The Shasta courier., 1870-12-24
TH1E GROSS MIsREPREsENTATI
OF THE SUSA NVILLE CLIQUE EN-.
POSED,

OK THE SUSA AWHILE CLA0O Il EAs
POSED.
The. residents of all portions Of the coun-
trsineidasd :, in the limits of the Shasta
Land District are we'll pleased, except a
few grumblers who have established a rem
dezvous at Susanvile, on the border of that
desolate waste known as Humboldt Desert.
These discontented individuals hope by
gross misrepresentation and wholesale ly-'
ing, to induce the authorities at Washing
ton to establish land Office at Susan
vile, in order to benefit their bursh at
the expense of the Government, and those
who would be compelled to visit the place.
The assertion reiterated by these interested
parties-that the inhabitants of Goose
Lake, Big val ey, and of that portion of Las
sen included in the new district, cannot get
to Shasta except by way of Marysville, OF
during at-least six months of the years.
one ef. the most. absurd anG barefaced lies
ever published, as every person who knows.
an, thing about the geography of the coun-
try is fully aware
--se- fa+ as Goose Lake and Big Valley
and other adjacent valleys are concerned,
a'glance at the map shows the absurdity of
the story that their residents cannot reach
Shasta except by way of Susanviile and
Marysville! Pit RIVER draius Goose Lake,
Het Springs aud Big Valleys, and there is
natural road leading down this river to
Fort Crook, in this county, and froD, thence
to Shasta is. plain wagon road. On this
whole route, which is almost direct to
Shasta, there is no obstruction to travel
when travel is possible in any direction
The mountain ranges are low and present
no obst, uction. except in the depth of
winter when nobody thinks OF travelling in
the localities mentioned There is also
another route by which the people of Sur
prise Valley, Goose Lake, etc.. can reach
Shasta during most Of the year, and that is
by way of Yreka, and thence down either
the Oregon and California stage road or the
Sacramento River road, to this place.
1t is alsoa notable fact that no objection to
the location of the Office at this place.
comes from the people of Surprise Valley,
Goose Lake or Pitt River Valleys. The
truth is they are satisfied to have the Office
here, and greatly prefer to have it here in
stead of at Marysville. We know of
number of residents of those valleys who
have waited and Withheld their applications
to enter lands for more than year in order
to transact their business here, and save
the expense of going to Marysville.
In reference to that portion Of the Dis
trict which includes porti, OF Lassen
there is plain wagon road leading from
Susanvile to Red Bluff, and another branch
Of this road leads to Shasta via. Shngle-
town in this county. This direct route is
open to travel except during few weeks
of the year, when it is obstructed by snow
AS an evidence Of the truth of this state
ment we have only to call attention to the
fact that u S. Mail from Red Bluff to
Susanyille is being regularly transported
over this road. fact which in itself is
sufficient to explode the Susanville false
hood about it being ''impossible to reach
Shasta from that point during at least six
months in the year. without going by the
| MarysEile Office.
1t is well known, or should be, that at
least ninety per cent of the business of the
new land office will come from the portion
Of the District situated west of the broken
Sierra mount in range which extends
through Lassen and across the eastern end
of Siskiyou On this side of these noun
taius is situated the principal towns, vii
lagos, improved farms, gardens, vineyards,
placer and quartz m mes, and population of
the District, while on the other side, the
population is scarce aud mi migratory, the
settlements small and scattering, and the
improvements light. These are important
facts which were duly recognized and con-
sidered in the selection OF Shasta as the
most proper and central location for the
land Office
1t is now almost certain that by the close
of another year the California and Oregon
Railroad, the track of which is now laid
to Tehama, will traverse Tehama, Shasta
and Siskiyou counties, thus making the
Office at this place still more accessible aud
Convenient for the mass of the people of
the District, who will naturally gravitate to
the railroad for trade and traffic, and who
can come here at very small expense.
We feel confident, however. that our rep
resntatives at Washington are too well post.
ed in regard to the geography ofthe country,
the location of the principal population
ETC., to countenancc or permit any change
either in the location of the Office or the
boundary lines of the District, through the
false misrepresentation which emanate
from contrary little Susanvile.