Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1899-07-26
GOOD NEWS
FOR CHURCHILL.

great work The numerous reser-
voirs and reservoir sites on the upper
Carson river are now their property.
The transaction upon which they have
been working for more than year was
consummated last Friday, when the
farmers corporation, known as the
Carson Valley Water Storage. lriga-
ton and Canal Company, purchased
from the Alpine Land and Reservoir
Company all the right that organiza-
ton possessed, which included a great
system Of natural reservoirs along the
east fork Of Carson river and its tribu-
taries in Alpine county.
The farmers are to pay $4,000 fer
the property. They paid 81 900 down
Tuesday, are to pay $4,000 next
October and $5 900 in October of
next year and the year following. The
members Of the Alpine Land and Res
ervoir Co. who met the farmers at
Wilder's Hall in Gardnervllle Tuesday
were F. Musser and VIM. Thornburg
Of Markleeville and Governor Sadler
and A. Livingston Of Carson. There
are a few thousand shares of floating
stock held by outsiders that were not
included in the sale. but the above
gentlemen had formed a pool which
practically includes the whole property.
As will be r .membered. says the
the Courier, negotiations were pending
between this company and the farmers
a year ago. Then the. Alpine company
asked $50 900 for its holdings. This
the farmers could not reach. but they
purchased the water then stored, con-
sisting Of 500 acre feet for $225. The
water was turned down the natural
channel Of East Fork on Jul 3oth. and
was 27 hours in reaching the head of
the valley. 1t raised the river two In
ches and lasted week. The farmers
were happy as larks. The water ac-
complished twice as much as they an.
ticipated and was worth many times
what they paid for it. This was a
clear demonstration to them that water
storage on the upper Carson could be
made a success, and 1t was clearly
shown that the reservoirs should be-
long to those who own the land. This
brought about united action on the
part of the farmers, and the following
November the leading land owners on
East Fork organized under the name
of the Carson Valley Water Storage,
Irrigation and Canal Company. with a
capital stock Of $4,000. The result
shows that where there is desire to
learn and accomplish. there will Of
necessity be much arguing and many
opinions ,gand opinions Of good men is
but knowledge in the making. 1t Is
said tnat necessity is the mother Of
invention, and so in this case. A
greater area Of land was from year to
year reclaimed from rocks, sagebrush
and desert and brought under cultiva-
ton. II was case where that great
universal law Of supply and demand
played its part. First, the water far
exceeded the demands for irrigation;
then, as the farms multiplied, the de-
mands for water far exceeded the sup
ply that flowed down Carson river dur
ing the summer season. The farmers
sought a remedy. The impounding
of water in the reservoirs prepared by
nature in the fastness Of the mountains
to the southwark promised the most
rational solution. The problem has
been solved and all that remains Is for
the farmers to work out the details.
This they will do as patiently and per-
sistantly as they Lave improved their
i farms and constructed their bitches.