Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-12-09
LAND
Excerpts From Pamphlet Is
sued By Southern Pacific
Company.
Intended For Homeseekers For Whom
There Are Many Opportunities.

Townships are subdivided into "farm
units of 40, so, l20, and l60 acres, and
the size of these farms "under the ditch
are determined by the location soil.
surface and irrigability of the tract,
the purpose of the government being to
serve the wants OF the settler and make
each allotment sufficient for the com
Portable support ofone family.
The faith of the government is thus
shown in the north of Nevada for ag-
riculture, and behind the man who
comes to farm these lands stands the
honor of the nation. There is no specu-
lation; there will be no shortage of
water, and every condition invites the
confidence and cooperation of the
home-seeker. The government has
entered upon the greatest work of the
kind it has ever undertaken and its
success is absolutely assured.
In the Carson Sink region the price
of lands has been fixed at $26 an acre.
Rather, that is the cost of water to the
settlers, lands being taken up under the
Homestead Act. The sum assessed for
water is payable in ten annual install
ments without interest, that is to say,
$3.50 per annum per acre. Title to
land will rest with the government un-
til all payments for water have been
made.
The irrigation works will be under
the direction of the secretary of the in
terror until payments are made for the
majority of the lands irrigated. Then
the system will pass to the owners of
the lands and be maintained at their ex
pense under such system as the secre-
tary OF the interior may approve. But
the management and operation of the
reservoirs will remain under the con-
troll of the government.
Vested rights will be respected, and
men who owned land prior to the in
ception of the irrigation system will be
allowed to purchase water for 100 acres,
The new settler will be protected. His
neighbor cannot steal his water supply,
as government official will have
charge of the apportioning. The flow
of the river will cause him no anxiety
for his later needs, for the reservoirs
above will take care of that. He need
not concern himself simply with the
distribution of water on his own fields.
This is an almost ideal condition.
Compared with the haphazard farming
where the vagrant clouds afford mois-
ture, this is certainty, the farmer
being delivered, under these clear
skies, from all care about the weather.
As water is assured for every acre
during the growing season, the value
of the land will be measured by its
producing power. The returns from
one acre will be three times what it
was under the old system with water
short in early July.
The intending settler should note
two or three things:
/. That the cost of water is not ar
bltrarily fixed but is based upon the
cost of preparing the irrigating works,
This has been done in the most sub
stantial manner, with view to re-
ducing the cost of maintenance to the
lowest figure. The actual cost of the
system only is spread upon the land.
2. The government expects this
original outlay to be paid by the
settler. While time is given, without
interest, yet the installments must be
paid regularly or no title will be given
to the land. Failure to pay any two
subjects the entry to cancellation and
forfeits money paid.
3. Any portion OF the irrigable lands
are open to entry now, and those who
think of settling on any of these lands
should visit the district and decide upou
location.
Any citizen of the United States,
who has not used his or her home
stead right, or who is not then owner OF
more than 100 acres of land in any
State, can file on any of these tracts.
Residence must be established on
land within six months after filing
thereon, and must be continuous there
after and the land cultivated for the
term OF five years.
The homestead fees and commissions
for filing, payable when application is
made, are as follows:
For land at $3.50 per acre for 16C
acres, 322; for land at $3.50 per acre
for eighty acres, $11; for land at $3.50
per acre for forty acres, So; for land al
s1.25 per acre for l60 acres, SIG: fol
land at s1.25 per acre for eighty acres