Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-09-26

was driven up to a farm house in
the eastern part of the state. The
car contained three passengers, in
Guiding the driver 1t was the
driver who alighted first. Attired
in khaki trousers, somewhat the
worse for wear and decorated with
numerous splashes of grease and
dirt, light shirt, also having
grease and oil establishment, and
sleeves rolled up to the elbows; a
cap that had done service for some
time; and with a fine coating of
tan and dust, he might have been
taken for transcontinental trav-
eler. Walking up to the ranch
house, he was met by the owner
of the land, who was handed a
card on which was inscribed:
IT. L. Oddie, candidate for the
Republican nomination of gov
ernor."
The rancher read the card and
politely inquired:
Where is he?"
My name is Oddie," was the
startling reply, and then the intro
auctions were concluded.
This incident happened time and
time again during the preliminary
campaign of Senator Oddie through
~
when he was making the trip
aboard his famous .sawed-off auto.
That he convinced the people he
was adapted to handle the affairs
of the state, was shown by the re-
suit of the primary ballot. Innu-
merable hardships were of daily
occurrence The trip was record
breaker for when Mr.. eddie, James
A. Buchanan and the latter's thir-
teen-year-old son left Tonopah theiI
exehequer contained less than 800
After nine days of campaigning
they decided to leave Reno and
make the eastern part of the state
An inventory of the stock on hanC
was taken and it showed that the
ear had plenty Of provisions aboard
sleeping bags, cooking utensils ant
in fact nearly everything with the
exception of gasoline. But ten dol
lars remained in the treasury.
Senator eddie also had in hi'
possession set of pearl studs, ;
gold button and a specimen. HI
entered one of the Reno banks ant
showing his collateral in front o
the cashier asked how much h
would advance
We'll, this assortment looks II
be good for $780, was the reply
Hand it over quick, said Oddie
and in a few minutes he departed
with smile. The car was equipped
with gasoline and the tour was OIL
again.
At Rye Patch, a station between
Inlay and Lovelock, on the South
ern Pacific road, Mr.. Oddie dis
covered man attending to tn
watering tank The auto was halte
and he started out to talk politics
How many men live here?' h
asked the lcne watcher.
The repsnose was a jumbled jail
gon of uninteIigible noises, accom-
panied by wild waving of tn
arms.
Buchanan had approached in tn
meantime, and when Oddie turne
around he saw Buck making sign
with his hands. The tank tende
was deaf and dumb. Buchanan wa
an adept with the sign languag
and in the silent conversation il
Productions were carried on with til
result that Oddie gained vote.
All along the line the party Ell
countered former southern Nevad
miners; many had worked for o,
die in the old days of this cam
while number had only recent
been employed at the Lucky BE
camp. So it soon became a reg
lar thing when on entering a tow
and announcing his identity, that
was informed that he didn't nee
any boosters there, as the men wi
had worked for him were on Il
job" Several times when makil
speech from the tonneau of &
auto. eddie would scan the faces
the crowd looking for an old a
quaintance. All would be stran
ers, until suddenly he would o
serve an old acquaintance approaC
and then the speech would sudden
terminate. Before a half hour
die would know the whole tow
and despite the fact that he was
the enemy's country. the impressi
he made was wonderful one.
The pleasantest incident OF I