The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-04-22

ftls4, and We haven't time to 90 back
10 Fni nSale. If you'll let us have a
few gallons. sslg Just what you don't
need IS fset yea home. Wen pny well
for II.
.ssYe lsasaa't much In the reserve
tank. iss@an Then / stopped and
.chanel Islg mind. was looking into
the eely naaazle of i weapon thrust at
q daa efops angle toward me. The
owner III II saia quietly:
sYou say, nister, It's worth about $5
Il Galiaaf Al III hit. me an my pard
will take Il. Just fll our tank. and
well ,alI II ap even $25.'
lDeYetioa ssGs the better part of
vn19r. There was no other human be-
ipar iii 81 III on the lonely trail, and
that uyly looking revolver did not
wayo We iNeal,Ig transferred all the
reserve faei s9a lial 81 fanl. The man
chnckea d Fgil ef s.g..y bills In our
car aIi1 rode cEf with the remark:
.tsoriy iTiSfer, to treat you SO. X
we stFikc ii wa'll set up for you If we
ever naeat AGAIN.
Think of being held up In the desert
Iii true staseeoaeh fashion for q few
gallons OF gasoline.
Did we meet our highwaymen again?
Yes, a month later in a gambling place
In Coldiioid some one struck me on the
back, and fasniliar voice said:
.Giad to meet Won again, mister. You
did us d pretty good turn that day In
the desert. We made the strike, and
your gasoline did It. Now just ask for
what yon want. The establishment
hasn't any II ag aboard that's too good
Tor ron. Ana II they haven't 1t here
we'll scn1 To penver for 1t. Speak up
/ Our requests were SO modest that our
erstwhi1e desart highwaymen appeared
disappointed.
Before the automobile came to this
rcrion t,sa mining prospector and In
vestor had hard time OF 1t. The rail-
roads are slow to build new extensions
to thcir raain llnag to crafty the de-
manas ef il s,A.a,I mining camp. There
hare heen teo many OF such "boom
townr.. AMI the railroads want some
assurance that n new settlement Is
going t. lsa q permanent place OF
abode. Urs,l this cnn be demonstrated
the rsiner3 have to put UP with such
mcthct1s az tlaycI. as they can find.
Tha horse Il not adapted to the desert,
and tie rafle can be made to live and
do fair work under certain conditions.
FREIGHT II transported by heavy wag-
ons drawn hy a dozen or more burros,
hut passengers infected by the gold fe-
yer can naFer endure such slow traffic.
The auto Ii the vehicle for them, and
so there Is d thriving business In 1t.
Unlike most mining camps, the new
gold fiellss of Nevada are located at the
foot Of bills approached by perfectly
level stretches of hard sand. across
which the automobiles can fairly fly.
Here ore the greatest speeding
stretches in the world. Hard, smooth
and level as d billiard table and with
almost endless vistas the desert Is a
perfect plnce for speeding. It Is tree
less and waterless region, but then
there are no laws to regulate fast traf-
fic. One can 60 as fast as his machine
will permit md no one will interfere.
It Isl scorcheT's paradise, but unfor-
tunately there Ia too much monotony
In the landscape. Mile after mile Is COW
cred, md there IL nothing to break the
vista Of sands. Occasionally one passes
d prospector accompanied by two pack
burros, or caravan Of heavily loaded
wagons drawn by a dozen mules, or
possibly some detected miner who has
given up hope and has dropped down
by the trail to sleep and die.