Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-10-07
REPUBLICAN STATE CANDIDATES
OPEN CAMPAIGN IN LYON COUNTY

line of the dangerous and suicidal ma
ture of the Pittman land grant plan
and a plea and promise for more
real service to the State of Nevada
from the federal government.
A mail service that will be ser
vice and not cheap bargain; irriga-
ton and reclamation that will confer
benefits and unlock the land resources
of such counties as, Lyon were de-
manded and promised.
Rural districts should have bet
ter opportunities and better mail faci-
lites' was the keynote of Congress
man Roberts. Every section of the
country except the western rural dis
tricts has daily service he said. The
east gets mail every day, sometimes
oftener and letters are delivered to
the very desk of the business man
The farmer is lucky to get any mail
at all even after he fights for it. The
postoffice is not favor from tho
government but it is something
bought and paid for by the people
and the people get the service they
pay for when they buy postage
stamps.
The postoffice is the only depart
ment that insists on being a money
making concern. The department o
Justice or the treasury department
does not demand to be paid cost anf
little more for every function
performs for the public, but the post
the west wait for adequate or an
office demands to be paid and les
service worthy of the name. In th'
west settlers ought to be encouraged
and not penalized by the governmen
by being subjected to inconvenience
and reprivations of mail service mere
" because they live in the west
Postoffices have been discontinue
Recommendation OF Khaki-clad posta
agerits from Washington who car
not understand why a western farme'
should, desire his mail on the same
terms of service as an eastern farm
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These sentiments were echoed b.
Sam Platt who joined in PROMISING
to 90 something to reclaim the vas
thousands of rich acres that neef
only water to make them productive
They promised to work for such al
administration of reclamation pro
iects as would make it possible for set
tiers to live on them long enough to get
on their feet, and make permanen
residents. Congressman Roberts said
it was his ambition to do something
for these lands that need only wate'
and that after six years he was nea
the goal as chairman of the commit
tee on irrigation and arid lands anC
he desired to go back that he nigh
get into a place where he could he'll
Nevada more.
Sam Platt's address was an arraign
ment of the democrats for removing
from American citizens that guarant,
of protection for their rights whicl
has been in past history the pride anf
boast of an American. The admins
tration failed in its duty he said ant
because unworthy of the name Am
erican.
Opposition to the Pittman Lane
Grant bill was again declared by Platt
He said it is bad piece of legisla
ton for Nevada. 1t provides for the
sales of the public domain in sucl
way that a poor man cannot bu,
it and it is the poor man, the pioneer
of courage to whom Nevada mus
look for her development and increase
in population. A rich man, sheer
man or cattle man who wants to ge'
extra range might buy the public
domain in that way if it were turned
over to the State to sell at auction
but that would not populate the State
81 have no. prejudice against mere
wealth, honestly acquired said Platt
''but if I am permitted to go to the
senate | do not intend to let a rich
rich man get anything at the expense
and to the detriment of poor man.
The speaker said that Senator Pitt
mans reported willingness to con
vert all the federal domain in Nevada
to the use of the State for sale a
auction, would be disastrous and
would result in Nevada getting nc
more federal aid. Federal lands arr
the only lands improved by the fed
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