Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-16
SING PRAISES
OF MINING CAMP
Excursionists to Searchliuht Return
After Two Days on the Desert.
Women Taste West
ern Life

The special train of eight cars which
left Los Angeles for Searchlight Fri
day night arrived at the Santa Fe at
1880 O'clock yesterday morning, bear
ing a load of happy eXcursionists all
singing the praises of the mining camp.
They all say they were royalty en-
tertained and that every effort was
made to make the trip a pleasant and
profitable one.
Describing the trip one Angeleno
said: ut is a great camp and l think
the promoters of it are justified in
calling it the camp without a fail
late, of course, but none the worse for
the trip-we were taken at once to the
banquet, where we ate of barbecued
meat with all the relish that true Cali
fornians have for this truly western
delicacy. From that hour on there
was one continual round of pleasure.
We visited the mines and were taken
to MANY of the camps surrounding
Searchlight. Automobiles and convey
ances of every kind which the desert
affords were placed at our disposal.
We slept at night in the cars and we
were comfortably tired when night
came.
"The women of the party, of whom
there were a great many, were given
a taste Of true western life. They were
shown the gambling houses and learned
many things about a mining camp of
which thy had never dreamed
1.-THE very least we can say is that
the residents of Searchlight and the
Los Angeles men who are interested
in Searchlight are royal hosts.
1T was about the best excursion that
ever went out of Los Angeles"
R,nd Eeoan1. N;,;1nso
Nearly every nearby town to Los An
geles was represented in the party by
leading business men, and all of the
local civic and business associations
had delegations aboard. The Merchants
and Manufacturers association occu-
pied an entire car and were capably
led by Herman Lichtenberger, who
acted as chairman. Carl Entermann,
Gus Harper, A. A. Eckstrom and W.
H. Bosbyshell were included in the
party.
The chamber of mines, which is now
a recognized factor in fostering the
pro-NeVada feeling in Los Angeles,
had a good representation ON the trip,
and Rol King, president of the organi-
zation, assisted ably in making the ex-
cursion a success. Fully fifty members
of the chamber of commerce made the
journey, and it is predicted that many
business connections between local
wholesalers and Searchlight's mer-
chants have now been established.
Two of the cars were occupied by
the clients of the H. II. McCord COM
pany, who own the townsite of Search
light, and their party included Los
Angeles investors who are the owners
of over three-fourths of the business
and residence lots of the camp. haV-
ing an aggregate value of nearly a
quarter of million dollars
Senator Carter in Command
The committee on arrangements,
headed by Senator II. e. Carter of Los
Angeles and comprised of nearly every
resident of Searchlight, met the train
with band of ten pieces and escorted
the visiting throng to the barbecue, at
which the proyerbial roasted steer was
devoured.
Speeches by #. A. DOherty, the nom
inal mayor of Searchlight, and Senator
Carter followed the spread, and then
conVeyances took the party on a visit
of inspection to the mines
In the evening a band concert was
given in Hobson street, beneath an
arch of welcome, illuminated by sew
eral hundred electric lamps. Drilling
contests between the champion teams
of the camps for prizes aggregating
several hundred dollars proved to be
very interesting and the bronco bust
ing and cock fights We're other unique
features of the program.
So favorable were the impressions
of Searchlight gained by the trip that
many remained i'm camp for a further
inspection Of the real estate and mines,
and II is said that deals i'm these two
branches aggregating over $4,000 We're
consummated during the visit. Further
evidence Of the confidence gained In
the district by the visitors was the
signing of a document by nearly every
one aboard, expressing the belief that
the town is destined to grow in popu-
lation and stability.