The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-01-11
Possible Loss of Lincoln Route
Comes as ThunderboIt from Sky
to People Of County Says Kent
"oUR VALUED TREASURE, LIQUID A
CONNECTION WITH WOLD. IT PRIMARY
ROAD ACROSS STATE, ARGUES


ance oi the EASTERN friends of the
Lincoln Highway, and the pluck anu
courage oil our own people In as
suming a financial obligation to fur
nish their portion OF the funds, this
nationally known portion OF the Lin
coin Highway is at this writing more
than two-tnirds completed and
transformed into a first-class grade
twenty feet wide, four feet above the
level OF the tat and covered with
layer OF eight inches of rolled crush
ed rock and gravel. 1t makes my
heart beat with pride to think OF our
loyal, hard working people, already
Durdened with city, state and
county tax rate of i've cents on
$500 cash valuation on property
that virtually has SHOWN no profits
in the last two years, did willingly
consent to assume this additional
burden because tney reasoned that
II was their duty.
Wniie the state of Nevada shows
decreasing population, according
TO census reports, the falIon coun-
Try has steadily increased IN popuia-
ton and wealth and Tie last census
report tnat allots TO rallon d popu-
lation of 1858 Is very misleading as
in the territory included within q
radius OF three to eight miles sur
rounding the city of tallon there are
living in their own homes at least
four thousand people and the fact
that nearly eight hundred school
children are enrolled in the public
schools of Fallon bears out this as
sertion. The writer was reliably in
formed that the last payment made
for water charges, payable on De-
eember 1stlast at the U. S. Reclama-
tion Office, was the largest payment
ever made to the government since
the beginning OF the project and the
percentage of delinquent water
users was unusually small So much
for Churchill county.
Newspapers, public officials and
civic bodies throughout the state are
etefnaily preaching about concert
ed effort, unity of action etc.
DIV Nelilns upon the fact that that is
the most needed policy to be adopt
ed in the state to Contribute to Its
welfare, would it do to begin hight
here?
The writer believes that the Reno
Chamber OF Commerce has at least
laid itself open to criticism. 1t Is
an organization that has been pos
ing as a state wide concern. In
some respects 1t has concerned it.
self as an arbitor OF the policy of
every locality in the state and If 1t
has not been guilty of assisting one
route to the detriment of another
which has at least equal, If not bet
ter claims upon the city of Reno.
and l am referring to the Northern
Highway and the Lincoln Highway,
then its course has been such that 1t
has been a generally accepted fact
with the people of each locality as
above named that such has been the
I true state of affairs.
The question of the two highways
across the state in preference to one
when presented in its broadest sense
as public benefit to the taxpayers
of the state and in which the city
Of Reno would be the largest partic-
lEant admits OF no argument. The
writer sincerely believes that the
heaviest taxpayers and most infia-
ential citizens of Reno, il given a
chance would demonstrate their al
legiance to t'allon in particular and
the broader question of the Two sep
arate highways across the state.
But we are compelled to admit that
the road boosters favorlng tie
northern route are apparently IN
control and have been for the past
year or more.
The writer also firmly believes
shere Will be found many good, 10y
al and broad minded citizens and
taxpayers living along the route of
the northern highway who will see
the larger benefits to accrue to the
state by supporting the Lincoln
Highway in its present location as
they have assured certainty of se-
curing the completion of a national
highway passing through their own
locality through the act of the state
highway commission made on De-
cember 29th, last, in diyerting the
route of the northern road to Wen