Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-04-02
LAND OF PROMISE
'on Valley ohsrs Homes for the
Incoming .lmmleration

Mason Valley Offers Homes for the
; Incoming. Immigration
A trip to the Mason Valley section
convinces one that the new arrivals
in the West who are looking for homes
and farms can do well W settling IN |
that section. Thousands q acres OF
the best land, in the state are TOT sale
at reasonable prices and can be made
homes for q vast population. a.,
! The route to section It over the
C.a,E c.. K. R. from Mound House.
At the present time the trains are
loaded to the guards, with gold seekers.
Who could not be pulled Of the train
with a mule team, but the home seeker
Who is really looking for perman-
etat investment will do well to stop
over and take a look at the agricultu-
raj advantages over the mines. FL
The gold fever has spread even to
the peanut butcher, who carries his
trade along the railroad. He has Gold.
field oranges and TOnopah apples,
Bullfrog peanuts, Amagosa dates and
mining literature. The people rush
by wabuska and one tenth OF them
never dream that there are just as
good opportunities within few mics
Of the eating station as can be found
in Goldfield or any of the boom camps
to the south.
One Of the greatest valleys of Ne
vada and one that is most neglected
is Mason Valley. There are more
acres Of rich land which can be cul-
tivated and which are idle than in any
one section in Western Nevada. The
land that is cultivated is just as pro
ductive, as that Of Carson Valley or
the farms in Washoe County.
For the past year or more the
farmers of Mason Valley have been
subjected to water suit by the Mil
Ter & Lux people, who own thousands
of acres. one tenth of which are not
under cultivation. This in a measure
has prevented more acreage going in
and has also tended to keep settlers
out.
Only last week Mr.. Taylor, of the
reclamation work, visited the valley
and called the farmers together where
he talked the situation over very care
fully and assured them that with their
assistance that the govrnment WOULD
lend assistance and that the work OF
water storage would Immediately start
He requested that majority OF the
water owners and land owners sigr
petition asking for such assistance
- and this petition has gone out and i:
meeting with success.
On the other hand the valley has
to contend wit hsome of the ancien
settlers, who have made their money
by loaning to others and this elias:
is inclined to stand in the way of the
proposed advancement.
At the present time Mason Vale.
is furnishing thousands Of tons OF ha,
to the goldfields and can be made t
produce a hundred fold more. II tn
railroad in it's haste to handle tn
onrushing miner will send an ayr
cltural calls into this section it vii
find more return for the money in tn
end
Yerington is the city of the valley
and one of the neatest towns in an
Of the western farming section. TIL
town has had but one draw back. an
that is that it has been overnamet
First it was Pizen Switch, then Gree.
field, but the name of the first Low
hangs over it and always will. No on
there talks of anything but the Switcl
and the Switch it will always be. TIL
day of the broncho buster and tn
shooting cut of lights has passe
while the Switch has been remodel
ones are the consequence.
While it is regarded as a great agl
cultural belt, yet there are mine
and good ones in the section. TT
old Bluestone is busy again, the Bo
ton is working few men and a ha
score of very promising claims a
being placed in working order
new mill is going up on the river
few miles above the Switch, viii
several other mills are either runnir
, or waiting the weather condition
Pine Grove, a few miles above,
one of the richest mines in Nevad
and it is safe to predict that one ten
of the mines in the boom section W
never equal the product from the O
Pine Grove.
With the present tide of immigr