Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1922-10-04

toward the lake and 200 feet the
direction of the outlet
ENTERTAINMENT for the day was fur
nished by the, Carson Indian School
band. After the hungry had been
fed the crowd Moved to the mouth
of the tunnel, where the exercises OF
tn day were held.
The banks Of the outlet canal, lead
ing to the tunnel mouth. formed a
semicircle that served as large out
door amphitheater. The speakers
stand was on the steel-barrcd opening
OF the tunnel
Facing his hearers, seated i'll many
rows upward and outward from the
watr's edge, Pete Heinrich. president Of
the farm bureau organization. the
members Of which in 1918 took the
concerted action resulting in forming
OF the irrigation district and the COM
plction of the first unit Of the grand
project, told of his pleasure over the
success Of the efforts put forth and
welcomed the visitors heartily. Joe
/. Wilson, president of the Walker
River Irrigation District, was then
introduced as the first speaker. Mr..
Wilson expressed his gratiication at
what had been accomplished after
thrty-fivc years Of longing BY the
residents of the fine, green valleys a
few miles behind the sagebrush COW
cred hillsides around the lake. He
gave a short historical resume OF the
settlement OF Smith and Mason val
leys, and predicted that within the next
twenty years the population of the dis
trict will increase from three to 20
thousand, when the 10000 acres Of
additional high-class bench lands re-
quiring no drainage, plcntifully water
ed through the storage scheme, are
put under cultivation.
Frank Stickney, of the district
board of directors. recalled the thirty
years of the ranchers talking about
water shortage and plans for relief.
The various suits and applications OF
the last 20 years bearing on the SUBJ
;ect were enumerated. He stated
that the estimated cost of increasing
the Topaz Lake reservoir to $1,000
acre feet is $l75,0OO.
kilograms Of regret at inability to
attend the celebration had been re-
ceivcd from H. H. Cooper, of the
California state engineers office and
f. O. Mccormick, of the Southern
Pacific, and were read.
Charles S. Knight delivered the
greeting from the Reno Chamber Of
Commerce and the Rotary Club. paid
high tribute to the women for their
part in achievements being celebrated
and declared that development of the
agricultural resources are to deter
mine the states development, provid-
ing more taxable property and increas'
ed population. He urged a state
law Of colonization to go hand in hand
with such projects as that along the
Walker.
]. D. Yeagcr, farmer of Smith
Valley, spoke interestingly Of the
benefit of the storage system to
Smith Valley. the yearly increase in
the alfalfa and other crops. and in
dulged in some speculation as to
trainload shipments in the near fu-
ture. The three cheers proposed
by him for the officers of the dis
t..ct, and others helping to BRING
about the success of the storage
system, we're given with great spirit.
Congressman Samuel S. Arentz had
few brief words to say about the
patient valley women. who for ten
wears. carried water in buckets to wa
ter their flowers, in SO working to
beauty their home surroundings.
and of the men who had to toll IN the
effort to grow trees. The contrast
under conditions OF sufficient water
was pointed out. He expressed the
opinion that the accomplishments OF
the Walker River Irrigation District
is but the beginning Of similar great
things for the state.
Frank H. Norcross, former CHIEF
Justice of the Nevada supreme court
discussed some of the legal phases
involved in the irrigation district or