Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-02-02
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til con routed to the storage Of
SAFER have been renovated, and the
mountains ale lett bare.
A tee conducts The rain to the
roots. ard the roots conduct the
water mo the ground and the
Ur..uchos shade and retain the
snow.
THIS beautiful and wonderful
s.ore-house inst supplied the Csr-
son anG Truckce rivers is al but
dissroyea.
Some OF The spr.ngs ase drv:2g up
and others are yea ~ growing less.
F;s1ra,ive :, we have no moe
Truckac aaG Carson ives, but for
a l.ltle while in Sp- ng when the sun
fushes the snow from The bare
moo ans, ana when water is
wanted for If CATION, the rivers are
~. We had better look these
facts squa ely in lie face anu meet
the difficulties l;ko men.
we should willingly submit to
State Ia. tuat will bring no. 'ess
than S5O,O0o PEI annum, ard a.
much more as can be got cut OF
unnecessary Safe expenses. This
amount yea-iy applied With caro-
ant economy to the stora:e o
water would keep Up land values
and re establish confidence and
make the most generous people on
tie face 3! tais earth chcarfui once
more.
Gentlemen, lawmakers. the en-
entire people have been talking Oh
this subject for the past year aud
expect something At your hands.
This good work could be finally
applied to every county ia The State,
bat at p. esent, if something is no
done, in REGARD to the water sup
ply from this Western range, great |
losses VIII be the consequences, and |
We VIII become dry IS Palestine.
Twentv-ionr years ago, a gentle
man from California, said:
ofYou viii soon have 70 store
water. aud there is place called
Trout Lake at the head Of Carson
Valley, that would hold 9 good sup
ply with a small outlay."
The beneficial results of such an
undertaking would reach miles be-
low Dayton. A little money spent
at this end OF Washoe county would
be very remunerative.
Last year Washoe Lake was two
feet below its usual depth. A loss
OF twice the sp.face OF Washoe Lake
TO the ranchmen.
By storing wafer in Little Valley,
Washoe Lake could be brought to
its usual iullness and the bsnefits of
such an undertaking would reach
Huiakers.
A dam in Little Valley can be
made for a few thousand dollars
? ailes long, 4 mile wide, and
from 10 to 20 feet deep, if State
tax that would raise SIS, 900 per an
mum were levied.
Counties not directly benefited
could got object to so small lax.
Capital and labor DO not conflict.
The railroad, inc mine owners, the
mill owners, and every VIC king
man in the State will be benefited.
Pows, wagons, fencing materials, I
lumber and all appliances for a
hundred new fara.s along the foot {
hills from the head Of Carson Val
sy away beyond Reno, and this
viii soon take place if the State will
1--WE US q good lively example.
Each ranchman will make his
,wn dam, and retain f2r lis one !
ourth section, sufficient w~,er; and s
IS al the money viii 60 through the {
lands OF the working man hc would
lot miss 25c.s. per month, and I
avery State officer, out OF his COED S
wages, should contribute. |
There are hundreds Of men like
myself that do not pay much State c
AK that would pay a self imposed '
AK OF $l.00 per month for a few
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