Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1905-08-19
MOAPA
Grist of News From the Mud
dy River Valley

river a. tO he nuisance. Ducks are /
also plentiful
J. NJ. Thomas runs saw mill in I
sheep mountain forty miles west of
Moapa. Some of the pine is from two
to three feet in diameter.
!. 7. Wallace and y. f.. Stevenson
have herd oi 1000 goats in sheep
mountain, forty miles west Of Moapa.
Happy goats, So far from the tempta-
tionS OF pasture and civilization.
Some good specimens OF copper ore
NAV be seen at Cobb's store from Nor
mon mountain, - miles northeast of
Moapa.
| Beginning four miles northeast from
Moapa and extending ten miles north Is
petrifed forest, specimens from which
may be seen at Cobb's store. ltarpears
to have been an old river bed.
Enormous deposits Of gypsum exist
f9w miles south Of Moapa.
An enormous cave has been found i'll
Mormon range, - miles northeast OF
Moapa. 1t has been explored to depth
OF more than 200 feet. Such caves are
usually formed 10y hot or cold springs.
\ gang of laborers are putting in
water tank at Moapa. They get $l.OO
per day and board. The THERMOMETERS
runs from 10 to 1l5 in the shade-and
no shade
Cobb Bros favor the removal of the
county seat TO Moapa, the best agricul-
tural section Of the county.
The Grand Gulch Mine. sixty miles
southeast of Moapi, recently shipped II
car load of copper ore which will yield
from 10 to 60 per cent copper. Mr..
isaac Jenning is superintendent.
The Moapa Improvement CO., ;. H..
Wells, manager, has cleared about 81
ooo this season on cantaloupes alone.
L.a,m in the Muddy River valley yields
about 500 per acre in cantaloupes,
: reuiiHower or asparagus.
ON the Muddy river there are 5000 acres
> oi good agricultural land und on the
NSrgin about 10000 acres. Not quite
uae fourth pf this land is nov nndcI
f. cultivation The elevation in the lower
: valleys Is about 1900 feet and the pro
ducts semi tropical
j. Vi. Pickett of Moapa, who has re-
sided in Nevada for half century, re-
Gently had a visit from Il brother whom
: he had not sven for 81 years. They have
family reunion regularly every Hall
century, but the meeting slipped Il cog
and was one year late this time.
Indian Agent Sharp has about iU
? Piute wards on the reservation at Moara
They do some farming, and will have
more time for il now that their supply
Of whiskey has been cut off by the SEN
tence OF Mrs. Mckenns to the pen al
3, Carson. Whskey and farming do not
90 hand in hand on an Indian reserva-
tien
Prices at Moapa--A Alfsifa hay per ton
$l5, eggs 25c, butter 35c, potatoes pei
cwt So sweet potatoes 2c per pound,
sack salt for stock So per ton, chickens
per dozen S4.O0,
There are about 1000 head rt cattle in
the Muddy Valley.
The spring which forms the source OF
the Muddy River seven mites northwest
OF Moapa has Il volume OF about 300
miners inches, temperature NJ degrees.
The spring probsbly receives its water
from the sink OF the White river, which
flows into the pahranagat lakes, - 1ailes
northwest.
Cobb Bros, weather prophets of
Moapa. sav hot weather is over fof the
summer. They have quit keeping their
thermometers in the ice box to deceive
passengers.
In the Mormon settlement ON the
Virgin river no saloons exist They are
strong on churches and school houses.
Mrs. McKenna, who was convicted on
the charge of selling liqHor 10 Indians,
,,as been sentenced to six months inn
prisonment and 800 fine, the lightest
sentence that could be Imposed.