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Weekly Independent
Elko, Elko County, Nevada
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Editor Mannix of the Bullfrog Miner comments on the railroad's arrival in Rhyolite bringing prosperity and workers but also an influx of loafers, hoboes, and criminals, leading to increased drunks, thefts, robberies, arrests, and gun incidents in the last 10 days; urges law enforcement vigilance to expel miscreants.
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Editor Mannix of the Bullfrog Miner in commenting on conditions at Rhyolite, says:
The railroad brought many blessings to Rhyolite and the Bullfrog district. It also brought some things that cannot be called blessings.
Among the blessings can be mentioned an influx of good, industrious people—monied men and working men. Among the curses—common to such events as the completion of a railroad into a community, whether mining or otherwise—are the loafers, hoboes and criminals that follow the iron steed into new pastures, where, until they are found out, the picking is good.
The presence of this gentry in Rhyolite has become noticeable in the last 10 days. It has been evidenced by a big crop of drunks; by sundry petty larcenies and a few midnight robberies; by arrests and one or two gun-plays.
The Miner calls upon the officers of the law to be vigilant. The city, it must be understood, has taken on new clothes. It is growing in population and wealth. The evolution has been rapid and great; so great that we fear the true conditions are not fully comprehended.
Let us make very brief the sojourn of the petty thieves, thugs and hoboes in Rhyolite.
Give them to understand that they will be tolerated here only so long as they "be good." When they "be bad," it's a hike across the desert for them.
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Rhyolite
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Last 10 Days
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big crop of drunks; sundry petty larcenies and a few midnight robberies; arrests and one or two gun-plays
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The railroad brought blessings to Rhyolite and the Bullfrog district including an influx of good, industrious people, monied men and working men, but also curses in the form of loafers, hoboes and criminals. Their presence has become noticeable with increased drunks, petty larcenies, midnight robberies, arrests and gun-plays. The Miner calls upon officers of the law to be vigilant and make the sojourn of petty thieves, thugs and hoboes brief by sending them across the desert when they misbehave.