Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-11-30
Now They Carry Wooden Dogs;
More Insanity From Abroad

Ii you are woman of fashion,
given to the fads of the moment,
the next time you appear in your
gladdest raiment you will wear I'M
der your left arm, pressed close to
your heart, grassgreen, wooden
dog, with tail rampant.
The arrogant pug and be-curled
poodle, the pedigreed Pom" and
battered bull, until now the COM
panions of women's walks and
drives, must hang diminished heads.
A pup whose form betrays no racial
peculiarities, whose ancestral line
is a hopeless blur of mesalliances-
mutt carved out of unresponsive
wood-has come to be mammals
darling" to be Rugged and pandled
till his pointed skin wears off and
max mammals coat look like old
Irish sealskin.
The green dog, like predecessors
--e-es~s>s~~~~s~s-.>e~~-
uments on unstaked ground. The
snowfall along the coast range in
the Valdez section is very heavy,
and once the white blanket covers
the hills prospecting and claim
stalking will be at an end, says
dispatch from the Alaska camp.
Realizing the necessity for quick
action, those who have not placed
their names on location monuments
are securing the hills in search of
paying lodes.
Those who got in earlier in the
season have had time to prospect
their claims and are about town
displaying specimens of their rock
and forming companies to exploit
their properties. A score of sales
have been made in the last two
weeks, ranging from few thous-
ands to as high as 100000, the
SioiAh oWhClo IohlhS a ohioii pay
ment in cash, the remainder to be
paid at stipulated periods.
A number of people attracted by
the reports sent to the outside, ar
rived on late boats and have bought
up some of the more promising of
the prospects. The prospector, as
usual, is willing to give up his OPP
portunities for small cash pay
ment and a bunch of stock. AS a
consequence it is not an uncommon
sight to see man who has been
broke" for the past few years ap-
pear in a saloon with a roll of bills
amounting to a few thousand dol
lars, and with a poorly concealed
air of indifference, order the drinks
| for the house. He is surrounded
| by crowd of his less fortunate
cronies who Immediately tap" him
for amounts ranging according to
| their former degrees of intimacy
Some of the prospectors after max
ing sales have taken boats for the
outside, where they will be able to
spend the winter among more con.
genial surroundings.
Valdez is known as the farthest
north ice-free port in the world
and has had several incipient booms
which died in the borning. Copper
was the basis of these fiimsy bub
bles, but this is the first time in hel
history that gold is known to exis
in paying quantities in her hills.
1t seems strange to new Gomez
that prospectors could have beef
blind for so long a time, but the
evidence of the old-timers' indiffer
ence is here in plenty. When cop
per was around the two-bit mark
great lodges of it were located, ant
thousands of dollars expended in de
velopment work. Some of then
will prove dividend makers som,
day. but most of them are held b,
poor men, who find that a cope
mine requires, in most instances
huge sums of money for preliminar,
development before it is placed OIL
a producing basis.
The discovery of rich gold lead
has given Valdez a new lease OF
life, which is attested by the gen
eral air of activity and assurance
that pervades the atmosphere. TIL
real estate man finds himself fig
ure of Importance these days, hi
chief occupation being to find hab
itations for tenants who will spen,
the winter here waiting for the com
ing of spring, when the looked-fo
rush will arrive. This has cause,
houses which cOuld he bought In