The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-07-31

deavor, where ability is a necessary
condition TO success, and the fittest only
survive, he established large and luc-
rative law business. Years of effort
having won for him success there, Fate
stepped into his life and brought him to
Nevada. One day friend, who had
been prospecting among the golden op-
portunities of the great West, came
into Mr. Heer's office, told him of
the great fortunes that had been
made at Tonopah, about the new
camp of Goldfeld that then bade
fair TO eclipse its neighbor, and stated
that he had secured lease on one of
the earliest and most promising loca-
tions in that camp. Incidentally he re-
marked that he was broke, and that the
purpose of his visit was not to dissent
nate information, but to ask for assis-
tance both professional and financial.
Mr.. Heer came through on both require
ments; Incorporated the company and
advanced money for preliminary expen-
ses. He did more; it was largely
through his efforts that the company
was financed.
The lease was afterwards known to
the world as the 'Little Florence, that
for months produced thousands of dol
lars worth of high-grade daily. So
much wealth naturally aroused the Gu
pidity of some of those interested;
friction was engendered among the
stockholders, and litigation was threat
ened. The eastern directors, who had
become such at the solicitation of Mr..
Heer, requested him to 60 to Nevada
to straighten out the tangle and pro-
tect their interests. He demurred, de-
claring that he could not afford to leave
his private business for SO long a time.
They urged that his practice could be
cared for by others and held together,
but insisted that he should personally
safeguard the holdings of these whom
he had induced to invest. To cut a
long story short, he yielded to this de-
mand. The six months vacation" as
his friends designated the trip west,
heightened into three years. After
that he had no desire to return. Some
one has said 1.-The good book tell us
that the three wise men came out of
the East; but nowhere is it recorded
that any of them ever went back again. F"
When the panic of l9O7-s, caused by
Wall streets shaking down" of the
country, got in its work, Mr.. Heer,
like the rest of US, sustained heavy
losses, for he had not let his money lie
idle, but had put it into the develop
ment of many other properties. He
still retains mining interests in various
parts of the state; and through his ef-
forts three-quarters Of a million dol
lars or more have been honestly, intell-
igentIy, and therefore prohtably In.
vested In Nevada mines,
Following the days of the panic, Mr.
Heer went to Reno, associated himself
with the firm of Mack & Green, now
Mack, Green, Brown & Heer, and soon
won for himself an enviable reputation
as lawyer of learning and rare abil-
ity. He has of late years been engags
ed In some of the largest and most i'm
portant litigation in the history of the
state, including the suit against the of.
fcers and directors of the State Bank
& Trust Co. which was recently COM
promised for t75, 900, and many mining
cases. This, in connection with his
varied business experience, peculiarly
Ats him for seat upon the supreme
bench. His wide acquaintance among
mining men in every county in the
state. and his extensive practice, which
has broadened his acquaintance to lead
ing citizens In all ether callings, make
J al him a strong candidate, practically
assuring his nominatlon and election.