Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-09-18
Two Hundred Thousand Acres,

Tho Gazette is indebted to l.. II. Tay-
lor Tor the facts in the following article.
MIR. Taylor is mt the head % the United
States Geological work in tins Sec
ton.
The government canal system in the
vicinity Of Wadsworth and Carson Sink,
OF which the United States Geological
Surveyors have just completed the sur.
vey 0f the main canal between the
Truckec river at a poin, near Wads-
worth aud the Carson SruF, Il distance
OF thirty.one miles, mcapS much to the
future Of Nevada.
THIS canal will irrignte something
over two hundred and forty thousand
acres Of land III this dist ric,, but us yet
the limit Of irrigable lands has not been
liked II, d it is not known I" a certainty
what will he included and what will be
out Of reach of this system.
The governmt nj land in this section
has all been withdrawn from entry cx
cept unler the Homestead act. Tho
United Stated land office will at present
accept filing for l6J acres under this
act, but any person SO filing does so at
his own risk.
The Secretary Of the Interior reserves
the right Ia cut such filings down to
forty acres il he sees 1T to do
So.
M assurance can he gwen Is yet that
the land taken up nnw can be given wa
ter for irrIgatmg purposes nor will the
u. 5. G s he able tn furnish such rs
surarcr until the later Il canals have
been surveyed aud located and ciass-
iicd.
There il ii recent order of the Secre-
inry "f the interior ;ha, all lands com.
manden 10y the proposed irrigation can
al shall be classified and sub-dividcd
into farms or homestead tracts, each
tract to contain rs near rs may he
eighty acres OF good, irrigable
lands.
This wnrR 'n1 just been commenced
and will he completed s"mc time this
coming winter. After this work Is done
the S,cr"trey will announce the lands
open for entry, naming the limit 0i en-.
try, the price Ia he paid for water and
the conditions which must he complied
with in order to secure title tO land and
water.
IL will hc pr ssiblc to deliver water to
a small portion Of this land ia early rs
the spring nf 1903. but the major part Of
1t cannot hc irrigated for some time
after that.
In taking up this land the settlers
will he cor PEELED to cOrpIy strictly
with the rcquir 'mcuis Of the Homestead
law i'll regard io residence. At this
time 1t seem. decidedly inadvisable for
Intending, settlers to Tile npon the land
rs it is iwI,ussihie to make homestead
before water il ava:lab!e for irrIgating
purposes
The cou'Fac for the bull ling Uf the
canal was recently let to StUne Bros
and Warren Il Company. Tho first
thirteen miles of the canal from Wads.
worth il the Warren Il Company con-
tract and the remaining eighteen miles
will he constructed by the Stone Bro
thcrs.
\ time limit for the completion OF the
work is fourteen months from the letting
of the contract.
Stone Brotl Crs have already a steam
shovel. wagons aud scrapcrs and stock
on the ground and Warren e Company
will have their material at Wadsworth
next week
The engineers estimate that there will
never be time during the construction
OF the canal that 1900 mon will not DO
employed. Tic contractors have taken
tho labor question int" consideration
and say they will get labor everywhere
they can, thnt ie, ship it from ull points
as they do un rnirond contracts.
There is no authority for the report
TINT negroes are to he imported from the
South to do the work, and the story
originated IN Wadsworth 81 eycrgl r,ontha
ago, in fact, before the bids were open
cd. AZ first told 200 negroes were to 10
imported, and now the story has grown, =,
| ns told, l700 nrc 10 be brought to Nov.
nda. Tho contractors do not anticipate
Il ahoringc IN labor.