The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-02-08
EVANS CR|T|C|z[S
ADMINISTRAT|ON

Our perfectly good, new Democrat
Representative is going to Washing
ton to investigate the administration,
and according to the lurid language
of bill" Booth of the Tonopah b.
nanza, Mr.. Evans has something to
investigate. Just see who's here:
Charles r. Evans, Congressman
elect, is on his way to Washington.
He has blood in his eye and hair on
his teeth. He is from the wild and
woolly West and goes to his new Job
with a mission from the miner.
Classified with the minority, Mr.. Ev-
n nevertheless expects to be able to
do something which previous repre-
sentatives from the mining states have
confessed they were unable to do.
One of these is to find out why the
shelters can take or reject offerings
from the miner, and why a miner is
virtually barred from erecting any
sort of a smelling plant on his prop
erty.
Il may not succeed" said the new
Congressman this morning, but 1 am
going to be heard; and if there is any
way to secure redress, / am going to
get it. In the first place, l want to
find out why the Western Ore Pur-
chasing Company, representing the
smelter trust, will not accept copper
matte from the Wall Street mine at
Luning. We would be operating that
property today, using Coaldale coal
and bringing out an industrial ex-
pansion that would be beneficial to all
classes of labor.
I'VE found that by installing a re-
verbatory furnace and using Coaldale
coal, which is better suited for the
purpose than any other fuel, we could
produce a copper matte at a profit.
While we were arranging for the fur
mace we were advised by the West
ern Ore Purchasing Company that we
might as well quit, since that company
would no buy the matte and would
offer no encouragement unless the
ores from the Wall Street went to the
smelter. / want to know why there
is no market for copper matte, and
am going to find out.
This is the same game they worked
with the Thompson smelter trust, and
was only allowed to reopen with the
consent of that interest. They are
about to close on the first of March.
having received orders to that effect,
so the copper producers of western
Nevada will suffer a serious setback.
When one set of men can dictate to
important interest like the mining
industry, there must be something
wrong at the bottom of the whole
business. l have been reading the
Congressional Record and find that
the men who are supposed to be look
ing after the peoples interests don't
get anywhere. They start something
and quit.
4 would like to represent Nevada
on the irrigation committee. but do
not know if can get on that commit
tee. Nevada is the greatest arid State
in the Union, and should be repre-
sented."
On his way to Washington Mr.. Ey-
ans will stop over in Nebraska, where
spent his boyhood, and investigate
to what extent the potash Industry
will be influenced by the coming Of
German shipments.
Another mission / have in mind
is to find out the workings of the
Postofice department and why it fell
in handling soldiers mail. III
heard many complaints. and II
have one of my own TO investigate.
Last month l received a Letter from
my boy. Corporal H. H. Evans, inquir-
ing why l stopped writing, as he had
not received a letter for months. The
mail brought back three letters
returned to the writer, marked: Sick.
Now, If they know my boy
sick and at Tours. why in Gods
didn't they have sense enough
forward the letters instead Of re-