Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-15
WON'T LIE.

FIGURES WON'T LIE.
Among other valuable documents
transmitted t. us through the courtesy
Of our Senators and Assemblymen q,
the Capital, we find the biennial report
of the Surveyor-General and State
Land Register. The document is quite
elaborate and treats very ably, in a
statistical way, of the various branch
es Of industry known to the State
giving in tabular form a detailed ac-
count of our agricultural, horticul-
tural and mineral products, together
with a very complete and authenticity
obtained summary of the lumber
manufactured, live stock raised and The
internal improvements added sin 9
last report. Personally we haven't
the least taste for the geographical,
being perfectly we'll contented in
knowing that the SENTINEL forms a
component part in the makeup OF
lilo olNciy onecOtuSh Stdlos duu tudt,
in the vision of the far -sighted, Eu-
reka is the intellectual axle around
which the non important remainder
of the State revolves. Notwithstand-
Ing these luminous facts, and our in
herited aversion to geographical data,
it may be interesting to some of our
readers to know that the area of our
State comprises seventy.one million
seven hundred and thirty-seven thou.
sand sevens hundred and forty-one
acres, or $1,000 square miles: that
we have five railroads traversing va
rious portions of the State, with an
aggregate length of 645 miles, and a
hundred miles of wood and lumber
fumes bringing the mountain tim.
Der down from the SUBMITS into the
valleys to furnish a large portion OF
the freightage to these iron roadways
the total number Of feet of sawed
lumber alone produced for the past
two years bring in round numbers 63,-
$50, 000-besides the millions upon mill
ions of cords of firewood sent into mar
ket through the same channels. In an
agricultural way. although Nevada
lays no particular claim to having an
extensive arabic area, We have still
been reasonably thrifty in producing
for the two years 173,44O bushels oil
wheat; l,ll6,4l3, of barley; 397,O65, d
oats; 2l,721, of corn; 1876, of rye;
663,3l9, of potatoes; and, without a
further plunge into the figures of the
report. a plentiful supply of all the
staple roots and cereals. Our diaries
have given us $40, l60 pounds of good
butter for the same length of time, and
27,500 pounds of cheese; while we stop
but a second to consider "How doth
the little busy bee" of Nevada, from
out this wilderness of sage-brush place
before us in delectable fountains n
800 pounds of honey. OF fruits and
berries the report speaks but slightly,
though We are not by any means with
out them; and to draw all of these pro-
ducts to a market, that have not been
freighted by the different railroads, the
States quota of horses and mules
number 81 1888, with an addition of 53l
asses not counting any of our cotem.
poraneous quill-drivers OF the Com
stock. or beef and other horned cat
tie the record for the closing of last
year shows l43,OSS, the rumber OF
sheep being l53.3S7. These latter USE
full animals we have ~"ieeced," for the
past two years, out Of 1902. 227 pounds
Of wool. The report gives us credit in
1876 with 1928 voters-a falling of
from the previous year of $50, and this
must end our figures, for, as Figures
won't lie." We are beginning to think
our usual occupation, like Othello's-
coma.