The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-26

Halloween falls on October 81. On
the evening Of that date it very Oft
en- happens that some part OF yoar
property i: silently removed and piac-
ed elsewhere. 50 thai the next days
Bun will show it in "A very iudicrous
l2ht. 1t is Just such nonstnslcal
E,tnk that few Of teh citizens OF
Ca!lenta desire TO play On the rest
OF Lincoln County on Election day.
VIII n they propose 10 move the pres
en-: Goat; Seat, piece meal II other
wise, and set IL down At Cailente
In some such barren waste as was
iiu9uaild il the last issue Of the
Prospsctor-tEen oblige the balance
OF the County t. move it back.
To the best af our EguwledGt
the germ of the movement was bre
In the fertile (!1 brain of one GrahaI
wh9 il,dueat!y, Ia a humorous mood,
alluded 10 pi2che as the Temporary
County Seat" This germ was care.
fully nurtured ald cultured by few
interested parties, until short time
before the Primaries, when IT was
exhibited to the public In swaddllng
c,othsa. In The Primaries. II was
given 4 good strong dosc OF Germi'
eide, and would have died quietly II
the few interested parties, mention'
ed above, had not administered
enough powerful restoratiyea anc
stimaiants to keep it in existence uh
til next Elt elton Day, on which day
Il io now doomed 70 meet yiolen
dJth,
The first intimation OF serious de
pignn on the County Seat enanatin'
from Cslientc was the report tina
the 'iat rested parties" had secured
contro! Ct the newly organized cal
II to further their selfish interests
The next move was the circulation
OF petition-in Caliente-caliiug 10
donations to defray the expense of ,
new Court House. moving records
and 50 forth to which fabulous
amounts were sGascribed--o papt!
Up to that time, the balance OF th
County had looked upon the idea Il
psactlcal joke; they did not real
ize thai such move could be mad
without putting the proposition to
direct vote. But when ii was learn
ed that the movement was In earn
est. and the County Seat could b
removed by the simple eXpedient c
legislative Juggling, the balance c
the County began to sit upand TAX
notice. They had been caught nal
ping four years ago, on the Count
Division, aud the bitter pin, the
we're forced TO swallow then Ia
kept them from sleeping very sound
ever since. The "Pioche Publiclt
Committee was organized, an
with the view o. ascertaiping he
the lalarCa cl the County fp,t abo'
change of County Seat, pstitioI
were circulated thr5ugout the Cou
ty protesting against its romov
from piochc When the signatur
to the petition disclosed the ia
that about rs per cent Of the ia
payers OF the County favored
retention In Phoebe, the Committ
realized that the efforts toward
moval must cCme II naueht. bat
the few Interested parties" Of c,
lente refused to read the writing
the wal, literature was distrlbut
giving a few salient arguments IN 4
or Z pioche, II was shown from t
1911 tax roll (the 1912 roll not hs
ing been completed thea) that
oche not only had the largest
sessed valuation CT any town in |
County, but it actually paid mc
taxes than any other two towns; Il
Phoebe had more taxpayers than a
other three towns in the County, h
ing 1874 to 73 in Caliente; that
assessed valuation of Phoebe exec
ed that of Caliente by $ll,S27, ev
including the railroad valuation
Caliente which amounted 10 S26,3
And that the present tax rate
$500 already the highest of 8
County iii the State, must Inc 'lta
be made still higher Y the Coul
Seat should be removed, as hist
could not show a single instal
wh4re-regardless of promises to
contrary, the removal of Cou
Seat had failed to impose an