Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1902-06-21
MASON VALLEY the PLACE FOR the HOME
SEEKER.

railroad traverses see only a small
stretch of the country, and that
the most unproductive portion OF
this large and fertile valley. Nor
do those who make the stage trip
from the railroad station to Yer
ington, the metropolis of the val
ley, see but a very few of the
splendid ranches which dot the
great area lying to the south OF
the railroad. To one who made
these trips only, for years past, it
would be surprise to take trip
out onto the ranches, away from
the main lines of travel, and see
what a vast amount of wonderful
ly fine land there is in Mason Val
ley; some under cultivation and
growing magnificent crops of hay
and grain, but thousands of acres
lying idle and much of it not even
under fence, awaiting the coming
of the home-seeker to clear off the
land, turn up the SOIL put water
on it and build comfortable homes
in our midst.
Last Saturday, through the cour-
tesy of A. Clifford, the general
manager of the Miller & Lux
property in this valley, the writer
was given trip over large por-
ton of the lower end of the val
ley. On the way to the Miller &
Lux ranch, or ranches, many other
fine pieces of property are passed
and seen in the distance, among
them being the home ranch OF ].
B. Gallagher, the Wood ranch, the
ranch of James Johnson, that OF
Charles Johnson, the truck ranch
conducted by Mr.. Thrailkill, and
beyond, over towards the foot
hills which skirt the eastern edge
of the valley, the ranches of Jas.
Nichol, c. +. Meissner, f. Feigen-
span, Henry Genzel, and the Del
lamonica Bros. dairy ranch, and
others. On all of these ranches
the crops appeared to be in excel
lent condition, and green alfalfa
fields are spread out in every
direction. There is water enough
now running down the river to ir-
Iigate twenty times the land now
under cultivation, and average
crops of hay are expected all
around. Reaching the Miller &
Lux possessions, the first place
visited was the old Vanderhoof
ranch, and here could be noticed
a wonderful improvement from the
past. Mr.. Clifford put in two hun
dred acres of new ground to altal-
ia on this tract last year, and this
season will cut between 100 and
80 0 tons of hay from it. From
this point the writer was driven
to what is called the Riverside
ranch. This is tract of one hun
dred and fifty acres which Mr..
Clifford has broken and put into
alfalfa this year. 1t is an excel
lent piece of land and looks as
though it would campare favora-
bly, with the rich potato producing
land along the Carson River. At
ter taking dinner here the drive
to the home ranch was made, and
there everything was found in
apple pie order. After a short
stop here the drive was continued
to the Campbell ranch, an adjunct
to the Miller & Lux property and
en- route the ranches of Charles
Snyder and Pat Gallagher were
passed, upon which the crops APP
peared to be in splendid condition.
On the Campbell ranch a splendid
tract of alfalfa was being irrigated
and it will be ready to harvest
next week. On all of the Miller
& Lux property great improve
ments have been made in the past
two years, and the improvements
are substantial. Besides putting
in nearly four hundred acres of
new land Mr.. Clifford has enlarged
many miles of lateral bitches on
the ranch so that a great saving of
time and labor is made in irrigat-
ing. The amount of water taken
from the river is no greater, but
when water is scarce in the river