Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1891-07-07
M'EWEN ON NEVADA.

NCNdud has pidycu ia very nara
luck. California has sucked the
life-blood out Of her ever since
the first ounce of silver was pro-
duced on the Comstock The near
ness Of San Francisco has drawn
away her rich men with their for
tuns. The almost exclusive atten-
ton paid to her minerals has di-
verified notice from her ether re-
sources. The rails OF the Central
Pacific from Reno to the eastern
State line run through forbiding
desert which repels the traveller.
This misleading advertisement
has done the State no end of harm,
for this desert in large part is COM
posed of rich land that needs but
water (which the government or
private capital could supply to
make it as productive as any land
in the world. What do you think
Of go bushels of wheat to the acre
wheat that took the first prize
at the New Orleans fair ? The
wheat was on irrigated sagebrush
land at Loyelock. Nevada potatoes
are the best in the country. No
apples like hers are produced else
where on the coast. Strawberries,
peaches, cherries and other fruits,
all excellent, are grown. The IL
rigating waters, flowing over &
sing ular variety Of minerals, each
yielding plant food, when turned
upon the deep, virgin soil, impart
a surprising vigor to vegetable
life. The distinct alteration or
firmness Of fiber to everything that
grows.
Everybody who knows any
thing about Nevada, aside from
her mines, is aware that she has a |
splendid future. 1t may not, and |
in all likelihood will not, even be. |
gin to be realized during the life, |
time OF the present generation, but |
it is sure to be achieved sometime.
Great valleys, now barren, will be
watered, and there is scarcely a /
thing suited to the temperate and |
semj-tropicS zones, that cannot |
be grown in some portion OF the |
State. Good tobacco has already |
been raised. Cotton has been |
found in the prehistoric graves of |
Lincoln county. Experts have
said that vast coffee plantations
will one day stretch upon the
southern plains. Flax OF the best
grade has been produced. AS for
minerals, nearly every one OF them
have been found, from salt to dia-
monds.
4 State with such possibilities
has indeed been playing in hard
luck when it is known to the world
chiefly as n reservation for muir
derous miners, ruthless desperad-
oes and constituencies politicians.
This reminds me Of Nevada's i'll
fame as the rotten borough. I
went through a number Of cam
paigns here some years ago and
was so circumstanced as to be able
to see things from the inside. [
have had similar experience in |
California. Lots Of pretty rough
work has been done III Nevada,
but the boodling never in the worst
days approached in open audacity
and atrocity that performed under
NV eyes in San Francisco at the
last election. That Senatorships
have been bought and sold here is
undeniable of course; but the State
of which the same shameful thing
cannot be affirmed holds IN al
most unique position in the Union.
Already the next Senatorial cleo
ton is under discussion. Stewart
is candidate for reelection. or
course, and will, because Of his
energetic work in behalf Of silver,
have more popular strength than
he had before But whether he
can command the support OF al
the interests whic hbacked him be-
fore is doubtful Should James
G.. Fair choose to re-enter the field !,
on the Democratic side, he would