The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-01
OUR PAST, PRESENT
AND FUTURE
Able Resume of Conditions
in NevaCd That is Worth
Preserving

vada'S Natural ana ln1uSarlu II re-
so,l tes." which will he thoroughly IL
list. ated and compiled md r. the di-
rec,ion of the State B1ard nr NoriS
Far Commissioners.
tn. appended extra is are from a
paper written by r. L. Fulton, eI.-
tited Nevada: Past, Paasent and Fu-
lure" The prospects a.e that The ycar
|, 1904 will more than double Nevada's
ra.'ioad mileage, as .hrse r.iy i'm.
Lot .ant lines ale in pro- .'ess. All
connect Salt Lake City. Utah, with
L1s Ai,.t ,es. Another Will give e
.:u II ] es at Tonopai. ar oJiiet
r;~w railroads act as stimuli to e.srS
oranch of business and to every line
of enterprise, SO that Nevada may
confidently hope for the greatest bene-
ut from such an addition to her trans
portation facilities.
Nothing promises more, howeve-,
for the immediate future of the s-ats
tran the g.eat irrigation entar3r"."
which the gene. al government has I'M
dertaken. Since time began the great
bulk of water which fell from the
clouds has run idly to waste AMI the
parchad land has remained desert. Ife
9dveit of the white man, baout forty
years age. turned small sterams cut
OIL The rich sagebrush benches am
| il: this way two and a nalf or thite
per cen: 0: the foods have been put
TO use the balance going by unused
Wherever water touched the SOIL Tie
pruzact was superior in qual'.y rno
| the Yell SO asundant that It became
| Apparaent that untold wealth Liy II.
bringing the ur used water to he Tn
| ussl laid hy cans of tie unused
/ money and the unused labor. Nevadi
| sent men to congress who made this
SO apparent that laws were passed
to create sufficient fuds to begi the
work, ad the initiation of the grand
/ scheme for the reclamation of the
arid region was fittingly given to the
state of Nevada.
| There never has been any complain.
az tc the quality in the citizenship OF
| the state. Her sons and daughters
nave gone into every part of the world
and more than held their own in al.
l.nes OF human endeavor. The worst
that could be said was that Nevada
lacked population, and 1t was harped
good people really began to regard i,
as stigma upon her good name and
| the Scripture was paraphrased to read
! Can any good thing come out of Ne
,ada?" Surely if a scanty population
/ is a crime, it is not the people who live
acre who are guilty. but those who
TAIL 20 come.
| TIC northern lines of the states OF
Nevaua sbd Pennsylvania both lie on
| a parallel of latitude AZ. while the
| southern part of Nevada touches the
line of 35, which crosses Arkansas and
| divides Tennessee from Mississippi
| Alabama and Georgia. This would
read to the inhabitants of those states
! that we can raise the wheat, apples
| and potatoes of the temperate zone,
| igs. cotton. tobacco. grapes. peaches
| and peanuts of the south, but If II
gave them the idea that the similarity
| Of la titude gave us this climate. they
| would be entirely misled. The very
| fact that our crops require irrigation
tells the story of lack of rain and fog
| informing the observant reader that
we have sunshine instead of clouds
/ and cheerful days instead of gloomy
! landscapes Our medium elevation.
| too, has an immense effect on climate.
| it bing about midway between Colo
! RADIO and the Atlantic states. thus Civ
| ing us the light air which conduces to
! comfort and iogevity. without the
extreme cold.
Few countries have so comfortable
a climate as this. No part OF the
union has more sunny days in the
year. Malaria. sunstroke, hydropho-
bia and consumption are unknown
The dry, rare air is beneficial in al
most all forms of illness, and there is
ncne Of that changeable and bolster
ous weather found farther east. Parts
of the state are subject to extreme
cold In the winter. but the whole west
side and southern portion are .nfiuenc-
ed by soft winds of the Pacific. which
give an equabie and mild temperature
| AQQcu W tnC VI oAA NA'' 49,
ing and healthful climate Is grand
scenery and a productive soil.
The practice of irrigation makes
frost, instead of season. the limit OF
production, and the fields bear cror
after crop all the fall and summer
through until checked by the colo
weather. Such an advantage ovel
other countries can hardly be estimat
ed until land comes to be thorough,
worked and put to the highest uses
The range OF products Of which th'
state is capable Is something wonder
full Cotton grown upon the spot u