The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-23

feet ON the ledge. which varies from J
inches to feet in width. The ore is
free milling and works at about $50 to
the ton.
Fred Garvin, IA barber from Delamar.
arrived in town Thursday. and will
open shop in the building now being
erected by Weber Bros, between their
is completed.
Arthur fimpson was in Ely yesterday
on his way to Hamilton. He expects to
take his mother with him to Delamar,
where he has contract from the De
Lamar Company for hauling the ore
from the mine to the mill.
VIM. Blackwell and John Hickman
came in from Duck Greek the latter
part of last week and are now prepal..
ing to build saloon in Lane City on
the opposite corner from the Gem.
They will have a bath room and bar
] ber shop in connection and will no doubt
get their share of the patronage
! Ed. Marsh. who has been in the em-
ploy of the Chairman Mining Co. as Il
machinist. severed his connection with
the company last Sunday and departed
for California via Cherry Creek on
Wednesday. The many friends whom
he has made in his four or five months
stay here regret his departure.
r. Mason, the District Engineer of
the Westing Electric Co, arrived
by stage Friday, having been summon
ed To investigate certain Irregularities
that developed in the motor at the
Chairman mill during the test run Mon
day. The difficulty has been partially
removed but the machine does not vet
run to the entire satisfaction of the
Company.
The case of Frank Paul VS.. Rocco
kragnaze and I. Plamenko for $40, 900
damages for malicious prosecution was
taken up Friday morning, Hon. Thos. I
Wren being counsel for the plaintiff and
Gen. Clark, Peter Breen and F. X. |
Murphy for the defendants. The case
went to the jury this afternoon but up
to the time we went to press they had
not arrived at verdict. Messrs. Clark I
and Breen left for Eureka Immediately |
after closing their case.
a very pleasant gathering of the
ladies of Ely was held at the invitation
of Mrs. A. ID. Campton last Saturday |
afternoon. Some sixteen ladies were
present and tried their skill at progress
sive euchre. Mrs. McGill won the first |
honors and Mrs. Fox took the consola-
tion prize. A permanent organization
was adopted and arrangements made
for series of card parties at regular
intervals.
Bert. L. Smith, the manager of the |
Eureka Sampling Works, paid us
call this week. He reports that busi-
ness has been good with them and is on
the increase. They shipped $50 tons
of ore last month, mostly from the Eu-
reka district. As they pay the same
prices as the California smelters, we
think that the shippers of White Pine
should patronize our local market as
they might look farther and do much
worse.
Mrs. ID. G. Mcdonald gave an infor-
NAL party to the young people of Ely
last evening in honor of Miss Florence
Lamb. The principal amusement of
the evening was a competitive word
contest in which Miss Lamb won the
prize. Afterwards cards, dancing and
games helped to make the evening
most enjoyable one. All went away
voting Mr.. and Mrs. Mcdonald to be
delightful entertainers.
The following gentlemen from Cherry T
Creek were present in court this week
as witnesses in the Rodgers case: L.
D. Pierce, John Wearne, Frank Pierce, T
Chas. Phalan. +. A. Borchert. John /
Venner, p. H. Rash, Jas. Boyle, Jas.
Reilly and Rufus Fillmore. These with
jurors Carlson, McHugh and Harrison
made quite II delegation.
w. V. Lock wood, the electrical ex-
peru VI tiit 1Hulnlhdll Wa Istuincu
last SUNDAY from his trip to San Fran
cisco. He denies the report that he
went to make arrangements for supply
ing Ely with electric lights, which. he
says the Company will not be able to
furnish for the present at least. He was
accompanied from Eureka by Geo. Bliss
and John Christianson who had been
working on the telephone line.
y. j. Buchanan, Henry Millick, John
Winncn. K. G.. Van Valkenberg and L.
B. Tilford from Osceola We're in Ely
doing jury duty. There We're also Wm
a. Rutsoa, "A, j, Simonson. E. B. Rob-
ison and j. ID. Smith from Snake val
ley: A. d. Campbell from Shoshone
and John Bews from Spring valley.
Steptoe valley too sent its quota, Ole
Hansen, w. u. Campbell and J. Stin-
son from Granite: r. w. Bambric from
Schellbourne and Sam Truckey from
Duck Greek.
Fho lnany friends of y. {. House
were glad to see him drive in from Del
amar Thursday af ernoon. 1t was
/ only hand shake, however, as he left
4 by the Cherry Creek stage next morn