Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-08
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A recent number of the St. Helens
(Cal.) Star contains the statement tina
l. j. Newkirk bought 80 acres Of land two
years ago in the vicinity of that town,
from which he picked the last season over
100 tons OF grapes, worth more than the
price he paid for the land, which was
$4,000. The Star adds that he would not
sell his place to-day for $40, 900. While
all the viniculturists Of California, proba-
bly,, cannot boast as profitable results,
there Is no doubt that he majority OF
them are very prosperous. In the State
OF Nevada too little attention is paid to
this subject and that Of fruit growing.
There are many places within 20 and 30
miles Of Eureka where grapes could be
cultivated without much trouble. The
Diamond range Of mountains affords many
nice, sunny slopes, to which water might
be conducted without a great deal of pains
or expense, where the vine would grow
and prosper. In Utah the Mormons grow
an abundance Of grapes and fruits in
higher and more exposed attitudes. All
along the mountain ranges of the great
Bear River Valley, through Cache Valley,
and around Soda Springs and Bear Lake,
where the mercury not in~frequently regis
tiers 40 degrees below zero, and a region
which is subjected to the same climatic
changes as this portion of Nevada,
grapes n other fruits are cultivated
in great abundance. There are sea
sons Of blight, as there are in
other and warmer latitudes, but the
fact remains that fruits can be grown and
rnain nrnitn hin 900 TTha oHnD1 &c No
yada have devoted entirely too little atten-
ton to this subject. In waiting for Gov
eminent aid to sink a~rtesian wells to test
the soils productiveness, they have wasted
from ten to twenty years of their best time.
Valleys that should smile with golden
cereals are left as barren and desolate as
a desert waste. There are no doubt many
persons of good business shrewdness in
Eureka who wouldn't give a copper for all
the grain or fruit that could be raised in
Diamond and Spring Valleys during the
next two or three decades. The same
shrewd business men perhaps passed over
Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming and Utah with
the same belief. Water will make a desert
blossom, and if the property-owners of
would combine and raise a suffi-
Gent sum to sink one Or two wells in the
valleys adjacent they could easily solve a
problem that they have waited for the
Government to unravel for years without
avail. The Lord helps those who help
themselves. Millions upon millions of
dollars have been paid out for mining
assessments with scarcely a groan,
and millions more will probably
be paid out for the same purpose, yet we
have not heard of a single corporation be-
ing organized to sink ~artesian wells to re-
claim the immense amount Of good arabic
in the State, which lie idle for the
of water. One or two successful
companies would create boom in immigra-
ton to our State, and sections that now do
not contain a single inhabitant would
thrive with farms and villages. That tim
Der can also be grown has been demon
'trated, and the State laws with regard to
is cultivation are liberal and inviting. Let
1ur people devote some attention to this
Instead Of complaining OF dull
lines, let them exercise their wits and
urn something up, not, Micawber-like, |
wait for something to turn up. 1t is time
Nevada should be looked upon as m
hing more than q mere mining camp. 1t
be made a place where the miner
AN build a home for his family. The eli
conditions are more inviting than
n many portions of the East, West and
south. Let our capitalists come to the
and make a beginning. We have a
light to look to them in this matter for
,ome assistance. They cannot invest their
money to better advantage elsewhere.