The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-01-09
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Mrs. W. N. McGill, steptoe Valley.
JEFF Cazar arrived from Toano,
with load of freight, Monday.
Tom johnson at McGill, is suffer-
ing from an injury in the back.
Notice of ssbills' allowed by Coma,
misAioners At their meeting last Mon
day, in anoth column.
See notice for the surrender Of
White Pine county Six per cent bonds
under thew today.
Mrs. Thos, Lowell Is visiting with
her sister, in Etsptoe Valley, Mrs.
w d. Campbell.
DIR. N. J. Davis and West Watson
left Friday for Randsburg Ksrn Co.,
California, on prospecting tour.
We publish in this issue of the
News, = notice of forfeiture in the
Flugstaf mine, Cherry Creek district.
Dick Rieps says there is girl in
Sseptos Valley who insists that he il
. fraud. There il another girl of the
same kind in White River, Dick
Treasurer Williamson, departs the
first Of the week, for the railroad, for
three weeks visit. He has appointed
w. N. McGill to attend to his official
businsss during his absence,
Geo. 7. Smith was, on the recon-
nnendation of Commissioner Warlick,
appointed Justice Of the Peace for the
Snake Valley township, and his bond
fixed at $1,000.
While Neil McGill was driving =
pair of spirited h,lrses home from
town last Saturday, the team became
unmanagcabls just before reaching
the ranch and started torun, throw
ing Mrs McGill ont of the wagon in
fiicting painful though not dangerous
injuries about the hack. No other
damages ara reported. y
There was less claim jumping done
I the -firss If the year than usual, owing
partly 70 the fact that the work was
done on nearly all the claims upon
.ich there was shy showing and
Tratly to the fact that good many
are of the opinionthat one claim well
developed is worth more than large
number undeveloped
The County Treasurer paid out
S12602 81, asst Monday in the rsdcmp-
tion Of County script The amount
If script redeemed and the price
paid WAS as fallows: From Phil
Spaul fling, SLY at 30 cents; Geo.
r. Smith, $40 at 80 cents; VIM
Hayes, s10O1. 30 at 90 cents, VIM.
Hayes, $1021 20 at DO cents. VIM.
Hayes, S240 at 60.
One Of the, last acts of the Old
Board Of County Commissioners, was
to establish now township in Snake
Valley whuse boundaries are as fol-
lows: Beginning at point 8 miles
east of Orceola; thence north 10 miles;
thence cast to State Fine; thence
south along said State Line to the
Lincolr county Line; then starting at
point of beginning and running south
to Lincoln county Inns; thence along
paid line in an esstsrly direction to
State Line.
d The new County Commissioner
lI,tohn Verzan was sworn in Monday,
amid all tbs pomp and display usual on
eueh occasions. w G. Gallagher was
s-elscted Chairman by unanimous
Yots. The Board under the new. or
kanization is composed Of Alex Muir,
w. G. Gallagher and John Verzan
III Of HON are solid Muldoons"
md viii make one 81 the strongest
cams Enthusiastically the county has
bad for some time. Mr. Warlick the
rstiring membsr Of the old Board
hose chair viii now be occupied by
phn vsrzsn, made an excellent off,
s. and his smiling face will be much
\ 6sssd.
z All the newly elected County off,
psrs we're duly installed in their re-
hpective Offices last Monday. Treas.
Williamson who WAS elected to sue
.ssed himself, Is very near to the
people Of White Pine, and notwith-
<tsnding the enormity Of the bond
#lich the law requires the Treasurer
$o|lurnish, Uncle John got not only
ths 800, 600 prescribed By statute but
Exceeded that amount BY several