The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20
THE SCANDAL OF THE OPENING

Thcreis a confirmed suspicion among tn observing people Of Nevada that
the opening OF he Walker Indian reservation Will not b e unattended by scandals
which will cause he president of tn United States to ne the day when he per-
miued hinsef to be persuaded intoa premature signing IT the opening proclaim
alton. That reservation and the events preceding its opening have been watched
with too close scrutiny to obscure the fact that all will lot b fair and free and
with equal chance for every on ain the location of claims, when the opening day
During the Indian regime, the reservation vas supposed to be jealousy
guarded against prOspectors and interlopers. The government hs had its police
with a strict patrol along its borders, and it has Jared hard with the luckles pros
pctor or adventurer who has dared 70 tempt their confines 1t has been a coveted
but forbidden land, and no me vas supposed to have IN advantage I'VE another
IN exploring Is preserves SUI nj of the tue iac1. hs nfe O0n an In IN,
partial administration of the rules and regulations laid down by the government?
Despite the vigilance of the police, many prospectOrs' through ne subtnfuge
or another, have gained entrance to ii reservation for a short time On these
trips they have encountered numerous so called government BIOLOGISTS min
Tbevw were there nreTmaM 10 exnlore n aetemine and La off the mineral
lands, and segregate them from the grazing and agricultural lands, for the purpose
of allotment by the government. But it has become known that many of these
socaned government officials we're no in the government employ It all, but
armed with permits were purely prospecting the mineral lands for the pr-
pose If their location as mining claims 1T the opening of the reservation; and the
monuments they set up were not the Surveyors posts, but guides to the claimants
in future operations In fact some of these government ofidals' were recog-
nzed as welknown prospec@rs, experts and mining engineers IF Nevada in tn
employ OF large mining syndicahs, or CT men who hia honOrapie aa esp0sio
positions in the government service, either elective or appointive, and for these
men and these syndnates. the government employees were obtaining notes and
information to b. used upon the opening Of tn efvation n II WI De round
without a peradventme, that much If the best mineral ground will have already
been saked the instant the clock indicates thu hour of noOn OF tn III IF his
~~n In t~f mere are d score OF inning mn anu 0peA%"n
whO make 10 coaceahment of the fact that they nave had pOspec%rs in he n
an Ieservaton for months past these prOspectors being armed with permits
and upon investigation it is found that every o these operators has some po
nacalO or social pull with high government officials, either in Nevada OF in
As a result of these foregoing facts h sturdy prOspetors o Nevada, who
have conserved the law and regulations concerning the reservation, are net survey
ing the situation with calm and submissive uncorcern, and when the ruhb breaks
yer the bOrder " are more than apprehensive of trouble. In fact that therew will
pe oaO0ashed is generally accepted Prospecting parties areg going into the reser-
vahon armed to the teeth, with the determination that n man or set o men shall
nave d claim mat was located before the minute If the official opening of the re-
serve Ihey are bold in declaring their rights and their determination to defend
them to the death.
yin apparent foundation It is generally believed that the unnatural and uncaned
tcLa. M m view. me mines of Nevada, almost to a nal, vote the Democratic
nro~n uslssu w rebound to the chances If the Republican ticket. Nine out of ten
49, 70 anu INNING menw who go into the dstrit-and there will be thou
It is a i Mn nose nose eM .a votes and the Republican party will benefit to that degree.
rr,bS +x@ uPn Is streets OF Goldfeld, that if n is a Democrat and wants a
9naTssex .n ~ IN .e END malanr reservation all he hs to do is to go to Republican head
- noEsM Me VIII pc outntted. 1t is hardly possible that the asme Republ-
IA a pSnaclans od not ave this in view, when they urged upon thu department
proclamation. W""S ASuanOe VI the opening
not. W %h atsS., may b, the real facts in the case. the suspicion obtains, and will
Sy uowned tat the opening Of h reservation at this time, M under thu
tatt a ra, ~ ounnoIuons Is attended and influenced by Interior motives, and
ma s nc leai law abdng mtner and prospector viii not be given a sauared deal.
dl umn "a yes mat as an outcome president Roosevelt will have anothers scan
trahon s1e@sah S oo"e 70 nght during his admins