The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-24

son.
The above question was asked of
prominent people of Ely numerous
times yesterday by News represen-
tative and the answer was in sub
stance as stated.
The New York papers and numer-
Gus metropolitan journals of the
east, contain a story of a Mr.. Jack
West of Ely, who is causing the
sports of New York to look up and
wonder at his lavish manner in eX-
pending money. According to the
stories published, he owns mining
properties here valued at So, 900, 900
and has money to burn.
1t Is believed here that he is do
ing some novel advertising, proba-
bly, for some Chicago clothing firm
and has stated that he came from
Ely. knowing that this city is one
of Nevada's most prosperous camps
The actions of this individual indi-
cate that he is looking for cheap no.
toriety, and it Is evident that he is
obtaining plenty of it. His "stunt"
appears to be of the variety of
Death Valley Scotty's." although
he emphatically states that "Scotty"
is a four-flusher.
According to the New York papers
he is doing all the novel turns de-
scribed by the authors in their sto-
ries of the rich young men from the
west who go to New York to see a
little of the Great White Way"
The salient features are: The hand
some young man and his private sec
retary and valet, who attend to his
correspondence and his numerous
stylish suits of clothes, his big pock-
etbook and his millions sunk in old
mother earth out here in Nevada, his
wonderful appetite for foolish wa
ter" and his remarkable capacity his
pockets full of bills, which he throws
around as though they were pieces
of waste paper and, last but not
least, the winsome little actress from
this or that comic opera company
with whom he is infatuated. The
whole affair winds up with his plans
for romantic wedding and trip to
the old world with the pretty little
actress he intends to make Mrs.
Jack West, the wife of the multi
millionaire mine owner who showed
the New Workers a few things"
The New York World evidently
figures that he is a walking adver-
tisement, as it says:
He talks nearer home than Ne
yada-more like Chicago, in fact
and wears Chicago clothes for which
'Bathhouse John might have been
the model
The World gives the following in
connection with the romantic side of
the story:
"'Of course the real reason ]
came to town is the girl-the good
time business is just incidental
Pretty good little reason, too, amt
she?' asked Mr.. West, enthusiastical-
ly, as he displayed six assorted pho
tographs of Miss Henrietta Pillard,
whom he followed from Chicago.
81 met here few months ago
out in Chicago, where she was in the
Wizard of o. We didn't come to
any understanding, but she seemed
to like me pretty well--never re-
fused any little suppers, automobile
rides or trinkets, so ] guess I'll win
her in month, and, in the mean
time, I'llshow New York thing or
two.
TEX Rickard is a pal of mine.
He's coming on in Il week or two,
and then there'll be really something
doing Just wait till you see me and
Tex Rickard together-we're wise,
all right.
"I've got the money and Pm go
ing to spend it. That's what the pay
dirt's for and, as If to demonstrate,
the young Croesus handed a bell hop
V for long glass of claret punch
and told him to keep the change.
Go out and have your nails pressed,
boy, or souse the boulevard If you
like. 1t don't make no difference to
me-
"Mr. West took long. dubious
pull on the two straws.'