The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-03-19

II YOU are out of work. or IL you
are a marshal Of finance in Wall
street.. you have a direct and init
mate interest in what the people of.
the old Spanish southwest r doing
on the Colorado river. No matter
Who you are, the enterprise Of the
people in Arizona. California. New
MEXICO, Utah. Nevada. Colorado and
wyoming will proitably affect your
pocketbook.
They have launched an undertak-
Ing which will bring down the high
cost Of eating and will create a huge
market for all the commodities and
services the people In the east can
sell. As the initial step in develop
ing the of an ares of $780,
900 square miles, equal to Germany
and Italy combined. they have started
to build the highest dam and the
largest artificial lake In the world.
This work will Immediately provide
support for from $4,000 to $4,000
people now pinched by lack Of en-
%ployment.
On your map you will find the Col
orado river starts up in the high
mountains OF Wyoming and Colorado.
and pours down through Utah. New
Mexico. Nevada. Arizona. California
and Old Mexico. II is 1900 miles
long. the third river In size on the
American continent.
VAST LANDS AVAILABLE
Only a few persons have ever been
able to navigate the entire length OF
the stream, because two-tairds of its
course runs through a series of mar
velous chasms. ranging from one-half
to a full mile deep. The celebrated
Grand Canyon is one of the great
ehasms sculped by the mighty stream.
Geography and travelogues have
informed you about the great noun
tains and the vast deserts and the
ruins Of the cliff dwellers. You have
heard about the giant cactus and the
strange Indian tribes and the sim
mering heat.
You undoubtedly know about the
Incredible variety and quantity of the
mineral deposits in the southwest.
But 1t is doubtful IL you have heard
about the tremendous amount Of land
hat lies waiting to be turned into
the most fertile farms in the world.
There are between 7.000.444 and
100000 acres of soil in the Colo
rado Basin which will produce more
food per acre than can be produced
In any other acreage on the face of
the globe.
This Is not a matter of theory. II
mas been practically and proitably
demonstrated for several decades.
The greater portion of the lettuce.
melons and other vegetables and pro-
duce you get on your tables out of
season comes from the insignificant
number Of acres In the southwest
which mature some crop every month
In the year.
The average man or woman does
not grasp the meaning of a huge
farm OF 100000 or 100000 acres.
fou could take Delaware, Rhode Is
land. Connecticut~and almost all of
new Jersey and put them down in
this area and there would still be
plenty OF room to turn around.
At present these millions of acres
are as dry as a chip. There are miles
OF brown sand covered with cactus,
sasebrush. gophers and reptiles.
RAIN ALMOST UNKNOWN
TO make this land useful It must
oe drenched with water. Since rain
Is almost unknown In this vast coun-
NY man must use his wits and his
.xiil and bring the water to the land.
rms is the engineering process called
Irrigation.
me Colorado river runs through
ms wonderful country. Every year
approximately sss,00o.o 900. 900 cubic
ssot OF water runs to waste into the
racine ocean. This means that
enough water pours into the sea to
make approximately 10000 900 acres
" ana produce the food which the
"essa needs to-day ~ Il has never