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Newspaper
Weekly Nevada State Journal
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1883
Page
1
L. P. Fisher an advertising agent at 21 Merchant's Exchange San Francisco is authorized to receive advertisements for the columns of his paper.
Governor Adams outlines a plan to trim state expenses by limiting costs at the Asylum Prison and Orphans Home, calls for county and municipal budget relief, and proposes a State Board of Equalization. He notes 1881 state taxes at about 255000 and county taxes at 675000, and warns against silver demonetization while favoring freight reform and California annexation ideas. He also advocates removal of Chinese workers and ends with a compliment to Gov Kinkead.
Controller Hallock reports 1882 assessable valuations rose in Churchill Elko Esmeralda Lander Lincoln and Washoe by 1 074 077 15 while Douglas Eureka Humboldt Lyon Nye Ormsby Storey and White Pine fell by 2 071 980 45 total state decrease 997 903 30 Storey county largest drop from 5 212 823 39 to 3 926 216 10. Net mine proceeds fell mainly in Esmeralda Eureka and Lander by 801 817 11, totaling 1 799 720 41. Total valuations for 1882 reached 29 109 889 86 including mine proceeds. State news also covers political attacks and public notices.
The Austin Reveille and Journal back Frank Bell of Reno as the best fit for state prison warden amid a field including W D Gibson of Virginia City. Bell, known for 20 years with the Western Union Telegraph Co, offers honesty, executive ability, and careful management to oversee $160,000 in two years.
Controller Halleck reports 1881 82 funds for the State Prison totaling 100000 with expenditures of 97373 96. Average prisoners about 129, cost per inmate about 103 per day. Boot and shoe manufacture at the prison ran at a loss, with detailed 18 month and 12 month statements, restating stock values and disbursements. The Post Office money order business for the year reached 120000000, a big banking style convenience from small payments.
The Nevada press lauds State Controller Hallock for early report submission and a veto of the President pro tem and Speaker’s pay raise. It warns against silver demonetization and argues for chattel mortgage reform to ease credit, while urging railroad fare relief and careful salary law repeal debate.
Controller Hailock cites last session’s retrenchment laws saving about 60 thousand dollars over two years and forecasting future savings of around 32 thousand dollars per year. The Journal disagrees on rate reduction, suggesting caution as depreciation limits cuts and railroads’ equalization could influence totals.
The piece ridicules a so called prophet predicting a year of disaster starting with a financial crisis and a hurricane. It argues editors are not scared, champions wealth over calamity, and urges readers to pursue money and faith while ignoring the predicted disasters.
The Tariff Commission recommends removing the washed versus unwashed distinction in wool and woollen goods. Duty on wool and woollen rags, shoddy and waste is set at ten cents per pound, woollen cloths at forty cents per pound. The policy is likely to hurt Nevada sheep ranchers and related industries.
The Reno community discusses economy in state and county affairs noting annual government costs reach a million dollars while taxable property totals forty million. Tax burden could absorb the state in forty years. Alarming figures spur calls for careful attention to public service and prudent governance.
The Commissioner of the Land Office recommends repealing all pre-emption laws since entry may be made under the Homestead law in bona fide cases. A bill before the House proposes repeal, and another would repeal all bills authorizing public land sales. The aim is to keep lands for actual settlers and stop speculators.
The Legislature must choose two Regents of the State University replacing J. S. Mayhugh and Charles H. Sproule whose terms end. No successors are named in available notice.
A bullion tax proposal in Arizona is expected to excite interest at the upcoming Legislature. The measure follows Pattison and Cleveland, while California Governor Stoneman rejects a military display at his inauguration.
A Buffalo reader writes that the Favorite Prescription cured years of female complaints including dragging-down after trying many remedies with no success. She attributes her relief to three bottles and urges others to use it, noting prior financial strain and lasting improvement.
Attorney General Murphy endorses creating a State Board of Equalization to ensure fair property valuation, citing prior failed bills in 1879 and 1881. He details Central Pacific Railroad assessments by Washoe and other counties, urging a uniform, just per mile valuation and noting his and Hallock’s efforts to raise taxes on the road’s main track, side tracks, telegraph lines, and personal property.
A Carson boy allegedly went crazy from study, staying up late to pore over geography in an attempt to find three of the “dresks” mentioned in the River and Harbor bill. He forgot there are no rivers in Nevada and that the water flowing from the Sutro Tunnel is the largest stream in the state.
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