Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1901-10-18
SAM DAVIS ON NEVADA.

OCCASION 10 Vent1lAte MS Ignorance Ol
the Sagebrush State. Sam Davis, OF
the Carson Appeal, takes the misin-
formed individual across his knee In
the following:
notice an editorial In . recent issue
of the Telegram In which Nevada Is
mentioned as almost wholly bowling
desert"
There is abundant misinf0rmstion
regarding Nevada In the East, but l
am surprised to find paper published
west of the Rockies giving space to such
a statement.
Possibly you passed through the State
Oh the Southern Pacific Railroad. This
road in selecting route across Nevada,
selected the most direct and the easiest
grade. 1t resulted in q road built across
the most arid portions of the State and
the least inviting to the eye of the trav'
eler.
Nevada having produced about $780,.
000, 900 in gold and silver, has come tO
be regarded as "a mining State This
vast output of the precious metals has
given commercial activity to every Pa
cific Coast State, Oregon as well as
California, and but for these discoveries
your own State would not be where II
il to-day.
That this output is falling of is true,
but during the past year there has been
over 100000 invested in Nevada
mines. We are somewhat like ancient
Egypt--we have our lean periods and
our fat ones, and we have passed
through the.lean ones. The output OF
the Tonapah mines, In Nye county,
and the discoveries near Reno, bid fair
to give us two more Comstocks and you
need not be surprised to..see revival OF
mining here that will again send the
blood of commercial activity into local
tiles ~ far away ~ Oregon.
But mining is1by no means our only
source of wealth. We have several mil
lion acres of prime agricultural land,
and it is producing the best beef, best
fruit and the best wool and mutton that
can be found anywhere. l judge this
from the fact that our beef, wool and
mutton are at premium wherever
offered to the consumer. Our butter Is
in demand in Illinois at premium,
and taken by the carload as fast as 1t
comes from the creamery. Our honey
and wheat and apples and flour and
potatoes took first premium at Chicago
at the Exposition. The first peaches
exhibited there came from EsmeraldA
county, Nevada. - aEa
Government experts pronounce our
mountain water sufficiently pure flor
the use of chemical laboratory.
How can you ship SIC, ZOO, 900 worth
OF fat beef annually from State where
there is nothing but a " bowling wilder
nesse'
We are 40 far above sea level that 1t
gives Us climate which Is the envy Of
every other State in the Union. 1t ls
dry and bracing, and the records of the
meteorological observatory show over
$50 cloudless days in the'year.
You say that no people in Oregon
want To go to Nevada to live. Again
you are mistaken. know good many
Webfooters living here, and after they
have become acclimated they make
excellent citizens. Many Of our people
have gone to your State, but the mo-
ment there is mining excitement here
they come trooping back. ot'.that
there is anything the matter with your
excellent State, but somehow they like
the sagebrush better. .sse
. Yesterday | drove up from Reno. |
went through 80 miles OF country and
all but iive.miles oflthe way was lined
with orchards and hay and grain fields.
crossed hundred purling streams on
the road, encountering droves of sheep
and cattle untilthey retarded my prog
ress, and saw nothing but thrift and
industry and plenty on every side.
Every farmer in this section has
enough money! to keep his family In
luxury and surplus left to play poker,
buck faro, horse racing and California
lotteries. Can your Oregon agricultur-
lists say as much for themselves?
Sincerely yours,
SAM =. DAVIS.