Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-01-20

member OF the court that the law
delegates unconstitutional power TO
the state engineer, while a second
justice holds that such an adiudica-
ton as h law provides has no
nnality.
L consider the law to be unsatis-
factory in It's present shape, and will
submit later definite recommendations
growing out OF Investigations now un-
der way for amendments to the pres
ent law. or for a new water law cal.
culated to cure the defects in the code
now on the statutes.
J Every day that the work of adj
Indicating u water rights is DELAY
ed increases the difficulty of the
problem, and, II we are at all con-
cerned with the agricultural develop
ment OF our state, we should adj
dress ourselves whole heartedly to
the correction of the evils which are
acting as an effective bar of genuine
progress in the economical utilization
OF the most valuable of our natural
resources. 1t is safe to say that no
n should be invited to settle on
any of u unadjudicated streams.
for the new appropriation can be
given no guarantees from the state
regarding the validity of his title to
the use of water; on the contrary, he
Is almost sure to be enjoined If he
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area of the state. The colonization
of our large ranches, the process to
which the state must look for its
ultimate agricultural population, is
impeded by the unsatisfactory water
titles which such ranch owners can
convey. The urgency of this matter
should not be overlooked.
Panama Pacific International and
Panama-California Expositions.
AS provided in the 1913 statutes,
the board OF directors and the COM
mission have proceeded with the
preparation for a Nevada exhibit at
each of the California expositions.
Building sites were procured at San
Francisco and San Diego, and con-
tracts for appropriate state buildings
were let. The San Diego building
is ready for acceptance by the state,
and the San Francisco building
of this year.
The exhibits have been collected
and are now being installed in the
state building at San Diego and in
the various exhibits palaces at San
Francisco.
1t is believed that Nevada will
make a very creditable showing at
both eXpositions, and the state will
doubtless derive subs antial benefits
from the opportunity thus afforded
to advertise its resources and pro-
ducts.
1t is hoped that by judicious man.
agement the entire appropriation of
$4,000 made for this purpose will
not be entirely consumed.
State Board Of Charities
And Corrections.
The system now employed in Ne
vada under which the control OF the
different charitable and penal institu-
tions of the state is vested in various
eX.official boards Is not productive
of the highest efficiency in the con-
duct of the state institutions. FIRE.
quent changes in the management Of
all such institutions with changes in
the political complexion of the ad-
m~inistration, the rewarding of politi-
cal workers eX-officio elective boards,
and the not infrequent disorganization
of the whole executive department re-
sulting from this condition, are a few
OF the objections to the present ar
rangement.
The work OF caring for our defec-
tives and unfortunates should be, in
my Judgment, as we'll as in the judy
ment Of my predecessor, Governor
Oddie, who made this same recon-
mendation to the Tw~enty-sixth ses-
sion of your honorable bodies, dele
gated to a nonpartisan board to act
without compensation, and the Ne
vada hospital for mental diseases,
the orphans home, the industrial home
at Elko, and, IL possible, the state
prison should be put under the con-
troll OF such a board.
l am convinced that a marked in
crease in efficiency, together with n
genuine saving to the state. would
result from the creation of a board
OF charities and corrections.
Settlement Of Industrial Disputes.
1t should be the duty of the state
TO address itself seriously to the
| question of averting, by every legi-
innate mea at it's disposal, the ruin
Gus consequences Of strikes and lock
outs. To this end you will be asked
to consider, during the session, legls.
lation patterned after the Canadian
law, known there as "The ConcIlia-
ton Act" the operation OF which
has practically eliminated strikes and