Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-03-31
NEVADA, THE RIGHT
STATE At RIGHT TIME
BY c. e. wANTLAND.

The union needed new state. Presi-
dent Lincoln got busy. and Nevada,
the battle-born. came into existence in
1864.
When the great war now going on,
comes TO a close. all the world will be
crying for gold. Nevada. now one OF
the greatest gold producing states.
promises soon to head the list. Cop
per is in great demand. Nevada comes
New methods have been needed for
saving low grade ores and just at the
right time "oil flotation" appears.
Tungsten and other special ores are
, needed to supply the demand created
by the war. and Nevada is at the head
of the list. Nitrogen is needed and it
will be furnished from Nevada air. II
Is not an idle dream to expect potash
and denatured alcohol to be produced
profitably from the great sagebrush
fields Of the state.
With its 100000 acres of public
lands still owned by Uncle Sam, and
100000 acres of privately owned land
for sale at reasonable prices. and only
100000 people, Nevada offers the one
great ground-floor opportunity in the
country for agricultural expansion
quick, safe and profitable. Glover seed
is required to restore the abandoned
farms in the east and great tractors
are tearing up Nevada's rich sage
brush land to prepare it for such pro-
duction. Sheep and cattle Of Nevada
need winter feed and new alfalfa fields
are being made ready to supply 1t.
The United States reclamation service
wanted a great project with hard prob
lens to solve and the Truckee-C Carson
project came and conquered. Uncle
Sam did not cover the whole ground
with the reclamation bill. The farm.
ers asked for help and George Wing.
field supplied the dairy COWS neces.
sary in the FalIon district. Hundreds
; of thousands of acres appeared with
= out irrigation possibilities and pump,
/ ing for irrigation" shows up suddenly
) as feasible. Additional electric power
/ can be used and California and Colo
RADIO capitalists are supplying it. The
; rainfall seemed to be deficient in some
districts for successful farming; scien
l tific soil culture came to the rescue
and hundreds of thousands of new
y acres heretofore unused will be farm
? ed successfully by properly handling
4 the soil.
4 California needs hard wheat to mi,
i with its soft wheat to make flour to b.
:, shipped from the great mills of thu
future to be established on the Pacific
| coast, and Nevada looms up as one o
the great new wheat states, from
:, which California will get its main sup
s ply.
j The new problems to be met by thu
l. farmer and stockman were recognized
l. just as the University of Nevada hat
S completed its plans for instruction
having in charge as competent fore,
$ of experts as any college in the coun
S try can boast of. The rural credit leg
e islation now assured will supply tn,
S money needed for better farming oper
l. ations.
!. The Lincoln Highway came TO tn
II nation as an inspiration, and will maxi
+. Nevada's roads the worlds creates
o automobile speedways.
e To avoid excessive taxation, ney
+ plans are being developed for tn
n rapid increase of taxable property
e With bonds of other states, worth
5. million and half IN its treasury Ne
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