Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1911-08-31
RECLAIM THE DESERTS
AND MAKE HOMES

In broad sense the caption of
this story reflects the sentiments of
the National Irrigation Congress.
which holds its nextmeeting in Chi
cago. The full text of the motto o
this organization isone that appeals
most forcibly to the people of Ne
vada, the people who have remain
cd with the State and have fought
for It's maintenance throughh thick
and thin. These men are teh best
friends of progrss and are the most
active advocates OF progressive pol
icy in developing raw resources that
are begging for capital. The full
motto of the Irrigation Congress is
Save the forests, stoe the floods.
eclaim the deserts and make
homes on the lands" This optimis-
tic maxim is a choice morsel that
should be retained in the mouth so
that the taste may be cultivated and
a sense of its full import be acquir-
ed by every citizen of Nevada.
Governor Oddie hay appointed as
an advisory committee, consisting of
Emmett d. Boyle, Virginia City, w.
M. Kearney. Carson City, and Chas.
A. Norcross, Publicity Commission
er, to represent this state at the
convention. The foregoing appoint
ees personify the widest interest of
the State to insure ample returns ftl
the expense of attending the meet
ing.
No State in the Union Is better ad
apted for the application of the res
ervoir plan for the conservation of
VI Wat Mt nj fhn
Union has to combat such a light ra
fall without profiting or attempt
to profit from the copious rains of t
equinoctial period. There is no dea
tn of reservoir sites. Every coun-
ty included in the arid area has vast
depressions capable of storing wat
ers that would last until the first
irrigation of crops. After that the
necessity for flooding farms would
not be apparent. for hay and grain
crops would have such an impetus
that by careful tillage the farmer
would almost be Independent OF
moisture. The ground would con-
tain enough to see him through th'
worst stages of droutb. The princi-
pies of dry farming applied TO the
deserts of Nevada would suffice to
bring forth abundant crops, as repor
| to the Department OF Agriculture
are responsible for the statement
that with only four inches of precip'
itation one farmer In Western Kan
| sas harvested a crop OF wheat that
averaged thirty bushels to the acre
! He did not ochieve this record by
| lying idle and waiting for something
to turn up while his seed wrest
led with an obstinate climate and
nm unfrlendly soil. but he succeeded
by dint of hard work aud the appli'
cation OF dry farming principles liz
made splendid crop while his
( neighbors sat snpinsly by, speoula
7 ting on the possibilities Of rain. The
latter did not make enough to pay
their horse shoelng hills and are
wondering why diligence should hay
brought returns TO the man who wal
unceasing In his field labors
The time is ripe for Nevada to ma
ke its influence felt in the fafmlnR
world, for there IN more than
mere ehancetat b this state will be
come one of the greatest wheat ar
GUS under the American flag The
Government has under adYlaemenl
/ the installation of an immense irt'
I igatlon reservoir IN tho Humboldt
valley, where $4,000 acres are boR'
Gins for water which flows past 500
miles nf arid lands Every acre oi
this could be converted Into produc'
Ing soil Even here ln Esmarnldn,
Nyo aud Mineral counties, which
/ omhods The Ereatelp par, of the so'
/ called desert area, there are oppor
/ tunltIea for the man With the hos
aud the Ions handulcd shovel. hill'
ions OF gallons of water no to vast
ovefy year IN this section whom the
fall aud winter atormsb low over thu