Show ANOTHEfi NEVADA SCHEME In her poverty and distress Nevada is now reaching out for that part of California which lies east of the Sierras There are four or five counties in the strip and some of them are thrifty and progressive while the poorest is in better condition than the best of Nevada counties It is argued in the papers that the interests of the mountain moun-tain counties of California are identical with those of Nevada and arc unlike those nf the former state that California dnns little to assist i the Sierra district and above i all it is urged that Nevada needs the I assistance of these counties much more than does the rich and prosperous golden state It is really pitiable the condition that 4 Nevada is in and the schemes for relief and salvation which are appearing all the time in the papers tell of the great distress and desperation which exist First there is an earnest struggle to annex Idaho the sagebrush statesmen plotting scheming and bargaining with the politicians politi-cians of the gem of tho mountains to bring about the union It is cleverly pointed out how the marriage will result in mighty state the foremost in point of size if not in population in the west Ihe Idaho people object because they want a state of their own and do not like the idea of being attached to the decrepit old creature crea-ture Then it is proposed to gobble Utah by way of annexation Here is the richest the most populous and most prosperous pros-perous of the territories and it is said tha Utah would put Nevada upon her feet in i fine style Two things stand in the way 1 one is the unanimous objection of the Utah people to the unholy alliance and the other Is the wellfounded fear on the part of the sagebrush politicians that instead in-stead of Nevada swallowing Utah the situation would be reversed the Nevada identity being lost the state being absorbed by Utah Having been frightened away from this proposed marriage mar-riage areversion to a territorial condition proposed and widely advocated but not t no-t 1 4 L body seems to understand how this can be brought about nor is the suggestion agreeable agree-able to the officeholders The latest plan of salvation that has been devised is the one mentioned above for attaching a slice of California Of course this cannot be done as both California Cali-fornia and the countlesin question would decline with emphasis That tho proposition proposi-tion is presented shows tho desperate condition con-dition of our western neighbor and how eager she is to find a way out of her I trouble |