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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-06-28
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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-06-28
a Fortunate Texan.

MIR. E. W. Goodloe, OF lO7 st. Louis
ST., Dallas, Tex. says: an the past year
| have be come acquainted with DR.
Kings New Life Pills, and no laxative /
ever before tried 80 effec,ualIy disposes
OF malaria and billiousuess.' They don't
grind nor grippe. 25c. at Elko Drug Co.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-06-28
DlanppoIntod.

don't like this party line tele-
phone alf as well as I thought I was
going TO-" said Mrs. Snewper. Every
time l hear 1t ring. and take down the
receiver to listen to what's going on,
l hear somebody say: Get of the
line. there. you! Quit butting int I
declare, It's only an a~ggravation!"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-15
MRS. DOBROVAK REFUSES AID
With Children Remains at Court
House-No Testimony to Show
Green Pretended Illness.

Mrs. Nikola Dobrovak, whose nus
band is serving term in the county
iail on conviction for having sold
liouor without a license, and who
spent the night after his arrest i'll the
passenger station, continued yester-
dav to refuse offers of aid that were
rendered her.
1t was stated yesterday that the
woman was not subpoenaed to attend
the trial, and was not called to the
stand. her coming to Ely to attend
the trial having been entirely yolnn-
tarv. An offer was made to furnish
her a house here rent free for
short time, if she would occupy the
nlace. but this offer was also refused.
She has repeatedly refused to accept
money that was offered her by men
who were touched by her pitiable
plight.
Testimony was not adduced at the
trial that c. c. Green, purchaser OF
the liquor, pretended to be i'll, though
that statement was made off the
stand. When it was found that the
woman was without means with the
execution of the small amount taken
from her husband, Judge Cartwright
ordered meals for her and the chill
dren, agreeing to pay fol them from
his own pocket The woman spent
the entire day yesterday in the court
room
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-15
PUT ON DUPLICATE NUMBERS
Marks & Talbot Wheel Worked by
That Means.

Another feature was brought out
yesterday in the case of the gamblers
who fixed the roulette, wheel in the
Marks & Talbot saloon at Riepe-
town Wednesday morning. Follow
ing the incident, Talbot, one of the
of the house, told Marks
of the affair and reported that he
had refused to pay the $40 which
had been won on the last turn of
the wheel before discovery was made
that it had been tampered with.
Yesterday Marks called the men
into his Ely saloon and asked them
if they had won bet that had not
been paid They said they had, and
Marks asked them how much the bet
to. They said that it was
$140. Marks Immediately paid the
money.
A few minutes later Talbot ap-
peared and substantiated his story
by showing Marks seven red and
black number slips, lettered with
gold, that had been pasted over the
original numbers on the wheel. BY
this ruse the players doubled their
chances and made heavy winnings.
Marks made no complaint after
learning this, saying that if his men
could not properly watch the wheel
and protect it, they should lose the
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-15
RAIL ORDERS EXPECTED SOON
Pittsburg Looks for Them Within 30
Days, Making All Mills Busy.

PITTSBURG, Nov. 14.-Predic-
tions are being made here that the
delay of the railroads in placing or
ders for steel rails will be ended
within 80 days, when it is expected
that there will be upward of from
1000, 900 to 100000 tons of new
orders The Importance of these
predictions to the iron and steel
trade of Pittsburg, should they ma
terialize, is hard to over estimate.
The vast tonnage, amounting to at
least $56,000,000 in value, will place
the trade in its normal condition and
strengthen every other branch of the
steel industry. Recently it was an
nounced that there were II corpora
tion furnaces blown out. One result
of the new orders would be the fore
ing of majority of these furnaces to
resume operations
The conferences between the rail-
roads and the steel manufacturers
over the process of rail manufacture
have drifted along for months longer
than had been anticipated by either
side. The agreement said to be
reached provides for an optional per-
centage of cropping new rails. I'm
der the old process per cent of a
new rail was cut off to insure sound
ness of the remainder. Experts
claimed this was too small and rec
commended that it be increased to 10
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-15

TREE PLANTING
Nurseryman Finishes in Ely City,
Leaves to Put 1000 Along
Residence Streets at SmeIter.

NJ. Christofsen, of Salt Lake, who
has been here the last two weeks en-
gagged in putting 1000 trees in the
ground along Ely City streets, leaves
this morning for McGill, from where
he will return to his headquarters
next week.
At McGill Mr.. Christofsen will put
out about 900 trees Of the same va
riety as those which he has planted
in Ely City, Carolina poplars. These
trees will go along the streets that
have been made in the residence
quarter on the smelter property. The
nurseryman does not anticipate that
smelter fumes will work the least
damage to the trees. Experience in
Salt Lake gives him ground for this
opinion.
The trees that have been set in Ely
City are coming along nicely. Mr.
Christofsen is confident that they
will reach maturity and thrive we'll
in the soil in which they are. Plant
ing at this time of the year he con-
siders to be most advantageous
With the irrigation that has been ar
ranged for he does not believe that
there can be doubt of good growth,
with result of shaded avenues within
a few years which will excel in beau
tv those of any other city in Ne
vada. or for that matter any city
outside of California west of the
Rocky mountains
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-15
MOVEMENT IS
HELD BACK
Cattle and Sheep Men Waiting for
Better Prices...WOoI Also Held
Up In Local Market.

The market for live stock is off
at this time, and stockraisers in this
section not particular about selling
at prevailing prices. The average
price of live stock, both sheep and
cattle, is $1.25 per hundred weight
lower than normal, and as conse-
quence the transfers are smaller than
usual.
The wool market is steady as to
price but is sluggish as to trans
fers, buyers being short of ready
money and sellers declining to dis
pose of their clip at prices lower
than the laws of supply and demand
would justify. The average price of
20 cents per pound is being main
tanned, with but small sales.
The car situation is in pretty bad
shape, cars being now delivered so
days past date of order. This has
resulted i'm shrinkages of stock and
prices for both wool and live stock
The shipments are not much, if any,
more than one-half of what they
were last season. Local stockmen
and flockmasters are selling to the
Chicago market, with privilege of un-
loading and disposing of shipments
en- route.
Arrivals of stock in the Chicago
market are lower than normal, the
stockmen and fockmasters preferring
to hold their property until the mar
ket improves.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-15
WANT BALANCES DUE.
Ogden Wholesale House Gets ATTACH
ments on Small Stores at
McGill.

The Fred J. Kiesel company, gen.
eral and wholesale merchants of Og-
den, filed two suits in the district
court yesterday against merchants
doing business at McGill, to collect
accounts alleged to be due, aggregat-
ing $1,726.22.
The first complaint is directed
against the American Commercial
and Trading company, alleging that
this company had an account of goods
purchased to the value of $2,443.36,
on which account $1,57S has been
paid, leaving balance due of
$S65.36. Judgment is asked for this
amount and an attachment has been
issued by the plaintiff.
The other suit is directed against
Cononelas & Garvio, alleging that
their account aggregated 81, ,406.61,
on which $545.S5 has been paid,
leaving a balance due of $S60.S6. In
terest is asked at the rate of II per
cent per year. Judgment is asked
for the amount of the balance and
the interest. An attachment has
been issued.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-15
POstmaSter's Defense
Looks Bad For the
Department.
NEGLIGENT INSPECTOR
Would Appear to Be to Blame.
Startlinsly Bold Operations Are
Brought to Light.

SEARCHLIGHT Nov. 14.-As a
result of the visit of Chas. A. TAFT,
representing the Metropolitan Surety
company of New York, most ex-
traordinary condition of affairs has
become known. Inspector Riddle
ford gave it out while here that the
shortage in former Postmaster At
wells money order accounts had all
happened since the first of October,
An examination of the cash book ap-
pears to clearly show that shortage
had practically existed from the
time Atwell went into office A
further remarkable fact is that said
shortage appears in the cash book,
the amount appearing from day to
day as cash on hand, whereas accord
ing to regulations remittances should
have been made daily down to $50.
Messrs. Howard Perkins and Jo-
seph Ethen, bondsmen for Atwell,
are in turn secured by the surety
company. However, the government
does not recognize this surety COM
pany and looks directly to the bonds
men. Whatever the bondsmen are
able to or forced to pay, just that
amount they will be reimbursed by
the company But in this case Mr..
TAFT, as a result of his investiga-
tions, will make the claim that the
department has not exercised due dill
igence and, such being the case, must
bear the loss.
Mr.. TAFT claims, and the books ap-
pear to bear him out, that from last
January up to the time of the ex-
posure, the 18th of October, there eX-
listed a monthly shortage and in proof
of his assertion he has prepared the
fa11puipo Gournc.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-15
R. II. HASTE Glad to Get
Back to a Real Live
Camp.
TALKS ABOUT OTHERS
Thinks Phoebe Has Bright Future.
Rates Made on Ore Will Enable
Much Shipping.

There is more money in circula-
tion here" said r. II. Hastie yester-
dag, than in any other camp | have
been in during a recent trip that COW
cred Il good part of Colorado, Cali
fornia and Nevada. | mean real
money. Also there are more evi-
dences OF activity, business hustle
and progressiveness here than in
other towns of anywhere near the
same size that | have been in. The
morgue appearance that most other
towns have is absent and every fell
low you meet does not look as if he
wanted to get out of the world This
town is all right, and | am glad to
get back.
Mr.. Hastie has just returned from
a trip to Denver, where he went fol-
lowing his return here several weeks
ago from trip in Europe At Den
yer he met Mrs. Hastie and accom-
panied her to Los Angeles. where she
will spend the winter in hope of ben
eft to her health. Mr.. Hastie will
remain in Ely probably until spring,
looking after property interests in
the town and vicinity.
Coming from Los Angeles Mr..
Hastie stopped in San Francisco,
where he says there is steady prog
ress being made with rebuilding of
the city. AS in Los Angeles, cashiers
checks are about all there is in evil
dence in the way of circulating cur
rency From San Francisco he went
to Caliente. The latter town is en-
joying better than ordinary times be-
cause of the large number of men
employed on railroad work who
make headquarters there. From
Caliente he went to Pioche Things
are quiet there at present, due to the
closing down temporarily of several
of the smaller mines and reduction
of the operating forces at the Utah
Nevada. Railroad construction has
also been stopped temporarily. The
line reaches to the old smelter, trains
now being operated that far The
extension on to Jack Rabbit will
probably be made in the spring.
The outlook at Phoebe, Mr.. Hastie
considers to be excellent for the flu
ture The arrival of the railroad
means a great deal to many of the
properties in the old district. as they
will be able to ship. A rate of 81
per ton. has been made on ore up to
and including $40 values, with ad-
vance corresponding with ore value
from that figure on up. Heretofore 1t
has been out of the question to ship
anything but bonanza ore from the
district, the charge for the wagon
haul to rail alone being about $40
per ton. AS a result there were prac-
tically no shipments. With the rail
rate now available nearly every prop
erty in the district will be able to
begin shipments to smelter as soon
as they can get their development in
shape for regular production.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-15
S5.72O 96

This total differs from the short
age announced by the Inspector by
S292.55. From the above figures 1t
will be seen that it would have been
impossible for Atwell to have gotten
away with the charged shortage OF
S5,43S.41 in much less time than the
ten months enumerated. Such be-
ing the case it would seem that
either Atwell was the smoothest ever
or else the department has been very
negligent. Those who have had eX-
perience in running postoflices will
testify that usually corrections are
received within 80 to so days after
a report has gone in.
There was an inspector here on the
9th of last February and the books
show that at that time he pointed
out a trihing deficiency of $796.54.
Also that on that same day remit
tance of $1,z00 was forwarded to
the Los Angeles depository which,
however failed to balance accounts
by still S517.17. Another irregular
ity which should have attracted the
attention of the department was the
frequent intervals. AS for example
one for 81 800 on July Is.
The bondsmen certainly have
strong case and if proven it is prob
able that the ensuing investigation
will bring Searchlight into national
prominence Another interesting
point is the fact that the shortage
will exceed the amount of Atwell's
bond, it being but four thousand dol
lars. q.
1t is reported that Atwell's de-
fense will be on the grounds that he
was never appointed postmaster He
claims that when the Office was raised
to third class it was done by wire
and that with the raising of the Of
flee his commission as a fourth class
postmaster expired, and as he never
received any further appointment he
occupied simply a position of trust
and that he can only. be charged
with breach of trust and is not liza
BILE to criminal action. In this con-
nection it should be recalled that,
as stated, the money order cash book
apparently has not been juggled and
that had an inspector called at any
time he would have been able to see
at a glance the amount of funds held
tin trust" by Atwell
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-15
Cashiers S Checks to Come
In Circulation On Next
Monday.
SAME AS BANK NOTES
Have Backing Of Percentage of
Securities and Clearing House
...Give Relief From Shortage.

Cashiers checks in the denomina-
tions of 81, $5, $40 and $40 will be
issued as required by both banks of
Ely, beginning next Monday morn
ing. A sufficient quantity of thes :
checks have been received and are
now being signed, to fill all local re-
quirements These cashiers cnecks
are secured by securities held by the
banks, and only limited percentage
of the value of these securities will
be covered. The checks will be used
as medium of exchange until the
shipments of specie, when they will
be retired.
The cashiers checks are just as
much money as any other bank note.
They are fully secured by the strong
est securities and are just as good
as the gold. They are signed by the
cashier of the issuing bank and coun-
tersigned by the secretary of thu
Clearing House association i'll Salt
Lake. The only difference between
the checks and ordinary bank notes
is the fact that they are issued u
provide temporary legal tender, ard
will be retired or redeemed as soon
as the necessity for their existence
has passed.
The checks are being used in Pitts
burg to provide for the payment of
Dayrolls, and the reports from there
are that they are received without
complaint, or the slightest question,
by every one. The banks of San
Francisco have issued cashiers
checks to the amount of $2,000,000,
similar to those which will be issued
here Denver, Omaha, st. Louis and
Los Angeles are also using them, and
all report with great success.
Business of the local banks is
holding well up to normal, regard
less of the fact that both the local
financial institutions are operating
under clearing house rules There
are few, if any, applications for
withdrawal of accounts, while the ap-
plications for the opening of new ac-
counts are greater in number than
usual, though the clearing house rule
prohibits the opening by the banks
of such accounts. Local banks will
reopen under regular rules as soon
as do those with which these are
corresponding. AT this time there
is no way to fix this date, even ap-
proximately. In the meantime the
circulation of cashiers checks will
remove to very large extent incon-
venience that may have been suffered
lately by shortage of currency.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-15
BUY YELLAND RANCHES.
Land With Sheep and Cattle Brought
$4,000.

Emmett Scofield, George, Glenn
and c. R. Starkweather yesterday
closed purchase from Josh Yelland
of Niger Creek, Four Mile and Eight
Mile ranches in Spring Valley, ag-
gregating 800 acres The considera-
ton named is S45, 900. Included with
the sale of land are 5000 head of
sheep and about 400 head of cattle.
Thirty-three thousand dollars was
paid Mr.. Yelland in cash. The bal
ance is due in monthly installments
of 81, 900.
Mr.. Yelland will leave shortly with
his wife for England, his birthplace,
where it is probable they will re-
main. Mr.. Yelland came to this sec
ton in 1877 direct from England.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-15
TO PREVENT BURSTING.
Water Users Advised to Leave Fau-
Gets Open of Nights.

Ely Water company patrons are
receiving notice to take steps to pre-
vent freezing of water pipes enter
ing houses and on lawns in Ely City
The company advises leaving the
faucets partly turned on of nights
during cold weather. AS long as
there is a little water running
through the pipes there is small dam
ger of freezing. Cutting off of the
water is not so effective, as the pipes
are not likely to entirely clear, freez-
ing and bursting following. In Ely
City there has as yet been no cold eX-
perienced sufficient to freeze water in
the pipes but the time of year is at
hand when the thermometer may be
expected to tumble. In Ely there
have already been a number OF Sc
we're freezes and a good deal of dam
age done water pipes.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-15
LOOKS FOR *. R. CASPER.
Ottawa Man Desires Address of an
Old Timer.

A letter has been received here
asking for information concerning K.
r. Casper, who came into this sec
ton of the country from Salt Lake
ten years ago. Casper was well
known newspaper man in his day
and served with various Salt Lake
papers as well as with other papers
in the Rocky Mountain region. He
came to Nevada from Salt Lake and
spent some time at Reno. Later he
came to this county, and was well
known here.
Captain Joseph H. Patterson, of SO
Mckenzie avenue. Ottawa. Ont, Can
ada, desires to get into communica-
ton with Casper and will be glad to
receive any information that will put
him in touch.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-15
GIVEN JUDGMENT.
Failure of Defendants to Appear Re-
suits i'm Verdict for Linsley.

Judgment has been entered by de-
fault of the defendant to appear and
answer in the case of George II. Lins-
ley against the Troy Laundry COM
pany of Ely and Frank G. Tillman.
Suit was brought by Linsley to re-
cover $62.50 alleged to be due him
for the rental of piano to the de-
PENDANTS six months ago, at $40 per
month He alleges that no part of
the rental-was ever paid, and that he
sent transfer man to the place for
the piano, and that the defendants
refused to deliver to the transfer
man. This trip, though it brought
no results to Linsley, cost him $3.50,
and he asked for judgment for this
in addition to the $50 rental.
Justice Cartwright set the case for
yesterday, and as the defendants
failed to appear, Judgment was rem
dered in favor of the plaintiff.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-15
ONCE GOLD
NOW COPPER
Jefferson.MorfOOt Mine Expected
to be Shipper Soon Of Rich
Ore...TunneI to Reach Shaft.

George f. Metzger will commence
running tunnel today at the Jeffer-
son-Morfoot mine which he believes
will bring in a producer within short
time of some of the highest grade
copper ore that has ever oeen mined
in the district. A sixteen inch vein
which he has gone down on in a shaft
which will later be connected with
the tunnel makes assay of 81 per
cent copper and carries gold values
of some Importance on the side
The history of the Jefferson Nor
foot property is interesting. 1t was
operated 25 years ago for gold
values. Near the surface these were
important and returned good pay.
As depth was attained, however. cop
per, in those days considered as
practically valueless in this district,
came in so strong that the operators
of the property at that time gave it
up and quit in disgust. Seven years
ago Mr.. Metzger located the ground
and on reopening some of the old
workings became convinced of the
value of the property for copper. He
has since thoroughly prospected the
four claims included in his holdings
with result of finding desirable shaft
location and going down with pay
ore. The tunnel he is now putting
in goes from the bottom of the gulch
800 feet below the collar of tho
shaft. He will run this tunnel in
500 feet to get under the shaft and
make upraise to it. Surface show
ings indicate that on its way in to
the vein the tunnel will find values in
both gold and copper in other ledgas
that it should cut. With connection
made with the shaft, Mr.. Metzger will
be able to mine and ship his ore
cheaply to McGill smelter, the prop
erty being located but short dis
tance from the ore line of the Ne
vada Northern, but a short distance
ont from Ely.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-15

per cent. To offset the additional
cost that this would mean to manu-
facturers, it is said, it has been tacit-
ly agreed that the increased crop
ping will advance the price sold for
$2S a ton, which price, it is said will
advance to $31 ton under the new
arrangement.
The Pittsburg, Bessemer & Lake
Erie road has placed orders for 1885,
900 new steel ties. The contract
which is considered significant in
with the steel tie indus
try, was placed this week.
Should present expectations be re-
allied. the new rail orders will give
the rail mills all they can do during
the coming year.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-15

. HEROIC WORK SAVES
, LIFE OF M'CABE

POTTSVILLE, Pa, Nov. a.
Q Imprisoned for 81 hours, sew Z
o eral hundred feet beneath the q
. surface of the earth, almost di- q
. rectly under his own home, .
Michael McCabe was taken from .
the Draper mine barely alive 9
today.
Since Saturday, when the Q
chamber in which he was work .
ing caved in, relays of work .
Q men had toiled INCREASINGLY to Q
reach him
1t was not at first believed by .
the mine management that Nc .
. Cabe could possibly be saved, .
and only work of the most he .
role character on the part of his .
fellow miners and the mine .
management enabled his res .
. cue.