The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-20
Will Petition
The Board

ideSu among our clLlZonS by Cn(
committee having the same ir
Charge. 1t is the intention tC
first present the petition asking
them to assume control and later
to ask for such ordinances as
may be deemed necessary. The
itaA important question, at pres
ent, being to get in a position to
get the money which is being
lost each month from the gaming
licenses.
From the files of the Phoebe
RECORD, we find that in 1892, a
similar petition to the one now
being circulated was presented
to and acted upon by the Board,
and all necessary steps taken to
bring the town under the con-
troll of the Commissioners. At
that time ordinances were en-
acted and became effective and
were published in the RECORD,
as is required by law. E. D.
Turner, sheriff of the county at
that time. was appointed by the
board as chief of police, to carry
out and enforce the ordinances,
but by some oversight any rec
ord of the proceedings was
omitted and there is no official
record at present to show that
the same were ever in force. 1t
is the opinion of all legal talent
consulted. that it will be neces-
sary to have the ordinances en-
acted, as they could not be made
effective without official record
of same. Mr.. H. E. Freuden-
thai, who succeeded E. D. Tur-
ner as sheriff, states that he
acted under the provisions of
the act, and it was assumed by
all residents at that time that
everything was in correct order.
AS a result of this neglect,
Pioche looses considerable money,
or in order words, that collected
from the passage of the act in
1907, giving this license money
to towns under town govern
ment, until we can again get the
proper steps taken.
We believe it is a duty incum-
bent upon each citizen of Pioche
to thoroughly familarize him
self with this act and facilitate
the work of the committee as
much as possible.
Jas. E. Price, proprietor of the
Price House, has been quite i'll
the past week, but is now much
improved.
H. w. Rand of Portland, the
gentleman who got in on the
ground floor in Phoebe real es-
tate, and sold at substantial fig
ures, and who is at present large
ly interested in the California
Phoebe Company, is expected in
Phoebe the coming week.
Col. William Parish, who sus-
tains the reputation as one of
the foremost mining engineers
of the United States, and who
is considered one of the greatest
experts on copper ores in the
country. is in Pioche, making an
examination of the Nevada
Utah properties.
1t is reported that the first ex-
cursion to be run on the Caliente-
Pioche railroad will be on the
oath of July, from Caliente to
the end of the track, which will
be about four miles from Pa
naca. Quite a celebration is an
ticipated at Panaca. A ball
game between Caliente and
Pioche and other sports. Panaca
is to get up a large barbecue for
the benefit of the visiting pub
lie.
A first-class steam laundry
would be paying proposition in
Phoebe. At present there are
two Chinese laundries, but
these are entirely inadequate to
keep up with the demands along
this line. The restaurants, sa-
looms and single men are COM
planning that they cannot get
anything like prompt delivery
of laundry, and express the hope
that someone with the requisite
capital and business foresight,
will take advantage of this op-
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