Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-07-19

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maze II. change froa c3Ii. t-o=ir
nights - The Ss-aasT 20 Enid ylaAs
-: ocsE OF these bach lands oTer
one-hsif. o. 911JJ Ar:ez. can bs irrI
ga;e1 b.. -as water IL II. ral.e-.
Ihs rolling kroCni at The upp=r cad
affords tie chances for sazl! T=zs:-
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ailox Of ihs water Ecor.3 II tie hol-
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II add!.jco ~ the snail storage
% OTIS ~ the valley, ih=Ee &tE dls
large oass ~ the mountains OF The
Tean1 The h4si q fSs== ale On
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rTer from the ~eS aod e. iLS lzr.=a
Te=asr-sai bl.ao2 creE Cluanks
creek thsre are iso Large ~res=rToi'
points, AMI on BI=bop cresk Is ooe.
TaeEs Reservoirs along wvll1 hold
sufficient Rs:=r il Ordinary sesyos
Tor 1000 acres. Osins ~ ;ae 51:n
SLOPE Gths rsiley, i:9 size, closenszs
70 the raLruaJ, chances 10. water
storage, and eveaness Of the bsoch
lads. IBIS valley Is the bz.. unsettled
IA al the S1aieor county. In fact
there ATOM Tsi!eys 10 this STATE zyu-.
5inInS al!:ihe god qualities Of TINS
one that has. no; been settled up,a
nrd q greet part OF the best lads
taken cp. Bat today "a this ~gai!e:
the good lands are still vlcaDi await
ing the time when settlers attention
can be caliel to see their Advantages.
and the poor lands only have been
taken up. That the valley has re
manned unsettled is due 10 the fact
thctno mineral belts we're eyer found
In the mountains near L.. anl is our
first sstt!erI we're thoss who only
thought OF the mineral wealth %. :ne
couptry, and had no thought for the
agricultural wealth; nr knew uothins
OF the wonders that irrigation DO.
on seemingly desert land, and
only desire ] to maks their pilo and
leave for what they deemed better
places, they sqna,t-d ainiessiy at the
places their fancy struck them as be.
ing good enough Tor a year or. two.
and they arc there get. Nearly all
the ranches we're taken un twenty
years aud more ago. and, in mos,
cases, the original settlers are still
there. And the lands that in thos.
days "cre the best as nearest a mar.
knt arc now far poorsr than thousands
OF acfes;o OF the lands laying vacant.
-'s;1 LOWER NORTH roRK.
Tho Lower North FORK OF Humboldt
river lays southwest Of Mary's Klyer
ValleyJrbe south end touche, tho
railroad and Humboldt river aud it
ertends, pQrth twenty miles. The
valley Itself iG marrow Being about l.
niiie Hsfts. bur the lower six miles on
the vest side is n bench land contain.
ing about 1000 acres OF god land.