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The White Pine News Pioneer Paper of Eastern Nevada Established in 1868 VOL. XXXIX. ELY, WHITE PINE COUNTY. NEVADA. TUESDAY, JUNE 1*2. !<)()(> NO. 67 INDEPENDENCE DAY HERE WILL BE A HUMMER Here’s the Programme and Everybody is Requested to Get Busy With Money and Men fo Make It Good Hetler, bigger, healthier anrl breezier than anything Kl.v I am ever had in the way of a holi day celebration will be the ob servance of Independence Day. if our people will only fall into line and help to execute the plans mapped out hy the Com inittee on Arrangements appoint ed at the meeting held last, Sat urday evening in < Jraham's Hall. Judge < fcorge S. Brown, who chanced to be holding court here, presided at, that, meeting and appointed the working com mitteo with D. S. Dickerson as , cliairman, assisted by.l. A- I'Vs ler, .1. S. tlarville, Moulder Bud I gins and Allen C. Bragg At a meet ing held last, night in Tin,; News office a. programme was adopted which will draw to Ely on the Fourth of July every able-bodied man. woman and child hi White Pino. Eureka and Elko counties, and hundreds of residents from Osceola, Black Horse, White River, Nowhnn.se and Pioche I First of all the com mitteo has in store a surprise as orator of tlm day a gentleman whose name will be a magnet to all resi dents of Nevada- The News has beon let into the secret, but we cannot share it with you just yet, except to say 'hat the Speaker wiil come from afar and will be escorted into Ely from the railroad by Mr. Russell W Hudgins in one of the new auto mobiles of the Ely Transporta tion (,'ouipany, along with mem hers of the visiting baseball team from Wells, who will cross bats with our boys in a match game for a prize of §100 in gold. Every house in Ely will be de corated on the Fourth and a hand some prize will be awarded to the person making the best dis play. hoe.al merchants have been and arc hereby—request ed to order forthwith from Salt. Hake City plenty of bunting and Hags, for delivery in Ely not later than the last week in June. I’iik News will guarantee the sale of such material in reason able quantity. Literary exercises, scheduled for the morning, will he held in Aultninn street, under a tent; and bower of evergreens to he erect ed rtglit in the heart of the town on lots owned by J. \. Feslor. Tile streets of Ely will he clean I'd and sprinkled prior to the celebration under the supervision of A. A. Marshal, whose word "ill be law on this occasion, backed up by a dozen deputy sheriffs, sworn in for the occas ion, The parade will pass under a hiutupliul arch, tile columns of "'/licli will V)c built of bright, copper ore, characteristic of the district. All mining companies operating here arc requested, without further notice, to send to The News office, by teams re turning from the mines, samples of ore to be used for this pur Pose. We will see to it, that tlm 1 ore is properly placed in the I . As a simple form of decoration it is suggested that property l owners obtain pine trees, ap proximately eight feet in height,, I otid plant the same on the curl too in front of their houses 01 Places of business not later that the third day of July. I fhe Nevada Consolidated Cop I P®i i ompanv is requested ti I Bftint permission to the commit p..led by D, S- Dickersoi I ot Hit, free use of water fo I street sprinkling on the tbiri ®»o fourth of July.. lh l'°P"'' authority will confer ; ’b' arranging this detail a I once. Ely also will export the min ing companies to provide powder lor the National salute atsunrisc of Independence Day- Messrs. Cox and McCracken have been appointed a Committee on Na tional salute and they are re quested 1o report promptly to the Committee on Arrangements whether or not the mining com panics can “makegood.” us. in the event of failure, lh>' neces sary supplies will ho ordered in .from Salt- Cake. Features of the exercises on the Fourth will be a Hag drill by the children of Ely, running, jumping;, vaulting and obstacle races, baseball and novelties to bw announced later by the Com mittee on Snorts. All business bouses will suspend, except tu the commissaries, after ten o'clock in the morning. At night Japanese balloons will be turned loose to inform the countryside that Ely is still celebrating and a dance will tv held with “divide ’ as the watch word- There will lie plenty of lemonade, and fun for everybody and Ely will keep open house. At the same time any infraction of the rules of etiquette will he met so quickly and effectively that the offender will wonder what happened to him for the ensuing week- The personnel of the deputy sheriffs will be a. sufficient guarantee in this re sped.. To carry out this programme and to make the Fourth of July celebration worthy of Ely will ! require some money and plenty of labor. The business men of | the,towu, we feel sun*, will res I pond liberally to the call of the i Finance Committee. Every dol lar donated will be worth two in the end. Our citizens never had an opportunity to make a better investment, for Ibis celebration will bring to Ely hundreds'of visitors and start the town out right in preparation for the rush that, will come with the railroad. These committees have been appointed, and each and every j one is requested to report on ; Thursday evening at s e'clobk at : Graham's Hall for further con : Terence : i Finance J. II. Simpson, 11- 1 *• Hull, James Luckluirt, James P ' Gaskill. F. M. Rountree and Neil Munro. Spurts James I’. Gaskill, I'. M. Millard, J- A. Fesler, C. K Reeves, F. J. McCracken, Frank ! McNulty and boring B. Lamb. Decoration .1. A. Miles, Mr. j Stevens, A- J. Cartwright. Mrs. W. N. McGill, Miss Josephine Munro, Mrs. II. S. Wales, Mrs. Gladys Whitehead. Miss Hattie Oldfield and Miss Edna Simpson. Music—Mrs. A. D. Campion. Mrs. V. T. Lewis, F. M. Root. Orval Baird, Captain A. T. Hudgins, and J. D. Crossette. Children’s Exercise *—Mr-. George M. Peacock, Mrs. F. M. i ('lark and Miss Emma Graham, j Reception \V. N. McGill. If. ! A. Com ins, D. C. McDonald. Russell W. Hudgins, Joseph I’hcby and Frank Paul. Dance-—J- A. I'eslor. \\ ■ 'i McGill and F- M. Millard. Publicity Allen C. Bragg, J. |). (.’resetto and L. P. Kirby Badges Mrs. J. A- Fesler Streets A. A. Marshall (Chairman), C. R- Reeves and Frank McNulty Sunrise National Salulc r. J , McCracken and J. Cox. 1 George Sherne nf ( berry * reel w ar in El v a few day 0:?°. I , Jean Allison, a mining man Iron , pte--.no, is in Eh. I(e came v l Saturday and will remain here foi sonic tunc. All This Has Happened Since Last We Met Auto Trains Now -Ely to Curries’ In conuection with the service inaugurated by the Nevada North | ern Railroad, automobiles will be rim regularly hereafter on train ! days by the Kly Transportation Company between Kly and Currie's . Ranch. On Tuesdays, Thursdays and | Saturday s a train of automobiles, ] operated by the Kly Transportation Company, in which the Hudgins Bros, are controlling factors, will leave tin. Balm Restaurant at seven ■ o'clock in the morning, running on a five how schedule to Currie's Ranch, enabling passengers to get diunet at the railroad terminal and catch the train to Cobre at i :yo o'< lock, Returning, the autos will leave | Currie's Ranee at .• o'clock the ■ saute day. bringing itt passt tigers trout the down train, and arriving in Klv at sr-veii o'clock in Dm evening, In addition to fast-tslutting Rr=o machines, the company will operate as a combi nut ion passenger a nd bag gage and express carrier, tie- lag Packard auto truck "Steptoe. ' This machine will leave Kly every Monday. Wednesday aud Frida' tor the railroad, stopping overnight at Cherry Creek. Returning, how ever, the "Steptoe'' will come through to Kly from Currie's on train days Tuesdays. Thursday -, and Saturdays— tuniting by flash light if necessary. Mr. Russell W. Hudgins vvill meet all trains at Currie's and will be in persona! charge of passengers, baggage and express matter on the homeward tmund trips. Incoming passengers desiring to reserve seats front Currie’s to Ely should wire reservations in advance to Hudgins Bros, at Currie's Ranch. The fare for the trip of eightv-two miles 'cross country is twenty dol lars per passenger in the fast autos and fifteen dollars in the ‘'Steptoe.'' This includes personal baggage in reasonable amount. Rates on express packages aud light freight vvill be quoted on ap plication to Hudgins Bros, at the Balm Restaurant in Ely or to Rus sell \V. Hudgins on train days at Currie's Ranch. Steam Laundry by August I My or before the first of Au gust there will bo in operation in Ely a steam laundry with facili ties for handling the linen of a city of IP,(too people. Not only will washing be done promptly and cheaply, it is promised, but residents will be saved the trouble of lugging their laundry about town and bogging Chinese lag gards to return it the same month. Wagons—probably automobiles —will call for and deliver the packages without extra charge. The laundry enterprise is headed by Frank <1. Tillman, of i Portland. Oregon, who came here a few daps ago, took a quick survey of the town, purchased a site and hurried back to the rail road to supervise the shipment ,>f machinery Associated with : Mr- Tillman arc several lot al cap italists and business men- One of these gentlemen, in out lining the plans of the laundry said: "It is ridiculous that people in Ely should be compelled to ship their laundry to Reno <>r Salt Make to he waslu-d and ironed The only way In remedy the sit nation, since it is impossible to e-et laviudrymen here to work, is to put in a steam plant. Our 'equipment will serve the needs not only of the present town of Ely put ni the future city, Mr. Tillman if-a. practical laundry i man. lie operates a 1 rov plant in Portland and will duplicate that, plant here on a slightly -smaller scale, bringing in all | necessary machinery for washing land ironing by steam and doing the liner kinds of work The plant, will bo up and in operation by August I ' ’ Tlrere has been considerable talk heretofore of the establish iimnt. of a steam laundry in Ely, but this is the first definite news on the enbjeet,land Mr. Tillman's connections are such us to make certain the fiilltillmenl of his plans. Rich Lead Ore Near Lane City | Richard A. Riepe, x\ In* claims I he distinction of being the nri i ginal purveyor of El,\ mines, I both gold and copper, promises now to make Robinson canyon famous as u producer of lend. "II was I who developed nml; old I lie Robust mine as 3 geld proposition," Mr. Riepe said yes-' lormiy. "That was before limy, struck copper there, f al-o sold I lie copper m i lies in Ibis dislriet —fn .Joseph I,. Giroux. Now- I have discovered a furl her re ii'.iree of thi wonderful camp in I be way nf lead. Right here in; the canyon, just above tlmi •'hainman mine, 1 have a body of ore showing remarkable values \ in lead, in addition to gold mid \ silver, which runs from $17 lim f 10 per ton.” Mr. Riepe' property is known as Ihe Rabbit ami Alpha mine. He look t it ilc to il a few days ago from W. R. Graham. The mine has been a shipper of ore since ixps. and win formerly operated by Gabriel Zanoli, an Italian-. Assay reports from Mr. Mil lard of ore which Mr. Riepe said came from the Kaldiit and Alpha! were shown to the Editor of Tin News. These reports gave good I values in gold and silver, with load percentages of l-'l.-J, ot>.2. 1N.S and 7LN respectively. Mr. Riepe left today for Salt Lake by the overland route. While away he will confer with capitalists in regard to liis now property, and also make u call upon Fred Stoyell, the White! Pine county charity patient, who is tinder treatment at Rancher's! Hot Springs, near Salt Lake Hit v. __ WANTED—Two women as) cooks and one as dishwasher, i Also girl, well recommended, as: cashier. Apply to Captain A. T.' Hudgins, Palm Restaurant. Neil Muni'o, M. Holm and .J. R. Simpson, who are appraisers of! the estate of the late Theodore j Prumbo, went out to the Greek | Chief mine a few days ago to ap praise the property which was. | part of the belongings of Mr. ! Prumbo. The Greek Chief i~ line of the ohlest mines in Rob-1 inson District in West Camp. A. \V, and David Anderson, 1 i I ', Allard, a former newspaper man, and O. Rurlcy arrived Monday ; from Evauston, Wyo. They were •o days in making the drive land icanic with three Iteanis. Mr. An dersou is a contractor and builder and lias come to assist in making 1 Ely a second Butte, Mi. T I.. Wilson, who left Ely six weeks ago for his home in Sail Lake, is back in Ely again, Mr. Wilson says that Elv is the most talked of camp in the state. Mr. ■Wilson is glad to get back to the "white settlements'" again and will stay here this winter. Dr. V. M. Wadleigb, a dentist and said to be one nf the hest, has come to Ely and hung out his shingle. His card appears in this issue of The News, (Continued on fourth page.1 TWO MINERS MEET DEATH IN CLIFF MiE SHAFT C. E. Montrose Perishes Heroically Striving to Save His Partner, Peter Lee, Who Is Overcome by Gases Tw.i minor.? were found dead (hi* morning about lu o'clock at the bottom of the shaft of (ho Cliff mincowneu bv Frank Paul, near the junction of the Popper Flat and Pilot Kindt roads, about seven mile* from FI\. The dead men were: p F MOKTO.N*. familiarly known a< ■ lim it ' Monirose, who w as fur several years engineer ai Pilot Knob. PF.TKK I.KF, a miner, who was a newcomer in the rump Montro-.; met his death in a heroic effort to '«vc the lifr of f,ee sometime yesterday. Just what happened in the bottom of the ?haft no man will ever know. It i • I f lieved. from iiidien ion> fonml nboti t (he mine* Hint I .or descended to the bottom of j the 50 fool shaft too soon after a blast wn* made and before the cases formed bv the r\ plod-lug powdi r had cleared away. He v. as apparctitly o\ creonte w h iMon11«mc ’vasnt the mouth of the shaft, t primp* wait ing t^ operate the windin'-. for when the bodies were found a rope was tied about I i waisi. '-howing thit Mofltfnae had defended into the shaft to f.avc him. The rope tied to |.p**' body v i also ti**d to tbewind’as Tbi* iudhafrs that Montrose mn«t have made two trips to the bottom of the •baft, heroically braving death alone there in j ih« hill?, with no plaudits to urge him op I »ml mo* rd only h? hi? splendid ct^.rofduty j jnd loyalty to hi? imperiled partner the tin t time lie went down into iijr> shaft h» | must have tied the rope about Lee's wntft and j their ascended to the winding* to diav- hi* partner to the turfaep Something apparently went wrong L?e\ limp hotly must have *aught upon the ladder, making u ncccsary for Montro-p to again iro doun. although he vr* then probably faint from hi: previous e.v RUSHING RAILROAD TO RAPID FINISH Hundreds of Men Arc at Work and Promise of Completion This Summer May he Fulfilled. There is every idication that the managers of the Nevada! Northern Railroad will ‘‘make I good” their promise to advance the railroad into Ely this sum mer. One has only to ride from here to Currie’s Rangh to see the evidences of activity. At the terminal station there | a ret rainloads of lies,ami rails arc , coming in as fast as needed. I More than three hundred men are working on the road just this side of Currie’s and all through the valley, ae far south as Cher ry Crock, one imfv see graders’ camps dotting the lowlands. Currie’s Ranch is dotted with the tents of the section men: while, to provide for the over How: a typical Southern Pacific work train lias been placed on the sidetrack. From present indications the railroad grade "ill Ire completed to Cherry Greek by the middle of July. The steel tracks should not be more than a week or two | behind the grade. General Manager Requa. rode ( over the proposed line from Cherry Creek to Ely a few days since with the engineers, after which lie departed for Salt Cake There is considerable specula tion as to the course the road will lake south of < 'urrie's, some persons holding* to the opinion that the tracks will he plac ''I on the bench at Heusser’s Ranch and brought down that way P> the smelter site, while others think the road will run on the East side of the valley, past Me Gill’s Ranch, ami swing over at Georgetown • Mr. Rcqua will probably re ertion*. Tin* HCcnuil trip was too much for him, ami he, too. fell lifeless upon the body of his mate, whom he had hravelv striven in mi ve I.ec was a newcomer in the ennip. Montrose had been here for years. He was a native of Kentucky, lie had worked for the Cliroux company for n long time. Ho wns a big, strong man a splendid physical specimen and had a heart as big as his body. His chum, Lou I'ra/ier. hurried out to the mine on learning of the disaster, and was deeply distressed on learning that the rumor of his friend's death \\ as ti tie The bodir. "f ili> two men were found by Arthur < orden. lie drove Mr Paul, the owner, and fieorge K- (tiiim to the mine this morning and as the two miners could not be found in trelr ramp, Cordon descended the shaft to find them. When near the bottom he saw the bodies and ascended with the i« rrilile new-. The two miners had apparently met with death on Monda> Had not Mr. Paul decided to stop at the mine on hi* wav to Popper Mat . it would probably have boon several days !»«• fore ihe accident would have been discovered. The air in the’ha ft wn.good today, whieli wr considered proof that the fatal gases must have been generated by exploding powder. r»r JT P Cowan, on examining the bodies said that death war due to n phyxia, Poroncv Von Valkcnberg and Sheriff Baird were upon the cope soon after the accident w a reported The bodice were given in charge of ruder taker Rcri Brown The < "roncr'. in juesi will hr h**M to morrow morning at id o’clock at the. Court House Th<* jut' wo* impamle.i *. t'or -ncr V-»n VhI’ kcubti- till:- afternoon move nil doubts on this snore when lie returns to lOl.v. The important feature of tlie work, meanwhile. is the encouraging progress which is being made in extending the road south from (turrif ’s. Father Mannion, of Eureka, Preaches to Large Number of People in New Churcii Edifice. From the readjustment of Ely from a sort of corral to the dig nity of a city the opening of the little (diapel at Hayes’ Purl-: last Sunday marked an epoch. One did not have to be a Roman Catholic to share in the pride felt b.v Miss Ellen Hayes, and her friends when the doors of the church were thrown open and the bell summoned to services all who cared to come. The occasion carried Ely a step nearer to the goal which Fate has mark ed out for the town Father Mannion, of Eureka, preached to a good attendance both in the morning and at Ves per services in the evening- He dwelt upon the power and com fort of prayer and the great love of the Saviour for ail the people Prayer, lie said, consisted not in mere words, nor in time spent upon bended knees, but even in llu' busiest moments ol our lives we could commune in silence with the Holy Spirit: and although we might be a tiimis iiud | uni's denied we should never lose lailli. but believe that lie knew what was be.-.! for us, and Unit our prayer shall be: "Thy will—not mine be done.” Father Mannion will remain in Ely during the week. < >u Thurs day lie will celebrate * o clock in a and next, .Sunday be will hold ;,en iec3 morning and even ing. after whi.h he w ill x is it Cherry Creek.