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

ditional burden upon the taxpayers
But stu Caiicnto persisted III
its selfish design, epduaEerine by
persuasion if possible, OF coercion ii
nees ssary, to raise what would
least appear 70 be q sufficient amount
OF money to deiray some OF the OK
penses Of Il removal. They also cir
ulated anonymously "An Address to|
the Citizens and Taxpayers Of Lin
,oln County. Nevada" purporiing 10
give a few reasons why the County
seat should be moved from Pioche
10 Caliente. The first argument IN
he address can be reduced To tn
contention that the County Seat
should be as near the center os
population Of the County as possible
That Is admitted aud glance Al the
nap ai Lincoln County, taken in con.
lectlon with the distribution OF It's
population, viii show that Il a ,own-
bitC ltu " 81 idil tAl III Nut NDHi'''
with the sole object OF having il cen
trally located, Pioohc would be on
hat townsite; so there il no nee
essity OF taking the next best
which The address suggests.
The next argument seems 10 be has
ID on statement that the mining
Industry has collapsed. II Cal!eute
las the rapid, uninterrupted, and
| irequont mail service, with good tel
| graphic and news serYice" Of which
t boasts, we are at loss to know
adv II could honestly make such
! statement, WHEN the prices OF the
Eeials have not bA.n higher for a
| generation, and pi1che itsef never
, before shipped so large a tonnage,
! Following is an argument based on
he "site OF Phoebe" which la child
sh in the extreme. Granting that II
night be an ideal location" If Il
illed any OF certain qualifications, In
he enumeration thereof we find that
ioche is not near any ...... de-
}osit3 OF coal and iron" When il
!s considered that Phoebe is in the
enter not oniy OF iron deposits, bu,
vast bodies Of gold, silver, lead
oppcr and zinc ORES. the honesty oi
ne address is still further impngned
The neEt argument gives the Il
| nymous addrcssee still higher seal
the Anauias Club, when it claims
hat the population OF pi5ehe lis be
ng gradually diminished altho. n
| matter OF fact, its population /.
low being increased in the same ia
10 as that OF Calieute is being di
nihishcd
Then comes an attack Oh III,
Court House Click" tGScuse th
ip,.lling--ii is not ours) An investi
;ation Of the personnel of the Count
! officera, nine in number, shows tha
,our are residents of Caliente, fJu
re from Pioche and one from Pa
I laca. Before the appoiatment OF
emporary sheriff. Lhe count was fou
thtee in favor OF Celiente. Onl
/. wo have previously held elective o
{ ice, one from Calieate ana ono froi
/ Phoebe, and while relatives Of tw
, rom Calicnte have previously hey
S Il office, no relatives Of fiGeho !
c sumhcnts have held office heretofor
tha Asaamb,ymcn be taken /
: onsderatl0n, the cout is sti
/ tronger against Caliente. as v
I III know that Senator Denton HI
J lcen In office for seventeen loI
) ear3--morc or less OF the aspiral
le or Coonty offices al the coming Gle
y. ion, nine are from Caliente, 5
l. rom Fiache and six from 0atsit
s, owns. So we fail 10 see how Il
lie 'emoval Of the County Seat TO Ca
re ate would work any hardship upt
al the supposed 'CNquc
~ With due apologies to the auth
, ( the address, it viii be seen th
lie every argument 1t of1ers can ba tu
d. ID directly agaist il with deadly
N 'eet Caliente is not centrally l5c
in ID II has no excuse iar its cxi
4, ace exc ept the fact that tha San |
o. iro engines stop there for water a
ay 20 switch cars 10 and from Piocl
ly Is sitt is abonlnable-n1 sane IN
ty would think OF putting any bli'dl
ry here that could not be quickly
ce placed, owing TO the constant dani
he o. washouts. Its population is det
ty ioratins not only in number, but
ID quality, while the outlook for Pix