Nevada Leaders Urge Federal Action On Water Reclamation
A telegraph from Congressman Agents to Col. J. G. Scrugham urges identifying approved government projects for Nevada as part of a national plan. The piece argues Nevada's vast potential, outlines underflow theory for irrigation, and calls for federal effort to reclaim the artesian flow, likening Nevada to Colorado’s San Luis Valley success.
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Tonopah
Nevada
Col
J. G. Scrugham
Union
Lake Tahoe
Yuan
Humboldt Basin
San Luis Valley
Colorado
Nevada cattle win honors at western livestock show
The Cazier Nevada Hereford farm captured top stock honors at the International Livestock Show in Salt Lake City. Warm Creek Land and Livestock's imported Corston Masher drew the most attention amid keen competition, underscoring Elko County as a premier cattle producer in the United States.
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Cazier Nevada
West
Eiko
Warm Creek Land and Livestock Company
Salt Lake
Elko County
United States
Blackleg Outbreak Reported in Southern State Cattle
Blackleg has broken out in cattle at the southern end of the state. Preventive steps are in place and vaccination ordered in all sections under observation. In one section over 300 head have been vaccinated. A loss of ten head is reported on one farm.
Feeder Sheep Prices Rise Amid Government Loan Signals
Nevada Live Stock Association reports stronger feeder sheep and cattle prices as government loan programs take effect. A telegram notes 3000 sixty pound white faced feeder lambs from Spring Valley sold for five and a half cents a pound at Salt Lake stockyards, while Chicago reports gradual rises in feeder lambs and a Stockton sale of yearling ewes with heavy fleeces bringing seven and a half cents.
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Reno
Nevada Live Stock Association
Vernon Metcalf
Joseph Manderfield
Salt Lake Union
Spring Valley
White Pine County
Nevada
Chicago
Stockton
Nevada imposes sheep quarantine on Plumas Lassen shipments
Governor Emmet D. Boyle ordered a quarantine on shipping sheep into Nevada from Plumas and Lassen Counties California unless properly disinfected under a sheep inspector. Officials cited scabies as the reason for the order and the need to protect Nevada flocks.
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Reno
Emmet D. Boyle
Nevada
Plumas
Lassen
Cal
Scales
Hay With No Buyers In Twin Falls Idaho Market
Alfalfa from a near record crop sits unsold in stacks at Twin Falls Idaho with buyers scarce. Farmers seek cattle for feeding and fattening as hay sells for about 3 dollars per ton despite heavy recent cuts.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Great Water Resource Potential in Eastern Nevada
The Ely Record urges interest in underflow water for irrigation in eastern Nevada valleys. Government test wells show water at 150 to 200 feet, rising near the surface, with Idaho colonists paying high costs for land with water. Nevada could cultivate thousands of acres cheaply, if locals understood the underflow advantage and advertising improved.
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Nevada
Steptoe Valley
New York
Idaho
Nevada Rifle Team Makes Good Showing
The Nevada civilian rifle team returned to Reno from Camp Perry Ohio with eighteenth in the pistol team match and fifty eighth in the rifle match. Coach Frank Wheeler of Reno led the team with the highest average pistol score and placed seventh in the instructors' match. Wheeler was near the top in the National individual pistol and stood twenty seventh in NRA pistol. Edward Barber of Carson City had the high team score in National matches. 8. B. Merrill and Edward Oas also placed in National rifle matches.
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Nevada
Reno
Camp Perry
Ohio
Frank Wheeler
Wheeler
Edward Barber
Carson City
B. Merrill
Edward Oas
Building Boom in Tonopah Silver Camp Draws Growth
The Tonopah Times notes intense construction in the silver camp with houses and businesses rising to accommodate a growing population and trade. A flood of immigration may follow as lands attract settlers. A drought along the Arkansas River washed out irrigation ditches, costing crops but highlighting underflow water use to reclaim vast upper valley lands, attracting interest for future irrigation.
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Tonopah
Silver Camp
Arkansas
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