The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-07-06

Secretary Olney can experiment with
civil services rules.
The "Rustler" says the Bondsmen
of the Clerk and Treasurer of Lyon
county are circulating petition among
the tax payers to have the commission.
ers defer action in the matter until
prosperity returns to the county.
At the meeting of the Board of Re-
gents last week, the bids for building
the girls CT ttage were opened and all
were considered too high and reject
ed. A contract was subsequently
made with Burke Bros, to build the
cottage for SO, $40, which is $500 less
than the lowest bid.
It is estimated that the recent fire
in the Southern portion of San Fan
cisco, destroyed over a million dollars
worth of property and rendered 300
family homeless.
Osceola is one of tho livoliest camps
in eastern Nevada. The Tricone
mill is running steadily, and the COM
pany are going to put on extra teams
and night shifts and run the mill
night and day after the Fourth.
The Southern Pacific company has
reduced its freight rates on merchan-
disc going from California points to
Utah. A reduction to Nevada points
would be an agreeable surprise.
The report that the driver on this
end of the Osceola stage lins, attached
the company property for wages due,
was false alarm. There was no at
taching done.
DsLamar, Idaho, has grown from
hamlet to big mining camp within
TWO years. There are now over two
hundred houses, thirteen saloons, sew
en- stores and the camp is rolling in
mineral wealth. The town was NAM
ed after Capt. J. r. DsLamar, - is
also DeLamar Nevada.
A raid was made on the Hawthorne
Chinatown. the other night. In one
den six Piutss were found smoking
opium. The China keeper of the
place was arrested and five Of the In
dams were locked up.-Enterprise
The .Reveille" in cleaning house
found copy of the examiner" OF
July Z, 1868, which said: Gin Phoebe
New, during the past year, there
were " deaths, twelve of which num-
Der only died from natural causes,
the others being taken off by accident,
suicides and six shooters. .
A new townsite is being surveyed
near the Otis place in Sierra Valley,
to which place the railroad will be sx-
tended this year. A box factory and
saw mill will be established there i'm
mediately. hustler
The description of new money
order which is to be put in use as
soon the ones now in use are consum-
cd, has been sent out by the Post
Office Department. The now one Is
said to bs smaller than the old one,
and must be endorsed upon the back,
in place of on the face, as Is required
by the order now used.
Better days seem to be in store for
Kennedy and the dawn OF new era
is expected for that rich but unlucky
mining camp within the next two
months. All along the chief obstacle
in the way of Kennedy coming to the
front has been the difficulty of work
ing the ore to paying extent. 1t is
believed that the obstacle has now
been overcome and that the ores of
the camp can be worked up to the re-
quirsd percent by a patent electric
process, the right of using which is
controlled by q San Francisco COM
pany. Silver State.
The Montana Mining and market
Reporter: II you have piece of min
ing property and your neighbor owns
another along side of you; if you can
not develop or sell your own, do not
be ofraid to help your neighbor to dis
pose Of his. Every mine opened in
the country increases the value of sv-
cry mine or prospect. If you can't
sell your. today, a good mine opened
along side of it will help you to dis
nose of vours ut some future time.