Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-12-31
Desert. stink OF the HamboIdt and john
son's Cut -YourLtg-On' Emigrant
Wagon Road COmpaIy.


perish in the SHOWS of the mountains. OF
ever, for the entire train (Mr Thompson
this there is not much probability how
IS composed Of hardy young muscle and
bone. aud accustomed to the perils of the
undertaking, having heretofore successfully
braved the most fearful and rigorous Of
California winters, and crossed the ~
son Cutoff" route, over mountains of snow
(Pide. Snaps reports of last winter To
the energy OF this company are the public
indebted for monthly communication with
the desert, stink of the Humboldt, and Rag
town. To them also, if successful, will the
emigrant he indebted for the privilege Of
and passing the pleasing and classical lac
-es heretofore mentioned, and over the nat
ural wagon road known as "Johnson's cut
off, to that long looked for Ell Dorado and
haven of rest, 'Hangtown The very emf
grant need experience no fears Of being
compelled to participate in, or witness
obVbO WuiSu uIlDCo III MS lllluu At lnc ulCu-
tion Of the suggestive name of Messrs
Quirk, Cannon Snaps" principal place Of
business The emigrant is assured that the
incident from which the place took its name,
occurred long years since in the history of
the country, prior to the adjustment Of
that barbarous law that hangs honest men
fo cto orvth;no. f,,r Lo
quired to quiet the alkaled and lIumboldted
nerves of the weary emigrant who has ar
rived in HangtOwn, we may add that Hang
town has since furnished more Federal Off
GERS, and su5-appointecs in the San Fran
cisco Custom House, than any other place in
the State-proof positive that tn migrant
has nothing to fear. The Jealous and indie
fatigable Directors of the great public fa-
vorite desert, Stink Of the Humboldt, SC,
Emigrant Wagon Road Company" Messrs.
"Quirk, Cannon, and Snapp," have already
shown that, the waters Of Honey Lake,
should the emigrant permit his stock to
vi lin VI ~, WIN tuNm ~ OViiJ
down - 1t was his love for the stock of the
emigrant, coupled with benevolent derter-
mination to preserve them from such a fate,
that induced 'honest John the chain bear
err to find q different route than the one
designated, and which he was appointed to
survey by his old fogy of an Uncle sur-nam-
al Tho knpavOlapt
tons induced the senior member Of this pat.
riotc wagon road company, to mildly eau
zion the emigrant against the dangers to be
encountered ON the Honey Lake route.
These truly patriotic efforts of the disin-
terested government official, were greatly
enhanced by the timely assistance of the
astute and profound "Oily Cannon, Esq -
who produced several very learned articles,
showing from government surveys that it
was actually further from Sacramento, via
Nomee- Lackee, Fort Reading, Shasta, Rus
sian Possessions, Symmes' Hole and MOBILES
Pass to Honey Lake, than it was from the
same starting point, via. HaDgtOwn. Rag
town, and "Johnson's cutoff" to the des-
ert and stink of the Humboldt. 1t was at
this juncture, when the foregoing facts had
been clearly established by Messrs Quirk &
Cannon, that MessIs Roop and Williams,
of Honey Lake Valley, Mr.. Drebebis, of
Shasta, "Heindrich," who assisted "hohest
j ohm, the chain bearer in his survey, in.
timated plainly that "honest John" had
slandered and misrepresented the Honey
Like route and country, and squandered
the government funds in building a road for
his own benefit, over the johnson cut of" "
Matters began to look bad for Messrs. Quirk
and Cannon, when the genius Of Snapp
came to their rescue, and placed them en-
tirely beyond the reach of al outraged and
public, by suddenly and boldly
pronouncing the statements of the above
named citizens
Mere idle assertion, unsustaned by n
particle of proof. State when and where
Mr.. Kirk slandered and msrepresented
other routes What has he uttered or pub
lished against other routes'''
The &c MUS of Snapp was triumphant, md
he-immediately became member of the
firm. Those citizens who had the unheard
of audacity to question the acts Of ''honest
John, the chain bearer" dropped down into