The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-06-16

to the north of us? Government irri-
cation projects in those states are
magnificent and common. Why? Be-
cause the people demanded that Con-
gress understand requirements.
Nevada has been neglected because
the people so willed it. The mines
were here and were considered suffi-
cient. The state has built up on the
easy money of the miner and Divorce
the weakness created by frequent
boom conditions. Some communities
have not yet gotten away from the
idea that the way to prosperity lies in
wide-open, vice-ridden practices. But
with the coming of prohibition and
conditions which deplete the miners
wealth, that time passed. Conse-
quently we see the present statewide
interest in the solid, permanent and
respectable method of wealth produc-
agriculture the now ap-
parent necessity for government as
sistance by means of irrigation
projects.
The way to get anything Is to go
after it. In this case every string
pulled Is a step closer to the goal.
Mere talking about bringing Congress
West at least is bound to make the
members of that body pause moment
to consider the proposition, and in
this pausing moment their mentali-
ties naturally will dwell upon the
such a trip is proposed Thus they
think about the West and its needs,
! Then when an irrigation project for
Nevada is proposed they will be in a
receptive frame of mind. willing to
listen. In the end success for Ne
vada is bound to result, as in the case
of everything that's right and good.
| Now to set the editor of the indie
pendent right on the matter. We
| could have done this in the first place
and not waded through a whole col
umn, but it is subject dear to our
heart and we thank the gentleman for
providing an opportunity to again
spread gospel in which we truly be-
lieve. We'd write on for pages If 1t
would accomplish actual results, and
in the end we will have written pages
on the subject before success Is at
tanned. OF course, we do not expect
our puny efforts to have any direct
bearing upon that success, but we
will like to believe we helped anyway.
Pause a moment, Harold, and peruse
with slight mental concentration what
it was the Washington correspondent
of The Silver State really said in the
matter. We don't believe you were
paying close attention, and perhaps
you saw only the point that Republi-
cans might accomplish something
Senator Pittman has not only failed
to accomplish, but actually failed to
even try to accomplish. Pittman
comes up for election two years
hence and would like to swipe this
irrigation thunder IL he could, per-
haps, and you perhaps would like to
help him along with that old stuff
about a man having to be in Washing
ton a lifetime before he can be ex-
pected to accomplish anything. Right?
Now read:
At a banquet held at the Raj
eigh in Washington a few even
ings since a great advertising
scheme was proposed by Western
men-a scheme which would
make a Utah Boosters excursion
look like a primary picnic in
comparison. 1t was nothing less
than to take the entire national
House of Representatives on a
thirty-days tour of the West at
the close of this special session
of, Congress, and before the regu-
lar session convenes next Decem-
] Der. The argument was put up