The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-03-22

owners according to the number of
head owned and distributes the cost
of the association equally among
such owners.
The increase of five cents in the
state rate of taxation was brought
about by the rather startling fall
of assessable valuations within this
state, Senator Sheehan said, which
fell in the two-year period between
this and the past preceding session
of the legislature from 206 millions
to 1913 millions of dollars worth of
assessable property in the state of
Nevada. An enormous deficiency
bill of something more than ninety
thousand dollars had to be passed
to take care of over-expenditures in
the school department and state po-
lice work during the railroad strike
This item also tended to increase
taxation. The loss of livestock
and bullion taxes within the state
mas also been heavy, though the in.
crease in sheep valuations may over
come the number of stock lost. The
state tax rate last year was 81
cents, where for the next two years
it will be 81 cents, an increase OF
five cents on every hundred dollar
of assessable property value.
The roads and highway needs Of
this county were well taken care of,
in the senator's opinion, and his
assertion is proved by the fact that
Humboldt county is the only county
in the state that has been able to
secure a federal aid highway leading
away from the transcontinental
routes. Senator Sheehan said that
his main interest has been to get a
road north started. Two years ago
the route was designated to run
by way of Toll House and Willow
Point, but government engineers in.
sisted that the route should be
Strengthened out to as near straight
line as possible. To show that such
prerogative cannot be taken from
the government engineers, who rep.
resent by far the highest initial in
yestment in the roads, he pointed to
the fact that Governor Scrugham
aad vetoed the bill designating the
Lincoln highway as the road of pri-
mary Importance upon the same
srounds-that the government has
the right to designate where and
when the roads shall be built. So
in this way the Victory highway will
remain the primary road, the two
projects along the Victory route in
this county will be pushed to COM
oletion, and the road % miles north
20 Paradise Hill will go through.
Senator Sheehan had amended his
bill to bond the county for highway
purposes SO that the commissioners
can only sell 100000 worth of road
bonds, the belief being held that this
amount will take care of strictly
county highway construction and The
federal projects under way, at the
same time being all that the sena.
Eor believed the taxpayers are able
TO undertake at this time. This sun
is to be spent at the discretion OF
the county commissioners, the fed
eral projects of course to be taker
,are of first. After that the re
mainder may be used in improving
the continuation of the road NORTH
20 McDermitt and also for the con
Meeting road to Paradise Valley.
An important statement made by
Senator Sheehan is that the plans
now on foot for road work in Hum.
boldt county include all that car
well be finished within the next two
years and then will be time enough
to take up with the next legisla-
ture the matter Of future routing
of the road north. The only con-
Germ now is to get road work
north started with government aid.
That the efforts to that end have
been successful is attested by the
fact that this county has been the
only county in the state which has
been so favored, and all credit for
the road TO Paradise Hill must be
given to Humboldt county's dele
cation to the legislature two years
ago, Messrs. Sheehan, Brown and
Defenbaugh.
Another interesting bit of legis-
lation sponsored by Senator Sheehan
is the bill, now a law, requiring
automobile owners to file with the