Welcome to the Center of the Universe

Wallace, Idaho, has many distinctions: There is a huge lode of silver mined there, nearly every building is declared in the National Historic Register (which caused the last remaining segment of I-90 to be built towering above it), brothels and their museum are super popular, and it is the declared Center of the Universe. How can that be? Well, when the freeway was finally finished, the traffic through Wallace diminished dramatically. The last stoplight between Seattle and Boston was retired and their economy tanked. The mayor then declared a reason to visit Wallace as he proclaimed it The Center of the Universe in 2004. It happened to be a manhole cover in the middle of Banks St.. A special manhole cover was commissioned  and installed to mark the spot. The declaration and reasoning follows:
The Mayor's Proclamation
I, Ron Garitone, Mayor of Wallace, Idaho, and all of its subjects, and being of sound body and mind, do hereby solemnly declare and proclaim Wallace to be the Center of the Universe.
Thanks to the newly discovered science of "Probalism" - specifically probalistic modeling, pioneered by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Health and Welfare, and peer-reviewed by La Cosa Nostra and the Flat Earth Society - we were further able to pinpoint the exact center within the Center of the Universe; to wit: a sewer access cover slightly off-center from the intersection of Bank and Sixth Streets.
Upon discovering this desecration of the Center of the Universe, we proceeded forthwith to remove said manhole cover and replace it with this fine Monument, directing all who come upon it to the Four Corners of the Universe, these being the Bunker Hill, the Sunshine, the Lucky Friday and the Galena Mines. Let the courses of all who foray upon these vectors into the known and unknown be forever illuminated by the brilliant, shimmering gleamings of silver, lead and zinc to their destinations, wherever they may be.
The science of Probalism has its roots in the 2002 EPA Coeur d'Alene Basin Record�of Decision, and as a syllogism expresses itself thusly: if a thing cannot be disproven, it is thereby proven. Thus if the communities of the Silver Valley cannot absolutely prove themselves to the EPA's satisfaction to be good and healthy places to live, then this is proof that they require the EPA's continued meddling in their affairs.
Similarly, after a search of the literature, our government-contracted scientists in Moscow, Boise and Seattle have, after years of diligence, been unable to unearth one scintilla of proof that Wallace is NOT the Center of the Universe. In the absence of such proof, we are compelled to conclude that Wallace must therefore BE the Center of the Universe.

And it is hereby so ordered and declared, this year 2004, this date, September 25th, this hour, 9:00 PM WUT (Wallace Universal Time).