The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-01-21

ohtl cNdNC iCSdiuHnS hS SCtiOnthl now o0h6 YIN ~ nv
vicinity of Rebel Creek He wanted to know III about affairs in thu
northern country, and the secretary could not give him the desired tnfor-
nation. The best he could do was to send the California man a news
paper. and forward the letter to l. j Studebaker at Rebel Creek, the man
who is the active head of the settlement asking that he inform the Cali
forna man about conditions.
Now, the secretary is not to blame, or is the association, perhaps. for
not having knowledge of the many activities in Humboldt county. 1t is
a large county, and communication is difficult. Moreover, there never has
been an concerted effort at community development And perhaps that
is just the same as saying that the time has arrived when there should be
such effort This newspaper does OF advocate boon" tactics, ut
it does believe a conservative, honest presentation of what advantages
the country possesses ought to be made. In order to do its share, the
Business Mems Association will have to be informed of matters industrial
This information car be secured if members of the association will adopt
the simple policy of asking for it, and interest themselves sufficiently in the
general welfare to correlate the information obtained.
The Information department" of such an association is one of its most
important features always, and particularly is this true N a e country.
There is great need of accurate information. Newspapers copying inteli-
gence from a supposedly wild country are prone TO stretch" facts to
make them o interesting, OIL more grohsque, perhaps. Mr.. Bosch, the
secretary for the local business mon, tells of many strange IDEAS which
his correspondents entertain regarding Humboldt county and thu desert
One man in Colorado had read that sheepherders here were being paid
$25 a month, and he thought he would like to move here with his family
if he could be near fairly good schools and have a easy job and get the
hundred and twenty-fve!
There have been several inquiries about the Rebel Creek district; and
not long e there were inquiries about nursing in the northern country.
tt show fD, that 800 $5. $50 Der day ws offered at Winnemucca" for
nurses All such false stories are injurious to a community, and they
should be inteIigenuy contradicted. We do not want people to com here
believing. as is said of immigrants from the old world, that money grows
on bushes" Such persons inevitably become a liability to the county; they
a by n o mean be viewed as a asset Settlers who are unable to become
seIfsupporting ire worse than settlers
Newspaper articles telling of development are copied, and they interest
people. Always there are many looking for better places to live in, for
n reason Or another Legitimate development OF ny kind, whether agri-
cultural, mining, or what not, should be heralded, for u WI advantage.
wildcat stories should be cried down The Rebel Creek project seems the
real thing; and certainly. if it is {, it should receive all assistance which
the Business Mems Association and newspapers car give it.
There are many things in Humboldt county regarding which 1t would
be of advantage % all classes to have information filter to the outside
world. 1t il a work which the Reno Commercial Club, for instance, has
found to be a big job. Probably a long time must elapse before the
the right direction is always the biggest part of n undertaking, and a
start al be made by individual members doing their community part