The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-20

light have little bearing on the movie
As you know the world premiere of the picture held
simultaneously in Reno and Virginia City, Nevada Maren
18th. 18th and 18th.
The picture concerns itself with events which TRANSFERRED
in Virginia City in the late sos at time when the world
mining town larger population than San Fran
cisco 1t produced within the space 20 years. in
of billion dollars in gold and silver and 81 mionares got
their start in camp which less than mile long
The first 80 graves in the Virginia City cemetery
mark the final resting places killed In dues and
saloon braw and the first nine were filled by victims
Of Sam Brown Texas bad"an The Ssrd Er., ,s pro
who didn't want to fight.
1t was in this colorful hell hole that Mark Twain made
his start as newspaper reporter and It was ne VINO
to make THE Territorial Enterprise the most quoted news
paper of its time.
In the early days of Virginia City the miners wouldn't
have anything to do with silver ore and USED as .ns
to become important to the famous mining camp tnan
the gold Available records show that seven hundred million
dollars in silver dug from the earth while put Tour
hundred million in gold was taken out
II underground sea Of hot water which
brought sudden death to Virginia City and which inter-
rupted the digging In the richest mines In the camp
is agreed there millions In gold and silver remain
ing in the old workings at this famed city Of the west
but the boiling underground sea promises deatn 70
those who would extract them.
Stock in some of the richest mines sold for much
$4,000 share and sucker rackes thrved ike weeds IN
garden. Stock manpuations by San Francisco ring I'M
povershed 10000 investors in single MONTH resulted IN
10 suicides broke the biggest bank west OF New YORK and
finally drove its president into San Francisco bay without
You may gather idea of the extremes to which
crooked promoters went to take the candy from the
babies" when | tell you that stock was sold TO cut
hole in the side of Sun Peak that sunlight and warm
air might battle Virginia City which was perched on
the shadowy side.
If you think that good listen to this; stock
was sold finance the building of bukhead to surround
completely the city and protect it from the chill Washoe
Zephyr wind peculiar to the district which springs up
Unexpectedly to attain veocities high 80 miles per
hour 1t this wind which destroyed the first three
churches built in the town and it's still blowing Just IKE
it did back those days when beggars became monaires
overnight.
So when you see Virginia City, at your favorite
theaer don't raise eyebrows at the seemingly impossible
situations all have told you is the recorded truth.
A PreUieU!
When Wallace Berry In Furnace Creek Death
Valley, population: 500, he had movies sent
folk in Among the films "yiva Villa" which
Berry made six years ago. After the show, of the
citizens thanked Berry profusey, saying That's the
first 'preview I've SEEM
Var Refugee!
The visit 10 Honolulu 10 10
n possible she retire each for her
entering pictures and mother have
where they have
spent together.
infested graveyard make other
And that will be all for except this rs Con-
fucus might have said, "In springtme young mans
fancy TO love and old make of himself
also!"