Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-11-26

lyon County Yag9aeso - 0eose vsesee
and Not Fight Inv suits.
One Of the most ssasibis 1o77es thar
has ever Aeen starssd BY ne farmers
Of Western Nevadasis On foet In Ma
son valley. It. u . move to establish
water stofa&s reservoirs and Do away
with an Impending laWsuit. At the
present time the farmers Of Mason and
Smith Valleys are in asslew suit With
Miller Z Lux, the ndillicnaire land
owners Of Calffcfnfa. The casdais be-
ing argued in the United States Cir
cult Court, and while year has been
consumed, yet the farmers and other
litigants are no nearer IN end than
when they started. The suit involves
nearly every farmer in the two valleys
and In fact, eery man nthe. river
from Tom Rickey's holdings to the
man who joins the Miller & Lux hold
ings.
They have all been made partners to
the action, and it has looked like
fight for years to come, and then to
be simply q law suit decision and 70
man in q better fix than when he
started. It was alright until the put-up
came to hand. A few weeks ago the
first assessment was levied and the
farmers had to go down in their jeans
to furnish cash to carry on the war.
It pinched, and pinched hard.
Now another move has been start
cd. A petition has been circulated in
the valley, which has been signed by
ninety per cent Of the farmers. where.
by they put up cash and buy alkal1
lake from T. b. Hickey for a reseI
yoir for food water, and thus secure
enough water to run all the farms
during the dry season OF the year
Several of the prominent farmers hare
been in this city during the past
week. and they all agree that it Il
the best plan that the people nav'
ever devised to settle the water que
ton. sfk
AlrhH lake is the best natural r.
reservoir this side Of Lake Tahoe.
lien between two mountains and is tn
natural drain for the West Wake
river 1t viii require but few mile
of ditching to turn nearly the entiE'
river into the lake. Surveys have bee
made by three different parties, an
they Ill agree that the site is an Idea
one. AZ. the present time the lax
without q dam at the upper end wi
hold enough water to furnish owe
$4,000 acre feet; by the constructio
of q small dam it will hold 10000
acre feet of water, and by the CO
strue&ion Of tenfoot dam it hold
$4,000 acre feet; more water than tn
entire valley below uses in. any seasc
and specifically inexhaustible, as tn
lake drains several creeks and is FOL
ed M qsseral feet every season
food waters. Atsthe present time, wit
several dry seasons, the lake hok
water enough to supply irrigation Il
several seasons.
miller e Lux have been consulted
gardlng their attitude in the matte
They. are like the farmers. 1t is wat
they want and not law suits. The b
corporation is as much interested
the small farmer from the fact tn
they stand just as good q chance
lose by litigation as do the other p
ties in the suit With q reservoir SUI
az Alkali lake, there should he
such thing AZ a water shortage
Mason. and Smith valleys, and q
farmers could pay for the constr
ton Of the undertaking in less tn
ten years and be sure Of crop
hay every year. It is the most SEN
bic move that has been inaugural
in Western Nevada since farming 60
menced. - & 69t yss
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