Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-30


ledger showed; he owned his humble
cabin, and had stock in some of the
mines, or rather in some prospects,
Tor mines they we're not and were
never destined to be, alas, too, for
the stock, wall paper would have
been cheaper and much more deco
rative.
knowing little and perhaps caring
less for the most simple laws OF
hygiene, the miners, in their mad
rush for glittering baubles and in
toxicated quite as much by the won
derful stimulating tonic air of the
desert as by the squirrel whisky
imbibed so prodiglously, neglected
even the most simple precautions
of health or sanitation, and one
morning the scourge was upon them
and here and there. where yesterday
merry laughter rang and un-alloyed
hope reigned supreme. stalked grim,
hideous death.
The doctors were at their wits
end, nothing like 1t had been seen
before, nor for that matter since.
but with sleepless eyes and nerves
stretched to the point of breaking
they struggled determinedly, If in
vain; the faithful parish priest, un-
dismayed. and. with the courage
of a Spartan. administered the last
rites of the church to the dying,
and when there was time, held flu
neral services over the dead; for
be it understood that with from
three to five deaths a day, as there
were then, it constitutes a tax so
dreadful and so heavy as to strain
to the utmost the resources of many
more pretentious places than one
with the few facilities of new
camp.
( Once the gravity of the situation
: became apparent, all else was for
. gotten, goaded on by horror, fright
! was in the saddle and wild rush
for safety followed Those who re-
. manned were those who could not
get away. whether it was the call
: of imperative duty, of business, that
; regardless of hazard must not be
. sacrificed. or the simple lack OF
: real money for the necessary trans
+ portation. Whatever the reasons
. many necessarily were left behind
to face, with unspoken fears. firm
lips and unsmiling eyes, with true
o western sand. the unknown ant
v for the more to be dreaded perill
q of the scourge.
: Back from the Scared mountain
sides. sore of foot and weary, cam,
s the patient, plodding, always optim
, lstic prospectors, their larders, ex
!. hausted, their purses empty grub
= stakers" nearly all; these men, tn
" salt of the earth, whose courage
r fortitude, persistence and above all
d whose never fading hope in the sue
" cess that is sure" to be met to
IL morrow, has made possible the set
" tlement of all new lands. Heroes
n each and every one of them. how
p ever humble, these unnamed pros
pectors, these pioneers of the might
70 army or industrial progress
,s Stunned by the suddenness of tn
NJ magnitude of the calamity that ha
8 all but overwhelmed them. the mel
"a chants of Tonopah were compelle
In to suspend credit, the credit ordiT
v arily and heretofore so freely gran
as ed, for. be it understood. the tru
I'd miner is migratory bird her
W today. Alaska tomorrow, New ze'
r. land the next day. and credit. ;
any time has to be extended wit
H. some caution Food was at a heay
an premium and scarce, and one by OF
rv the. for the once disheartened an
e. discouraged prospectors, turned vail
mr. ly and hungrily from the doors
RI the restaurants. their hunger al
IT. thirst appeased
el Could prospect be blacker, q
=" heart OF the desert yirulent al
ed fatal disease rampant. no food. !
m. water. except at fabulous prices; |
At deed water had been known
he command one dollar gallon an
ed worse yet. no money with which
~ buy Yes. bus very life itself. {
or food aud water mean life the wor
ar over
no Nestled snugly Ia between y
cd gandlls decorated. mirrorcd Gin mi
was modest. alike as TO exteri
Ia and Interior. restaurant. "ehlnl
re r. taurans the "Candelaria nc
nd "a haven ~ hops. almost the on
ed salvation. the refuge VI the torloI
cir he frlendless, penuliess. starsi
IN. unfartnnates. Cor here dwelt nn
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