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Show BECOMES ILL WHILE CN NEVADA DESERT RENO. Nev Oct 1. George Saxon, a prominent young man of Reno and a graduate grad-uate of the University of Nevada, is reported re-ported to be- stricken with pneumonia on the Amargosa desert, about eighty miles : south of Goldfleld. ' His condition is so serious that he can- not be moved, although he is on one of - the bleakest parts of the great Nevada desert. A messenger brought the word to Gold-field. Gold-field. Early this morning a relief party was organized by Carl Stoddard, an old , friend of Saxton, and was sent to the sick man. On account of the recent storms In that section It will be difficult to render aid. The country also Is very rough and it may take a week before he can be moved to Goldfleld, if he still lives. Several weeks ago Mr. Saxton and a party of young men decided to prospect .' the Amargosa desert. This Is the first word received since they left. ., |