The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-13
From Mondays Daily.
ELY 70 ORGANIZE
COMMERCIAL CLUB.

Initial steps were taken AT Il mass
meeting held in Good Time club hall
Saturday night for the organization
OF a commercial club, the objects OF
which shall he to promote the bust
ness Interests of the entire camp OF
Ely. and 10 work for The welfare OF
the camp in every possible manner.
The sen timent of the meeting was
enthusiastically in favor of taking
Immediate steps looking toward the
Incorporation of Ely as town, I'M
der The Incorporation act passed BY
the last legislature at its recent SEES
sion
While the call for the meeting had
been issued only a few hours before
the time set for the discussion of
pertinent topics of interest to the
business interests of the camp, Good
Time Club hall was filed. The In
terost manifested was keen, and the
closest attention was given to he
speakers. who were frequently APP
plauded.
Lieutenant-Govern ID. S. Dicker
son acted as chairman of the meeting
with A. b. Witcher, cashier of the
First National bank, as secretary.
Attorney Sam Bedford was called
upon and in a brief address made a
number of pertinent comparisons be-
tween Ely and Butte, Mont. Mr.. Bel
stores of mineral wealth, but that
Ely possesses greater treasure in the
surrounding hills. Butte is great
city, and Ely can be made greater if
the proper spirit is manifested by
the citizens.
This will be a great city here if
we all get down to work" he said
What we need and what we must
have are unanimity of purpose and
unfagging zeal. There is no time
for bick ering or quarreling, but only
time for us to put our shoulders to
the wheel of progress and help to de-
velop this camp as she should be de-
veloped.
enough to spread it's hundreds of
Ely will either be city big
enough to spread its hundreds of
homes over the canyons near the
town. and down into the valley-or
she will never be greater, bigger nor
better than she is today. What we
should do is to advertise the town,
the resources, the advantages. the
opportunities for wealth, the surety
of good return on legitimate invest
ment, if we wish to see the camp be-
come a town, and then city that
will rank among the commercial and
Industrial centers of the west
Attorney S. ID. Crump followed
with an interesting talk on persever-
ance and united purpose and effort.
He said that Denver had not the
mines, it was not the center of Il
great agricultural manufacturing or
4 timber country. but by sheer force of
unstin ted and uneeasing advertising
and publicity that city in the plains
is entitled to the name Queen City
of he Plains
The future of Ely would be even
brighter than was he future of Den
yer twenty or thirty years ago, be-
cause here nature with lavish hands
has poured out her treasures and has
so filled the mountains with wealth
that multitudes can carve fortunes
from the mountain sides, and count
less thousands can be fed as the re-
suit OF The Industries that should
grow up here tributary to the min
eral wealth of the district
Persistence and fidelity 10 the
camp. unceasing publicity and the
loyalty of the people can bring these
results. The real secret of combin-
ing the people for this work, he said,
lies iri@ such an organization as the
meeting had been called to consider.
Daniel c. Mcdonald asked what
was the sentiment of the meeting
with regard to the Incorporation law
passed by the last legislature He
said that incorporation of the camp
as a town, with it's own government,
with voice in the management of
its own affairs, would do more for
the development of Ely at this time
than any other thing that could be
done.
UNLESS this organization will
pledge itself in its bylaws to work
for this end" he said, in conclusion,
Il will have nothing to do with it, >
Senator H. A. Comins called atten-
ton, In few well chosen and point
ed remarks, to certain local condi-
tons that should be improved, and
at once. The streets, should be
graded, he said. There should be a
police department and fire depart
ment. The only way to get these
things, he said, was by incorporating
as quickly as possible. Then. he
said, the improvements would come,
and that would give Ely a greater
amount of advertising than could
now be appreciated.
After the speakers had concluded,
nearly every one present signed a pc
tition asking for the organization OF
a commercial club and agreeing to