The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1922-10-06
REPUBLICANS
HOLD MEETING

The Republican state candidates
We're greeted here Saturday night by
the most enthusiastic crowd that has
thus far assembled during the pres
ent campaign.
Inc Gardneryille band entertained
the crowd on the street for a hall
hour before the meeting opened and
when the speakers took their places
on The stage in the Rex Theatre. Old
Glory was given a place of honor.
ana which was a noticeable omission
at other political meetings held re-
Gently.
George A. Montrose acted as chair
man and the first candidate TO be
introduced was John Miller. candi-
date for Governor. He spoke of
needed economy in the management
OF governmental affairs, and called
attention to the increased assessed
valuation in Douglas county during
the past eight years. He showed that
the increase was nearly four hundred
per cent while the tax rate remained
the same. He touched on the matter
OF land development and irrigation
and expressed 1t as his opinion that
the farmers here We're taking up
most laudable enterprise in the prob
lem of building storage system for
Carson Valley. He promised that il
elected governor of Nevada he would
give the people a business admins
tration and his sincerity brought forth
a ringing applause.
Senator Griffith of Clark county.
nominee for Lieutenant Governor.
told of having been an interested
spectator at the formal opening of
the Topaz Lake storage system of the
Walker River Irrigation District dur
Ing the day, and was favorably i'm
pressed with that great achievement
which means SO much to Nevada.
irrigation projects, similar to the one
for Smith and Mason Valley are pos
sible In many parts of Nevada, and
the Senator from Clark county felt
certain that they would be brought
to realization. He spoke of the
Boulder Canyon project in his own
county which Is to be the biggest
irrigation project in the world and
which this government intends to
expend some $S0,000,0 900 in coopera-
tion with private concerns that will
invest several times that amount. Mr..
Griffith showed his modesty and did
not even state that he was a candi-
date for Lieutenant Governor, devot-
ing his allotted time in touching on
state matters.
W. b. Alexander. the nominee for
Secretary of State. as well as Andy
stinson, for Mine Inspector were we'll
received.
Harry H. Atkinson, of Tonopah, and
candidate for Attorney General, PROV
ed to be one Of the heavy weight
speakers of this campaign. His ad-
dress on constitutional government
and the part the Republican party
has played in the advancement and
its development held the audience In
rapt attention and at numerous times
during his talk the applause was so
great that his voice could not be
heard above the roar. He is a rapid
fire speaker and not only told of the
part the Republican party had played
In this great country of ours, but
delved into state affairs and urged
his hearers to vote for John Miller
for governor who stood pledged to
return the state to sane economy and
the abolishment of extravaganza.
In introducing Fred Blackwell. con-
ductor on the Y. & T., Chairman
Montrose said that the longest speech
that he had ever heard the candidate
for Controller make was "All aboard. ;"
Mr.. Blackwell heightened his Gus
tomary speech to some degree and
said that he felt as much at home
with the people of Douglas county as
he did with his Carson friends, which
is fact. In his present position he
has endeared himself to the travelling
public through his courteous and
thoughtful actions and If elected state
controller, he will not change those
characteristics.
William Kearney. the free lance
speaker of the evening, told a large
number of truths, and while his re-
marks were not to the liking of hide
bound partisans, voters of open mind
were given something to think about
do the voters of Nevada want a
man for governor whose record as
an economist while serving the state
In one of its most important ap-
pointive positions shows him to have
had little or no regard for the amount
of money expended, and who in the
last twenty-one months exceeded the
highest biennial expense of his pre-
decessor by nearly three-fold?" said
Mr. Kearney.
He told how the farmers of the
Humboldt river contributed $17,500
This contribution was made after Mr.
Scrrgham had informed those water