The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-11-21

NEVADA.

cadent State. Eastern people acquired
a habit of referring to it as a mining
camp Sometimes they called it "a po-
litieal rotten borough" As a rule they
believed it to be land whose mineral
resources are exhausted and which has
quirement of wealth and the support of
an increasing population.
Those that have shared that opinion
will now have to change it. The strong
and energetic men who have STAYED with
Nevada have discovered new sources OF
mineral wealth, and these promise to
yield even more abundantly than those
wbose exploration were the wonder of
the world in days gone by. Diligent pros
peetors have brought to light several dis
tricts where the yield of gold ore is
promising in the highest degree, and, as
a consequence, undertaken with capital
sufficient to carry them to success.
Nor is it in mining only that the ener-
gies of the people Of Nevada are develop
ing new fields for profitable industry.
| By reason of the extension Of irrigation,
many districts of the State that former
ly produced nothing but sagebrush are
now marked by fields of alfalfa, farms
and orchards. The live stock industry
thrives. 1t is not SO extensive as it was
in times past, but it is now adaptog
itself to new conditions, ard in the end,
with the extension of irrigation and the
increased production of grasses of one
kind or another, ii will eventually be
larger than ever.
In fact, whether considered with re-
spect to her mines, her cattle. her farms.
her business or her educational institu-
tions, Nevada is capable of making a
good showing for herself.
In times past the wealth of Nevada
was taken away to build up other States,
but the new wealth seems to be in the
hands of men who love the State, whe
intend to live there and who will use it
to build up Nevada herself. Such being
the case, 1t Is not easy to set limits to
the changes which may be wrought in
the conditions of Nevada life within the
next ten years. Many an Eastern man
who has been taught TO look upon the
State as no better than an exhausted
mining camp may yet seek it as a place
for the investment of his money. and
/ find there SO many attractions that be
will settle there permanently and become
as big n Nevada boomer as any of those
who have lived there for forty years, or
are native to the soil. San Francisco
Call.
TIE foregoing was reproduced, not be
cause it was correct in every detail, but
because it was written with kindly in
tent.
The Call, however, speaks knowingly,
when it tells us that 1.-The Eastern man
who has been taught to regard Nevada
as an exhausted mining camp will soon
come to his senses aud invest here
The Easterner is freer from misappre
hension than our very nearest neighbof
and beneficiary As mat
ter of fict in every single county 10 the
State OF Nevada, Eastern men, Colorado
and Utah men. are investing. Every
large legitimate undert liking in the State
of Nevada is backed up 10y people resid.
ing east of Nevada. Not one California
corporation, association or individu | is
i Nara1. in
/ line.
One day last month 135 investment
seekers crossed the borders into Nevada.
Not one of them came from California or
represented California capital. The
great strides Nevada has made in the
last year or two is entirely duo to the in
vestments of the Eastern man. Cali
fornia, which collects her tax on every
pound of provisions we use, almost every
commodity we use, has to-day less money
invested in legitimate enterprise in Ne
yada than far-off Chill. 1t is the Cali
fornian the Call should seek to educate.
And yet California does pay us little
attention. 1t conducts all il.egtimate
I
gambling game, located in San Francisco,
but purp rting to be supported by the
old Comstock. 1t is an assessment game
IN which nobody loses save the man that
plays at it. The game always wins. ln
the Comstock we have splendid exam
pie of that protecting power that our
sister State of California throws about
us.
With plenty of ore on the old lode,
California manipulators find it more
profitable to loot the pockets of the poor
and unwise than to legitimately work
the mines.
The Call can do excellent missionary
work, but it should begin at home. Cal
ifornia people are the ones that need ed
ucating,-Carson News.