The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1910-10-13
TWO REPUBLICAN
STATE CANDIDATES
w. q. Douglass, a State Builder.

IN batcntown, ILLINOIS, in October
1869. His boyhood was spent on the
home farm and he received his edu.
cation in the common schools and in q
full course at the business college in
Jacksonville, Illinois.
At 20 years of age he came to the
state of Nevada, settling in Virginia
City, where he went to work in tue
bank of his uncle, J.. M. Douglass.
In 1898 ne got into politics and was
elected two terms as clerk and treas
urer of Storey county. From that
position he was promoted by the Re-
publican voters of the state to the
office he has held continuously ever
sine-Secretary of State. The first
time he ran for this office he and the
late Orvis Ring were the only Repub
licans that succeeded in getting more
votes than their Democratic adver
saries.
His administration of the office has
been conspicuous for efficiency. Among
the things that his friends point to
with especial pride is the state
library, which has been built up
through the incessant enthusiasm of
Secretary Douglass. 1t is the finest
law library ON the Pacific coast, con-
tainin0 MANY volunau af fara;rn 10
cisions that cannot be found in any
other library in the west. Thirty five
thousand volumes have been eatalogu-
ed under the Dewey system. Besides
the law library, there is a collection
OF miscellaneous books of many thous-
and volumes.
Since Mr.. Douglass took the Office,
more than s350,000 has been collect
ed in fees all of which was turned into
the state treasury.
lie is largely interested in Com
stock mines. He is connected with the
Gould and Curry, the Best and Belch-
er, the Chol1er and the Consolidated
New York, all Comstock producers. He
is also the largest stakeholder in the
comstock Mohawk, property now in
operation.
His especial pride and his most i'm
portant venture in the line of private
business is an illustration of what may
be accomplished in this state in the
way of reclamation. He is bringing un-
der cultivation tract of 2200 acres
of very rich lands. He is raising hogs,
cattle and horses and has hundreds of
acres of fine hay and grain on ground
that few years ago was desert
waste. He secures the water for his
purpose from the Washoe lake, pump
ing to height of 60 feet, from which
elevation he is able to water 600 acres.
He is now putting in an electric pump
ing pant of $50 horsepower, which
will enable him to lift the waters of
Washoe lake to height of ITO feet
and reclaim his entire tract of 1900
acres. Last year he marketed $50
head of fat Poland Chinas, and he is
going in for hog raising ON large
scale.
His interest in ranching and his
knowledge in that line has made Mr..
Douglass one of the most valuable
members OF the State Prison Board
This board, as is known, has pur-
chased a 100 acre prison site and will
erect new prison building and lay
out farm on which it is figured that
the convicts will be able to produce
enough to make the Nevada State
prison self supporting. He is in
touch with the plans and work so far
carried out and This reelection to the
Office of Secretary of State for the
sole purpose of carrying out his pres
ent ideas regarding Nevada's prison
farm is of sufficient Importance to the
voters of the state to warrant their
support of him for this reason alone.
George springmeyer, Nevada Fighter.
George Springmeyer, candidate for
the office of Attorney General on the
Republican ticket, is native Neva,
dan. He was born on his father :
ranch in Carson Valley and is repre-.
sentative of one of the best families o
the state. His father settled in tn
Carson Valley in the sixties and 5
recognized particularly for his vir
tues of good citizenship.
George Spriugmeyer has had exec
tional advantages and has made tn
most of them. He was educated at
the University of Nevada, the Stan
ford University and at Harvard. He
is member of the bar in Nevada and
in California and has been admitted
to the practice in all the Federal
courts.
1 Four years ago he was the Republi'
can nominee for the Office to which he
now aspires. At that time he made q
canvass Of the state, but missed cleo.
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