Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-11-20

EUREKA DAILY SENTINE1
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20. is7s.
OUT o. D8DT. .,
Theirs 10 . little card In our0drertfo
ing columns this morning. fromsshe
County Auditor, 10 which We desfkexel
call the particular attention Of Ax1pay-
srs and citizens geneNnN Thersu0
stance Of It 10. that Eurekssg9unkshss|
the coin ON hand to pay eveV sohAr'
she owes on earth~s Indeed, heo-how.
ing is even better ahansaAp - aft$
liquidating our dsbtA We W carry
y In the General FaiavSpUt Ss-Ooo;,
the Current Expense FUND.- Sf6. 700;
School Fund. Ss.ooos- sg1 ~ ope Hrs
Fund, 5000; making srsa<a hnsans sdGs
eral funds Of $4,000 Che msnass'
just collected hsvs not yepbseua pPG-
toned, but the figures glvensbcsa are
substantially correct. BIZ reason Of
the extensive improvements madsIm
the ssfssts and highways sduEfhg bhs
summer, the Road Fund u exhausted.
We have also . bonded debt Of $780,
whis1 doss NOS mature until nextJuly
There Il abundant funds on hand 70
pay Il, II Il could b called In. 0But The
cold proposition 10, that Eureka county
10 sqaars with the world. and carries
forward In the hsnds.os the Treasurer
. very healthy cash balance besides.
The financial officers are 'sanguine
that the county can be- kept en
. cash basis, without issuing a
dollars worth Of scrip, all throueh
the coming year. The bullion tax for
the present quarter 10 expected % rear
ise $4,000. II this should be- main
tanned for the next nine months as in
all human probability 1t will. almost
enough would be derived frem this
source alone to defray the current ex-
pensss Of the county. In addition 10
the bullion tax the Sheriff turns In
over 5000 per month on license 90
count. 80, taking the cash We have.
In connection with estimates Of future
collections, IL 10 . settled fact that the
sorip Of Eureka county will not soon
again appear In the markell Theltax
rate nsxt year will not. sxcesd.twoi
collars on the one hupdreds and IL the
State rate out down, 70 tho actual
.necsssities Of the casss We could get.
along With 81 90. For this very grati-s
tying state Of AFFAIRS great credit. Is
due 70 our local ONO ers. all OF whom,
without exception, have discharged
The duties dsvolving upon them, faith
fully and economically. To the Board
Of County Commissioners collect
lively. and to Uncle John Horn
especially. Is the thanks of tax
payers due. when Nj. Horn came
into office, the county debt was
mot far short Of s 5000. He has stead
lily kept In view the administration of
affairs on . basis OF economy,
consistent with efficiency. giving to
the smallest detail his personal
attention aud looking AFTER the. inter-
ests Of the county and taxpayers with
. devotion seldom found i'm a. public
servant. whose salary is but $50 per
mouth. . sum wholly disproportion.
ate to the labor performed He has at
al times, however, been. ably second
ell In his efforts By the otbsr' members
Of the Board and the whole, force.of
county officials - wslls Fors some
wholesome lseislation.s whereby the
county savsd . good many. Thousands
of dollars, Il would appear egotistica1
70 lodge the credit whereof IT. properly
belongs. 1t may b saids however,.
that inasmuch ~ the writersof this ara
ticle has been the suthorsofs.everyb>bilr
in anyway affecting Eureka county.
from tn creation down: to thes present
day, he takes no little pride iu It's pres
emit ~satisfactory status among the Older
counties Of the State. -.
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