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Show NEVADA TRIUMPHANT. For a great many years the people east of tho Alloghenies have been harping harp-ing upon Nevada as a "rotten borough." bor-ough." At tho saino time there ha3 never been anything in Nevada politically politi-cally as rotton us political developments develop-ments in Now York, Pennsjdvania, Rhodo Island, Delaware and Borne of tho other Eastorn States have shown exist thero. Novada, carao into tho Union during tho war, being knowTi as tho "Battle-born State." The idea was that Novada would, in tho Nation's financial trouble, with the tremendous mineral discoveries just then making, furnish a stable basis of precious metals for tho currency; a basis that was then tromoudously needed. From tho timo of the decline of tho Corn-stock Corn-stock tho population and output of Nevada decroased until the total of the census of 3900 Bhowed tho State to havo but little moro population than an ordinary country city in tho East. Howovcr, wo of tho "West knew all tho time that Nevada's resources wero scarcely 6urface-scratchod. Wo knew that there was water enough thero to supply largo agricultural and stock interest, in-terest, and that these wero bound to develop. "Wo know that tho Stato was hardly prospected in tho modern sense for minerals. "Wo know that in every way there was a great future for the State of Nevada, and n6w that future begins to appear. It is curious to noto tho changed tono of the Eastern press with respect to Novada sinco this now era began. First, tho great irrigation enterprise of tho Government, taking in the waters of the Carson and tho T.ruckeo rivers, opened the eyes of tho observing Eastern people. peo-ple. Tho tremendous mineral discoveries discover-ies in Tonopah, Goldfield, Bullfrog, Manhattan, Fairview and at other places throughout tho central and southern parts of tho Stato opoued the eyes of Eastorn people still further, until now thero is a general interest in Nevada all over tho United States; and it is conceded by all that tho former advereo judgment of tho East with ro-spoct ro-spoct to Novada was altogether wrong. The Western view is sustained, and everywhere it is recognized that Ne-vnda Ne-vnda under the now conditions is one of the coming States. No State in the whole Union presents a sceno of such growth, such promising and hopeful activity, ac-tivity, as No-ada. Settlers are pouring in to take advantage of the great reclamation project referred to, aud the mining camps nre drawing enterprising spirits from nil over tho world. Tho wholo State yreacuts a scene of amaz ing activity in tho mining regions already al-ready under development; and there is tho "most vigorous and active prospecting pros-pecting in tho regions thus far not under tho limelight. Besides the high-grade camps abovo mentioned, there is just now a koon interost which is sure to grow and sure to yield the most important aud magnificent mag-nificent rosults in Ely, Cherry Crock, and all of the eastern and northeastern border of the old " Batllo-born State." Ely and tho neighboring camps will in a few yenrs present activities that will duplicate those of Butto and Anaconda. Ana-conda. The railroad facilities of that region are now plainly in roach, nnd will afford such rolicf as will allow of tho opening of tho ore deposits in the most advantageous manner. In southern Novada, also, the mineral min-eral discoveries and developments justify jus-tify tho application to that part of tho Stato of tho same high hopes nnd realizations real-izations that havo followed tho mineral developments in other portions of that great mineral-veined State. Nevada has always been all right, it is uow seou by all" tho world that this view of its all-rightncss which has prevailed pre-vailed "amniiR thoso who know that State, was merely tho just appreciation of tho tremendous riches which lie upon aud under her surface. Those who havo reviled Nevada are in hard luck; they will now havo to join in tho pcau of praiso. |