Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-06-06

dared risk their all, because they know if they
live success is certain to crown their efforts
Successful men have hard experience, with
temporary set-backs, financial panies, discourag
ing failures, or faithess friends and implacable
enemies Their experiences harden them against
appeals from suffering humanity But for George
$. Nixon these trials broadened his charity. He
was remarkably free from enmities and animosi-
ties. To forgive and forget were his nature and
policy. He first beside friends in sorrow or
sickness. and his affectionate interest and braeing
vitality of infinite help and comfort If the
trouble was financial instead of avoiding the un-
fortunate, which is the common way he would
drop his own great affairs to take mp those of
his friends His right hand has performed
long catalogue of gracious and kindly acts where
of his left hand knew not
The qualities which make up American man
hood were developed in him to the full measure
The traditions of American life were conspicu-
ously illustrated in his career He was of that
stuff that has helped to make an empire of the
west Men loved him for his own merits for his
own sake, and because he was Just plain man.
grown to big proportions. With his own hands
and his own wit and will-power he beat path
way to honest wealth and just renown
The great things he already had done for his
state small compared with the large plans
he had in his mind for the future These plans
were known to few of his ntimates and asso-
ciates. They embraced the development Of Ne
vada' S boundless raw materials, the growth and
Improvement of her cities the enlistment of out
side capital, and the encouragement Of education
al institutions; large program of constructive
work and enterprise These things were to be
the real work of his life, the fulflment of his
ambitions and expression of his loyalty to
the state he loved and called "home"
He has fallen in the bright midday of his
career, in the hour when his capacity for service
approaching its maximum power and lust as
his broad shoulders were squared to pack the big
burdens that lay before him, the burdens Of
many men, of nation, state and community. The
labors of quarter of a century lay behind him,
a record of noble performance; the labors of a
quarter of century stretched out ahead of him. a
field of splendid promise Our heads are bowed
| low this day in grief because we know not where
| to turn to find worker to complete his tasks
The state and all her people have suffered loss
for which there is repair except that George
S. Nixon's love for this old state, and his un-
| tagging faith in its future, have put new fire
into optimism and baptized us with a
new energy and higher resolve for the days that
lie ahead of us. We brush away the hot tears
and turn eyes to the future with a renewed
belief that his dreams for Nevada will be full
filed; that this broad plateau, with its hills and
valleys and plains is destined to become the seat
of great commonwealth, the home of a happy
prosperous and numerous people who will hold
his life and character in grateful remembrance
and who will draw encouragement and stimulus
| from the things he did
| Goodbye, old friend, and fights of angels
sing thee to thy long rest