Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-02-12
Elko. Nevada. Friday, February IL. 1904.
the average cos, per ri.a:ed acre being

the average cost per irrigated acre being
sj.5G.
TEuCkEE EIvLE DRAINAGE BAsIS.
Ahont 900 'qu Irc miles Of the drain
nG" ha8n uf tnv rruri.c River winch
ri.c- Ia the Sicr.:. Nevada Mountains. art
outside Of tie Louu,idriCe ~ the gintc
! Owing Ia the Interstate contTUvcr-ic.
which have arisen, lrEigatOrs On tine
| Lower IrucHc" haze been prevented
from maHlug numrIu.- excellent rescr
rpIrs -itrs along the upper tributaries
and many thonsaud 81. res of fertile land
III the lower valleys have remained dc 8
cri, although ;he Hood waters which
have gone Ia waste every year might
III" cuupirti"" -; government work,
| now under CONSTRUCTING, will give de-
ciic" impetus /" ir.Iga:!un IN this
| scCtIun
L. 1872 III, water "i the Trurk"r, III
trIbu;IrlCs rild syringe, were utilized {"
! irrigHi" lu,jil acres belonging 1" :iG2
Nevada farms. There were ~ = strE- =,
| ru:;..G S2SG. 3D. or AN aver igc ui ~ J:1t!,
per s:au. thc a,rIgr urst cost per
acre WAS - 81 aud t!Ie rItir" length uf
main cIna-s and ditrhcs 10 rlIIrz
CkEsJN RIVER DEAIHAGE BASIN.
Although the volume Of it, tinw is lc='
than thai "t ,"o rru23scr, :hc Carson
River Ii -rru.d only To the tIuuDrlit IN
length an. III ti., I:rA 81 a@;cuI uTal
land wltlIn IL urUIaIEc basin. Like 'ilr
ITuckcs, II, !.oad water. are oul-Iic ~
tEc state houudur.cs. lis nniu lribu.
tarics, the East and West Eork-, enter
the state H. HLd 70 mii,s .,spc.;iycly.
southeast uf Las" Tahoc. From then
confluence thr river HpH- east Il nortD
Tor 20 miles, 'h,nce III ii nnrth"nsirr ly
direction fur nearly - miles, where 1t
divIdrs, on" branch entering Carson
SINK Hi the u.mcr, Car-un I.A tr.
Within the Carson l;ivcr basin 7u,-
@GT arrcs Of Nevada land WIS irrigated
i'll 1872. Ihc - stcms, 2ii IL number,
represent II construction cost ui SlI2,-
7U3, "r S203 per irrigated acre. The
total length "t tie main canals or ditch
rs waH ipI miles.
THE wALKIE RIVER DHAISNGG HNSIS.
Ths river in mos: ways very much RI.
scmhlcs the Carson EiYcr. Along its
course are several hrund, fertile valleys,
Of which Smiths Valley and Mason Vni-
ley are the most important. East and
West Walker rIVU:s are lis principal
tributaries. 1t discharges its waters iii
Ia Walker Lake. Va tho vicinity II winch
are some II tho richest agricultural
lHm..a IN the state.
lMe irrigated acreage III this basin
can Gr increased only 10y building rcscr-
vOirs tu conserve the flood waters, and
Tor this purpu3c !hcrc are several
excellent sites where at mOicrn expense
water sullicirnt 20 irrIgatc several
thousand acres can bu stored
the number of acres III Nevada irri.
gated III lgD2 by the Wulkrr River mad
IL tributaries was, jI."jl. belonging io
2lJ farms. I'ho I6 syslrurs, diver ~
'craur cost "f s:i.G1 rcr acre irrigated.
!! Ia, .,..Hl !rLgth ui the man caLni Iud
diicnvs was 2i mIirs. Oi the 40 !,',,I=
- wcr.. out of the WulErr Erv"r direct,
3 fr"u E,.+;, aud - fr"u Nest Waiter
Rivers.
TnE CnLnIApu RIvuH DRAINAGE BASIN.
Tho CulUrndu River form. ihc rmuth.
eastern huuutWry uf Nevada Tor dIs'
tunrr ~ 100 miles, Tho slight Irll,
tnr'c nmd ouC.hHiG feet per mile, and
| the numerous nigh ridges rXirrhiug {"
the ri:cr brink make 1t aluo,t i'm.
possible" to divert water direct from this
| It rcum rnd only on" gravity s!sicm IL
rcunitct. There ARE, h"wCvCr, many
| amall, iR"lnt'd. iCrti'c 'incts ~ land
| iy,ng near tho river tim; "Ouii hr ItrI.
| cH'cd 10y the us" Uf pump".
Earring fnw indie panhrut STREAMS,
| the Nirsm River uud it, principal trihu-
| lary in Ncvnd,. the Mudd! River, n,'
| tho only str"nua III this pant "l the
| state afforIing water iur ir5iga,s,u. lu
| 100 there wCir - "lRirmr ~UppiiCd
with water from this part ui tI" ole
| RADIO. It's Nevada tributaries nui ir"m
| aprImga. Il ,ISi acres "n 213 tr.ue IT,
rnr irricn'cd n; M a'rrac" cot . ~ q
| per ncrr III" total first "unt 81 in..,,'
a,Mrma VIVA %3hgal aud the "o'munr,u
| lcr,'lr ~ the man, ditr"re III mr,rr
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| TRIBUTARIES or rus aXAK. RIVE"
Four tributaries ui the Sa"nr lii,c!
dram htou' $3.50 sqriir" mile ~ u"rih'
castcrn Nevada. They ar". =, gtnninr
at tho cIst. Srlmn Iiruirtl nd Ovl.
hcc rivers aud tributaries. Only II emal
portion " the water "f these strCaui
eau hr utilized :"r irrigation purpose
in the stat" ~ Nevada. "a The elevator
il G,5OO icci nr more. There were, how