The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1909-07-01
Portland, Oregon, June %, 1909.

Having left Nevada with specific
purpose in view of making compara-
tive study of conditions in the sage
brush state and California, Oregon,
and Washington, and, having covered
the greater portion of our trip, we are
prepared to say without qualification
that Nevada, any part of it, is today
the best state in the west for the indi-
vidual and as close as money seems
over in the land of sand dunes, nickels
are shyer of circulation on the Coast
than are the two bit pieces of our coun-
try.
II is quite true that the agricultural
sections of ne Coast, that have grow
continuous crops, nave in a measure
passed through the financial depression
without serious affect upon the busi-
ness interests, but it is equally true
that certain other sections OF the much
heralded Coast country are in the
throes of hard times and the strangle
hold that grips the business interests,
is making those most directly affected
gasp for an opportunity to improve
their condition by seeking new loca-
tions. AS a matter of fact, hard times
are bringing out of the American peo-
pie all their nomadic traits and the
sections that are benefitting from this
condition are those that have lifted the
bushel measure from over their light.
The Sacramento Valley, with its
vast areas of diversified lands, reminds
one forcibly of well known tonic ad-
vertisement is depicted as going"
going. "gone," and "gone" has to
do with total badness. If total bald
ness of valuable crops for the season
of 1909 were as chronic and far reach
ing in effect over the vast territory
comprising the San Joaquin and Sacra-
mento valleys, as the average case of
noodle badness, then little would be
left for the future of this vast expanse
when hay, grain, and all forage crops
are considered total failures. Happily
this is not the case as applied to the
future, but it is likewise true that the
waving fields of green" in California
are joke. A mere figure of speech,
as il were.
One of the most notable things in
connection with a comparative analysis
of the Truckee-Carson projects re-
sources is its vast expanse of agricul-
tural land in a single body, exceed
ing by far any single body of land
available for irrigation west of the
Sierra Nevada or Cascade mountains.
As result our section must excel in a
homo geneous sense through all time
and it excels not alone in this qualifi-
cation but in certain kinds of produc-
tivity, and market possibilities.
Certainly, the market for the year
1909 should afford the highest price for
Churchill county's staple crop of alf-
alta, no matter how large the surplus,
for beginning in the southern end of
the San Joaquin valley and extending
to the north for nearly thousand miles
the drouth has almost uniformly blast
ed the grain and forage crops, and
prices will soar as the demand for hay
increases this fall. There are none
foolhardy enough to attempt to proph-
esy the ruling price during the next
feeding season. but the price will 60 to
e un that will make ne Sou hem p
cidc hay rates ron fallon to the
Coast look small.
1t is not misleading to say that the
Truckee-Carson project will have more
surplus hay than the three coast states
combined. Indeed California alone
will make demands for Nevada's entire
surplus and being our next door neigh
Dor will get the export.
On the north the drouth has made
hay importation imperative in certain
sections of Oregon and Washington
and the serious question facing these
sections, is where to go for food for
their stock. Naturally, the irrigated
sections of Idaho, Montana, and Colo
RADIO will contribute largely to fill in
the shortage.
1t all goes to make US know that the
three admirable conditions that charac-
terize irrigation, namely, certainty,
abundance, and quality, must overcome
the trivial objections TO our project and
make of it in the future veritable
land of peace and plenty with the pro-
verbal milk and honey available to the
most humble. As time goes along, the
falacies that have gained some cre-
dence relative to government irrigation
must be demonstrated. Likewise as
time goes along the Truckee- Carson
project will exonerate the constructive
ability of its supervising engineer, I.