The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1914-09-10
RESOLUTIONS BY
NEVADA SOCIETY

Whereas, A resolution has been
adopted by the board Of directors of
the state of Nevada governing its
participation at the Panama Pacific
International Exposition at San Fran
cisco in 1915, requesting the county
commissioners of said state to ascer-
tain the public sentiment of the peo-
pie in their respective counties as to
the advisability of abandoning Ne
vada g representation, and to make a
report of their findidngs; and
1t appearing that the state of Ne
vada has, by an act of its legislature,
already consented to participate at
said exposition, and has provided for
and collected a portion of it's fund
for said purpose; that the plans for
Nevada $ building at said exposition
have been prepared and adopted, and
contracts entered into for the erection
of its building and for the collection
and classification of exhibits; and
Contemplating the advantages that
win unquestionably accrue to the
state of Nevada from her representa-
tion and participation at said exposi-
tion, in the display of her agricul-
tural and horticultural products, and
her widely diffused and fabulously
rich mineral deposits;
Realizing the enormity of the
present European conflict and of its
terrible destructive force to both life
and property, and that to escape the
burdens of taxation that are a con-
comitant of such conflict, tide of
immigration to the United States is
bound to follow through the Panama
canal to our western shores, where
the state of Nevada, as well as the
entire Pacific coast, offer unbounded
opportunities; and in the face of such
a prospect, it will indeed be sad
commentary for the state of Nevada
to advertise to the world that she can
not afford to display her boundless
products and extend the welcoming
hand to our future citizens;
Contemplating the possibility of
colonization that can be effected
among the thousands of foreign and
national exposition visitors, so neees-
sary to populate the state of Nevada
for the cultivation of its lands and
the development of it's mineral
wealth.
Considering that the exposition will
also commemorate the great and
priceless achievement of peace, by
reason whereof every state in the
Union should be proud to be linked
one with the other at one of the
grandest expositions the world will
ever witness;
Firmly believing that, in the aban-
donment of its representation at said
exposition at this late hour, the dig
nifty of tn state of Nevada will un-
doubtedly be lessened in the eyes of
the world by failing to carry into eff
feet its solemn legislative declara-
tions. and the people of the state suf-
fer an unmeasured and irretrievable
loss; now, therefore, be it
Received, BY the Nevada State So
ciety of California, in meeting assem-
bled;
That We urgently and earnestly ap
peal to the board of directors of the
state of Nevada of the Panama-Pa-
cifc international Exposition, and to
the entire people of the state of Ne
vada, to complete the task which they
have so auspiciously undertaken, in
order that no blemish may tarnish the
escutcheon of the state, and that when
the gates of said exposition shall open
in February, 1915, Nevada will be
found triumphantly represented in the
galaxy of the sisterhood of states;
and be it further
Resolved, That copies of this reso
luton be Immediately transmitted to
Governor Tasker Oddie, Lieutenant
Governor Gilbert Ross, and Hon. Geo.
NJ. Thatcher, constituting the board
of directors of the state of Nevada;
and to the president of the divers
county commissioners of and in the
state of Nevada, and to the press in
the state of Nevada.
Martin Earpnsnn of Euraka is vis-