Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1905-02-24

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shall be flled with the Clerk of the Board
of County Commissioners, and the Auditor
shall credit the Treasurer on his books with
the amounts so paid.
SEC. II. The faith of the State of Nevada
is hereby pledged that this Act shall not be
repealed, nor taxation thereby imposed
omitted until all the bonds and coupons
issued under and by virtue thereof shall
have been paid in full.
Tie bill was introduced in the As
sembly by Mr.. Anker on the 10th and
was referred to the Humboldt county
delegation in the Assembly.
Immediately upon the introduction
Of this bili, our brethren at the coun-
ty SCAT have discovered (or think they
have) deep laid scheme to remove
the county hospital from Winnemuc-
ca to Lovelock-h hence they are for
nipst" the measure. With one accord
they admit the present inadaquacy of
the present county hospital to care
for the county'a INDECENT poor and
sick, its unsanitary location. and the
necessity Of immediate action TO rem
edy the evil. Yet because it is not
stated in this measure that the
in stitution and new buildings shall
he at the county seat, the press and
peoa'e of our sister city begin knock
| ing the measure. Is not that a little
selfish on the part of our sister city
and her citizens? The need of such
an institution as contemplated in this
Bill, is best illustrated by the follow
ing description of the present insti-
tuition as given by DR.. Samuels, in an
interview published in the Silver State
of the 18th:
Its present location is detrimental
10 the health Of every inmate of the
Institution and it should be changed
1t is now standing on the bank Of a
slough and in the winter months the
slough is full of water, but in summer,
If there is any water it becomes stag
nant and produces nothing but green
cum and typhoid fever germs. The
building ia very venerable, its floors
| are decayed, it is built on the Now
nawk plan If architecture snd, like
an independent newspaper it fronts
Doth wavs. When the main ward is
scrubbed the contents of the cellar
underneath have to be moved. other
wise the milk, potatoes and other
food stuffs stored therein would take
up the slack, if may ne allowed the
use of the expression, and would go
right on breeding more disease and,
| were it not for the good management,
the death rate would be much larger
than it is. The county by all means
needs a new hospital with modern
.onveniences, built upon high ground
| away from the river. So far as a
| bond issue goes | should prefer not to
express an opinion, as am small
taxpayer, but as to the county's needs
| have no hesitency in saying that one
shouid be built in the interest of suf
fering humanity, for poor people will
get sick as we'll as the rich, and they
should have the best attention at such
time, if unfortunate. In every
State in the Union the old methods
are being supplanted by the new and
sanitation is the cry of the age. Why
should Humboldt be behind the pro-
cession of modern methods in her hos
Dital or in any other direction! The
operating room in the present hos
pital for the unfortunate patients is
''bed-room, sleeping room" and gen
eral living-room' for from eight to
fourteen patients ordinarily. How
can the best results be obtained un-
der those conditions :?
The Anker Bill says nothing about
the location of the proposed hospital
buildings. That is left to the good
j ldgment of the County Commission
ers. 1t may be Golconda, Winnemuc-
ca, or it may be Lovelock. The ques-
tion with Lovelock citizens is not
"Will it be at Lovelock ~, but viii
it be the best thing for Humboldt
county, The expression of our citi-
ns il, we believe, in the majority in
fayo. of the bill. Some of the more
conservative and heaviest property
holders are adverse to bonding the
county in any sum. but they realize
that something must be done in the
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