Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1917-04-28
GOVERNOR APPOINTS
HIGHWAY COMMISSION

The State Highway Directors, three
i'll number, to have charge of the con-
suction OF the State highways pro-
vided for in the new highway law,
were announced by Governor Boyle
! Wednesday.
The highway directors are James
M. Leonard of Virginia City, superin-
tendent of the Virginia & Cold Hill
Water Company, to serve for three
years; George X Elder of Reno, ex.
pert accountant, to serve two years;
| w. b. Alexander of Reno, formerly
sup rintendent of the Montana Tono-
pah mine at Tonopah and formerly
secretary of the Mine Operators AS
| sociation, to serve one year.
Increasing Nevada's production of
food products for this year and the
coming years was discussed at length
| by committee recently appointed by
Governor Boyle at meeting in the
| Commercial Club at Reno Wednesday
morning. The committee consisted
of II. F. Dangberg of Gardnerville,
| Thomas Doll of Fallon, Joseph l. Will
son, Jr., of Nordyke, Dean c. s.
| Knight, Professor S. c.. Dinsmore,
| Professor S. B. Doten, Charles A.
Norcross, and Governor Boyle.
The committee was appointed at
| the request of the government agri-
cultural department, and is probably
the nucleus OF a much larger and
| more elaborate organization. The du-
| ties will be to ascertain the amount of
available food in the State at the
present time, tn amount that coevb
| present time, the amount that can
| be produced this year and to frame up
1 general plan of organizing the entire
State in the work of conserving the
supply.
The problem OF labor for the farms
| portant question now. According to
| Of Nevada is considered the most i'm
member sof the committee the produc-
| lion in the State this season will be
fully twenty-five per cent greater than
last year, but the problem of secuing
arm labor to handle the crops will be
| hard to meek A dehnitA plani
action to secure labor for the farms
will be woked out by the committee
| md resolutions urging men with farm
knowledge to work on the farms in
stead of joining the army will be
drawn up.
Thomas Dolf of Fallon informed the
committee that there was several thou
sand acres of land on the Truckee-
Carson project, with plenty of water
forrrigation, Observation-Disclosures
or irrigation that is now lying idle
,ecause OF th fact that tcarstifsot
because of the fact that it costs too
much money to put the land in condi-
ton for farming.
He suggested that the government
be called upon at once to take up the
proposition of leveling this land, which
has been agitated for some time, and
charge it up to the farmers on long
,imc payments similar to the manner
If handling water.
An emergency appropriation of $751;
10000 will be made TO the agricultural
department. by Congress in the next
lay or two. This money will be di
gided among the States furthering
agricultural work and this committee
will present the needs of Nevada to
.he agricultural department and prob
IDLY ask for 100000 to use in this
State i'll promoting the agricultural
industry.
The leveling of the land in the
cred one of the most important prob
rruckee- -SCarson project was consid-
Dor problem was considered the most
lens before the committee, and the la
important
Elwood Mead, president OF the Fed
eral Bank at Berkeley, will arrive in
Reno in a few days, according to Dean
Knight. to go over the agricultural
| projects in the reclamation district,
with the committee, and will recon-.
mend to the government the amount
of money needed by Nevada to bring
its agricultural resources up to their
! full productive powers. All lands Oh
this project that can be cultivated and
have water available have been listed
by the men in charge of the project,
and these lists will be given to Mr..
the work the committee expects to
Mead