Show for reclamation of acres of phenomenally rich land in in lincoln county nevada LAKE A project which will mean the reclamation cla mation of acres of desert land in alic southeastern part of nc i ado on the salt lake route can salt lake cita and los angeles has been started and will reach its culmination mi nation in a few months alic land extends from alic mouth of the meadow valley wash south and west to muddy river and contains a variety of products e soils embracing bottom lands low and engh mayis cleared and ready for the plow as soon as tho proper amount of water can be supplied A stock company organized last summer with a capital of ha obtained alio right to build a dam aaros arrowhead canavon at its narrow acet point where the mountains como together in a narrow gorge only thirty feet wide and where the walls of alie cannon rise to a of feet the water stored here will bo used to supply alio lands of alie canyon and by means of a properly arranged system of ditches will be convened over a tract containing acres the corn pan will be known as alic nevada utah irrigation development company with headquarters at moapa lincoln county the board of directors which includes some of the best known business men in the states of utah and nevada as follows william H king president J C greaves treasurer I 1 0 thoran johua adams J H burtnor and T W R helwn among alie stockholders are J H burtnor Burt ncr W H james P sprunt J II 11 mccoy edward krucli bial joseph dav is joshua adams T W R nelson J C greaves william 11 king A B rockhill of spanish fork I 1 C thorenson cn A D F F gunn and W M y tins region it is baid will be one of the most fertile in alic horld properly supplied eup plied with water lettuce radishes radish cs onions and produce can be raised in alie fall and melons tomatoes and such garden truck on the same ground in march and april six and seven cuttings of alfilio alfil fo a acar have been harvested aggregating as high as seventeen tons an acre moapa cantaloupes have created a name wherever shipped between two and four carloads were slapped daily from tins region the summer of 1907 when only a small patch of ground wa cultivated peaches oranges lemons grapes fig olives A and all dmd of nuts grow readily in this climate is no snow and very little frost alic climate is like that of california alie present company was organized augut 10 DO under the laws of alic state of nt vadi for the purpose of exploiting tins wonder ful country very little was done however as it was cary to ob tain water HI large quantity at first acro UK d to bring t f water to alie surf iw from welte eick to a great depth this process was slow and expensive however so thit it was determined to utilize the water froin the entire watershed winch includes the country on the inam of alic muddy river and alie which sheds its flow down arrowhead cannon to regulate ahr flow properly it was necessary to leold back the w a tars until gucci time as they should be needed it vis cary to have surveys by the government and a located all these matters required time and although strenuous efforts have been made building will probable not be started for several months A meeting of the directors was held at alie kenon hotel wednesday afternoon at which a number of important business matters were discussed it was given out after this meeting that tho company intended to start work building the dam just as soon as the application for a grant of land made under the act was heard from it is not known just when this would be but that it might occur at almost any time is probable one of the directors eaid wednesday afternoon eliat the great reservoir which will be formed by the dam will equal utah lake in size |