Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-08-03
IRRIGATED NEVADA.
What an Outsider States Regarding
the y atcr Outlook.

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ing to say regarding the reclamation
CT lands in Eovada and his review
of Engineer TaTlor's report makes i'll
teresting reading.
The Annual report of Engineer l..
H. Taylor, the resident photographer
OF Nevada, for The geological survey,
has been FORWARDED to Mr.. Newell. the
national hydrcg 2pher and is now,
along with othCc reports in the hands
OF the government printer. Important
work has been done IN Nevada since
the passage of tho irrigation law, work
which promises :" Eft the battle born
State from the foot of the list and at
least give it the agricultural import
ance to which is fertile sell and fine
climate entitle it. The trouble with
Nevada has been ,lat all Ler lanIs
suitable for farr1.BE were stolen by
the stock men w.lo turned the stare
into one vast graz g ground. The nat
ional government 2o@ comes to the
rescue 18th storaS@ reservoirs and the
shall settler will have his ends.
The first shovel OF earth unde>the
national irrigation act was thrown i'll
commencing the work on what is
known as the government Truckee-
Carson project. The irrigabe lands
commanded by the Truckee and Car
son rivers. the foe, waters Of which
the government WI store. lie in Reno
valley to the extent probably of 10000
the Truckee river and in number Ct
medium sized VALLEYS about 10000
acres; on the Pyramid Indian Reser-
walton and adjacent TO Wadsworth,
about $4,000 acres; in the Carson
Sink valley fully ICE 900 acres, in the
Churchill and Dayton valleys about
10000 acres and in tle lower Hum
boldt or Lovelock valleys about To-
600 acres,
Much of this land is held in private
, ownership and will require the ouerat-
ion Of a water users association to
deal with the government. such as
! has been organized in the Salt River
! valley In the Carson Sink valley
| Mr. Taylor reports about 125 900 acres
in public land This is a fortunate
circumstance and from the standpoint
Of the future settler that the engineers
| of the present reclamation service had
these conditions in mind at the time
| of the passage Of the irrigation ac,,
: else there would have ben a repitat-
ion in part of the calamitv which hap
pened to Nevada when she came into
the union and spectators secured all
the valuable land and water rights and
excluded settlement, so that Nevada
has now but about 10000 population
Certain parties were ready to file upon
this government land Immediately that
the irrigation bill passed. utilizing the
desert land act and the Communication
clause of the homestead act for this
nefarious scheme, by which the spec
ulator would profit at the hands o.
the future settler. But the telegraph
was quicker than the steam engine
and because members of Mr.. Newell:
survey force knew what would happe'
to the public lands under the Truck
|; project Immediately the irrigation bill
was passed, vesting authority in thu
Interior department to withdraw land
try within range of the Truckee o
, Carson waters was held up from any
t thing but five-year homestead entry.
t Mr.. Taylor's official statement -
: garding the surveys made of TIL
Truckee-Carson project is that:
The investigation of tue water SUI
ply have not progressed sufficiently :
warrant a close estimate of the iri'
v CATION possibilities, but it is confide L
h ly believed that the water can be co:
( trolled so as to reclaim at least 375
4 900 acres
a Here would be 2344 one hundred an
/ sixty acre farms or an agriculture
$ population, leaving out the towns an
y trading centers of probably 11,720.
e While Mr.. Taylor's report is of
e statistical nature and somewhat DIR
n though notwithstanding the subjet
r treated of, he in one paragraph pain
e picture of the possible results
D the government work not without h
man interest. The principle crops, !
says, are alfalfa. which are cut fly
or six times a year, about a ton to
s crop; barley, oats and wheat, eve
e aging about twenty-five or thirty bus
els to the acre, though instances ha'
been known of seventy-fve bushels
y the acre. Grapes thrive and produ
good yields Of fruit OF excellent fiave
three acres have produced 5000 pound
"a Pomegranates. peaches and aDricO