Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-03-09
WHAT NEVADA NEEDS.
Same Sensible SuEgcstiOns in
she Walker Lake Bulletin.

tn0 " 0kKeT L1Ae nuAlctAAs
A correspondent of the Wake
3 Lake Bulletin makes the following
observations:
s Nevada, not unlike her neighbor
ing States and Territories, is contis'
ualIy seeing little towns spring NJ
in the valleys and among the noun
tains, only to see them deserted and
abandoned within few years. To
one unacquainted with such sights
naturally comes the question:
"What is the cause Of all this %
Am l wrong when l say that it is
because the people OF the State have
gone to much to mining? In 1853
when the famous Comstoels lode
was discovered the civilized por-
ton OF the population was not
more than 900. AS soon, how
ever, as the vast resources Of this
famous lode were known to the
people of the outside States the
population began to swell very
rapidly by q class Of people who
came undoubtedly with the same
motives that brought the early in
habltants to America, namely: to
get immensely rich in short time,
without labor. Naturally, they
would settle where they thought
their chances were best to obtain
this wealth. What was the result?
First settle here, tomorrow a new
discovery. made in another region,
they as quickly moved and left their
houses unoccupied. Was it not
this shiftiess and feverish element
that caused all these assertions?
l do not mean to say that all her
people of to-day are such-but
fear that to too great an extent it is
still true-because we now see
towns OF a more substantial nature
building up outside of the mining
camps.
This brings me to second ques-
ton. What is Nevada's Great |
Need? Let me answer that it is
more agriculturists. 1t is conceded |
by all that the soil in the valleys is
fertile enough to produce anything |
that can exist In this climate when
properly watered and cultivated,
and the difficulty in obtaining wa
ter seems to be the only obstacle
which prevents the turning of the
now barren valleys into green fields
of grain and grasses. How then
are we to overcome this obstacle
We know that the mountains rise
from 900 to 5000 feet above the
included valleys and near the sum-
mits of many of them burst forth
never failing springs, producing
large streams of untitled water,
and should these springs prove in
sufficient when developed and dis
tributed over the valleys in sys-
tematlc order, there seems to be
no good reason why abundance of
water cannot be had by boring to
no very great depth. In fact, the
height of the mountains and the
trend of the strata of rocks almost
tell US that by boring, water is a
certainty. When the people take
more to agriculture l firmly believe
that Nevada will witness a growth
vet unknown in her history, and
that no longer will little deserted
towns stand in her valleys. 1t will
prove both beneficial te her wealth
md her society. And then,ss when {
he question is asked. What makes '
Nevada so desirable? we can change Z
cur answer from her superior 4
most any unlearned
knows that the human
ace cannot subsist on climate alone
to cher superior agricultural :
wealth and advantages )"
Tsse Overland NOntniy.
The leading feature of the present
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