The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-02-27

meeting as follows:
"Mr. Chairman: Nevada is usually
by those unacquainted with the State,
considered a desert in which there are
occasional good mines. 1t is, how
ever, a fact that in 1911, Nevada pro-
duced and sold $4,000 head of beef
cattle, which brought $4,98O,00O.
"Our mutton. sheep and lambs
brought another million dollars. The
1911 wool clip brought to our State
another million dollars.
I'VE can, therefore, figure that live
stock and wool brought to Nevada
during 1911 $6.9sO.000.
Our potato crop brought 100000;
to the farmers 100000.
1--WE did little in the way of dairy
ing or raising of hogs, poultry or
grain. Petaluma, California, during
1911 produced and sold 1850, 900
eggs and 100000 broilers. for which
they received s2,5OO,OO0. Can you
show me any good reason why Eiko
county should not do likewise? We
know your valleys produce abundant
crops ii grain which could be tnr,it i
into eggs and chickens at good pro-
fit. There is always a market for all
you can produce, provided. cf course.
that you produce enough ~ make
your locality worth depending upon
for a supply.
You daily see shipments of poultry
passing your town from Kansas and
Nebraska. When you get the small
farmer you, too. will produce wealth
from poultry You have the land.
water and climatic. To get popula-
ton you need only to set forth your
natural advantages.
There are hundrers Of thousands
of families looking for opportunities
such as you of Elko county can offer,
but they do not know of them. This
move of getting together is surely on
right lines. The company in whose
employ / am always does it's share. as
our magazine Abroad" will show,
which, with our book on Nevada, has
been distributed in every State of the
Union and in foreign countries.
''The Land Show held in Chicago
Cat which our allied companies paid
$40, 900 for space) did great good for
Nevada. Now we are to have Land
Show in Los Angeles. We are anx-
ous to have Elko, or any other coun-
ty in Nevada, get together an exhibit.
We will gladly transport it free to
Los Angeles, where we have secured
ample space for exhibition and where
we will have good lecturers. After
the exhibition we will return the ex-
hibit free. Is it not worth while to
get together samples of your grain
honey and other products of Elko
county?
I'VE will at once furnish the people
with $4,000 postal cards inviting
homeseekers to visit Nevada. We be-
lieve in Nevada. We have abiding
faith in its future. Our company has
spent large sums in advertising. We
will continue to do so, but what Ii
needed is the advertising of different
counties. setting forth explicitly the
opportunities, and to whom applica
ton should be made for Information
We hope you of Elko county will Dc
this.
I'VE have been giving special. low
colonist rates for many years. Thes'
rates have been advertised all over thu
world. Every county in California
has also advertised, with the resul
that they have secured over three
quarters of million settlers; Nevada
comparatively none.
"Homeseekers rates from Eastern
points to Elko, Deeth and Wells g
into effect in March and continue
through the year. They are low rates
They are to your own county anC
towns. We are trying to bring th'
people here. 1t is then up to you t
be prepared to show them the oppor
tunities offered by Elko county to th'
end that they settle here and produc,
wealth in which all will share.
could go on and tell you of the splen
did butter you are producing. but yol
must do that yourselves. But I know
Elko county can and should have
national reputation as doini
county,"