The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1921-08-19
GIVES ASSURANCE
OF RECLAMATION
Way Now Clear to Re-
claim 10000 Acres
of New Land

FOR the first time in history, Doug
las county has been visited by a men,
Der of the Presidents cabinet, in the
person of Albert b. Fall, Secretary OF
the Interior, who spent Tuesday night
at Minden, the purpose of his visit
being to better acquaint himself with
the reclamation needs of Carson Val
ley. and after going into the problems
that are being confronted by the farm
ers, announced that all obstacles
which have heretofore retarded agri-
cultural development of Carson Val
ley lands would be removed which
now opens the road to the bringing
under cultivation of some 10000 ad-
ditional acres of land in Carson and
Eagle Valleys and in the Dayton re-
gion.
The Secretary of the interior was
accompanied by Stephen T. Mather
assistant secretary; e. O.McCormick,
yice-president and general manager
OF the Southern Pacific Company: II.
q. Glunn and l.. c. Ioas. The party
arrived at Minden Tuesday afternoon
from Yosemite Valley and after hav-
Ing lunch at the Inn. were met by a
delegation from Fallon composed of
True Vencell, Fl. A. Clark, Senator
Kent and others who sought an inter-
view relative to oil permits in the
Fallon district. and they were given
every assurance that the department
OF the interior would do everything
In Its power to protect the individual
making a legitimate attempt to de-
velop oil.
Following this conference the Fal-
Ion men, headed by Project Manager
Richardson met Secretary Fall in the
Farmers Bank Building and went In
to detail In the plans for the Spanish
Springs reservoir project and they
were given promise of assistance.
Tuesday evening Secretary Fall met
with II. F. Dangberg, C. NJ Henning-
sen and George Sanford, the latter be-
ing attorney for the Carson Valley
Irrigation District, and went into de-
tall with the possibilities OF agricul-
tural expansion in Carson Valley
through an adequate storage system
The Secretary learned from these
men the proposition in no way would
conflict or take water from any sys-
tenn already completed, but merely
asked for the surplus flood waters
and the right to build impounding res
ervoirs at the head OF Carson river
either by individuals who could place
the water on Carson Valley land or
by an association such as the Alpine
Land and Reservoir Company.
The decision arrived at by the Sec
retary of the Interior means much to
Carson Valley and is the most impor-
tant step taken for the advancement
OF this section In fifty years.
Those who came In contact with
Secretary Fall at Minden Tuesday de-
clare that he is a true Western man,
OF broad vision and thoroughly con-
versant with the needs of the West
Wednesday morning the Secretary
was taken on an automobile ride
through the cultivated districts of
this valley and was then shown where
the irrigated fields meet the sage
brush flats on the east side of the
valley. all OF which would produce
heavy crops with an available supply
OF water, through a storage system.
The secretary promised that he would
open up the avenue through which
this can be done, and the rest of the
problem will be one that the people
OF Carson Valley themselves must
solve.
AT noon the secretary and his party
left for Carson and from that point
rnotored to Lake Tahoe over the Oster-
man grade. and further meetings
were held at Tahoe Tavern.