Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-11-24
EDITORIAL COMMENT
WAKE UP AND ACT At ONCE

Possibly it is not just the thing at this time to cite the fire that
occurred in Godfeld yesterday, in view of it's lamentable consequences,
but the fact brings forciby to the front the realization that some day,
too, Tonopah may be visited with a conhagration of its own This pos
sibihty is too poignant to be overlooked and the knowledge that our
town is so utterly unprepared to meet the contingency. is enough, upon
due consideration, to make one tremble. The action of the commissioners
in authorizing the installation of more hydrants and the purchase Of
materially improve the existing conditions. Tonopah has long since out
grown the toy apparatus that is now the sole dependence against the on
the fire fighting facilities. So far we have been most fortunate, largely
resultant from the high efficiency of Chief Mckenzie. Tonopah, however,
is to lose the services of this highly valuable individual. What the COM
misdoners were thinking of when they permitted him to sever his con-
necions with the local department is a mystery. Surely the value of the
Tonopah property is sufficiently great to warrant the paying of an addi-
tonal salary to hold him in the local service That he is a valuable
acquisition is clearly evinced by the hattering offer made for his service
by the neghboring camp of Goldfed. What is the matter with the
people of Tonopah? Are they so inflated with a sense of their own i'm
portance and their superiority over all others to think that Divine Provi-
dence is taking an especial interest in their particular welfare and will
guard them against the perls SO common to the rest of humanity? This
is a terrible mistake, good people of Tonopah. You are no better than
the rest of mankind, no matter what you may think to the contrary.
There has been noticeable in our midst marked evidence of somnambu-
lance Wake up and remember that you were created with o excess of
y " Tn places o n mar. Come back to earth and stop this farce
of trying to fool yourselves into the belief that you are the propeIing
force of the universe and that your very thoughts are laws to which
evn me Almighty Jus submit nj wanton show OF supremacy is not
fooling anyone but yourselves, and the other camps of the state re forg-
ing steadily to the front while Tonopah stands still, if not in reality
recedfng. No one is more loyal to the spot made famous by the ilustrous
Jim Butler, than is The Bonanza, but it fully realizes that in order to
be loyal to Tonopah it must first be loyal unto itself, and hence these
bitter truths No one desires more than The Bonanza to SET Tonopah the
end than will this publication. To correct IN evil we must first appre-
ciate ii, consequently this plain talk. Immediate steps should be taken
alton of this town, and the representatives of this section elected by the
votes Of the people Of Tonopah should be pledged to make the consider
alton and passage of such bill their first official act. This accomplished,
Tonopah, a city with its own individuality could then organize a paid de-
partment with modern apparatus, and the necessary horses. They would
present time they are sleeping on a powder magazine. Other necessary
improvements could be authorized directly by the people. How ludcious
5000 people Is y 40 more governmental Importance that Typo with
about Is souls The sel-same laws that regulate the affairs of Typo
govern the present camp of Tonopah. Don't you think it is time We
we're doing something? The Bonanz a does, and what is more, that
something should be done at nee.