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Show SPLENDIDJm Remarkable Record. Nevada Town DuriJH Twclvo MontbjH POSSIBLE oIlTM Road South From tJ May Connect With J Agricultural Cont9 . , It has been but cightcjB miico tbo first, work 0f clB j sagebrush on tho si0 0 tvH j Metropolis;, Nevada, began S brief space of timo so mJcB accomplifihcd in the builOi-wfl tlo city and tbo settlement oB land3 iu its environments, j mo3t familiar with thQ pr09 of whom havo been on tbo etfB tho beginning, can scarcely xS tho timo between tbQinaun tho work and its present Etatfl rcsa has been go briof; stranger who sees for tbofiS visiblo proof of tho energy 9 that has been expended, tho 9 ments aro littlo less than &iq9 And. what baa transpired i9 eighteen month-j, both in thrjB railroad nnd business and h9 ing, and iho tilling of tho Eo9 ing of croDS, ia to be m3 eclipsed in a similar lcngtlS ill tbo 'predictions of thdsoB t crest od iu that new agricuM tion of Nevada, aro any critifl Tbo announcement rcccntliM leading officials of the OreJ Lino that a. railroad is UjjM south from Twin Falls throujjjjl to tho main lino of tho Soul cific, and that thcro in iM chance for iL to conic to MclM tho way through, has dimtS energies of tbo membcra oHM tropolis Commercial club, thai ship of which consists of all d9 sons of Metropolis and all o9 tiers on tho surrounding lsfl railroad will tan tbo CnntaS district and afford an outlo ores of that district to tho Salt Lako and Ely. Thcro i a branch lino from tho mai tho Southern Pacific at Tula tropolis, and as tho road vroj ally como very close to this thcro would bo a saving of ni that distance, besides open new market for tho proauci farms near Metropolis. :, "While no definite alateme tho tcrniiuuo has been mad railroad officials, tbo citizen tropolis feel eonfidont that-routo that-routo will connect with the r Iu business blocks and hi ing Metropolis has ostnblishi western record, and tho plani coming year include a numb stantial businesa blocks, tivovl churches and many cottagesTi the thriving town has tho fi most modern hotel in tbo sta tiling unheard of in tho avg towu, whero people havo usri. compelled to rough it during neering period. :i Tho towu is but a short from two transcontinental rail enjoys daily freight and passBi ice. A sterling class of pc gouo thero to make their hi bocial and business lifo is e; that can bo desired and the,) cilitics aro such as forr tow west can boast of at so carlj At the present time thcro is o a $25,000 schodlhouso in.ord ford ample accommodations This, in particular, is a most: thing to consider, as it vras I the improvement was access .ing tbo first year in which i work was established- 'i The principal crops on ti Durrouuding Metropolis, both? dry farms and irrigated 1 wheat, oata. barley and pot) of which havo been most fffli grown. Tho demonstration? those who have gono io tlnsi ricultural center in eastern-proves eastern-proves conclusively that tho.f ties for tho reclaiming of the.) of tbo stato aro practically li Unquestiouably within a f time, if such work as that tea on tho Pacific reclamation W tends to other districts of 1 whero in the past Uttlo J thought of tho possible wort land from an. agricultural si Nevada will take its placq J tho leading producors ot grais products in tho west, |