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Show THE BEAVER PEES in the California, be impounded as a dom- OUTLOOK Industrial Communities reservoir Canyon Boulder producer, of estic water supply for the southern Farmer and livestock BOULDER DAM Uan, southern Nevada, California cities. These waters will PRICES FAVoS ;outiiern 2fl aiiu ifnrma. and allowed to run . southern opvpral then be released TO BE A SOON v me to a point channel Arizona have, tor oarPvlv- down the river r. . T A. C. SAUNDERS a ! Publisher xui wliorp . with nnw- A novice -' near years. hern .ooKjnK i. ranter, on etart me when woi TO SO by Hoover dam, they will ing to the lowest 10 thP t Phone 24 applied knowing ..u.. Ponvnn nroiect. h across the mountains to forty years, W communities to be be pumped costal 8 industrial of southern Jt the at plain sharp PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY recovery the great and Las By CECIL W. CREEL created at Boulder City there to create new the highest leUT?"18 P California, near-b- : excellent Service would furnish Director, Nevada Extension SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 Per Year greater population, ana a months. Some seasn i abci Markets for their products. With the wealth, market for the products from been anticipated in larger nuiaciuuiig tH:Be nf the The southern Nevada desert bord- Utuizanu.i xv. A First Class Publication Entered in the Postoffice in Beaver, ana ranges iu uux uie most optimistic Ua 1 farms purposes oi large H Utah, as Second Class Mail Matter, under the Act of Congress of ering the Colorado river, for years , i states. March 3, 1879. at or near the dam site visited only by the occasional proso industrial new the scene that been the certain has two weeks. HAY CLOVER pector or tourist, Nevada w. SWEET of great activity during the past 74 Ration in southern DIFFERENT Further improvement REQUIRES TIME TO BEGIN ANEW is dam t. months. In this short space of time, not only remain after the ALFALFA THAN market CARE may generally to grow, Boulder City, a model community, completed but will continue this season of the ,f We believe in facing the truth as we find it, in recognizing has been built by the United States thereby furnishing a steadily increas-inU. S. A. C. Of hofr nr.;. .... year By J. C. Hogenson and - Period conditions as they exist, without favor or prejudice. lins, Reclamation service to house 5,000 market for the crops Extension Agronomist ( yearg shows ine. Peak We do NOT believe in recognizing defeat, in weakhftartedly oeocle. while a newly completed gov tock of the nearby agricultural ciwAPt. clover has a different habit I penerallw io 'cucnea in thereand railroad does highway paved alfalfa; and down eminent when our than hands tricts. ernment reports indicate tt1 laying throwing up everything appears in of growth lead to Black canyon, 6 miles away, 1.o be With the power lines radiating should be handled differently. etine-- for tho . it fore, against us. the to dam work the when cut for hay, smaller than ""'once oi alfalfa The plant We do believe in facing conditions with a calm determina where 3,500 men are now at of the all direction from the industrial centers for the erection mining camps and dies to the crown and new shoots last while prival tion to remove the handicaps which are operating to our disad- preparingstructure the in kind of its agricultural com- which are to form the next) crop, dicateyear, states, four the of highest a considerable W to in vantage, and with a will difficulty forge forward and climb upward until world Hoover dam. little find will AO! munities start from the crown of the plant. n i era ? we reach a new and prosperous economic level. Although preliminaiy construction tapping these lines, thus making This is not true with sweet clover liirmers hatra And we believe in beginning RIGHT HERE IN THIS TOWN. work is already a half year in ad available cheap electrical power for for the new shoots, which are to sale.'.any of hogs of practically 71 their homes and ranches. Congress has not done all that we hoped for, certainly not vance of schedule, many months form the next crop, come from buds of are mentioned dam the before ahead still all that they might have done, but such as it is it is done now work are The benefits just in the stubble left in the field. 110 are m cl(Ke itself can be started. The four great necessity limited to the few thousand let us make the best of it. If, therefore, the sweet clover is conditions a throughout within t$ nearand in diameter stockmen 50 living feet farmers and For the past six months we were all justified in raising our tunnels, ' In cut close to the ground, as is usually nie w xne opinion J a mile in length, driven through radius of 300 miles ot the dam. not ly there are voices that our views on economic subjects might be made known the nave sacrificed of the case with alfalfa, canyon walls, two on the Arizona way, if any, will the building buds in the stubble to grow owch. as a means of enough in Washington. This the people have done, probably to a greater side and two on the Nevada side of what Hoover dam benefit the Oregon the and produce a crop. When cut in this expenses and taxes. extent than ever before in the history of our country. the river, while already nearly com- dairyman, the Idaho potato grower, Another bullish feature way the plants usually die. cethe Now let us be equally forceful in aiding the return of pros- pleted, still must be lined with poultryman, the Washington In cutting sweet clover for hay, giving many in the trade . MexNew to the or are perment before they ready Montana cattleman, of the mower cern is the perity, or at least improved economic conditions. raise the cutter-ba- r breaking out of Let us do our utmost to restore confidence, for confidence form the work of diverting the ican sheepman?" Everyone of these high enough to leave the stubble six era in many sections, to channel accustomed benefited its stream through be from must return before economic recovery can become a reality. producers will seven inches high. nave Deen the resnli uieus then upper and lower cofferdams the stimulus to the population or We have talked depressfon because there was nothing else to must be built to confine the river to Sweet clover hay is a little more oi immunization. Man? growth which the Boulder Canyon to cure for hay than is alfaldifficult talk about. nuvc iwl ieu justined in tw souththe tunnels and dry the former river project will give the entire But congress has acted and we know what to expect in the bed at the site of the great structure. west, more particularly the south Pa- fa owing to its larger and more suc- conneciea with vaccinating culent stems. It should be cut ami Henuus consequences future. We know how to shape our courses, what we may reasonWith an extent of 650 feet at its cific coast cities. too coarse and woody; sible. it gets can950 from width of feet and base, ably expect. Food Being Exported -- i u:x usually before it begins to bloom. It insiuiy snows mat period We have every faith that the depression, following the ac- yon wall to canyon wall, the Hoover of the 11 western states is should be allowed to lie in the swath Each low prices generd tion of congress, will slowly but gradually disappear, and the ec- dam, when it is finally completedbed-in now shipping foodstuffs to southern until the leaves have wilter but not normally aoout sharp curtailment tower 727 feet above will 1938, so do to onomic recovery will follow in its wake. California and will continue until they are dry and break off when tion, with abnormally hirii rock and 582 feet above the in ever increasing amounts if the ra- handled. Let's begin by showing the optimistic spirit in this commun-ty- . river surface. The immense present Then pile in small, high usual result. It remains t reserof population continues. and cooks and allow it to whether or not this wil! Let's preach and act as we think. narrow, voir back of the dam will be 115 mil- pid growth admitted that south- cure. In weather it usually good the outlook And let's forget the depression and let out a cheer for better es in length, covering 145,000 acres It is generally with its favorable cli- takes about three days to cure the Nevertheless, ern California favorable and it is of land in Arizona nd Nevada. times. They are on the way. prices matic condition, enormous oil reservin this way. that the of ji hay pear purchase o Land Owned transPublicly es and excellent water and rail o sows at prevailing prices Of this great area, all is publicly TOO MANY BANKING LAWS to will continue portation facilities, owned and withdrawn from entry grow in population and expand in NEW GRASS FOR OUR DESERT a good investment Last week all the banks in Coconino county, Ariz., the larg- with the exception of a few scattered commerce and manufacturing, if the Arid lands of the West and South- A CUTE NEW WRINKLE of est county in the United States and which joins Utah on the mining entries andandsome 12,000 acres present limiting factor, lack of wa- west may yet support 'millions of agricultural lands, ter, can be overcome. With the wat- head of cattle if a species of desert OF HITCH HIR grazing south, were closed by the bank examiner. Coconino county, which must be purchased by the govresources of the neighboring grass known as "karroo," to be imer wealthy in resources, was unable to stem the tide of failing banks ernment. The towns of St. Thomas, mountains, costal plain, and the Ow- ported from South Africa, lives up to You will see a of the nation. Nevada, adjacent ens valley already fully utilized, Los advance notices. This grass which the road, carrying a new together with It is a hard matter to stimulate confidence in business so long farms and ranches, are destined to be Angeles, Long Beacn, Pasadena, San thrives on little or no moisture mak- od can, who will signal M as banks of this county are operated under laws which give the under 25 to 100 feet of water, and, Diego, and neighboring cities are es good forage for cattle and if ad- pick him up. must be abandoned, consequently, Thinking he is a car owi compelled to look eastward across apted to our barren soils would depositors little or no protection. We are often jreminded of the fact that while banks have their inhabitants being compelled to the mountains to the Colorado river greatly increase the value of such tress, carrying gas to his cf seek homes in the west. for any future increase in their wa- land. The grass is to be tested on lot, and you will stop and been failing on all sides in this country, Canada has not had a Thisother loss of agricultural lands in ter an area of arid land within the Was- up, in your good will to be supply. bank failure during the current depression. Such a marked con- Nevada is small, however, in com Hoover dam, therefore, holds the atch National Forest in Utah. sport, trast is deplorable and suggests that there is something lacking parison with the immense areas in key to the water situation in southo He is a hitch-hikekj in the banking system of the United States. Arizona and California which can ern California, and control A bulletin on babies issued by j ride out of you. You can through There are many important differences between the two sy- eventually be brought under cultiva of the water, control of the economic some department or other says that j the next filling station, u stems of the two countries, while conditions governing the two tion through the use of the stored destinies of its flourishing cities. It babies should never be kissed on the travels almost as fast as jj from the reservoir. is proposed that a portion of the mouth. Mother can handle this situ- - j the game works us all nations are somewhat similar. Of course, the United States is a water Lands in Arizona include the Park flood waters of the Colorado river, ation His clothes are in the pretty well until baby gets to much richer nation with a much larger population, but this does Valley project in the south- now running to waste in the Gulf of be 15 to 16 years old. GAS! not explain the reason for the greater security of the Canadian western part of the state with a banking system. gross area of more than 600,000 acmmim Our northern neighbor has one law; this country has 50 se- res, an investigation of which wa.STAND TOGETHER, This wai SUCCEED! parate banking laws, namely, one national, one for the District authorized by congress under the plea for Democratic unity of Columbia and forty-eig- ht for the different states. It is much terms of the Boulder Canyon project made by Gov. Franklin act; the Parker project of about 116,-00- 0 easier to enforce one general policy than it is fifty. D. Roosevelt to each of acres, near Parker; Mohave ValWhile there are many other differences in the banking relaconvention support his ley which has an irrigable area of era. Message was trantionships of the two countries, these points already mentioned are nearly 33,000 acres across the river scribed by special procthe most important. The record of the Canadian system speaks from Needles, California, and the Ciess to the durium surfact cardboard for itself. bola Valley with 16,000 acres in of letter-sizI ' Yuma county. The Yuma project phonograph records nd '"' l mailed to each delegate'i has about 55,000 acres irrigated at COURAGE, LOYALTY AND COOPERATION home as reminder, the present time, and a total ultimate ia of area 112,000, irrigable including Reports coming to the National Wool Marketing Corporation about 45,000 acres of undeveloped - , from many of the producing districts tell of growers still selling mesa land. m , a fur wool for cash below the existing market. Effects of such sales in In California, the the Boston market have been apparent since the 1932 shearing canal, which will be constructed from l v aHaaaK.aiiiiiiiaBsiMMaw.aaMaiiHSdamnaA.'- season opened. While the desperate need of growers everywhere the Colorado river to the Imperial for cash is recognized, it should also be appreciated that the need Valley, is to be a part of the Bouldfor orderly marketing of wool is greater this year than it ever has er Canyon project. To be built at a been in the history of the industry. Selling wool for a cash price cost of $38,500,000, it will increase the irrigable area of the valley from lower than the quoted values amount to forcing it on the market 515,000 to 800,000 acies. The Coach-ell- a and this inevitably results in sacrifice sales to mills, especially valley has an irrigable area of ' ' v with the general situation such as it has been the past few 72,000 acres, which can be served by SHAPELY CINOER-f,'tZL a branch of the months. canal. Susan Fleming, for- The Palo Verde valley furnishes an et wAAwhy , If the individual grower who participated in a 4& Af ? mer Broadway chorus 7 V additional acres e 79,000 also sucept-iblsale alone was penalized it would not be so serious. That, of gravity irrigation from the -however, is never the case. In times such as these a few low sales Colorado. ' VAVS tfHrSw&r" lh rnk of Hollywood , tras to star in . new effects and establish precedents damaging to have . A Reclamation by Pumping l r. R 7..a 0U"1 i .1 the interests of the producers as a whole. Such sales greatly While Nevada has but a few thouTen BACK minimize the effectiveness of what every grower admits is the sand acres which can be irrigated pering J.ck Smith best wool tariff ever written. from the Colorado river crooning. Now gravity, how To sacrifice wool now is pure folly. With wool demand by there are large additional by ing the boys acreages in Wf JJ mills extremely low the past several months, it is inevitable that the southern end of the state sucept-ibl- e don. in thrice H.ri $ml"J broadcast. of reclamation an accumulated demand is being' built up which soon will assert by pumping. . flood MirtT! itself. While no one knows with certainty what the fall and wint- Among these are the Las Vegas valoi years fter er season will bring, it is the general belief that improved condi- ley, and directly north of Needles, Margaret California, the Searchlight Valley. witn tions will be forthcoming. (The opinion of the National Wool Other southern Nevada sings ! m looks on m valleys w. ..... Marketing Corporation is that June and July will witness the low of reclamation by pumping point of the year and that both manufacturing output and markets- ground waters include the Amargosa, -will improve. With this project, which is shared by a large Indian Springs, Pahrump, and Paran-agnumber of private traders in wool, ahead it is to the interest of valleys. the producer to conduct his marketing program wisely so that he It will thus be seen that the Boulder Canyon reservoir will store sufficwill participate in whatever improvement is ahead. ient waters to reclaim nearly 2,000,-00- 0 acres of new lands at some fuNEW CHAMPION SIX CALVES IN FIFTEEN CITY ESCAPES CHECK TAX ture date, when economic condtions Jack Sharkey (facMONTHS IS COW'S RECORD and growth of population make necing) pokes out his Salt Lake will escape payment of essary this increase in our left In the agriculdeadly on the checks and tural area. federal tax Ralph Howes of Joseph, Utah, reMan with In addition to its value for irrigaSchmellng that won ports that he owns a Jersey cow, 5 bank drafts issued in an official capE. Milton the Boiton gob the Lipman tion, the great reservoir will forever years old, which gave birth on June 4 acity, Treasurer world's heavyweight to the second set of triplet calves told members o fthe city commission check the disastrous floods which championship. Tuesday. The tat does not apply to have in the past years, swept down within less than 15 months. offiaial checks issued by any state, the Colorado, 7T born set was of The first triplets destruction threatening March 18, 1931, and art all living. county or municipality or foreign to the Imperial valley. Two of the second set died when government, Mr. Lipman said. An outstanding feature of the o Boulder Canyon project will be the about two days old, due to the fact J ?. WHEAT CROP SHORT that Mr. Howes had the cow away on nyoro-eiecin- c plants at the o jgreat v.. u tt ui Uko ?. kj pasture and they were not strong r.uiiiakra uy iihiilmiv, caiauir ui generating over uvjj enough to stand and suckle. lyeparimeni oi Agricuuure snowi i.uou.uuu horsepower or nearly twice . This record is almost too good for 411,000,000 bushels for June as com the amount of electrical er.erzv Dro- a "believe it or not" item, but Mr. pared with 787,465,000 bushels pro- duced by Niagara Fails, X. Y. ConHowes stands ready wo furnish ample duced in 1931. Such & shortage alone tracts for the sale of this power inteaching anlm men to pW of testimony of his story. Hundreds of ought to boost the price a dollar if sure payment to the government of Z, m the evtnt )to people nave been flocking to the the grain gamblers were not holding the cost of the dam and power plant, , Fearsome-looHowes ranch to view this phenomen- it down until they can get their together with interest, within a perTIONAL THE NA. cLut, wh.RhVv:'bVt.nS la a horse l hands on the crop. iod of 60 years. on. Richfield Reaper. ncampm l their ettsnding ... .l.th annual mask Wsshinoton - FORi Sfcaurr Prwa . ..,U I- . L.: 2" T ( -.- S , g ..., r,i.. l be-fu- rc . i well-dress- d f r, i ' er-Gi- la 4 P, v xo' nrTW w f 3'f e s -- v.. tm r J 4 I below-the-mark- Xut far-reachi- ng J SH'iT'i' . yr'" dJ n we 8pJJ '"t ut nt Ight A , i 1 -- x I M urn m" w AM ' 4-- 't av',n trial saa oo"- ltl |