Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-06-10

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the present supply by more cconomi-
cal nSc. Both of these methods are
already in their bcginniIgS-thc first
under the direction Of the general
Government and the second under
IN control Of the State.
The magnificent irrigation project
now under construction in Western
NcNida was made possible by the
pns~agc Of the Congressional Rrclu-
nation Act Of June II, 1902. This
net provides that all money received
- the sale nj public lands in the
west shall constitute a special
determination fund" to lr used in
the examination. survey and ON
Siructiun Of storage AMI diversion
works for the reclamation ri bM6IiC
lands only, but the Act now stands
with the word public stricken out.
So II L. possible for any community
to avail itself Of the benefits Of the
Act. The law is SO framed that
speculation in lands under the con.
StrIIcl"d WORKS il next to impOSSihlr.
Only actual settlers can take advau-
iHSr al itS provisions anl Individual
grants cannot lie greater imam 100
acres. 1t is therefore essentially "A
"homr-makinS' act.
nevada Is certainly to he cOngrat.
'll'lA''l Il AliNl Silt - inc IllSI lND Ititl-
II 10y the Net ana all the more so H.
she II given practically nothing
toward tn" fund.
The Immediate aim OF the present
project il the regulation Of the Car
son and Truckrr Rivers. The great
canal now under construction will
carry Hood waters Of the rruCkcc
river into Il large reservoir to bcCOn-
Structcd on Carson iiiVcr bet wCcn
Fort Churchill and LrctviIlr. To
supplement the summer now OF the
TruCkcc River about 2uD, uuu acre feet
Will he stored in Lake Tahoe. and
30 900 acre T. e. more III six other
reservoirs in the upper Truckcr ba-
sin. by an acre loot We mean Il vol
uunr sufficient To cover one mere one
foot deep, 50 that enough water will
ultimately he he stored along the up
per Iruci;Cc to cover 2JO. Uto iIcrcS II
foot deep. In the Carson basin, be-
sides the lower Carson reservoir with
its capacity Of Yer H>O.UuO acre feet
supplied mainly 10y the canal from
the TruciCr, there will he three
other reservoirs with an aggregate
capacity Of about 30. 900 acre feet.
The reservoirs contemplated in the
basins of the Trurkcc and Carson
Rivers will therefore conserve in the
nciGhhOrhOUh Of H21. 900 ucrc feet of
water.
Present plans allow for the irriga-
tiUn al 80. tot acres in excess Of what
is now being irrigated. Df this acre
are 80. 900 acres are in the lower
portions of the two basins in The vi
entity Of WndSworth and Carson
Sink: l2.UO0 in Reno Valley; $4,000 in
Lemon. Warm Springs and Spanish
Springs Valleys; $1,000 in the upper
Carson Valley: 10000 about Dayton,
and 1j,0OO in Churchill Valley.
Aside from the fact that owing
to many years OF pntirnt study Oi
the irrigation possibilities Of Nevada
the resident engineer. MIR. l.. II. Tny-
lOr, had his plans in readiness, the
main rcnson for the Government
starting so early in nevada was the
freedom of water right cOmplicu-
ton. At Il meeting Of the water u.s.
crs Of Truckrc meadows held at Reno
In September 1902. Director Walcott
Of the United States theological Sur
vry. stated that no hope OF govern
mCnt aid need he entertained until
the question OF water rights was
settled. Accordingly our legislators
ut their Inst session were alive to the
Importance OF u new irrigation law,
aud one was finally passed which
will further the work Of the Govern
mcnt very materially. The real i'll
c%cntivr to the passage Of the new ir-
rigation law is clearly shown In the
lnst clause OF the preamble introduce
tory to the Act. which reads as fol
lows: "Whcrcus II IL the desire of
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