Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-08-23
Its Location and Size.
TOPOGRAPHY AID DE AS:v
cE SEA I've
Its Mining and Agricultural r.
Sourc-
A Full description OF the Co1nry.
iCoNkCNCATED.J
(ContiHUed from los. rsekl

UJldt county Ga this trean .terS
are tao good storage points. and over
2-np ceres Of lard could b irrigated
with yer! little cost- To reclaim all
this desert Sill re@d the largest SIS
tenn Of rorks il the county ard ous-
side Ct toe lands that mar d irrigated
From the streams ueaiioaeL- roih-
Ing ran BE- done e1cep; ziih S-est
expense which ali Increase With the
amount OF land reclaimed TIE drss
proposition would be to convert tie
!oEer ecd Of Independents Waller in
TO a reservoir and carry the Rzte- 70
The desert Tbs would require /.
canal over thirty miles long slooS =
mountain side TO cocdUct the rate.
upon the laud, as tie main O=rb~
hoSs a couple hundred feet b=Loz the
level Of the desert. II would irrsEzts
10000 acres or more Next EoaIi
he to extend the canal North ezsI
TO where Bull Kun creek Leaves ihe
mountain, construct a reservoir IL
n Basin, and conduct tie sa:ers c.
that and Deep creek over io ihe 6es-
ert, and irrigate az least as ourh
mo:e land. The proposition 10 cro-
duct the water OF O-!ke- upon iLe
desert has been spoken of for years
but the general belief that our State
Is worthless, aud an uties desert has
kept capital from taking hold @. 81
enterprise that is sure 10 pay well 70.
the Investment aud create a garden
out OF the desert. The climate here
IS the best 10 the county: there tsinE
no frosts IN the Sumner months ADD
the snowfall being very light The
SOL - the richest aud nos; lasting
known In the old world This KIDD
of BOIL has been cultivated as iEr hack
as history or tradition extends. ar6 Is
as rich now As then. The Land i csoT-
cred with sage brush, white sage ADD
grass, and Is at present the WInLe-
range for all the stock around
This completes the general descrp-
ton OF ths agricultural Of
Elko county, but it nus; Dot be sup
posed that it is all our resources, AID
that We must depend Oh mining and
agriculture only. The principal
Industry to-day in the county has
been barely mentioned, and tasi is
stock-raising. But We only turu out
the crude product, and it is Left for &
more enterprising people to take ad-
vantage OF it. Instead Of Strengthening
u beeves at home. and having tap
neries, boot and shoe factories. pack
ing establishments and other branch
es OF work that would be created br
them, orr cattle are shipped auruad
and We buy back the furnished pro
ducts. Our wool goes the same way.
Whatever al be raised and a rar
ket found for it abroad is sent of:
but what might DO raised for the
home market is neglected. and or
home market is supplied from OUT
side sources. Today -four, meal %
tatoes, chickens, turkeys, eggs, butter.
cheese, ham and bacon are almost
entirely furnished from Utah and the
East. The last tw" furnish an impor- .
tant part OF the inportations into
this county and State. And il all
tho ranchers in tho county at present
were to convert tho grain they raise
into hams and bacon it would be im-
possible 70 supply tho State market.
In our numerous mountain streams.
No have a source ri power for manu- !
factories th"t could compete with
any In the Union. Our climate is as
healthy and braciDg as eau 10 found
anywhere; and our people live more I
work less, have more
money to the person spend il NOR,
grumble more to the acre, ant
down the State moro and with
less cause than the inhnbitants or
Any other State in the Union; and
Just as long as this continues, just 80
long outsiders will fight shy OF us.
h good times for this county may
! n spite OF the grumblcrs and
those who may think an influx OF
will injura them in some
but oil other parts Of tho Union
are filling up rapidly, and the surplus
must come our way some
day. And il lays with our people them.
TO lot the country continue on
the down Crude or to wake up, invite
new Corners to stop and look around, |
encourage thom 70 lo"ato and mako
a live county ont Of u dead ono. The |
2rumblers claim thero IL no market
Tor what IL q raised; but tho eamo
claim has been raised in every place
settled up. The market has
found though for evory other
place and IL will come with US. The
trouble Ia not In tho lack Of market
lack OF good lands that can 10
uptn n; but upon our own pro-
who run down tho country at oil
add can 500 no good in IT..
THE END.
&c. MoCLELLAs.
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