The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1914-01-13
THE HUMBOLDT

Humbolt. hut only in seasons of high
water DO the streams mingle. 1t is
the Humboldt's longest tributary,
rises 120 miles south. and flows
through a series of narrow fertile val
lcvs. along which, for the most part.
is the Nevada Central railroad. termi-
mating at Austin. About $4,000 acres
are under cultivation throughout the
entire river system. Stock-raising pre-
dominates over farming. although
there are a number Of highly cult
waited farms.
Austin. the county seat of Lander
county. is the principal town on the
Reese river valley. Thirty wears ago
il was one of Nevada's great mining
camps. After a long period of
q~uieseence it is entering upon a re-
vival of its former mineral produc-
ton.
N7upemucea. the county seat of
Humboldt count, like Elko. is the cen
ter Of a great stoek-raising, mining
and agricultural territory: is on both
the southern Pacific and Western Pa
eife railroads, and is geographically
situated 70 grow. The attractive por-
ton ef the town is not visible from
the railroad. Its population is about
1000. Ii contains many pleasant
resilen acs. good schools, churches, a
national bank. business houses and a
handsome theater. From Winnemueea
is shipped annually about 100000
hounds of wool and about 1000 ear
loads Of cattle. sheep and horses.
Extending north from Winnemueca
for fifty miles on the Little Humboldt
river Is Paradise Valley, the upper
end of which is an extremely fer
tile farming country. A town of the
same name Is situated in the center of
the cultivated section. 1t contains a
flour mill. stores, hotels and two
churches. About 10000 acres are I'M
der a thrifty state of cultivation. The
principal crops are alfalfa, wheat.
barley, fruit and vegetables. Several
fine orchards are in the valley and the
conditions seem favorable for fruit
growing. A more perfect conserva-
ton Of the .watersunplv world bring
under cultivation a much larger area
of arabic land.
-NAfNINt~t lFUHi T dtdNt>t AdittN over
a mountain range lies the Quinn river
valley and west of this, Kings river
valley. While neither of these two
valleys belongs TO the Humboldt river
svstem. they are contiguous to it and
viii Re mentioned here. There are
a number Of cultivated farms. Stock.
raising is the principal industry. Here
"7e vast stretches of arabic desert
land. naturally well watered and capa-
lie Of reclamation to support a con-
siderable farming population.
The Ellison Ranching company is
completing a Carey act project to re
acres of rich lands on the Quinn river
and its tributaries.
Loveloek, the last town on the
Humboldt. is the center of perhaps
the richest agricultural section in nor
thern Nevada. The soil is the aceu-
mulated silt of ages of river flow
finally deposited in this lower ex-
tremity of the great Humboldt val
ley. Wells sunk fftv feet and over do
not pass through the black humous-
laden soil. Here Yields of seven tons
20 the acre of alfalfa and sixty bush
els of wheat excite no comment.
About $4,000 acres are under a high
state of cultivation, the principal
crops being alfalfa. potatoes, wheat,
harley and oats. Here is located an
important flour mill. This valley
should make a wonderful spot for the
growing of sugar-beets, and undoubt-
edlv a considerable acreage will be
planted from now on as it is within
shipping distance of the sugar-beet
factory at Fallon. Crops such as
celery, asparagus, corn, sorghum, to-
matoes, etc, grow luxuriantly. Land
here. as in many other places, is held
in large tracts. but already the de-
mand for small aereages of such rich
soil is insistent. Its colonization with
the intensive farmer on twenty and
forty acre tracts is likely in a few
years to occur. Near mere is the Carey
act project of the Lovelock Land and
Development company, which is con
structing an irrigation system to i'm
pound $1,000 acre feet of the flood
waters of the river in a reservoir site
near the Humboldt House to irrigate
lands held in private owner
and to reclaim 10000 acres of
desert land. The latter on the compile
tion of the project will be thrown
open to entrymen.