Pacific Gas and Electric magazine . er, members of hisown tribe discovered the plot in time andwhen the young chief appeared on thehigh cliff, they met the plotters in combatand overcame them. Although but twoarrows were ever found the trophiesexhibited satisfied both chiefs and theyoung man obtained his bride whom hehad bravely and gallantly won. Camping out, which is far cheaper thanstaying at the hotels, attracts the greatmajority of Californians. The govern-ment has a few fixed rules and regula-tions in its national forests that can beso easily complied with that no one com-templating camp
Pacific Gas and Electric magazine . er, members of hisown tribe discovered the plot in time andwhen the young chief appeared on thehigh cliff, they met the plotters in combatand overcame them. Although but twoarrows were ever found the trophiesexhibited satisfied both chiefs and theyoung man obtained his bride whom hehad bravely and gallantly won. Camping out, which is far cheaper thanstaying at the hotels, attracts the greatmajority of Californians. The govern-ment has a few fixed rules and regula-tions in its national forests that can beso easily complied with that no one com-templating camp life on government landwill find them anything but a governments word is law and thepreservation of animal and vegetable lifeis supreme, so that in the valley the verybutterflies and all the bird-life seem tofeel and enjoy perfect freedom and pro-tection. I cannot close this without awisii that every friend and friendsfriend of mine may find an opportunityto see this wondrous valley, and conlirmmy pleasant 228 Pacific Service Magazine Landmarks and Types of theSpaulding Region George E. H. Bctlen, ciinipanys ditch-tender at Gold Run, culls from the recesses ofhis memory some notes about the old South \uba ditch, whose acquaintance he madefirst upwards of fifty years ago. THEREWITH submit a few notesabout the South Yuba ditch and itshistory in Placer County. For some ofthe information I am indebted to friends,but mosi of it comes back to me veryclearly, though nearly fifty years havepassed since I first heard of CaptainKidds ditch, as it was then called (63)when I came to Gold Run. At that time the great gravel depositextending from Nary a Red aboveDutch Flat, south of Gophertown, a dis-tance of about live or six miles, hadscarcely been touched, owing, of course,to the limited water supply; this wasespecially true in the Gold Run district,where water could only be had whenthe supply exceeded the demand at DutchFlat and vicinity; and that was not often,
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