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Show EDITOR DIES II fl iA TflWN Lester W. Haworth, editor of the Reese River Reveille and the Battle Mountain Scout, passed away suddenly Inst Friday night at his homo in Battle Bat-tle Mountain, New This sad news will cause grief, especially es-pecially among newspaper men throughout Nevada and Utah and a large part of the west, for tho decedent dece-dent was beloved by overyono who knew him. In his death, all announcements announce-ments say, Nevada loses one of Its greatest progressives. Mr. Haworth was a pioneer of Manhattan Man-hattan gold camp in 1905. Ho had hosts of friends all over the state, especially es-pecially at Austin, where ho resided for years, and at Tonopah and Gold-field. Gold-field. The editor of the Tonopah Times, in an article of appreciation of the lamented la-mented scribe, May 16, said: "He lightened more burdens than most men, ho turned darkest gloom into day, And to those who fell by tho wayside ho pointed them back to the way .That leads to the goal of true manhood, man-hood, for he was a MAN, sir, and knew The weakness of those all about him and tho worth of tho good and the true." oo |