Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-19

| CORA goat raising is II very important
industry, and we look forward to the not
| far distant time when it will command
the investment of large amount of
capital in this State.
TIE Union Pacific Railroad passes
over, in round numbers, about 40 miles
in Nevada 1t owns the odd sections on
either side within the limits of twenty
miles where they are not held by prior
right as reservations, presumption claims,
town sites, etc. Less these exceptions,
the railroad is possessed of a tract of land
equal to an area of $50 miles in length
by 20 in width-9,00O square miles, or,
5,76O, GOO acres. Should the bill which
has passed the Honse of Representatives
become law, this land will be taxed
and its present proprietors holding it
without patent will be required to pay
the assessment The average value of
the land is not greater than twenty-five
cents per acre and will. probably, not be
assessed higher. At this rate of assess
ment, and one and quarter the rate per
cent of tax, the 500, 600 acres in ques-
ton will yield to the several counties
along the road, in distributed sums, $1S,-
600 Say the land is assessed at fifty
cents per acre, then S36, 600 will be the
amount of the revenue. Much less,
however, than this amount will be reali-
Zed from a tax upon the vast and mostly
barren sagebrrsh tract, granted to the
railroad on account of its diminished
area-diminished by the claims of prior
Government grantees.
Our KING STREET contemporary makes
two very notable mistakes in its issue of
yesterday The least important of these
is that the present incumbent of the
State Printers Office and the editor OF
the APPEAL are trotting in harness for
the said office. If the person last re-
ferred to is to be candidate for that po-
sition he will endeavor to paddle his
own canoe--and Mr.. Putnam will prob
ably pursue a similar course with regard
to all candidates. The other mistake
made by our neighbor is that there are
no wild flowers in blossom about here.
In correction of this erroneous statement
we beg to say that we know of a party
of small people who. being treated to a
ride on Sunday, picked some very beau
tiful boquets of d-fowers from among
the sage-brush which grows contiguous
to the Elliot tlume, half mile or less
south of our town limits. The close
observer will note the presence of not
less than half dozen varieties of very
beautiful little flowers peeping through
the sand and hardy weeds, in the region
indicated. -.a..--..-....... .-...-s
A Communicative SoUAw informed
some ladies who are gifted interpreters
of broken Washoe, yesterday, that the
poor Indian who had his leg crushed by
the cars at Washoe City the other night,
would probably die within few days.
This is not the mahala' S exact language,
but that is what she meant. What she
did say, in point of fact. was, that he
cheap puke and heap die" We infer
that he is unable to retain any nutri-
ment,- his stomach suffering from SYM
pathetic or other influences. The squaw
also impaired what seemed susceptible
of the Interpretation that the wounded
man was receiving the medical attentions
of q certain Indian woman learned in
the mysteries OF aboriginal pharmaceu-
tics and matsria medica
TIE GENTLKxEN who are organizing o
nroprammey of exercises for Decoration