The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-30
FROM ALL over the ST
SUMMARY OFTHE n EWS
AS GATHERED FROM OUR BX-
CHANGES.

The Commissioners of Nye county
ut their last meeting increased the ta1
levy fourteen cents, making the whole
levy "a. II on each 300 of taxable prop
erty.
The quarterly report Of the Treas
urer of Lincoln comfy, New, shows thai
S3473 was derived from the bullion tax
Most OF this was paid by the De Ia MAJ
Milling company
There is great shortage of stock
cars reported from Reno and other
shipping points along the railroad, ser
iously hind ering the movement of stock
that is already In the corrals awaiting
shipment.
The Delamar Lode of the 18th says
that grain is very scarce article in
that camp and is bringing five cents
per pound. The wood haulers have
many Of them been obliged to suspend
operations.
Reno Gazette: p. L. Flanagan has
returned from forty days visit to
Kansas City, Chicago, Philadelpia and
New York. He sold while away $4,000
of his 200, 600 wool clip at IL cents per
pound He could not sell the same
wool last year for cents.
II is estimated that 10, 900 sheep have
been shipped from this town during the
past six days, and about 1000 heard are
now in the shipping corral and will be
shipped East to-day. The sheep indus
try is rapidly increasing in Elko county
and the shipments this year will be
larger than usual. Wells Herald.
Last Saturday, A. M. Scott, miner,
while climbing the ladder in a winze in
the DeLamar mine lost his hold and fell
a distance of 26 feet. He was in luck
however, for he came out with only a
few brusses and good shaking up
Record.
Two of the old residents of Star val
ley passed away last week. ID. V.
Johnston, one of the most successful
ranchers and cattlemen in ElkO county,
died Tuesday at the age of II years.
Patrick Brennan, one of the first set
tiers in the valley, died Thursday at
the age of 10 years.
A shooting scrape took place at Oling-
house canyon last Thursday, says the
Reno journal. B. McLane and w. G.
Williams, got into dispute over the
ownership of claim and the former
shot Williams in the shoulder, inflict-
ing painful but not dangerous wound.
Olinghouse canyon ought to boom now
and will no doubt have dance hall and
a faro bank in short order.
II. Pitcher Woodward, the man who
is riding a donkey from New York to
San Francisco on an election bet, and
passed through this section some two
weeks ago, got lost in the Reese river
valley during the storm on Wednesday
Of last week and wound up at wood
camp in the mountains. He lost two
days by this mishap and will have to
make good time now If he reaches San
Francisco by Nov. 3rd. II he fails to
do SO, he will have to pay a ferfeit of
So, 900,
The Culverwell Bros. expect to start
their sawmill today 1t has been moved
three miles and nearly million feet of
logs are ready for the saw. The pro-
duct goes almost exclusively into the
mines. 1t looks as though the local
timber supply will be insufficient to
meet the demands of the mines for tim
bering, before the mines become ex-
hausted. Phoebe. Record.
The Times Review says that the
Dexter company at Tuscarora has been
running tailings on ground owned by
other parties, and now has lawsuit on
its hands, the owners OF the ground,
we understand, claiming the tailings.
A similar 81 1t has just been decided by
Judge Hawley of the U. S. Court at
Carson. A mining company in Esmer
aida county had big pile oftailings on
government land, and Garrard bought
the land and secured patent for it.
He then claimed the tailings. The
Court decided that the tailings belong
ed to the mining company
In the San Francisco Chronicle of
Monday was an account OF the unveil-
ing of a memorial statue in honor OF
Robert Louis Stevenson. the great
novelist. who died in the Samoan Is
lands in December. '95. The article states
that the sculptor of the statue was
George Piper. Il former Comstock boy,
who left this place several years ago to
study painting. Since then he has
pushed the study Of his art In Italy,
Germany and France and in his line Of
work is one of the promising young men
of 'he country Virginia Report.