The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-08-22
From the Salt Lake Herald,

| FROM the Oalt Lake Herald.
Now that contracts have been let by
the Salt Lake route to fill the gap be-
tween Calientes, Nevada, and Daggett,
California, the traffic department has
begun to advertise the resources along
the way, particularly in southern Ne
vada. 1t is expected that before the
road is completed there will be an in
flux of settlers along the line, where
ever there is good opening.
Asa preliminary to its campaign along
this line the traffic department is dis
tributing pamphlet on Southern Ne
vada and It's Resources. copies of
which have been received at headquar-
uers In this pamphlet is the following:
"The valleys particularly described
herein are the Los Vegas. Pahrimp,
Muddy and Virgin valleys. While they
are about fifty miles apart, the SINH
larity in climate and productiveness is
SO great that one description answers
for all. They are in Lincoln county,
Nevada, near the extreme southern part
of the State, directly east of the north
eastern corner of San Bernardino
county, California, and on line which,
if extended Eastward, would pass
through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennes-
see and North Carolina.
"With the apples. grain and potatoes
of the northern States are grown the
figs, cotton, sugar cane, tobacco, pea
nuts, ETC., of the southern States. The
valleys are located on direct line be-
tween Salt Lake City and Los Angeles,
about 200 miles from the latter and 400
miles from the former.
LOS Vegas valley is twenty-five
miles west of the head of navigation on
the Colorado river. which now furnish
es one meanes of transportation. Its
situation is beautiful, being a basin
with mountains ON all sides, some of
them towering to an altitude of over
IL, 900 feet; their sides covered with
pine forests, and their tops capped
nearly the whole year, and furnishing
delightful mountain breezes during the
Summer months.
"Los Vegas valley has long been known
as a fertile spot, and was first occupied
by some Spanish monks, who assembled
the Colorado river in 1880. looking for
place to establish mission. Leaving
the river they came to this beautiful
valley and named it Los Vegas-Span-
ish for the meadows
'The Pahrimp valley lies off Los Ve-
gas and the Muddy adjoins it on the
east. Large tracts of the land have
been purchased by Los Angeles people
who are thoroughly alive to its value
and the importance to southern Cali.
fornia of it's great agricultural and min
eral wealth. To-day there is no better
place for a poor man to get home, the
sick to find health and the capitalists
to make good investments.
"The soil of these valleys is made up
mainly of decomposed granite and lime
stone, with volcanic and mineral sub
stances, thus making it very rich with
the proper chemical qualities which
give life to vegetation. The nature of
the soil varies in different parts Of the
valley. In some places it is a gravelly
and a sandy loan, but the greater part
is heavy alluvium of sedimentary loamy
soil, enormously productive and mex
haustible. 1t will not bake and needs
but little irrigation when worked. Two
crops can be raised yearly on the same
land. Small grains are first sown, and
harvested about the first of June. 1t is
then planted in corn. potatoes, beets,
beans, cabbage, onions. melons and
other garden vegetables"
The booklet goes on to tell of the cli-
mate, the amount of water available,
and the possibilities for crops of apples,
apricots, peaches, prunes, figs. cotton,
corn potatoes, sugar beets, alfalfa and
other things. 1t is stated that Nevada
honey and apples took first prizes at the
Chicago Worlds fair of 1898. The
mining and other possibilities are also
touched on briefly, and the methods ol
securing land are explained.