Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-11-17

Nye county is destined to become
one of the greatest agricultural sec
tions of Nevada, and the transfor-
nation will take place within the
next year or so.
This statement may sound start
ling, but that it is true is evidenced
by an interview with State Engineer
Frank r. Nicholas, who recently re-
turned from trip of inspection
through southern Nye and Clark
counties.
The project which means much
to Nye county, calls for the reclaim
alton of 100000 acres of rich ag-
ricultural land with surface water
in sight for the irrigation of 10000
acres, and untold resources in sub
terranean streams.
The land in question is situated
in the Pahrump and Amargosa dis
tricts, the major portion of the
acreage being in Nye county, with
the new county of Clark coming in
for a good share. Application for
the land has been made by J. p.
Lotus, Charles Patterson, Harry
Bryant, Frank Chambers, Charles
S. Sprague and Judge P. J. Somers,
of Goldfeld, who made the filing
under the Carey act. State En-
gineer Nicholas reported favorably
on the petition, which was then for
warded to the department of the in
terror. The granting of the appli-
cation should be reported by not
later than the 18th of December,
and it will not be many months
thereafter before the land seekers
commence drifting into Nevada at
rate that will surpass any mining
stampede ever witnessed in this
country.
Considerable excitement was oc-
casioned several months ago by the
reports of the excellent opportuni-
ties offered in the Las Vegas sec
tion, and number of local people
secured choice locations of land in
that vicinity. Now that new rec
lamation project is in the making,
it will mean a pilgrimage of addi-
tional homeseekers and investors,
who are tired of the mining game
and are willing to lead a quiet life
for few years.
''The possibilities of the new
| section are enormous said Mr..
Nicholas last evening. 1T will
mean that within a limited time
say two years-the proceeds from
the crops will exceed the gold and
silver output of southern Nevada.
This may sound like broad asser-
tion, and people will wonder why l
make such a statement when my
home is in the northern part of the
state, but the facts are apparent
and trip through the section will
convince the most skeptical.
''It is my opinion that within a
very few years, the greater part of
the population of the state will be
confined to the southern section and
will be composed largely of people
interested in farming. That the
central point will be Tonopah is as
sured, for the permanence of the
camp has been proven.
''At the Pahrump ranch the fer
tility of the country has been amply
proved, as it has been proved in
the Las Vegas vicinity, to which
this 100,000-acre tract may be said
to be directly tributary. At the
Pahrump ranch it has been demon
strated that all kinds of garden
truck, alfalfa, grapes, oranges, lem
ons, olives, English walnuts, pome-
granattes, peaches, apples. plums
almonds, small fruits and melons
may be grown in prodigal profusion
The whole country is what is known
to horticulturists and agriculturists
as the thermal belt which belt Is
at an elevation just above the re,
gion Of killing frosts in spring and
fall. and yet which Is below tn,
zone of disastrous freezes in win.
ter. II corresponds to the therma
belt on the coast range and Sierra
foothills in California, whence com,
the luscious and highly eolored ap