Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1907-11-11
BEING
ECLAIMED
BY Government Now
Amounts to Over One
Million Acres

CHICAGO, Nov. 11.-Nearly mil
lion acres of land. an empire of oppor-
tunity for the farmer. the fruit grow
er, and the cattle raiser, is being re-
claimed by irrigation along the lines
of the Southern Pacific railroad in
the West and Southwest
In the nlghborhood of Yuma on the
Colorado River 100, 900 acres. partly
in Arizona and partly in California,
will be served by the canals on which
rapid progress is being made. Froit-
able cultivation of this soil has here
tofore been impossible owing to the
destructive floods Of the ella River
Now this section is being made ready
for the settler by a dam across the
Colorado above Yuma, by canals un-
der the ella and a system of leyees
which will protect the territory from
overflow
In this semi-tropic climate and soil.
oranges, lemons. dates and grapes
lead the products Of a soil which will
produce almost anything. In the
same neighborhood the lands saved
! from destruction by the Southern Pa
cific's success in closing the breach
in the Colorado are yielding phenome.
nal crops. Yuma has about 1000 pop
ulation. with schools, churches. hotels.
and is the center Of trade of a large
f1c
runs through the town and all Of the
newly irrigated area is in direct touch
with this main transcontinental ave-
nue. Of traffic
With Phoenix as q centre, another
vast irrigation works covering 200. 900
acres is being carried out Here also
is the climate Of oranges and other
fruits of many kinds, all served by the
lines of Santa Fe from the north and
Southern Pacific on the south To
this territory. the Government is sim
ply supplyin. a larger and more reg
ular water supply than existed before,
and the far-sighted settlers who ara
taking up land in this region come
into a well-organized and highly devel
oped community
On the Truckee-Carson project in
Nevada. the Government is spending
S9,0O".000 on the reclamation of $50,
900 acres. This is on the Ogden route
OF tue Southern Pacific. from which
a branch line between Hazen and Fal
Ion has been built diagonally across
the newly irrigated area. The prin
clpal markets of this region are the
mining towns of Reno. Tonopah and
Goldfield. Cereals. alfalfa. vegetables
and many fruits are successfully raised
here on the lands that wee formerly
the bed of q prehistoric lake.
Further north, on the border line
between California and Oregon, is the
Klamath project through which the
Southern Pacific is building the line
which will eventually run from Weed
California, to Natron. Oregon. and be
come the main line Of the road in this
territory in place of the present Shas-
ia route. Nearly 23000 acres Of a
fertile soil will be affected by the irri
cation work now well under way, here.
Settlers upon these irrigation lands
have what amounts to Government
guarantee of the quality q the soil
and the permanence of an adequate
i water supply. The proximity of the
" railroad is a further o,larantaa thar
markets can be reached and supplies
: obtained. With these Inducements
there is no lack of purchasers fol
fling in comparison to the cost Of les.
productive farms IN eastern and mid
die western states.