Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-03-10

These three mines will be heard from
in the near future.
But to go into any detail or de-
scription of the mines would require
more space than you would care TO
give. or The Journal readers perhaps
care to peruse.
The town is the typical Nevada
mining town, IL not a little more so.
for II is making the record in many
ways. Five months ago there were
! a dozen or two people here and a
half dozen tents. Today the town
lines the canyon for three-auarters
of a mile and spreads over the big
fat TO the west of the canyon, for a
quarter of a mile. Tents everywhere
and these are growing rapidly in
number, though on the business
streets, they are giving way TO SUBJ
stantial frame buildings which are
going up as fast as the lumber can
be had-and Il Is. no uncommon
sight to see a big freight wagon
backed up to a building site unload
ing lumber, which a gang of carpen-
ters take away as fast as It leaves the
wagon.
To illustrate Tex Richard. he of
Gans-Nelson fame, bought a lot on
Main street paying $500 for Il. Ten
days later a handsome one story
building, 80 by 100 feet. was finish
ed and painted. dance was held in
II the tenth night. and the next
morning 30-foot bar. stock of
liquors, gambling outfits and all the
paraphernalia belonging and apper-
tanning to a Nevada saloon were in
place, and Ave barkeepers passing
out the red red booze to hundreds of
arid throated miners The institu-
tion cost in all $4,000.
Main street Is packed with a bug
zing crowd OF men, until Il looks like
circus day In Salem. and there Is a
continuous rattle OF hammer and
boom OF blasts Big twelve and
fourteen mule teams loaded with
freight line every block. Four six
horses stages carrying from II to II
passengers each arrive daily and
more than a dozen autos are making
two trips daily to railroad points,
carrying on an average fine persons
each and making the trip TO Schurz,
30 miles, in an hour and forty min
utes.
Saloons are everywhere and near.
ly all OF them carry n full quota OF
gambling games. faro, roulette
craps, twenty-one and dozen Of
others. all intent on separating the
outsider from his money. There are
many women here. Drawing with
their husbands the hardships OF the
run OF civilization. and there are also
others. The Babylonian part OF the
town lies In a side canyon, as appar-
emily everybody knows, and there
the sound OF revelry Is heard from
noon until the following morning.
There "Ragtlme Kelley" mascu-
line terpsichore. holds forth. the
dance house king. and there the
plano tinkles and the resined horse
tail wakes 10 life the desslcated In
testines OF the deceased feline, until
they sQuall again as diseordantly as
did their one time owner upon the
family woodshed In the days OF
loves young dream. Here the sturdy
miner and rough-shOd teamster whirl
the sylph-llke forms OF the modern
SalOmes In the may measures of
the dreamy waltz at four bite
whirl including the drinks. The
girls are a tribe shelf-worn. for have
they not tripped II merrily I'm every
camp In the state for lol these many
yearsY They are sun Drowned and
dust blown, from long association
with the desert. but when hand
painted and enameled they are to
some apparently good TO look upon,
for the dance Of death. has many
patrons.
On the other hand, last Sunday
religious services were conducted IN
two places. one OF which was the
undertaking shop.
To get back TO business, for I am
prone 20 MISUNDERSTANDING
have been completed for putting In
four fair sized mills six miles from
town where water can be obtained
from wells. The water for drinking
purposes, etc, Is hauled four miles
and sells for 81 a barrel. II is fair
" good but doesn't size mp with Sa-
lens supply not by a long ways
Last week the business men and
mineowners concluded 10 build a
railroad TO connect with the s. p. at
Sehurz or Walker Lake. 80 miles
Fifty Thousand dollars was sub
scribed In two hours for the prelim-
mary work. A petition asking for
right OF way sent the county CON-
missioners. negotiations for rails
begun, and Il is expected the road
viii be running into RaWhide BY
July 4. IL Is expected the mills for
working the ores OF the district will
be erected al the roads terminus on
walker Lake as there water Is
abundant and fuel available over the
;. p. lines. AT present wood Is sell
ing here al $50 per cord and Is
hauled about so miles IL Is mostly
nut pine, with some juniper LOdg-
Ing houses are plentiful. but still
crowded. They are furnished with
single cots placed close together. and