Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-11-18

boy resented on Hallow-eve by ''dock-
ing" the sorrel's tail to English con-
formity.
The handsome doctor, high up in
Masonry, drives his spanking team
lickity-larrup ten miles through the
sagebrush to amputate a leg, and on
the way back shoots a score of quail,
and wins your eternal friendship and
admiration by sending you a brace.
You will notice that these quail are
p%rettier than the Eastern Bob White"
having beautiful, waving top-knots.
The young banker boasts a fine, big
White auto, which d~emoralizes the
most trusty old family horse.
The miller is just as ''hale and bold"
and jolly as his immortal predecessor,
'"The Miller of the Dee."
The editor of the town is a good man,
both from a journalistic and moral
standpoint; no patent-insides, and what
he says can be relied upon. All swear
by BILLY" and no ''others" are in
vited.
Of course the town would not be
complete without pretty widows and
maidens; there are several of the
former and many of the latter.
And babies! The place ought to be
called Roosevelt.
The favorite pastime here is driving.
The roads are fairly good, and an occa-
sional bump is diverting. A mar
bumped out of a wagon the other day
and broke his shoulder blade. 1t might
have been worse.
Birds? Driving M afternoon, | saw
a beautiful crane, posing on one leg; a
sentinel quail warned his flock of the
approach of an enemy; a lot of lazy
mallards tapped away in a bog; and
presently was heard the piercingly
sweet note of the meadow lark, my
companion, a gentle old lady, exclaimed
TREMENDOUSLY. asked if she were tired.
mo" she said, with tears in her dear
eyes, ''but the meadow lark is the only
bird whose song | can still hear" And
| felt like writing an ode to the meadow
lark.
Allow me to interpolate that another
inhabitant of this interesting village is
my pet dog ''Bijou," a little Mexican.
He is a privileged character, roaming
everywhere at will and winning affec-
ton from the most adamantine hearts.
"Bijou" was given me by a grateful
boy to whom l had stealthily loaned
my rifle. Where l go "Bijou" goes;
love me, love my dog" and vice versa.
diligently attend every auction sale
of horses. At one l was presented with
a dear little understood sorrel. They
%laughingly styled him a ''runt," but
upon investigation / found he was a
grandson of Bronco and Planter, both
thoroughbreds. l elaborated upon this,
gave my pet the horsy appellation of
Bronco Babe" and placed the docu-
ment of his pedigree in the bank for
safe keeping. / groomed him in in
stallments, driving him into a small
enclosure and giving him a dab with a
curry comb w~heneverhe CHANGED within
arms reach. Just when we were de-
veloping a mutual regard for one
another poor Bronco Babe" died.
Six miles out of town, Jim" Butler
has a fine ranch, where his wife dis
penses hospitality charmingIy during
the summer months.
Big Pine is the next town, Is miles
south of Bishop. There is an interest
ing Indian village close by. A Piute
brave in calico skirts arouses curiosity.
Ten years ago he was convicted, by a
tribal law, of cOwardice and sentenced
to wear women's clothes. 1t does not
seem to humiliate him.
independence, still further down, is
the county seat. It's chief claim to
distinction is Mary Austin, the author
ess, for this is THE Land Of Little
Rain" Then comes the Mexican town
of Lone Pine, a few miles from stately
Mt. Whitney. Keller is the terminus
of the railway, with Owens Lake close
by, and here it was that a little bando of
Indians met their death by being driven
into the lake because one of their mum
Der had killed a white woman and her
babe. Below KeeIer is famous Death
Valley, which claimed over thirty VIC
tins last year and boasts the lowest
land in the Union
This whole country of 'slittle rain"
much sunshine and delightful climate is
a paradise and fast developing into a
Mecca for the seeker after health. Its
skies are Italian, it's air unsurpassed.
1t would be a splendid place for the
tired prima-donna and actor to recoup
lost voice and strength.
And this is the land they want to
denude, to throw it again into desert
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