Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-04-21


stand back and let others from more
favored localities take the positions OF
our home teachers and also the money
paid for teachers services.
Speaking still further ON this sub
jcct rs a business proposition, among
the nine hundred and siSty-two chill
dren between the age Of six and eigh.
teen, residing in tho county, there
are many whose parents arc DESTROYS
OF giving their children n better edu.
cation than our common schools af-
ford. and are abundantly able to dose.
These parents rightly hesitate to com.
NIT the care OF their children to
strangers. and so they take them to
places where an education is possible.
and the result is n loss in popula-
ton.
In such q crisis ms the one now be-
fore Us, petty j~cnlousies between diff.
ferent localities IS not a sufficient ex
cuse for an adverse vote. A city like
Reno or snlt Lake situated anywhere
neal wouid greatly enhance the value
OF all kinds OF property all over tho
country. When people seek homes,
they choose them wherever the best
advantages may be had, and among
the first advantages sought for are
good schools. Elko county contains
undevelopcd resources more diversi
fled and far superior to any other
county in the State. Yet with all her
natural advantages what progress has
che made or is she making? We
boast OF our low rate of taxation, but
what sit doing for us, and what has
it done in the past? In tho absence
OF even Il High School, how many
families has it attracted to our county
and how much has it enhanced the
value ofyour workshops, your Il IL
cheS or the products of either? Let
the rusting tools OF the blacksmith
and the carpenter, the deprecated
of our homes our farms and
their products answer these ques.
There are too many mines owencd
by the lictty Greens of Elko County.
There is an economy which is not
economy, n conservatism which is
II you desire prosperity,
'ou must seek it, and by your own cx-
bring about those conditions
which prosperity is produced.
That the necessity for a County
iigh School exists may be further
demonstrated by the fact that during
lie present school year, notwithstdnd
ng the fact that II tuition OF twenty
i've dollars has been charged, forty
our nonresident pubi!s have been
omitted to the Elko schools, and
many others have been refused nd.
mission for lack of accommodations.
some OF the parents Of these pupils
rented houses ard have re-
III town. Some of tho stu
ients have found temporary homes
With relatives or friends. and still
have rented rooms and are do.
ng their own cooking, being supplied
With provisions from their homes i'm
he valleys from which they come.
I such has been the attendance, not
outstanding the tuition, what will
t be when a County High School
hall be established, absolutely free
o all the young people Ill the coun.
y, and when the conditions are
UGH ms will enable the teachers to do
work than it is possible to do
lnder the present conditions?
Citizens and voters OF Elko county,
consider these truths we'll before
your ballots, and after such
consideration If you decide that the
aso requires Il negative vote; then,
nd only then, is it your duty as an
american citizen to do So; but re-
member that the young people OF the
's "' ''ENAIs anu t~iNlOllSis
waiting your decision on the Doth
viii you grant what costs
'OH so little. but means 80 much to
hem2 Do not remain at home on
he day Of election and intruSt SO inn
4 matter TO your neighbor,
mt go to the polls and cast your vote
or the County High School, and, by
o doing, furnish I'm object lesson on
he Importance OF education HAT will
ave Il noyer.cnding influence with
he young people of the county and
tho anniversary OF tho Doth OF
spril to be celebrated in the future
High School with appropri.
tc exercises and grateful remem.
'rancos.