The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-01-30

- neither is it the last stroke tht counts for ALL, although the rocK
yields. All blows have their effect and the rock succumbs. Somebody has
said nc effort is wasted in a good cause. And there have been other efforts
Also, there have been, and re now. efforts to keep the capital where it does
not belong, and they will fail ultimately, because they are selfish and wrong
Continuing, the Appeal says: First except for a very small minority
throughout the State, there is no demand for removal; second if it had
assumed any big proportions, which it has not, now is not the time TIC agtate
it, especially when such a expense is involved"
Yes, yes; we heard you the first time "Mannana!' Don't do it now; wait
until Carson has induced the Legislature to spend I'M more hundreds of
thousands on the old capitol, in the tme-washng effort to make a large patch
remain in a wor garment Lest the rent be made greater!"
There lis also an appeal to cupmity in the remark CT the Carson newspaper
"Penny-wise and pound-foonsh" tactics are not generally considered good
craftsmanship Carson City aided by Reno influence, has evidently become
sef-centered' II it hd Its ca TO the groun II might cal a sun a-
mand from a equally great portion of the State for the location of the
at Phoebe. for instance, a demand could be heard from Carson and Reno
without the use of a megaphone.
The people OF. the whole State of Nevada want their capital at the most
accessible point for all the people If this is not true of Carson and Reno
then we must say that those cities are looking for "te best of it,"
There are many reasons why the capital should be located at wnnemucca
al the most convenient spot in the State. Perhaps the question of compare
tive geography has been least considered A short study If maps of the
different states of the Union will show any person that tn capital o Nevada
is further from the center of the State than is the case of h capital of any
other state, excepting only Boston. the capital of Massachusetts,. Such a study
also will be likely to contain a surprise. for the average reader and voter, for
than he had supposed. There are exceptions. like Olympia Washington and
Salem Coegon); but there are reasons fol those exceptions, because those
captai elues are alo Seapof1' "ner 'e greater pofuon Oh "e
Boston is n o comparison because, besides being a seaport of world i'm
portance, the matter OF travel is almost inconsequental there. Massachu-
sets is only one-half the width of Nevada, in the matter o miles. In speed
of travel it is only one-ffh as wide. About fourteen hours are required for
train No 10 o the Southern Pacific, to cross the State of Nevada. The entire
width o. Massachusetts cal be accomplished in three hours or %; and besides
there ar trains every hour limited, accommodation, express and through
trains. And there are interurban railroads. Anybody in Massachusetts may
go to Boston. transact business, and return the same day.
Several other eastern state capitals are located nearer the money" than
the geographical centers of their states, but there cal be n such argument
III lawn VI inc pIetnl Se VI te NtNdud capital ne real money 49, anu
will be. in Humboldt and Eko counties. Mining money geso out of the State
a counpe of hundred miles south of Winnemucca. But what the map does
lot show is that impossible mountain ranges will forever, or for generations
to come, prevent any through railroad being built south of here. Humboldt
and E1ko counties contain the only available pass. Like conditions exist in
some other Western states. The capital should be, for another thing, on the
most available railroad. Winnemucca has two tanscontnental lnes-theI
only mes for a north-and- south distance of nearly a thousand miles. In
this matter the State is not alone to be considered, because much foreign
business must go to every state capital
1t is true the State is not yet fully awake to the great disadvantage OIL
having the capital at the extreme western edge of the commonwealth; but
it will become more and more conscious of the disadvantage every coming
year. Time will come and son' if it is not now when the business man of
Ely, for instance. will protest most vigorously at having to spend two days
in travel and considerable money in order to go to the State house to transact
business. He will say it is not fair, and he will be right.
Citizens of the Tonopah and Goldfed mining districts, and people from
further south, will have but little choice in the matter The railroad fare
for them, will be a few cents more to Winnemucca than to Carson, b tut they
will ave better accommodations. Far more of a consideration will be their
sens Of fairness to people of the eastern part O. the State, and to the traveller
from other states. Winnemucca is the spot Any proposition to spend the
public money in a effort to patch u p andquated buildings N a stubline rail-
road. at the edge of the State. will be found upon slight reflection to be unfair
We'll, well! Here's the first glad hand we've scents the way The
Silver State of Wnnemucca receives a line of welcome from the Sparks
Tribune The Silver State is 10 in the guiding hands of Ayres & Ayresl
and is looking up" The Review is also glad to see The Silver State m its
exchange table-[C1ark County Review.
The Silver State and the Humboldt Star re undertaking this month to
publish the county bills "free gratis or ndMn," is new matter. The news
papers trust their patrons will appreciate the innovation. If found practical
the practice will be continued, each newspaper, on alternate months. bearing
the expense incurred.
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