The San Francisco call., 1901-11-13
NEWLANDS SEES
GOOD TINE NEAR
Congressman From Ne
vada Says State Has
Great Prospects.

Congressman Newlands of Nevada said
yesterday that there is a good chance
that the bill to reclaim the arid lands
that he introduced al the last session of
Congress will reach action at the coming
session. President Roosevelt is enthusi-
astically in favor of the irrigation of the
arid States, that they may be reclaimed.
The bill that Congressman Newlands in
troduced was favorably considered by two
House committees, the Committee on
Arid Lands and the Committee on Public
LANDS 1t was also favorably reported
by the Senate Committee on Public
LANDS. There was so much business at
the last session of congress and the time
was so short that the measure did not
reach final consideration in the two
houses.
Congressman Newlands is an enthusi-
astlc believer in the great future of Ne
Vada, and says that the measure that he
mas fathered will be a factor in the ad-
Vancement of his State. 1t provides that
the proceeds of the sales of all public
lands, amounting to about $1,000 .O00 an
nualIy, shall go into a fund to be expend-
ed under the direction of the Secretary
OF the Interior in providing storage reser-
volrs for water in the arid States to make
the lands available for settlers. The en-
trles under the act must be in eighty-acre
tracts. The cost of each enterprise is ap-
portloned among all the acres capable of
reclamation by 1t. Settlers will pay for
the lands in ten annual installments 1.s
PROVIDES that the fund shall be kept good
and be a revolving fund to be consta ntIv
increased by new sales of land and in
stallment payments
I think, said Mr.. Newlands at the
Paiace Hotel yesterday, that this plan
ARD lands and the settling up of the
country in from thirty to fifty years, and
tne general treasury will not be taxed to
Concerning the immediate outlook for
the advancement of Nevada Mr. New
iands was very enthusiastic. He said that
In the next twenty years Nevada will de-
velop proportionately with any State in
the Union. The State has been neglected
IN every way until recently. The policy
oI the railroad had been against Nevada.
Mr.. Newlands said:
All rail transportation lines in new
countries ordinarily act as pioneers to
build up. population that business may
Utah, Montana and Arizona have,
been built up in that way. Ne
vada would have thrived similarly if
the Central Pacific road had been tied to
the Union Pacific. But the Central Pa
ciflc was controlled by the Southern Pa
cine, and the last named company was
interested in building up the southern
The change in the administration of
the Central Pacific, the Central now be-
Ing tied to the Union Pacific, promises
much for Neva6a. The Union Pacific de-
sires to increase the population of Ne
vada and it will exert its energy to the
accomplishment of that end
For long time Nevada was given
over to speculative mining. In recent
years the State has been paying atten-
tlon TO development along various lines.
Keno is growing rapidly and is fast be-
coming the center of enterprise, as Salt
Lake and Denver are the centers for Utah
and Colorado. The decline of the Com
stock gave, the impression that the min
eral wealth of Nevada was exhausted.
The fact is that it has hardly been tap
ped.
Nevada has been less protected than
any of the intermountain States. 1t is
now receiving equal attention with the
other mining States
Nevada is we'll watered with four
streams and storage reservoirs will great
~ increase the area that is capable of
producing agricultural products. I look
for great and general development of the
resources of the State from this time on. -