Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-03-27
RIO COLORADO.
Something About 1t from One that
Lives Npnr NV.

Something About 1t from IN that
Lives Near BY.
ST. THOMAS, New, March 49, have
observed, not without concern, a howl
about Mr.. Cassidy's ignorance of the ex-
istence of SO great a river (O as the
Rio Colorado. The Republican papers,
since the passage of the Howell bill, have
been full of this thing. The whole matter
is SO UNANIMOUSLY false that 1 do feel that
some one of Mr.. Cassidy's friends should
dispute it. If the whole Treasury of the
United States could be expended to make
the upper part of the river n~avigable it
would be impossible. I have lived within
rs miles Of it for IS years, and know just
what / am talking about. From Callville
to its source it can be forded now, and has
been as low as that since last November.
People %patronize the ferry because they
fear the quicksand that might be found
anywhere in the stream. When the SHOWS
melt in the mountains, or when a terrific
rainstorm occurs, then there is a river,
but as soon as the water vi down the
steeply-graded stream then, again, there
is no river. The river Virgin empties into
it at the town (O of Rioville. One
Of the meanest Mormons on this
earth, and the author of the letter
that appeared in Mr.. ~Powning's paper
on this subject, lives there, owns a little
ranch, the only farming land that the
water can be got on from Hardyville up.
The ferry, a postoffice, etc.-that's Rio
vile. The Rio Virgin River u n through
high land, hills or mountains, the greater
part Of its length from the source to where
it empties its "muddy self" into the Colo
RADIO, and every windstorm that passes
over these hills fills it with sand. Then
the heavy rain in the hills carries down
every wash torrents of water laden with
sand which gathers with that blown in by
the frequent winds, and the whole load is
rolled into the majestic Rio ~ Colorado.
I could write for a day to show the little
need for steamers on this river. The rail
road facilities are crowding in on the Ari-
IONA fireside to furnish Gold Basin and
every place they mention, except Eldorado
Canyon. And l have no idea that should
this money be given this river cleaning
would be through with before that place
also will be supplied with a railroad from
this side. The little steamboating that has
been carried on has injured the farmers in
this valley by bringing the produce from
CalllOTula CuoapeT tldu we Couiu luELlSul ",
thus compelling the working men to live
upon stale stuff that must lay for months
in the storehouses and leaving the farmers
here with their produce to decay. 1 am
heartily glad that Mr.. Cassidy did not
present this thing in any stronger terms,
and if he desires it, 1 will see that he has
the exact data for everything, fully au-
thenticated to take to the next Congress.
l like young Howell, but as certain as you
live, he has reckoned without his host.
Ny children and myself own $50 acres of
land here, and certainly, if there was any
good in this thing, I should not say one
word against it, but Mr.. Cassidy is right,
and 1 would like to see those who have
him so much with regard to this
Colorado River scheme made to under
stand that they are falsiiers instead of our
most excellent Representative at Washing
ton City. Yours, J. B. F.