Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1905-07-21
Ba2en, as She is and as She
Is Likely TO Be,
Great Railroad Activity lB Desert
ClN-New Town Plated and Bus
mess Mem Getting Ready to Move.

(Oh Train mo, o1 10 size up tne pres
ent and future possibilities Of Hazen.
the Magic City of the Desert
In the gray dawn of the morning
we boarded the train at the cozy de-
pot in. our home town, and. two hours
afterward, stepped off the train op-
posits the caboose-depot in the town
of HAGEN. just in time for breakfast
at the hotels which we had passed a
mile back up the track.
1t was, indeed, a dreary waste which
met our gaze as we stepped from the
car platform that morning, The, i'm
mediate scene was sidetrack after
Isidetrack,. with cars piled high with
ties, rails and other construction ma
terial; men hurrying from their quar-
ters ia the cars to go out on the con-
struction train and put down, the
ribbons Of steel. that are soon to bind
HAGEN to the Southern gold camps.
Beyond this, to the west was the
eyer-rising contour of the foothills of
the mighty Sierras, with the govern
lment canal plainly visible along their
edge-a rainbow Of promise $50 to
speak,, that this desert waste will not
long remain thus to meet the gaze of
the weary traveller. To the south and
east stretched the barren wastes of
the Carson Sink. as far as the eye
could see-naught but the dancing,
dazzling desert, with an occasional
column OF dust whirlipg upward from
the heated plain to the cooler strait 3
of air above.
As we gazed upon the scene our
vision became prophetic. The trees,
rivers and lakes of the desert mirages
became real: the settlers shanties, to
be seen along the line of the canal,
were each surrounded by a grove of
trees; school houses dotted, the valley
and down the well,kept lanes came
the four and six-horse teams, drawing
great loads of sugar beets to the fac
tory just below. town, or cans of milk
to the creamery. 1t was a scene of
verdure, of homes and happiness
think you; will such a dream ever be
realized?
But the pangs of hunger awakened
us-we had not been taking any par
tieular kind of dope-and we walked
back to town. for breakfast. At pres
ent Hazen has two hotels, the Hazen
and the Hazenhurst; the former rur
by Thornton & Lee and the latter by
Judd Allen. Both have livery stable
in connection, and are well-conducted
establishments. There are severa
restaurants, some alone and some IN
connection with saloons. Three bar
Der shops. Messrs. Higman &. Son
are the leading merchants, the post
Office also being in their store. A. F
Branch, formerly of Fallon, has just
started adry-goods and gents fur
nishipg goods store. Mr. NJ. E Ray
is conducting jewelry store and nov
city shop and has steadily increas
ing business. Mr.. Purcell has small
stock of general merchandise. Shorl
Bros, formerly of Wadsworth, have
bottling works, cold storage and dis
tributing house. Messrs. IIollings
worth & Boyle have cold storag'
and forwarding business, while thu
Utah CONSTRUCTION Co., and buchmaI
Co. each have storage and distribu
ton, houses.
For the past six months Hazen bal
been the CENTRAL point for from BOX
to 600 men. employed upon. govern
nent canal and railroad work. Thi'
work, adjacent to Hazen. is abou
completed and the men are going Il
! other places. While this. class of mel
we're there there was trade for
number 9f saloons. brothels and dives