The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1910-01-22

The Silver State has for some time
consistently but conservatively boom.
ed Winnemucca and Humboldt county,
pointing out the present advantages
that are offered to settlers of all kinds,
including capitalists, artizans, mining
investors, farmers, etc. The great fu-
ture of the county and the town of
Winnemucca has been elaborated upon
as a railroad center and strategic point
for manufacturing and distributing
manufactured products. This paper
has often suggested some kind of pub
lictity organization such as a CONNER
cial club or at least a commercial
agent who, aided by the papers, could
in a systematic way accomplish greater
results than q dozen newspapers Of
limited circulation, with but few
readers Eve hundred miles beyond
the county borders. BY the unaided
efforts of the Silver State in this work,
supplemented by a few letters answer
ing pertinent questions, Whnnemucca
has gained six substantial citizens
within the past month that have spent
an aggregate Of more than $4,000 since
their arrival. These people all came
from one Nevada town, less fortunate
in its resent condition, and with a less
brilliant future than Winnemucca, al
though thousands Of dollars nave been
spent to boom it.
The town referred to is Rawhide.
The exodus from Rawhide to Winnie
mucca is now fairly on and by spring
many others will arrive. With their
coming and realization Of our well en-
dorsed situation they will not be slow
to join the few progressive "dream-
ers and optimists'' now here and as
sist in making known even to the ut
termost places of the world the glories
Of Winnemucca and Humboldt county.
1t is not generally known that most
Of the countries of Europe maintain,
in close connection with their consul
ates at New York, publicity agencies
The agency Of Holland, and others,
have already written the secretary of
the Panama Canal exposition request
ing fun lines of literature to be for
warded to their country, where much
Of it is translated and reprinted fol
circulation at government expense. The
population of most of Europe averages
abuot $50 to the square mile, equal to
our government homestead in Nevada
This dearth of tillable soil requires the
highest state Of cultivation to provide
for their home consumption, and al.
though they raise double the amount
Of grain per acre on land titled with
out rest for centuries (by knowing how
to do it), than raised in America, they
are forced to call on the United States
for additional food stuffs to live. The
best citizens of the United States, for
this latitude, are made up Of the
Dutch, German, French and Swiss, and
were it known in those countries that
the land is here and may be had for
a few dollars per acre, they would
come. When they start they come sev-
eral families together, establish towns
and become producers at once. There
are . number Of such colonies in the
United States, from Pennsylvania to
California, each typical of prosperity.
1t will require but little concerted ac-
ton to land some Of them in Hum
boldt county near Winnemucca.
Salt Lake City is the liveliest town
between Chicago and San Francisco,
because its people are all boomers and
have something to boom, besides all Of
their papers, regardless of politics,
unite on this one important question
and work for the general welfare of
all. But they have q commercial club
to help the papers. The latter should
not be expected to assume, unaided, all
Of the responsibilities. As it 10 they
do more than their snare without cost,
taking their chances for intimate re-
ward, a. all shrould.