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highway. The injustice which has been arbitrarily in flicted upon the settlers of this vicinity is at once apparent. To permit a few Indians (less than 100 in number ) to hold 40 sections of land, and thereby control over 400 sections, is an injustice, if not an outrage, that should not for a moment be tolerated. It is clearly established from the evidence submitted that from the year 1862 up to the year 1877 the reservation in question was abandoned by the Government, and that the Indians were, in 1862, removed to the Hoopa Valley Reservation, and permanently located there, where an agency was established and still exists. Hence it appears that these Indians on the Klamath River Reservation are not where they ought to be; that by and under the laws and regulations governing the settlement of Indian tribes on reservations especially set apart for them, they should now be on the reservation set apart for them, which is the Hoopa Reservation on the Trinity River, in the State of California, a reserve sufficiently large, as appears from the evidence, to accommodate ten times the number now upon it.
" It is clear that the Government exercised no control over the Klamath Reservation for a period of sixteen years; that settlers went upon the lands in good faith, believing the Government had abandoned the reserve; that in 1874 the Commissioner of Indian Affairs declared officially that "The Klamath Reservation has not been used for any public purpose since the freshet referred to, and the department has no claim upon it." These facts are to be considered in determining the relative rights of each race of settlers. While the Committee would not do an injustice to the Indian, they are at the same time un- willing to permit an outrage to be inflicted upon the white settlers who entered upon these lands in good faith, and under the sanction of the Government have made valuable improvements thereupon. These white settlers are, in the opinion of the Committee, as much entitled to the pro-
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tection of the Government as other good citizens who by the power of the Government are protected from an inva- sion of their rights and the destruction of their homes and property. If it be held, however, that the Indians have an original title to these lands, and that the 100 of their race now living thereon would be wronged by the passage of this bill, it may be asserted in behalf of the measure that the relations now existing between these Indians and the white settlers are of such a reciprocal character as to warrant the conclusion that the removal of the white set- tlers would be an injury to the Indians remaining upon the reservation, as the Indians in return for their labor depend upon the whites for their food and clothing, and the evi- dence discloses that from long usage this character of food and raiment has become essential to their existence.
" There are other and conclusive arguments to be urged in favor of restoring these lands to the public domain. By the singular construction of this reservation, as shown in this report, a large area of the public lands, embracing many thousands of acres of fertile lands, are practically withheld from settlement and improvement. The Klam- ath River is 300 miles in length, taking its source near the Oregon line. The stream is now navigable for 40 miles, and by a slight expense in the removal of rocks from the river bed would be navigable for 100 miles or more. The climate and the nature of the soil both combine to render the commercial values of this stream of great importance. It is asserted by competent authority that this section has no equal in California as a fruit and wine growing country. Along the entire length of the Klamath River, and espe- cially within the reserve in question, and back of it, are large bodies of the best timber in use, including redwood, yellow and white pine, and cedar. The natural highway to these immense values is the Klamath River, none of which can be appropriated to the uses and arts of civiliza- tion so long as the reservation remains as such, as private
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enterprise and capital is debarred from entering upon the developments and labor required to perfect their use. This river, whose length for twenty miles is locked by a despotic act on the part of the Government, is likewise the natural highway to an extensive mining country, which remains undeveloped and valueless for want of better communication. Private capital, always cautious, will not seek investment, no matter what results may be offered, in sections of the country where settlers have been driven from their homes by the strong arm of the military.
" It is the opinion of the Committee, after careful inves- tigation, that the Government can have no use for these lands as an Indian reservation. The Hoopa Reservation, to which the Indians were removed and settled upon after the freshet in 1862, is located but 15 miles from the aban- doned Klamath Reservation, and is capable of sustaining many thousands more of Indians than are now located upon it. Why, then, should these lands in question be kept from settlement and improvement by white citizens who are eager to expend their labor and means in the development of their resources?
"If there be no use for this abandoned reserve for the purposes originally intended, the Committee can see no valid reason why it should not be restored to the public domain, and again made free for the access of labor and capital of white settlers seeking homes and fields for their energy and enterprise. Entertaining this view, after an impartial and careful consideration of all the evidence submitted, they are constrained to report in favor of the measure, and they therefore return the bill to the House, with the recommendation that it pass."
It will be seen from the above that the Indian Depart- ment express themselves as being in favor of opening the reservation to settlement by the whites.
I have mentioned the great mineral wealth known to
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exist in the reserve, also the vast amount of timber in the forests of the same. Before closing my remarks upon this subject, I will notice the facilities at the mouth of the Klamath River for catching and preparing salmon for market. During the fishing season the river literally swarms with fish, and with a large seine from five hundred to a thousand fine salmon can be caught at one haul. Not only one fishery, but a dozen large fisheries and can- neries could be established at various points near the mouth of the river, and the revenue from this industry alone would be enormous.
CHAPTER X.
THE PRESENT CONDITION AND FUTURE PROSPECTS OF DEL NORTE-WHAT IT OFFERS TO CAPITALISTS.
The present condition of the county may be given in a brief space. And first, as to the value of the property in the county. From the Assessment Roll of Del Norte for 1880 the following facts in regard to land, improvements, stock, etc., are taken:
Value of land, $285,667; number of acres, 61,139; value of improvements on land, $13,512; town lots and blocks, $30,010; improvements on lots and blocks, $99,875; de- duction on mortgages, $55,807; value of personal property, $308,240; money, $22,048; improvements on all property assessed to other than the owner of the land, $1,745; amount of deductions, $27,152; total value of all property, $899,738; value after all deductions, $804,144.
Value of script, $6,893: money, $27,373; 14 bee hives, $39; 1,070 gallons liquor, $3,326; 525 gallons, $2,737; beef cattle, $75; 770 stock cattle, $7,961; colts, $2,040; 2,311 cows, $44,646; 126 utensils, $1,147; 137 goats, $402; 912 hogs, $2,258; 475 horses, $21,788; 135 mules, $4,875; 77 oxen. $2,570; 334 poultry, $808; 1,404 sheep, $2,675; total value, $128,827.
Taxes will compare favorably with those of other coun- ties in the State, though they are higher than they should be. The levy of taxes for State purposes for the year
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1880, was 64 eents on each and every one hundred dollars of taxable property, being an advance of one cent and a half on each and every one hundred dollars of taxable property, over that of the preceding year. Add to the State tax a levy for county purposes of $1.86, and we have a total taxation of $2.50 on each and every one hundred dollars of taxable property.
The trade of the county is small, and Crescent City, whose streets should be enlivened by long lines of freight teams and lumber ears, and alive with the excitement of mines and mining, is lifeless and dull. The principal ex- ports are butter and lumber, of which 10,000,000 feet of lumber was shipped to San Francisco in 1880, and 322,000 pounds of butter. About $200,000 in gold-dust is also ex- ported annually from the mines in the county. The im- ports are small, probably 3,000 tons of general merchan- dise per year.
Summing up the above, we find that the present condi- tion of the county is anything but flattering. We find that the chief exports are at present lumber and butter, whereas ehrome, iron, copper, and other ores should form the bulk of the exports from this county. We find that the value of the gold annually exported from the county is but about $200,000, whereas it should mount up into the millions.
Perhaps the reader will ask, " If the mineral wealth is so great, if there is so mueh gold, and eopper, and iron, and chrome in the county, why is it not brought to the notice of capitalists who would invest their means in the development of the mines?" There is but one answer to this question. No one who has watched the course of the business men and other prominent men of Del Norte for the past few years, ean doubt that the present depressed condition of the business interests and resources of the county is attributable to their own negligenee and narrow- minded views of publie measures and publie improvements.".
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Other communities have embodied in their business pre- cepts the one which holds that to be successful in trade a people must be enterprising; that without endeavor, noth- ing can be accomplished; and that if a community show an utter disregard of these prerequisites to success and prosperity, they will inevitably degenerate into a slow. moving, shiftless and unprogressive class.
There is no disputing the fact that the Del Norte of to- day is far different from the Del Norte of twenty years ago. Then, all measures looking to the development of the resources of the county, and all enterprises, whether of private individuals or of corporate bodies, having for their object the advancement of the material interests of the county, received the commendation and assistance of the community. No enterprise was allowed to languish through a lack of recognition by those whose interests it sought to subserve. True, money was plentiful and times were good in the early history of this county; trade was brisk, and merchants were making money and could afford to invest. But they did not rest contented with the trade they already enjoyed; they were constantly seeking new avenues of commerce, new markets for their wares.
At the present time, the fact is commented on by all strangers who visit Del Norte, that the community in general and the business men in particular are devoid of enterprise and energy. It has even been insinuated by some heartless critic that Crescent City looks like a de- serted railroad town, and that when Gabriel toots his horn for the resurrection, he will pass it by --- for as the inhabitants have never lived, it will be impossible to res- urrect them.
Of course, the writer cannot fully endorse this extreme view of the case, but he cannot shut his eyes to the fact that the present condition of Del Norte is owing to the lethargy and carelessness of her people. And these same heartless and inquisitive critics have said that if a stran-
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ger attempts to inaugurate a new enterprise in Del Norte, no matter what they may lose by so doing the business men of the place will promptly and effectually "sit down on him."
The people of Crescent City have evidently read and profited (?) by the words of Horace Greeley, directing how to " lay out" a town. Greeley said that the most effectual manner to "lay out " a town is for the people to grab all the real property therein, and hold it at big figures ---- never sell it to a stranger for less than about ten prices. Never give a stranger any show. Put the screws to him strong, and ---- " keep him in the middle."
This direction of the great journalist has been religously followed by at least a large portion of the people of Del Norte. If a stranger came into the county with the idea of establishing himself in business, he has been frowned upon as though he was considered a thief or a legitimate subject for highway robbery. In one instance, a new en- terprise was projected on land in the immediate vicinity of Crescent City, and the projector was allowed to get fairly started in his preparations for work, and then his water front was appropriated by some public-spirited in- dividuals; and if he said anything about being " hampered" or not given a fair show, the little story of what Jesus of Nazareth said unto Zachariah was probably related to him, and he was told " that's what's the matter." If he got a little angry and gave expression to his feelings, peo- ple laughed at him, and considered it a good joke. A stranger had no business to get mad --- " keep him in the middle." And the appearance and condition of Crescent City shows that this course has been so steadily persisted in for years past, that it has most effectually "laid out " the town,
The present condition of Happy Camp is somewhat bet- ter than the rest of the county. A large amount of cap- ital has been invested in mining property during the past
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few years, and almost the total gold product of the county comes from the Happy Camp mines. Hydraulie mining is yet in its infancy here, and the number of mines in the vicinity of Happy Camp using Hydraulic power increases every year. On the whole, that part of the county com- prising the Happy Camp, Indian Creek and Bunker Hill mining districts is inhabited by an enterprising, industrious class, and may be said to be the most prosperous portion of the county.
The future condition of Del Norte rests entirely with her own people. It is in their power to perpetuate the present condition of things, and it is equally in their power to raise the county to a high standing among the mineral and lumber producing counties of the State. But to bring about such a result, the people of the county must show enterprise, liberality to all who seek to devel- ope her resources, and, above all, the attention of capital- ists must be directed to our boundless forests, as yet untouched by the hand of man; our inexhaustible mineral wealth, now sleeping securely in the hills, must be brought to the notice of miners who have the means and the will to work the mines extensively.
Notwithstanding the many untoward events which have retarded the progress of Del Norte, I believe that there is yet time to interest capital in the development of its mines, lumber interests and commerce. With this end in view, the following brief notice is taken of those inter- ests in which money could be profitably invested.
First, we will consider the opportunities which the mines of this county offer for a profitable investment of capital. I believe that iron, copper and chrome will yet become the most important of the products of Del Norte, and as these minerals are all found in large quantities in close proximity to each other, they will be considered together. It has long since been conceded by practical miners that the only way to work any of the above min-
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erals to advantage is to erect smelting furnaces at the mines, and instead of exporting the crude ore, to ship it in a refined state.
In the vicinity of the Low Divide, Nature has scattered her mineral wealth with a lavish hand. Every hill is a mine of treasure, awaiting the practical miner with his improved mining machinery and his indomitable energy and perseverance. Everything needful for the successful working of large furnaces may be found in the vicinity of the mines. Timber and fluxus abound, and no difficulty would be experienced in procuring all the water necessary for the purpose. The prices of transportation, coal, labor, etc. have been reviewed in a former chapter. The mines are now owned by men a majority of whom are unable to erect furnaces and extract the minerals. All the copper, chrome, and iron mines in the county, with the exception of the property owned by the Tyson Company, of Balti- more, could be purchased at a reasonable figure, and there is no better opportunity for the investment of a large amount of capital in the mining regions of the Pacific Coast.
The gold mines come next in importance as affording a subject for the investment of capital. The magic cry of " Gold! Gold!" was first heard in Del Norte on the banks of the Klamath River. From 1851 to 1860 the richest strikes were made in the vicinity of Happy Camp and on Indian Creek, and the cry of " Gold! Gold!" was echoed and re-echoed from the lofty peaks of the Siskiyous, until it rolled away and was lost in the recesses of the moun- tains.
But the "flush " days of mining in Del Norte have van- ished with the years, and the halcyon days when the miner with his pick and shovel could delve into the hills and streams and bring forth the golden treasure, are gone forever. Almost without exception the placer mines of the county now being worked are owned by incorporated
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companies, and instead of laboriously working with the pick, shovel aud rocker, sluices and ditches have been constructed, and the powerful hydraulic tears at hills and mountains until they crumble down like dust.
There are large bars and flats on the Klamath .River and on Smith's River which could be made to pay hand- somely, if a sufficient amount of water was procured to work the gravel. Water could be found from five to ten miles from any of the flats and bars, but owing to the mountainous nature of the country, a large outlay of cap- ital would be required to construct ditches and flumes to bring the water to the mines.
The gold bearing quartz is just beginning to attract attention. Well-defined and extensive lodges are known to exist in various parts of the county, and the Myrtle Creek and Bald Hills districts are especially rich in gold and silver-bearing rock. There is no reason why the Bald Hills and Myrtle Creek mines should not eventually rival those of Washoe or Gold Hill.
Besides the minerals above mentioned, namely, copper, chrome, iron, gold and silver, it is thought that Point St. George is one vast bed of coal. All along the southern side of the Point. coal crops out on the face of the cliffs, and a test of the same has proven it to be of superior quality. Shafts could be sunk within two or three miles of Crescent City, therefore the cost of transportation would be small, and Crescent City could compete success- fully with Coos Bay as a coal producing point.
The beach mines have before been noticed, and it is only necessary to add that they should receive the attention of miners and inventors. The man who succeeds in invent- ing a machine capable of separating the gold from the sand will be a public benefactor, and will secure to himself the wealth of a Rothschild.
The lumbering interests in Del Norte, as yet of little importance as compared with other lumbering points, is
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destined to grow to great dimensions, and the forests that now cover the foot-hills of the Coast Range will soon be felled by the woodsman's axe. The amount of available timber is enormous. It is estimated that calculating the amount of timber to the acre at 250,000 fect, the area of timber land in Del Norte county would represent a total of 59,675,000,000 feet. Calculating the number of working days in saw-mills at 300 per annum, and limiting their capacity to 25,000 feet per day, these forests would fur- pish material: To one saw-mill, for 8,525 years; to five saw-mills, for 1,705 years; to ten saw-mills, for 853 years; to twenty saw-mills, for 426 years.
The most eligible place for the erection of large saw- mills is near the mouth of Smith's River, on 'the sloughs which branch out from the river on either side, and form a net-work of safe harbors in which logs could be con- fined. The logs could be rafted down the river at the time of the winter freshets, and could be run up into the sloughs, where they would be perfectly safe, as there is very little current in the sloughs even during the highest freshets. The mouth of the river could be improved by an outlay of a few thousand dollars so that vessels could enter and load with lumber during any part of the year. Not one, but several large mills could be built here, all having ample facilities for securing logs and shipping lumber.
Another project, requiring a capital of $50,000, would repay a liberal interest on the investment. This project is, the building of the Crescent City and Waldo wagon road, from Crescent City to Waldo, Josephine county, Oregon. This road would secure to Crescent City the trade of a large section of country, and would be the means of building up industries heretofore unthought of in connection with this county. That the road would pay there can be no doubt. The present road from Crescent City to Waldo, built in 1857, is practically abandoned, for
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no work has been done upon it for years, and it is now almost impassible. The builders of the old road selected the least practicable route that could have been chosen, and the winter season generally left the road in a dilapi- dated condition, costing so much to repair that it was finally abandoned by the owners.
The new road can be built over a good route, passable nearly the whole year, and which would cost little for repairs.
During the last year the construction of this road has been much discussed, and many opinions on the subject have been made public, all favoring the belief that through the benefits it would confer upon them the people of all the counties interested would reap a rich harvest. It would be useless to give the various propositions for the construction of the road, for they have all, as far as I can learn, come to naught, and there is no immediate prospect - of the road being built, unless some enterprising capitalist or capitalists come forward and take the matter in hand.
For the information of those who should feel an interest in the subject, below will be found the description of the route of the proposed new road, as surveyed by J. S. Howard:
" Commencing at a point on the old Crescent City wagon road, 7 and a quarter miles from Waldo, Josephine county, Oregon, at a post for the initial point, altitude 1820 feet above tide water, and run on an undulating grade (nearly level) to the south-west branch of the Illi- nois River, crossing the same at the present pack trail bridge, one mile and 23 chains from initial point, thence running up on a grade of one foot in 16 and one-half feet to the divide between the waters of Illinois Valley and Smith's River, reaching the same in five miles and 48 chains from station 0. The altitude of this pass is 3100 feet above tide water. Thence on a down grade of 1 foot in 16 and one-half feet to Shelley Creek at station 923,
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(stations 50 links apart, or 160 stations to the mile, ) thence down near the right bank .of said creek on an easy grade to station 1895, to a low pass about 100 feet above the creek which we pass through to near Patrick Creek; thence down on a grade of 1 foot in 16 and one-half feet or 3 and one half degrees, to the mouth of Shelley Creek at station 2492, or nearly 15 and one-half miles from sta- tion 0, thence crossing Shelley Creek by a bridge, span 50 feet; thence down the left bank of Patrick Creek, on an easy undulating grade to station 2731, crossing the same by a bridge of 70 feet span; thence on an up-grade of 3 and one-half deg. to station 2860, and intersects the win- ter trail one half a mile west of the Patrick Creek cabin; thence on a down grade from 1 deg. to 3 and one-half de- grees to station 3280, or 20 and one-half miles to the right bank of the middle fork of Smith's River; thence down the right bank of the same, sometimes along the flat bot- toms and other times along the base of the steep side-hills to station 3876, on the 24th mile; here cross the river by a bridge, the main span of which is 110 feet in length; thence along the left bank of Smith's River, mostly on the flats, to Gasquet's, near the 26 mile post; thence down the Gasquet flat to station 4366, where we begin to ascend the hill side on a grade of 3 and one half deg. Leaving the river for several miles to avoid the steep and rocky bluffs near the river, the route runs in the vicinity of the present pack trail to the south fork of Smith's River. At 29 miles we reach the summit of a low divide, and run thence on along the hill-sides on a grade from 0 deg. to 3 and one- half degs. to station 5240; thence down on a grade of 3 and one-half deg. to station 5409 to the South Fork of Smith's River, which is crossed by a bridge, main span of 105 feet about 60 feet above the water; thence along the left bank of the main river on side-hill grade to station 5750, where we leave Smith's River and ascend by an easy grade along the right bank of Mill Creek; through
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the heavy redwood flats, to station 5999, where we cross Mill Creek at the site of the present trail bridge, main span 86 feet; thence along the redwood flats to station 6336, where we start up the last hill on a grade of 3 and one half deg. At station 6493 we reach the summit, 500 feet above tide water; thence down on a grade of 3 and one half deg. to station 6690, at the foot of the hill on the prairie, about three miles from and east of Crescent City; thence to 42 miles and 26 ehains, intersecting the old road 2 and one half miles from Crescent City.
" The road for nearly the whole length is below the line of heavy snows, and can be traveled at all seasons of the year. The formation is very good for a road bed, only a small portion of which is very rocky, and at all places material for a good top dressing can be had.
" In my estimates I have provided for planking 5 miles of redwood, which I think will be necessary to make the road passable in winter, There is no grade on the road heavier than 3 and one-half deg. or 1 foot in 16 and one- half, and only a portion as heavy as that. The route is well watered the whole length and there are flats at con- venient intervals for camping.
" The amount of traffic may be estimated by the fact that the amount of freight annually imported into Jackson county, Oregon, alone is estimated by the best judges and by carefully gathered statistics at 2,000 tons, consisting of general merchandise, wagons, agricultural and mining machinery, salt, etc.
"Josephine county, Oregon, with about one-half the population, import's at least 500 tons; Happy Camp, in Del Norte county, about 350 tons; Fort Klamath and Lake county, Oregon, about 300 tons, making a total of 3150 tons yearly; most of which now comes from San Francisco to Portland, thence by rail 200 miles to Rose- burg, thence by wagon 100 miles; making an out of the way trip of 600 miles, where it should reach in 117 miles
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via Crescent City. Now we estimate that at least 2,500 tons of this will pass over this road, which at a toll of $6 per ton would bring in $15,000 yearly, to which add tolls from stages and travel at $2,000 would give a yearly in- come of $17,000, which would be increased from year to year.
"The road when built in the manner specified will require but little attention after the first winter. The above es- timates have been made for the import trade alone, but when this road shall have been opened the export trade in flour, bacon, wool and fine lumber will largely exceed the imports."
This road would be the means of building up a large trade for Crescent City, and it would be of great benefit to the whole county. Manufacturing industries would follow the completion of the road, and a host of new en- terprises would spring into existence.
Another opportunity for the investment of capital here is, the building of a large woolen mill. Smith's River Valley would probably be the best place for the estab- lishment of such an enterprise, as ample water power and a fine building site could be secured at a low figure. In- deed, it is likely that the people of the valley would con- tribute liberally toward the erection of buildings, and that they would also donate a building site. Plenty of wool could be procured. There are thousands of sheep on the hills of Curry county, Oregon, and if the wool growers could dispose of their wool at home they would gladly do so. The goods manufactured would find a ready sale, and the enterprise would undoubtedly prove a paying one.
A large cheese factory would also be a paying business. Some difficulty has heretofore been experienced because of the damp climate, but this could probably be overcome.
All of the opportunities for the investment of capital mentioned above are worthy of the consideration of all,
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and business men seeking a use for their brains and money can do no better than to turn in this direction.
What Del Norte needs, more than anything else, is capital-capital, the magic wand which will unlock the vaults in which our mineral wealth is sleeping. Capital is king; and his sceptre in waving over Del Norte will call into busy life a hundred bustling industries.
And when the lethargy which now envelopes our inter- ests and retards our progress shall be a thing of the past; when all the forests shall resound to the hum and buzz of the saw-mill; when columns of smoke, rising from the Low Divide, shall proclaim the existence of smelting fur- naces and reduction works; when hydraulics shall strip the hills of their surface, laying bare rich seams of precious gold; when town and county shall throw off the rust of idle years, and come forth into the bright, new existence of a better day; then can we look forward to hopeful prospects, and can truly say, "the night has passed, joy cometh with the morn."
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LIST OF OFFICERS OF DEL NORTE COUNTY FROM 1857 TO 1881.
ASSEMBLYMEN.
1 TREASURER.
1857 R. P. Hirst.
1869 Win. Saville.
1858 John Daggett,
1871 John H. Chaplin.
1860 W. M. Buell.
1873 John H. Chaplin.
1861 |S. P. Wright.
1863 R. P. Hirst.
1877| Wm. Saville.
1865 L. N. Hursh.
1867 T. H. Rector.
1869 Jas. E. Murphy.
1871 T. H. Rector,
1857 Benj. Reynolds.
1859 Benj. R ynolds.
1861 Benj. Reynolds.
1863 P. H. Peveler,
1865 P. H. Peveler.
1867|P. H. Peveler.
1869 P. H. Peveler.
COUNTY JUDGE.
1857 F. E. Weston.
1859|E. MAson.
1803 E. Mason.
1867 E. Mason.
1871 W. A. Hamilton.
1875 W. A. Hamilton.
SUPERIOR JUDGE.
1879 Jas. E. Murphy.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
1857 Johu P. Haynes.
1867 J. L. Rigg.
1869 Anson Burr.
1871 Henry Doolittle.
1863 R. E. Adams.
1873 R. S. Mclellan.
1865 R. E. Adams.
1875 Jos. Clark.
1869 W. A. Hamilton.
1871 Jas. E. Murphy.
1873 Wm. Saville.
1875 E. Mason.
1877|E. Mason.
1879 E. Mason.
1861 Solon Hall.
1863 G. W. Russell.
TREASURER.
1865 T- B. Thorp.
1857 |E. Y. Naylor.
1867 J. Marhoffer.
1859 E. Y. Naylor.
1860 J. K. Johnson.
1861 |J. K. Johnson.
1863|J. E. Warren.
1875 W. H. Woodbury.
1865 |R. Dugan.
1877 W. H. Woodbury.
1867/Wm. Saville,
1879|W. H. Woodbury.
The names of all other Officers have been omitted for want of space.
SHERIFF.
1857 N. Tack, Sr.
1859 Henry Orman, Jr.
1861 Henry Orman, Jr.
1863 Henry Orman, Jr.
1865 R. S. Mclellan.
1859 S. P. Wright.
1861 S. P. Wright .:
1867 |Jas. E. Murphy.
1877 Jos. Clark.
1879 Chas. E. Hughes.
ASSESSOR,
1857 Solon Hall.
1859 Solon Hall.
1869 J Marhoffer.
1871 J. Marhoffer
1873 W. H. Woodbury.
175 John H. Chaplin.
1879 Wm. Saville.
COUNTY CLERK.
1873 |JAS. E. Murphy.
1875 Jas. E. Murphy.
1877 Jas. E. Murphy.
1,79 L. F. Cooper.
1880 W. B. Mason
1871 P. H. Peveler.
1873 P. H. Peveler.
1875 P. H. Peveler.
1877 P. H. P-veler.
1879 P. H. Peveler.
THE TRAVELER'S GUIDE.
SHOWING THE DISTANCES
FROM
CRESCENT CITY
To MILES.
Klamath River, via Trinidad Trail
21
Gasquet's
18
Happy Camp, via Gasquet's and Waldo, Oregon, 82 Camp Lincoln 6
Fort Dick.
8
Paecock's Ferry, on Smith's River.
8
Ford's Ferry, on Smith's River,
11
Kirkham's Ferry, on Smith's River,
131/5
Del Norte, Smith's River Valley, via Camp Lincoln .. 15
Del Norte. Smith's River Valley, via Tryon's Dairy,
14
Del Norte, Smith's River Valley, via Fort Dick,.
15
Smith's River Cannery, (Mouth of Smith's River,) vis Del Norte.
17
Altaville, (in the vicinity of Copper, Chrome, Iron and other mines, ) via Elk Valley.
18
Altaville, via Del Norte,
22
San Francisco
280
Trinidad, by land
65 90
Eurek», by water,
51
Rogue River, by land
60
Rogue River, by water
42
Port Orford, by water.
62
Cape Bianco, by water,
73
Coos Bay (Empire City , ) by water,
111
Portland.
300
Jacksonville
115
LEGAL DISTANCE FROM CRESCENT CITY, THE COUNTY SEAT OF DEL NORTE COUNTY,
To
MILES.
Sacramento. 364
Napa ..
319
Stockton
372
San Quentin
292
Eureka, by land,
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44
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