The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-05-13
CHURCHILL COUNTY.


ED. WADswoRTH DisPATCH-Dear
Sir: Lately having visited Carson
Sink IL may not be out of place to- say
Il little in regard to this portion Of our
youthful and growing State; and as
the DISPATCH is the nearest publica-
ton it seems fit that comment under
this head should be made through
this medium. Please therefore, let
the lines appear in your columns
should the same meet with approval.
Carson Sink is aptly named, since.
it is here that Carson river after a
winding course Of a hundred miles
and more, finds a resting place, and
like the other streams westward Of the
S~ierras, becomes lost in lakes which
have no outlet. 1t is likely that
geology has clearly pointed out that
these sands and barren blackened
hill-tops surrounding, were once the
depository and the very bed of the
ocean itself. Ages however, must
have elapsed since, in as much AS the
debris consequent on that vast change
must have consumed many thousands
of years in the accumulation of such
u deep. rich mold as strikes the be-
holders eye everywhere along the
margin, and often far out from the
borders of these refreshing and f%ertiliz-
ing rivers. The rivers of Nevada,
which are numerous, will, and must
ever be her great fertilizing support,
till at least that day shall come, when
from the great multiplicity OF settle
ment, as The scientists tell US, Nevada
like the other States in general will
be visited by the grateful Summer
showers.
This vale of repose for the Carson.
compares very favorably with other
portions of Nevada, Mason Valley,
Carson Valley, Lovelocks, etc, and
seems as much astir, too, as regards in
crease of area and improvement in
the cultivation of the soil. Where, for
instance, in its earlier settlement
nothing Of a fruit nature was scarcely
considered, now the delightful bloom
of the apple, plum, peach and pear
greets the eye on almost ever home
stead and by many a household they
seem to say by their brightness, and
fragrance, as well. "We are the proof
that these residents are industrious,
enterprising and progressive, that the
Battle Born State is surely in a pros
porous condition as respects'he great
agricultural interest" Anil this calls
to my mind just now, Mr.. Editor, the
interesting fact that in the last two
months the shipment of potatoes, and
such delicious potates too; where
have they ever been surpassed? has
aggregated hundreds OF tons. To be
sure, these shipments have been made
from Lovelocks and Carson City in
the main but these are neighboring
valleys and the same features OF soil
and climate prevail here which favor
them and the growth Of that indispen-
sable food plant. They fad . vel
come in the cities below and particu.
larly IN San Francisco, that great
center for al tina. ID. rare, rich and
besutiful, and the best supports OF hui
msnsiife.. In this coanection III am
reminded that At the New Orleans
Exhibit the Nevada apples bore away
the "plume" and it seems now that
our State is already in the front rank
~ respects the production of these
two very necessitous articles, and csu
justly challenge the world in a. conipe-
ton. Do not dispair, Mr.. Editor and
friends generally, Of the future. The
climate of Nevada, so pure and 30 free
from fog moisture, will, must always,
place her in the ascendaney, not in
quantity to be sure, but in,the qualify
of her productions ri. .r :
But it is not alone that this vale is
producing some while the others just
named are producing much OF this
esculent vegetable and this very pop
ular fruit, but fields of alfalfa loom
continuously up here. as there, and
regale the sense of every well wisher
of human kind whose sight they
chance to rivet. Stock raising, O.
course, has been quite a feature here
as elsewhere in Nevada, and it came
to OaSs his Snrinp that tho call bad