The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-10-30
CALIFORNIA STATE
TYPICAL WATER HOG

California Is hog. and Nevada
must not forget 1t. but must ever bear
It in mind. The legislature of 1913
enacted a new section to its civil code.
numbered section 1410a, which reads
as follows:
"1410a. The entire flow of water
In any natural stream which carries
In the state of Califor MIA, under the
to any other state Is subject to use
in the state of California, uned rthe
laws of the state of California, and
the right may be. so far as not al
ready acquired by use in the state OF
California, acquired and held under
the laws of the state of California.
The rights to the use of such water
held under the laws of the state of
California, shall be prior and superior
to any rights to the waters Of such
streams held under the laws of any
other state"
At the International Irrigation
congress, which met at Spokane in
1910, / intr oduced and had passed
resolution against the most strenuous
opposition of Frank NJ. Short of Cali
fornia. to the effect that there should
be no political divisions with refer
ence to the use of water flowing in
interstate streams. During the last
session of the Nevada legislature.
California attempted to get Nevada to
enact similar statute to its own, and
1 appeared before the legislature
and showed that Nevada had no
streams of any Importance arising
within its boundaries, and that Cali
fornia was attempting to enact legis-
lation in Nevada similar to its own
in order to induce congress to pass
general act affecting all the states.
and / managed to defeat their
| scheme
What would be the result of such
enactment? The several forks of the
Carson and Walker rivers arise in
California, and the Truckee has its
source in California. The Humboldt
has its source in Idaho and Montana.
| All the important streams sink in Me-
vada. If the congress of the United
States should enact as desired by
| California all the lands irrigated in
Nevada lying easterly of the dividing
line between California and Nevada.
being the fruitful lands of the Carson.
Mason and Truckee valleys, would be
subject to the superior rights of Cali
fornia land owners lying westerly of
the dividing line, although the Nevada
owners are prior in time of appropria-
ton, diversion and use for beneficial
purposes, and notwithstanding the
fact that they built their homes and
made their impr ovements, raised their
| families, and founded a state. The
same may be said with reference to
the great Humboldt valley, through
which the Humboldt river runs, and
which is part and parcel of the land,
and without which there would be
nothing but a desert wild.
The California Nevada COW has its
head in Nevada, and it's bag in San
Francisco, where it is MIXED. Cali
fornia has ever claimed Nevada as its
exclusive territory to exploit, and
most industriously works it's claimed
right. 1t is San Francisco that has
always prevented Reno, Winnemucca
and Elko from obtaining terminal
rates over transcontinental rails, and
our railroad commissioners have been
unable to prevent it to any such
extent that any Nevada merchant can
point to his cash register as proof.
Congressman of the United States,
| with the bare exception of Rollin NAL
lory Daggett (who was defeated for
| it), have always misrepresented Me-
vada and worked for California in this
observation-disclosures in Recor d.
Courier.