Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-11-29
HOW NEVADA LOOKS TO A
VISITOR.
Edmund Alexander Tells Natives
About Their Own State.

An extract from an address maue
by Edmund Alexander, an insurance
man, at banquet given by the
Civic Club. OF Carson City, Nevada,
to the members of the General Assem-
bly,, Session of 1918;
Nevada's Resources.
| promised in the outset to say
something about Nevada's resources:
and. first of all, let me remind you OF
what your State has added to the
worlds supply of coin. silver and gold
If this banquet table were long
enough to contain fifteen hundred
persons and every pereson were worth
a million dollars (Sl,OOO,OCO). that
would approximately represent the
amount of money that has been taken
from your mines since your State has
been admitted into the Union. In
other words. il would amount to one
billion five hundred million dollars
Isl. 500 OO.OC Do you thoroughly
comrrehen1 what that amount OF
money means? Let me illustrate. II
silver dollars were placed IN straight
line touching each Other. line one
mile lone world contain III ronnd
r~nhe-s fo-tv-three :housan1 dollars
(e43OOo) hence one billion Eve hrnd
red dol,ars SCI 100000 0OO would
m,te line thirtv-seven thousand
(37nnn) miles long or about one and
n half times around the circumference
Of the earth. In other words. that
amount Of money. divided per capita.
would give every man. woman and
child in the State of Nevada eighteen
thousand seven hundred and fifty dol
lars t$l8750). Nevada's history IS
unique indeed. for she has produced
more millionaire residents OF other
States, than any other State IN the
Union. Whose money has built up
San Francisco and Los Angeles;
don need TO answer that question,
for the world knows; and yet, those
if-seeking Californians, not satished
at taxing one and a halt billion dol
lars. Isl .5OU,UUU,UOO) OF hard money
from your mines and leaving behind
very little in return, not even an non
est legitimate tax tor doing business,
are now turning Heaven and Earth
M side down to corner the snow,
ram and water in the mountains west
OF YOU, which you so badly need 10
convert your rich dry valleys into
RaTUCnS Oh uutIlllouo NNSSiopANo, ~
chards OF sweet smelling and delicious
fruits, fields OF golden grain and farm
ers' happy homes, as they have done
in the Imperial Valley OF Southern
California.
Nevada's Future.
We have been talking OF things past.
Now, let us briefly say something OF
Nevada's future. Her mines will be
producers as long as men are willing
to prospect" for God knew the needs
of mankind when he laid the founda-
tions of the earth and has placed in
the sea and in the land an abundance
for man as long as he is willing to
earn his living by the sweat OF MS
brow" Although Tonopah and Gold
field and hundreds of smaller camps
are still giving forth their hidden
treasures, a new Goldheld and Tono-
pah has just been discovered at 10
chester. Each generation Will mdNe
new and startling discoveries anu 30
il will be until the emu oil uine.
Agricultural resources.
lust recently visited and spent
.mucn time III Las Vegas NaIley, Iii
Clark county, the extreme southern
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larson and tallon valleys. III the cen
tral-western portion OF the state ana
hive other valleys south OF the south
ern Pacific railroad in Elko county,
in the northeastern portion OF the
State 1t is my opinion, gentlemen,
that there is no better agricultural
lands in the States OF Arizona and
California than in the valleys which
| have just mentioned. All OF these
different sections would not produce
successfully the same kind of crops.
Beginning at Las Vegas, with proper
cultivation, every kind OF fruit that
could be raised in Southern California
or the Salt River Valley of Arizona,
could be successfully raised in the Las
Vegas section. The artesian wells will
soon make that valley a garden. In
Mason, Smith. Carson and Fallon val
leys the crops would necessarily be
more diversified, including stock-rais-
ing, which is carried on in large
scale The lands we saw in Elko
county are principally used for stock
raising and no Shareholder i'll the
South, prior TO the Civil War was
ever more prosperous and independ-
ent than many OF the ranchers we met
in Ruby and Clover valleys, in Elko
county We witnessed shipment OF
thousand head of cattle. two-year- old
steers. by two ranchers, one owning
seven hundred. the other three hunu
red. which netted them at the railroad
station fifty-hve $3.50 per head. OF
ifty-hve thousand dollars ($55,000)
for the lot. and this will not decrease
the increase of their herds the next
year. for these were steers. During
our sojourn in Ruby Vally we saw
something that we have never met
in our travels before. a flock OF about
two hundred turkeys, large and small
with little bell on each turkeys
neck. that tinkled and glistened in the
MONDAY sun, as though they were
bells of gold. This we were told was
10 scare off wild animals and to locate
the turkey that had wandered from
the flock
Nevada Needs Farmers.
You have the rich agricultural lands
and also the water by means of bitches