The San Francisco call., 1906-10-30

Cursing, swearing and shouting, 300
adventurous rusners made for the only
road that winds through the powders
toward Dutchman'S Greek, than which
perdition holds no rougher; then
through the gulches beyond the little
creek bed fringed with its cottonwood
trees the wagons calreened, spokes
the motley collection of teams made
the bed of the ancient lake and began
the l'un for the mineral zone.
Many were soon in grief. Wheels
dished against bouIders. drivers were
thrown out and provisions spilled, but
no man stopped save the two colored
BARRIERS from Oakland. They found a
granite boulder and it looked good to
them, so right there and then they
staked a claim. drank up their water,
ate their grubstake. consisting of a bag
of crackers, and lit out for the station
at Thorne. It's cinch that the colored
population of Oakland will be given an
opportunity TO buy some wildcat stock
But the hundreds hurried onward
straight for DUtchman's Creek, and
their rage was boundless when they
found that others were hours ahead of
them.
TOWN SPRINGS UP IN AN HOUR.
Within an hour of the firing of the
signal blast town had sprung up.
Tents were pitched, and, awed by the
gunfighters on the ground, the new ar
rivals sat down to think things over.
They are awaiting developments.
Johnnie Kay, chief of the Washoe
Indians, arrived here tonight from above
Dutchmans Creek He went in with
Captain Pierce, representing the Mine
Operator Johnson of Tonopah, Charles
G. Sigurd and two other Indians. ST.
gurd and Kay report that they rode
from the border as fast as feet horses
could carry them. and when they
reached Cottonwood Creek they found
ii swarming with men, with Diamond
field Jacks men in the lead.
Kay and his men crossed over the
ridge and staked several claims, which
they say are better than anything in
Dutchman's Canyon. Kay has been
over every inch of the reservation, and
il is significant that out of the hun
dreds of Indians here none headed for
the place the white men stormed. They
say the white men will have nothing to
show for their trouble. and assert that
the traditional wealth of Dutchman's
Creek exists alone in f.heir tradition.
Time viii tell. The old Spanish mine
at Dutchman's Creek was staked by ].
w. Doyle of Round Mountain. Another
man asserted that he was in ahead of
Doyle, but up TO a late hour it is re-
ported that Doyle is still in. possession.
HUNDREDS IN AHEAD.
]. R. Miller of Hawthorne was the
first to reach Dutchman's Creek from
the border on this side. but when he
got there he found hundreds ahead of
him. He went farther up the canyon
and staked a few claims. Of the
launches that started from the east
shore of the lake, two-those of Peter
son and Crowley of San Francisco and
Joe Jensen, railroad man-broke
down and before repairs could be ef-
fected they were hopelessly distanced.
Tomorrow will come the sequel
That fraud has been committed no
one disputes; that murder has already
occurred reports already affirm. Twelve
hours, and the truth will reach the out
side world.
The charge is made here that the
shameful opening of the reservation is
the result of an administration effort
to land j. f. Mitchell, Republican nom
inee, in the Governors chair and to de-
feat John Sparks. Democrat.
"A majority of the miners of this
section are Democrats" said Attorney
Fred d. Wood of Tonopah tonight, "and
it was figured that by hurriedly throw
ing open the reservation that hundreds
if not thousands of votes would be
taken away from Sparks. The election
is only seven days away and very few
of the men in the reservation tonight
can get back to their homes in time to
vote. 1t is plain case of politics, but
Washington will hear more of this be-
fore the end comes"