The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-06-26
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that none could get the appointment
unless they were so pledged.
Notwithstanding, however, it will be
remembered that | wa appointed n
that the commissioners in their wis
dom and rectitude, and in accordance
with the law and the obligations Of
their high office, caused the county
printing TO be advertised, thus giving
to the Standard and all the papers
OF the county the same and equal
privilege. To a fair or honorably dis
posed mind. there does not appear to
be anything wrong about this, es-
pecially since it will result in a saw
ing of many thousand of dollars of
the public moneys. This course, how
ever, was not satisfactory to the
Standard, whose people for many years
had enjoyed a profitable and easy
monopoly of the printing. They were
not satisfied 10 be treated like other
citizens; they wanted to be treated
differently, and this is all that is the
matter with the Standard and is the
sole reason for its mendacious at
tacks upon me.
Now as to Mr.. Delhi. His griev-
dHtG dlIStS dDOuN dS lOAIONSs Ohol u
after taking the Office l was required
to notify Mr.. Delhi and others of de-
~linquent license tax. Among others
l wrote Mr.. Delhi directing his atten-
tion to the matter and requesting
payment. Fol more than a month he
failed and neglected to pay. and | was
forced to sue for the amount of over
two years back license. | gave him
every opportunity to settle, and to get
attorneys if he desired to contest. Al
almost any time | could have taken
a default against him; | gave him,
as | have stated, all the consideration
possible and compatible with the dis
charge of my duty in the premises.
His attorneys. l am satisfied, will say
the same. The suit is still pending
and will pend until determined; for
if Mr.. Delhi can deprive the county OF
its revenue, surely anybody can. |
have also On many occasions been re-
quired to enforce in the courts claims
against Mr.. Delhi, and on n occas-
sion defended a suit brought by him
against a neighbor. By a singular I'M
iformity the suits were in each in
stance decided adversely to Mr.. Delhi.
This is what is the matter with Mr..
Delhi, and not the improvement of
the back lot, which can hurt no one.
About the fire company's back lot;
the facts are very few and easily
understood. The fire company owns
a piece of land 25x60 feet back of the
hose house. My residence adjoins this
lot; the lot is u%nfenced, ungraded
and has long been the site for accu-
mulated litter and garbage. Naturally,
living next to it. | wanted to see it
improved and kept clean, and about a
year G l offered to rent it of the
company, and to plant trees and SOW
grass upon it and to fence it, but at
ali times to leave it open to the COM
pany or anybody. The company de-
clIned TO rent it. but told me that |
could SOW ii to grass and plant it
with trees II fence it any time |
wanted to, and that they would be
/ glad If | would do it. If the
Who are the of record title
to the land, desire to withdraw the
permission given, | am ready to aban-
o further work or expense there;
but as | did not ask Delhi or WinGle
Tor the privilege, | shall proceed re-
CARELESS OF the malice of either, ana
Ieave to the pubic to judge whethel
OF no what | am doing is justification
for the recent attack upon me or Rein
hart & Co.
As far as what Mr.. Delhi might or
might not do with the ground, it is
sut1cient TO say that he never offered
before to do anything. What he might
do may be fairly judged from wnat
he has done. On one side of his place
he has for years dumped the refuse
from his COW stable upon the lot o.
MS neighbor; and there it stands to-
day., where it has long stood, a o
ument to Mr.. Delhi, an eyesore to ev-
erybody and a public nuisance on Main
street, within two hundred feet of
the front door of the court house.
On the other side of his place he has
long ago fenced in and appropriated
about 20 feet of the main street and
about $50 feet of Fifth street. That
is what Delhi has done and is doing.
Perhaps this is the first the Standard
man has heard about il.
1t is to be hoped that the Standard
n Mr.. Delhi have received the de-
sired information, as / shall not dig
nifty the malicious and cowardly at
Jacks or these people by further pub
lie notice. III. WARREN
June 26. 1903.