The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-12-04
BOOST FOR NEVA-
DA'S RESOURCES

Nina is not much of an agricultural
center, although it has aspirations in
that direction. 1t is the metropolis
Of Mineral county, supported by rail
reads and mining, but the citizens of
that burg believe in doing things 50
|tlat Nevada will be advertised.
Reno, Winnemucca, Fallon and Elko,
towns that are trying to attract i'm
migration, did not have gumption
enough to send a delegate to the dry
farming congress at Tulsa. Okla. Even
the Agricultural college eoud not con
trive to send an exhibit from the dry
farm at Flko. DR.. j. f.. Stubs was
there at the expense of the state. but
Nina sent w. w. Manning. a South
ern Pacific emplove, who cheerfullv
footed his own bills and anne back
loaded with a lot of practical infor-
nation. The chief conclusion is that
Nevada made the greatest mistake Of
fifty years experience by not heiug
representd, as narly every western
state was there, with exhibits to
show what could be done and has
len lone under conditions that are
not one-half as attractive as those
found in Nevada. Even distant Al
herta. 5000 miles from the show
place. was there with the goods.
Great Britain. China, Austria and
Hungary took part but Nevaea thet
is warming for settlers, could not
muster enough money in any of the
agricultural counties to warrant send
ING either delegates or exhibits.
Nanoleon remarked that God IS al
vs. with the strongest armies. and
this nav be p~araphrased hv saving
population follows the line Of enter
Mise. IF people at home have not
the nerve to help themselves, they
should not expect Others "a HELM them.
Humboldt county and Elko county
complain of the increased reluati"n
of their taxable property, but, with
crt this increase. it is n notorious act
that these counties have the lowest
tax rate in the state. They are roh-
mo IN wealth hat is increasing at a
phenomenal rate, and thousands Of
dorars' worth of property that has
heretofore escaped the assessor is
coming to light. This suggests the
nroprietv or expediency of these coun,
ties doing something for themselves
IN the publicity line. Both counties
have supported publicity bureaus and
both counties have failed to sustain
the men who devoted their time TO
exploiting the resources of the en-
pire in which they are situated. They
have looked to the support of ind
viduals and the time of their secre-
%taries has been occupied chiefly in
F, collecting dues when they could be
more efficient if they were footloosn
to gather facts, statistics and crop ex-
hibits to draw population 10 their
sparsely settled lands.
Chambers of commerce in small
communities have always been eramp
ed for funds, and the burden of the
work usually falls on the shoulders of
twenty or thirty live wires who sell
dom reap benefits commensurate with
their payments. In sueh opulent coun-
tiles as Elko, Humboldt and WashOe
this condition is a crying shame.
Each of these counties should do its
share as a county obligation, and
thus distribute the responsibility and
cost among the taxpayers, who would
find their taxes reduced by a greatly
Increased population and the grow
ing value of their landholdings.-
Bonanza.