Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-10-13
Ten Gents 4 Copy
E. B. CLARK SKIDOOS
"ASK ANYBODY"
Pretended Newspaperinan GlOms Gold
Leaves "25" for His Creditors

T. B. Clafk, who il best known IA Il
yeneered Bohemian. is gone, and news
, oi nls whereabouts IL anxioasly awaited
by numerous creditors and the Churchill
County Republican Central Committee,
the former have all- intense interest IN
the erstwhile editor and promoter, b.
reason Of the fact they hold paper AMI
promises Tor loans that are now SAID 10
aggregate approximately $500, while
the Republican county central commit
teemen are solicltous to know whether
or not they have IL candidate for the
assembly, inasmueh as Mr.. Clark was
favored with the nomination for this re-
sponsible position, amid cheers and
hurrahs, W hen the republicans We're n
convention assembled.
Two weeks ago last Thursday was the
last day upon which Clark was seen in
this section He passed through Fallon
on that day, and announced that his
destination was Goldield, where he
purposed 70 interview certain politicians
aud by his persuasive powers and mag
netic personality, separate the politl.
clans from two thousand plunks. Ills
trip to Goldfed was interrupted by
wild orgie IN Reno, where butterfly
life was entered into with the abandon
OF n nondescript. Wine was made 10
flow like water, stakes were ventured as
the gambling houses that made game
dealers eyes protrade in aetonishment
aud checks were given with lavish
hand, but admonishment against the
pace only brought the answer. nothing
TO II
Overdrafts 20 the value oil several
hundred dollars caused an early de-
parture, but instead oil continuing IL
Gol1deld the champion OF downtrodden
labor appears next in Salt Lake City,
where a " I'D, ianeiiul interview AZ
peared in the Tribune, some ten days
ago Since that tima nothing has been
heard from him, and many presume
dat hls time is now being spent IN the
cellars of Hew York City. with lie
Swift "a a eonsott.
After refusing continually 10 believe
the i'll reports OF Clark, einanating after
his departure, =. W. Langdell, one OF
Churchill Couuty's prominent mining
men who had backed the abseonder III
hia newspa per venture az fairview, WIS
forced 10 get out attachment proceedings
Tuesday evening in order 10 protect him
sell, and the plant il now in the hands
of 4 receiver. The exact amount of
Mr. Lanpdell's claim is 1850, and re-
pudiation of the debt is one of the
grossest cases OF ingratitude ever dis
played in this county. Mr. Langdell
backed Clark without a semblanee ot
security, relying solely upon his iudg
ment. That Clark should have ..
aipated his excellent opportunity and
turued traitor 10 his many obligations,
stamps him at once az a being devoid of
principle or appreciation.
Among his other creditors are Al
North, OF the Hotel Golden, l. \ Saw
age, and Frank Coffin.
Clark's first Churchill experience Nas
had in Fallon, where he acted for a
short time as the foreman for the liner
son Publishing Company, and he was
most widely known as having intro
dueed into this section the phrases,
"Twenty-three for you," "Skidoo,"
Nothing to it," and other deIiyities OF
hobo parlance, and a remarkable coin
cidence in connection with his downfall
is that the last issue of his Fairgiew
Miner should have been numbered
''23."
"Twenty-three for you, Clark s.