The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1910-07-09
COMMISSIONER PROCEEDINGS
Communications Regarding the
Dance House at Buckhorn and
County Road Matters

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The regular monthly meeting Of the
Board Of County Commissioner was
held Monday, July 8. Present, CON-
missioners ]. B. Bale, A. Fraser +;
also the Clerk and District Attorney.
The following business was transacted:
The Commissioners and the Auditor
counted the money in the Treasury and
found the same to agree with the County
Treasurer's statement.
The joint report OF the Auditor n
Treasurer Of Eureka County for the
quarter ending June 80, 1910, is pub.
iished on the first page Of to-day's issue.
The Board ordered that an engineers
license be granted to Dan Pembroke.
IL appearing to the Board that the
boundaries Of the Prospect school dis
trict are not defined according to law,
IL was ordered that said boundaries be
established as follows: Beginning at a
point three miles south Of Prospect
school house, running thence east two
miles, thence north five miles, thence
west three miles, thence south FIVE miles,
thence east q mile to the place of be-
ginning.
A number Of bills from the north end
OF the county were not acted on by the
Board owing to the absence OF Commits
sioner Sweeney. by whom they were
contracted. and others. coming too late
for the meeting. but will be taken up
at the earliest opportunity.
The Board ordered that 8. O. Stratton
be given until July IL to file his new
bond as heretofore required by the
Board.
The Buckhorn Dance House
The following communication regard
ing the dance house at Buckhorn was
received from AL Street:
Your notice to me to close my dance
hall was duly received and in reply will
make the following statement OF the
plain facts as they stand: My building
Is on the west side Of town, on the ex
treme western lot of the western part,
and In that cart of town which was
designated as the red light district"
The building does not front to the street.
but to the alley, and in addition there
Is not q dwelling within 500 yards and
1t is not less than 700 yards distant from
the lot which was shown me as the loca.
cation Of the school house to be built. l am
not running a dance hall. My barroom
is an extra large one, and as / have
music for the entertainment OF my
customers. they frequently waltzs or
schottische to the music rs il Is played.
I never allow any one to solicit for
dances; never have charged any one for
dancing in my place-as I considered 1t
as an incident Of the evening-nor have
l ever advertised my place as q dance
hall. either verbally or by printed or
written matter.
Should the business outlook OF Buck.
horn warrantit it IL my intention to run
a licensed dance hall. should the Hon.
Board OF County Commissioners grant
me the license but present business
conditions do not warrant IL. Ny place
is in the red light district and Is fire.
quentsd by the women Of that district.
and I do not see why. because OF their
occasionally dancing to my entertain
ment music. I should be charged dance
hall license, when / am not running
one. do not intend to run one as long as
present business conditions exist, and do
not derive any financial benefit from
their dancing.
hope this will fully explain the situ-
alton. and that I may continue to re-
ceive the same consideration shown to
others OF Buckhorn In the same business.
Communication About County Roads
The Board received the following
communication from Mrs. N. Winseli
in relation to the condition OF some Of
the county roads near Alpha:
am writing to ask when You are 60
ing to have any road work done In this
section. Commissioners Sweeney came
over the roAd recently from Buckhorn
and broke his wagon 10 crossing some
Of the bitches In this vicinity, 30 ne
knows the road 10 very bad. We think
when paying the taxes We do. we are
certainly entitled to some consideration.
The road from Mineral Station to Min'
eral Hill 10 in very bad condition
While the stages passed BY that place
we went there to get our mall anu
found it necessary to take PICK and
shovel along to make the road at all
passable. Since the mail mas oeen
given to the auto, and the carrier Will
not climb the hill to that point. We are