The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-07-13
WHAT IS GOING ON
IN ALIVELY CAMP
Personal Mention and Everything
Else Worthy of Note in
and About Ely

B. B. Bird returned last night from
San Francisco for visit.
E. A. LaMott of Baker & Hamilton
is in town for day or two.
County Recorder d. S. Dickerson is
out again after his recent illness.
L. S. Hussman, a travelling man from
San Francisco, is in town for a day or
two.
H. Badt is in from Wells. He reports
everything at even keel in the railroad
town..
Hudgins Bros. auto, the "Steptoe, y
left Thursday morning, carrying seven
seven passengers.
NJ. L. Requa and 7. J. Cox are ex-
pected back tonight from their flying
trip to Salt Lake City,
Mrs. H, S. Wales has taken the Simp-
son house during the absence of the
family on a camping trip.
Ely Lodge, T. and A. M, gave a
banquet at Ely Hall on Thursday night
when several members were raised.
Peter McCracen, who had been suf
fering from ptomaine poisoning, is out
again, apparently completely recovered.
The Nelson-Dahl party have returned
from very enjoyable weeks outing
on the headwaters of Steptoe. They
report it delightfully."- cool and inviting
in that district.
L. M. Clark and wife left Thursday
morning for Salt Lake, Denver and
Chicago. They will be away for a
month. They went out to Curric's on
Hudgin Bros. 'Steptoe.
Sam Brown, one Of the oldest and
beet citizens this county ever had, has
returned from lengthy visit to San
Francisco, where he has been in search
of health. He has returned to Ely, but
is very feeble.
The members of tho Good Time Club
contemplate giving series of dramatic
entertainments. Clever members of
the club will take the parts in the
casts. The plays to be sele ected will be
chiefly comedies.
Candidates for county offices are be-
ginning to be talked about and several
have already "shied the castors." The
contest for several positions promises
to be very sharp. Particularly is this
true of the Office of Recorder.
Mrs. A. Tippett, who has had charge
of the Nevada Consolidated Copper Co.'S
boarding house at Copper Flat for the
past six years, left Wednesday morning
for Reno, via Eureka, to visit her son.
She may remain permanently.
Three autos arrived from Currie's
Tuesday night loaded to capacity with
passengers. Ely is the magnet that is
drawing many strangers. With the
completion of the Nevada Northern
THE NEWS expects to see 100 new ar
rivals daily. 1t won't take q great
while to make a city at that rate.
John c O Hara, who was employed
on the Northern building as a carpenter,
met with painful accident this morn
ing, which may result in the loss of his
left thumb. He slipped from a nail
keg while at work and fell A sharp
hatchet which he held in his right hand
struck across his left thumb in the fall,
severing the bone at the second joint.
He was attended by Drs. Dahl and
Wallace, who will make an effort to
save O'EIara's thumb, although it will
be a difficult undertaking, O'Hara has
been unlucky in the way of accidents.
Two years ago, while cumming a saw
at the Daly-W West mine with an emory
wheel, spark flew up and destroyed
the sight of his right eye. And he has
had other mishapS.
Much interest has been aroused in
the two match horse races to be run at
Lane City on Sunday afternoon. Both
races will be for 500 side. One will
be between 7. j. Allisons bay horse
Mailer, to be ridden by F. p. Curtis,
and Frank McNulty's brown horse
Idaho Chief, to be ridden by doc Gil
bert; distance $50 yards. The other
contest will be between Alex Jepson s
mare Black Bess, to be ridden by
f. P. Curtis, and r. NJ. Clark's buck
skin horse Buck, to be ridden by Mrs.
Clark; distance l40 yards. Mrs. Clark
is a clever and dashing horsewoman,
and her courageous intention to pilot
Buck TO victory has added much TO the
intcrest in the cycnt.