The daily Butte record., 1858-03-18
Routes for n Wagon Road.

Aoutes Tor Wagon Road.
when the advocates Of the Carson Valley
route for q national wagon road, fnd them
selves and property buried in the snow. or
otherwise become entapgled in tight place,
they adopt funny mode to let themselves
out. The following from the Piacerville
tri-weekly hder, shows their mode Of get
ting over such serious obstacles as snow and
facts 1t would have suited us much bet
ter had the Infamous Kirk been "honswog.
gled' in the SHOWS of his balmy route, in.
stead ofMajor Ormsby But here isa an rsu
ment in favor of the Carson Valley route:
"BUrTE RECORD That extremely cru
dite and majestically highfalutn chronicer
OF events, has recently dscoved the aston.
ishing meteorological phenomenon. namely {:
that snow never falls on the mountains east
of Oroville! In alluding to an article
ehich recently appeared 10 the hder, in re-
lation to Major Ormsby getting "honswog-
gled' in the snow in crossing the Sierra
Ncvadas, thai profound RECORD suggests
the following
Had Maj. 0rmsby started by the way of
OroviIle and Honey Lake he would have
met with no impeachment requiring such an
abandonment of property"
"Say, George Is vegetation pretty early
in your part OF the mountains 7"
or course, it has never been coutendcd
that the Orovllle route to Honey Lake is al
ways entirely free from snow Bat during
the past two winters there has not been n
month that stock could not be driven to
Honey Lake by the Orovlle route Fur.
tber, Beef cattle were driven over the route
in February last, and teams, loaded with
goods have been despatched over the route
during the past week. The route has been
travelled every month during the past two
years, by man and beast. without loss or
danger. In proof of this. unbelievers can
address Col Wood, Chico Z. o. Butte Coun-
ty. The Col. has Ranch, trading post and
hotel at llumbug Valley, and will cheerfully
we doubt not communicate such facts with
regard to this route as may have como to
his knowledge.
1t may be proper, in this connection, to
permit resident Of Honey Lake Valley to
say word or two upon the subject, We
extract from the Honey Lake Correspond
ence of the iPlumas Argus. bearing date
February 12th:
"The weather generally this winter has
been cold but pleasant. We have had but
lit snow. at no time more than six inches
There is n slight fall of snow upon some
parts of the valley now. but it is fast dis
appearing. Stock has prospcred finely here
this winter without hay
"Messrs. Walden & Tut, Humboldt ira
ders residing in this Valley, have just ar
rived from the Humboldt. They started out
there few weeks after old iron they had
"cdched' there-they found no snow on the
rou'e. The road was very good, and they
express the opinion that heavy loaded wag
ons can travel from here to Salt Lake at all
seasons of tho year. Perhaps some of the
folks back in America will discover after 4
time TINT We can transport troops and pro-
visions from this side of the continent Mt ali
sea sons Of the year, and lick the Mormons
into the bargain.
notice n llangtown correspondent Of the
Sacramento Union, who styles himself
Phred, wants to know the Honey Lake and
Big Tree routes are now Knowing moth.
ing OF the dig Tree Route, Will express
no opinion upon it. leaving the aforesaid
tree and route to those residing near it -
But can inform him that the Honey Lake
Route is not and has not been impossible on
account of snow this winter, as he states
and will add further, that will never be
closed any winter, unless seasons change
We have passed back and forth all this win
ter with animals to the American Valley
and did the wants of our valley require il
We could pass from here to Shasta, lehamG
or Orovilie, at all times with teams. Dare
hc assert that communication ever has, OF
ever can be kept epen for teams during the
winter season, from the delightful village o.
Hangtown to Carson Valley: Very def
cient must be route that requires shame
ful subterfuge, as Mr. Kirk INDUCED in
last summer to uphold it. Say as little
about your routes as possible, or folks may
find out that your Carson route possesses
no merit beyond the fact that it was dis
covered at an early day, and that transit
possibly he effected there during a few coult
months of the year"