The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-11-24
THE ANNEXATION or FERNLEY
Appears Now To Be A Live Top
ic. All Northern Lyon De-
sires To Secede.


has reached an acute stage. At the
last election the matter of deciding the
county's seat of government was an
issue and Yerington drew the plum.
Now, the residents of the northern part
of the county are dissatisfied with the
election result and are actively seeking
to chrystalize sentiment with the end
in view of seeding from Lyon county
and joining counties where the seats
of government are of easier access
to those concerned in the movement.
A meeting will be held in Dayton,
the former Lyon county seat, next
Saturday evening, at which time resi-
dents from Dayton, Silver City, Sutro,
Mound House, Ramsey and Fernley
will be present and the call for this
convention of irate citizens is anything
but uncertain in its meaning.
The purpose of the meeting is to
discuss the advisability of dividing the
northern portion Of Lyon county and
joining the same with adjoining counties.
lnasmuch as the northernmost point Of
Lyon county is star shaped wedge
driven perpendicularly into Churchill
county taking from this county
around twelve miles of railroad track
age, which rightfully belongs to
Churchill. At the time the present
Churchill Lyon boundary arrangements
were effected, there was nothing Of
value in this strip" save the railroad
trackage, which obviously caused the
incongruous "wedge." Since that
time, however, the Truckee-Carson irri-
cation project has been the factor that
makes possible the reclamation of
many thousands of acres of fertile land
In what is known as the Fernley dis
trict. The people who have settled
there feel that by every natural right
they should be a part of Churchill
county, and they in turn have called a
meeting for today to discuss the matter
Of co operating with the Churchill coun-
ty legislative delegation, which is
pledged to work for the annexation of
the district.
This paper was asked for and fur
nished certain data that will be con-
sidered by the Fernley residents at
their meeting tonight.
1t would seem that all that now
remains to be done in order to have a
clear case for presentation 60 the legis-
lature this winter is to secure the
petition of the residents of the Fern
ley district, which should be unanimous
to man.
The addition of the Fernley "wedge"
will mean the adding of something like
half a million dollars worth of taxable
property to this county; nor will the
time for this annexation ever be more
propitious than during the next legis-
lative session. Residents Of Fernley
generally are in favor of the innova-
tion and every possible aid to the move
ment should be rendered by residents
of this county. Fernley district is a
part of the Truckee-Carson irrigation
project, OF which Fallon is the center;
it is likewise more conveniently located
to Fallon as a trading point than
Yerington, and there is not single ar
gument to support the contention that
il should continue to be remote part
of Lyon county with which it has abb
solutely nothing in common. And the
fact that the Lyon county seat fight is
sure to raise the tax rate of that
county to an abnormal degree will un-
doubtedly hasten the inevitable end.