Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-09-06
ELKos n ,NUFAcrUHING POS
SIBILlTIES.


While the enterprisinR citizens OF
Reno are stramnR every nerve to
establish a wooden mill ON the banks
OF the Truckee, the good, easy goiuR
people Of Elkr. (sho have never been
kno Sn To look tan inch beyond The if
nose) living as they do in lie yer!
conter, Of one of the most productive
wool growing porn"us of the Stsre,-
having the never failing Humboldt
river wasting the raw material Of ID
motive power for my character OF
electric works pass ny siuggishly by
wish no thou sht Of it's utility. IT.
banks WITH load ng distance ~ the
Central Pacific railro ld,-sit idly By.
content with the few crumbs the!
may ga'her from the opportunities
nature hae so lavishly thrown i'll
their way, and wait for enterprisinp
strangers with less means and nor
brains to step in and grasp the OPP
portunitiee long lying dormant with.
in their reach.
Reno ia iust becoming u lnrge and
populuus city, with not M greater
advantage thai has the town of Ella"
other than the enterprise OF its
citizens. When the time comes. Ms il
surely will. that the thoughtl.ss
citizens Of Elko. will be disenchanted
from tile music Of the twenty dollar
pieces they are now lingering and
jinglinR III their pockets. and when
they shall have emerged from the
clouls OF smoke emitted fro. the
Meerschnurns behini which they are
so~contentedly sitting and see the tram.
loads Of manufactured fabrics
manufactured in more enterpri-inp
towns, with no better fic,li les, with
in their State-passIng to the easi
and west before their very eyes. their
BRAINS will wrack III wonder ut their
" stupidity. While we are beg
RiuR on our knees, yea, crawling
snake fashion, for the National
government t' give us better irrigat.
ing facilities for agricultural and
mechanical purposes u we'll rs for
the purpose of raoistening the land
upon which our sheep are g.azed,
what are we dong with the large
streams Nature has placed at our
very doors? Why are we sending
tons Upon tone OF the finest wool
grown in the United Ststes 20 crowd
the already plGthoric purses OF the
eastern mauufacinrers? What right
have We Ia complain Of the eIurbi-
tant rates OF railroad computes in
Transporting our wool to eastern
markets? What business sense is
displayed IN sending it there to be
manufactured and returned in Fab.
rics. with their many intermediate
costs aud profits, for orr consunp
tiopf
That the manufacturing of wooden
goods with tile natural facilities pre-
nented would he a largely paying in.
vestment to It's promoters. --that it
would be OF immense value to our
penple.-thRt its ~ lsibility ia beyond
quesIion,-are subj cts which require
no study. A JOINT stock compan,
could be formed 10y the citizens OF
Elko and its immed'ate vic uity IN Il
Q irprisngly al" r, time. A consulta-
ton IT til 40 feel IN IN interest
wonld c ped 10 matters. We
would suggest II meeting, in Elko. Of
those who approve Of the idea. at MI
carly date. Lutte regrets Will be- use
less.
Act nov Review.
Bro. Plnnkett, the people OF Elk"
are wnIt nK. idly waiting. for the
Humboldt ri ver TO run bank full dur
ing the summer months to turn tint
wheels Of the great factories You zee
IN your minds eye. They nre uIsu
waiting for cheap fuel, but when on
coal mine produces coal and u OIL
welle, that are to be. are drilled aud
gushing the fuel problem will be
solved and they won't are Ii blanket!
blank whether the nver runs full OF
empty. When this blissful time
comes, u great city will spring up Oh
the bnDKs OF the Humboldt. Then.
perhaps, the people OF ElkO will get
onto the car Of progress aud ride Ia
the head of the proc. sslun.
But ~ all seriousness there ia food
for solid thought in what Bro
Plunkett suyE. Certain it is TIM
nothing will DO accomplished in the
way Of building up tho town unless
efforts are made in that direction.
Who will col the wheels in motion on
the lines marked OFT BY bro.
pIunkotl.