towers and temples that fringe their walls, possesses a grandeur that is literally 

 unique. Imagine a chasm as deep as that of the Yellowstone, carved and 

 tinted with greater elaboration, and, in places, but fifty feet wide. 



Washington County, with the smiling skies and fertile soil of the semi- 

 tropics, veined with minerals, clothed with forests and gashed by wonderful 

 gorges, serenely awaits an enviable future. 



Nevada s Agricultural Awakening 



JVERSHADOWED by a series of great mining successes, the agri- 

 cultural resources of Nevada have lain dormant until within the last 

 decade. She is, however, now rapidly making up for lost time and 

 proving by the fertility of her soils that her agricultural possibilities 

 are barely second to those of her mines. This applies most directly to the 

 southern counties of the state, traversed by the lines of the Salt Lake Route. 

 In these southern sections of Nevada exists a condition only paralleled 

 by that of Utah, where the differences in altitude render the climatic condi- 

 tions totally different from the northern sections and cause them to closely 

 approach that of Southern California. 



The principal valleys of southwestern Nevada, lying at an extremely 

 low elevation, are possessed of a climatic condition which give to them a 

 winter climate capable of producing the very finest of winter vegetables and 

 all classes of fruits and nuts, save those belonging to the citrus family. 



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A LAS VEGAS WELL FLOWING 100 INCHES 



