Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-06-01

all remember the lines: The Turk
was IN his guarded tent and lay
dreaming of the hour, when Greece,
ner knee in suppliance bent, would
tremble at his power" You all know
the old song. Well, Roosevelt got
stuck at the line When Greece her
knee in suppliance bent. He couldn't
get any farther, and he went at it
three times. Finally, one of the pro-
f@essors bent over and said to him;
II you get q little more Greece on
the knees, nothing can stop YOU
Wen, we know now that nothing
ala stop him. He v en went down
10 Missouri, where Dunlap comes
from, and made it go republican.
And nothing can stop you. You have
here the mother of all the camps
and your children all speak well of
you. In the midst of the great
American desert you have worked
and toiled, and have demonstrated
that there is no desert at all. BY
turning out riches by the million.
How much did the promoters of the
industrials of Wall street pay for
this success? l was surprised, shock
ed. to read the stories printed in
success" about you, stories which
the editor must have known were I'M
true, and which were instigated by
the Wall street clique through their
Jealousy of your success.
We are here to take up the chal-
lenge thrown down by the desert
to extend the hand across the desert,
to ask recognition of the geographic
cal, logical, natural, unavoidable,
compelling. contiguity Of interests. "
Mr.. Dunlap introduced Key Pitt
man, who proceeded to tell the WISH
tors of the existing conditions here
and why they existed. He said that
for years Los Angeles had drilled us
on the necessity of depending upon
San Francisco for the development Of
our resources.
II was in Los Angeles four years
ago." said he, "and | was surprised
to hear that o people had never
heard of Tonopah. | was told that
Los Angeles was a conservative city
and that her people had to be shown
that we had mines intsead of wild
cats. We were Inundated and dis
couraged. because 1t was apparent 20
us that Los Angeles was one of the
most energetic as well as beautiful
cities, and II the energy of her men
were turned in any direction Il
meant success.
San Francisco did investigate,
and did heartily come in. You ask
us why we were so long developing
our properties, and why it is now at
I fha and ~ gnunA that v-a -
starting our mills. 1t was by reason
of Los Angeles and San Francisco
having failed to assist us when we
needed their assistance most. It was
necessary to develop u properties
by the ore which was actually taken
out of the ground. Therefore have
the paying of dividends been de-
layed.
The reason for the going up and
down of the stocks is that the people
buying our stocks have no belief in
the mines. They are merely buying
on speculation. We do not ask YOU
to buy our stocks on speculation. We
have here the best of investments.
When you visit the mines tomorrow
you will see the biggest r bodies
you ever saw in your lives, You can
trace the wonderful Mizpah ledge for
five miles. And you will see only
that part Of it that is exposed in the
drifts or tunnels. Between those
tunnels are big ore bodies, which It
will take years to exhaust. The pay
roll of this camp is $4,000 a day.
You will see conditions not dreamed
Of since the days of the Comstock.
we long for closer business rela-
lions with you. You are our neigh
bors and you have the facilities for
supplying everything we need"
Harry Andrews, managing editor
Of the Los Angeles Times. which pa
per has not always been in accord
with the sentiment of southern Ne
yada, made a neat and telling adj
dress, in which he said that If 1t were
not for the difference of opinion
there would be no horse trading, or
any other kind of trading. He paid
a high compliment to the men whom
he had met on the trip, and said
that southern Nevada was certainly
2 most wonderful country He did
not blame people who Lad eve seen
IT as his party had see it, in being
skeptical to the stories that were
ted, because 1t was almost too won
oerful to believe. And now, he re-
ahzed that not half the truth had
been told to the outside world.
Joseph S. Jordan, representing
the newspaper men, was called upon
by Mr.. Dunlap, as one OF those who
had toiled through the rress in the
interests of southern Nevada, and
had contributed his mite to the pro-
motion and the prosperity of the
country. Mr.. Jordan responded
briefly saying that the press had only
supplemented the work of the ener-
getic men who had p%rospected the
ground and made the mines.
General Matthews. president of
the State Bank and Trust company,
and president of the chamber of
mines, and one of Los Angeles big
business men, said some things
which We're of moment and to the
point.
He paid a glowing tribute to the
nerve and courage % the men who
delped into the earth for her rreas-
ures, which resulted 20 the benefit OF
Ian mankind. THAT IS the best l:tl.l
of money" said he. ''the money that
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