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Show Veo etatilfs. Our people have but! to look at the Chinese gardens in the 1 upper part of the town, to bo convinced convin-ced that vegetables of a superior quality qual-ity can bo raised on the alkali bottoms of tho Humboldt river. Lettuce, cabbage, cab-bage, radishes, etc., as tender as a maiden fresh from tho"otherside," can bo seen there growing luxuriantly. Thc"Heathen Cbinee"has demonstia-ted demonstia-ted the fact that vegetables can be raised here by a judicious system of irrigation and preparation of the soil, and we hope to see another season other persons per-sons than Chinamen engaged in tbii-businosa. tbii-businosa. It is not only pleasant but lucrative, and nothing tends to make home so happy as a good garden. Elko Independent, |