The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-08-21
SHORT items OF
LOCAL Interest
EIy's Activity Along Various Lines
Recorded for the Past
Four Days

Shoshone this week.
Overshoes come quite high these
days-the higher the better.
There's one good thing about rain in
this country-it's s most always wet.
Thomas Rockhill is back from bust
ness visit to Battle Mountain.
Umbrellas anybody shave been in
fashion in Ely for several days past.
Chester MeDoaald of Caerry Creek
is visiting relatives in Ely this week.
There were 210 registered votors on
Judpe Van Volkenburg's books last
night.
Why don't you return that overcoat
YOU borrowed last -? The owner
needs it right now.
A little more CT this dampness and
the railroad will have to come in by
boat. "But-we Observation-Disclosures
that"
Ely was visited with a steady down
pour of rain Sunday. In the course of
another month stoves will be in quick
demand and killing frost will come.
If you want weather any damper
than this you'll have to go down to the
lake and jump in-and stay in. But
some of us are never satisfied, nohoW
The stage of J. 3. Simpson arrived
Saturday evening from Shepp's loaded
with 10 passengers and about a ton
and half of trunks and other bag
gage.
Some of the great ''unwashed" have
been given an impromptu, and very
unwilling, bath by Jupiter Pluvius for
the past forty-eight hours. "And-we-
ought be- -thankf full -for-that.
O. C. Nelson was. added to the Rail
road Day" Committee on Programme
at a meeting of the Executive Com
mittee held at the office of the H. K
Wheeler Co. Saturday evening.
W. R. Ellis, county recorder of Web
er county, Utah, accompanied by his
wife, arrived from Ogden Saturday
evening. Mr.. and Mr.. Ellis have come
to Ely to be one of us and are a great
addition to Ely business and social life.
An express package received from
Chicago, via Eureka, was received in
Ely Saturday. The charges on it from
Chicago to Eureka were S. Is and from
Eureka to Ely, a distance of about S5
miles, the charges were $3.S5. The
package weighed 81 pounds.
Several prominent men who have
been invited to attend Railroad Day
celebration in Ely have been heard from
and have accepted the invitation.
Among them are Governor Sparks,
President j. E. Stubbs Of the Nevada
University, Hon. A. T. Cheney and
others.
Mr.. H. G. Toll, traffic manager for
the Nevada Northern, was in town
Saturday and left for Cobre late in the
forenoon. He was very busy while
here. Mr.. Toll seems greatly interest
ed in the coming celebration and said
he would render the various commit
tees all the help possible.
The Nevada Northern has all the ma
terial necessary TO complete the line
into Ely. Track laying is progressing
without interruption and the road may
no ovnoo+o1 how, NV G1,fo,,, hpy Cltb
There are but 20 miles separating Ely
from the ''centers of population. -
What a joyful day it will be for our
people when the road is finished.
Over two inches of rain have fallen
since the present storm began. Murry
creek may go out Of its banks and for
fear that it would D. S. Diclierson
moved his family to High street. Dan
seems not to be on the "water wagon
now that he is back from his Salt Lake
visit. He occupied front seat on the
vehicle while away, but since his re-
turn he has given up the seat and and
rode in another-and is afraid of water.
The Butte-Ely Mining Company IN
der the superintendency of HIS, Wales,
is putting in gasoline hoist. The ma
chinery arrived at Shepp's over the Ne
vada Northern last week and is eXpec-
ted to be on the ground at the mine
this week and be installed. The Butte
Ely is looking fine Mr.. Wales intends
sinking on the property to depth CT
200 feet and then prosecuting after
which he will sink deeper.
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