Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-08-30
WADSWORTH
FRIDAY AUGUST 30, 1901
AN IDEAL HOWE.
Pluck and Perseverance and Ne.
vada Soil.

anK OF the TucKee river is n oil
the prettiest ranch homes in the State
1t is the property of John Garavanta.
who bought the land ten years age
when it was covered with sagebrush.
He had only enough money opayf for
his land, a span OF horses and some
farm implements, but he had a fortune
in his tireless energy and good bust
ness sense. He was $1,000 in
debt when he got the land cleared
and had built a ditch to carry water 10
irrigate it.
His second season was marked by
evil fortune for his crops were ready
for harvest when a fierce local hail
storm destroyed every vestige. even to
penetrating the soil and splitting the
potatoes. 1t was unexpected, and like
storms, to the knowledge Of man, never
before or since visited that section.
He was respondent. but the encourage
ment Of his wife and his own indom-
table will carried him forward.
His title to the land is without flaw
and he has an abundance Of water.
He cuts " 200 tons OF hay each
season and daily supplies the people Of
Wadsworth with all kinds Of vegetables
and fruits In season.
Behind a magnificent span Of horses
M. Mcclure and a DISPATCH reporter
paid the place a visit with Mr.. Cara
vanta. who is not only an ideal host.
but is jolly, witty and entertaining.
A stroll through the orchard was a
surprise. Early peaches. cherries and
apricots were marketed long ago from
here, but there are now peach trees
loaded with fruit ripe for picking and
trees with fruit to ripen. as the season
advances, so the orchard supplies this
fruit from the time the snow leaves the
ground in the spring until 1t begins to
fall again. The requisite care is not
given the orchard for the branches Of
many Of the apple trees have broken
and trail the ground with loads OF that
fruit in many varieties. There are
plums and pears OF many kinds and
Of as fine flavor as man ever tasted.
We have always heard It is hard to
raise grapes in Nevada, but Mr.. Cara
vanta has at least a dozen kinds of vines
growing with the fruit thick beyond be-
lief. and he has vines enough. ne says.
to supply the grape and vine market Of
Wadsworth in a few years, and we
agree with him in that. AS a matter
OF course in the vegetable line he has
everything we use and in quantity.
The canteloupes and watermelons cover
a large, are and there is rhubarb in
profusion.
As to onions w saw a sight we
never expect to see again and expect
to be called q liar for saying anything
about it. The onions are in rows about
one foot apart. but from the beginning
to the end Of the row the onions are so
thick n cannot put his fingers be-
tween them. Mr.. Caravanta will. ex-
hibit q sack Of these onions at the
State Fair and there will be none
weighing less than two and a half
pounds. 1t is a"Gfine table onion. the
best we ever ate. The seed came
from Italy. and We firmly believe our
onion growers can learn much to their
advantage from MIR. G~aravanta's ex-
hibit, kci
The potato cellar at the ranch has a
storage capacity Of 100 tons and is up
to-dase In every respect. The water
for. domestic purposes is at the kitchen
dor and IS soft spring water. The
ranch as a whole is a fin. piece Of
property. and a paying one. Mr.. Gar
avaaia IS 20 one Of tn. large land