The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-04-08
HAS NEVADA ANY PROSPECT FOR
FUTURE PROSPERITY?
By Mss LorTIE GLADDINo.

Miss Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men: Who can deny the fact-for
fact it is, that Nevada has prospects of
. brilliant futuref
T~o-day::the situation Is alarming, but
we must remember, ut is always
darkest before dawn" and the little
quotation is applicable to Nevada in
her present condition.
Do you know why our little State is
20 dull to-day? You may say it lie
lack of capital-ah, but that is not the
chief cause. II il on account of the
lack Of enthusiasm and enterprise on
the part of her people. With these
Two qualifications we could soon get
the required capital. It is the fault
OF the inhabitants, not the fault of the
State, not the lack of natural resour.
ces. Consider for one moment, the
people of the Comstock. A mine is
closed down, and the miners, instead
OF taking their earnings and removing
to some other portion of the State,
and perhaps taking up some of the
valuable land lying idle, wait for an
improvement in conditions until AL
hope is dead or lost and their means
have dwindled away. Starvation
stsres them in the face, and they
unite in. one cry OF "hard times" To-
day is the darkest period in the histo-
~ Of the Comstock. But look At her
prospects,! Work will be resumed on
the lower ~levela, and when that local
ity is lively, Western Nevada has
means OF prosperity.
Here is another subject for your
most. serious consideration. The in-
dnstry known as the Mason Valley
aud Smiths Valley. Creameries recent
ly instituted by our enterprising Gov
ernor, Mayor Hofer, Senator Williams
and Others. The butter made at those
creameries is being shipped TO Illinois,
y state noted for the production of
butter.
Another industry must now claim
our attention, that of stock raising.
Long has Nevada been noted for the
r,,al;ty ~ 49, kaaf oak,la Clo L..
every facility for stock raising, and in
that branch has done herself credit.
II may be said in reference to this
resource that there is a ready mar
ket for every head of stock in the
State, and more cars of cattle, sheep
ETC., have been shipped over the V. &
7. during the last month or SO than
eve before in the history Of the
road.
So far, / have not dwelt on the agri-
cultural interests of onr State. Acre
upon acre Of fertile land is now lying
idle in various portions and acre upon
acre is at present under cultivation,
the productions being equal to those
Of other States. Still there are acres
left TO be cultivated by men OF push
and energy, land that only needs water
to make it u veIitable garden. But
how are we to get water on this land2
Let me tell you, Four years ago the
Legislature offered a bounty TO the
person or persons who should strike
II n%aturol flow of water, a certain mum
Der of gallons being required. Mr..
Blossom of Battle Mountain, 8 man oil
enterprise and push claimed the re-
ward. He struck an artesian well
whose daily flow exceeded hat requir.
ed. Surely that is not the only one
to be found IN the State. We must
exert ourselves, and in so doing, we
are developing Nevada's future. II
Mr.. Newlnnd's great irrigation pro-
ject is successful too much can not be
said in favor of Nevada so far as agri-
culture is concerned. .
The mineral springs OF Nevada