Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-12-13
Hopes II viii Fix Hoodoo.

For almost W years Nevada-in the
midst OF natural resources being rapidly
developed and Il Tremendous innate
vitality has had Il stormy career, A
chain OF events. popularity called a run
Of luck, has been against the steady
progress OF this state, and the question
now is whether or not there is soon to be
n change for the better followed by IL
steady period Of uninterrupted pros
perity.
The first untoward event tina upset
things here was the San Francisco earth
quake, causing the closing OF hunks and
stock exchanges followed 10y a depr.s-
sion in the market and business
generally. 1t was hardly past until the
the debate over the eight hour question
was precipitated in Tonopah and virtu-
ally suspended business for close to a
month, but which was happily settled.
Everything then was its very finest and
never was there greater prosperity than
for the foLlo"iug four months, during
which occurred the great Mohawk
boom eliminating with the ~fiotation OF
the Goldtield Consolidated, and every
body made money. Just at it's height
came the miners stuke at Goldtield,
following which were two months OF
rumblIngs and the Sc yeral weeks Incl
den known US the 1GJldheld trouble"
broke ont. IL ragged to the de,riment Of
Nevada for all too long, bnt would not
have been So bad had it been settled
right. But III true Guidfield fashion il
has cropped out almost daily since and
rather than having been stamped out
the information that the /. w. w. Ia
still in existence has merely been poorly
suppressed. At that time the aid OF
many outside Of the southern city WINS
freely and fearlessly given with tho
understanding that the trouble WIS to
be Settled right" Yet a compromise
WINS reached, as was invariably done be-
fore, leaving those who SO unsoltishly
geve their aid in the state OF mind
where they would have been justified in
saying that GoldfieiG was q menace to
the peace OF Nevada md for business
purposes the state would be better of il
it vas not in existence. Then came the
summer slump, deliberately brought ON
by Wall street, which rs affecting the
price Of mining shares vas 90 much
worse han the "Goldfiela trouble" that
Me people audibly wished for the return
VI the latter, because it would have
seemed like II boom. In July came the
change room strike and later 30 many
other threats Of trouble that the people
have forgotten how many there were
and what they were about. After all OF
that and when the people expected TO
overcome the summer slump came the
closing OF The banks. The banks being
soon TO reopen, now come the troops.
The people do not know what the
troops are brought for, but they are
hoping that something will happen to
give Nevada peace and a run OF good
luck for the next year at least when all
may De financially safe from further
harm The people we're not asked to
take the least hand in the sending Tor
TROOPS nor do they know what it ia
about, but now tint the troops are at
Goldtield it il fervently hoped TINT at
last the run Of bad luck has been broken
and all will be we'll from now on.
Tho principal troubles have been tllat
Inflicted on Nevada, save that OF the
earthquake, having originated at Gold.
ficlu-and this includes the closing Of
banke-it 10 to be hoped that everything
that hns allied or is ailing Goldiield will
be eradicated forth with and Tho prosper
ity Of the rest Of eouthern Nevada will
no longer be- retarded. Tonopah IL well
able to take care Of tIeli and, like Man
haitian, which il in the enmo position,
and o'i,cr places round about, all it
wants is u cbnnce.-ToDopih Sun.