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

III lengthy article in the January
4 Z ABROAD" tells something about the
A 1 resources of Nevada. concluding with
n the following:
Here is the situation, indusuiany
+ ! educationally, socially. We nave
sketched it plainly, without frllis,
and 1t sums UP about like this: That
I IL Nevada is least among the thous'
N ands of America, it is yet potential
ly great If it is today undeyeloped
II will have dignified tomorrow; Ii
i, Its present population is small-iess
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
i, agricultural area, and has water to
--Irrigate twice or thrice its present
Irrigated acreage; 1t has millions OF
!, acres that will yet be dry farmed
+ successfully, and great wealth of
public and private land that will be
iawatered from springs and wells and
4 from storage reservoirs which can be
H built in small way by settlers, but
2 will be supplied by capital as the
need is shown and legitimate re
turns are shown for the investment;
mas dry land and desert lands which
aeed only water and the pillow to
n make them fruitful fields; has grain
l ands which yield heavily If given a
Il title water and good deal OF
h cultivation; has orchard lands that
u will prove bonanzas for skillful grow
h srs Of hardy fruits as the apple and
he pear, has a vast region as eli
II naticaliy attractive as southern Cal
+ fornia, and where the finer and more
( ielicate fruit will flourish and the
and will yield high priced crops; a
h ,emi tropic region where more than
b 10000 acres have been listed with
> applications to reclaim by develop
ng water. the land to be for sale
y when passed upon by the proper au-
horities. In addition TO her lands
!. Nevada has adequate transportation
y ABILITIES. Electric lights, telephones
L md telegraph lines in the remote
u .uarters Of the great state, and has
d water to generate immense electrical
I mercy and the raw material from
K .Eich to manufacture many products.
4 Nevada offers much to the home
ecker with little capital; offers more
IL men with money, in the form of
i improved ranches; offers 800 acres
tho man of energy under the law
the ey.anded homestead, and
vhere a few years of hard work
vill Yield an income producing home
fters orpG~tmites in growing towns
establish pay,i { industries of
arious k'als; offers the farmer
more for his labor, the stockgrower
4 aore for his skill, the capitalist
1ore for his money than almost
Z ny other state in the union 1t will
9 o this for years to come because
he state will be in the process of
II ev lopment. Something will lie
u DING. Nevada for the first time in
[ or history is awake to the i'm
p ortance Of her undeveloped agri-
i ulture. and this is one of those
aovem nts which never lapse or go
= ackward. The resources of the
tate, the wealth locked up in lands,
he riches running to waste in flood
e 'aters; the private m thods of mr.
e ating and consequent waste where
'ater 10 king-all this is being
rawn into the new movement, and
? ne growing state will convert pub
wealth into private fortunes. will
xpand the area Of it's productive
md and produce what it consumes;
Ill conserve water of its streams
nd turn the life-giving element up
a unused lands so that men will
r ny desert and sell garden will
Ia, arness Its rapid rivers in their noun
6t' hin canyons and transmit electrical
M, nergy to farms and towns and fac
n >ries. and all this will make for
Nv: rosperity. will multiply business
IN. hances. and increase the number of
n =. nora af which nnporfup;fy L,onLs