Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-07-21
Volume 10.


>"ttlcTs Going In.
l.. II. Taylor, engineer in charge OF
the Truckcc.Car6on project. came IN
from Carson yesterday, cnru Ite for
liAz"L. NJ. Taylor REPORTED that nj
the lower or Carson cnd of til. ,istribu,
inG system water has been furnished
a r"riuu Of the lntcruls for ubou, a
month.
Gl" government has already finished
about three hunIrcd mil-- Of ln,rruIs.
though It will require about three y,ars
to c"mplrt" the 1860 ril,s nf latcrals
aud dram ditchcs contemplated in the
Carson sink and other portions of the
completed system.
Mr.. Taylor said that work would not
BEGIN "n the CHrsOn dam until In. urr,,
under cultivation begins Ia tax the re-
ETiar ii"" Ut the canal. As the demand
Tor water becomes greater, additional
si"rhE" reservoirs will hc built in I'm,
mountain. The contract has already
teen h'Hrdcd Tor the construction of Il
dam al thc head ut the Trukrr river n,
LAX" TIInr tn control the water to a
Hni "i IL -irfuOt rHirc. the .ninc ns the.
old dam.
Ah"n' 1907 q acres "i the goyrrnncn,
Irmd upon which water can h,. turned
w's fil, saId Mr.. Taylu hts not ,c,
been ned upon. Al the rate iilmg- are
bong ma tc howe :c. th,r re- will be yer,
h''.'' land left when the water is ready.
iho aNer"E" number ~ ucrrs thus lar
h!" upon hy srilIrrs has been abou,
I"l hcr"s Thu IA come Instances will
l." reduced when the land II allutI"d-
The government figures Hu avcragcs
ot five persons tu each family who VIII
settle on thus reclaimed land. At thir
rate the desert district will have about
2OOJ settlers within the next frN
m"nths DhchcH will be Cumplctci
Within the next month or six wcrks
hmd put water Lpun about iwo thirls
ui the land upon winch filings haer
been mHdc. Mr.. Tay Inr says that th,
tendency thus far has been Tor appl.
chnts tO tile too soon. No difficulty is
anticipated III securing settlers; ~ Tact
quit" nmbrr ur already at WORK clear
Ing their land, preparatory To getting 1t
~ shape to plnrt Hs ruun i,s the water n
ipwnH thr0u h the canal Water ~
no" running through - portion II the
rhhal and delivering water to the Smith
ranch at Derby. II will bc August br
Tor" water ~ sent through thc canal ,o
the lower end.
NJ the point where the watrrs uf the
Irnck"c will ,uiuglc with thuIr ~ the
thr'pn there II II difference in elevation
on 10 fe"t. To ovcTc, me this great
"F"p a ilum" hHs nov been huIt
Through this the water will hv ,iToi.
l'd. Uud'r present conditions ia,
Er"hi force ~ the wrtrr would cut
out the banks and destroy the ditch
butIl this IL completed. the engine.
crs will no, at.cmpt Ia put tho W.
tcrS through irom the lTuckrc to- the
tM.On.
From all over the country inquiries
are pouring Ia regarding the land nov
b"ng reclaimed, About one wrrk ago
"a rHriy uf five German srttlcrs from
south Dakota arrived nt lIazrn. rhcy
r"pr""nt u c",uny ~ fourteen families
"ho hr" To follow ~ the event TINT the
report ~ tho advance guard IN favorable.
nat 1t will bc WA "viIcnrci by the
'"ci TINT they dIsrccHr led advice to wait
"hd hI"h upou their land nt once. This
colony viii be on III" ground by October
f""dy l." start the work uf making homes
ana help IN the building NJ of Nevada
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