Gardnerville Record, 1898-11-22

Lucky Newspaper Men. The newspaper men seem to ho strictly n it tliis year, with Sam Davis of the tppeal, Controller; F,. D. Kelley of the Journal, for Surveyor-General, and An AnIrew - Irew AnIrew Muute of tJie Courier for State Printer. In addition to the aljovea num number - ber number of the croft have been elected to the Legislature and the coming one will he (Down as the "newspaper udministr,. udministr,.ion." - ion." udministr,.ion." Doubtless all these gentlemen will make efficient and worthy officials, for nil of them have been working for the advancement of their State, in their sex sexual - ual sexual ways, for several years, :uid one cau only conjecture what four years of square meals and the ah ence of the dreadful uncertainty will do for them. - Carson News. - Mtisonic Ancestors. A little girl was asked to write an essay on the w ise man and this is what she produced: "Kmg Solomon was a man who lived ever *o many years ago. In the eouutry ho governed he was the wlfolo push. L'e was an awful wise man mid one day two women went to him each holding onto leg of a baby and each cl timing i-. the king was not feeling right, why e.lul l not the brat have Junta twins and iveil all this bother. Solomen called for hi- sword and »a« going to chop lie baby in two and give each one of them n piece, of it. when the one who was .lie mother of the baby eaid; 'Stop Sol Solomen, - omen, Solomen, stay thy hand; if I can't have the whole baby I don't want any. Let the old bag have it.' Then King Solomen tub I her to take the baby an t go borne 1,1,1 wa-h its face for bn knew it was hers, lie t.il.l the other to go chase herself. King Solomen built a temple and was t!i father of all Masons, lie bud 700 wives and S00 lady friends and that's why there are so many Mm-ouk in the world. My papa says King Solomen we - warm number, and I think he u ;S hot -tnlT myself. That's all 1 know uboul King Soh.men,' Lx.

I bo oilto aue or t!' efforts of Uih-s Hocus imd other McKinley boomera to jolly --Teddy" iio-..- veil Into support!. g lie claim - of Mr. McKinley for renomii hi.Ill in 19UI, by pronii-ipg him thr! bey will sup; >r him id i'.H'l. vs,11 1 -v niched for with ion vt. In foie Boom - .eh was ever though. of a a Hough f&l f&ler - er f&ler or os Governor of New lor!;, Mr. Mc McKinley - Kinley McKinley secured l*leti's promise of slip l>ort in 1900; but ns Bo.'.-well only put on the 1*1,1 cedar after lu- had praetie praetieilly - illy praetieilly made his nomination for Governor a erieinty, in order to pet Visit'* machine 11 help elect him. he may. through hi hipower - power hipower as governor, be .' le to prevent 1'latt controlling the state delegation to he next National Convention, lints mnl: mg it impossible for l*lait to vleliver tin promised votes lo Mi. MeKinley, without uis consent. \\ iiat itoosoveh vviil d**, will depend, in the opinion of tl > e who know, ins disposition thoiouglily, upon what he thinks will best promole his (Mil political niter, Is and upon what he thinks lie i) accomplish. If he r ets the idea that he etui secure the nomination nimself, the Jollying of the frit mbs of Mr. McKinley will have no effect upon him, whatever. It is whispered that Manna iatouda to tempt "Teddy" hy offering to throw Hobart overtxuird and make the ticket McKinley and Roosevelt.

paigu is premature. It is predicted that many republicans elected from Western di tricta will vote for silver, if it is made necessary for them to vote either for or against it, because the sentiment of their Slate*, regardless of politics, is for Bilver. -- The Silver Party. The Silver party has ju.-t won a mag magnificent - nificent magnificent victory. The result of the elec election - tion election lius demonstrated the power, strength uud pervading influence of the silver cause. With four State tickets in the field, representing every politic;: 1 party, the Silver party of Nevada I*>llc ; a handsome majority over all. The re-election of Senator Stewart- it: his own successor it assured beyond a reasonable doubt. There is a good work mg Silver party majority in each branch '.lie Legislature and the two Demo - V.-ill, no doubt, co-operate with the liver party and vote for Stewart's re -lection. Neruda has remained steadfast to tin dd silver champion, notwithstanding tin .-aluminous and malicious attacks mad; upon him by the golditos. Nevada arc Colorado are proud of Stewart aud Teller aid well they may be. for both of then, have served their State and people faith faithfully, - fully, faithfully, conscientiously and honorably. - Appeal. -- - ---

tn Nevada the cost of storing wri er is much less than is popularly supposed Natural reservoirs, consisting of natural lakes, wallet! in by jagged mountains . avo sometimes for an apreture on one side through which an outlet is found' makes the building or reservoirs quite easy. Granite is found in great abundance near most all the feasible reservoir sites There is a chain of thirteen reservoir sites in Alpine oounty, which, by judiei 1 management, can be made to hold enough stored water to irrigate thirty thousand acres of land on the Carson river. The oogt of ditching is not considerable, for once taken out at a point above what is known as Youngs Crossing, it can be brought on the table lands east, of Carson valley, used on all the intervening land and to the river, and taken out at several points below ns occasion would demand, where tlie full of the river being con considerable - siderable considerable makes it easy to keep the ditch on the highest eullivalable land. Lot us suppose that n special appropriation of 3500,000 was made by Congress for the purpose of storing water iu Nevada. Would the money be squandered m vain

Avimiuii4 otion repuuii'ana uave al already - ready already he,can to put out feelers to useer-1 tain what chance there will be of getting an ndtninis' ration nun ducted of the next Hoit.-e, icao ;.d of t /.<ir Heed. They are afraid of U* - J.v ho is known to hold anti-administration views on the ex pension question, and behoved to bold hem upoo others, but they me also uf ufiaid - iaid ufiaid to show their luiud unless certain t'iat enough votes to control the repub repubLicttu - Licttu repubLicttu caucus ciitt lie secured. I*,m rj re republican - publican republican elected to the next House is to oe carefully sounded to ascertain wheth whethi - i whethi r he would, if the mltniui Ur ,tiou desired it, vote against uomiuulin.t Iced for Speuker. lu putting out tti sc feeler , the name of Representative Henderson, of J ixva, is suggested as a possible itu ituministration - ministration ituministration candidate for Speaker, but cure is taken to leave the impression , din no particular candidate would be ' insisted on: they only wish to ascertain whether it it is po- si bit? to defeat Reed.

McKinley will not sbnb TROOPS. Alger Will Try for the Senate. (From Our Regular Correspondent.) WASHIN*liJOIN. Nov., t tlb, lfi'JB Mr. McKinley has Imen getting eom very bad advice concerning tho recent race trouble iu N .rtlt nod South Carolina but lie ban been wine enough not to no oept it, or at least, not to try to carry r out. Tnose unwise advisers have tieeu trying to get Mr. McKinley to order Fed ernl loops into both of those States, a) though no reque-.! for troopn has boei received from flic (I o> oner r.f eithei He ban In'.told t m :ii one sectio of the C. S. ta .i-' d S tib -s, trad, which Prcni h uf Clovt tan t sent Federal troops into Illinois, during the railroa riots, gave him the authority to do bo re gardless of tho regularly constitute authorities i f tho states. He has don nothing furthei than lo countenance tli semi official statement thut if any Fedei il odtcnii in either State was iuterfenreu with, a force of Deputy U. S. M rehab would he used to protect them, and in; case of their inability to do so, that the,. I would he reinforced by Federal troop

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Tn the arid region, embracing the state* aud territories of Arizona, California Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico. Oregon, Utah, Washington end Wyoming, irrigation is a necessity. In many of them water storage is in vogue to such an extent, that aliotit one half their products are dependent upon it. The most elaborate and emriplete system of storage reservoirs are maintained in Colo Colorado, - rado, Colorado, California and Arizona. The latter has in recent years obtained government aid, aud will iupourse of tiiu3 prove that it was an act of paternalism that has done for one western State more actual good tliau ten times the amount used in the annual appropriation for Rivera and Harbors. The large amount of laud in; Arid America wonld make homes for millions, and would relievo the congested cities of their surplus population, create new business for railroads, and add ma- j tcrially hi the country's exports. The following table shows the amount of land < now being irrigated in the West: