Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-31
THE CENTENNIAL.

gentlemen selected from The several
counties in the State. each county being
represented Ivy NJ least one member
Five members o. this Board constitute
"A business quorum at any stated meet
ing The officers Of the Board are a
President. Secretary and Finance Com
mittee. Neither the officers nor mem-
bers of the Board receive any compen-
sation for services rendered Vt the last
session of the Legislature an Act was
passed appropriatiug S20.CUO for the
purpose Of collie ciirS and exhibiting "a
suitable display of Nevada'S geological
and mineral productions at Philadelphia
III 1876 at the Centennial celebration Of
the nations birthday. This amount
was placed by the Act which appropriat
ed IL at the disposal of the State Board
Of Centennial Commissioners. The act
ing President of the Board Is Hon. c.
e. Stevenson and the permanent Secre-
tary is II. Il. Whitehill. State Nineralo-
gi>t Major ". w Mccoy of Eureka is
the Government Centennial Commits
sioner on Mines and J. w Hain.s OF
Genoa his alternative u being inc0n-
yenIent to convene the Beard. and the
season for n commencement Of the work
VI having
mt the suggestion Of the above named
gentlemen. W. F. Stewart has under
taken the task lie has Just SGT ont up
on a tour through the GENITAL and eastern
counties Of Nevada. and will spend the
Summer In collecting varieties Of ORES.
minerals and other specimens Of Ne
vada products for the Exhibition. As
Nevada stands at the ht ad Of the mining
States of tie MON. 1t is expected tina;
II viii be represented IN a manner COM
meusurate with Its position Everybody
should take an interest III the matter and
cooperate with Professor Stewart and
the Commissioners by contributing
specimens for TIE cabinet. State pride
II rofEing else should induce our cIti-
zsns io lend a helping hand to forward
ing this Importan; work. Visitors from
al parts Of the civilized world will Re ut
the Centennial. ard the varied mineral
products of Nevada. tie great mining
State Of the Union, if not of the world.
ought to be we'll repre- st nted.-iSiictr
.Stdte
1t is desirable that this Centennial
business slou,d be understood better
than 1t is. Is Nr. Stewart the author
lied agent of the Centennial Board fur
this State, OF i he acting informally and
on his own hook? This query Is petit
nent in view of the fact that We have
already heard doubts expressed Of Stew
art : authority 70 act. We have 10 doubt
OF his competency. no fault to find with
his acting a. specimen collector for the
Commission; but IS he clothed with the /
authority Of the Board: There ought |
not to be any mistake IN this matter. /
There IS only about a Year in which to /
make the proposed collection. When it /
is made it should he arranged in such a I
style and completeness OF scientific .
order as that it may take It's proper rank
among the meteorological collections of !
the great schools. 1t ought TO be the !
very best collection of precious metal
bearing ores in the world. And if Mr.. /,
Stewart is the accomplished scientist his
many admirers claim. he should be, ii
he is to have the important task entruSt-
cd TO Lin OF collecting cGr Nevada cabi.
net, have an outfit, and he formally
commissioned. Another matter relating
TO the collection Of Nevada ores: 4 year
or more ago one Donaldson of Montana
came here with Il considerable flourish
Of trUmpets and announced himself as
an authorized collector Of specimens of
for the Pacific Coast lie met
with the Centennial Board aid had
heap to say Strangely. be requested
that the papers should bs sil' L; regard
ing his mission Since then be has
been very busy coiIec'irr Ticl, specimens.
IL struck Us rs strange hen, and 1t
seems to us strange now, that this stran-
ger from not very conspicuous bullion
producing Territory should he coramis-
stoned TO DO ali this collecting OF Pacific
coast ores, for the Great Centennial.
His collections ly this time must he very
valuable. We don't want to east sus-
pieion upon him. but before he goes any
further We should like 10 know what he
has done and what lie is going to do