Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-03-16
CONGRESSMAN
KENT'S PLAN FOR
RECLAMATION
WILL RECLAIM LAND AND WILL
OPEN 1T FOR COLONIAL
TIoN PURPOSES.

Several days ago the Carson APP
peal commented on the Galconda
fencing case before Judge Earring
ton in so far as Congressman Kent
of California was concerned. the
paper doubling his consistency in
the matter and figuring that he was
gathering up the territory for per-
sonal purposes and benefits alone AS
several personal friends were in this
city they met the Appeal man and
have set him straight in this par
ticular
II appears that Mr.. Kent is form
ing one of the real and beneficial
eolonizating schemes under way in
Nevada. The big ranch, which is
practically owned by him and known
as the Golconda Cattle company. is
in fact a reclamation scheme on a
big plan that will, within short
time, be thrown open to the set
tiers and they will be assured of not
only excellent land, but water also.
Harry Petrie, who was among
Others who talked the matter over.
had the following to say:
The scheme is a big one and
good one. 1t involves the building
of number of reservoirs, the grad
ling of bitches, the clearing of lands
and the sub-dividing of one of the
richest section of Nevada. Before
Mr. Kent can put this land In
the hands of the homeseekers he
must establish the water rights be-
You'd controversy. In order to do
this he has gone to considerable
expense and has several of the wa
ter rights approved He hopes be-
fore long to have finished this pre-
liminary work and then the colonial
ton commences.
AS far as the cattle company
is concerned it is practically in
name only The company owns
but one small band of sheep and
the cattle have dwinded down to
a comparative few. 1t is no longer
the big cattle ranch. Several thou
sand acres of land have already
been cleared and more will follow
during the coming season.
THE land in question will make
an ideal section for the farmers,
as it consists of some of the fin
est land in Nevada. The holdings
consist of water rights and many
fine springs. Personally Mr.. Kent
has spent small fortune in per-
fecting his titles and otherwise in
! carrying out this pet scheme OF
q his. He has lost enough on this
venture so far to make the average
man comfortable. He is doing in
q the capacity of private citizen
e what the government is doing in
? reclamation. The difference being
! that he is putting up for the
Z scheme out of his own pocket.
"The people of Humboldt county
: know the existing circumstances and
! realize that there is to be a bis
! benefit to follow the efforts of Mr.
= Kent in his plans for the future
Like any other rich man, he does
= not intend to throw his property
: away but through his personal ef
Y forts will make big farm sus
= tain many families and when tn
y word goes out it will be with tn
p assurance that the settler gets wha
his deed calls for"
Others from the same section yer
: ify this, such men as Mr.. Sheeha
III of the First National bank, MI
Hi Button and others who have bee
HI over the land The fact that thes
Ill gentlemen and others are freel
II talking over this project and II
II ultimate success shows the conf
HI dence Mr.. Kent has built mp
III that section