Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-12-29

"A. On, yes. L was mere WHICH lie
build him, thew had lots of fun there.
lots of people from Winnemucca and
Truckee and all those places come
here"
%. Had a kind of ceremony"
"a. Yes, had some kind of c~ere-
mony."
@. And were you ever in-that
building you have said was burned.
Were you ever in the building that is
there now?"
"A. Oh, yes"
%. When did you move to San
Francisco? When did you leave Ne
vada?"
"a. l leave Nevada about twenty
six years ago"
%. About twenty-six years ago?'
"A. Yes"
%. And how many times were
you in that building say that is there
lnow?'
"A. Well the time that he build
it | think many times; many times
when he build it before l went tc
San Francisco, and then when | come
back from San Francisco mostly two
or three years time l come up here
and some times drop in. Many times
I been in there"
%. And do YOU know what the
building that was put on there first,
the two-story building. what it was
used for?"
"A. Joss House."
20. Well, what do you mean by
that? What is a Joss House useG
for?"
"A. JOSS House, you know, what
the Chinese please God, see
%. Use like a church?'
"A. Just like a church, yes"
%. Well, just describe how it was
used?"
"A. Well, Joss House the same as
people-you people please the same
all the same people same as church,
all the same: nearly the same"
20. Well. what do the Cinnamon
do that go there"
"A. Well, sometimes Cinnamon
60 there. you know, please God
some Cinnamon, YOU know Away;
please God. Anything he want tc
do anything he go ask God. And
then any Cinnamon sometimes have
a dispute from the other, then all &C
there and try to have compromlse
make out, make him come and mar
decide the business there sometime
ANY of the Cinnamon or one OF them
have a dispute one to the other, YOU
know, and thew try to make compro-
mise, settle it, you know. Any poor
man dead. anything of that kind al
! ways that Society they help him out
Anybody got no money to bury it
anything of that kind, they pay ou'
money to bury them. Any sick man
anything of that kind, they try te
t help him."
@. Well. do they take sick mer
I there sometimes?"
"A. Yes, sick nan in behind little
8 place hospital before; right behine
Joss House."
@. Right behind the Jos;
House,"
} "A. Yes"
%. Are you acquainted with tn
customs of Chinese people,"
S "A. This Chinatown here"
%. Do you know the custom
$ and manners OF Chinese people"
tt "A. China people here in town?
90. Yes"
Il "A. Oh, yes"
%. And are you acquainted witt
the customs Of Chinese people Ii
ISan Francisco and in China?'
"A. Yes"
d. %. Then I will ask you whethe
n this building called the Joss Hous
e here was used as a Joss House &C
cording to the customs of Chimes
people"
O "a. Yes"
Sue Lee, one of the plaintiffs. ties
g tilted in part as follows:
d %. Ask him if he knew a MAJ
d manned Manning and a man name
o HASKELL"
o "A. Yes sir"
o %. Ask him if he ever had an
d conversation with Mr.. Manning o
Mr.. Haskell about the Joss Hous
e and Chinatown"
"a. Yes, sir"
Il %. Let him state what they sal
) to him."
"A. He says since the Chinatow,
burn people in Reno went-the Chi
II nese owe out and find a new loca
d ton, and some fellow, white fello1
ask the Chinese want to move an
p other way. SO the Chinese don't Xix
it. So Mr.. Manning said, 'Wh
don't you move down here?> Ih
same now as the Chinatown here.
%. All right. Go ahead"
u "a. Then Mr.. Manning and Has
kell call all the Cinnamon and inter
view the new Chinatown, view tn
place, and all Chinese like that place
e SO MIR. Manning build two houses
@ one or two wooden buildings to rem
to all Chinese. And now one brio
building as some now occupy and h
contract with Mr.. Manning to bull
e that store"
20. All right. Go ahead
| "A. Since Mr.. Manninr build tina
d two house, and some Cinnamon the
went to build some more cabin O,
I the Chinatown by themselves, b
Cinnamon, and a year later the Chi
nese want to build a church, the so
4 called loss House. And he is wit