The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01

AIO STATE in the west. irrespective
of location, has made greater prog
ress during the past year than Ne
vada. While it is true that the great
mineral wealth of Tonopah and Gold
field has had much to do with this
marked prosperity. yet on the other
hand the reclamation of vast tracts OF
land in the Truckee and Carson valleys
and the attendant development of a sec
ton which has heretofore been a desert
waste, has brought into the state hum
dreds Of progressive agriculturists who
viii materially assist in its prosperity.
Throughout the entire state the past
year has been one of prosperity. Bnsi-
ness has thrived in all branches. with
the result that the year records less
failures or financial disasters than ever
before known in her history. OF her
industries mining has prospered most,
and while in the TonOpah and GOldfield
districts is this most noticeable, it is
true in all sections of the state.
In agriculture marked Improvement
has taken place, and while Nevada is
not strictly speaking an agricultural
state, still within the next ten years
it viii be her leading industry. In the
northern and eastern counties grazing
and cattle raising show marked prog
reSs. and reports come Of an unusually
prosperous year. The sheep industry
has also flourished, and as this is an
important factor in the state wealth,
Its success means much to the hun
dreds of herders VINO are engaged in
this branch Of industry.
While Nevada is not a lumber state,
vet her mills have been unusually busy
during the past year and their products
have increased over $4,000, GOO feet over
those of 1903. The increase has been
largely consumed at home in the build
ing of new mining camps. in irrigation
work and in the various new towns
which have sprung into existence in
this period
With the natural impetus given in
the establishment Of new territory. the
opening up Of new mining camps and
the settlement of the various irrigation
districts. the commercial ~interests have
greatly pTOspered in all portions of the
state This is particularly nOticea bic
IN Reno. TOnOpah. GOldfeld. Sparks,
FalIon and HaZen, while other sections
have been equally benefited. Taken on
the whole the year 1904 will go down in
history as one of the most progressive
in the history of the state. both from
a financial and from an immigration
standpoint
Great Irrigation Enterprises.
As the most important factor in the
development of the state viii be irrf-
CATION. its manifold benefits cannot be
overestimated- The great project now
under government control CONCENTRATES
Truckee and Carson rivers in the irrf-
cation Of about 375. 900 acres of land in
addition TO the area now supplied
which embraces 10000 acres in the
Truckee and Carson river basins. The
lands which viii be benefited by the
new system embrace 1900 acres in
Reno valley, 5000 acres in Lemons
Spanish Spring and Warm Spring val
ley to the north and northeast of Reno.
$4,000 acres in the vicinity of Vads-
worth and 100000 acres in the Carson
sink valley. 35. 600 acres in the upper
Carson valley, 10000 acres in the vi
cinity of Dayton and Fort Churchill.
on the Carson river and $1,000 acres be
tween MaSsie and Arena stations on the
Central Pacific railrad. The work now
actually under construction includes the
irrigation Of 235, 900 acres in the vicin-
ity OF WadSworth and in the Carson
sink valley The main canal, which is
now nearly completed, commences ON
the right bank of the Truckee river.
some ten miles above Wadsworth and
runs east and southeast a distance of
thirty-one miles 10 the dam of the low
eT Carson reservoir. about ten miles
above LeetVille- This canal for the first