Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-08
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(By JOSEPH s. JoRpAN.l

= (By JOSEPH s. JORDAN.) ~|
. RAWHIDE, Sept. 5.-The q
. day after the fire finds Raw .
. hide in a most sanguine mood y
. for her future. There is not a =
= croaker in the camp, there is not =
= man who is flying the distress =
= signal. The relief which was .
. speeded from the nearby towns .
. arrived in the best of time for .
. those who lost their all in the q
. flames, and those who saved q
y anything at all declined all aid. .
q The best of spirit is everywhere y
. manifest, and the general q
. opinion is that we are going to .
. have in sixty or ninety days the y
y greatest town in the greatest y
. gold camp In the world. Al
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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 energetically bid
for, and there were number of sales
at better prices than those which OBJ
tanned before the fire. Felicitous
speeches we're made by the members,
who predicted that we were going to
have bigger, better and greater
camp than ever.
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 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 ALT T. Mil
Ter. Lines were drawn about the
fire zone, and none who had no busi-
ness within the lines were permitted
to enter. The guards we're 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 were a number of explosions,
and somebody might have been hurt.
Half dozen men were arrested for
looting, and these ghouls will be
severely dealt with.
One of the greatest sights ever
seen on the desert was the fight of
the relief train from Tonopah, with
it's cargo of relief supplies, and its
cohorts of ministering angels. This
train of automobiles reached here
about o'clock this morning. There
were eleven of the machines
stretched across the desert, and they
were plainly visible from the Rustler
office far out on the plain. The lights
looked like kindly eyes bent in our
direction, and they were rushing to-
wards us bearing messages of good
will. and courage from the father
mother camp of the desert. They
sNwere doing more than that; they
.Jwere bring us material aid for the
sufferers. for the camp was short OF
supplies of all kinds.
Only the watchers of the night
were abroad to receive the kind
hearts, but no time was lost in get
ting the use of the supplies that they
brought. All today, the committee
from Tonopah was among the people
looking OF cases of need, which
thanks to a generous providence