Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1902-05-24
SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE
STATE OF NEVADA.

dressed him at his last residence in
California, because she was not sure
we had post-offices here. In the
letter she inquired if pianos and
schools were known in Nevada. How
ever it is intended kindly, and here
it is:
Probably less is known of the social
Institutions of Nevada in the east
than of any other State in the Union.
There are many persons in this sec
ton of the country who know very
little, if anything at all, of the pres
ent condition of affairs in the Silver
State, or of the progress made in
that State during the past quarter
of century. In speaking of the
Great West to-day the name of Cali
fornia at once comes to our lips, but
we seldom think of Nevada. And
yet Nevada has aided more than any
other State in building up the Pacific
Coast. Its great resources of min
eral wealth have been the means of
building up many cities and making
millionaires of Comparatively poor
men. In San Francisco alone, the
Bank of California, the Nevada Bank,
the Palace Hotel, the Sutro Heights,
the Sutro baths and electric road,
numerous foundries which turn out
the ponderous mining and milling
machinery, large wholesale houses Of
every description, and many beau
tiful homes owe their existence to
Nevada capital Even Atlantic cables
and transcontinental telegraphs were
built with money dug from the soil of
the Silver State. But despite all this
to-day there is not monument III
the entire State in the shape a public
bequest or a public institution to
)w that Nevada ever produced
Ii lionaire. Truly, the men who owe
their great wealth to Nevada have
not dealt fairly with the State. Not
withstanding this unkind treatment,
Nevada has itself maintained its in
situations in manner of which it
may well feel proud.
The State University at Reno
would do credit to a State with fifty
times the population of Nevada. The
young men graduated as mining en-
gineers from this institution are con
tinually in demand all over the world,
and Nevada has often been forced to
depend on imported experts, not
familiar with their surroundings, to
outline the development of the mines
This condition of things is happily
drawing to a close, as new era has
dawned upon the State, and here
after the young engineers will be
kept busy engaged in their own
State The public schools of Nevada
have attained a very high standard.
There is always on hand healthy
school fund to maintain them, and it
- lined that no State in the Union
higher salaries to its teachers.
Il moral conditions of the State
being guarded, and although
ling is carried on in many places
J Y, nevertheless licenses are be-
Q 'adually raised so as to confine
IT as small a radius as possible,
m j many instances only the larger
ms can afford to have open gam
x.
is a matter of record that in
ly counties grand jury is not
Id upon to find an indictmen in
--~ course of year for anything
re than petty otfense. A mid
bit closing law is on the statutes.
tcurfew law is observed in the
Der towns, and a law recently
sed prohibiting the use of nickel
he-slot machines is vigorously en-
led. Cigarettes may be sold only
or a heavy license, making it un-
stable for dealers to do so, and
morals of the youth are thereby
iy guarded.
lime in Nevada is at a very low
land more peaceable and law
big community is hard to find
-,vwhere. The State prison at Car
City harbors few desperadoes.
son boasts of State library with
Fexcellent law department, and
cough the generosity of Andrew
.rnegie public library will soon be
tablished at Reno. Every section
the State has its! newspapers, both
lilies and weeklies. The various
ligious denominations are well rep
scented and every community has
everal churches.
4 Now that the eyes of the mining
World are turned towards Npyada
the population will increase with
great rapidity. The State to-day is
In much better position to protect
life and property than it would be
simply as new Golconda, without
the experience of nearly forty years
of Statehood. 1t is gratifying to
note that the vast amount of money
now finding its way to Nevada is for
good and solid investment rather