Show nevada As K Is nevada dec tho excitement consequent upon our general election has at last subsided and now in 1 retrospective view of tho many amusing ridiculous and in somo cases scandalous incidents that prominent features of tho election county allmay ml say tho entire of nevada nevada as your many readers anro doubtless i arc can only show a total census return of something some thinK less than souls or about ailo third the actual population of utah yet this comparatively population is compelled to pay yearly for the running of the various branches of their governmental machinery stale county and municipal and anis too with taxable property of n valuation af only about you will therefore cease to when I 1 tell you that this lincoln county is in debt and that our present taxation is per hundred dollars valuation with n good of tho per being greatly in an effort to redeem the almost worthless couns ty paper in the stumping of the various candidates and thair thuir advocates chiou hout this auction thu county indebtedness proved a fruitful subject of debate both ic publican and democrat abilo being anxious to present the most feasible method of liquidation bot with a hope exactly that their in some cases extremely wild theories would bo adopted but simple to cratch tho popular car and especially the lots so that they could have a finger in tho pie ono man proposed to ignocio or repudiate tho altogether another evidently moro lion cst suggested that wo pay part of it by levying an additional tax on the property county another proposed that a specht tax be levied upon tho bullion produced within our county buttach ono scorned to ii not iii so many words that fiur chui coui ty was literally bankrupt the fact of the matter is that officio holding ill both tho county und state is a fut thing salaries aind everything being on a scale regardless of cost As an instance wo havo a court pioche much inferior to the now court house of aca tor county utah which latter I 1 hear only cost the ono I 1 refer to nt pioche cost no less than all of is borrowed money with an accrued interest now duo of or principal and interest this is nu evidence of the scandalous manner in which tho local government of lincoln county hag been administered d ii ing the past ten ears and I 1 hear that many other counties throughout the st ito have had a simil a experience the cry of economy being raised at election lime as a stopping itono stono to got into office Bullion villo presents a moio lively appearance now than it has dono binco the hush anys of tho sn euer of mr F godbe is the able manager is running successfully cess fully on the slimes that were discarded as worthless during those years A very largo amoust of bullion is stacked upon thair thuir dump awaiting shipment teams are how oscr now coming in from milford empty to load it at 18 per ton I 1 notice quite a few of 3 our bo ivor county citizens out here at among them I 1 will especially mention mr A gentry who by tho way is employing quite a bumbar of men on his contract wilh well wishes etc I 1 bog to demain yours K |