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

but Stlu SstileutS pcISlStsu III
its selfish design, endCayCring by
persuasion il possible, or coercion ii
necessary, TO raise what would g.
least appear TO be a sufficient amount
OF money to defray some of the ex-
penses CT removal. They also cir
culated anonymously ''An Address to
the Citizens and Taxpayers OF Lin
,oln County. Nevada" purporting to
give few reasons why the County
Seat should be moved from Phoebe
to Canente. The first argument in
the address can be reduced to the
contention that the County Seat
Should be as near the center OF
population Of the County as possible.
That is admitted, and glance at the
map OF Lincoln County, taken in con
nection with the distribution Of It's
population, will show that If town.
site had been laid out in the County
with the sole object Of having II CEN
trally located, Phoebe would be on
hat townsite; so there is no nee
essity of taking 'the next best"
which the address suggests.
The next argument seems to be bias
ed ON statement that the mining
industry has collapsed. II Caliente
las the rapid, uninterrupted, and
frequent mail service, with good tel
egraphic and news service" of which
it boasts, we are at loss to know
how it could honestly make such
statement, when the prices Of the
neials have not bssn higher for a
generation, and Phoebe itse,f never
before shipped so large a tonnage,
Following is an argument based on
he "site Of Phoebe" which is child
| ssh in the extreme. Granting that II
might be an ideal location" if il
,illed any OF certain qualifications, il
he enumeration thereof we find tha
| 'ioche Is not near any ..... de
| )osits OF coal and iron" When i
is considered that Phoebe is In tht
enter, not only Of iron deposits, bu
! 4 vast bodies of gold. silver, lead
copper and Zinc ores the honesty 0
| he address is still further impugned
The next argument gives the a
,nymous addressee Il still higher sea
the Ananias Club, when it claim
hat the population OF Phoebe lis be
ng gradually diminished altho. a
matter of fact, its population
low being increased in the same re
lio as that of Caliente is being d
mihishei.i
Then comes an attack on tn
Court House Click" excuse tn
speilling-it is not ours) An invest
' ,ation of the personnel of the Count
, officers, nine in number. shows tn;
tour are residents of Caliente, fol
, lre from Phoebe, and one from +
/; ,aca. before the appointment OF
T temporary sheriff, the count was TO
three in favor of Caliente. On
/ .wo have previously held elective
9 Ice, one from Calente and one fro
I Phoebe, and while relatives Of ty
, rom Caliente have previously be
s n office, no relatives Of Phoebe
o ,umbents have held office heretofo,
: /, the Assemb.ymen be taken
S consideration, the count is 81
|. .tronger against Caliente, as
n Ill know that Senator Denton b
a been In office for seventeen 10
\ ,ears-more or less. Of the aspira
,e or County offices at the coming 81
Y. ion. nine are from Caliente. 1
j. from Phoebe and six from outsi
8 owns. So we fail to sec how
,e ,emoval CT the County Seat to O.
re- ate would work any hardship up
at the, supposed Clique"
" With due apologies to the autl
f the address, 1t will be seen Il
ne every argument 1t offers can be tn
d. I'd directly agaist It with deadly
an ,ect. Caliente is not centrally lot
In I'd. It has no excuse for its ex
4; ace except the fact that the San
OF iro engines stop there for water
nv to switch cars to and from Pioe
Nv rts sits IL abominable--no sane n
ty would think of putting any baird
rv there thai could not be quickly
ce placed, owing to the constant dan
he o. washouts Its population Is de
,ty iorating not only in number. but
Id. quality, while the outlook for ri