Show I 1 I WHOLE OF lIE DISTRICT Southern Nevadas Sensation Might Have Been Had for a Song Rhyolite Nev Ne April 5 The recent sale of the Hayseed II seed Stateline and Burro properties for to the Hayseed company which is composed of Rhyolite men calls to mind the fact that not more than a year ear ago alO the tire whole Lee district went begging for less than Oooo Jack Harshaw who represents the Wil Willis V II 11 lis us and Harshaw interests in the Bullfrog North Star and the tire Lee Nevada Neada com corn companies attempted to tie up the Lee dis district district district and failed for lack of or capital In speaking of the tile early ear days dars of the Bullfrog district Harshaw said i There were times in here when wf we W were lucky luck to have han three square meals J I t day tIa I 1 can remember the time when we w lived on 01 beans antI and an bacon when we wc hail the l bacon acon and beans the rest of tho the time and ard when properties that now no art are worth thousands would have hae been ben sold for the price of a months board and lodgings ings 8 Willis and I made ma e a tour of the now famous Lee district not so many man months ago ao and were struck with the opportunities tics ties offered We e found that there was j I jno Ino no one on in the time district li with the e i ilion tion lion of the tIre Hicks anti and Leavitt people I and the Lee boys and at that time could coull have tied up the whole hole miles of property for I We 1 e tried it and failed We t sent out outten ton ten thousand letters trying to interest brokers and after a while the thc small In Investors estors IP iii II t the e district but hut could not raise rals ralsa a dollar to float the company compan We e want wante 1 I Ito to buy lUY all the th properties Had we w sue suc succeeded in getting the our backers would have hac received a thousand per cent centon centon centon on their Investment within a little while for with the coming of the railroad and anil the development of water systems the values Ius of the tire properties prop have hae increased wonderfully I The hardest thing I T have hae to her l er about the whole Lee district is th i fact act that when we floated the LeeNe j vada ada company com pan we did it by b mailing let I to the tile same people who had turned I down our first proposition and who came in for worth of stock in a single I when less IE s than a year veal before I they the refused to put up the money mone to tie up the entire district I |