The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-03-09
A LAND OF OPPORTUNITIES

A lengthy article in the January
Abroad" tells something about the
resources of Nevada, concluding with
the following:
Here is the situation, industrially,
educationally, socially We have
sketched it plainly, without frllls,
and it sums UP about like this That
if Nevada is least among the thous-
ands of America, it is yet potential
ly great; if it is today undeTeloped
it will have a dignified tomorrow; ii
it's present population is small-less
than one person to the square mile
that means for the man outside who
is looking for an opportunity to get
in an win. Nevada has great
agricultural area, and has water to
irrigate twice or thrice its present
irrigated acreage; it has millions OF
acres that will yet be dry farmeo
successfully, and great wealth OF
public and private land that will be
watered from springs and wells and
from storage reservoirs which can be
built in a small way by settlers, but
will be supplied by capital as the
need is shown and legitimate re
turns are shown for the investment;
has dry land and desert lands which
need only water and the pillow to
make them fruitful fields has grain
lands which yield heavily if given a
little water and a good deal OF
cultivation; has orchard lands that
will prove bonanzas for skilitul grow
ers of hardy fruits as the apple and
the pear, has a vast region as eli
maticaliy attractive as southern Cal
ifornia, and where the finer and more
delicate fruit will flourish and the
land will yield high priced crops; a
semi tropie region where more than
$4,000 acres have been listed with
applications to reclaim by develop
ing water, the land to be for sale
when passed upon by the proper au-
thorities. In addition to her lands
Nevada has adequate transportation
facilities. Electric lights, telephones
and telegraph lines in the remote
quarters of the great state, and has
water to generate immense electrical
energy and the raw material from
which to manufacture many products.
Nevada offers much to the home
seeker with little capital; offers more
to men with money, in the form OF
improved ranches; offers 800 acres
to the man of energy under the law
Of the yianded homestead, and
where few years of hard work
will Weld an income producing home
offers Opportunities in growing towns
to establish pavGe industries of
various kinds; offers the farmer
more for his labor, the stockgrower
more for his skill, the capitalist
more for his money than almost
any other state in the union. 1t will
do this for years to come because
the state will be in the process OF
dew lopment. Something viii lie
doing. Nevada for the first time III
her history is awake to the i'm.
portance of her undeveloped agri
culture, and this is one of those
mo 'em nts which never lapse or sc
backward. The resources of the
state, the wealth locked up in lands
the riches running to waste in FLOOD
waters; the private m thods of Ir
eating and consequent waste where
water is king-all this is being
drawn into the new movement, ant
the growing state will convert pub
lie wealth into private fortunes, vii
expand the area of its productive
land and produce what it consumes
will conserve water of its streams
and turn the life-giving element up
on unused lands so that men vii
buy desert and sell garden vii
harness its rapid rivers in their moui
tain canyons and transmit electrical
energy to farms and towns and fac
tories, and all this will make foi
prosperity. will multiply business
chances, and increase the number o
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