Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-12-29
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Boost Don't knock! 1t is much easier 60 be a booster and a great
deal more satisfying. Besides a booster is a benefit to any community,
while a knocker is a detriment.
ronopah and the country adjoining holds out more inducements to
the poor man and to the rich man today than any other community in the
country. To the poor man there is an unlimited field, both in Tonopah
and the outlying district. There are hundreds of men in Nevada today
who have made fortunes in the district in which Tonopah is located
during the past three of four years. Hundreds more will do the same
thing in the next few years to come. The chance is here and all that is
needed is the man with stcktoiiveness in liberal quantities. In the
country surrounding Tonopah there are hundreds of miles of virgin eoun-
try awaiting the pick of the prospector and later the practical miner to
dig from the earth the riches which are buried there.
Tonopah offers to the mechanic opportunities which can be found
nowhere else in the country. The highest wages which are paid in the
United States are paid here. The workingman here is more Independent
than anywhere else in the country. Although the cost of living is natur-
ally somewhat higher than in the east, in proportion TO the wages paid
it is much cheaper. To the workingman who simply desires to save a
portion Of his weekly stipend the chances to accumulate a goodly bank
account are better here than in any other portion of the country.
To the man with capital Tonopah holds out glowing prospects We
have passed the point where the term mining camp" applies, and with
n a few months Tonopah will undoubtedly be an Incorporated city. Real
estate Investments in Tonopah offer excellent returns for the capital
invested. Each month sees a steady rise in values-not boom prices,
but prices which are firm and from which there will be no receding
A few thousand Or even hundred dollars invested in real estate in this
city now will double and treble in Numbers within a very few years
In spite of the reports to the contrary, reports which are probably
actuated by a jealousy of our prosperity, Tonopah is a healthy city. The
death rate here is no higher than in any other community similarly
ment
In fact, Tonopah and the surrounding country cannot be exceled as
places for a young man who is seeking to secure a competence, or at
least the best of wages and conditions, to locate in SO it behooves
every member of the community to resolve himself or herself into a com
mittee of one to boost. When you write your friends in other portions
of the country deny the false reports which are being printed about To-
nopah and the death rate. When you travel abroad speak a good word
for the city where you make your home. And even when at home you
can boost, for there are those who live here, make their money here, and
yet are knockers. Make it your business to show them the error of
their ways; make it your business to convince them that knocking does
them o good and Injuries the community. Be a booster yourself and
make boosters out of your friends, and you will be surprised at the good
results which will be achieved and the benefits which will rebound to
Tonopah. Boost-dont knock!