Show JOHN T HODSON HERE Salt Laker Who Started Things at Fairview Returns to Town Boiling over with enthusiasm and just as busy as it is possible for any anyone anyone anyone one to imagine a genuine Nevada boomer to be John T Hodson who is isnow isnow now a bonanza king Icing of Fairview came in from the west yesterday for the first time tUne since he lie got a foothold in inthe inthe Inthe the new camp two months ago He declares res that the properties which he and his associates own are the I richest in gold and silver of any mines that have llave b ben en discovered in Nevada since the early days of the Comstock and the camp he ho is certain is going to prove just as big and rich Ore that carries in gold and from to ounces silver sliver per ton he says is just justas as common as 50 ore in the big mines of Utah and when the ledges have been developed he believes the district win will boast a population of several thousands of people For a camp that is only two months old he says there is nothing like it in Nevada or any anywhere anywhere anywhere where else for that matter Mr Hodson was the locator of the tc and he now owns an eighth in the townsite company During the first week a great many lots were sold soldat soldat soldat at 50 to each and owners pitched tents ten ts upon them Mr Hodson was 1 then absent from camp for a week and when he returned he found men erect ing buildings while cot cottages cottages cottages were going up all around Lots are now selling at to 1500 each and the place boasts a population of several hundred people Hodson Roy Ridge the Fallon Fallen banker and several other people have organized a com any lo 10 build bund a telephone and tele raph line from Fallon Fallen into camp and the he proposition was financed in a few lays days da s while construction of the line is under way W V V Rice and other Salt Lakers have lave become interested in tile the district with Mr lIr Hodson who is now in the city ity conferring with his associates here He will return to camp in a few days d ys |