Show buys land in california charles rico rice of farmington recently returned turned ro from lasson co california horo ho he had been to buy land ho he secured scoured acres A now valley is just being settled it is miles from rono reno nevada A short gage railroad runs from rono reno U up tp to and through that valloy valley it is located north west of reno tile the elevation is ii about toot higher than hero but is near enough to the coast that they can rats raise a most any kind of f fruit and ve vegetables without their afrooz ing it is especially adapted for apple growing owings gr mr rico rice expects to pay a good deal of attention to apple growing when lie ho gets boc located abed there egypt f or er that it was a nice valley con in the bolg neighborhood libor bood of acres fteres of land most of which is covered with sago sage brush although there is plenty of timber nearby und and numerous sawmills until now there has boon about fifteen ranches in the bhe valley and they wore around tile the ed edges edes es whore where there wore springs n scarcity of water is what prohibited tho the valley from being settled before but a number of rich men formed a company and tunneled 1700 feet through a mountain tapping a W lake cc which affords an ample water supply for acres of land eighteen miles of can canal al have been built the system cost coat 50 the co company js is sellin soiling the water at 50 an aero acre and the settler takes up the land mr rico wits was the first one to make a land entry consequently had liis ls first pick good water for domestic purposes p 0 s 0 s ca acon n b bo 0 I 1 had i a ol 01 b by y d digging ng s surface u r wells from eight to forty feet deep the climate is delightful it is never very cold nor extremely hot and the nights C in summer are never very hot mr all rice does not expect to return to that state until about next september whon when ho he intends moving his family out his brother iti in law wm win burko burke of sult lake laire and somo some others left tuesday to go and view the country A party of about sixteen from salt lako L ako iko and this county a are re expecting to go go there about the first of next J july illy |