The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-03-19
ASSEMbYLMAN BERhEY HERE
AND DISCUSSED new LAWS
Assemblyman Il. :. Berney Visited
fallon and Recapitulated Accomp-
lishments of 1910 Legislature

tice, the clock in the state capitol
would probably be turned back a few
hours to allow of the the completion
of belated tasks, apitulating the
accomplishments of the Churchill
county delegation, Assemblyman
Berney points with no small degree
of pride to the passage of the sever
al bills which affect this county di-
rectly and will without doubt very
materially advance the best interests
of the section. Included are the two
enabling acts, granting authority for
the issuance of bonds, the most I'M
portant of which probably concerns
the matter of creating a fund of
maximum sum of $240, 900, which it
is anticipated, shall be drawn from
the State funds, which will be avail
able for the uses of the farmers of
this project in the development of
their tracts. Thus state funds, hith
erto loaned on the collateral of other
states, will for the first time in Ne
yada's history be set To work in the
advancement of the states agricul-
tural resources, which until now
have occupied, in comparative
sense, a very incidental role.
Prominently a mining state, with
stock and grazing interests of sec
ondary Importance, the leading men
of Nevada have paid scant attention
to agrarian matters and the vast pos
sibilities involved have received
practically no consideration in the
making of laws in the past. The
passing of the diilident in favor of an
active interest in the possibilities ~
ing within the soils of the states
valleys must be regarded as a very
healthy omen and the operation OF
the 100000 fund within the New
lands irrigation project will be
watched with the keenest interest
by the residents of all other agri-
cultural sections within the state.
Likewise the irrigation measure,
fathered by State Senator c. E.
Kent is regarded by analytical minds
as a law that is highly constructive
In its several phases which will be
wholly corrective OF the great num-
Der of problems that have attended
the organizations OF water users'
districts under the law that govern
ed formerly, which from the first
proved inadequate in meeting the
actual needs.
The authority granted Churchill
county to issue road bonds of a max
imum amount of 100000, is anoth-
er measure that is generally consid-
cred vital This new law will enable
the people of Churchill county to
supplement funds put forward by the
federal or state governments or both
In the prosecution of road work
within the county. With the grow
ing recognition of the value of good
roads and the probability OF. the
early construction of interstate high
ways, this county is thus given a lat
itude under the new law that will
make IL possible for It's people to CO.
operate in manner as may seem
best and in consonanee with their
best interests,
Admittedly road building here is
attended with a great numter of
problems that are peculiar to the
section. Absence of road building
materials. transportation difficulties.
climatic conditions and various otiser
factors all enter in the one gl1f
question which grows in yitSnness 8
demands increase. An increases'
harvest largess. which happily char
acterizes the Newlands project each
succeeding year, increases the urgen-
cy of a new road building program
in exact ratio with the Increase of
the tonnage of crops The prime
requisite of an intelligent road build
tn ccnsea3
valuation, is still lacking in every
Nevada county save possibly Wash
oe. yet Churchill county is advancing
toward a sufficiency in this regard
until il must seem that the time is
near at hand when not only trunk
lines, but numerous traffic serving
laterals will be constructed in
Churchill county, and the 100000
bond issue authority just granted,
may prove to be the first step toward
a really comprehensive road building
program here.
Naturally 1t is a matter of chagrin
with the members of the Churchill
county delegation that the state fair
appropriation, after running the legis-
latiye gamut, fell from gubernator-
ial swat and passed away without
kick. All attempts to restore AMI
nation and give new life to the pro-
posal by going over the governors
veto, failed of contamination. The
required number of legislative votes
were not forthcoming, Governor
Boyle having followed up his veto
with Rooseveltian methods whereby
he kept safe margin of the solons
on his side, who were stone deaf IN
both ears to the pleadinEs of the
Churchill county delegation MEM
bers.
Generality although deeply re-
GREETING the failure of the state fair
appropriation TO receive the COVER
nor's sanction, meaning as 1t Will
without doubt, that there will be no
state fair In this city at the usual
time this fall, II Is felt that other
and more important matters have
been matured, and that the loss has
been comepnsated for in part at
least by the enactment of the local
measures mentioned above,
Naturally. the residents OF this
leading agricultural section of the
state do not concede that any con-
temporaneous center has as logical
a claim for state fair meetings as has
Fallon, or is it likely that state fairs
viii ever be held within the state
unles they are held here as former
ly. And Just as naturally. the peo-
ple of this section expect TO revive
the custom at the earliest possible
date. even II local funds ere required
~ 6u the void occasioned by estop-