The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-12-24

rendered her resignation and Geo. Kel-
sey now in Salt Lake City, is the only
represen tatiye of our School District.
This is to be regretted as our youths
are deprived OF that to which they are
entitled, and during the winter months
must loaf around some PERSONS fire in-
stead of being at school,
Supt. j. II. Leishman OF the Wide
West Co. has demonstrated that no
work on Sundays at his mine is de-
cided benefit to men and owners, and
explodes the jallacy that II miners lay
off on Sundays they will get drunk.
Miners as class are not drunkards by
any MEANS and good boss can always
surround himself with good sober mi.
ners The No. 3 tunnel is progressing
rapidly, being now driven 25 feet from
mouth and are averaging now one foot
a day. The contractors Davis & Brown
have nearly completed the erection Of
the four bunk houses and when COM
pleted more miners will be employ ed,
A contract has been let to them to
build 100 ton ore bin at the mine and
so ton orc bin at the mill, also an ad-
dit.onal room for kitchen at the cook
house. Wire has been ordered and
soon telephone will be in order be-
tween the mill and mine. An accident
to the rock breaker at the mill caused
loss of several shifts, but it is now re-
paired, Everything is now working
smoothly 10 this enterprise, Supt.
Leishman having from experience ac-
quired a knowledge OF men and things
and now has good staff at mine, mill
and hauling ore. Regular shipments
OF gold bricks go to Boston,
Pete Bennett's Wild Goose Chase
Peter Bennett we'll known to most Of
our citizens is an old salt" and in for
mer days ploughed the main on many
''taut ship" from Boston harbor to
and from the Indies. East and West,
and elsew here around the Globe, in.
cuding the Coral Islands OF the Paci-
fic, inhabited in those days by people
who feasted on human flesh, and boasts
that he never was stranded except
when he met in port bonnie iassie,
very recently struck out on voyage
of discovery, wanting a miscellaneous
cargo OF pork, -four and wheat for his
winter needs. Cherry Creek could
have furnished all these, but with his
rowing disposition he set out for Ruby
valley While the desert between here
and Ruby is not exactly trackless, like
the Ocean, Pete found to his sorrow
there were too many tracks and he
somehow got on the wrong one, so that
when night followed day. it found him
In the mountains many miles out of his
course in a woodman's camp. His
equines, weary and worn out, wanted
refresh ments, but neither money or
marbles could secure it, and when day
followed night, Pete took his bearings
for Ruby and brought up at night at
Miler's ranch, where unlike the can
nibals of the Coral isles, he was enter
tanned in true American style and man
and beast Jared sumptuously.
As a giant refreshed with new wine
Pete sig hting the snow clad mountains
of Ruby steered thither and anchored
at Wines Mercantile house. From
this point he telephoned to every ran
cher in the valley from Minoletti's to
Halleck, finding amongst them some
old friends. The phone was monopo-
lized all day and Pete told them OF the
wealth of our mines and the general
prosperity of our people. but he failed
to get any pork and loaded up with
flour and wheat, and in due time srri
we'd in Cherry, thanking God he was
home again in Gods country, and to
find our market had been glutted with
-four at much lower price than he
had paid and pork in abundance-too
much for our needs.
Moral, to the true tale patrcnize
home markets
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