Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-08-03


o. Diego on the south, asking
each Californian you meet what has
A.. caused the remarkable increase i'll the
NJ, states population. caused land values to
-, by leaps and bounds, developed
thousands of acres of idle land, invited
steam and electric railroads to cross and
crisscr the state, providing ready ac-
cess for the farmer, stockman and fruit
- grower to the best markets, encouraged
manufactures and put blood
OF into all commercial lines ninety
g times out of a hundred the answer would
be, Intelligent aud persistent adver
Using of the states climate, the posi-
I'D bilities of the soil and undeveloped re-
nd sources of the state to home seekers in
sh the sweltering and crowded east-the
loyal boosting of men with an abiding
faith in the country, and with enterprise
and progress to expend time and money
in the hope of great future benehts-pi-
o. oneers of industry and progress blazing
the way for posteritv, and securing re-
=; turns in wealth and comfort i'll their own
=. generation Men willing to pass up
personal anirnosities and sectional bick
erng for the general good"
d. This would be the answer.
nv And it would be the truth.
Let us point to tins magnificent Mason
Valley, containg soil where in 10 wears,
wet season or dry, there has been no
tl crop failure; with mountains towering
le around us whose bowels are filled with
II rich deposits of ore, many successful
mines producing thousands of tons of
i copper ore and shipping it for treatment
to our own million dollar smelter at
= Thompson. Is miles from Yerington
This ore is carried over the Copper Belt
railroad, which traverses Mason and
:, Smith Valleys, affording excellent ship
;, ping facilities also for the rancher and
stockman.
Within our borders is Walker Lake
containing water enough if properly con
served to irrigate all the ani i'll Mason
and Smith Valleys and have enough left
for as much more And on this big pro-
ject now is working the Walker River
Irrigation Co., with the capital, brains
and determination to carry successfully
through their immense land develop
ment project
What has been said is entirely apropos
to the land in Smith Valley
And what have we done to apprise the
eastern homeseeker of the vast possibii-
ties in these valleys?
Nothing, aside from one or two abort
not followed up. AS they should have
been, nor any systematic plan adopted
for securing addresses of those eastern
people seeking new fields i'll which to
establish homes. Now. with the large
number OF names and addresses of home
seekers in the hands of the Nevada pro
motion bureau at Carson. it will he an
an easy matter to reach directly thous.
ands Of people who are already interest
ed in Nevada.
What Lyon county needs is chamber
of commerce, board OF trade or what
ever name suits best composed of live
wires-every member a man willing to
go to the fullest extent to acquaint those
interested with what can be done in Ma
son and Smith Valleys-a body of men
wide awake as to what is best for in
creasing the number of homes in Lyon
county, thereby developing land at the
present uncultivated and increasing our
business activities.
There many ranchers in these two
valleys, who will readily tell YOU that
mich OF their land is now non produc-
ing because they have too many acres to
cultivate it all These men are ready to
add their support to any organized eff
fort to cut these tracts into smaller ones,
thereby increasing land values, multi
plying our population and swelling our
annual output.
Lyon county should have board of
trade by all means.
At the present time the writer is at
work on project looking toward the
publication of a large special edi-
ton advertising the resources OF Lyon
! county the opportunity for homeseekers
7, to acquire fertile lands, etc. This edi
y ton to be scattered throughout the east
IS through the medium of the Yerington
Is Times, which paper has ample facilities
Al for turning out such an edition in mos,