The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-31

Next night paid s1.5o to sleep on q
cot In q tent.
man can get a fairly good neal for
Is cents; all drinks are two for 25
cents; cigars tho same; newspapers are
10 cents each. Rawhide boasts OF three
weeklies and one daily.
Water sells for SO per barrel of fifty
gallons; coal, $50 per ton; wood. $40 per
cord. Wages range from IS to SIC
per day OF eight hours. January Is,
purchased for $500; to-day. $4,000
couldn't touch them. To-day the town
Is in the mad race to gain supremacy
over all bonanza camps. She Is full OF
bright and promising.
The surface is rich. gold is every
where, but amy way look at 1t. Q
person is taking chance. We may
VIII. most of us have enough American
push and backbone In us to stick with
the baggage. and that Is surely what
counts in mining camp. Incidentally
iist-fghts used to be of common occur
renee. TWO months ago 1t was noth-
Ing out of the regular routine to see
a man pull his revolver and take a
shot at some other fellow. or shoot out
the lights In some saloon.
Six out of every ten men carried
n revolver, and the town was govern
ed by sole deputy sheriff, but at tho
q squad OF deputies. as we'll as a de-
tachment of Nevada state police. On
the whole. the community is peaceable:
1t is very much out OF order for a
a man should get it into his head TO
insult woman, he had Just as we'll
prepare to pass through the pearly
gates without ceremony.
40 Il = ut
is wlde-open day and night, and III
wager that one-third OF the people do
not know when sunday comes. The
post office is veritable beehive all
terprising boys get in line, and when
close up to tho window, offer their
positions for sale Mt % cents each. and
some of them make from So to $40 per
day at this vocation.
But that is the novelty; the real
different. Treasure seekers came in
here at the rate of $50 per day for
OF spring weather win bring another
rush, and it's a 100 to l shot that in
another three months there Will be TO-
600 people In the town. The continual
der reminds one very much Of the can
nonading during target practice on the
coast. and any one of these blasts is
liable to uncover untold riches.
oOIle very IuSIusIIlS NdHc
place In new camps as the following
Will illustrate: During the early days
noted clergyman came into town.
Upon alighting from the stage. he ask
town hall. The man in all earnest,
ness said there was only one hall
in town. and that was Kelly's. The
minister concluded~tt was the place he
fered his Services to escort the new
arrival to tho hall. After winding
through the alleys and over the divide.
the, red lights Of the tenderloin began
ious. and finally remarked that it was
queer place to have a town hall.
whereupon the guide told him that he
only knew OF one hall In town. and
The minister then told of his mis-
sion to the camp, and the old timer
floated out into the darkness. laugh
Ing in his sleeve. Amusements OF
various kinds are a part Of the camps
life
Prize fights. vaudeville shows. hard
times dances. the music and entertain
ments In connection with the SALOONS
and gambling houses, tend to ltven
will have the excitement OF the stock
exchange and curb gambling. On the
whole, I think some of the old school
will agree with me, that there Is a
SOIL OF 1dSCllttlilEs Oh " 4iAo as " y
see it Outside OF the hardships and
privations, we have an aristocratic
way about us. peculiarly our own.
Everybody knows everybody else;
millionaires are no better than the
men who work for wages. All are OF
Il common allotment. out for one fixed
purpose. and that purpose is to get
hold Of the yellow metal: and tndica-
tons look favorable for Rawhide pro-
ducing a number of millionaires in
very short order. Charles 6. Gates,
son OF John W., was In town for a
few days. Everything looked pretty
good to him except the bathing facili-
ties. Mr.. Gates went into a barber
shop where the sign read, Baths, 50"
The attendant asked him to be seated
for awhile, After looking over Al the the
Gates began to get restless. Thinking
1t likely that the man in charge had
forgotten. he called him to account,
whereupon Mr.. Gates was informed
that there was a regular customer
ahead of him using the water, but he
could have 1t next.