The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1911-08-02

three years in this district without IN
dulglng IN prophetic VEN, Tor the trans
formation that has been wrought by
the home builders in this district is be.
yond belief. Only by seeing with one, s
own eyes can conception be had of
what is going on to the south of Fal-
Ion. When the vast acreage that will
be added to the districts cultivable
lands with the draining of Carson lake
by the government has been thrown
open to settlement, it will teen with a
BODYBUILDING population. Already il
is prosperous, prodigious crop-grow-
ing section. where the first efforts of
the settler suffice to bring gratifying
returns. There 1t Is not case Of add
soil humus by cultivation and irriga-
tion, for the processes of nature have
done this. 1t seems to be only mat
ter of preparing the soil and planting
the seed, for kind nature does the rest
with the aid of government irrigation.
This paper has treated of the Island
district from time to time, and it may
seem to some that 1t breaches homily
when it reiterates what has already
been said, but it is proper function of
this Journal to record truthfully from
time to time the progress of the great
section it represents.
Sunday the editor of this paper was
again allowed to feast his eyes upon the
agricultural wonders that abound in the
Island district. Each successive year
brings about change little short of a
transformation. Each year new crops
are successfully tested out, with the
result that after three years of new
settlement it may truthfully be said
to be section adapted to great di-
versity of products, where failure is
unknown and where plenty uniformly
follows honest endeavor.
Together with N. r. Fitzpatrick.
Fred Strassberg and Rolly Ham, we
were whsked to the district of which
we are writing in the George Coffrin
auto, the first stop being made at the
Douglass residence. The reserved
holdings of Mr.. Douglass show pains
taking effort on his part. A new or
chard planted last year presents a
thrifty growth, while from his porch,
where once only herds Of believing cat
tie disturbed the landscape, homes of
new settlers are to be seen in every di-
rection. To the east, the Comstock es-
tablshment shows many new buildings
and improvements, while to the north
of this holding is the home of S. Hodges,
who is succeeding in measure to meet
the approval of the most optimistic.
To the north of the Douglass residence
are numerous homes, and some are of
handsome type, including those be-
longing to J. w. Stton, E. w. Black,
S. Clark, Jr., M. L. Wildes, Joe Jarvis
and C. E. Bartlett.
To the south and east may be men
toned the A. r. Merritt, E. P. Osgood,
J. C. Sparks, DIR. 7. F. Richardson, E.
p. Smith, S. Coverston, c. L. Noble,
David Anderson and Calvada ranches,
the last named being given over exclu-
sively to the growing of grain on a
large scale. Already nearly 100 people
live in the district and large number
of units are owned by non-residents,
who figure on taking up the work of
building homes at an early date.
A stop was made at the Rev. A. R.
Merritt ranch, whose 160-acre tract
represents endless work and is a
model that can come only from a COM
bination of brain and Drawn. Rev.
Merritt, who has earned the sobriquet
of "the working parson, settled upon
his place less than four years ago. He
had as assets at that time four head of
mules, $400 in cash and an indomitable
purpose. We placed the mules before
the cash, because they have played a
more important role in bringing the
quarter section into cultivation. To-
gether with his two sons and hard
working wife, Rev. Merritt has sue
ceeded in developing a piece of income
property that is hardly worth less than
SIG, 900, and under normal conditions
much more. His alfalfa, clover, wheat,
oats, barley, potatoes, sugar beets and
garden all seem to be vieing with rival
fields in making the most commenda-
BILE showing. Weeds are passe and are
TO be seen only in dried form along
the banks Of the irrigation bitches
where they were cut earlier in the sea-
son before the seed pods formed. The
patch of Alaska wheat, comprising
about two and one-half acres, which
has had mention in prior issue of this
paper, promises to return wonderful
yield, and is ripening rapidly for the