The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-03-02
WINNEMUCCA CALM

The following from the memo Jour
lal is in regard to the comment made
n this paper over the new articles
published in the Journal anent the
'emoval of the division point from
to Inlay.
In the Silver State News of
Monday there appears a suggestion
that the Journals account of the
approaching removal of the divi-
sion point from Winnemucca to
INLAY. recently, was incorrect. 1t
is of some interest to ,slnnemucca
and the Silver State News, as a
live paper, has a right to express
opinions concerning its own town.
1t has no right, however, to ques-
ton the accuracy of the Journals
information on this point unless it
gives some better authority than
a second hand quotation from the
not in%frequently mistaken Gazette.
On several occasions the Journal
has published short statements in
regard to the intentions of the
railroad company in connection
with INLAY. They were printed as
mere items of ordinary news, at
tracing no more attention from
the editorial department than any
other small item of news would
receive. Some two months ago,
however, some of the business men
Winnemucca wrote to the Journal
in a vein of protest. 1t appeared
then that the people of Winnemuc-
ca were disposed to be skeptical
as to the transportation company
intentions. 1t was evident, too,
that the :, innemucca people were
disturbed. The Journal, then, took
three weeks in which to inquire
into the facts rigidly, several re-
porters being employed. The re-
suit, was the publication, finally,
of the story, supported by the
names of the company's officials
and the direct interviews with
them.
1t appears to us that Winnemuc-
ca attaches too much Importance
to the presence of the division
point there. The town does not
realize the wealth of her resour-
ces The removal of certain OIL
cials and the absence of train
/. crews perhaps, may effect the town
to some small extent, but it will
not by any means be another case
of Wadsworth. Winnemucca has
too many interests and too diversi-
fed a surrounding country to suf-
fer a set back from such a trifling
alteration of it's business affairs as
A. u1- 80 khn 1fu.onn nninf
would be.
The Journal wishes the people of
Winnemucca and the Silver State
News to know that this paper as
friendly to the towns interests
and it's people. We are not print
ing facts to injure the town, but
desire to advance it's interests in
every way and we shall always
endeavor to do so.
The friendlessness OF the Reno Joul
nal for Winnemucca interests has neve
been questioned by this paper, bu
in a spirit of possible ove~r-zealousnes
for Reno interests the Journal reporter
have gone astray on several occasion
regarding the removal of the division
But the journal in this matte
has not been altogether at fault, a
it's Reno contemporary has had tn
division moved out of Whine
almost a score of times in tn
past This, in view of the fact tina
the division still remains in Winn'
mucca, and the probabilities are tba
it will remain here for a year or MOI
to come, has been somewhat remark,
BILE, and has aroused the interest @
the human nature editor OF the ST
yer State News.
But, insofar as Winnemncca and tn
division point of the Oregon Shol
Line is concerned, as has been poin'
ed out in the past, this town stand
in the same relation as that Of a f;
Their to his hayward SOL anxious to ru
away from home, under the imJres
sion that other places are better. Q
he says to him, eco, son; the quickt
you go the better
A point for which praise is given III
to the uods is that the future of tn
town is not wrapped up in the ST
tioning here of a few yards {
and a few engines. O
every hand are signs of improvement