The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-17
VAN NAGELL'S VIEW
OF PARADISE


try, in the northwest corner of Hum
boldt county where they had gone to
inspect reservoir site. Upon their ar
rival they ascertained that application
had been made to the government by
private parties to enter the land EN-
braeed in the proposed site.
A week ago Sunday Mr. VanNagell
delivered lecture to the farmers of
Paradise Valley, in the Auditorium ho-
tel which was attended by about forty
of the leading ranchers of the vicinity.
The speakers remarks had reference
to the adjudication of water rights.
Sunday evening Mr. vanNagell re-
turned to Carson City on No. g. and
this morning Mr. Crowel left for the
Little Humboldt, where he will take up
the adjustment of water rights ON that
stream.
While in Reno, on his return to Car
son City, Assistant State Engineer
vanNagell was interviewed by a Ga.
zette reporter, with the following re-
suit
"To stand on mountain and over.
look Paradise valley is like looking on
to city of mounds. In all directions
throughout this rich valley can be seen
hundreds of hay stacks standing amid
fields of grain and hay. There are
more than 100000 acres being irrigated
and cultivated in this valley and there
is still much land that can be placed
under cultivation if the effort is only
made to do so and little money is
spent on the project.
Hotel at Paradise City.
There is hotel at Paradise City
that seems out of place in that little
town on account of it's modern con
struetion and the great convenienees
it offers This hotel was built some
TWO years ago by Alfonso Pasquale at
an expense of more than $40 900 ard
il is certainly a modern structure. 1t
has forty rooms, q large dance hall,
Office that can accommodate more than
so people. As matter of fact, | held
meeting there few nights ago and
addressed as farmers on the water
plenty of room for more. The barroom
of this hotel is wonder. There is not
anything else like it ON the coast. It
is built entirely of stone with a vault
Il. ~ . he IL lac
It's bar is of granite with a marble top
and all the fnishings in IT are of stone,
cement or steel, ii is in reality an i'm.
mense vault.
In Regard to Water Rights
"Well enough Tor the hotel now of
the water rights. There are hundreds
of water rights in. Paradise valley
that must be adjusted. These water
rights are on the little Humboldt, Cot
tonwood and Martin creeks. and !
spent most of my time investigating
them. | believe that they will all be
adjusted without any litigation.
There are many water rights in
this state TO be settled and the en-
cheering department is working on
them constantly. Since we have
started on this work law suits among
the farmers have been avoided and I
believe that when this work is set
tied the work of the lawyers in water
suits will be done away with. When
this work is completed the farmers will
settle all disputes peaceably.
In Thousand Creek Country.
''After attending to my work in
Paradise valley l went into the Thous-
and Creek country. This country is
about 30 miles southwest of DEMO,
Ore. and here is one of the richest val
leys have ever seen. 1t contains more
than 1000 small creeks, which run into
large creek known as Thousand
creek and this irrigates an immensely
rich country. There are only four
families living in this valley, and there
should be at least 100.
"Then there is the famous Quinn
River valley. This valley begins S5
miles northwest of Winnemucca and
extends north distance of 80 miles.
1t is practically unsettled, although it
is IL miles wide and is extremely fer
tile. By using a natural lake in this
valley to impound the water and sup
plying the impounding lake with water
from the Quinn river the entire valley
could be irrigated and cultivated and
homes could be supplied for at least
1000 people. BY homes | mean small
fertile farms that would make the own
ers rich. could talk for week on
this country and | believe that it
should be looked into and that the state