The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1870-12-30
LETTER FROM wAsHOE.
A Water Project--The Crops--Ag-
ricutturai Refasettons, Etc.
wAsHoE, Dec. 90. 1870.

WAsHoE, Dec. 90. 1870.
ED. STATE REGISTER: Having seen
the first issue of your paper your cor
respondent feels a pride in recon-
mending it 20 the public generally and
to the Democracy in particular. Its
typographical appearance is neat its
editorials gracefully and forcibly writ
| ten. while the local columns are filled
with news gotten up in a savory style
rivalling the palmy articles OF Dan DE
| Guile. Your paper is at once a credit
to the State and the Democracy of Ne
vada.
For some little time past several
| of the farmers of u county have
| been exercised over the news Of pro-
iect TO divert the water of Washoe
Lake and carry 1t TO the Carson River
TO increase the water power OF that
aqueous highway. l learn that a sur
yey has already been made for that
| purpose, and that the cost of the tunnel
| xc., for the proposed work, will be
about eighty thousand 100000 dollars.
| This sum is thought 10 be an over esti-
mate. BY tapping the lake at two feet
below the surface, 1t Is claimed that 1t
| will more than double the water power
ofthe Carson /; thereby enabling many
| mills to run, that are now lying IDLE
on account of the scarcity OF water.
There will doubtless be a bill brought
before the Legislature, when the merits
of the measure will be fully discussed.
May the conclusion be that which will
affect the public interest most favor
ably.
Since the trial of the Railroad rob-
bers there las been nothing to excite
general interest. While we feel a pride
in having justice done, we feel nc sat
isfaction in being so well represented
in the penitentiary.
The crops during the past season
have been good; farming commu-
nifty are pleased at the advanced prices
of hay. Knowing ones augur good
crops and good prices for the coming
season. May their predictions be veri-
fled. Even you, Mr.. Editor, will share
in this hope, because you are a Demo
crat, and Democratic doctrine teaches
tnal AgflcultUIt u the biNiS VI tNtlN
other interest" our people are grad
ually learning this truth, and shaping
their policy TO accord with It; they
gave the Democratic State ticket a ma
jority in the county, and two years
hence they will elect "a Democratic
county ticket. 1t is said that agricul-
tural communities are endowed with
more public virtue and intelligence
than any other, from the fact that their
path lies along "the cool sequestercd
vale OF life," and that their avocations
allow them more time for calm refiec-
ton, which should lead them TO just
conclusions. l acquise in this view,
for | see that in the young and yigor-
Gus West the people are getting tired
of sending representatives to WASH
ington who, on their arrival at the
Capital, forget that they are the repre-
sentatives OF the people, and become
the paid attorneys OF some grasping,
soullcss monopoly. Having the power
within their own hands, they are de-
termined 10 remedy the evil. The
people of the Pacific are not behind in
anything, nor will they be slow in
adopting any measure which, in their
discretion, may seem wise aud patri-
otto. WAsHoE.