Las Vegas times. [volume], April 01, 1905, Image 2

About Las Vegas times. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1906

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LAS VEGAS TIMES
rCBUaQKD EVERT SATURDAY BT
LAS VEiiAS TIMES COMIV'XY.
James Biowy, ..... ICJitrr
SrmcRBT:oj* Prick:
P*r Yrar.ft.Co
8ix AIoxtiir.1 .Vj
Tirer Mo.vriu. ,?j
bix«i.« Corr ...... .jo
IT ADVAJOt.
A it*rti*iuif Flalei mn.i known «i tL'
Publication O(Tic .
Appli.a'.i n tuaJ* at pc|tetfia in Im
Vfgaf, NfT.as seton<l cl**« nutter.
SATL'RI'AY. Al'WSL 1. IVt'S.
ft.axr shad* trees ant How, r gar Jen*.
*»VmkRk is ths e another Jeisrl town
kite with perp# ual f:ea water right* on
back lot?
N’err.enibar we are In semi-tropical
t>o« hern Wwada at tess than 8090 ft*t
bit ration.
Urn town li rapidly becctn'ng a city
bf bonus, whara aecry on* la indkpend
vai of the water mas.
T«» oppertunitles, for the Investor
and energetic man in and abound I as
Vegas surpass anything in the county.
^ Ar.t that is best for the prosperity
bud up building (if Las Vegas must
be the motto of each and every one of
Us residents.
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Tax mountains surrounding this
prosperous city arc rich with min
erals and in the development of the
aaure, fortune* will be made that will
eat do paat results.
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Tn» b** kfsoae T'vias. will accord
a willing hand and aid to all such as
are in the fray to make I-as Vegas the
beat, most progressive, alert mud up
•o date city in the country.
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Tub beck end of your reeiUer.ee lot
Will make a tine vegetable garden, while,
With water in abundance at a depth of
ten feat, it ie easy to irrigate, either with
a small gasoline rig or a windmill.
VgoAa ia the place to establish your
‘amity while yonr business calls you to
the mountains. What you would pay
elsewhere in rant will soon buy you a
home here and give you the advantage
of the profit ou the raise in real estate as
the community glows.
_W. W. VVau.Au*, aa experienced
tewspaper man and a delightful gentle
vuan, has L'lnounced to the pubi c that
he, too, will il> the Journalistic act ior
TjOb Vegas, ilia paper ia called tLe Ac
came, and la-aneab clean eheet of eight
"ague, hrirn full of good reading Lustier.
ThkTimb* congratulates Mr. Walt rce
s
Sud be/peske for him great aucccsJ.
KNOW THEIR BUSINESS.
l>. patj Sheriff Murphy and Justice
K vlph.atu putting a quietus on the loud
people, who tangle themaeivea up and I
forget this is aa orderly cimmunity,
'•hoes of S."»0. acd coats, W days In the
(ounty itil, etc., are tbs argument* h.-lng
deed to good clT.ct.
THF NAME. LAS VEQAS.
“Lae VfgiU,” la tn« Spaniah language
n.een* “the u>et»tl‘ • *v • 11 i» ft Bdun, in the
fir nine gander. Tba name of our
town meant tho meadow*, being in '.be
plural number, and ia divit ed into two
syllable*; vs , with the fc sounded as is
a-, in :»ge; tujd the *-t having'Hbe
long sound, the a-, being sounded like
Tony boa Vegas, la.iaexousable.
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SAILORS’ DELIGHT
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Cur ?ione#r frien f, CV.pt. Cal Wiate,,
>■ -nil —*. i. —• - . ... — - ■ ■n.i.^e — ■». w.n > — ni
ui is th«> tailors jet'fM, though the !ee
eathesdj be underwater. We note
catheads b«rra'*on't, hir batten to as
sure our fr:en is that it is a tirm used
rely where the wind retllj U «i.
IT’S THE ONLY CATEWAY
TlEasruawR that I.as Veja^ts the gate
way title gnat wealtls^tl.at Is to ked
wiihin the bosom of 'tbe Nevada moun
tains. At this thiiving point one can
discover the key that will unlock these
tr osuce vaults of nature. Tli# utensili
associated wi'.b this ksy aro also found
he:#.
KEEP YOUR KYE ON VEOAS
Let tLe .1 I'u r.<*e ot cur • bo
come the watchword fir aod wide as a
n*n»e for ipod and fjw dealing. With
such a reputation we will lot^eir le
iecognis«U as '.he scat of groat pew* r bat
1 of honor al o. Such a general guaiontce
will Irrg ui additional returns and
[dace beyond j rrarnt boo option the fu
ture prosperity and bfppiness of it» peo
ple and thoae snelrona that are part of
our Woof.
GATEWAY. DEATH VALLEY
Iis Vega* it iiiated at the gateway of
lha Death Valhy country, and itjuat
furnish, henceforth, all fuppliea toola etc,
which that fam-d and wealthy mineral
tx It may nee'. Thia will change the
courie of trnrel and t^ad* and upset old
aid Lieasurrd customs; of the last half
-- w r*j ,
century, and bring the p-< pie of those
mountains into contact *Uh the avenuta
of commsrcs, and garni* new to them
As Veges only has the Lest, in its large
and assorted st*ck«, thi* change wl'l as
*uredly work f. r the lent'it of si',
biirging V.gas her dms !br energy and
enterprise, in comitig to the front, while
giving the miner his money's worth.
A NURSERY FOR VEGAS
A nnr.*try run ia connection with
eoiuo of Uie vegetable gardens tier*
about* would surely bring in the bet! of
returns ea oar grewin* community will
require plants and tree* of every species
common to e eemi tropical lanct Pec
pie accufciomed to cur climate will
surely demand and knew the beat, while
those from the bleaks c' Montana,
Idaho and the Dakotas win are p<> ;
pling onr burg with a sturdy rsow> must
ft-etb* ahow'n. They, too, will readily]
diacern the wonders of nature* ah'ind-1
ant provision for plant life ia this fertile
toil, aided by our genial «ui ahine, and
proceed to Surround themselves with
the beautiful < rskti'.i * that our fa* re )
' )cality can bring forth to decora'e atpl
gfttce thel? home?.
PALACE CAR PIONEERS
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It isevile « f.omtn# remarks of some
visitor* to our burg that many people
c me to the wost expecting lo fin 1 In
every new tewn that i* well spAen of,
n fu 'y developed lhu.vlena as to L:xu
tits uud improvements; at ih* same !im#
they exp*, t to buy ' >ts for a hundred
dolla-a cnch and go into a paying busi-1
n as at one*. It is tVideut to any one
Who knows the west the! this else* has
had no hand in it* upbuilding and can ]
do no good for ths \ejrn. i’he cn’.j
Uelpip* baud ia the on* actus tom „ d to:
intelligent wort, ever ready and hilling
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to earn an honest dollar and to f**raai(>
couaws beneficial to the community. L
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people want nice homes and true sur
rounding* they mjs*. make them »i
others Lave dotie before them’, an easy
taek with ■ aturev- bounties at their die
piwal in -lliuit'.eea forms. We do cot!
deem it n< ssaiy to mpe'oghe because
our city cannot furnish acres of ready
; made Louses and lawns to there toe
; partied'dr palace cr p''-.*er». The
road fiom here tC short to L.oe Angelas
wiei* poo| ’j ar* prepared to cuter to
] their i us ’.
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’at of the contra' •
. tiii£ tirm of Visits
at Weston s.
in
mine,
A carload of tits
LAWAN0ORDER
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Tho League Is Composed of
Our Best and Most Respec
ted Citizens. ^
Alt ARE WATCHFULL Of OUR INTEREST
President F. R. Slewzrt and
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Secretary Roy C. Butler of
Th9 Exocutive Comittee
WHAT THEY HAVE DONE ESOH THE START
I.a« Vega* Promotion J.eagu*, wti
organized on February 2li, Hr .)■">.
It waa brought into exia'ance throngh
• man meeting of citizens railed tfl or
gana; a aiub of the busineai ni^n anp
properly owner* for protection Frank
I). Stewart was elected chairman and
James Brown, accret.tre <f the meeting
Tlie citi*Hi3s thus aascuib'.ed selected an
•s'Ctilive committee of ae» u. Ihia
committee ia empowered to control end
regulate the atTiiri of the pret.nt tdwn
until r ich time a* tho county authorities
hare organiz'd a regular town govern
ment.
The esi c.itiva committee ia composed
of the President Trank It. Srewarf, and
S cratary Jamas Brown, it the .Maas
Meeting, R >y U Butler, A. Russell G'rouei
Andrew Tyler, L)r. J. 11. Ren-haw, J
S.Wiauer and A. L: Murphy. The chair
man of this cimnii.tte is Frank 11
Stewart and R-y ti. Butler aecrrtnry
The primary bi'*inces of the executive
committee wai to provide meant to
justify the employment of a night watch
m;n. A sub coitimlttee was appointed
an soiicting eubscnpions. This ronv '
luiltie made the rounds of the bu iocas
houre* and the risult was gratifying
923} was •outi+UutoJ by tho bneinees
men. The next action was the •» lection
ofC. F. Smith,as night watchman, who
has the power cf a constable to make ar
reeta in case of • iola'.ious of law and 1»
nstrnc'ed to look af;er canlrary regula
tion* and aim see that care ie taken by
the residents against fire.
The committee alto on the advice of
the county attorney eifculatated;
a petition addie.tfd tu lie Oman »‘or.e:B
of the cuunty praying fur the organ ;-a
Uon cf the town of J.ns ' egap, in ion
f-ruiity with law and time establish a
b s'« to raise necessary tosvn rorenues tu
a legal way ail 1 coaSti'ut; a toWa guv
ornment with prrpTly ■ onetitut: d au
ilioritios. Another petition :o praying
the county e jcutuiasioni r» to define lines
for judicial purporta. The cuinmiltie
l.k-wite 1* petitioning the board to ep
point a road ct. rseer nad define or rs
isbiisb e road district in this district
there will be collided over $",‘**'.1 in
■ out tax
As stated tho executive cirmnlttee hat
full authority cn'.il the meeting co:.V;ne»
xg.1 l. Poring th** pendency of this,
transatiou It i* the purpose of ihe c m
milts* to sec t<> H that a clean ordeily
condliiou cf afT lira vid pteviili her*.'
nriltair-b’e characters are nut to le
tollrated.
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CUR TURQUOISE MINES
Industry Hate That In Time :
Will Startle tho World.
That the use of tut >uoiae ai agetr, 10 ,
comnu n lu Europe, antedated the white
mau * ainvsl in America, la amply
j>r< Ted by the ancient iniuea of that
illiberal which lie to tho in*t of ^'egar, ’
whence i HUM ancient atone mining (
> la, acta* quite perfect,w bile o:here|
show tlie murk* of hjnd tiarge on their !
worn Taiee and battered head. To &<*!• j
ern mao, these crupe tool* would pre
sent insuperable dilficuiiie*. T> ban
mar out eie by malu strength Rami' tv ;
hare lecn the mode of suoir nt mining.
The it hc!er, tcTdntn ». tiohuig deetier
than t<u or Mrelge feet, we ", probably
mitwhby the aid '>t rtrS as U shown t-y
the rri’nrar‘r of charcoal lying beneath
the d.bi's in nearly ai-JlV working.:
Kv.h eo, the aiuodnt of mqwiirg and
hammering orcee-ary. to estiact the
lock would orSrp to prov$ tho <-c*tlii.ej<»
‘ >Op»ratiyi Which e-ptr.ae, mlMc;;
om m we would h*vB,
these old titnsie,
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jewel collection. ia a my^ery heyood eo
lotior That they aim* from afar and
t ng eg', i» certain aa rot « ran a trsdi
^tio.i ia l*ft am ok onr natir>« n-< to »h«n
dr how thra.t work* were opened. jT. a’
lit* tfitor-ul » »l\er rii their ariDrn of
ingr-it i« pro1 aSIr. whic i would pci at
t j a eiuthern or gin fjt tho»» pioneer of
pioneer m'nrra, ar.d doubt#'* connect
ihrm ai it the ancient Alex't,an ciril t.a
ion, wi h whom the out x and tur'i unite
at re fa toiler. —
THE CRICK YARD
An Enterprise Conducted oh
Grand Scale for Vfgaw.
On* of Hie progress'se enterprises in
angrrated in our roMet within'.he j-ait
thirl) day« Ir the brick yard cfl'ablished
by llsnry Ardtrton, l'. P and O I*.
Kreder. Tnrfc ar* tw> acres of the
tr*c: and the yard,U ctmp’etein every
detail. Twelve men an ! e x h >rt#« ar*
employed. C’ttiron-) Ufior reciive* |?.23
and tra rcouidets 31 a d y. I’.re th u
and dohee or brl. k constitute* nb)'t
labor, and if thewmk ie d >m at any
tin e ti<e hand* knock off end ir> limmr
TLera ara three ml.'la for tit manufac
ture of hick and a wall with an tsnlim*
It d eiipply of water at a depth of only
eight feet fiom th* surface. A ki'n i*
about In r- sdinrsa to bjf burred) con*
laining 150,CC*' brick, and dohes on
hard (efficient to fluid a city,
Tiie ml is on’y a in ! t at d n half from
tf a nuUr of th* cl’y and th* liaa-la
leave tjiare only onSUurdry •▼tniijr*
when tlwy com* Into town to get t'>cir
pay and taturn t »thi ir toil m .In.
The nh b institn’.hn is limply a pic
tore rf perfect airangrment where the
product Ik hi .Buf»<t tret In niffleiec*
quantity and quality to answer r*»ry do
nned nnd at a pric* to conform t.» a
rjarooable return for th* nnrunt of
m'ney iiivated. T e company has
re n r d the I j p u'aice if the venture
and they liav* cart* it)/ (tufectsd every
jd*n in (onotet'on with n i cuirrprlee
of this kir.d.
For Suits
C ifrphte pros; ec'iair ou fit; conaislir.g
of two fiof-ea covered wrgon, ham***,
amt cooking uwitreii'. «1. »l u leasoaahi*
price. It.qllre at ih^TEWAit ltc.tcn. 1
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The I'.ilirt* Drug Co., will be opened
la L.u Votjas, about in V* dry*, with a
'arse complete atoolc of drug | nn K-r the
care < f a re^iateie 1 pharmaoiit of i)
year s experience. s it
A BORAX am
Is ae Good as Any Gold Mlno
That Ever Existed In Ne
vada. That Is
ft
IF OWNER WILL WAIT
The ^Funeral mountains, which;
bun ad Perth valley ran the east, are
coining in lot their share <4 prosperity ,
us prospecting pariiee ofe tkiougiay1
the rajpge ou bull tides, j lie eaftera
Slope is bo\tided by the Auirrgo a|
riser and of course furni-Bss the be*t
base to operate* from, still the wellstn
the valley ore being utilized by various
pirtie* as startiog points Of course
ihcre is at'll the best of opportunities
to find more colt, state, or borate ef1
lime Ui Miia r. age, at it a iw cfiDtaiuej
thi largest deposits of this mineral to |
be found in the world’ one tingle j
Mountain, row pateued by the Borax
Tout, is more than a mile iu length 1
by halt uiile in width of rich colunnite
located on *l c western -efwps of tht}
range atftho mouth of Furnacs creek 1
while another, smaller but very rich |
deposit, Is located a fax’ hundred feer
higher ihiu the Amaagcsa. on the!
rastero slope of the range and called
the Lilia C The railroad, now being
surveyed by^lie Borax Trust, is iu
tended to develops these props-ties
from which limitless tons ot boraeic
tiiiid can be furnished, that being the
marketable comrno ilty pro1 need by
the corhpiut*
Of courte H Fo-iidt on flr t thought
sccni to search for more eo
Isnaite, but In eonudering the matter
it It trident that the tru»t,b> maintain
ite monopoly must ke p ite prlncipa1
cuatohiera from going iu'o the buai
aeaa of berax mining for themaelres. j
which tl •/ would aaturedlr do if tke ■
epport'isyty yyere offered. To aroid |
thia latter contingency the trust must
aland ready to take o*ret anything in
the byrax line that offer*. Hera is thgl
oppcrlRnlt* for the metal pro* pec ter j
to add to ilia iucotne b;/pro'urlng a .
pifiee of colmaoite, fer atuJy and emit .
pariaon, with tip: view of tsaiqdaing j
everythieg necu.tiij&g it, rape1 laity it: j
the Fi> :eral rang:-.
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F.vrry httla-liflp:; a 1 ahured tl
and dolh-r bo ax mine >• ust a* goor^j
a* a huudietl lUuveiCbJ dyi'jr. golf! j
alias. pro*. Jed the (tree) -- tor in iivi id
to big a hurry to »e!l, he nin-t xe
mt ii'.bcr that a trust trxa nn sent: wtitch
him ia holding h * brenth d* j
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SPLENDID CITIZENS
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Our Pons Unbind ihn Burros
ur« tho Boys Behind th»Gun.^
That oar labor uiatk d ilm..) I l* *,jr> i
p’tel la ewklent, wii*n one «■ ndt!f-a t: et
; ihe ( lark railroad h nmrlr c^inplwed, i
end tbecontrarto-e ha;e l*-»n diwhv*
. ioe anfl paying off men by tb« thmmn U |
tn this vicinity, wh »<» evolution* iud
1 th'ou.h rrary Inejd I »hor. b >th ck 1! -.1
' »nd umkilierl, from the rook to lit • rar.
j panfer; and the bra» to tbe l o |*Wp*.;
I tnany of wh-m sou-ht work with the
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road to u« at th? frost w>.(.n
p.'rtnntthn aer,* *->inrt to d »for t
**>•'. in t» a ini vita'}f vlHn ’f a d io»iTB
*x •n>iu««. gjl
" ir<»d!y •har*;ti»«fl
!•;>*. d-.it la J.rv-, vo.vaUK a Pin/ wB
wo'k and niii.iri nf fi'ir »*rioua call-9
;i;a T • a.ii>jilia>»u tii-aa wt* har* th«9
pwpacorani t-apilili t^»o wh o » l.tttrl
• 1 »a i*a a^o mi>*t look fitoar ii>at jt I
l"'ri‘ Th« m n b Mn 1 ihn hmro ia I
r. aily ill* oij i h»hj d tbo »g,i. with ua. I
Wh r» 1* tin* jdai-» lo p«; anathirg I
r-oola t 11 f rnbti my toot or butiSf, whv 1
1J i 1 rV Im c i-rif* tb-.vBtw k. adr.
WESTpj\rS__PLACE
RAILROAD AVE, LAS VECAS, NEVADA
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RED TOP WHISKEY
RICHARD WESTON. PROPRIETOR
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AND FISH
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Cal R. White, Manager Las Vegas, NcvaJ®
E* W. CLARK FORWARDING CO.
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j GENERAL MERCHANDISE FORWARDING
Wholesale Dealers ia
Ar.lv user Duscii ar.cl Salt Lake Co. s. Boer.
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| IT. W. CL-ARK rORWARDl.NS COMPANY,
LAfe VEfcAfc, -.NEVADA.
NEVADA CLUB SALOON
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Choice Wines . . .
Liquors and Cigars
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J. H. DOUGLASS, Prop. Las Vegas Nevada
cpnczP.s a;;j l:'actors /
PI. n.^At.KBR. I»re«t&»lrf CTTRTg. ■» KRTVN, Vfca TKYfltV^I
W«lUi llmiiian. L ll.lARPPWOklll
. Salt I.*!.* Cit) J ROSS CLARK
Lc.C!B»OIN . h 1 Vl'» F.»t S. p. L. A. Jr S. t. XT
JOf.N S r' .RK Ca -hlsr
FIRST STATE BANK.
VV LAS VEGAS. NEVADA.
TycORi’O^ VTF.D.
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A. T. WRIGHT & GO.
Real Estate
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FARM
LANDS
© Bought and Sold. ©
Locating on Goycrment Land a spc>.: uty.
las Vegas nevada*
lUiJe lVjTfiuui, J A. ll.okitt
boe or.m^L &h:a,cket¥.
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