Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1910-11-05

Last odtuIudN evening tne CltlLeHS OF
Wellington and Smith valley were fav.
ored by representatives of the Mason
townsite, who journeyed thither. to in
struct the farmers" upon the issues OF
the campaign in Lyon county.
1t was to be essentially taxpayers
meeting and the good old pioneers OF
Smith valley who have been paying
taxes in this county for years and years
were favored" with the sage advice OF
men who openly acknowledged that
they had never paid cent of taxes here
and who have no property in LYON
county on which taxes are to be paid
this wear.
The word farmers in the opening
paragraph is quoted because it is evident
that the speakers from the Mason town
site have the erroneous impression,
common to many who were raised in
the cities, that the farmer is man of
less than ordinary intelligence, and that
the wool can be pulled over his eyes,
even before it is sheared from the
sheep. On no other hypothesis can
their play be accounted for.
1t must be real llattering to farmer"
like Frank Simpson for instance, TO be
expected to swallow without gulping an
argument that would gag l4-year old
schoolboy.
1t was given ont that Yerington had
been invited to send representatives to
discuss the county seat question, but no
one here knows OF anyone who received
such an invitation. However, the OBJ
ject OF the meeting became known and
Geo. Plummer. Sr., Ed Lam, T. NJ
Hammond and Will Gruber attended
The meeting was addressed first by
II. o. Farris-good old "Dad"-who is
a crackerjack hotel man, but who ap-
pears not to be an unqualified success
when he essays to be politician. One
of the first cracks out of Dads box was
to acknowledge that he wasn't tax
payer, but his people have consuming
interest { consuming interest" is good
don't you think2) in the dear taxpayers
of this county.
(Now don't forget that this was a
taxpayers" meeting).
After telling that he, himself, wasn't
taxpayer, Mr.. Farris went OH to pic
ture what terrible hardship OH the
taxpayers it would be if the county seat
were to be removed al this time. The
raise in taxes would he something Aa ful,
as he sees it,
Dad" had lot of facts and figures
more OF less concealed about his person,
but he overlooked one vital fact, and
that is that the county is now paw
ing for rent and other expenses -neces-
sary under present conditions-much
more annually than the interest OH the
bonds for court house such as the citi-
zens of Yerington favor, no matter
where the same would be located
Mr.. Farris further stated that the
Mason Townsite Company would be out
of existence-"of the map'-in two
years. and that in % days he, himself,
was, perhaps, going to remove to Wa
buska.
And listen to this
In the two years that the Mason
Townsite Company was engaged in
selling its lots and getting off the map
n,,I ~, tAnaIf
would be living in Wabuska-the latter
place and Lyon county would so grow i'll
population and wealth that it would be
no hardship, no trick at all, to move
the county seat. BUT 1T SHOULD BE
LOCATED IN WABUSKAl
Now, what do YOU think of that
What DO you think of that3
The people of Dayton and surround
ing communities have been led to be-
lieve that the townsite people have
honestly favored Dayton as the PER.
MANENT county seat, while lot buyer.
in Mason believed that successful
effort would be made in two years L
have the county seat removed to Mason
And now comes the man who is be
lieved to be the official spokesman o
the powers that be and he PRACTICAL,
says that Wabuska is to be the point.
Our readers will pardon if LITTLE
depression is made at this point to cal
attention to the fact that new townsite
named Thompson, has just been lait
out 'on the smeltery grounds. three