Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-12-13
thanksgiving in Goldileld.
GoLppIELp, NEVADA.


EDITOR REeIsTER-From my last let.
ter, your readers will have some idea OF
climatic conditions in Goldield at this
period of the year. The fuel famine at
this date is only partially relieved, but
there has been no fuel riot. ltisa COM
mon thing to see men carrying few
sticks of scrub5y wood or pieces OF lum-
Der to their homes, which they lad
either bought or appropriated. was
In large brokerage establishment yes
terday morning. and heard the CONVEX
sation over the telephone in regard TO
coal, with the result of promise OF
three sacks. AT noon was there again
and the coal htd not arrived and the
place was cold as an ice-house. The
proprietor made dive to the rear aud
returned with heavy ladder and be-
gan cutting it up for the stove. | asked
him where he got that ladder. His re-
ply was, 81 swiped it." l was there
again 10 the evening and the same in
dividual came in the front way with a
l6-foot pine board, and in answer to
the same question, he gave me the same
reply, al swiped it,"
Forty or fifty thousand dollars pass
over the counter of this firm every day,
and yet they had to swipe fuel. The
promise of car loads of coal and wood
on the way is keeping up their spirits,
and in the meantime cross-ties and tel
ephone poles have become public prop
erty.
These people recognize in practical
way the individual rights of man, and
they remind me of Senator Tilghman
in his address in Chicago few days ago.
when he answered a question by one OF
his audience, How about the law,
Senator - with the characteristic re-
ply, ITO hell with the law il it is bad. )"
But the past holiday and the thanks
giving feast did not seem to be affected
BY the severity of the weather. The best
of everything seemed to be in full sup
ply i'm the stores, and the domestic fowl
which gives up its life almost univer-
sally in this country in the celebration
of this day, was in evidence. the same
as in any city market, and the still
more fortunate circumstances prevailed
here that the people seemed to have the
money to buy them even at the high
price The fire company, in all the
glory OF dress uniforms, paraded the
streets and the conviyial fluid flowed
with unstinted hand.
And now for short report upon high
life in Goldfeld. Think not, my good
friends, that people with fortunes here
do not make some attempt to use and
spend part of it on comfort and pleas
ure like other human and civilized be-
ings. In the earlier days of this camp.
a few young men who had tasted OF the
wine of comfort and social intercourse
in other places formed for themselves
modest resort where they could meet
and exchange the courtesies OF modern
life. They called this place the Monte
yuma CLUB, which now numbers among
it's members the leaders of both the bus
mess and social circles of the town.
This thanksgiving occasion was re-
ception to their wives and lady friends.
Their handsome club rooms were deco
rated In the blue and gold, and red
carnations blended with the brilliant
lights and colors. A grape vine twined
among the electric lights, circllng the
large reception room, filled with bunches
of red and purple grapes, from which
the guests plucked them as If they were
hanging in vineyard on some slope In
sunny California. The ladies room
was wreathed with fresh cut fragrant
flowers, and blending with the national
emblem of finest silk, spread upon the
entrance wall, was the blue and yellow
colors of the club which hung from the
ceiling in graceful curves and dressed
the tables loaded with refreshments, IN
keeping with the spirit of both the peo-
ple and the hour. What shall say Of
the hosts on this occasion? Many OF
your readers, no doubt, think that their
afiiuence and wealth came TO them like
the dews from heaven or the winds on
the desert plains of Nevada. This is by
no means true. Most of them have felt
the hardships of a rigorous life, and do
not belong TO the army OF the faint
hearted. They have come through many
hardships into the achievements of their
ambition.
In regard to the lady guests of the &C.
casion, it is hardly necessary for me to
speak, for we all know that women rule
the world. | know the sphere and in
fluence of good mother, and have seen
with admiration the fortitude with
which a good wife bears the burdens
and sacrifices OF life, and many time
have marked the faithfulness of a
daughters love, and as a pillow of silk
gowns and sparkling stones have no
ability. But it seems to me that these
gentlemen of the Montezuma Club, with
all this array of wealth, wine and flow
ers, did themselves great credit IN rec
ognizing in tie sentiment Of the day
the occasion for the making of an ova-
tion to the gentle sex.
Yours Very Truly,
A. S. REYNOLDS.