Bighteen treaties were negotiated with the Indians: for the purpose of having them surrender their title to the entire state in exchange for .eighteen tracts of land. Four hundred of their representatives signed a surrender. Meanwhile. a ‘state government had been formed, the legislature opposing ratification of the treaties and passing a resolution in accordance with that idea, — White men did not want the In* dians to have aécess to any of tld gold country and the resolution pite-. dias from the state boii . (Continued on Pages Six) . %