The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1910-09-24

publican candidate for Governor' mas
been a most remarkable one. From the
earliest days in his life up to the present
time it has been marked with struggles
which would have discouraged the or
binary man.
Oddie was born in Brooklyn in 1870
and moved from there to East Orange,
New Jersey, where the earliest years OF
his life were spent. When he was
fifteen, he moved to Nebraska aud
worked on q ranch until he was nine.
teen. 1t was this early training which
gave him the robust constitution that
has stood him in such good stead ever
since. While on the ranch, Oddie be.
came a good horse wrangler aud was
looked upon by the other buccaroos as
one of the expert riders.
He returned to New York and en-
tered the service of q large wholesale
house. receiving for his services the
princely salary Of $500 per week.
From the start he made good, and by
merit alone worked himself up and
later was given the very responsible
position Of assistant manager Of a large
estate in New York. This change
meant the placing in his hands OF mil
lions Of dollars worth Of property,
truly a very responsible position for so
young q man. He held this position
for five years, in the meantime taking
up the study Of law. completing q three
years course in the night law school
of the New York University. He
graduated, was given his degree. and
shortly after was admitted to the New
York bar.
Immediately after his admittance to
the bar, he was appointed manager of q
large real estate company in New York
City and made an excellent record FOL
himself. outgeneralling soma Of the
oldest and shrewdest real estate men in
New York In the management Of the
business. which included one Of the
largest Office buildings there; by strict
attention to business, coupled with
absolutely fair dealings and ability
he won the confidence and esteem o
all those with whom hs came in con
tact. He worked hard at everything b,
undertook. and made a success OF al
his undertakings.
He joined the famous Essex Cavalry
troop Of New Jersey and was consider.
ed one OF the best and most darinl
riders in the company.
In February, 1898, he came to Austin
in the employ Of Arson Phelps StokeI
Of New York. one of the strongest bust
ness men OF that city, aud was mad,
an officer in the several companies con
trolled by the Stokes estate ia Nevada
Oddie had occupied this position o
trust but a short time when he learned
that crooked work had been going oil
by men in the employ of Stokes, anC
singly, alone and unaided he uneafth.
ed one OF the largest and far.reachinj
swindles that has ever been known il
this State. His experiences in connec
ton with his work would make a stor,
far more exciting than any Of the pres
emit day fiction writer's could imagine
and he showed by his actions that h
was absolutely fearless and could not b
swerved from his duty by threats Q
the most serious character, some O
which were made against his life.
When the Austin mines closed, he EN-
barked in his first mining venture, start
ing work on a quick silver mine on tor
Of the Spanish Belt Mountains in Nye
County, and ever since then he ha,
been actively engaged in mining. FL
commenced the technical study Of min
ing on his arrival in the State, ant
has ever since been a close observer a.
well AS an ardent student of technica
mining; this combined with the vas
amount of practical work he has done
has placed him in the ranks of the fore
most mining men Of the State.
The work that he did on the quicl
silver mine demonstrated that he wa
full of nerve and capable of endurin,
the hardest and ~cruelest kind o.
manual labor. Probably no mar in tn,
state has ever undergone more diff
culties or suffered greater hardships
than did Oddie while working at thil
mine-miles from a living soul, a scam