Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-04-02

Within three years 4 court t"uSe
situated On block ID" will ts III the
east and west business centre of E!So.
A court house bull; in block i will be
farther removed fron the principal
business houses than block ID Is re-
moved from them today. This is not
prophecy: i, IS 1 fact.
From the standpoint Of advertising
advantages block ID has no COM
petitor i'll the available sites At E!ko.
The soil OIL this hill aIl SLOPE i rich.
loalny and fertile. Upon it = be
raised as beautiful 4 grass lawn rs i'll
any valley. and trees planted thereon
will with proper care and attention,
thrive. In the general plan of develop
ing and identifying in the development
of Elko the whole slope of the hill to
the west of Elko will be planted i'll
grass and shrubbery; well watered;
Systematically terraced, and made
attractive to the eye. Let this work of
gardening start around the grounds of u
building of such architectural beauty rs
will result from the expenditure of
800, 900 upon il, and estimate if You
4 the thousands of inquiries which
will be ELECTED from the great army of
wcstbound homc-scckers travelling
through here year after year i'll con-
stautly increasing m~ultitudcs.
From the economic standpoint of the
ordinary business mar there are gray
reasons for selecting for the new court
house and jail site other than the IL at
present occupied. As a court house for
this tremendously wealthy and success.
ful county the present building is III
worthy. out OF date. and demands
remedy. For other uses however the
present building is far from being an
unworthy consideration. II can bc
made TO produce an income. The land
upon which il stands has value. In
these quarters there is a nucleus for
town buildings; Il library: a justice
court and other industries which Elko
must have AMI for which il is not pre-.
pared. The building Is old. hut it is
good. II will cost quite a percentage Of
the new fund of 500, 900 to tear the
building down. That from the huSi.
hess mans standpoint with other and
larger. more beautiful and equally at
tainAblc sites offered. raises Il grave
question in consideration of its wisdom.
In dollars and cents, a new site nearly
seven times n large is offered for les,
than the Of money available by
a sale Of present quarters: and there
world he no cost of tearing down.
There are certain facts which upon
careful study and intelligent invcstiga-
ton, cannot b. gdinsaid, which uphold
the contention that there are more
points i'll favor of the selection of block
'D' for the new court house than can
be gathered against it. y very few
persons will have to walk II little farther
TO the proposed location. but only Il
very few. The great majority who are
here today and almost all of those who
| will establish homes here in the future,
Elku is growing BIG and Fast. And
every inch Of growth is tOthc west ward.
1t seems wrong that We should hide our
light under a bushcl. Here is the rich
est. most Tesrurccful, prosperous county
i'll Nevada. Do yOu not agree with me
that in the expenditure Of her public
funds every consistent effort shOuld b.
mad" to not only meet the business re-.
| u~uirpEnpntS of SDunl iulv,Input lint IN
include a practical announcement To the
travelling public by our we'll located
public buildings. of our Importance on
tn" map of Ncvadug Can it be better
done chan 10y establishing the site on
block "D?
ask your most earnest consideration
Of this.
Most respectfully,
W L. Dt.,