Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-06-06
STRONG PARTY OF
RAILROAD Men
Largely Interested Mine Owners =
Handsome Reception Given.


last evening to Senator Thos. Kearns
of Utah, Hon. r. C. Kerens of St,
Louis, Dave Keith of Salt Lake City,
and Hon Perry S. Heath, editor of
the Salt Lake Tribune, by the Miz-
pah club and the citizens of Tonopah
The gathering was representative
one, consisting of miners, prospec
tors, business men, mining men and
promoters, and everybody We'd each
other in making things as agreeable
as possible for the visiting gentlemen.
The spacious rooms of the club were
crowded to their utmost, and the
lack OF space was the only disagree
able feature of the occasion. One
hundred chairs had been prepared
for the people in attendance but long
before the multitude was called to
order these had been filled and stand
ing room was at premium. Even
the doors were jammed, and before
s O'Clock the sidewalk in front of the
building was thronged with those de-
string admittance.
At $50 the gathering was ad-
dressed by R. ?. Dunlap, who had
been selected to act as master of
ceremonies, and he, in happy vein
and in well appointed words, stated
the object of the reception. His
talk was brief and to the point, and
after reviewing the prominence of
the distinguished guests and pictur
ing the good that would likely come
to Tonopah as result of their visit
he introduced Hon. p. NJ. Bowler, Jr.,
who had been invited to deliver the
speech of welcome. Mr.. Bowler was
in the best of fettle and made one of
his best talks and time and again he
was interrupted by applause.
Mr.. Bowler in beginning his ad
dress said the gentlemen who were
being received were not strangers
in this community, nor, in fact, in
any part of the United States.
They were all captains of industry,
and their names were household
words throughout the nation. By
their own exertions they had elevated
themselves from obscurity to pima
cles of fame, and in their respective
lines they were leaders. Their visit
to Tonopah was opportune and meant
much to this district and on behalf
of the Mizpah Club and in the name
of the people of Tonopah he wei
coined them to this city.
Following Mr.. Bowler, came the
introduction of Senator Kearns of
Utah, who made short but strong
and sensible talk He said that he
and his companions came to Tonopah
not only to satisfy their individual
curiosity, but also to study the stu
alton from railroad point of view.
He said the country needed rail
road and he believed the traffic would
soon warrant the building of one In
concluding, Mr. Kearns paid hand
some tributes to the prospector in
, general and to Jim Butler in particu-
lar. who, he said, was one of Gods
noblest men.
Hon. r. C. Kerens was the next
speaker. He said that during the
day he aud his party had been
through the big mines of the district.
Their visit to the Mizpah was rev.
elation it bewildered them. They
came to the camp with hopeful i'm
pressions these had been happily
substantiated, and they would go
away with the feeling that Tonopah
would in the near future outclass
Virginia City with its $500, 900, 900
record. Dwelling on railroad posi-
bilities, Mr.. Kerens said that he and
his friends were clothed with limited
authority. To certain extent they
represented the Salt Lake Il Los An
peles r. K. ana had been instructed to
make report to that corporation on
their return to Salt Lake City. What
that report would be the people of
Tonopah need have no doubt it
would be more than favorable.
Mr.. Keith was next called upon for
a talk, but excused himself on the
ground that he was not a public
speaker. He endorsed, however, all
that his friends had said and stated
that he could be relied upon as a firm
friend of Tonopah.
Hon. Perry S. Heath was the last
speaker. Opening with story, to
illustrate his inability to grasp with
a clear comprehension all that be had
seen in the mires of Tonopah, he
stated that words could not picture
and present figures could not com
pute the possibilities of this desert
town. 1t far exceeded his expecta-
tons, and the day was not far dis
tant when the whistle of the iron
horse would be heard within the con
fines of the district
S. C. Durham was then called upon
and read The Promoter. Chair
mnn Dnnlan arose and in brief words