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New-York tribune., 1907-05-23
KILL KNAPP AMENDMENT.
Assemblymem against Permitting
Sale of State Lands.
IBy Telegraph 20 The Tribune. !

Albany, May 22.-The Assembly to-day killed
the Knapp constitutional amendment permitting
the sale OF state forest lands outside the Adj
rondack Park by a vote of % TO Sc Vigorous
opposition made TO IL by Assemblymen
Robinson Hammond, Schoeneck, Rogers and
others, who maintained that II would accom-
plish much the same purpose as the ONeil- -Mer-
ritt water storage project. and. at best, would
permit the sale OF large areas of state forest
lands.
Assemblyman Merritt denied that there was
any water storage pulp idea hidden in the
measures provisions. He said that like his own
water storage amendment. II much mis-
understood. Its purpose. he said. was to permit
the sale of odd farms wood lots outside the
tract Of heavily wooded forest lands en-
braced within the blue line in the forest belt.
Assemblyman Oliver declared that the bill came
from the State Controller and entirely
Legitimate I'm its purposes. 1t was designed. he
said, to permit the sale of state lands outside
the Adirondack and Catskill parks. with the
money from which sales the state could buy
more forest lands within those parks
New-York tribune., 1907-05-23
ENTERPRISE BANK Trial.
Teller of the Wrecked 4Ncgheny
Institution Faces Judge.

Pittsburg. May 22-Thomas w. Harvey. for
NOR paying teller of the Enterprise National
Bank. Of Allegheny. which failed two years ago
for more than S1o00O0O. was placed trial be-
fore Judge Nathaniel Ewing, in the United
States District Court, late to-day. Harvey has
been indicted charges OF making falSe en-
tries. abstracting funds. misapplication II funds
and aiding and abetting T. Lee Clarke, the
cashier. in the misapplication Of funds. The
latter subsequently committed suicide.
Edward Z Mcmillan interest boOkkeeper OF
tI.e defunct institution. was TO have been tried
first but he pleaded guilty 10 the charges
Three other employees of the bank and Forest
Nichols. secretary 70 William b. Andrews. Ter.
ritoriaI Delegate "a Congress from New Mexico.
will also be tried in connection with the failure.
When the bank failed two years ago IL at
tanned national publicity owing published
rumorS Of the part politics had played in wreck
ing the institution. President Roosevelt was
asked investigate the failure and wrote
letter To the Department of Justice concerning
the affair. There state fund of Sl,00o.otO
in the bank but this was made good by the d.
rectors. number of whom lost their fortunes N
doing
New-York tribune., 1907-05-23
MAYOR TO GITE HEARING.
Local Speculation as to Personnel of
Ne70 Commission.

Mayor Mcclellan plans to give a hearing ON the
public utilities bill Saturday morning at 10
O'clock. 1t is understood at the city Hall that he
VIII veto 1t and return 1t at once TO Albany This
VIII enable the Legislature 10 pass it his veto
not later than Tuesday IL that body Is disposed
to haste
There is the liveliest speculation among the
ponticlans over the personnel OF the commits
sion Tor the first district. comprising the coun-
Ties or New York, Kings, Queens and Richmond
So far as known In this city the Governor bas
not intimated to his closest personal friends
who are TO be appointed In the absence OF most
tive information the ''sharps" by a process of
deduction and elimination. are appointing tho com,
mission without advice of the Governor Some NJ
the men mentioned for places are Job Il Iadsas
personal friend and adviser OF the Covernor.
William NJ WINS. Republican candidate for Mavor
In 100; George l.. Rives, present counsel to the
Rapid Transit Commission: Seth Low former
Mayor: J. Edward Swanstrom. former President ne
the Borough of Brooklyn: William c. RedAeld
former Commissioner OF Public Works OF the Ror
ough OF Brooklyn. and Robert Kelly Prentice
chairman of the Republican County Commtttaa,
committee on transit.
There is one clause in the new law which will
1t is the which says
No person shall be eligible for appontment as n
member OF the commission and no person shall be
eligible for employment by the commission who
holds any official relation TO any common carrier
gas electric corporation subject 10 the pro-
visions OF the act. or who owns stocks or bonds
therein
Some of the men the tentative slate have for
years been owners of securities OF the common
carrier. or lighting. or public utilities companies
which will come within the purview OF the new law
Probably the hoQoE Of being msmpeS OF the COM
New-York tribune., 1907-05-23
DALTON CLOsETED WITH JEROME.
District Attorney Interested in Borough
Presidents Office, 1t Is Believed.

William Dalton, the deposed Commissioner of
Public Works visited District Attorney Jerome
and Assistant District Attorney Smyth yester-
day. he was closeted with them for hour.
The visit said To have been prompted by
some of the statements made by Dalton on the
witness stand in the Ahearn investigation
There every evidence about the District
Attorneys office in the afternoon that the in
vestigation OF the Borough Presidents office was
being taken up There man in consulta-
ton with Mr.. jerome and his assistant. but
neither of them would talk about the case. II
was understood that the books of William H.
Walker. the deposed Superintendent of Build
ings had been sent for.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-23

Measure Limits Campaign Expenses
for Candidates-Warm Debate.
rBy Telegraph 70 The Tribune. !

Albany, May 22.-After a lively discussion the
Senate to-day amended the Phillips bill, limit
ing campaign expenses of candidates. The
amendment adopted provides that the amounts
named in the bill shall cover both nomination
and election expenses. 1t offered by Sem
ator Hinman.
Senator Sake offered amendment putting
the amount Senate candidate could spend at
$4,000 instead of $4,000. the bill provides.
He said the original might do in upstate
districts. but IL not sufficient for New York
City districts, where the elections very
close and hotly contested. His constituency, he
added with emphasis, was "a high priced one -
and getting elected came high, although he
wanted il distinctly understood that every dol
lar he had expended in this way legiti-
matey spent.
didate shall eXpend more than $4,000 during
any campaign. 1t also limits the expenses Of
the Governorship candidates to 600. and
fixes the maximum expenses Of other candi-
dates
New-York tribune., 1907-05-23
FOR HIGHWAY INQUIRY.
Senate Passes Concurrent Resolution
Bills .4greed To.

Albany. May 22-Decisive steps taken in the
Legislature to-day unravel the tangle into which
the pending highway legislation had fallen. Most
important the passage by the Senate of a
current resolution providing for thorough nvesti
cation this summer of the whole highway ques-
Senators and five Assembymen. which to re-
wise the highway code and report the Legis-
lature not later than February 15 1t has yet
to be passed by the Assembly. This resolution is
regarded by all those interested in highway i'm
provenlent most important the present condition
OF the highway law being more or less chaotic and
unsuited TO the new conditions created by recent
act.
The Senate Committee on Finance reported the
bill of the Internal Affairs Committee approving
the series of highway maps submitted by the State
Engineer TO the Legislature in January and under
which all construction OF the highways under the
S5oeto.000 bond act must be done.
The tangle of pending highway bills has been
10 some extent solved by a conference between
members of Senate and Assembly Committees
Internal Affairs and State Engineer Skene. II
decided pass the following bills, now on the
order Of final passage IN the Senate:
By Assemblyman West-Laying on the state the
entire cost OF highway construction under the
BY Senator Cobb-A substitute. for the Burhyte
pay dollar for dollar for the maintenance Of
highways under the Fuller-Plank act
towns whose assessed valuation averages less than
500 mile 81 Of hishwaS1s 1 80 n per cent oe5 WheTe e the
per cent between 5000 and $1,000. 70 per cent be.
tween sso and sleo 60 per cent oet%sen sig zee III go
Two bond bills one by Senator Cobb, the other by
AEsemblyman Merritt, and a bill by Senator Cobb
changing the maximum proportion of total mileage
II any county which be improved from one
fftieth TO one-twenty- fifth
New-York tribune., 1907-05-23
STUDENT LOST ON MOUNTAIN.
Whole of Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham,
Mass, Searching for Youth

WIlbraham Mass. May 22.-PracticalIy the entire
teaching corps and student body of Wesleyan
Academy have been searching for the last two
DAYS the slopes OF Wbraham Mountain To- a
missing student Walter Carroll. a member of the
freshman class. Carroll is seventeen years old
and lived Rowe. On Monday afternoon he went
for walk on the mountain. 1t is feared that he
has either met accident seized with
an attack Of vertigo. TO which he subject
School work has been laid aside and students and
teachers, assisted by townspeople, carrying on
the search.
Tonight trace OF Carroll had been found by
the searchers. Their work directed by F. F.
Flynn. of the Massachusetts District Police The
territory to be covered embraced including VIII
braham Mountain, a section OF broken country.
where rough boulders and treacherous swamps
make travel difficult.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-23
UTILITIES BILL PASSED.
Is SENT TO MCCLELLAN.
Measure Meets Little Opposition in
Senate-Assemblg Concurs.
IRy telegraph 70 Tne Trihuns.

Albany, May Ex-Governor Hughes's public
utilities bill was passed by the Senate to-day
by a vote of Al to G. Several amendments were
presented by Democrats. but were voted down
by the Republicans, united by the caucus rule
Only one of the amendments even evoked much
discussion-Senator McCarren's plea for the in
sertlon of a specific court review provision-but
thai Jared no better than the others. The meas
ure was unanimously repassed by the Assembly
Immediately. 1t left here tonight, and should
be in Mayor McClelans hands tomorrow and
back here by Wednesday OF next week, to be re-
passed If he vetoes II.
The final vote on the bill follows
New-York tribune., 1907-05-23
AN INDIAN AGITATOR SENTENCED.
Two Years in Prison for Man Who Accused
Government of Poisoning Wells.

Lahore. May 22.-A Hindoo revolutionist, VINO
threw the fanatics of the Punjab into a sta'e
of great excitement by circulating the Statemen,
that the epidemic of the plague did not exis'
and that the hundred thousand deaths weekly
attributed to II really cause by the poiso"-
ing OF the drinking wells by government eInis-
Saries. sentenced to-day two years I'M
prisOnnept at hard labor An acCOmpltce. Who
dropped harmless balls into the wells. aIegns
that he did by order Of the government. was
condemned to eighteen months imprisonment
New-York tribune., 1907-05-23
COL. GODDARD FUSION CANDIDATE.
Unanimous Choice of Democrats and Inde-
pendents for U. S. Senator.

Providence. May 22.-Colonel Robert Hales
Ives Goddard was unanimously nominated
as the candidate of the Democratic and Inde-
pendent parties for United States Senator at the
convention of the fusion forces of the State in
this city to-day.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-23
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Investors may purchase the Guar
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New-York tribune., 1907-05-23

controversy greatly Meanwhile, until the COM
mittee reports its bill everybody is making wild
guesses and just now the committee Itself Is
doing considerable speculatng
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-01
WHITE PINE TELEPHONE COM
PANY.

Notice is hereby given that spec
ial meeting of the stockholders of
the White Pine County Telephone
Company will be held at the COM
pany's office, Lot 8, Block AZ, Ely,
Nevada, August 10, 1907, at 8
o'clock D. M, for the purpose of
considering and acting upon pro-
posed amendments of the Articles
of Incorporators so as to Cd In
crease the amount of it's authorized
capital stock from $75,O00.00 to
$500, 100000, (2) increase the num-
Der of shares from $500 to 100000
and to CD reduce the par value or
each share of said capital stock
from $1,000 to $500; ca provide
that meetings of the Board of Direct
ors and of the Stockholders may be
held and such offices and places of
business, other than the principal Of
flee and place of business, may be
established at such other places
within or without the State of Ne
yada, as may be provided by the by
laws: CD vest in and confer upon
the Board of Directors the power to
make and alter bylaws for the gov
eminent of the corporation; CO. pro-
vide that every stakeholder shall
have the right to vote, in person or
by proxy, the number of shares
owned by him for as many persons
as there are Directors to be elected; ;
and for the transaction of any and
all business necessary or desirable in
connection Herewith.
BY order of the Board of Directors
JOHN WEBER, Secretary
Ely, Nevada, July %. 1907.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-01
WHISKEY FLAT
HAS COPPER
MARK TWAIN KNEW NOT WHAT
THE FUTURE HAD IN STORE
FOR THIS SECTION.
BIG LEDGE OF RED METAL FOUND
A Spot i'm Esmeralda County Made
Somewhat Famous BY The
Great Hum0rist.

An immense strike of copper ore
mas been made on the Excelsior. sit.
uated in the Whiskey Flat section,
some fifteen miles south east of Haw-
tnorne, In Esmeralda county. The
property Is owned by Frank d. Qua q
formerly of Goldfield In a tunnel
which is in over 500 feet a ledge
twenty-five feet wide has been cross
cut, and assays run better than 5 per
cent in copper and "a in gold and
silver. When the discovery was
made a shaft was started. which is
now down 1875 feet, and the entire
potion is in ore and the grade is
even better than what was found in
the tunnel at depth of 500 feet
peloW the surface. For years it has
Deen known that lodges of high
craze copper ores ran through the
territory.
Whiskey Flat is a kind of an his
torlcal locality, and here nearly forty
years ago, Mark Twain, then living
at Aurora, came down from his
mountain retreat on a prospecting
trip. He was looking for the Gee
ment' mine, which in those days was
as famous as the Breyfogle. This
mysterious mine was represented to
be the richest proposition that was
ever found in the world One day
prospector came to Aurora with
can of concentrates that appeared to
be half gold, and he told of finding
the stuff in the neighborhood of what
is now known as Whiskey Flat, and
the usual rush occurred. The story
he told was to the effect that he had
found living spring that gushed out
of the hill, and that there was more
gold than water in the flow. When
Mark Twain reached there he found
couple of prospectors that were
enjoying life. They had left Aurora
a month previous with good outfit
and stock of provisions and key of
whiskey. They found good water
and plenty of grass for their horses
and just camped there. There was
some whiskey left in the barrel when
their friends from Aurora arrived,
and in his book "Roughing It," he
called the place Whiskey Flat.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-01
CHAIRMAN co.
DOING GOOD WORK

The chairman company, up the
canyon, has just started the Joanna
shaft which is now down 20 feet A
new hoist has been installed and
work is being pushed as fast as pos
sible. The Chairman shaft is now
down to a depth of 100 feet and on
Monday broke through the lime cap
ping and the indication for soon be-
ing in sulphides is good, very good.
Twenty men are employed and the
force will be increased soon. Cen
eral Manager w. N. McGill is push
ing work to the limit and seems con-
fident The chairman is one of the
Oldest in the district. Years ago a
splendid cyanide plant was put up
on the property, but the ore was not
of character for cyaniding, and it
was quickly closed down. The mine
has been producer and now has a
quantity of high-grade blocked out.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-01
MASSEY SAYS HE
WAS MISTAKEN
THOUGHT THOSE WHO TALKED
OF GOLDFIELD NINE VAL
UES WE'RE LYING.
NOT HALF THE TRUTH TOLD
After Making Personal Examine
ton He Becomes Purchaser
of The Property.

Ed Massey, discoverer of the ia.
nous Massey ore body of the Greene
Cananea. and who is a buyer of
mines and prospects for Colonel w.
q. Greene, has just returned from
Goldfield, says the American Mining
Record. Two weeks ago Mr.. Massey
was skeptical as to the claims made
for that camp. His opinions now
can be best told in his own words:
i thought before I went to Gold
field, on June "a, that the men who
had told me stories of rich strikes
and ore bodies were either liars or
crazy-more probably the former.
They were not. If they failed in the
truth it was because they didn't
make it strong enough. I have seen
now, and in telling the truth I hardly
expect to be believed myself
II went through the Consolidated
Mines companys workings, through
the Combination Fraction lease, the
Sheets-Ish lease and others. The
ore bodies are some of them twenty
five to ninety feet wide. In the
Sheets lease there is an incline into
which Pullman car could be run
without scratching the paint, and
there is an ore shoot twenty-five feet
wide that the manager tells me aver
ages $115 a ton. believe him. l
found that values were underestimate
ed there, il anything. For example,
on the Combination Fraction lease
on the 350-foot level, l asked the
superintendent, whom | know, what
a certain streak would go. He said
$500 a ton. I didn't believe him,
for the ore looked like rather poor
stuff. I told him I was going to take
a sample and he answered by hand
ing me pick. l broke down ten
pounds and took a sample. 1t as
sayed $5S2. Further ON I saw
three-foot streak and asked what
that would go. He said it was $500
rock. | took another sample and
it assayed $2776s Those were just
two out of many streaks. 1t stag
gers belief, but it is true.
THE work there has, so far, been
gouging for rich ore. They are just
beginning to mine and they have not
yet begun to know the limits of the
payable district
Mr. Massey states that he believes
the ore bodies of Goldfield are in
true and strong veins, and that they
will go deep. He will lay certain
projects before Colonel Greene very
soon, and will try to induce him to
enter the camp on good scale.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-01
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals by mail will be
received by the Ely Townsite COM
pany until August 2, 1907. at 8 p.
M, for the carpenter work, plaster
ing, plumbing and painting of the
livery stable known as No. SO, to be
erected at Ely City.
Plans and specifications may be
seen at Office of the construction de-
partment of the Ely Townsite COM
pany, Ely City.
The right is reserved to reject any
and all bids.
Mark envelopes enclosing bids as
follows: Proposals for No. 49,"
Dated July %, 1907.
H. L. WESTLAKE,
Superintendent of Construction.
date of first publication, July %,
1000
date of last publication, August
2, 1907.)
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-01
NOTICE TO PAINTERS.

Sealed proposals, by mail, will be
received by the Ely Townsite Co.,
until August 6, 1907 at 800 p. M,
for painting ten or more cottages at
Ely City.
Plans and specifications may be
seen at the office of the Construction
Department of the Ely Townsite Co.,
Ely City.
The right is reserved to reject any
or all bids.
Mark envelope enclosing bid as
follows: Proposal for Painting
Cottages
H. l.. WESTLAKE,
Supt. of Construction.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-01
PROGRESS IN
ROBINSON CANYON
CHURN DRILLS BORING INTO
THE EARTH HUNTING FOR
THE RED METAL.
ELY CENTRAL IN PORPHYRY BELT
Great Activity Displayed The Entire
Length of The COpper-Pr0-
ducing Zone.

Raises are still being run at the
Ruth, the property of the Nevada
Con. and more copper is being ex-
posed every day.
At the Robinson the shaft is down
considerably over 100 feet. The new
hoist recently installed enables the
management to work much more
rapidly, and take it all in all the
work is going on at the Robinson
satisfactorily.
The churn drills are still boring
near the Eureka shaft of the Ne
vada Con. property.
Copper has been found by the
drills in the Weber and Clipper
claims of the Ely-Central.
The Ely Central group is crescent
shaped, cutting across the porphyry
belt and bordering on the north by
the Nevada Con. holdings. The prop
erty of the Ely Central was purchased
about two years ago for Mr.. Turner
of Philadelphia by F. S. and Joseph
Pheby.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-01
MUNIGAN GROUP
IS INSPECTED

The Munigan property at Mizpah
is being investigated by Denver cap
ital. If the deal now on goes through
it will probably be consummated by
September LIST, and then active de-
velopment work will commence. It
will probably be late in the fall be-
fore Mizpah will be harnessed by
capital. A piece of float was picked
up sixty days ago on the hill, near
the Copper Jack ground that gave
returns of $4,000 to the ton. Par
ties have been hunting ever since for
the lode the float came from, but
thus far without success.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-01
ROBINSON LETS
SHAFT CONTRACT
WORKINGS STILL IN THE LIME
BUT SULPHIDES ARE En-
PECTED TO COME IN.
ELLIS CONFIDENT OF RETURNS
He Will Have Something to Report
in Few Days That Will En-.
Courage Stockholders.

The Robinson Mining company is
planning for great development of
its property. A contract was let yes
terday afternoon for sinking the
present shaft $50 feet. The shaft
is now down $50 feet and is still in
the lime with small punches of ore
scattered through the lime. Secre-
tary Ellis expects to strike sulphides
within the $50 feet of additional
tunnel. He returned from Salt Lake
Tuesday evening, where he went on
business connected with his COM
pany's ramifications.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-01
THIS IDLE RUMOR
TO TAKE A REST

A persistent rumor has been in the
air, floating about among Ely OPP
orators, to the effect that Nixon and
Wingfield were no longer in control
of the Consolidated in Goldfield. The
following from the Goldfield News
should set that rumor at rest:
"Mr. Wingfield produced the Of
fetal stock books, which show that
Nixon and Wingfield have more than
100000 shares of the stock stand
ing in their name. AS but 100000
shares of the stock have been issued
it can be seen at o glance that it is
impossible for any syndicate of east
ern or foreign capitalists to have Sc
cured control of the company"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-01
COLONIZATION MILL
TO BE CONSTRUCTED

The Goldfield COLONIZATION Mill
company, at Goldfield, has purchased
"a tract of land west of Columbia
mountain and will proceed at once
to erect plant, having a capacity OF
fifty tons a day. The lumber and
corrugated iron for the buildings
have been purchased and contracts
have been made with the Nevada Cal
fornia Power company and the Con-
solidated Water company for the ne
cessary power and water. Contracts
for the grading have been let and the
work of construction will begin as
soon as the ground is ready. The
railroad company has also agreed to
construct spur track from its mani
line to the plant.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-01
The Price of Silver.

With silver at SO cents many prop
critics that have been closed down
for years might be profitably worked
now. White Pine county has lived
through the period that silver was
too low to be mined, and since the
people have been busy with copper
and gold property the county has
been as prosperous as it ever was.
While the dropping of the standard
dollar from the coinage act of 1873
! think, was blessing in disguise
In an early day nothing was looked
for but silver; now copper Is king In
this county.