The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-03-18
Past and Present State Conditions
Allen G. Bragg in Fly Record

at Washington needed the of loyal United States
Senators to enable the carrying President Lncons plan
end the War of the Rebellion and readjus
the Nation founded The general too needed
wealth the grand old producing to assist
furnishing the need for esumng specie payment and furnish
money to support the children made husbande
and fathee by shot and shell and for
had been MANNED their health destroyed by exposures
Nevada at the time of being taken into Unces Sans family
had but handful of sturdy keep up
and how well they performed their part great undertaking.
the history of the Comstock and the State generally tells and
interesting way.
In few years after ga orange been
until the pulen thought there nothing left Nevada
but the peel of the orangagbrush waste
at commenced system of abuse little less
than criminal In the meantime who had assisted
ing the vaults of departed
with their wealth to congenial and left the
ship of State to drift the tide without giving discard
ed lover that had done much for thought
In 1873 the national Congress dealt the commonwealth cruel
blow by demonetzng silver thus large shutting
Nevadas chief products the world
resulting the closing of mines and causing mining
cenrs in the State into decline that ended almost
death Then few years great prosperity the
of the State for the Comstock
time everybody had money poverty
in "a hours and quickly lost it ALL
Following the bonanza period great depression
had keep body together population dwined
til there people within the States 12 900
miles of territory But the brave and left
lost confidence Nevada but the contrary the
reclaim the desert unlock the gold vaults of and
take advantage of the possibilities the industry growing
mutton and wool for the markets of the world.
Nevada always had the reputation of juicy range beef the
mutton the ceanes wool and the silver the States the
Union She also established the reputation of producing the
meaiest and most uniform poatoes her grain good
where but politically she and m in fact depsed other
commonwealth.
But OH the years and
the economy had be practiced every department
the government keep the ship aoat Virginia Ciy-in its
wonderful city earth-became almost deserted
hamlet with the reproducing almost depopulated the
outlook anything but bright The years Of plenty gni
brought into all the obs of human
1t graft and the steam up to the elbow off
point and the throttle wide open making it harder for the
people practice the economy necessary live During those
plenty the saloons and wine wonderful for
Liquor and champagne flowed like
from the roads leading south from Virginia.
City lined with teams hauling the product to the
mills lining the river and the bugges and wagons of the
mining superintendent back loaded with refined bullion to
make money buy wne But the end came, and with
its lean years.
intelligent thought the part of the people and with
keep soul and body together Every department
government puned to the very limit Salaries
reduced consolidated in every county the
only the semiagcuural countless like Churchill Douglas
Washoe Humboldt and Eko that managed keep their ront
gate any kind of repair while all the mining counties were
crippled almost beyond redemption Eureka Lander Esmeada
Pine perhaps the greatest sufferers but
IA children all every sick and all nearly
the "last crossing"
With the discovery Tonopah shofy
State began st up and take notice. Every
children commenced improve and breathe little
easier 1900 of prosperity has been evidence
of better times "history repeating ITSELF
another extravaganza and graft Several of the
counties again nearly and Others borrowing
money to keep up steam-and the end is not yet
Many people are moved why Senator Bailey
portan that Senators should surround him.
apologize beg him leave them. Bailey is obsuc
ZIONIST and Reacionary opposed in thought and principle to