The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1910-07-26
CLAIMS COLCONDA CATTLE
CO. FENCED PUBLIC LANDS
President Kent States Report Of Special Agent Jewell Is lJl
true and Is Being Circulated for Political Effect

The following account of the alleg-
ed fencing of government land by the
Golconda Cattle company is taken
from the San Francisco Chronicle of
last Saturday:
As Mr.. Kent, the president of the
company, is congressional candidate
from his home district in California,
politial canards have been looked
for by his friends for some time.
William r. Jewell, the special gov
ernment agent referred to in the article
was here for month last fall, and re-
gardino his visit the Silver State of
November Is, 1909, under the heading,
May Have Been After Fencers, -
had the following to say: :
William r. Jewell, mineral land in
spector for the general land office,
with headquarters at San Francisco,
who had been in Humboldt county on
official business for month, left for
Reno and Carson City the last of the
week.
During his stay in the county Mr..
Jewell, whose ostensible business was
the inspection of lands to determine
their character, whether mineral or ag-
rieultural, made several trips into the
northern part of the county. For this
reason the impression has gone abroad
that he was chiefly interested in find
ing out if any government land had
been fenced in on the ranges to the
north.
Weather permitting, Mr. Jewell
will return during the week for furthi
er investigations.
(San Francisco Chronicle, July 23)
The Golconda Cattle company, of
Golconda, Nevada, of which William
Kent, John E. Webb and d. P. Osborn
are president, secretary and superin-
tendent, respectively, is charged in a
land office report with fencing in pub
lie lands in Nevada Kent and Webb
are both of Kentfeld, Cal, Kent being
a candidate for congress from the
second district. Osborn lives at Col
eonda, New
The matter was dealt with in a res
port made last November by William
r. Jewell, as special agent of the gen
eral land office.
The United States district attorney
has been directed to institute action to
have the fence removed and to lay the
matter of the eompany's alleged vio-
lation of the law before the federal
grand jury. For some reason the prose
eution has been delayed, the only ex-
PLANTATION being that the district attor-
ney "has been little slow in getting
around to the ease
The Jewell report did not become
public when it was filed, and it is still
not accessible, but it is known that it
sets forth that the Golconda company
fenced in total of 1856 acres, 2,247
acres being public land and TAT acres
railroad land. Attorney Chas. Levers
is acting as attorney for the Golconda
Cattle company.
Inclosed With Barbed Wire.
The inclosed tract is known as the
Rock Creek ranch and lies in townships
"a and 35 north, range 80 and 40 east,
Mount Diablo Meridian, being situated
about eight miles south of Golconda,
Humboldt county. While there is no
evidence, Jewell explains, that any one
has been restrained from entering or
fling upon the government land, sew
eral residents of the vicinity are will
irg to testify. according to his report,
that they desired to locate on sections
of the public land, but were deferred
fom doing so because the company had
them inclosed Barbed wire fencing
connected with a natural barrier Of
mountain rim rock constituted the in
closure.
Superintendent Osborn told the land
Office agent that he thought mostly
railroad land was inelosed, but there
might be little public land.''
Map of Fenced Territory.
William Kent has made protest to
President Taft against the contemplat-
ed action in court against his company,
declaring that no plblic lands are with
IN the confines of the fence. Agent
Jewell, however, has submitted a map
the correctness of which is attested by
a witness who accompanied him, trae-
ing in the course of the fence, and
comparison with the official maps at
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