The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-04-18

1t is painful and unpleasant, but
necessary duty to allude to this char
acteristic of the Phoebe that was.
Without such allusion its history and
present condition could not be compre-
hended by normal and rightthinking
people. Some of the men, who. very
likely against their will, were drawn
into the banal combat of the stock ex-
changes and the courts of law under
the supposition that the protection of
their own interests required it, have
lived to realize and regret their mis-
take and are numbered among the
distinguished benefactors of the dis.
trict. Others have lad down their
discreditable arms in sight OF prison
bars, and " is matter for congratula-
ton that the last of the brood have,
with all human certainty. been
cleaned out
New and Greater Phoebe.
The advent of the railroad and I he
passing OF the crooked manipulation
mark the birth of the new and greater
Phoebe. to whose interests. with those
OF all Lincoln county, which are in
extricably bound up with them, this
publicity edition of the Record is ded-
icated; Phoebe, a twentieth century
camp. with twentieth century oppor-
tunities, and twentieth century stand.
ards of decency and efficiency; a camp
that has underground more proved
ana tested certainties of almost un-
believable wealth than any of it's
more spectacular and populous neigh
bors have prospects; camp that has
exposed and In sight, for anyone who
chooses to investigate, a body of min
eral wealth incomparably greater in
net value than that which cast a gla-
nous over the pioneer days. when
Phoebe numbered its inhabitants by
the thousands; camp which marks
the center of one of the most extern
sive zones of naturalization of the
western hemisphere. The -s'ioche of
yesterday lies buried on that boot
ed" hill which was once its boast Its
very memory must make way for the
greater Phoebe of today and tomorrow.
The Traditional Cat.
Your old-time prospector had. and
has TO this day, peculiar fondness
for dallying with fortune, as cat
plays with mouse Only that In his
case, we should perhaps reverse the
figure, and try to imagine the mouse
playing with the cat There is ira
dition in Phoebe and other western
camps of freighter who loaded up
at Santa Clara. Utah, with cask of
the mellow vintage known in that re-
gion as Dixie wine" Meeting some
friends, he invited them into barn
nearby to sample the cask. They
spent an enjoyable evening, which
seemed to them to grow younger as
the hour grew later, Finally, when the
supply of liquid refreshment was near
ly exhausted. one of the party noticed
with dismay that the cask leaked
little, and that point or more of the
wine had gathered in a little pool on
the floor. whence it was escaping
through crack between the boards.
While he was specializing as to Just
how the precious juice could best be
recovered, little mouse poked it's
head out of hole in the corner, crept
over to the place. where the wine had
collected, shifted of it, and then scarl-
pered back to its hole. Pretty soon it
came out again, scampered over to the
wine, drank little and then crept
back to the hole. The third time
the mouse came up without any hesl-
tation or sign of fear, took a good
long drink. and then reared up on
its hind legs and sQueaked: Now
bring on that id cat,"
Well, the prospectors who made the
first discoveries in Phoebe came from
the Dixie" country. and its a fair
presumption that their peculiar con-
cause as that of the mouse. for they
fairly flew in the face of fortune, and
dared her to do her worst. The won
derfully rich ores of the old Raymond
and Ely and other mines Of pioneer
days were known to at least half a
dozen different men. who came mere
before there was any Phoebe sampled
the lodges, in some cases made SUBJ
stantial extraction of values by means
of crude furnaces, and then went
away again without making any at
tempt to permanently hold their prop
erty or to transfer 1t for a. valuable
consideration. The same strange phe.
nomenon may be observed in the ear
ly history of many great camps. A
real oldfashioned prospector. or
"burro man. it would seem, would
rather have bird in the bush than
two in the hand any time. He will
make discovery which he has everv
reason in the world to consider of