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Show ; Francis G. Nkwlakps is agitating ' tho subject of irrigation in Nevada, lie holds that the deserts of that stato can be made to blossom if the water at hand be utilized. This is no doubt true. It is well known that the valleys of Nevada aro wonderfully fertile, the most remarkable re.ni'.ts ha ing been achiuvod wherever agriculture has been tried. There is water enough to reclaim re-claim vast areas of land that have heretofore remained in a desert condition, condi-tion, and if this work of reclamation could be donu the stato would quickly regain much that it has lost. If, at the same time, additional railroad facilities could be furnished, so that the development develop-ment of the mineral resources could proceed, Nevada would soon rank as oue of the rich st.ites of the west. It is now iu the grasp of a single corporation cor-poration aud many of its richest districts dis-tricts are entirely isolated. Tho statu needs ithing but railroads and irii-gation irii-gation ditches to bring it fuiaid. Ji, lias long been calied a "rotten borough," bor-ough," but with needed advantages it would throw olf this stigma ia a few years. |