The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-09-12

spontaneity of charity is typical of
the Nevada desert camps, where a
mans a man and a brother.
Many, many times since the historic
a~uctioning of the sack of -four on the
Comstoek for the benefit of the sanitary
corps during the war of the rebellion
has this spirit been demonstrated. the
response to the call for aid from San
Francisco being a comparatively mod
ern instance.
But never did the people of Nevada
move so quickly or so unitedly in the
succor of a distressed community as at
the time of the great Rawhide FIRE,
eight days ago.
1t matters not that few needed food
or shelter and that the three-quarters
Of a million dollars loss was confined
chiefly TO the business section of the
young mining eity-the response came
just as willingly and as a~bundantly. In
fact, it is to the credit of Goldfeld,
Tonopah, Reno, Fallon and the other
nearby towns that thousands of dollars
were contributed and supplies of all
kinds pledged while the brief but costly
coniagration was still raging and when
i. seemed almost certain that the en-.
tire city would be swept awy.
Goldfeld was one of the first to make
response. The movement was headed
by the Chamber of Commerce, Order of
lks and Stock Exchange, scores of vol
unteers from other sources giving their
aid.
Five hours after definite news re-
garding the fire was received
two autos, loaned by James f. Keelyn
and Tom d. Murphy, were racing across
the desert, laden with supplies such as
would be the first immediate need of 4
fire swept community. Exalted Ruler
Collins of the b. p. o. f. was a passen-
ger on one of the machines, armed with
documents showing that he was the
regularly appointed distributor of the
supplies.
+, The officials of the T~onopah & Gold
field railway were at once requested TO
furnish a chartered train. The reply
was flashed back that not only one, but
a half dozen trains il necessary, would
be placed Immediately at the disposition
of the relief committee and without n
cent of charge.
AS quickly as arrangements could be
made, a train, consisting of an iced box
ear, passenger coach and four fat cars.
was backed up to the depot and quick
ly laden, the Ga, cars being used par
ticularly for automobiles, to be ready
flled and sent across the desert to Raw
hide as 1901 as tho special could reach
Nina.
Among the autos sent out on the train
were those of j. C. Mccormack, Desert
Rat Shorty, J. II. Mackenzie and L. l..
Patrick. At Tonopah, another box car
load of supplies, donated by people OF
that city, was added to the train.
Resolutions of sympathy were passed
by the Chamber of Commerce mass
meeting, which gave substantial aid.
A meeting of the Woman's club was
also called.
While, on the following morning, the
people of Goldfeld were arranging to
send even more substantial aid, thou
sands of dallors having been subscribed
for that purpose, a wire was received
by The Goldield News, stating that no
more aid was needed, and thanking the
people of Goldfeld for their quick and
substantial response to the cry for help.
Reno's Noble Work for Rawhide
Reno has for many years had the
reputation of being slow, but the organ
~ization of the relief fund for the Raw