The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-02-04
SOMETHING ABOUT NEVADA.
How the East Regards Our Fu-
ture Prospects.
"Orchard and Farm" Praises
Neynda's Agricultural
Facilities.


Il lie void, and its present condition
a I'd future prospects as an agricu .turai
as well a. a m!uing State are beglnu!rg
10 receive portion OF the credit due
her:
"Neyada is ROY turning its attention
and its hopes for tue future in The di.
rection OF the agricultural industries
more largely than ever before ard the
time las at last come when the sgricu!-
tural iudu.,rias OF ;hs Silver State are
to see the marked development that
natural conditions aua hum4n OPT oItu-
mites make possible.
Heretofore Nevada has alwars sug-
gasted - the outside worl3 the mines
ana wondafidl riches OF great mineral
bearing l3des il fJrbidding mountain
ranges. TEat ii had extensive stock
Ranges many hne~ IL vague va! but
only in the minds ri wiee ieH ta- The
soil been taken into particular account
ia Concept ons OF tie future. he ap-
psllation Sage brush State" has had
much force in disse m:natirg the idea
OF general steriiity.
'Now The Federal government has
begun IN Nevada the execution Of one
Cf earliest great irrigation projects
under the irriEali N law, aod :; strik-
ing ent rptise commands the Attention
OF the country to the vast a.reil!surai
possibilities Of an ard region OF large
extent foored With rich soils and pos
sessing iaNorrble climate, and which
nseds bat wuter TO Yield abundant har-
vests. Then, in the southern portion
of The State. 4 trau.cont!Deutal rail-
road is bel & built y Aich will opsn up
a rich aud heretofore inaccessible re-
cion aud which possesses ard valleys
that have the seis and climate potent
with tie semi troi zeal glpries Of the
bes, parts Of the Great Southwest.
whan water il supplied.
Little that is necessary to TIE W..
BUILDING CT great State was omitted
when Nevada vas created. The raw
m t rails were abundant ie ,tov j.,
and only the lack If human endeavtr
has prevented this rich aud extensive
gion from taking a high rlice among
her sisters. Far fro N being an ash
heap, with reaks o! silver through it.
as so many have been led to believe,
the territory within her borders has
l. III, .y,;I : ba lnb
aud where it can be reached by al
aieq tat, water supply thu crops are
ns.erfai'lng, The quality the finest.
and the yield far gfea.er than in the
rainy states.
Like the island of S ely, which Isl
raised wheat for 2,oC0 Years with al
most 10 diminution IN The yield, hen
soil is largely volcanic, and its strength
has not been dissipa'ed by The shower,
OF ages, but lies fipeuing ID the su;
waiting for he pillow which is 10 tick!,
lis surf ce aud maxi g il augh harves
Nevada is the fourth in extent o
the States Of tine Union, only Texas
California and Montana being larger
She has nearly Il. 600, 600 acres, OF " bicl
perhaps, seventy five per cent wou't
be tiilable il water could be provided.
1.-THE fact is generally dawning uror
US that the desert il itch We recai
the fact that the ancient civil;z tom
occupied the deserts Of the Old world
Egypt, Asia Minor, Syria the class
lands of the Carthae iu'aus and ih'
Moors. TIE glories OF antiqnit,
sprars from the heart 81 tie desert, )
history SAYS, AMI Utah and Colorado
ale examples in oar dly Of arid Ian
made he homes OF pro-! or IT'S thou
s.nds. Under volcanic ssh Novad'
miners are find g iecges Of gold, ant
under the sage bfus! or the gray waists
OF cen uric, farmers are disco, ering
wealth Of .oi', and ich lsrvests ri
presently transform the aspect Of n
land.
"Arid countries are ALWAYS rich coun
tries hen irrigated, and The reason il
simple: The potash, lime, pagnes':
I'd sulphuric acid has not been wa, hoe
out OF the soil. Ii Is ali there TO MAKE
the fields gay with harve,ts.
Few have thought II tie Silver
State as Il land for he farmer, but il is
The new Nevada will base is prosper
ity upon lis agriculture. Miners comt
and go, but the land abides. and 10 tie
SOL We must all 90 for our supplies Oi
daily bread. The permanent proper
ity OF u State is built upon its agricul.
ture, and The quality If its prod ucts
mu t be taken as an index OF its future
development. Figs, cotton. grapes,
aud Orarges thrive in the sou h., ard
Ia the colder northern citrate are pro
duced as fine fruit and vegetables as
eau be found anywhere Ia the worio
Nevada sent first riIe G.s to the
Chicago Exposition, and It's honey took
first prize in ca mreiliion With the
whole world. It's hay is in dema nd Ill
over the UuoD for fac stock, and us
wheat, unexc-lied in qnalits, has Il rec
Of sevent, five bus!lsls TO the acre
At LovelocK The hu,ne market for
these yArlou, proJGcI5 Is not neatly
supplied and Liz h ,ri,cs rule thrnu..-
out the STATE. Stock raising baS ieel
SO profitd bic hat il has crowded cut