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! !IS THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1905. PROS PE ROUS TOWNS AND CITIES; - nnsutm II* ---- -.-,--.77imtmn "'The cit'y^of Carson has been bea,uti- aB EUtomobiie has run between C&rson ' ^ ' ' ., /^ Rt 7 ^ dents is excellent, a fact due to^j^^f fted in keeping with its surroundings a-nd the springs for thp beneQt of its 'TMS ^ ., ,. *;! * ,, ^ , ,-\ I MHggsH i ^ existing conditions- There are f^e— ^ and is considered one of the Quest Patrons. ... . it, -' * . /t< ^ i if; '- - i A disagreeable days in the year-^BS towns ^n th^c^t Ikom^^a ^rtlstic the^?dustr^es'of °th^ valiey, ^betown s< ^ ^<1 , - - -. ^ rainfall is slight- The g^^nds^"ewSiSf the^band"^s<^nd^'?n A compan^f enterprising men have , 1 / neighborhoods. Mines sighted pea. . J#J whici^charming concerts are rendered the^uth^of`UM?chLy Md^re"ptacing^t * ^ 0 R M -c^^(/OX7l'^ / ^^^"^R^h*s^a*b?sto^'lzli*ItA^nwn Stlte^nd, ^ej^the^s" <X^the^^^^s'being Glared ^ncJd'hd 1 HHnNwHHnn^ M\. ` Th^^e th7indJstries o°^he*great t^m 1 the^^ente^ <^tTe^fo^"s ^fSton??rom ^oted^tO)grain^ i)eep w^R are being ^ ...,^.. . perh^i of the Comstock lode were fo-. 1 stantiaf"and"or^m^taf m h^°at^h<I pumping ^p]ants^wU]"^be installed. Arrangements have been made for tecture. It contains ail the State of- w?tf m^n'much' to ^the* S^te**as *w4tt^is ----------------------------------------- '"*-----'---------------------------------------------------------*** pomping the water from the Comstock ?oom^he^in^^^o^vM"*hM°outI ^c<^-^en its success is an estab- considered equai. if not superior, to $75,000 worth of property on the ^tiy "by* J^gr^^oi^^omp'ar!iea^'^.l KTown its erstwhile a^^eona^^sTn/t ""^fd tact and the ranch placed upon a X tH 1 the corn-fed meats of the States east of ground, including a mill and cyanide Jointly by a gtmup of companies- r^new bul?dina h^ ^c^l n^cJfsa^ Paying basia There are thousands of the Hocky Mountains. plant These wl!i start up as soon as a operations in this regard wiil be con- ( Thn rerent ' f^l?iHtfnoowA^ri ^tes of land in Nevada lying idle for iSSH RSMHHHHHMKHhdMHiiiiiiUI Mining has been carried on with force of men can be secured and it is ducted jointly and in the pursuance . sRi nnn tO P,<^.t tki. 177.,ftr.. t 1,^ - want of a suiBeient water suppty, and if $BSsg various degrees of success ever since expected that the output wiii be unu- of a Qxed and weii matured pian. by. stone struK^e wi!l be ^T^d .Pumping piants . the early discovery of goid. The Fine sualiy large. The ore on the dumps ^Mch economy of operation is sewed, summer tA he used' M ^ practicable. N6vadas future will be Nut Mounta.ps. forming the southeast- represents a fortune, white a true Qs- -, , discoveries may yet be Permanently assured. This appiies par- ern boundary of the vatiey. are partic- sure vein of considerable width pro- Many great di^ove^s may ye-t^ leulr?.S miscel- tiou)ariy to land beyond the reach of ularly rich in gold. Many important vides an almost unlimited deposit to be ma6e In the lower levels of the Com 1 *^,^eous books Md reaAing-rooms. At the great Truekee irrigation canal and MSSSMMBMgHMHHgHHHHHHHsaMMHHSmgMNH) t mines are iocated here and in the past extracted as work progresses The best stock mines. Virginia City stands * s °^ber naturai wp,ter channeis. HHHgHHHHHHH)HgHKHHHHHHgHMHHMtHMHnHHHHH I some exceptionally rich ore has been from these mountains is yet to be ex- ready to ba benefited by any future 1 Which iTw hoak^ °* A ROOD STOCK YEAR. extracted. The richest mineral was tracted. and those interested in mines deveiopmenta ( Hast of the Capitol* is the State ?rint- ^ favored lopatity . manent"]^M Imve been ^co^e^M^ thfprtsp^ta"^ most sanguine over wKDEXHTD'S DnSOOVMRT. \ )hc !ustrated wh!en'tbj^wlnter ^of 'so broke [ are being devetcped at the present time. The iargest property under one man- In a book r6centty pnbllshed hy *n- ` 1^. eve^^^<^m?n*tn Yhe s^^in.?"hV it^ ! .,; Eastern capitalists have been tpvesti- agement is thaEowned by the Dangberg thority of the Southern Pacific Com^ unwonted severitv. Ninetv-tiva ner "gating.these properties this spring and l^,nd and Cattle Company. At the pres- pany. a picturesque and ttmthfn! story sent of the stock perished on the ranges ^ \l <t 's ^easonabiyexpectedthatactive istoid that iHustrates the wealth of cj GOVERNMENT BVILDIN&S. and the loss was not fully realized un- /? /RlM - operations w.ll begin in the near fu- ^^'er5^OO^^s ir^ud^gfarm- that have be<m found near The Federal or Government building, ta the meiting snows of the spring un- ' \\ ^ /V .s____________:____________________.-4. poEti^ of "htr"and is ?nt^^^ul^- Reno. The story is as follows: one of the most Imposing structures, is cohered their carcasses heaped in the \\. -t?P M \7 ' tion nroducin^ frnm four to Qve tons "While the famous old miaa* a± Vtre built of brick. The United States Gov. ravines. There are few countries where _ _____K—-law ^ A`L" While the ernment appropriated $105,000 for it, such atockrpen couid have recuperated L——^W<wsWa— ------—— , — , , . ,-.—— This ^rhna some^ina Hke 10 MO^ad- ,*^^L Auatln. Eureka. Tusesxws . andCarson has,asaresuit, a magnt^ *rom such whoiesate losses, but the Ne- . dittona? Lres ha^Je been cleared Of and elsewhere are still being worked cent piece of property, of which any vada stoC&man has the mdomttabie ' sagebrush by the novel method of and stlii support substantial toons, town might well b% pfoud. It contains does not fa ter ' ^ < `drowning it out E^h ye^ a con' there are so mgny new camps showing the United States court, land omces str^es bedroc^ They __________________________________ siderabie amount of n^T !and is up that InterMt centers in thw The ^ surrounded by ^nd^htxlnning^ to^rebundthoir ^ " HH3 ` put under cultivation in addition to the history of some of them is ver$$abie < Near bv is ^e^linited M-$-4. fortunes. They are most of them bet- vated acres, orchards heavy with fruit, ^ ?a#thM ^ farm. The romance. One within sight of Reno 1 !ong since dismantled of ^its ^monty^ *ter fixed Ananciaily than ever and they spai-kling streams of mountain water, \ \! nortmna5#bbv hT^^Sv^onKut on a rounded hill which ha# beam making machinery.' It is ' buiit of believe in the Indian tradition that a embanked with wiiiows and wiid shrub- { i -` "J ^ kr 1 ^iM befng about*4000 hea?^ Most'^of^these trodden over for forty years. An honest .ton. 5. a h^nd^-. s"uare design and ^i^^ncfi^f^t7y^^ and^the next wi h ^e"*^.u^^werl""^^ ^ A ^ ^ (C ari^h^p^ ^"^cky^°a^d°* ^ piano tuner nam^ ^rge W^ktud, ] is now used as a. a*ay aud bulti.n of- ^ the enGre vat^y i^ undJ^ cuitW^n /) J%&% - '. M Eastern markets. who has sp^t the last haif «f Ms l<wg A new .rbooihon.. —,„ , Nevada has just passed through a knd its apparent prosperity is good to BEET SUGAR CUUTURE. M$s $n Nevada, putting in every ions this snmni$?^s*Xiy f?Rnw very mi!d open winter and with the wet }ookupon Broad, green nerds Of wav- A j, TC The soti of Carson Valiev is welt hour looking for gold, found metai in the M 3. X?TKt pXrw'*'it'^M''^,^ spr'"s tbe forage is thick upon the "g grain in the spring, bus. Wvestew E fad^pf.d tobLt "^n^andit is^i- dirt of the road below the pr<sMntmkm. of s^ne aLd mSch^^r" thin h. tai. a?n n^e^i^ "?arned reLl ^ !' ^ p.sJd to colonize a portion °f the D^g- He dug stcadliy day after day Cor Qv. ^ the present buitding. The spirltSalwei- S^'ot^th^Mn3 aH in tgJ w^M.^uch^ ia theM^t of . f f i * ^fEt^nch by cutting it up into twenty years and in 1900 turned up a shownl^l fare of the Carsonites is being weii tuieree. Dougiaa County, a perfect modei of a ^3 rS) ^ earth which fe!t different from the ministers of This iastmehtioded forage plant is of weii regulated agricuiturai district. The /l ,,lij , n W atmos^ersetua?'sunshme of the 'aum^ ^ was assayed and showed w^*is^c^= lylhAi^ ^o^the m^ai^l?tS.^^ t^7^ M mt^*n3 ^ c..^ay.h.d.^ u^.My^ ^.d many -r l.af^v.r ^dhng^e from the natural Mh*?<RdK ^ ^1^ A^& wlt^^gh" 2f ^3 ^ 'h^ M !-il%^ ^v?^.r John springs Of the Western Mountains. It aiQUeria. more commoniy cai2;d^'"QU most essential thing in a country that /) gl^d^yby^an Easi^rn^^-m ^ Sparks, who has erected mills and is ^ fMervotrs and piped leree," has a number of iittie spiral- depends upon art!Qctai irr gation. and ^ 1 W^KM!ZWniWirMm ' W M ^ There ^-e ^th^r valie^*in Western shipping bniiion steadily." 4 ^nnA^"fd^^in^'cgr^J^r ?baped Hiamcnts which cause it t. ciing ^ section is bi^.^wit^.umc^nt ^ N^awhf.h h^v.^.Kmg^^ A? Wadsworth the stag. g« -°rtb ticutarly healthy city. Artesian water contact ^ .comes n ^own fact that not a stngie farm is /yguaranteed to a One goid camp in Olinghtm*e. is aisoused, asgood Qowing wells may It feeds down very rapidiy and for mortgaged: instead, every man in th< M UA ^wlrlhistYf herR bft when ?t^ su'ccess where a dozen mines are paying Mvi- - be bored in any portion of the valley, the past ten years, from a few scatter- valley has money to burn. A $1 has Ken denXXm5a25i %oroTX denda and south, where silver, gold. The Government has had this water ing plants, it has made its way steadiiy Aifaifa is the principal crop raised ! ^ F A numy thousands of acres oHand in Ne- soda, sait, copper and other valuable letted and Pron.unc.d It chemical/ over the State .nd now the hills, onc^°^ 500.000 tons being ^h.av.^g, : ff^?iy fda!,ted ^ ih. cuitur. material, abound. , i w,.\i $ i . . of vegetation, seem a congeDia.1 g.cb *vear leaving excellent nasturag. ' ^ of the sugar beet. It is understood that Humboldt County is said to contain Electricity and gas are used in light- soil for this plant of tenacious growth. @&cn year, leaving excellent past u rag. -r if this nroiect is successful!v a- ivirkel ing the city. Thh electric power is gen- -It does not attain the heavy growth for cattien the fait and winter. Th< , L^S out. suaar reQn^ywiif be bufit^the ^ry metal known to sc!^ca Nick4U. . ^ crated at the Truekee River and reaches which characterizes it in Mexico and *`"T*S" P*^'ce of alfalfa hay is from $6 ' g^Sj(Rg °"t a sugar reunery wm be butit on the cobalt, tin. zinc. Mamuth. aiuminqm. , ^ j Carson via Reno and Virginia City. Min Southern California, but it never ieaves *° ^ th i ^{B Whmi Thomas Edison was in Nevada, come into iA>veiock from the east, be- / many instances it s used as a poVer a piace where it has once taken root, t° *16 "Med. The mrger paM of th. RMHg ^M^HSMWBHS33r 9H something more than twenty-Qve years aides borax, suiphur and many other $ as well as for lighting purposes. and this year appears to have been vary ^ 's cM^ ^ tne m^^, tne ra ^ ago. he was struck by the vast expanse products of the pick. Ontheroadha)f The city is very ab!y represented by favorabie to ih It furnishes very fat- ^nfumot^n . . o? sagebrush, and remarked that the way between the nickei mines and the < AppeM teningfaii feed for stock of a!i kinds Wheat comes next in line of imnor- Y SS ^.ord never put so much of any one railroad lies a body^of magnetic iron and the Carson City News, an evenin<r and they do not seem to care for it . wneat cornea next <n nne or tmpor ,BMA. Tht-— <n A niace without a dehnir# raj<roau i<ea a ooo, o. ,___ l"*Per. The Appeai is the oldest paper green. They re!!sh it most when it is ItTwei^form^lJmmandfn^ the itah! S!( l) object. EdiMn belie\-ed that son^fon^ which can be hammered out ^ it: the State published continuously, dried and withered. ^eii^m^^mmandmg the Mgh /Mwould eventuaiiy discover some com- " covers miles of mountain range and having been estabiished abont ISO*. _ Mining in the immediate vicinity of ---------- ' ' "*"*4MMMr> merciaiouaitty inthe saaebrush which promises to, become a great source, of ^ The News has recentiy enlarged its Carson is not carried on to any very l^Rn,y^To nrevent a Kcetition of this ^ -o—* _ __,-=-------*-------^wouid render it very va)uabie. wealth when opened up for shipment. pant and is now fuiiy equipped to do great extent. Several mines that were l^fair^a greatde^iof^ new yY$ZV'^^J!^^^J!sC3^^^e5V!?(25.C^MC^<Wrr .Experiments have recently been made mwnoi nT'a DEPOSITS, ail kinds of printing, bookbinding and operated successful^ in the past are ^tata M anat^ a ^at oeat of new a].ng these iines by extracting tannin ,. 7 ! ruling. Both omces make use of the closed at present, not being rich enough ^!s spring ^d%^ted tb wheat, More ^ oii from sagebrush, as weii as a good At Humboldt immense bodies of tu!- $ linotype and electric motor. to compete ^th the wonderfuidiscov- whe^t wili be ar^wn this v^r than ` -, <ruaiity of rnbber. Hon. *Thomas Wren, phur are reached so pure that every ,$ . The new Orpins' Home has recently Southern NeVada.^ The glitter ^"r tn tlm htstorv of the vAi!ev The . .- the late author of the "History of Ne- hiast Hres the mine. Three and a haif been completed and is one of the finest °? those mines has blinded a)i men to D<hfgias County Roller Mills, operated *!*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ' ^ ^ vada." was the first to extract tannin oii m, non pounds were shipped in IMS. - buiidings in the State. anything less astounding in richness near GardnervtUe, consume most o( SCENES IN THE CAPITAL CITT OF mrvADA THAT ILLUSTRATE THE ARCm- from sagebrush, and it was of unusuai onncaita the station a nobie range BadJ The Nevada State Prison is about two "^arer home. the wh^lt^own. paying the prev^iing TECTURE AND CHARACTER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS THAT ARE HAND- strength. The leather tanned by this OMMsite thest^M a nome rang. — mites to the east of the town, at the CARSON VALLEY. prices The best ofYour and other miH SOME AND SUBSTANTIAL. process was of almost velvet softness. capped mountains have great foot of a mountain of almost So)id rock. Carson Vailey, Dougias County, Is products is made here, supplying the + _____ - -.- — i- "*------*t* Others have been experimenting for bodies of ore. MHiionanaveoeentasra The atone that was hewn from thisnat- south of Carson City and extends thir- demand of Douglas County, oAisbv * . some time with sagebrush as a rubber- out at different places, union vine, The urai Quarry for the State Capitol and ty-Hve miles to the snow capped moun- County, Aurora, Bodie and other mining cidedly in favor of irrigation over rain ture. There are also several good producing piant- Several pounds of Sheba group And elsewhere, other buildings left an excavation per- tains that lnciose the adjoining valley, districts in the vicinity. Nearly enough is that it may be regulated according to placer claims being worked at a pront. rubber has been secured in this way Battle Mountain is one of the impor- fect in its adaptability for a prison site. The western peaks rise almost perpen-] wheat and corn is grown b`y the neigh- the requirements of each separate A number of copper properties have sus- which has been pronounced by Eastern +.„+ .t.unna for the miner There are The buiidings and walls are of stone, dicularly from the level cultivated land [boring farmers to furnish the amount product pended operations until the pr3ce of experts to be of a superior quality, *j*"j . .. —ith!n $. ra<Mn<! white the rocky mountain forms two to a height of from 10,000 to 12,000 feet required for use in the mill. Oats, bar- The cattle industry is most tmpor- copper advances. Copper mining in this With proper appliances and capital ""W nqunamng camps wyum a raatua sides of the inclosure. and are gorgeous with their shimmering] ley# rye, com, potatoes, onions, beets, tant In the Immediate valley dairying va!fey was quite a lively industry in there is no reason why tannin oii and of a dozen miles, mostly poor mens TTWv crMWAw*r covering of snow during a greater por- apples, pears, plums, peaches and small prevails, while the mountain ranges are years past, when copper was ^orth the rubber cannot be manufactured here in camps, as they are ca!!cd because they nn**Yr *^ST`*TUTE. tion of the year. From the deep snow-[fruits and vegetables are raised most Riled with beef cattle. During the working. It is hoped that the markets paying quantities. do not reuire large investments to mine The Stewart Institute, more common- packed ravines near the summit Row successfully. Potatoes and aples from summer months thousands of Rne young will justify a reopening of these mines One of the most important features A^ -nd get them to the custom ly called the Indian school, is about innumerable streams of clear, cold this valley are particularly sought after cattle are fattened on these natural in the near future. - . of Carson Valley is the Douglas County three miles south of the city. This water, bounding with frantic haste over in Eastern markets. When shipped be- /m*n?ows where the grass arrows knee Recent developments in this section Creamery, in operation since 1893. It ****!'j — ,, . _ - training school was established in Car- steep, rocky cliffs, reach the piain; yond the Pac!Rc Coast they bring a/ di!Sl and fresh running water is ai- prove that mfhlng has now a brighter was organized on the co-operative plan. At Palisade ores are shipped in from ^ son through the efforts of Senator WH- there to wend peacefully through higher price, after deducting all trans/ wav! at hand. Miles of such range land outlook than ever before. Besides the with forty farmers ss stockholders and Eureka by the train load and taken to j Ham M. Stewart several years ago. the comfortable farms, bringing portation charges, than is ever paid at is ovned by the cattlemen of Nevada. Eastern capitalists who are investi- a capital of $15,000. It has paid large mills for treatment. An extensive ter- Situated at>out two miles northeast of unbounded prosperity to all with- home for similar produce. California An average ot 30,000 cattie are fed every gating properties with a vt*rr to buy- dividends ever since. The creamery re- ritory full of mineral is found along ) Carson is Shaws Hot Springs, well in reach of their ever valuable dealers buy Douglas County potatoes year ontbe ranges immediately sur- ing, there is a company of valley men celvea daily from its numerous patrons /,*A. m Eureka County many mines ^ known for the medicinal properties of waters. The Carson River forms the and apples and retail them for nearly rounding Carson Valley. In the fall operating a mine in the Pine Nut range, about $5,MO pounds of milk, from ? f .1/,! $,n- ^ its water. Several years ago the orig- main channel of this natural irrigation double the rate charged for the the choicest are driven to market and They have an exceptionally large de- which 15.000 pounds of butter are made, ^ing bumon proaucerH ana otntrs un — inal spring was destroyed by an earth- system. It runs lengthwise through choicest California fruits, which proves the remainder fattened on alfalfa. There posit of medium grade silver and lead Tht butter has an enviable reputation developed. Elko County, in the north- a quake. A second and better one was the central portion of the valley, with* the superiority of fruits grown in Ne- are About the same number of sheep ore, with thousands of dollars worth of for its purity, being in great demand [ east comer of Nevada, is rich in mine*. soon uncovered and the how has been two large forks branching to the east vada over those o^ any other land. rai**JS yearly farther south in the val- mineral in sight. An expert mining en in^Califomta as well as in Nevada. It White Pine County, reached by wagon most satisfactory ever since. The water and west. Thus water is available to They are larger, Rrmer, better Ha`*ored i@ J i gineer and assayer has recently handed Is also shipped to foreign countries on roads from We!!* Station on the Cen- Is highly mineralized, making the bath! nearly all of the fertile soil. and keep much longer when shipped Nevada's alfalfa-fed beef and mutton in suchafavorgble report that upon his account of Its keeping, qualities. . , T?nnr<^AA *$<** -, r<r^ of an excellent cure for rheumatism and j This valley is most beautifuL with its them fruits grown in warmer climate command the highest prices In the advice the machinery will begin to ^^^_^^ _ — ", **acmc *ta*tro*u, na* similar adictlona During the last year [ broad expanse of level, carefualy culti- where rain Is prevalent. One point de- Eastern and Western markets, and are move at once. The company has already Conf$awed eoz Rage ^an*^<S!Wgss*h ^ mines.