Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1914-09-19
SENATOR NEWLANDS, THE
GREAT IRRIGATIONIST.

Senator Newlands has arrived in
Nevada He is from Washington, d.
c., and is on his way to San Fran
cisco, where he will, doubtless, have
netting of the unterrified shortly
to see what can be done for his can
didacy in Nevada We are not in
formed as to whether or not the Sen
ator will visit his Lyon county agri-
cultural holdings or not, but it is more
than likely that he will visit the new
Lahontan dam to see that the water
impounded thereby does not encroach
upon his holdings to a greater extent
than was stipulated when he sold the
reservoir site to the government for
$4,000 1t is not very likely that he
will visit his ranch on the Carson
river, known as the old CARING ranch,
and later as the Santa Anita Land &
Cattle Company's property. This is
the Newlands's ranch, or what is left
of it after sale to the government of
the reservoir site portion and another
portion TO a thrifty Italian who is
making a nice farm out of his portion.
But the Newlands ranch! Go and
look at it. In the days of Johnny Car
ling, Sam auckland, Riley Hougham
and Cal and Riley Davis and cd Fort
Churchill this was one OF the finest
ranches on the Carson river. Johnny
CARING made an independent fortune
from it and in the sos moved to New
Jersey to reside The old ranch to-
day, that portion of it still owned by
Mr.. Newlands, is a dilapidated waste.
Where thousands of tons of hay used
to be grown and hundreds of cattle
and horses raised there is probably
not ten acres of even wild grass grown
now. bitches that were are now
mounds of earth, grown over with
weeds and underbrush, the house and
barns are shacks and altogether the
once fine estate has gone to the dogs.
Yet, Mr.. Newlands' great hobby is
irrigation and reclamation; at least
he would have the people of Nevada
believe so. What a farce! Mr.. New
lands has the means to have made OF
this property one of the finest little
agricultural sections in Nevada. There
were several thousand acres of the
estate to start with. 1t has dwindled,
we understand, to few hundred now
~ aula,Ic Tho Land FIN
as there is i'll any State and there was
water in abundance to irrigate nearly
every acre of it. Here was a chance
for a man who protested such love
for Nevada and her development as
does Mr.. Newlands to have establish
ed colony of thrifty farmers. He
could have afforded to cut the estate
up into l60-acre farms, built homes
on them and given those seeking such
homes ample time to pay for them.
Settlers would have made good on
they would have been close to rail
road communication But this was
not his policy There has been no
improvement with anything that he
ever owned in Nevada, in Lyon county
or any other section. Here was
chance to demonstrate what irriga-
ton would do for our State, but 1t
was not embraced. In fact very lit
tie Newlands money has ever been
used in Nevada for any purpose ex
cept elections. You have never heard
that he put any faith or money into
Tonopah, Goldfeld, Ely, Yerington
or any other mining camp. He has
not even kept control of the many
properties on the Comstock that once
poured millions into the Golfers of the
Sharon estate into which he married
What wonderful builder for Nevada
has Newlands been The best he has
done is to build fairly fine residence
in Reno, which he and his family oc
cupy less than two months in each
year on an average. Do you want to
continue this man in Office simply for
the reason that he desires the posi-
ton to further his personal interest
and have the name of Senator?