The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-25
NE|GHBOR EDITOR
OF OREGON HERE
Publisher of Jordan Valley Express
Says Prospects Are Bright for
Country Immediately North
of the Nevada Line

Bringing optimistic words con
cerning future developments of
roads and irrigation projects in the
territory Immediately north of the
Nevada state boundary line and
reached by road from Winnemucca
and through McDermitt, in this
county, H. w. Gahan, publisher of
the Jordan Valley (Oregon) Ex-
press, arrived in this city Monday.
Mr.. Gahan accompanied j. c. Con-
nors, a prominent stock man of
the Jordan Valley country, and his
son, Theodore Connors, the trip
being made by automobile. Mr..
Connors Sr. continued his trip to
Santa Rosa, California, where he is
to spend some time, while his son
and Editor Gahan returned to Jor-
dan Valley with the car yesterday.
"The JORDAN Valley country has
commenced to pick up in fine shape" !"
Editor Gahan said while here, "and
the prospect of speedy completion of
two irrigation districts, which have
been hanging fire for four or five
years, are excellent. The projects
as they now stand constitute the
reorganization of irrigation districts,
taking them out of private hands,
and assuring adequate development.
Bonds in the sum of $925,000 were
certified for the districts only a
few days ago, providing necessary
funds for enlarged bitches and a
reservoir system, which fact in it
self makes US all feel pretty good"
The reservoir system and en-
larged bitches spoken of by Mr..
Gahan will provide plenty of water
for the area to be irrigated in the
Jordan Valley section and will bring
1900 additional acres under cult
vation. Work is to be commenced
about April l.
A bill has Deen introduced in
the Idaho Legislature, according to
Editor Gahan, with good prospects
of passage, appropriating $780,
600 for the building of twenty-five
miles of gravel roadway along the
route of the Idaho-O Oregon-Nevada
cutoff, leading to Winnemucca for
connection with the Victory high
way. This road is to be built, if
the bill passes, in the Snake river
1country, from Pickle Butte bridge to
1.-The Rocks" as the point is known
where the Idaho-Oregon boundary
line is located. From Boise to Cald-
well, Idaho, the road is hard-sur-
faced, and the road to be built
would furnish needed link, cutting
grades and assuring a first-class
road from the Idaho boundary line
to Boise. If this is done it will
leave fair stretch of road in Ore
gon leading to Jordan Valley, 25
miles in length. From Jordan Val
ley to McDermitt is 102 miles over
a natural road that is stated to
permit of fast travel. From Nc
Dermitt to this city is 80 miles
over mostly fair road. The trip from
Winnemucca to Boise was easily
made in one days driving by a
number of people last year, accord
ing to Editor Gahan, showing that
the road is far and above the aver
age natural road, but as to how
much help can be expected from
the state of Oregon looking tc
betterment of the road the editor
was reluctant to state. 1t seem.
that most of Oregon's population
and consequent representation il
the legislature of that state comes
from the northern and central por.
tions of that state, and in conse.
quence if the extreme southeastern
portion of the state secures ap.
preparations for any purpose con.
siderable amout of fighting" i.
necessary.
Editor Gahan is of opinion that
the predatory animal bounty laws
in both Idaho and Oregon will be
repealed at the present sessions OF
the legislatures of those states. be-
cause of the terrific expense at
tached.
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