The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-03-05
REVERENCE FOR LAW

our Political Institutions" Abraham
Lincoln referred to what he called
'the growing disposition to substitute
wild and furious passions in lieu of
the sober judgment of courts, and the
worse than savage mobs from the
executive ministers of justice" and
then gave voice to the following SEN
timent:
Let reverence for the laws be
breathed by every American mother
to the lisping babe that prattles on
her lap: let it be taught in schools,
in seminaries and in colleges let 1t
be written in primers, spelling books
and in almanacs; let it be preached
from the pulpits, proclaimed in legis-
lative halls, and enforced in courts
of justice. And, in short, let it be-
come the political religion of the ma
ton; and let the old and young, the
rich and the poor, the grave and the
gay of all sexes and tongues and
colors and conditions. sacrifice un-
ceasingly upon its affairs"
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drilling and pumping is high, espe-
cially at present, and the rather rig
orous climate prohibits the growth of
certain crops. There are also great
differences between the different val
legs and different parts of the same
valley in the yield of wells, the depth
to water, and the quality of water and
soil.
Many failures in irrigation by
pumping from wells are due to the
poor judgment of prospective settlers
in locating their claims. The native
vegetation furnishes valuable guide
to the quality of the soil and the
depth to the water table. Poor meth
DDS of drilling wells and faulty in
stallation of pumping plants have
also caused many failures in irriga-
ton.
Investigations by Geological Survey.
The Geological Survey has for
many years been making survey of
the ground waters of the country
with a view to their larger recovery
and use for domestic and public sup
plies; for SUPPLIES for railroads, mines,
and other industrial plants; for wat
ering live stock on the range; for
travellers along desert roads; and for
supplies for irrigation. The ground
waters of Nevada are still for the
most part unused. In 1911 the Geolo
gical Survey began a study of the
ground water resources of the state
and has since carried on this work
as rapidly as its small staff of water
supply biologists could be spared for
it's prosecution.
In 1917 congress authorized the
Geological Survey to spend $4,000
in exploratory drilling in the arid re-
gions to discover water for irriga-
ton. Many hundreds of thousands
of acres of land in the United States,
including much valuable citrus-fruit
land in southern California, are now
irrigated with water obtained from
wells. Most of this water is not de-
rived from handbook formations nor
out of deposits of rock waste such as
those that underlie most of the desert
valleys of Nevada. 1t was therefore
decided to make the tests in an I'M
developed desert valley of this type,
and Steptoe valley was selected as
one of the most promising.
The results of survey of the
ground water conditions in Steptoe
valley, made by w. o. Clark and C. w.
Riddle, are given in report just is
sued as Water-Supply Paper 467.
This report, with the accompanying
map, which interprets the information
obtained in the test wells and gives
the exploratory drilling chief value,
may be obtained free of charge by
writing to the Director, United States