The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-03-08
COMMISSIONERS
HELD MEETING
Not a Great Deal of Business Was
Transacted; Farm Bureau Tax
Rate and County Printing
Subjects of Discussion

The regular meeting of the Hum
boldt county board of county COM
missioners was held Monday, bills
against the county taking up the
principal portion of the commission
er's time.
A Farm Bureau committee con-
sisting of Cecil Creel, director of
university extension work, under
which Farm Bureau activities are
carried on; ]. w. Wilson, county
Farm Bureau Agent; M. C. East
man, president of the Humboldt
County Farm Bureau; and Mrs.
McB. Rose and M. Hirzel, directors
of the organization, appeared before
the board to urge tax levy of two
and one-half cents for support of
the Farm Bureau and to build up a
reserve fund which will permit the
organization to have funds for a
years work in advance, as required
by the federal government, which
participates to a large extent in
the cost of Farm Bureau work. The
committee told in a general way of
the work that has been and that
1t is hoped will be accomplished,
and among other things County
Agent Wilson told of the plan to
encourage home sale and production
of a number of commodities which
he hopes will result in added pros
perity to the community. He told
OF the eleven cars of potatoes that
are shipped to this community an
nually which might just as well be
raised here; the 16 cars of flour.
the $4,000 pounds of butter, seven
cars Of apples, and told the COM
missioners that where there are
about 100 dairy cows here now
there should be more like 500 to
supply local needs. He went on
through the list and told how he
hopes to save the amount thus ex-
pended to local producers.
During the discussion it was
said by Assessor Smith that the
estimated tax roll in this county this
year has fallen to $17,500,0 900,
principally due to loss in livestock,
a condition that has been noticeable
practically every year for a long
time.
Mrs. Rose spoke on the nutrition
projects of the Farm Bureau and
stated that she believed child
health to be far more important
than livestock. She said that all
children who have come under the
operations of the nutrition projects
have improved wonderfully in health.
President Eastman backed her up in
this and expressed the hope that
the nutrition work may not be
abandoned. He believed that the
activities of the Farm Bureau will
save several times the amount of
the tax levy asked for by arranging
for the granting Of agricultural
products and starting ranches to
raising necessary products for home
consumption.
The commissioners finally decided
that a two-cent rate is about all
the taxpayers can stand for Farm
Bureau work and ordered that the
rate shall be fixed at that sum. This
will have the effect of dispensing
with the services of a women. home
demonstration, under whose super
vision the child walfare and nutri-
tion projects come, during the year
1924.
The matter of county printing
was broached by w. II. Ayres
editor of this newspaper, Who pre-:
sented each of the commissioners
with a copy of this newspaper re
Gently issued in which was con-
tanned listing of county expendi-
lures for printing. Commissioner
Bell was rather acrimonious in his
denunciation of The Silver State
and made it plain that it is his
opinion that county printing is .
personal matter, between himself
and the editor, when he said :
You've started something you can't
finish" The editors reply was that
he did not consider county printing
a personal matter, but instead