The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-12-20
THE SILVER STATE
NEVADA LANDS
ARE GOING fast

We of Nevada are so accustomed TO
seeing great areas of unused land that
very few of US realize what a great
empire We have right under our feet.
going to waste. In Europe, it is
recognized that the land is what ron
~stitUtes the country. An acre of Ian |
will. if cultivated intensely, support
quite a family. In the older coun
tries, what constitutes a nobleman. or
a lord, or a baron, or whatever title
may be given to a man, is the fact
that he owns land. The more land h
owns. the greater Difference is paid to
him. This is the way il seems. any
way. 1t is certain that the men who
are looked up to are the lords. and
that the lords own the land. Within
there are enough acres of land. to be
had for little more than the TAX
irg. which, if cultivated. would sup
port millions Of people. 1t is as good
and as there is in the world, and all
that it needs to make il productive is
water. There is an almost unbounded
supply of water to be had, by build
ing reservoirs for ~impounding the sur
plus waters of winter. and in great
areas the necessary supply can be had
hv boring wens. In some sections
this water. if the wells are bored deep
enough, will flow over on its W ae-
count. In others il is necessary to
pump it. In all directions power
lines are being run capable of running
the pumps, and this is not being over
locked by a few who see the hand
writing on the wall.
Within the next year or two there
win be passing through this state
hundreds of thousands of people, from
ali over the world. on their way 10
the great expositions at San Francis
20 and San Diego. These. people are
rsed land, and are going to wonder
lot Of them-are going TO investigate
and find out why such valuable prop
erty is going to waste, and are going
to take advantage of the opportuni-
ties to acquire homes for themselves
and their families. When they once
! row that by merely working a few
years on short rations they will he
come owners of the land. thev will
gr~b the chance like a hungry dog fer
2 home. Once the farming element of
Europe finds out that this can be
done. that water can be had by work
ING. and that land can be had for the
taking. the news will spread. and il
requires 10 great prophetic gift to
foretell that the news will be spread
all over Eurove. One will tell the
ether, and a tide of immigration will
set in and increase like a flood, till
the last acre. the last foot of land,
viii be in individual hands.
Foresighted business men see this,
and great companies are on the look
out TO gain possession of as much Of
this land as possible There is a linn
it to the land. and they know it. Ev-
cry time a small homestead is taken
up and improved, il makes the open
and worth Just that much more. for
there is that much less to be rad. OF
course the best, and that which can
lie brought under cultivation the
easiest, viii be taken up first. but all
of il will, beyond doubt, be taken up
within the next few years. The thing
TO do, therefore, if we expect TO be
in the running during the next twenty
those who are here, who got here first,
TO grab as much of this available as
set, and hold on to it. Just remem-
her, that the land is what constitutes
the country, and that the holders of
the land will be the owners of the
country hereafter-Carson News.