

\IA. 



h had cost $1.000. the asylum $68,663.38, and 



t:., Veatb r -.-r\;, , *l.-,'oo .1 N. .,-. 1 RTM DO 



floating debts except $lo.4(^,V> f.-r r.-i. 



riesand $531 for railroad tr.m-p- r.i!i--n of militia. 



The Government approprmtion for the I'.i 

 mint was $19.3UO. 



irallon. The school population is 0.080. 

 aunties in tl !.-ol fund are: Irn- 



deemabt 9tati boi . V> x ^ ^"" 



: -. *.:-.. '"-I :-. 



rl.rjfl4WO.04. 1-...., ami b 



Th. ..has about 300 stu- 



nt ion at the close of the 

 was unsatisfactory, described as follows: 

 the State I'm vomit) fund $50,000 

 .ite<| States bonds and $?-!.MM> in State i 

 fund i- irreducible and. as in the case of the 

 I fund, the interest only can be applied 

 to the |giymeni of the university expenses, 



in!, resit is not sulVi. ;. :,: to defray the -\pen 

 their . t : ..-lature at t he la-t - I-M 



appropriated for the support of the university and 

 $32.500. Payable out of the OOntingenl 

 fund and the interest-account n: 

 md-acre grant. $lfi.2.*in from ca.-h. rnfortu- 

 nately the money is not in these fund-, and as the 

 unive'rsity mu-t '!K provided for other mean- ha\e 

 to be resorted to. Tb state ll..ard of L'ducatioii 

 -e of $10.000 of I'nit.-d State- bonds 

 and have the State substitute it- o\vn l>onds for tin- 

 amount, the money to lie applied in paving con- 

 > ..f the univer-ity. While tin- 

 State is willing to loan its credit to the univ. 

 the trouble is the borrowing power of the S 

 under the constitutional limit, is nearly e\ 

 The National Government contributes $25,000 a 

 year to the support of the university. Tie- -alari.-- 

 amotint to about $38,000. 



I he st. Me I'ri-oii. There were in the prison 



'.itembcr fi? men and 1 woman. During the 



past two years substantial improvement.- have been 



made in the buildings a new hospital, new bath-. 



and .. . ith modern machin* 



In. M>ck. On nit of the heavy shipments 

 market- in Ix'.Mi, the number of cattle on 

 the ranges in the early part of the year was far be- 

 low the average, which is about 50,000. 



ild Horses. -The act passed by the la-t I, 

 Jat ureaiithori/.ing the killing of wild' horse- tin 

 out the State has developed a ^profitable indi. 

 and camps of hunters have bden established at all 

 of the springs and water courses where the band- 

 resort. The hides sell for $2 each, and the hair of 

 the manes and tail- bring 15 c,-nt> a pound. The 

 first hunters to take the field after the law w.-nt 

 into effect realized handsomely, frequently -h....tin-. r 

 from 6 U> 10 a day; but since the slaughter I 

 the animals have come to view man as a relei. 

 foe, and as soon as < i.-d or scent. -d by a 



band ther bound away over hill, plain, and cafion 

 at a speed that defies pursuit. The va-t plains, hill 

 slopes, and vail, y- in Bumboldt County we 

 Humi . extending to the P,hick 'Hock and 



Pueblo mountain ranges on t; ,nd Idaho 



borders, an* a _ ;i f,, r wild 



U ronmini: 



than, keeping in fine condition, subsist ing on bunch 

 grass, which. hen they are exterminated, will feed 

 countless nerds of cattle prevented i from 



ranging in the same localitv. for the wild hor- 

 tack fiercely any cattle that venture within their 

 boundaries. 



M..II Law. A murderer was taken from the 

 sheriff at (ien<>a in December by a mob oi 

 men, hanged to a tree, and were 



made at the close of the year to bring the lyuchers 

 to justice. 



. Tin- statistics of tin* production of 

 precious metals in 1896, as Sent from NVa-hinijton 

 in .lunr. crr,li' \viih $2,4I>8,300 \aluc in 



p. Id and $1.355.s'.i5 in -ilver. of the pro-p, 



-ate the - ;bune" sa\ s : "With 



the i ..n the up trrade. One 



mine, the ! year gave upOO.OOo 



of ore. wl; d $2.000,<" 



the southeast portion f the State, !" mile- from 

 .id-, whil- n..rth of the railn 



re works have begun on the copper and ; 

 :ion. and the old camp o! 



ience as much as it was twenty years 

 IfO." 



It was announced in May that a rich strike had 

 been uncovered in the Buckeye mines in the I'me 

 Nut ^roiii nit of wat'er is a serious draw- 



back to work in this region, and plans ha\. 

 made for an aiiuediict from Alpine Count v. which 

 will cost a! 



The new camp of (iold Creek. <>(> miles from 

 Klk... attention tin- \.-ar. and t he 



pld and copper .-amp of Salmon. r,0 mil,- north of 

 Wells. In August was announce.l a valuable dis- 

 ida mine. A cros-cut run 

 into the ledge showed I feel of ..re which 

 to assay $60 a ton in p. Id. an.. assay- 



ing about $25 a ton. 



Eastern capilali-ts have bonded the immense 

 copper mines a short distance from Yen-in 

 .">(> miles from Carson, and are to build a mill and 

 smelters at once. The opening up of the copper 

 industry in Nevada promi- 



A new process for ivducini: ore tailings, by which 

 it i- possible to work up to OB | : the assay 



value of ore tailing- of any ^rade, i- n 

 -n. 



l.c-i-lati\c SegaloB, The Legislature convened 



.Ian. P.I ami adjourned March 1". M<-- 



Coiie was I're-ident />r frm/mri- of the S.-nat.. and 

 Lemuel Allen Speaker of the II 



The term ..f Tniicd States Senator John I'. Jones 



expired, and he was made the candidate of the Sil- 

 ver party for re-election. (Jeor^e S. Nixon h. 

 been also a candidate before the caucus. William 

 McMillan was the Republican candidate, and re- 

 ceived 4 votes out of -I-"). Mr. .I,,ne- i 10 and 

 Mr. Fit /-era Id 1. 



The Le-i.-lature passed 116 bills and 7 joint reso- 

 lutions. 



The most noted act of the session, -miiir r 

 comment almost exclusively unfavorable a!. 

 the country, was the act "to r.-trict and i 

 glove contests or exhibitions between man and 

 man." thus le^ali/iny prizefighting and allowing 

 of t ho notorious fight which took place 

 March 17. The li<en-e for such an exhibitio: 

 placed at s . it.-r in the ses- .it ion 



Was passed tO submit to the people at tie 



eral election the question whether this act shall be 

 repealed. 



The tax for State purjKwes was raised fn 

 cents on the $100 to !'J. and an act was passed j>ro- 



liannual in- 



for the payment of tax. - in semiannua 

 stallments, after Jan. 1. 1HJJS. This bill had 

 passed at the preceding session and v.to.d l> 



.md wa- now pa ed over the veto. 

 Militia affairs are placed under a new law. making 

 it tho duty of count n- where military arm- and tin- 

 like are received for the use of the National < 

 to provide armories, at a rate not exceeding > 

 month for each company, except that \\ 

 requiring horses are used not more than $5 ad- 

 flit ional may be allowed for each piece. In order 

 ive public money for support, a company 

 must meet for drill and instruction not !-- than 

 one hour at least twice each month, and practice at 



