Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-09-08
THE FUTURE.
LOOKS VERY BRIGHT
FOR FALLON
The Opening OF Indian Lands
Will Bring Hundreds
of Settlers

c. C. Emerson, editor OF the Fair
view News, who is also interested
in the Wonder Mining News, was in
FallonW ednesday, ,and expressed himself
as very much surprised and pleased at
the healthy business look OF the hub
city" which, by the way is the name
that was given this lively burg by Mr.
Emerson when he made his investments
here last fall, and began calling the at
tcntion of the outside world to the
Truckee-Carson irrigation project.
Il am certainly pleased to see the
number of new people there are in this
community, the number of residences
and business houses that are going up
in the town, and above all, the railroad
within a few miles of the city limits
said Mr.. Emerson. Mr.. Isaacs, the en-
gineer, assures me that the track will be
completed to the Carson river within
ten days from today, and that tempo
rarv structures will be put across the
river and the Slime canal until such
time as the big steel bridges can be
erected. 1t is, therefore, but a matter
OF weeks until the trains are running
into this place.
The best news of all however, is the
opening OF the Indian lands east of Fall
lon. | have just learned today of the
decision OF secretary Hitchcock, and
that the special agent will be here to
complete the settlement with the In
dians on September Z after which work
ON the extension OF the big canals will
be started and rushed to completion.
This Will open all the lands around
saltwater, particularly $4,000 acres of
the very finest land in the state of Ne
vada, which is just this side OF the town
of Saltwater. | look for big rush for
these lands you will recall that in the
early spring urged prospective settlers
to file ON this land, as the Indian allot-
ment was illegal, and homesteaders
could hold it. However, a settlement
such as will be made will remove all
clouds on the title and there Will be q
1,fn.a. opening of aboft . homes leads.
or more ii the tract is divided into
small bodies. As | just said, there is
no such land as this anywhere else in
Nevada. Not only is so per cent of it
free from alkali, but the cost of clearing
and leveling is far below that of the
average land Of the project.
This is all especially gratifying to me
because last fall Mr.. |. H. Kent and
myself organized the saltwater Town
site Company, and plated the most
beautiful townsite Imaginable at Still
water, on the very edge of this big tract
OF Indian lands, and in the very center
OF an immense body OF other lands that
will be watered, now that the bitches
can be constructed on to Il point sever
al miles bdyond the townste. This
means that there is to be good town
at Saltwater; for the next two years
several hundred thousand dollars will
be spent in the vicinity for the purposes
OF completing the main canals and long
before that time the entire district will
be settled, and numerous farms i'll the
high state of cultivation of which the
soil there is susceptible.
''ln Il few weeks we expect to put the
lots in cur townsite ON the market, as
there will undoubtedly be IL strong de-
mand for them. The development OF
saltwater undoubtedly means the ex-
tension OF the railroad to that point
within the next two years.
Meanwhile Fallon gets the benefit,
and for all time to come. saltwater is
another spoke IN the great wheel OF
which this is the "hub." Within a
radius of 20 miles, in all directions, from
Fallon, are $4,000 acres OF virgin soil
that awaits homesteaders the water is
ready, and only tilers of the soil are
necessary to make a community that
will rival any OF California for produc-
tiveness. There are absolutely no limits
to the possibilities of this section"
When asked about the mining camps
Mr.. Emerson stated that he was pro-
noting both Fairview and Wonder, and
that the general public is fast becoming
convinced that Churchill county is to be
Il banner mining county within the next
Jew years, "AA e are just going into
Wonder with paper, said the gentle
man. "A representative OF our COM
pany is now in San Francisco making
arrangements that will result in big
printing plant being installed IN that
camp at an early date. have never
witnessed such enthusiasm as has been
displayed in Wonder, and the mass
of correspondence from the various
points OF this and other states indicates
that Wonder is attracting widespread
attention. 1t is going obe camp, that
is certain, and there is little reason to
doubt that its prospects are as good as
those of any Nevada camp. Fairvlew is
no longer prospect, but producing
camp, and she is destined to produce
more sensation before another summer
shall arrive" MIR. Emerson went OH
10 Reno from here, for the purpose oi
meeting his family, who have been IN
Los Angeles for several months. lie
has shipped his household furniture
here and stored it for the present, but
ultimately expects to establish his resi-
dence in the "hub city
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