The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1885-01-04
ZEE unrvEas1rr rRoroarr1os.

II occurs tn Us ssss the Eureka Ssnti-
mel. as rather inconsistent on tie paIt Of
ouE western contemporaries to advocate
the removal Of the State University. and
almost in the same breath to demand Of
the Legislature FviTenehlaeat and soon
omy IN the States funds. About all
there is Of The University that could IL
pmoyvd il the uEnle, .utnitare and IL
brary. To rsmoye these would cost the
State little or nothing. and the question
therefore presents Itself to US IN this
light: l. not the proposition to remove
the University the outSroWth Of s,lfsh
mOtiyrs Si the part OF some Of the c.u-
zens of the towns IN the vesteTn part Of
Ssyuda:
Ii tine citizens VI Carson or Of Reno
Ei.I come t. tEr irUui anu vlvT 10 ID 80
much for the construction Oi u universe
~ building and ths maIntenance OF the
same as EIEo has dom, aud ;he State
Lervby nut be called on Tor an sPpgO-
| paatiun Vi any magnitude, the question
summers down 10 Cur o. cOnyeuIeHce, and
rot OF exp,Hse to our people"
That is Ihe ~proposiuOu precisely. II
those ambitious bugs III the West axe
Hungerips aud ;hirsaug for 4 state Unit
yegsity. let than so down into their
pockets as Elko did, and after pa! ms to
lie people Of this county the S-U,UOO tie
buildings COS; them, ius the entire out
Il over to Reno, Carlson, Virginia or
Rhrre ever tue desire IOr IT, acquisition
- most intense. Due notice 10 gwen,
however, that the coia mentioned must
Dc forthcoming Lc.urc either the State
Institution or the bricks and iHUr,ar
which shelter it, uIe suppressed.
\ liberal donation OF land from the
Gener-! Government was secu.,d - the
State by the cstabli,' .Grnt Of the Uni
VrrsIty at iEis place, AID the cost Of the
building was iYrue by the people of
E!kO in conformity with tine PROVISIONS
vi u specific contract cntsrrI mo with
tie STATE; and while having much more
than iuiL,G every provision OF the CON
Tract imposed upon them, the STATE,
while Tcaviug the benefits derived nom
the sale ol the land has acquired, has
utterly tailed to Pcr.Orm lie part oi the
contract with E.AU COUNTY.
The oVrli!uwIEg generosity OF some
prominent gentlemen over about the
COmstOck, h.s prompted them to Hdvo-
cats IAv "duuuiIOu' Of the CuIy,TslIy
banding to E.ko county. IN the acc u.
ihc above Iuri.tIUard Facts, spch i VrUp-
O,!tioI is simply IUdic.Ous Ia Its aUsuTd
ity. But SUPPOSE lie building had not
0ccn erected w4tI Like county money
and tna; some person OF power hid the
right 10 donate II to this people, Of what
possible value could It be- 10 them IN the
event Of the withdrawal OF is eudO~-
ment: The gi.t Of ala abandoned Com
stock shalt would lie equally as muuii-
cent.
~ the instance Of Tie STATE, E.kO
county, fox the purpose OF securing to
the State a donation Of lands, aud to
itself the Uniyersiy, sidlied Itself with
IL bonded debt OF $50, 900 "a portion
still unplid) since which. without the
slightest fault or p~rovocation on the part
Of Eiko county the State Institute, siiu-
| ply because OF its location outside the
| classic shades OF Carson or OF Reno, has
been n target for the coarse gibes q
about all the Srecn-eycd, humpOacked
pcncii-pushers along the eastern slope OF
the SIerraS, and IA biennial bone of con-
tention at each gathering OF the Legis-
liture whose accommodating parsImuuy
toward tue University has rendered
E.kC's investment in the State Institute
u miserhOiy poor speculation.
All Exc asks in this matter is the r.
turn OF the money she WAS induced by
State promises 10 invest, and she viii
then cheeriuily rcIinquish all claim.
upon the University bonanza, to the
CoInstock ~coruoyputs 4 compliance
with the demand for her good money
Is an Imperative Prerequisite however,
without which all the huMlimgs of tie
hungry pack will never cause her Ia
yield one ioIa Of her just and equitable
rights.