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VOL. XXXVII. ELY WHITE PINE COUNTY. NEVADA, THURSDAY. DKCKMBKU ;j. IP
THE WHITE PINE NEWS
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT
ELY, NEVADA,
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LOCAL AND OTHER HAPPENINGS.
The latest metal quotations are: Sil
ver, 57; Lead $4.25; Copper $12 00.
The McKinley Co. bad a pay day
last Monday.
Mrs. W. N. McGill will entertain the
Ladies’ Card Club, Saturday after
noon.
A. B. McDonald and wife, of Duck
Creek, wore doing business in town,
Monday.
Miss Etta Cotnin-t and two of her
girl pupils were in from Barnes to
attend the Thanksgiving festivities.
W. G, Lyons left Monday for Call
foroia where he will spend the winter
in quest of health.
A largo delegation left hero Tuesday
fur Cherry Creak to attend tho annual
meeting of tho Masonic Order.
T. G. Davis and wife came over from
Cherry Creek to s|>rnt Tnanksglving
with the latter’s Uncle and Aunt, Mr.
aud Mrs. Geo. Meager.
Albert Butler, wife and baby, came
In from Sait Lake City by private con
veyance, Monday eveuing, and will
again make their home here.
Business is very quiet shout town
these days, aud quite a number of men
have been laid off from assessment
work.
Geo. Bennett, came over from Mun
cy Sunday to attend to some business
matters hero, and loft again Tuesday
for California, where he will spsnd the
winter.
Geo. M. McMurray cams over from
Cherry Monday to interview County
Clerk Dickerson on business cone* n
which sue wedding announcement iu
the Cherry Crook items.
Fine Molleson, wife and children aud
mother spent Sunday and Monday in
towu flatting friends. Fine reports
having killed a golden eagle oil the
ranch that measured over seven feet
from tip to tip of its wings.
Two-thirds of the people in town arc
complaining of severe colds, which, no
douot, are due to the proseut condi
tion of the weather. Bright sunny
days a»«d very cold i ights are now the
regular order of the weather bureau.
The Dlocbe Kecor! says that Dr. J.
J)- Campbell and wife have returned
from Salt Lake and that the Doctor
bus completely rucovared for the effect
of the recent operation on his arm.
AH persona who contributed cakes
aud pies to the Thanksgiving dance
•upper will find their plates and other
dishes at the Mission Ha 1. As there
is nothing ip distinguish them, it wa*
impossible for those in care of the sup
per to t«H to whom they belonged and
return them to the lightful owner.
Sunday’s -alt Like Tribune contain!
an announcement that Mrs. Leona R
Ridenour, who will he remembered by
jnanv here ns tho wife of the Automo
bile chauffeur, was to deliver a solo at
ilia Grand Theatre in that City thal
-evening. While here Mrs. Ridenour
iook part In one of the Ladies’ Aid
Festival* and rendered several voca
• selection*, for which she received con
siderable praise on account of the mel
ody. power and range of her voice.
The Thanksgiving dance and sup
par given by the school trustees was ft
✓uipipletc social and financial success
#nrt jetted the school fund over $100
whU*b ftinoiint will be applied to the
pf building the new scheo
finite. The building Is now completed
with the exception of painting the
fool, which is now being done by con
tractor Brown, and will l»e ready foi
poenpanoy next week. There is con
•id* ruble speculation among the ehil
deeri jib to which school will be allowod
In use the new school room, hut it liai
been decided that, the primary schoo
Fill h »vr tlm pi-eforoauu.
HAVE LOST THEIR GRAFT
» _
Hurd, Hearther & Company No
l onger Connected With The
Giroux Consolidated Co.
I Something About Thclr Dealings
With The McKinley Company.
What should be hailed as the moat
welcome newa that has como into Ely
for some time was a dispatch from Jos.
L. Giroux, General Manager of tho
1 Giroux Consolidated Mines Co., oper
ating the Pilot Knob mines here and
other properties In Mexico, stating
that the Company had made a settle
ment with ilurd, Hearther & Co., the
Philadelphia sharpers, and that they
were no longer connected with the af
fairs of the Company.
This action was brought about by
Hurd & Co., attempting to work tho
same graft with the Giroux people
that they employed as fiscal agents of
the McKinley Co, in which latter com
pany they were given so many thou
sand.shares of stock to sell on commis
sion, thoy agreeing to foot the running
expenses of the property here. Things
run along smoothly for rorne time, and
with aid of an honored named, McKin
ley stock sold readily all over the land
for from $1.50 to $5.00 pur share, and
Hurd, Hearther & Co. tcoopcd in the
dough, amounting to several hundred
thousand dollars, and have appropri
ated it for their own use. Out some
$00,000 have been expended on tbe
mines here, which has been used very
economically In their development, and
no one can say but what good work
has bran done on tbe mines for the
money expended. It is worse than
pulling teeth for Manager McGill to
get money enough out of them to meet
the monthly payroll of from $1,500 to
$2,000, when they are known to huro
some $1100.000 belonging to the McKin
ley Co. Having realized this princely
sum from the sale of stock, they are
not looking for a mine themselves and
are trying In every way possible to pre
vent what few honest and conscientious
men found in tbe company from find
ing one. Our advice to prospective
investors in McKinley stock is: Touch
not a share so long as Hurd, Hearther
& Co. have anything to do with it.
Having been successful with such
rotten methods in the past, they work
ed thair way in tbe organization of the
Giroux Consolidated Co. by making all
sorts of empty promises. Scarcely had
they become connected with the Co.
when they began tho same boom meth
ods. established a paper here to print
any and all sorts of lies about the prop
erly, and to otherwise work band in
hand with them in the perpetuation of
tbe stock graft. Giroux stock did not
sell as readily as tbe McKinley. Money
was coming in slowly, but tho expense
of eperating the mines continued and
had to be met. Seeing that they would
tie unable to keep the minus running
and pocket a few thousand each month
they simply overlook the past two pay
days at the mine, and we presume kept
that amount of money for persona! re
quirements.
When Manager Giroux learned of
this, and of the reputation of the men
with whom he was connected, he set
out fur Philadelphia with blood in his
eye to immediately and for all time to
come, sever relations with them, That
he succeeded is evidenced by bis dis
patch.
Mr. Giroux also stated that the Co.
was now well finunced and prepared to
go ahead with winter developments.
ARE SATISFIED WITH THEIR
HOLDINGS
Stockholder's In the White Pine
Copper Company Pleased
With 8howin£ In the Ruth
No better illustration of the feeliug
of confidence in tho mine developments
and expression of satisfaction with the
present management of the property,
could be looked for tbao the announce
ment just sent out by the Secretary of
tbe Company to the effect that there
was not one shareholder in tho Com
pany who faiiud to pay his proportion
of tho Assessment No. 12 of 5 cents per
share on the capital stock of the cor
poration.
The Whlto l’iee Copper Co Is doing
ruining as it should be done; conduct
ing all their operations on purely legi
timate, conservative and business pr in
ciples. Every day a report of progress
of the work Is made out by the Super
intendent; samples or the workings
taken, duplicate assays of those made,
and at ttie end of every month every
stockholder in the Company knows
exactly how much money has been ex
pended, what has been accomplished
with It, and what Is most Important to
ail Investors in mining stocks, knows
how must ore is in sight in the mine
from week to week and exactly what
its assay value is. Would that there
were more such company# operating
hern.
MINE SAMPLINGS
At Pilot Knob tho Giroux Consoli
dated Co, as Intimated by us aeuor.il
weeks ago, has quit operations at tho
I Giroux shaft, and will hereafter con
fine their energies on tho shaft oyer on
the Alta which will be driven down to
a depth of at least one thousand feel
before the work of drifting or cross
cutting will begiu. This will bo the
main shaft, and will serve, not only a!
a working shaft but as a drainshaft for
thesurrounding country as well. Work
on the Morris shaft will also be re
sumed in a few days. Drifting at ths
150 level of the Taylor continues in a
most excellrnt grade of copper smelting
ore. Assessment work on the outside
ciaims of the group is noarly all com
pleted.
At the Ruth developments this week
consist of continuing the drifts on the
.tOO and 500 levels, with the character
and grade of the ore remaining about
thoaame. The new reading room will
be completed this week, and from now
on the emuloyoes can congregate thcro
and pass the time away in any old way
they please.
CHERRY CREEK ITEMS.
(By our Regular Correspondent.)
E. Kahn will give goods in exchange
for furs, hides aud pelts, aud pay full
values.
Harold Siegel came over from Siegel
to join in Thanksgiving with bis Cher
ry Creek friends.
Fred Hagan and brother drove over
from Muncy to join his family on
Thanksgiving.
Fred Uorchert and several others
came home from Spring valley to di
vide turkeys with their family circle.
Mrs. Wm. Watson has gone to visit
friends at Uacine, Wisconsin. While
there she will consult her family phy
sician about*) throat trouble,
Aaron Campton came over on Sat
urday to do some surveying for the
Wide West Co,
Messrs. Richards & Ryron havo se
cured a icaso on the Midnight mine
from W. D. Campbell & Chas. Sand
quist the owners.
Herman Brens returned from Deep
Creek on Monday and will likely re
main for tho winter to work his mine
interests here.
Geo. F. Parker entertained several
gentlemen friends on Thanksgiving
day. George is a liberal entertainer
and likes to make his friends happy.
County Assessor A. C. House drove
over from Ely on Monday to attend
the annual meeting of T\ & A, M.
The free ball given by the Old Im
perial Co's employees was a success.
Everything possible was done to make
the guests happy.
Charley Lento has sold his rostaur
ent and business to Ching Sing and
Chun Hong, who took possession on
Tuesday.
Mr. George E. McMurray and Mrs.
Mamie Thomas have given invitations
to their friends to nitend their wedding
ceremouies at the bride's residence on
Wednesday 2nd inst. To be certain of
getting the license, Mr. McMurray
went to Ely on Monday night’s stage
to secure it. Justice P. II. Cannon
will perform his part of the wedding
ceremony.
R. W. Wieland, M. E., of Penniyl
vania arrivod on Saturday to examine
a group of mines in this district on be
half of capitalists from the far East.
An Interview with ths gentleman elic
ited the fact that he was most favor
ably impressed with what he saw, and
If a sale is consummated it will meao
tho expenditure of a large amount of
monoy and tho opening up of mines
where bodies of vory richore areknown
to exist nine hundred feet from the
surface.
HAMILTON NOTES
Mr. Wylie is busily engaged repair
ing the school houso this week.
Messrs. W. O. and C. R, Moorman
were visitors in town Thursday and
Friday last.
The Thanksgiving dauee was well at
tended and was thoroughly enjoyed by
all present. Supper was served at the
Shield’s hotel.
John Rosevoar returned from Kuby
valley last Saturday with a load of
grate,
Mr. Schaefer ai d family havemoyod
to the Eighloi n Mile House to spend
the winter.
H. A. Jackson, Supt, of the Rocco
Homestake Mining Co. came in from
Eureka Sunday evening to look after
the interests of his company.
Louis Zadow catno from Ely last
Wodnesday evening tos|>end Thanks
giving with his parents.
NEVADA CHOP HOUSE,
ELY, NEVmuA.
Host meals ip town day and
night. Good fresh broad every
day at 5 o’clock H. M. Fresh
yeast for 10 cents a quart.
WONG YONG, PROPRIETOR
J PACTS ABOUT THE STAGB
BUSINESS
Who Is to Blame tor the Pro
posed Change on the Ely and
Wells Line
A mass meeting of the citizens of
this camp and vicinity should he called
at ones, and steps taken to place the
matter of dally delivery Of mail before
the postofllce authorities at Washing
ton aud present tho conditions in this
camp its to mail delivery in a proper
light. There was a U. S. mad inspec
tor through here a few weeks ago who
made all kinds of spacious promises to
our citizens as to improvement in mail
and stage.service, but uti one has any
fitith in hi# promises as he is believed
to be subsidized by Ben Miller and
bound to dance when Miller pulls the
string. The stage contractors can. of
course, clear twice the money they
now do by getting the mail delivery
down t.n trl-weekly and can well afford
to buy up inspector* sent here to give
us a square deal, but it is certain that
a protest signed by every citizen here
receiving mail at the Cherry Croek
postofllce, and placed in the hands of
Senator Newiands for presentation to
the postofllce authorities at Washing
ton, would speedily settle the whole
matter in favor of daily service for
Cherry Creek. If anything is to be
dono to revoke this iniquitous tri
weekly scheme it must be attended to
without delay and if properly presented
will result in the government sending
a square inspector here who cannot be
bought by Miller & Kennedy, who are
using every endeavor to give Cherry
L r.-ek i ho worst of it and feather their
own nests at the same time. Wake
up, citizens, and get down to business
without delay.—Cherry Creek Miner.
In order for us to give our readers a
more intelligent understanding of the
proposed change in the daily mall ser
vice between Ely, Cherry Creek and
Wells we will give a plain statement of
the facts in the mutter and leave them
to figure out for themselves who is to
blame, and upon whose shoulders rest*
the greatest responsibility.
First, 1) C. Kennedy, tho sub-con
tractor, and his bondsmen, according
to tho most reliable information at our
command, thought that by running
the line in a slip shod way and getting
into the stations seml-occaslonally that
reports would necessarily be sent to
the Department; that the Department
wuuld exact heavy lines from the ori
ginal contractor, the Utah & Nevada
Express Co. and demand a better ser
vice; that Kennedy would claim he was
getting only a portion of the amount
allowed for the route; that he was a
sub-contractor and conducting the line
according tho amount of pay he re
ceived; that under the new U. S. law
governing the letting oi Star ltoute
Mail Contracts the Utah & Nevada
Express Co. had no right to sub-let
any mail contract that bad been given
them: that the Postofllce Department
would recognize his complaint and re
voke tho contract given the Express
Co. and award it to him direct. In
this matter Mr. Kennedy was encour
aged by Inspector Lewis, who also has
in fur the Express Co, and is far from
being '‘subsidized by Ben Miller" a*
the Mirier puts it.
The business was conducted with
this understanding for some time, or
until the service became so rotten that
the people of Cherry Creek petitioned
the Department demanding an investi
gation und setting forth numerous ir
regularities in the delivery of tho mail.
Inspector Harry Lowis was sent out
over the route to investigate, aid the
document sent to the Department by
tho Crockers was mild compared to his
report of existing conditions. Then
began a thorough investigation by the
Department itself, which established
the facts that Cherry is but an inter
mediate station on the Wells-Ely line
and as such has no schedule for the ar
rival or departure of the etage; that
the population and number of business
houses shown by the last census was
comparitively small; that but one other
stage lino run m or out of Cherry, and
that the country tributary to it was
principally agricultural and would not
be at all affected by a change; that the
complaint cited to many irregularities
in the daily service that in the opinion
of the Department the business at
Cherry did not justify a daily mail ser
vice and upon their recommendation
being approved by the Postmasters at
Wells and Ely, the service would be
reduced to tri weekly, and would, they
thought, give better satisfaction to the
Cherry Creekerg. Letters concerning
the advisability of the change were
sent to the Postmaster here and at
Wells ask leg their opinions.
As to the part Mr. Miller played In
the scheme "to give Cherry Creek the
worst of it” wo are authorized to state
that which we know to be the case.
Copies of the Cherry petition and the
report of Inspector Lewis were sent to
him ut Wyoming by the Department,
who reprimanded the Utah li Nevada
Express company for the manner in
which they conducted the line, with
held considerable of their pay and ad
vis'd him of the proposed change. lie
immediately set out for Ely to investi
gate, arriving here he armed himself
with all tho information ho could col
lect and proceeded at once to Wash
ington D. C . to personally plead bis
case before tho proper authorities and
take a vigorous stand in favor of a con
tinuance of the prevent da!i\ servtc'
Wliy he should lie tliis is nppar.
j The Utah A Nevada Express <’n. .
operating a ono-horsc il. ily mage be
tween Ely and Eureka; reduce the ser
vice between hero aud Wells, and all
the Eastern mail which comes over
tlsat route to Ely, amounting to 8 or 10
sacks daily and weighing several hun
dred pounds, would be routed via Eu
reka thus necessitating at least a two
horse stage to handle the mail alone
without allowing for passengers or ox
press. This addition expense of op
erating the liue would be thrown on
the Express Co. without any increase
of pay from the Department and result
in a financial loss to tiie Company.
It therefore stands Mr. Miller in
hand to work for his own interest. As
eastern mail coming via Wells to Ely
reaches us eight or ten hours earlier
than by Eureka, it Is a mattor of some
importance to the people here to have
a daily stage via Cherry Creek, and
our northern neighbors must not think
we aro overlooking tho matter One
word from the Postmaster here or at
Wells will command more attention
from the Department than all the pe
titions or complaints sent from Cherry
Creek. The earlier the Cherryitos find
out that they aro up against it and oc
cupy a position on the Wells Ely stage
line similar to the Hteptoo postoffice
the better it will be for themselves and
all concerned. There is but one way
out from them, and that is to have the
Department change the route contract
to read: Wells to Cherry Creek and
Cherry Creek to Ely. Then they
would he a terminal point of both lines
and could kick all they wanted to and
command attend.
Wo haro assurances that tho Wells
Ely stage will continue to reuder a
daily service, however.
But who is to blame for a,I this fuss,
anyway?
MUNCY MUTTBRINGS.
Thanksgiving Day has como and
gone. Here it was a lovely day, sunny
and warm. AH labored as usual, and
dinner was laid by Mrs. Kallonberger
at 5 P. M. Such a dinner! All Muncy
is muttering her praise. Such a dinner
never was, and its superior never will
be had in Muncy. Lot me see if I can
describe tho various courses. First
came oyster soup, three roasted and
stuffed chickens, roast beef and boiled
ham—both good; roasted and boiled
potatoes, potato salad, green peas,corn
and cabbage, with the usual extras.
Then Old and New England were rep
resented by an old style plum pudding,
and New England mince and punkin
pie, tho menu then closed witli cheese, -
salad and coffee.
A dance had bcou announced, and us
the shadows of evening bogau to fall,
folks from the valley began to arrive,
among whom I noted Mr. and Mrs. W.
Hamilton of Osceola, Misses Keegan
and Odgers, Mrs, Deutree, Mrs. and
the Misses Cameron, Mrs. Clayson and
Mibs Eric, our worthy school ma’m.
There were several others, whom I
did not recognize, as my acquaintance
here abouts is limited. A large num
ber of males from neighboring ranches
also attended making the assemblage
quite large. Music wus furnished by
Messrs. Kell and McDonald Dancing
commenced shortly after 7 and was
kept up until 5:30 A M., when ‘‘all
weary and worn” they departad to
their homes or ranch ‘‘to sleep, per
chance to dre i in of happy days gone
by”, or struggle with the devil by rea
son gurmondizing at a Thanksgiving
dinner, or lying in that state, neither
Bleeping or waking listening to Muncy
Muttterings. anon.
Hamilton Ore Shipments.
The following was the shipment of
ore from Hamilton last week over the
E. A P. railroad: Cornell 18,030; Mc
Ellin, 31,700, Kooco-IIometlake 44,
000.
Notice to Taxpayers
County Treasurer’s Office,
White Pine County, Nevada.
Notice is hereby given that the
State and County taxes, also the Ely
town tax, for the year 1903, are now
due and payable at my office.
Parties paying in semi-annual install
ments are required to pay the full
amount of Poll Tax due, in addition to
one-half of the Ileal and Personal prop
erty taxes. In case the first install
ment of taxes rro not paid by 5 o’clock
p. M . on Monday, December 7lh, 1903,
tho whole amount of taxes will become
delinquent, and 10 per cent added there
to by law.
No checks accepted in payment of
taxes unless J of 1 per cent is added to
cover express charges from Bank to
County Seat.
Dated—Ely, Nevada, Oct. 28th, 1903.
J. F Miles, County Treasurer,
and ux-llicio Tax Collector.
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A. J. Cartwriuht, Ely, Noy»da. I. C, C, Whitmore, Eurek*, Ne»
Whitmore and Cartwright, Agents.
Utah& Nevada Express Co.
From July 1st the following graduated scali
parcels and passengers will apply to the r
stage lines leaving Ely:
Ely and Eureka Line:
FROM TO SINGLE ROUND EXPRESS 1001b
FARE TRIP
Ely Lane City .50.1.00 .50.
“ Elat or Knob .1.00.2.00 50.
“ Illipah .4.00.7.50 .1.25.
Bound Springs .4.50.8.00.1..60..
* Hamilton .5,50.10.00.1.75.
(1-milo House .6.50.12.00.2.00.
“ 18-mile House .8.50...16.00 2.60 .
Hinto .9.50.17.50..^.00.
“ Eureka .10.00.18.00.3.00.
Ely and Wells Line:
FROM TO SINGLE ROUND EXPRESS IOO Iba.
FARE TRIP
Ely Huusser’s .1.50.3.00.50. .
Bassett’s.2 00.3.50.75. ...
“ Hanson’s or
Mulleson’e .2.50.4.50.1.00 .
“ Campbell's .3.00.5.00.1.00.
' Shop's or Ryan’s .4.00.7.50.1.26.
“ Borohert’s .4 50.8.00.1.60..
Cherry Creek .5:50.10.00.1.60.
“ Curries'or MeD's .8.50.16.00.2.50.
Twin Springs .9.50.18.00. 3.00..
11 Sprucomont .12.00.23.00.3.60.
Clever Valley 15.00 . 28.00 . 4.00.."
•* Wells 16 00.30.00. 4.00. ..
D. C. KENNEDY, Nlanaftap.
Thirty pounds allowed to each passenger. Express
rates charged on all excess baggage.
ALL FARES MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE.
D. and N. Express Go
ID 1 SB It B HE lEWS'-lt is so.