The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-01-31
STATE NEWS
Holding Taxes Back

tho cogn i59 G. the st 2te have tLrn1G
over to the state treasurer its pro-
portion of taxes collected fer last
ye1lt Elko county Cfficials refuse
o S nd to the state treasurer the
stlt4ss pro rata CT taxes collered un-
til the county is 4eimbnrss for the
expense of sending its books and tax
fslls tc Carson City last fall for in
spec: ion by the state tax commission.
Motion Oeaisd
Ju(ge Ducks4 of the district court
Of Hhmbo DIT county recently denied
a motion Of the defendant for new
,.iai in the suit CT that county agains
the Wells-FaTgo Express company
for taxes for 1910. 1t is understood
jia3t an appeal will be taken to the
state supreme Eoult. The outcom
3f tie litigation viii decide whether,
or net the company must pay the
taxes assessed against il in all the
ccunties CT the state in which it does
business.
CUt-TS SAlt
The Greater Humboldt corpora
lion, composed of flrmers CT Hum
ooldt and Elko COUNTIES, has insti
tuted suit in the district court Of the
ater couny, against State Engineer
". M. Keorney to secure title tc tht
lnaprropsiated waters CT the Hum
bGldt river The suit is the result
III the refusal Of the state enginee
% grant an application Of the corpor,
alton fer some Of the water.
Several Men Hurt
Engineer Leo Dohoney, Firemag
| ieoQ e Vandever and George Walk
yani, a miner, were serious y in,
,ured at Copper Flat in White Pine
county, recently when a huge stcasr.
shovel machine ogerturned in the
pit" CT the Nevaa Consolidated Cop.
per company.
Refuses to Obey
Il Mrs Their sa Bart, proprietres
i u hotel in Reno, flatly refused to
put up her hands recent y when kom
nandGd to Go So by masked hold
/ ID man who entered her establish
,nent She argued the question witt
the man behind the gun' who fina
y admitted that his attempted holo
up was merely a joke and that h
would send her bCy of candy as ;
would send hei box cfc andy as
y, ~, b,n,. 4l>,.or
Sues Sotrthern Pacific
George w Mills has instituted
; lit in the district court Of Elk
county against the Southern Paclfi
company to r2c3yer $2.500 as dam
flased local ticket from Deeth t
. Halleck with the understanding tia
/ would be coed on one CT the fas
rairs of the defendant. He boarde
the train bet the conductor, it
Il lec'ared, declined to honor the lcca
! icket and ej,cted him.
Makes Suggestion
a The rec. ntly impaneled grand jur
II Storey county recently suggeste
the members CT thu board OF cou,
!. ~ commissioners that they make a
4 endeavoH to see to 1t that the law
). against gambling AMI permittil
aaino in sale sns throughout ii
eJGntyt be rigidiy enforced. Th
b 1ard held a meeting in consequent
# the suggestion and guardians
he law were called upon fer expla
: atoms for their alleged laxity in Il
af 3rcemeEt OF tn laws. o
Roof ColIspses
= The weight Of heavy snow Gauss
d the rolf Of large stable in vi
ID ginia City to collapse recently. II
le roofs of several other old structur
If ~ the town gave signs of also c,
IN t.srsing as a result Of the snow tn
a has fallen upon them recently.
IS May Sue Eiko County
h Attorney General Thatcher h
4 written Treasurer Miller CT e.
s. county that unless he forthwith f
n wards to the state treasurer t
states proportion CT taxes collect
n for last year, mandamus proceedin
lg viii be instituted against that cou
ty and the matter taken to
ap urreme court The Elko county tr
or urer has thus far declined to tn
lg over to this state the portion OF
is taxes referred to fo.r the reason tt
ID he claimed that the state was inde
ed to thcscounty.
Sparks Up in Arms
in slaycr Blundell of Sparks is
L. ceedingly wrought up by the opini
Il r acently rendered by Attorney G.