Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-24

The Goldfied News publishes the
following which is worth the time of
perusal of any reader:
The brokers on the exchange have
been having lot of fun lately at the
expense of a young college student in
the east who wrote letter addressed
to the Mayor of Goldfield,' and
which letter was turned over to the
secretary of the mining exchange.
The letter stated that the writer was
about to graduate from college, was
in good physical condition as he had
some training in a Y. M. c. A. GYM
nasium, and was therefore in fit con-
dition to battle with the vicissitudes
and hardships of the west, and want
ed to know if there was a chance out
here for him to get job.
About a dozen brokers took a
whirl at answering the letter, the
writer of which was named Beers.
One of the letters was as follows:
'Goldfield New, June Is.
Ernest B. Beers,
N. Y.
Dear Sir:-While out in the rear
of my canvas mansion this morning
cleaning the gold out of the radia-
tor of my new 70-h. p. auto. l no.
ticed a little Twist skipping up
the trail and with it came condensed
milk cans. oil cans, parts of mining
machinery and other kinds of debris
too numerous to mention. The
aforesaid "twister" suddenly died
down when it reached my place of
abode and found myself in the cen
ter of rain of cans, etc. After the
dust had cleared away / saw lying
before me, face up, letter address
ed to the Mayor of Goldfield, Nevada,
U. S. A. At second glance saw
that this letter had been opened but
by whom | was unable to think for
the reason that Goldfield has nc
mayor, and furthermore, never will
have as the town is run strictly on
the law that the quickest man with
his gun is the man who will COM
mand obedience of the bunch until
some other bad man shows up to fill
him full of lead.
Once upon a time there was g
man who aspired to the office OF
mayor, but he is now sleeping peace
lullg pChCoIn q OOollut aim " nv
coyotes hold nightly serenades, anC
his name is only mentioned in {
whisper. He was little slow on the
draw
with much fear and trembling,
read your missive, so addressed, anc
| must say that | am surprised tt
find the outside world in such dense
ignorance of the real condition tina
exists in the greatest and worst min
ing camp in the world. Why, m.
dear sir, allow me to advise you tina
if you can't pick the eye of a fly a
fifty yards, you had better remain
within the portals of civilization ant
consider yourself fortunate that YOU
epistle addressed to the Mayor o
Goldfield' fell into my hands insteat
of some of the more bloodthirsty in
habitants of this thriving Wild Yves
Metropolis.
"Goldfield is place to be shunne'
by all peace loving people, as it i
a place of continual strife; the big
gest part of the desert is used as
burying ground.
cat the present time Goldfield can
not lay claim to such luxury as a.
athletic club, because water is S
high here that it would be impossible
to install proper bathing facilities
and without this such club woul
never prosper. Water here is peddle
in wagons at the very low price Q
sc per gallon, but it is only used D
the most wealthy citizens OF IN
camp, the poorer inhabitants quencr
ing their thirst with plain whisk
without a chaser,
"If you are of cleanly natnr
and I Judge that you are, ! canno