Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-03-23
BRIDE OF KING
OF DEATH VALLEY
ROMANTIC HONEYMOON or MIL
IOSAIRE p. NJ. SMITH

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Coils P Huntington aid Leland
Stanford coined millions q dollars
from The Steel wIth vhieh taey bound
me West 70 the Ez il was g~ensrally
believed that the goisaa r0mzncs of
the Pacific had reached thssr climax
No p At thai tine had heard III
F d. Smith. and Death valley vas
out . name 10 strike terror.
Bat in the sudden rise &c uealth
d Smith from the treasure stores OF
The VALLEY Of Death and his marriage
70 Miss Evelyn Ellis. his secretary
and srenograDher. California hzs Civ
en- to the world znoth@ and greater
romance than any - those with
which It's earlier history has been
colored
Smith Is not o il California nor
ID B~eriloas Death waller With his
bride in bis private gaehr be IS
where-he cares nor wherein the
6lle waters Of the Mediterranean
FOR q year the ha couple win re-
main in places far away and then
they win return to establish them
selves in the social life Of New YORK
and San Francisco.
Smiths career IS the story Of the
adventurous. fearless and successful
pioneer Fifteen Years ago he vas a
luckless miner. picking al mineral
pockets here and there. sleeping IN
der the stars whore night CHANGED 10
overtske him. but buoyed mp always
with the splendid hope Of the
pectOr. For years he needed the
best quality Of hope. for day after
day brought him the seIf-same story
Of disappointment.
But he ersisted-Derslstsd until
one day IA rainy day at that fortune
led him southwark away down to
that well-uamed land Of Death val
ley. in the arid wastes Of Arizona. a
land marked yerv frequently by
omnibus little piles Of whiteued
bones. which plainly said. no man
may venture here and live.
But Smith yentured.
That is why. men say. his check
would be honored for So. 100000.
With the daredevil spirit Of the
miner he bought a mule. proyisioned
himself none too well and set out
over the sun-baked sands.
He prospected as he went. and one
afternoon, when deep in the Valley
Of Death. he came upon traces Of
wealth. As he penetrated farther the
deposits opened mp into rich beds.
Smith had invited death. but had
encountered fortune.
He emerged from the valley the
owner Of a great section Of land.
which he took up'in legal form.
All he needed nov was capital.
and he found that very readily indeed
in the Eastern states. where a great
many million dollars lead quiet and
easy lives.
When Smith procured these. how
ever. he made them take their coats
on and work. Mining was com
menced on a large scale and the lucky
miner found fields rich beyond his
widest fancy.
But the problem OF transporting
the product was before him. Horses
could not live in the valley. The
sixty-mile haul under the terrific heat
Of the desert sun strewed their bones
on the sand. At last the problem was
solved with mule teams. This went
well for a time. but the mules could
not keep pace with the tremendous
outpu, and a great automobile was
called into play This. however, was
not fast enough; and nov Smith is
building a railroad into the heart Of
what was ten years ago considered
an impenetrabIe country.
While he was accommodating mil
lions in Death valley he was busy
elsewhere. He purchased vast tracts
OF land IN Oakland. interested an
army of investors By issuing interest
bearing certificates. bought ont the
street railway company, established
a new ferry service from Oakland to
San Francisco, and built in Oakland
the finest and tastes tsuburban cleo
trio railway in the West. Not con
tent with this. he bought out the
water company, which supplies every
city in Alameda county with a popu-
lstion of $4,000 With all these en-
terprises and a string Of banks to aid
his operations, he is now one Of the
great financial powers of the West.
So much for his business career.
But in those early days of struggle
he had married a sweet-faced woman
who had encouraged him when he
sorely needed encouragement. And
when wealth came TO him he was
proud and happy to bestow It on his
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