Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-08-26
NEVADA.
Facts And FancieS Relative | o
Past, Present And Future
Our Great State.
Judge Goodwin Oh Salt Lake Writes In
Interesting And Instructive Strain.

name, which would indicate that the
good Judge has just about as much con
fidence in the volcanic reports emanat-
ing from the Rye Patch section as he
has in the virtues OF the Mormon re-
ligion. The judge is a former resident
OF Nevada and in discrediting the report
he says the following good things in a
reminiscent and prophetic strain;
We do not much credit that volcano
story from Rye patch, Nevada. Nevada
has had some hot times in her history,
but no volcanoes in modern times The
TACT that the rocks are hot is not conclu-
sive. There are very few OF the surface
rocks of Nevada that have not been hot
during the past month. The benzine Of
Humboldt county has often been noted
for its feryidness This truth could
by the testimony OF the late Pat Harris
and so many Others who all have folded
their tents and stolen away.
There was such company ot them,
and they are practically all gone. They
were select company; such company
was never gotten together before We
lear there never will be again. But they
We're TOO honest to pretend that they
had caught the heat ON their breaths OF
the lava flow of their yocabularies from
any rare old mountain eruption. Their
cabin doors We're always open; the
stranger was always welcome, and if he
wanted a discussion on amy subject from
history, poetry. science, mining experts.
Darwin. or Homer, or Shakespeare, OF
the Salvation Army, on the formations
which We're most generous in treasure
beariug, or why the biggest idiot was al
the Southern Pacific Railroad Company
charged more for carving freight from
Chicago To Winnemucca than from Chi
cago To Sacramento. the stranger could
get il for the asking; bur there were no
pretensions To volcano.
Those were the days when Mr. sharon
was King of the Comstock, when Mr..
uu,,tir,,,on .,,.,s ! orl of Tho Sa,,ha,,,
Pacific, when J =. Jones was the best
loved man in Nevada: when a stageridt
10 p;ooha uos mona af an unaort,l,;no
than il nov 10 n cross tho Pacific when
there was Austin and Eureka and Hum
boldt and Phoebe and Belmont. but nc
Tononah no Goldfeld no Rullroo-no
volcanoes save when some imnassioned
Damocrot;, oroto, made = Monnt pelee
nf himself and insisted ON = nurar hioh
er holiar apd less saetional ro,.ar,r,ent
that the moor mobt have chance and
the dream of tbe Fathers mioht lac .real.
lied. 1t was the day of big teams and
royal STAGE drivers. but no volcanoes
The bovs drav a line and would not hay.
them Nevada must be getting demor.
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