Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-07-18

July Is. 1878


Our correspondent started upon HIS
travels day or two since, and arriv-
ed safely at Carson in average bodily
h alth and plethoric purse.
He found at the Capitol, affairs gen
orally quito dull. 1t sppesrcdte him
the improvements about the State
House were not pushed as vigorously
toward conclusion ashley might be,
and probably the winter will set IN
before the entire work is completed.
Thinks perhaps the contractor has a
good thing, as there appears no one
to overlook him. the majority of the
State officers who have the affair in
charge, being off on their usual nine
ty-day vacation, soiourning in San
Francisco or some watering place in
California. This kind of thing should
be discontinued. and we shall advo-
cate at the next session of the Legis-
lature, the doing away of at least
sixty days of this vacation business,
and at the same time insist that the
Governor shall reside at the capital.
These sirlecure offices with large sal
aries and deputies (whose emolu-
mcnts are equal to the pay OF Gov
crnor of New York; are about played
out, and VIC taxpayers must take
hand in the next election and send
only men to the next Legislature who
are pledged to reform and reduction
of salaries. Extravagant printing
bills; extras in the Controllers and
Secretary of States offices, particu-
l.rlv about the end of each year, in
the way of much copying, &C. to-
eethsr with heavy expenditures to
carry on the Land Office, foots up
pretty large sum TO come out of the
D ,ckets of the tax-ridden eommuni-
". Generally, upon an average, We
pay fifty per cent more to be govern
ed. than do the citizens of our sister
State, California, What surprises us
however more than anything else is
that Bros. Mighels and Parkinson
never allude in their columns TO these
extravagant expenditures. Most us
uallv it is the case that they are
wide awake on most subjects, but IN /.
this matter right under their nose,
they seem to be ignorant of what Is
going on. Why is it Are they |
afraid to express their sentiments as
to these matters Does Jim. Minor,
and Bill Hobart control the pens of
the editors Of the two journals printed |
at the Capital, that it is impossible
for the people of the State to learn of
any thing going on in and around the |
State House. and hereby compel the
correspondent of an outside paper to
travel to the Capital, in order to find
out what the news is, and so inform
his seven hundred subscribers. scat
tered all over the State.
Less of Booth, Bidwell and Cor
ham, Rice and Helms water works
the 1going below of Mr.. So and So
and the arrival of Mrs. So and So;N
and more of matter interesting to the
public, similar to that continued in
the TIMES. would make your papers,
Messrs. Mighels and Parkinson, more
attractive than they are at the present
time. Teach your people more gen
erosity. less selhshness, increased en-
ergy in progressive enterprises. repair
of sidewalks, as well as their clear
ance of the large number of idle per
sons who occupy them in chairs, %
the annoyance and disgust Of the pc
destriar, community.
Seriously, were it not the town de-
rived so large a patronage both from
the Mint and r. r. employees, the
grass would be growing in its streets,