Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-09-09

What u Nevada Editor Saw nt the
EncnInpment.

what % Editor Saw at the
EncnInpmient.
The editor Of the Appeal has had bis
eyes opened and has seen one secret oil
California success. BE says in a recent
issue Of his paper: The G.. A. 4. En-.
csmpment at San Francisco was one Of the
biggest advertisements that California
ever bad. Each county took occasion to
make the most Of It. Everywhere the
Grand Army boys went they found royal
welcome in the shape OF huge piles OF the
produce Of various localities. Platt's
Hall looked more like a big country fair
than anything else. The w~atermelons,
grapes, pears. apples. peaches. figs aud
oranges, were in lavish profusion on all
sides, and all to be had free by anybody
Some Of the counties had grain, corn and
vegetable exhibits, and If any OF the visit
ors wanted information about the price OF
land where these things grew, a printed
pamphlets was handed out to them contain
ing everything OF interest they wanted to
know about. The result Is that thousands
of people who came to the Encampment
are preparing to take up lands and make
permanent homes. In this way CaIifor-
.nia will become settled up. and millions
will be added to its taxable properly.
What was Nevada doing all this time ?
Nothingl The only product that Nevsds
had to exhibit &c its1 headquarters was q
bunch OF sagebrush. This was all we'll
enough as an emblem of the State, and
Sdopted by the G. A. r. boys TO show that
they were not ashamed Of the ssgebrush
State. Every Nsvadan who called wis
glad TO get a sprig Of the green sagebrush
and wear IL prominently. Still there
is q good deal to be considered
in connection with this country be-
sides ssgebrush. What we want Is less
sagebrush and more grain. fruit and vege-
tables. The Appeal hopes to see the time
when Nevada will cease to be called the
Sagebrush State. II has q better climate
thar California, and everything grown
here has q firmer, harder texture. The
Southern California fruits will not stand
transportation, because they grow very
rapidly in an almost tropical sun. Cali
fornia land is not 20 be compared with
Nevada land, yet il sells for about q hun
dred times as much, because 1t is being
constantly doomed. People who come
here can get no information whatever
about Nevada land or Nevada products.
They inquire, get no answer, and pass on
to California. where they are received with
open arms. The next Legislature should
appropriate $1,000 for a building TO be
erected in this city where it can be near
the State Land Office, and in this structure
there should be Q constant exhibition OF.
Nevada ores, grains, grasses fruit and
vegetables. There should be immedi-
ately available all the printed informa-'
ton possible about the different localities
OF the State. and II this plan was intelli-
gently pursued, before long this State
would pay for that building by the in
crease In taxable property. This State
needs active developers. and needs them
at once. Every State and Territory about
Us is striding along while Nevada is going
TO sleep and snoring 80 loud that its nasal
concert can be heard from the Pacific
Ocean to the Rocky Mountains. No n
thinks of coming out here, for ss long as
the snore goes up people say. "Tbat State
is asleep; no use going there" Let us
stop eternal chickering's and wake up. Let
us wake up for awhile, and see how IL
seems TO be awake.