Show NAME WAS A compromise explanation of remarkable cogno men of nevada town A nevada man having extensive mining claims in the goldfield region tells of a lucky luchy strike that was made last year near carson city ft a strike that proved to be of such promise that a goodly sized camp immediately sprang up around it the two principal mine owners were respectively an irishman and a jew and na as a compliment to these leading citizens the camp decided to lea leave to them the bestowal of a suitable name upon the new community there followed many conferences between the two nono none of which resulted in an agreement the irishman stood out for a name that would suggest ills his native isle while tho the jew was just as insistent on his part for a name that should be suggestive of the chosen people this deadlock continued so long that the rest of the camp grew restless and finally insisted that there should be a compromise so the new camp was called salem LippIn lippincotts cotts |