Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-07-21
SENATOR CLARK
VISITS TONOPAH
he Addresses the Members Of the
Mizpah Club on the Matters
Of Railroad Building

Agreeable to information received at
Tonopah during the fore part of the
week, Senator w. A. Clark, his brother
y. Ross Clark and party, arrived here
last Saturday night. 1t was the in
tentiOn of the Mizpah Club to tender
the dis tingaished visitors a reception at
the club rooms upon their arrival, but
as the train was delayed several hours
this part of the program had to be
omitted. Sunday morning, however,
an informal meeting was held at the
club rooms, at which there was a goodIy
number of our ~townspeople present.
Z. p. Dunlap acted as chairman and
introduced Senator Clark who spoke
briefly as follows:
"Mr. Chairman and gentlemen OF
Touopah: It is an unexpected pleas.
ure to me to be afforded the oppor.
tuaity to speak to you on a topic
that is OF vital interest to all of us.
1t is with great pleasure that l come
down to this section Of the sagebrush
state to look over its resources and
20 meet its people. 1. is my inten-
ton to traverse the section between
Tonopah and the Salt Lake route in
order to secure Information which
will be OF benefit to my associates
and myself in realizing our expecta.
tons and carrying out our plans.
1 am delighted to meet so many OF
my old Montana friends in this part
of the state. The presence OF these
men iS to me a good indication of the
possibilities OF this country because /
e that the men OF Montana are in
the swim and | know that they
usually get where the swimming is
good.
"As to the suggestion OF your
chairman that l speak as to what we
propose to do for Nevada, | would
answer that we hardly know what
we a or may do in this stata at the
present time. We have taken q
chance or Nevada and headed a road
from Las Vegas this way without
having any mining or other interests
in the state and we are certain that
we we're justified in doing so. The
road would have been in Beatty to.
day but for the fact that the needed
ties could not be secured, but it will
not be long before the last OF the
track will be laid to Beatty and train
service established to that point.
AT the present time we have a
sur veying party in the field heading
for Touopah to determine the feast
bility and practicability OF building a
line to this place. While | can not
say definitely what the future will
bring | firmly believe that facts and
conditions will warrant US CARRYING
out our plans for a road into Tonopah.
The people now in this southern
section have, by their enterprise and
go.aheaditiveness, opened up a mag.
niicent country and l believe that
the future OF Nevada to be fully as
bright and probably a good deal
brighter, than most OF us anticipate.
1T is my firm determination TO
retire from political life at the
earliest possible moment and to
devote the balance of my allotted
days to the life that l love-a lie OF
mining and development. l intend
70 devote all OF my energies and best
Efforts toward the development to
the highest point possible OF the
Westertn portion OF this hemisphere"
The Senator's remarks were greeted
with a round of applause and many
were the glad hands extended to him
IN appreciation of his efforts in behalf
VI uhis locality. AS the Senator and
party had an appointment at Rhyolite
ivy remained but a short time at the
suu and then took their departure by
automobile.