Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-03-06
GEO. gibson HEARD FROM
He Has a Few Words of Sar-
Casm to Unload.
Boom, Boom! BOOm.,

h"l'o amusing W Iedu the various con
munlcatlons IN the APPEAL of late, re.
garding the booming of our town. SucI
a splrlt of unSelfishness, such a feeling o.
self sacrifice as has been shown are
rare spectacles in any community anC
highly cOmmendable in this. However,
must take issue with some of YOU
worthy correspondents and in doing SC
will state that | do not wish to be often.
sIve, nor retard the wave OF prosperity in
the least, but in my unsOphisticated
manner state facts as | view them. and
let results work gu their own destina-
tlOn. L think it unwise to suggest a re-
ductlon in the salaries of our State and
county officials. Look at our State
officials for example, they give up their
homes and business abroad to come here
n serve the dear people, and when
their official term ends they go out of
office broke, having spent their last dol
lar in the community. The same applies
TO the Mint officials. Would you curtail
resources like these? Not much, If |
had the power I would double their sal
aries! | would make the Mint and Can
itol swarm like a beehive with nigh
priced employees. This surely would
bring more money into our town. help
ing all branches of trade and business.
Regarding u school teachers, | think
they are the poorest paid of any class of
pubic servants. See how they have to
struggle tor years to arrive at that point
where they can obtain a certificate hat
qualltleS them to teach, and talk ahout
their teaching five days in the week, It's
true they teach five days in the week. but
they also work after school hours and
saturdays and Sundays, when they
ought to be at their devOtiOns. making
out reports, studying out examples and
problems and blackboard exercises for
the following week. They are moulding
and training the youthful mind and char
acter for a life of usefulness. What a
gigantic work! What a world of respon-
Slblllty! Do the fathers and mothers of
thls community whose places they take
Tor the time being, ask or want them to
perform such arduOus duties for a beg
carly plttance? | hope not and would
tam believe that the suggestion comes
from those who have no children. or no
'ti punt St1lOOlS, Or from
that class which happens to be blest or
cursed with a super abundance of this
worlds wealth, and forever bowling
about excessive taxation.
lthas been suggested that we ought to be
careful whom we elect to office, very true
heretofore we have sent statesmen to Our
Legislature and whilst they have been
graphing with great National issues and
the rrles of Government. our town and
county and their institutions have been
neglected and forgotten. Hereafter let us
SEM politicians to represent us, thew
VINO understand the push and pull of
politics. If we do this perhaps we might
get an appropriation for a State Fair at
Carson, water for the Orphans Home. an
electric car line to the prison and out to
ShaW'S lilo Springs and other legisla-
ton of equal Importance.
50 far as taxation on mortgages is con-
cerned there is one consolation it does
not come out of the poor. Those who
afford to pay taxes.
Regarding electric lights, SlS5 per
month, sever the wires at once and give
us the good old days of the dark ages of
the early history of this town, before we
knew what electric lights were. Then
everybody had money and all were do
ing well. Then we had a change of diet.
a man for breakfast once in a while street
duels, gambling on the green, big minino
suits and a chance to get on the Jury.
hurdy gurdys and other accomplish
ments OF a new and live town.
Water Sl55 80 per month. cancel the
contract and drink whiskey. This will
boom the saloons a very important fac
tor iii the arena of politics. Go to Shaw,s
Hot Springs and take a bath, sweat out
the alcohol and build up Charley Singer
a very good man.
Gas $40 to so per month, blow it ont.
Sheriff Kinney, Judge Healey and nv
self will furnish all the gas necessary for
city free of cost. This latter dav adj
in civilization has knocked
the stutfiing out of good times. Wells.
Fargo & Co., franks and K. r. passes are
an outrage upon the community in gen
eral and should be prohibited by an act
Of our Legislature. Still if these COM
see proper to sen me a frank and
a pass, l shall sing their praises as long
these privileges last.
Buy your goods at home, and from p.
Wagner, is the true business. but to
compel people to do so we must offer in
i~uceinents. Now l would suggest that
form an incorporation of all the stores +
N town, groceries hardware, boots and ,
noes, drugs, clothing, dry goods, furni- ,
'ure, harness etc, take an inventory of ,
'tock on hand, issue to each party his 6
proportion Of stock, select a business
manager, have him make terms with TT
VI. 1erington, build an upper story on
he round house, put in an elevator
nd run a department store. We could O
q switch in and thoro uo. n