Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-04-08

" criticisms. Coming from the over.
refined and effete east, was not iav-
oIabiy impressed with tndt sign on
the courtroom door commanding you
% ne your dog outside, as it were,
nor TO That series OF spittons inside the
courtroom, one OF them ON the bench,
ANA nearly two feet high, supported
As they are by that line of signs on
the courtroom walls prohibiting spit
ding on the floor. They impressed me
As nleongruous-n incompatible with
ne dignity of the high court For
Sno would dare to BRING III mis- dog
or spit on the floor. Then again.
earned counsel with their feet on the
able While engaged in the trial of a
-ase Impressed me as rather wild and
woclly. | hope my brothers in the law
viii forgive me. II is not IA matter of
manners but of differing conventions.
Ana you must remember these are but
the Impressions OF tenderfoot
While we are on the order of court
house just word about the great Booth
trial. followed it SO closely and got
20 know the antecedent local history
Of II so well that believe | could
nave walked up any night and summed
up 10 the jury or argued the appeal
on either side. Perhaps you would be
willing to know, generally, what this
rank outsider thinks of that now his
,orlcai criminal libel suit, but | will
iorbear, not caring To get into the line
OF fire. | will only say that my impress
SION rs Bill Booth mas been up and
doing things for so long, and had ac-
CURED so many good friends and bit
ter enemies that during his trial peo
pie were rabidly divided, and sober
Judgment was impossible.
Tonopah has interested us nten-
sely. From our aerie on Montana Hill,
which oyerlooks the Whole camp, the
magnificent view OF mountain and
desert has charmed us continually.
For me there is more of the world,
more of real abiding interest to be
seen from the tip of that great Mon
lana dump than from the corner OF
FOrty-second street and Broadway.
| have somehow gained the impress
sion that you in Tonopah don't go
much on religion, but that your poll
ties are much more than ordinarily
honest Certainly a state that has
elected Tasker eddie to be governor
and county that has elevated Mark
| Ayerill to the bench is evidence that
good government here has great pos.
sibilities.
But over and beyond these merely
visual impressions which Tonopah
has afforded me is thai certain es-
sence and spirit OF this great western
( country some of which | am sure
4 have absorbed, my new sensation
I Here Is less of caste and ceremony
I the meanesses and frills of the more
highly organized communities. Here
I there is more breadth and brotherhood
more real democracy and rational
freedom.
The impressions Of Tonopah by this
tenderfoot must briefly include some
more mention of your notables. Bill
( Booth. Patsey Bowler and Walter Drys
7 dale are institutions a trio. In their
specialiies hard to beat. | hope they
4 will allow me. or the first OF these
mention of my impressions has al
ready been made Let me now make
my salaam to p NJ. Bowler. Esquire
Patsey Bowler as he is familiarity call
ed leading lawyer. a typical lrisf
barrister whose proud boast 1t is thai
he has defended SS people charged
with murder only six of whom wer'
sentenced. Surely life-saver OF thu
first rank Probably no other lawyer II
the county has record equal to that
But what a commentary on life-an'
death in "A mining camp. | shall no
soon forget when first saw MI Bow
Ter in action was at distance