Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-09-12

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While the relief committees are
doing their utmost for the benefit OF
the distressed, the merchants and
business men are going right ahead
making their arrangements for the
rehabilitation. Already new sites
have been secured and those who
were burned out yesterday are doing
business at the new stands. Last
night the Rawhide mining stock ex-
change held its first meeting in the
Office of the Nevada hotel, and the
prices of all the good securities OF
Rawhide were most theoretically bid
for, and there were a number of sales
at better prices than those which OBJ
tanned before the fire. Felicitous
speeches were made by the members,
who predicted that we were going to
have a bigger, better and greater
camp than yer
This is the dominating spirit of the
camp. The keynote is that we all
forgot our troubles and go to the
future with the firm conviction that
the fire was a blessing in disguise.
All through the night the smoulding
flames lit up the sky for miles
about, and there were armed men on
watch under the guidance of Deputy
Sheriff Tom Cullom and ALI T. Mil
Ter. Lines were drawn about the
fire zone, and none who had no BUSH
ness within the lines were permitted
to enter. The guards were volun-
teers, and they were we'll cared for
through the long watches of the
night, being served with sandwiches
and coffee.
The drawing of the lines was a
wise provision on the part of the
authorities, for the reason that there
was considerable property inside the
lines which might have been carted
off either by thieves or curio hunters,
And there was danger besides, in
side the lines, for through the night
there we're a number of explosions
and somebody might have been hurt
Half a dozen men were arrested for
footing, and these ghouls will be
severely dealt with.
One of the greatest sights ever
seen on the desert was the flight oil
the relief train from Tonopah, with
its cargo Of relief supplies, and its
cohorts OF ministering angels. This
train of automobiles reached here
about 4 o'clock this morning. There
were eleven of the machines
stretched across the desert, and the,
were plainly visible from the Rustic
office far out on the plain. The light
looked like kindly eyes bent in GU.
direction, and they were rushing to
wards us bearing messages of goot
will, and courage from the father
mother camp of the desert. The,
were doing more than that; the,
were bring us material aid for tn
sufferers, for the camp was short 0
supplies of all kinds.
Only the watchers of the nigh
were abroad to receive the kin
hearts, but no time was lost in get
ting the use of the supplies that the
brought. All today, the eommitte
from Tonopah was among the people
looking of cases of need, which
thanks to a generous providenc
we're few, when it came to real dii
tress. Money was the least thin
that was needed; the food and SUI
plies that the men of Tonopa
brought were the real necessitie
and the medical supplies were nee,
ed too. The men of Rawhide are Sc
reliant, and all they want is q HIT
time and a little credit, and they wi
be on top again.
The recital of what Tonopah d
for the camp brought tears to Il
eyes of those who heard it. The ms
of the committee told us how Il
people got together In response to
false alarm of fire turned in. I'll
news of the fire had been wired
the Bonanza, and this was followt
by a later dispatch telling Of the e