The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1898-02-02
OUR CITIZENS OPINIONS OF
SENATOR STEWAKTS
TOWNSHIP BILL.


e~ndeavoring for seven or eight years to
have this matter settled and | hope Sem
ator Stewart will be successful this
time. | would like to see the Indians
receive compensation from the Govern
ment in a reasonable amount. | would
say in regard to the ITO acre tract the
Indian Department wants to reserve,
that if it is insisted upon, the tract
should be reserved. l believe we should
use every effort we can to help Senator
Stewart and the passage of the bill and
thus secure valid titles. The thing has
been complex and a matter of worry to
us long enough and l would like to see
it settled for all time"
County Commissioner Geo. Frazer
says: 1t would be a good thing if the
people of Wadsworth could procure valid
titles to their lots in town. 1t would
facilitate co%nveyances and do away with
the nan a%nnoyances of the past in that
respect. l think the Indians should be
amply compensated by the Government
for the land we ask. l hope the matter
will be satisfactorily settled this time
aud we should help it along in any way
we can"
J. A. Gregory saws: To have the
Stewart townsite bill pass would be the
best thing for Wadsworth that could
happen in 20 years. have always be-
lieved that the cloud over the title to
building lots has retarded the growth Of
Wadsworth greatly. The town has been
growing steadily for some years and the
mines promise very fair to be an import
factor as to future growth. Business on
the railroad is on the increase, and |
think the town will continue to grow.
With quite a number of houses SO near
the Indian school tract now, | do not
think there will be room in a few years
with that tract reserved. l would like
to see our people in possession of valid
titles, l am glad the bill has been intro
duced and l sincerely hope it will pass.
The following telegram explains itself:
Colfax, Calf, Feb'y l, 1898.
EDITOR WADswoRTH DIsPATCH:
In relation to Senator Stewards bill
and the removal OF the Indians from
Wadsworth | would say l think the
Indians might consent to have their
lines changed to a point near their
school house but not to their entire re-
growth of the town in that direction the
lack OF a valid little has been a serious
detriment to the improvement and sale
of property in Wadsworth for many
years. l say help the bill along and
throw no obstacles in its way.
VIM. DONALDSON.
r. H. Cowles says: 81 would like to
see the whole of Township % pass to the
whites under Senator Stewards bill. The
land in question has never been used by
the Indians for reservation purposes, it
is OF no value to them particularly, and
I do not see the need of them trying to
reserve the ITO acre tract. l would like
to see the Government pay them what
is right, have tt treaty with them 30
what is done will meet with their APP
prevail, and have them satisfied. l hope
the bill will pass and that no ITO acre
tract will be RESET we'd. Their land
should be in one parcel and that will
save further complications"
Andy Russell judges by the toni OF
the Indian Commissioners letter that
that Office has decided not to give the
whites the 10 acre tract. Andy would
like to see the bill pass and doen't see OF
what use the ITO acre tract is to the In
dians., 1t cannot be cultivated in it's
present condition and is absolutely nee
essary to the further growth OF the
town.
]. f. Crosby says: l hope Senator
Stewart will be successful in this effort
that proper title may be acquired. That
Indian school will never be used again,
in my opinion, based on good grounds.
The ITO acre tract is of no particular
value to them and hope for the good Of
the town and its future that the tract
will not be reserved. The town is build
ing that way now, in fact it is the only
available place to build. Let us do all
we can to help Senator Stewart and to
have that 40 acres included in the
townsite.
w. d. Linton says: This long pend
ing question seems to be in a fair way to
be settled and | hope it will be. The
Indian school has been abolished and is