The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-18
ANOTHER FRAUD ON G0LDFIELD

ANOInEk FkAOD O>
yHAr ArrnAss u /. N Of the most gigantic and barsf.e.d .~inals.
Angeles; and ~ h the case Of many thr ndIe TN mAsS -
ooiaasld is the wore. that is contmsd with TO draw the un~ary into
the mshss Of the thieves -.
WIN" =. ,.a ~ front y thsl latest financial buccanssrng expedition is the
notorious .Dr. ". L Phillips we'll known n Southern ssvsa. m s01n. . Ss
with several questionable enterprises Phillips is III MAJ VINO Operated : 0s
..boom,, for beatty, swindlsd innumerable people and tne Doom as
= hold :. bag, Ton several thousand dollars He built two or three pre-
tentious houses. wore a tall silk hat had al automobile dm . nue. an c' =
che completion Of tho railroad and wa going to make It the TOW Of ne
Bunnrog district He erected huge signs o. the lots tn quo o%' % 'e :. '.w
hal hospital churches. &C., we're TO be built Phillips was . t0w Ute Do0msf
Of IL approved Kansas type. and an expert In his line
Nearly two ysas have passed since the Beatty episode Two years .
long time in ; w country. where thousands Of tsndsrfest arr crowdins IN nsn'
along; and who're y much is happening II is easy 10 forget Anyhow two years
vas long enough Tor such an active and rssoucsfu individual . "Dr" Phillips
70 rssain In rsasae and now v ear Of him oooons up .s q a0uno1 o.
..NorA nsldASa',, snev town which u 70 "rtyal 0oldAeld" From letters e
cstvsd sy ctu.sns Of osidhsld. and by this paper. making nauhiss about the
vhnh nam the schsas d operated, it appears that hundreds Of town lots are be-
ing sold In Los Angeles In ths . metropolis; not Sold ut given away
cording which Il stated to be s26 OF cours PM of the more desirable lots
such a cornna etc and lots ''ner the business CENTER and the banks, etc.
bring = higher price 1s company eam' !" own @~o '0" OF ""'-
Al ipy,stie.tOn dsclosss the following: An attempt wa made some time
ago. By Representatives Of the Mineral Lands Improvement company to file a
plat Of > nw TOWNSHIP. with the county commissioners. Tho lower o. nearer
and Of TN townsKs va exactly I've miles north from q point midway between
the business center Of town and the old depot The town site lies out on the
desert. At least sn miles from the nearest producing mine with nothing what
ever in the surrounding country to support . town or invite people u locate
When the applicants TO- fling the plat approached the commissioners. they repre-
ssnssA that they intended = make a resort Of the place. build . re track
casno. etc. the town was II bs. beautifully smbsnishsd with trees lawns
graded srset4 etc. and an electric line raj u b . run to the heart Of Gold
6Nld". But the county commissioners were skepucal; they coulont soc 70
mmit In such ) scheme. and surmidng it TO be . swindle. refused to accept the
plat fr filing stating that when the applicants evidenced their good faith by do
ing SON work in the direction they had suggested. they might then comply with
their request. This was SOM months ago.. and since then thousands OF dollars
worth Of lots have been sold from all reports. and lot 800 worth Of work has
been done on tn ground. Not only this but the company owes practically every
body in 0odneA that VA employed by It in any capacity. The surveyor, the
mar maker, tho HveGyman, the hotel keeper ire all losers by this syndicate Of
uaftsrs and W the man sent here % look Afr some details Of the work. had
o borrow money with which to rot ont Of town. Everything that came in from
the SALE Of lots Is gobbled and sailed away, II appears and it is a skin game"
from beginning to end-
II appears to us tina. th. is a case for he district attorney o. 10. Angeles
and FOR tho United States post ONCE inspector. 1t is a fraud and swtndle that
should not be permitted to 60 n any longer. We hav letters indicating that
scores Of poor people have put their money into these los-n fact it is adver
the advertising is especially framed. But this has not prevented som ..plung
ers,' from putting As much as $1,000 into lots and blocks of lots but most # the
buying La been lin amounts If $25 and $50.
0odAed protests against being made the eats paw fr so many professional
grafters and swtndlers We have some bunco men It home-Lord knows enough,
without having 10 suffer from the Vaccinations of outsiders. Thousands of
shares Of stock have been sold in companies formed only to food the country
with bogus stock based upon some 0oldfed fiction, a n naturally 0oldheld is
the sufferer, for the people, Of course, think that GodAed is responsible fr the
schemes whereas the promoters perhaps have never SEEM oldheld and own not
right at or door nj are selling lots by the Wholesale whereast they do not own
al never get a title, for the land is rot mineral land and was acquired simply
and solely or fake townste purposes
This company is a downright swindle II it were rot why does it not oper
ate ron Goldhed. the natural headquarters? Why maintain the once II the
company It some distant point and sell lots from a blue print instead Of from
the townsdte iself7 The reason is dfevident The most hopeless iunatic would
not buy . 'tovn lot" way out there on the desert where there is not a ign Of
human hahtation, or the first sembhnce of q town.
A. ws remarked before this is a fraud that should be nveshgate b the
authorities Of Los Angeles whore the swtndls is being psrpstrated, and II is q At
tam Hns literature NJ unce Sam Is M made . party TO the swtndle