Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-04-30
DON'T KEEP AWAY.

Generally speaking the early timers in
California, those who arrived In 40 and
80. wrote back to their friends telling
them no. to come Just yet. that IL was .
strange. Wild country. full Of bad char
astsrs, poison oak. d~sspsrsdoes. lynch
Law, Asss. bad roads, big prices and gen.
srai decentralization. In faes. they CON
sidsrsd il . good country for their friends
TO stay away from for . year or two at
least, OF until 1t became comparatively
civilized and settled, and therefore sd-
rissd accordingly. So. too. whom the
great washos excitement broke out the
first corners to the land Of ~sagsbrush
AID silver wrote to their friends to keep
aysy. that IL was . terrible country. full
Of saesbrush and alkali. water scarce.
dsspsradoes plenty. and pneumonia kill
ing people Of like rotten sheep. From
Reese River. White Pine. Deadwood,
Lssdvills and from Bodis came the same
familiar frst cry.
And now We hear II rs-eohoed from
Tombstone and Wood river. They say.
''don't come to Tombstone just yet;
everything rough. hot. unhealthy and
unsettled; viii bs al right BY and BY"
At Wood river the NOV IL too deep yet.
provisions high, roads fsarfully bad. and
all that sort Of thing. They say ''don't
come here for . few months yet, any
how; next fall 10 time enough. Better
stay away till the country ID tested and
We all know % about It."
E1psrispos shows Tia, the best way il
70 disregard all suoh advice. and not
keep away. but IL you think OF going.
pack up your traps and 60. Be among
tie Arst and take your chances with the
rest. II you are reasonably we'll situated
and have fair employment where You are
you had better stay. but 10 you are going
to make . move. anyhow. just 90 -
soon - you can make oil proper
arrangements to that effect. But
don't Loaf about doing nothing.
merely waiting to hear from your
friends Who have gone before you in
order to bs guided BY their advice.
Just get right up and 60 and see for
yourself and you will Be enabled to
form Q better opinion - to your best
interest in the matter. and learn more
In three days than all your friends could
vrits you in three weeks.
OF course Il may BE- argued that most
Of these new places have their day.
merely Aourishine for . short time and
then gradually falling into . decline and
dying out. Bot the vids-awaks ones
Who we're on hand and experienced the
most prosperous times were not
che losers. and they have the privilege
Of going to some other new and thriving
place 10 they see at. Scores Of little
towns have sprung up In California and
all ovsr the coast, which are now rsmsm.
bsrsd only In name BY old settlers. ys'
the people forming the population o.
these towns enjoyed whatever SESSION Of
prosperity there vas to enjoy and arr
perhaps p~rosperipg still better In SOM
other new towns or cities at the present
time. Yes. and many OF them are nov
living iuIuriously OF the fruits Of thsil
prosperity in San Francisco.
According to the blssksmith's motto
the best time to strike iron 10 when th,
iron 10 hot. and 30 to too, the best tint
to strike bullion IL while its discovery Il
still hot. II you want to "maks hay
while the sun Shines" you must &C
where tall grass abounds, and not lei
your seyths get rusty through staying
too long where the "grass is short II
and there's no longer any nutrimsni
in IL.