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VOL I ELY. WHITE PINE COUNTY. NEVADA. FRIDAY. JANUARY 25 1907 NO. 28
WATER FOR EVERYBODY
IN OLD TOWN OF ELY
President Palmer Informs Members of Citizens’
Committee That the Ely Townsite Company
Has Acted Favorably Upon the Recommen
dation of General Manager Corbett and
That Pure Water Will Be Supplied For Mu
nicipal and Domestic Purposes
Ely, New. January 24. 11)07.
White Pink News, Ely, Nev.—Gentlemen: Tin
following letter has been sent to each member of I Ill
Citizens' Cominitttee appointed by the Hoard ol
County Commissioners at its last session:
“Dear Sir: We take this opportunity to announce
to all who may be interested in the matter, that we
will furnish water to the householders in the old town
of Ely for all municipal and domestic uses. This an
nouncement, we apprehend, has not been unexpected
since the earlier statement through the press by our
General Manager, Mr. Corbett, that lie favored “such
proposition and would recommend the same to the
Board of Directors for action. Action unanimously
favorable to the idea has been taken by our Directors,
• and hence this announcement, by direction of the
board, at the first practicable moment.
“We appreciate the needs of Ely in the matter o!
a water supply, and the results to.tlie health ol its in
habitants which may come after the cessation of the
cold weather, if by that time some ample provision is
not ma e therefor.
“Pipes and other equipments are arriving daily
and franchises will be obtained in proper time, so
that we confidently expect that soon no impairment
of health or jeopardizing of lives can be charged
to the want or lack of a complete system, serving
wholesome water to the people of the town.
“We are giving the fullest publicity possible to
this announcement by sending to each of the three
local papers a copy of this communication with the re
quest that they give it prominent space in their eol
iiruns Ely Townsite Company,
“By VVr. J. Palmer, President.
“As we wish to give this item as much pub
licity as possible, will you kindly give it a promi
nent position in your next issue? Yours truly,
“W. J. Palmer, President."
“ELY” THE TOPIC
IN EASTERN CITIES
Nr. and Mrs. W.N. McGill Get Back
from Holiday Trip—Hear of This
Camp Everywhere
M. and Mrs. W. N. McGill returned
to Ely last night from their holiday
visit to their children who are at school
at Stamford, Conn., and at Yale Uni
versity.
“We heard a great deal of talk of
Ely everywhere," said Mr. McGill.
“Ely was a popular topic in New York,
in Boston, in Buffalo and in other places
we visited. The merits of the camp’s
mineral resources have aroused a wide
and intelligent interest throughout the
East, and the West, too, for that mat
ter, for the talk about Ely was as un
flagging in Denver and Salt. Lake as
in the Eastern cities.
“On the trains, we were always able
to identify the mining men by occas
ionally catching the word ‘Ely’ in the
conversation of fellow passengers.
"When I left New York, I under
stood that the trouble between the
Chainman people and the Nevada Con
solidated was at the point of a satis
factory settlement. By this time, 1
suppose, the matter has been adjusted.
Dwyer’s Execution Postponed
J, A. Fesler telegraphed to H. F.
Porch yesterday from Carson that
Gov. Sparks had indefinitely postponed
the execution of “Patsy” Dwyer, who
is under sentence of death.
Dwyer got into a quarrel with a bar
tender at Austin, Nev., and sometime
later, while in the street, saw a man
approaching whom he mistook for the
bartender. This man had a cigar in
his mouth and started to strike a mateh
upon his trousers. Dwyer supposed
that he was reaching for a revolver,
drew his own weapon and shot the man
dead. He was convicted of murder and
sentenced to harg.
tall To Catholics
Iieing anxious to give an account of
the eondition of things at Ely to the
Rt. Rev. Bishop, witli a view of ascer
taining whether the time has come to
give Ely a resident priest 1 exhort
earnestly all those who have promised
to contribute towards the improve
ments made for and in the Curch, as
also for things needed, to settle now,
while I am here (till Tuesday next).
Should this be done 1 have no doubt I
shall meet with success.
Rev. I-. von Ree.
If. J. Montgomery, the painter, was
! sentenced to twenty days in jail by
Justice of the Peace Cartwright yester
^ day for intoxication.
THREE MEN HURT
NEAR WITCH MINE
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Graders for Boarding House Site
Attempt t*> “Thaw” Dynamite and
Cause Disastrous Explosion
NELSON M -OSE EYE
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The Injured Men Were Hurt by Bits
of Flying Rock Being Cared
For No.v at Hayes Park
Dynamite exploding where laborers
were grading the site for the Ely Witch
boarding house, near the Nevada North
ern grade back of Lane City, injured
three men yesterday afternoon. The
injured were:
Thomas Tracey, concussion of
tiie brain and numerous abrasions of
the skin, caused by pieces of rock and
dirt being driven into his body by the ex
ploding powder.
Itas Nelson, left eye injured by (lying
rock; may lose the eye; no other in
jury.
Frank Ferri, lug injured by rook and
sand thrown up by the explosion; not
3eriously hurt.
There was a fourth man, Joe Arcadi,
at the scene of the explosion, but he,
through wonderful good fortune," es
caped uninjured.
The four men were employed by
Contractor Hastio in grading the board
ing house site. As the ground was
frozen, powder was used in loosening
up the earth and fragments of rock.
To thaw the powder before using it. a
fire was kindled close to where the men
were working.
Several sticks of powder were in a
thawer before the fire. There was a
fifty pound box of dynamite a few feet
away from the (ire. It did not, how
ever, explode.
--Another story is, told by Itas Nuiami,
the man who may lose an eye. wlwfon
recently came to Ely from San fee
Connty, Utah, and went to work at the
Ely Witch the day before the accident.
To a News reporter last night, he said:
“We were working on the grade for
the Witch boarding house. Tracy hud
charge of the powder. He had ten or
fifteen sticks of dynamite in a tin can
in front of the fire thawing them out.
A box containing about fifty pounds
of powder was a few feet back of
the fire. At the time of the explo
sion, Tracey was sitting at the
fire, cutting fuse. I was about
twenty-five feet away, working on the
excavation. The two Italians were
nearer the fire. I don’t know what
started the power in the tin can. but it
went off. The force of the explosion
immediately caused the box of power
to explode. It was an awful roar and
shock and scattering of rock and dirt.
I don’t know how any of us escaped
alive. ”
Tracey was not able last night to tell
his version of the accident.
The three injured men were brought
to Ely after the accident and taken to
the Hayes Park Hotel, where they are
being attended by Drs. E. L. R. and
Lew Wallace.
Dr. Lew Wallace said last night that
Tracey was the on'y one of the Three
whose condition is at all serious. He
said that he had hopes of the man’s
recovery, although lie had consuession
of the brain and was not out of dange.'.
Tracy’s body is also riddled with bits
of stone and sand driven into his body
by the exploding powder.
STRAUB FLOATS ELY
TRUST COiLP.iNV
Articles of incorporation of the Ely
Trust. Company have be. 11 filed with
the County * icr!;. (lie incorporators
are Frank Straub and Edward Cl. Straub
of Denver, and Arthur E. Van Dousen.
i all of whom are more or Ijs interested
in the Pittsburg Ely Copper Company,
owning considerable undeveloped ground
; in this district.
The capital stock of the trust com
pany is $50,000, divided into dollar
shares.
Stevens Strandman Wedding
A. J. Stevens, who lias made a for
tune in Ely, and Mrs. Serafia Strand
man, were quietly married Tuesday
evening at the Strandman home by
Justice of the Peace Cartwright. Only
a few intimate friends witnessed the
ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs. Steven3 left yesterday
morning for a bridal trip to Salt Lake
and California.
|“ANDY” FESLER HEADS HOUSE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC MORALS
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Well-Known Reformer Is Selected By Speaker Skaggs as an Especial
Honor to White Pine County, to Guard the Morals of
the State*--New Schools For Ely Very Soon
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PPEt'iAL CORRESPONDENCE!
j Carson City, Ne\. Ian. 23. — Th:
Legislature is getting busy, and th;
members are net waiting 30 days t<
“get on the ropes." The member
have gone to work and seem to be b
| earnest in their efforts to legislate i’
I the best interests of the state.
White Pine has been recognized b
i the appointment of A. J. Fesler as th.
[ Chairman of the Committee on Publii
j Morals.
In both branches the Democrats havt
been separated from the Republican:
and occupy seats on the west side ol
the chamber, while the Republican:
amuse themselves on the east side.
Whether this has been done to draw
party lines more closely will develop a:
the business of the session advances.
It has always been the custom ti
“mix" the Republicans with the Dem
ocrats and no attention has ever here
tofore been.paidas to where the mem
bers should sit.
Washoe County with one Republican
and one Democratic Senator ocoupie:
two seat::, one on one side of I hi'
chamber, and one on the other.
The fight that was said to be on be
tween Lieut. Governor Dickerson and
the Republican majority in the Senate
has been settled arid Dickerson appoin
ted his committee on railroads without
let or hindrance- two Democrats and
WESTERN PACIFIC
OFFiCAL ROUTE
Chief Engineer Bogue Gives Out a
Statement Describing Towns
That Will Be Touched by
the New Line
The following official description of
the route of the Western Pacific was
furnished by Virgil G. Bogue, vice
president and chief engineer:
The total length of the Western Pa
cific will be 929 miles, from the Ric
Grande Western station at Salt Lake
City to the face of the Ferry building
in San Francisco. Of this length, 121
miles are in Utah, 427 in Nevada anc
380 in California.
The line leaving Salt Lake Citj
passes around the southern end of Great
Salt Lake and the north end of the
Stansburg range; thence crossing the
Low pass in the Cedar range, strikes
the Great Mud desert, across which i1
runs for 38 miles. It then climbs the
rim of Salt Lake basin an elevation ol
5875 feet.
The line then descends into the Gosh
ute valley, in the bottom of which it
crosses the Nevada Northern railroad.
It then ascends the Pequop range,
j crossing it at Flower Lake pass at ar
elevation of 5907 feet, which is th:
highest point attained on the road,
Then descending into Independent vnl
ley, the line goes to Humboldt river al
Wells station on the Central Pacific
railroad.
From Wells to Wiiipemucea the gen
eral course of Ihe Humboldt river i:
followed, the Central Pacific railroac
I being crossed at Palisade. From Win
nemucca the line goes nearly west tc
| the southern point of Honey Lake, ther
j turns southward and climbs the Sierra:
crossing at Beckwith Pass.at an cleva
j tion of 5019 feet.
From this pa. s, which is the source
! of the Feather river drainage, the line
follows various forks of the Feathei
! river cornin'; out into open country al
Oroville, Cal.
From Oroville Lhe line goes almost h
an air line to Marysville and frotr
there to Sacramento and Stockton. .lusl
south of Stockton it strikes the con
structed road of the Alameda & Sai
Joaquin, which has been 'acquil't
by the Western Pacific, and 18 miles ol
this track will h1 in the divide at
Altamont and follows" the Alamed:
creek drainage via Livermore anc
Niles, at which latter place it turn:
and runs through San Lorenzo, Sar
Leandro and Fruitvale to Oakland.
The railroad proper stops at Oaklan:
water front. It is intended to us:
sransfer boats for passe ngdrs am
■ freight to San Francisco.
one Republican.
■ Governor Sparks has sent his mess
' ago and maizes sevaral wise suggestion;
i to the statesmen, that if they heed will
give better satisfaction to their eon
, stitucnts than if they ignore them.
The people of Nevada seem to be in
earnest in their demands for helpful
laws, an<l are watching the moves
made with great interest.
There ir a strong railroad lobby al
ready in Carson, ami the various trans
portation companies seem to be not a
little exercised over the outcome.
The White Pine delegation favor a
general incorporation law', and Ely
will no doubt take advantage of the
law that will he passed a little later.
' Every member of the White Pine dele
; gution agrees I hat something should be
I done in the way of school legislation,
and a bill will probably be drafted
looking to the building of a new school
house for Ely dist rift.
The two branches of the legislature
will adjourn Friday afternoon until
Monday and next week will probably
develop evening session, and the mem
bers will put In the statutory fifty days
in formulating legislation. I look for
some wise laws to tie passed so when
the chair is separated front the grain
there will be a few good seeds found in
the State house windmill.
Ai.lkn C. Bragg.
FATAL NIGHT WALK
! TO SMELTER SITE
Waiter Cole, One of a Party of Fonr
Intoxicated Men Dies in the
Valley From Intense Cold
Walter Cole, a painter and decorator,
whose home wtt3 at 522 West Second
! South, Salt Luke, perished from the
cold on Wednesday night while making
his way, with three companions, to the
Smelter Site at McGill. All of the
men were intoxicated, not one knew
the way across the valley, and Cole,
who had scarcely been sober in two
months, fell an easy victim to the
intense cold. His body was brought
back to Ely last night.
With G. H. Davis, Fred Wicks and
Daniel Greene the dead man spent the
early hours of Wednesday in the saloons
of the town. Cole had obtained em
ployment at the Smelter Site but had
missed tfie train in the morning. For
want of better occupation he struck up
an acquaintance with the other three
men and provided liquor for the party
in abundance.
“We were all under the influence,”
Davis said yesterday, “when we start
ed on foot for ^IcGill late Wednesday
afternoen, and each member carried a
quart bottle of whiskey, Six miles out
Cole became so intoxicated that we had
to almost carry him. The snow was
deep and we lost the road. When we
came to Murry Creek it was dark and
Cole stumbled into the water. I fell in,
too, trying to save him from a|wetting.
"After that it was very cold and we
i could hardly walk. Cole’s legs were
covered witn ice. We broke the ice
from his body and rubbed him with
snow, but it was no use—we couldn’i
make any headway with him. 1 was
freezing, myself, and ran on ahead to
1 McGill’s siding, where I bathed my
feet in snow water and found shelter.
Another member of the party, (Fred
1 Wickes,) went with me and kept on to
the| smelter to get a wagon, leaving
Greene to care for Cole. Wickes got
lost and never came back. I don’t
know what time Cole died, as I have
not yet seen Gr-ene."
It appears that after his companions
left Greene did everything p.issin! • un
der the circumstances to assist Col .- to
the railroad camp but the dying man
was too weak to walk, even with a;
sistance and finally expired two miles
this side of the railroad, where hi. body
was found by Constable Ed. Gilbert.
An inquest will be held today.
Colo leaves a wife and child in Salt
Lake. He w-as a callable mechanic and
did most of the painting and decorat
ing on the new Northern hotel.
Davis and Wickes were suffering last
night from frostbitten feet and were
j attended by Dr. Wallace.
GOV. SPARKS
j RECOMMENDS:
Radical Action Against Railroads,
Appointment of State Mineral
ogist and Bank Commis
sioner, Repeal Prize
Fight Law and Re
Opening Mint
Special Correspondence.
Carson City, Nev. Jan. 22.— In his
message to the General Assembly Gov
ernor Sparks makes the following
recommendations:
1. —The appointment of a State min- j
eralogist whose duty it shall be to com
pile and disseminate accurate informa
tion concerning the mines of Nevada. f
2. - Arbitrary use by the State of its
power to tax railroads until the latter
yield to the p >pular demand for termi
nal rates, such as arc accorded toother
states.
3. — Repeal of the law which permits
prize-fighting in the State of Nevada.
1. The reorganization of the Nevada
National Guard “would not be detrim
ental to the Stale."
5. The appointment, of a Rank Com
mission with power to examine the
books, accounts and securities of the ,
hanks and brokerage concerns that
have sprung up in the last year or two.
(i. — Joint petition by both branches
of the Legislature for the reopening of
the Carson Mint.
in addition to which (he Governor
reviews the work of the various de
partments and concludes that every
thing official in Nevada is “hunky
day.”
Telegraph Line Down
Not a message passed over the tele
graph wire to Cobre after 8 o’clock
yesterday morning, owing to a break
age somewhere along the line. Up to
a late hour last night the trouble bad
not been located. Some telegrams ad
dressed to business men in Ely were
forwarded by the down train from
Cobre, which arrived on time last even
ing, but, as a rule, important mes
sages, known to have been filed, were
not received.
There is something radically wrong
with the wire system between Ely and
Cobre. What it is, we do not pretend
to say, but it seems to us that a line
which is so important to local interests
should be safeguarded from interrup
tions at intermediate points, due fre
quently to carelessness, and that means
should be adopted to prevent continu
ous stoppage of business for twenty
four hours.
Suicide Verdict in Buchanan Case
A verdict of suicide was rendered by
the coroner’s jury yesterday in the
case of Robert Buchanan, or Buchan,
who died of laudanum poisoning on
Monday night. The jury’s verdict says
thot Buchanan “came to his death by
excessive use of laudanum administered
by his own hand with suicidal intent.’’
The dead man leaves a sister, Mrs.
Mary B. Francis, of Meaford, Ontario.
He had lived in various parts of the
West and had apparently been some
thing of a rover.
Annual Statement of the Old
Imperial Mining and Milling
Co. at Cherry Creek Nev.
Cash on hand Dec. 31, st 1905
....:. $23.0)
1 Cash rec’d from all sources
! during 1906. . $7480.34
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$7603.42
Total cash disbursed in 1900 $6480.65
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1 Cash c<!i hand Dec. “.1st HHK» j 1022.712
$7503.42
Lnwts Tiou.t; Cannon, Treasurer
Old Imperial Mining .V- Milling Co.
, jan-25-lw
PERSONAL ITEMS
Dr. and Mrs. Richardson and their
little daughter have gone to California.
Mike Bowen of the Succor mine
came in from Sail l.ako last night.
10. I!. O’Connor of Salt Lake arrived
in earnp on Iasi night's train.
John Leonard and A. J. Brunoni of
San Francisco reached Ely last night.
T. L. Stadiford of San Francisco was
one of last night’s arrivals.
There was another fracas in “coon
town” last night, when two belligerent
colored women came to blows. The
victor in the combat was arrested and
: will be tried today.