Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-05-25
WHERE WE LIVE.


ments.
In the sphere OF trade it is necessary to take at
stated times resume OF ones goods tor well known
economic purposes and it is fast becoming quite the
thing for human beings to do the same, but IN an
other way The latter habit need not be by any
means an outlet for concet and indeed if that hap
pens to be the it will do the stock taker more
harm than good.
Such healthy stocktaking or resume OF the
condition. resources and opportunities OF Mason
Valley and particularly that part of it in which we
live namely the city of 1erington, Is the ann OF
this article and trust that the readers OF the
Times will not overswell with pride on reading OF
the good things that this community contains but
rather will take their JOY with soberness realizing
real progressive citizens that 1t is better to eN-
tend the Kingdom OF Good by hustling tor 1t,
than resting their aurels, rosy and Proluse
though they may be-
In reviewing present day conditions in Mason
Valley and the resources OF the same three things
stand out prominently, viz: The immensely OF
its mining industries, which include copper, gold
and silver the fertility and prod9ality of its irrl-
gated soil, which seems amenable to every known
vegetable product, including sugar beets, OF which
something important will be said later on, and the
almost unreasonable opportunities that the future
holds out those who already here and to those
who are to come The latter observation IS per-
haps. the most important as everywhere you turn
the valley spells Future in big capital letters
No one is able to say just how large this future is
to be. but it will be tremendous and far reaching
beyond doubt
Taking up the valley first and Yerngton. its
principal city, afterwards, let us look at ourselves.
The valley is thirtv-ive miles in length with an av-
erage width OF seven miles. containing approx
matev 100000 acres OF irrigable land, one-thrd of
which. only. is farmed. The ranches on this land,
though partially cultivated, are capable OF holding
a farming population of $4,000 or $4,000 people.
Principal among the products raised are pota-
toes onions. alfalfa wheap: barley and all kinds OF
garden vegetables. Something of interest must be
said in passing concerning two soil products, of
The vail of her
of which is bound soon to come in quantities equal
to its sister product, namely, potatoes and sugar
beets.
Concerning the latter. expert tests reveal the
fact that the finest sugar beet soil in the whole
west is to be found in Smith Valley. Spreckels
experts than whom there none better, go so lar
say that the sugar-beet soil here is the best
they have tested, and they have tested all lands
that show a promise for this product. Sugar beets
that have been raised in experimental way i'll
Mason Valley give average more saccharine
matter than any other beet OF like character in the
country.
With the raising OF beets in this valley comes
a factory for their transformation into sugar, and
this alone would be enough to make any community
wealthy and famous. Everyone agrees that the time
for the sugar-beet factory is near.
Concerning potatoes it is enough to say that
factories for the manufacture of starch from the
poorer nonshipable grade OF potatoes are as lnev-
table factories for the manufacture OF sugar from
beets. Everything is tending this way.
vestments in the valley have been rather slow CON
siderable number OF ranches have changed hands.
Investigation also shows the figures below will
demonstrate. that there is no country in the West
where the farmer is making more money from his
products than in Mason Valley
Late figures reveal that the farmer receives $40
to SIS ton for his hay, $50 a ton for potatoes,
which have, incidentally, average yield OF about
ten marketable tons to the for which the FAR
mer has received as high S47 so per ton; onions
500 per ton. which product usually yields about
twelve tons the acre; barley from $40 to So per
ton OF which the Weld is immense, and wheat $50
per ton. of which the yield is also heavy. Valley
farm lands with water, and not under cultivation,
are worth today from $50 to $50 per cultivated
land is worth from $40 to SIS an acre while brush
land without rights is worth from SO to $40
an acre These figures up to the minute and
speak for themselves. Diversified farming is chiefly
carried on in the valley and tendency the part
of Carson Valley farmers, principally Germans and
Danes, to Colonize here is noticeable.
Reviewing now the activities OF Ierington the
County Seat OF Lyon county, and the hub as 1t
were of Mason Valley, let our first summary be the
purely civic one. Our growth could not be better
illustrated than in the erection OF new county
court house at an expense of close to $4,000 for
building and furnishing. This Just completed build
ING means virtually two things First, that Yerng-
ton is fast coming to be judicial district in itself
second and consequence, a greater center OF
county activity than ever before Increased popu-
laonlation is the only thing that could bring this
about. as you all know.
Internationally we are in better condition than
school, we shall have by the latter part OF June a
of which will