Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1917-12-22

Inside of the next twenty-five years,
one million acres OF land in Nevada
will be under irrigation in addition to
the small acreage that is now watered
by a few systems
The State of Idaho has over seven
ty separate irrigation projects and
Nevada has not ten. Yet, Nevada has
three times as much land capable OF
irrigation as Idaho Arizona with one
fourth the acreage of your irrigable
land has ninety per cent more activity
in irrigation than Nevada. This con-
dition is due to more activity in irriga
tion among the people in Arizona than
can be found in Nevada California
in proportion to IFS vast acreage of
land and big population has received
less money from the Government
than Nevada and less than any other
Western State. This is due to the
fact that the California people are diff
ferent and will make hig fight to get
small sum but are awed in the pres
ence OF millions of dollars. California
up to this time. has secured but one
little Government project that cost
S520,00000 and including money spent
on this same plant at Orland. there
/ has not been to exceed $675.00000
spent in our whole State Yet. Ari-
zona has received over $4,000. 10000
and Colorado more than 50, 9,12S0000O
with Idaho up to Sl7.276,00000. Even
New Mexico has managed to get from
Uncle Sam $o,37O,OOOO0. while Nevada
with twice as much irrigable land as
they have in Idaho, has so far secured
but $3.50, ,0So00 and in proportion to
the money received by most OF the
Western States. Nevada has now due
to her from the vast GovernmentFund
at least $l0000,00000 and it is not the
fault OF your Senators or Congress
men for they did their share by get
ting the Reclamation Law passed and
from that day to this. irrigation and
getting the money from Uncle Sam
is up to the people and if they don't
fight and fight hard, they will get
nothing. The Government forces at
Washington are never to blame tor
any State not getting a Government
proiect as our Uncle Sam will go into
any State where the people want them
bad enough to make an effective tight
for the garnered millions.
Nevada has 100000 acres that can
be irrigated by and with the use OF
pumping plants and they have 3OO,ooo
acres that can be irrigated by Uncle
Sam(constructing gravity systems but
the problem at present in Nevada is
10 install five to fifteen hundred pump
ing plants and that ought to sound
like a small numbey to Nevada when
| remind them that in the immediate
country around Lodi, California, they
have installed and now have IN opera
ton more than 5000 pumping systems
No later than last week, ! visited
some farmers in the San Joaquin Val
lev who in the last three months re-
fused $4,000 per acre for their land
ranging from 320 up to 2OOO acres
This price offered was due to pump
ing project going to be installed there
in the coming year, 1918, Now these
same farmers had been offering their
land for sale for ten years past at
10000 per acre and never bid or a
buyer in sight and three OF these men
fought the pumping project for three
wears past and were voted in against
their will. One of the men to whom
I was talking, owned two sections.
1880 acres, and his net profit over his
old value of 10000 per acre is Sllo,oo
vet he kicked against irrigation One
of these men owned 100 acres which
he could never get $4,000 per acre for
at anv time in the last twenty years
and this man, if he had sold his land
at above price would have received
| $4,000 90 but he is one Of the men that
! worked for two years for a pumping
! system and he won out and he will
get not a dollar less than $4,000 per