The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-11-08

H&&4 NOR expression uns he but repeated. in another and legal way
ISINN what the Governor OF Nevada said some months ago. The judge
H0WXsN said. in effect that State law must take its course. and that
G&1a any person who attempted o interfere with it would suffer
The Governor said, al reported by Reno newspapers. The gang is through
in Nevada. but they don't all know it." 1t seems a veryc ommon sentiment
nowadays that the warborn sagebrush State is genuinely DESTROYS of doing
things in a more orderly fashion than old traditions described
A man in the extreme north o. the countyg hundred miles from a all
took it upon himself to assess damages against another man, and proceed
to collect his Judgment by means of threats. So it as proved in court
for oldfashioned gang rule" And at that it appeared the damages were
assessed fairly enough The tespass occurred n it was o denied Let
the distinction be plain. The punishment was for a attempt to override
Or at least ignore, the law of the State.
In attempting gang rule" persons in a community are, per Sc. working
against N another, against the common welfare. Order is necessary to
progress. The commonwealth, and every community within it, is dependent
on team work to show it the way to better things. This is plainly illus
trated by events right at home. The people of one town york enthusiastic
ally together for the common good; n another, the citizens are divided
more or less into chques who strive % advance their W interests by
working against the welfare of those who do ct agree with them.
Community spirit" is the idea which tends toward progress and we'll
being today When Judge ahaha was ASKED In TINS nnecuo M ne
thought might be of benefit to winnemucca in this way he mentioned an
to town-partcuarly visitors from the ranches. the mines. and the herds
and focks of the n~hc country. He recognized. in the first place, the neces
sy OF ADEQUATE hoala accommodations. In all likelihood a new hotel Will
be built in Winnemucca next year.
All wealth comes into winnemucca. Nothing is produced here-nothing
at least. which can be remembered at the moment A large number Of the
people who bring in this wealth are Basques. They love entertainment, and
they pay literally for it, They are fond of contestso Of different Sorts. of
horse races in particular. A park, convenient to the city. could be laid out
just south of the Southern Pacific tracks, east of Bridge street East of
the park might be a quarter Or hatmne track for different kinds of speed
contests. Beside the river, near the Western Pacific railroad, a swimming
bath would surely prove desirable, and should be profitable. Visitors of
foreign birth ire lot the only ones who would enjoy a swim, it is safe to say
Tourist camping grounds re another thing to consider Judge Callahan
mentioned the fine accommodations Of this sort 1t Ely. and told how much
uey were pprecateo N IN nnecuo with that 1t may be wh to re-
call that many bits of information have reached the Overland Trail Club to
Inc nec lnal Ls nSeies III pdTuculdr, Nat worker at ELY nose mission
it a to defect automobile travel over m Oft the southern routes. That
showed enterprise o the part of Los Angeles-arre reaching striving for
business of travellers. that doubtless cost the towns along the northern and
better highway n small amount of business, and reputation.
And then, speaking again Of community spirit, Ely has beautiful park
grounds and vegetation to greet the eyes of visitors who ire tired of desert
scenery. 1t 8 admitted in that camp that the investment is a paying one.
II that IL true of the copper camp, how much more tr would it be a Win
nemucca, situated on the main lines of railroad!
An objection has been urged to tourist camping grounds that travellers
by automobile leave, generally, little money in a town. Probably that idea
is correct But there would be n progress at ALL or almost none, if people
depended upon immediate returns from investments. 1t is unquesuonable
that to give strangers and visitors al idea OF lively interest in a town by
its citizens is Of the utmost value ito any community. 1t attracts attention.
interest, business. prosperity. Just al truly does a lack of community well
fare repel those who it is to III advantage to cultivate.
The people re rapidly getting rid Of the idea that because a nan is a
Governor or Congressman, he is a superior being, endowed with a gigantic
intellect, a massive brain, and born to rule. IT that he is in some way diff
ferent from ordinary mortals. Under the new order of things, every man
will have to stand for just what he is; and If he fails to do just IS he is
directed by the men who hire him, he will lose his job All the glamor that
in the past has surrounded public life is being tori away. and the self-made
armor-pate that men in public life W. sought to surround themselves with
as a sort of omcal protection against public criticism will vanish. 1t is
vel o shriveling before the demand for the square deal. The public
service is swarming with incompetent men. with graners. boodlers and get
rch-Quick politicians. and the imminent political upheaval in this country
means that they must skiddoo-get out; and stay out
In speaking of the Republican victory in Kentucky, the Reno Gazette
truly remarked: "The vte shows a profound dissatisfaction with existing
conditions, and IN that account presages the defeat al the polls next year
OF the party controlling the Federal administration. That party will
be held by the people to be responsible. whether justly or unjustly. and
must bear the blame. Nor IAN it shrk this responsibility. Even If it would.
fa President ss us lender vary ohyinuslv des NJ fhmd th.fN shouads