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Show The Tonopah Sun happened to read L J. Matlock's opinions as expressed by Tub Rkpuhmcan, and hands him the following: Mr. Matlock or Utah. "No Nevada desert bachelor can blamo Matlock, of Logan, Utah, for returning to his wives In Zlon. Truly this is a desolate country for one accustomed to living In the lap, or laps, of luxury and If every prospector whose lot It is to trample down the sage brush of Ralston desert had the samo inducements back In '.Ion as Matlock, the lucky dog,has,then there would be an unparallellcd exodus and the battle born state would be left in the stillness of Its primeval solitude before Lirlgham and his nineteen chosen chos-en partners pulled out of old Nauvoo. Rut some persons here will bo Inclined In-clined to take Issue with Mr. Matlock In a few minor details They will have to admit that there arc many mines heio that have nothing on the surface and that for even more than 'J.")0feet down nothing but "lava lock" lias ueen found Yet after they get down the 250 feet they commence to takeout stulT that the smelters buy and pay for and do so under the supposition suppo-sition that It has gold and silver in It. They even buy rock from 1200 feet In the bowels of the earth and keep on buying It and paying money for it regardless re-gardless of Matlock's discovery that It was worthless. And the people will have to shy oil on what Mr. Matlock says about that fellow Schwab, keeping keep-ing the bottom from dropping out of the stock maiket. All those folks that have bought the stocksaro saying that Schwab has let the bottom drop to hades and they could sell out at a tremendous discount right now. Those 400 vacant houses at Goldficld must be a mirage. You know a lot of folks who come to this country have not heard about mirages and this is one of them It would Le lino if it was true for there are more than 400 families fam-ilies at Goldficld who need houses very much. Mr Matlock never took a drink of water while ho was In Tonopah, Ton-opah, He could not get mixed up in that manner for he is one of those saints of Zlon who could not prevaricate. prevari-cate. It must be hear-say with film, for Tonopah has water pipes with meters on them and If anybody doubts it let them try one and see how perfectly per-fectly they work. Along about the first of tho month Is tho time. As for alkali there Is not enough In Tonopah Ton-opah water to cure a moderate case of dyspepsia In fact, tho country Is so stingy and the water Is so scarce that there Is nothing In It but water, which accounts for there being no tadpoles, wrigglers, cat-llsh or even a stray sprinkling of alkali In It. Mr. Matlock came hero undr a misrepresentation mis-representation and the Tonopah railroad rail-road ought to pay his money back. Ho thought there were trees and grass and Mowers and humming birds all In the winter time. Good for you, sanctimonious Mr. Matlock. You are making a great lilt In Ligan and your place Is In tho bosoms of your numerous numer-ous family Stay with them. You have the satisfaction of know ing that many a Nevada prospector wishes that ho had half as many resources like yours Keep them vvhero they aro for if you bring them to Nevada the chancesaro you would have to have a round up three times a day to ascertain ascer-tain how many wcro lost, strayed or stolen. Tonopah Sun. |