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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-06
A Great Catcher.

Here Is a play which is vouched for
by two old ball players who saw it
come off and admitted to be true by
the victim Of the catch, big EN- Gross,
once the star catcher Of the National
league and perhaps the heaviest hit
ting catcher that ever donned a glove.
EN- was a great catcher, a wonderful
thrower and a grand hitter, but he had
his weakness, and that was in catching
foul flies. Some facetious writer In
those days remarked that En- couldn't
see the high ones in daytime.
He tried for everything in sight, ran
circles around the ball and sometimes
speared ii, but he never felt ut ease
when n Of those tall twisting fouls
went up.
He vas catching In Providence one
day when a Philadelphia batter poked
up a fly that looked 300 feet high.
There was a wind blowing, and the
ball began to twist around in circles,
with En- doing merry-go-round under
lit Finally, seeing that It was escap-
Ing, he made a desperate effort to turn
quickly and fell fiat on his back.
Instinctively he threw up his feet
and hands to protect his face. The
ball struck the sole OF his shoe, bound
ed up into the air, and al It fell again
Elm reached out and caught It.
And the next morning Providence's
papers had the nerve to say he did It
on purpose.-Chicago Tribune.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-06
Bids for Bridges.

Bids for the construction of three
or more bridges to span Rapid Creek,
in Rapid City, South Dakota, to be
paid for in cash, will be received
at the office of the undersigned, up
to 4 o'clock p. M, July 18th. 1907.
Bridges to be as follows: One
bridge $50 feet long, one span; one
bridge 100 feet long, one span; one
or more bridges fifty feet long, one
span each.
Bidders are requested to submit
plans for the above, together with
bids for the same, whether the
bridges are to be constructed wholly
of steel or of wood, or a combination
of both. Bids for the construction
of piers for the above are also in
vited. If piling is used for the lat
ter, they must be of cedar wood.
Bids for stone or concrete piers to
be on the yard basis.
The city reserves the right to re.
ject any or all bids.
A. K. Thomas, City Auditor.
Rapid City, s. d.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-06

Lovers of the big trees Of the
west are highly pleased with the ac-
ton of Secretary Garfield in with
drawing from all forms of entry GER
tain lands in Oregon. These lands
surround Nultonah Falls and include
the Siskiyou big trees. 1t is intend
ed to create National parks for the
protection both of the falls and of
the trees. However, if the interior
department has withdrawn the lands
in Oregon, it is throwing open to
settlement a much greater tract in
Alaska. This tract which is about
2,9S0,00 acres in extent, was with
drawn on June 80, 1908, for the
proposed Norton Bay National forest.
While it viii become subject to set
Element on September 80 and to ell
try on October 81, this year, it
scarcely is probable that there will
be a wild rush on the part of agri-
c%ulturalists. The land is situated
on the north shore of Norton sound,
north of st Michael, and about fifty
miles south of the Attic circle. So
far as can be learned it is an ideal
place for the cultivation of icicles
and chilblains.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-06
News from Washington.

Washington, July L. First AS
sistant Postmaster General Hitch
cock, who is becoming known as the
political pathfinder for the admin
istration, is leaving in two or three
days for an extended western tour.
His trip this time will really begin
in Ohio and will SO as far west as
the Pacific coast. The post office de-
partment official is now at Oyster
Bay, where he is receiving final in
structions from the president. It is
believed by. some that Mr.. Hitch
cock is being sent to make a care
full analysis Of the Taft sentiment.
while others are of the opinion that,
he is under secret orders from Pres
ident Roosevelt himself to ascertain
just how deep and earnest is the
third term idea. So far as Mr.. Hitch
cock is concerned, there is no hope
Eof getting any information from him.
He protests against the newspapers
OF the country designating these
frequent trips as political tours. It
Is q fact, nevertheless, that there is
q good deal more politics In these.
flying journeys than there Is post
Office business. On his recent tour
of the southern states, for instance,
he rounded up the chairmen of the
republican committeess. te patton
, age referees and got in touch with
republicans GENERALLY. The news
republican committees, the patron.
sal complexion insist that he saw
Ithese men not altogether on behalf
OF the postal service but large
lyon strictly party political business.
Therefore MI. Hitchcock's forth
looming western trip Is exciting con-
siderable sp~ecsslation.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-06

nan Mondell of Wyopbhg. Mr.. Mon
dell mas been very active in land law
legislation, and a bill bearing his
name does away with the ASSIGN
ment feature of the law, by which
one claimant could assign to anotbe,
The humor of the situation is That
the department of the Interior has
compelled the Wyoming representa-
tive to relinquish a homestead claim
of 100 acres of land near Newcastle
in his state. The general land Office
discovered that Mr.. Mondell had NOT
lived on the land, and after a quiet
investigation to make sure of its
ground, called upon him to prove
his title. Seeing that q contest would
be useless, Mr.. Mondell relinquished
his claim without protest.
General James Fl. Baker, Of Min
nesota, who was commissioner of
pensions under President Grant, has
been visiting relatives here, and tells
a good story of an encounter with
an aged man who asked him for
money with which to buy a drink.
Noting the G. A. r. button on the
generals coat, the old fellow saluted
and made his request, declaring he
had fought in the rebellion also.
General Baker doubted the mans
statement and said so, asking why he
wore neither his button nor his uni
form. The old MAJ replied that he
had an unfortunate appetite for
strong drink, and that, when going
on a spree. he put aside all the insig-
MIA for the reason that he did not
want to disgrace them. To prove
his assertion he produced an old
worn envelope out of which he took
a pension certificate dated 1873 and
bearing General Bakers own sigma
ture. He got his pittance
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-06

join the Texas. 1t is reported that
three of the older cruisers also will
be placed in temporary retirement,
and the crews thus released placed
on the battleships being turned out,
ia number of the officers and men go
ing to man the new Nebraska, the
only battleship on the Pacific coast.
A scarcity of officers and men in the
navy at the present time is worry
ing the department. By reason of
this scarcity the vessels are badly
hampered and it is feared unless
there is a change for the better in
eral other vessels will have to be
the number of enlistments that sew
retired.
A fraud order was issued this week
against an alleged land lottery
scheme operating in Missouri. 1t was
known as the Saloam Springs Col
%onization Company, with h%eadquar-
tiers at Kansas City and Saloam
Springs. According to the literary
of the concern millions were to be
made out of property In Howell
county, and the mails bore thousands
of copies of these alureing prom
Uses to prospective investors. In
vestigation by postotice inspectors
it is said, developed the fact that
the statements we're very much over-
drawn. AS a result of this inyesti,
cation tho head Gf the colonization
company was ordered to show cause
why such an order should not be is.
sued against him by the postofIice
department, but he failed to appear
and defend himself.
Westerners who have been nippet
by the increasing severity of the lant
laws are laughing in their sleeves
l0uar tho Dradinomant IF Con oracc
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-06

According to the plans of the navy
department, the cruiser Charleston
viii be present at the Fourth of July
celebration at Portland, Ore, and
will then proceed to Astoria to par
ticipate in the festivities there on
July IA, when Vice-president Fair
banks will be present and deliver an
address There has been a decided
shake-up in the naval establishment,
and two big battleships, the Indiana
an. the Iowa, have been taken out
of commission and have gone to'
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-06
couldn,t a. pone.

a colored preacher who had only a
small share OF this worlds goods and
whose salary was not Forthcoming on
several occasions became ~exasperated.
AT his morning service he spoke to his
church members In this way:
"Bredern and ~sistern, things Is not
az they should be. You must not
'specta Lean preach on nth an boa'd
IN heben.W 8
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-06

Miss Ethel Ware, of Volga, was
burned to death June 10. The par
ticulars are not known as Miss Ware
was alone at the time, but it is sup
posed that she was attempting TO
start a fire with kerosene. Her
father and mother heard the ex-
plosion, but when they reached her
she was too badly burned to live.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-06
II, Naked Truth.

The Naked Truth.
An old fable says that Truth and
ralsehood went In bathing together.
galsehood came first ont Of the water
md dressed herself In Truths gar
mentS. Truth. unwilling to put on
Falsehood's clothes. went naked
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-06

EOr Wedding rings. wedding ar-
InivssarIsaii n and birthday lifts, see!
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-06

such notice be given by due and
proper publication.
GEO. P. BENNETT, Register.
Buell. & Gardner, Att'ys for Con.
First publication June %.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-06

Westerners who have been nipped
by the increasing severity of the land
laws are laughing in their sleeves
over the predicament of Congress-
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-01-01
Close Call For
Furniture Wagon

A passing Nevada Northern freight
train frightened the team attached to
the delivery wagon of the Wilson-Bates
Furniture Co., on Friday afternoon,
and the horses ran away, dragging the
heavily loaded vehicle across Autman
etreet to the vacant lots opposite the
Wilson-Bates store. Driver Mcbride
bravely hung to the bride of one of
the animals. but in passing a cabin
back of Slough & Buren's shop he was
brushed against the wall and knocked
down.
The horses continued on to the edge
of the ditch north of Aultman street,
where they were brought to a stand
still at the brink of the ditch by the
lines becoming entangled in the wheels.
1t was the narnowest possible escape
from smash-up. If the wagon had
rolled only few inches more it would
have been upset.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-01-01
TuIuTC Is UIyVEs
for PiOch mp

James Earls, superintenderHs q he
Ohio-K entucYy Mining compaG err
atoms at Phoebe, who is in thl i. n or
the holidays, confirms all that fsss 3teN
said in regard to OVERWHELMING Of
the old camp and tlEsE 5iiant future
which is befoFe it, ,-sRts the Salt Lake
RepubhcuS camp will be much
better than it ever was in the palmiest
days, because of the much lower
grades of ores that can be worked now g,
the advent Of the railroad and the adj
vaneed methods of treatment combin-
ing to bring about this result Not
only will this increase the profits and
assets of the old mines, but it will pro-
vide increased incentive for. the open
ing of new mines. 49,
Great quantities of $50 o. sre blocked
out in .sssWd workings, $eft there from
the operations of the early days, when
only grades higher than that could be
handled with profit. Under present
conditions this $50 ore brings the mines
into the bonanza class, and their owners
are preparing to reap the benefits.
Properties are changing hands at a
rapid rate these days, and the old town
is already showing the life OF boom
camp.
The Ohio Kentucky company has its
shaft on the Susan Buster claim down
100 feet, Mr.. Earls reports he eX-
poets to catch the ore body in sinking
so feet further The company already
has considerable ore on the dump and
anticipates being ready to begin steady
shipments as soon as the railroad
reaches the camp. The Nevada Utah
company, which is also preparing for
regular shipments, has about com
pleted the timbering of it's shaft to the
150-foot level
Mr. Earl is one of the old-time mine
superintendent of Utah, having been
with such mines as the Horn Silver the
Bullion Beck and the old Mammoth,
and his judgment on the future of the
Phoebe district will be taken as con-
vincing.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-01-01
COMMISSION TO PRY INTO
RAILROAD LAND FRAUDS

Washington, Dec 80 The Interstate
Commerce commission has but recently
agreed to take up the investigation of
the relations existing between the rail
roads and the coal and iron industries
in the Middle Western states. The in
vestigation in Indiana, Illinois and
Ohio will be started in February.
Hearings for the investigation of car
shortage conditions and other discrimi-
nations practiced by the railroads on
the Pacific coast will be opened in Jan
nary.
The hearing of the commission in
New York on the further investigation
of the Hartman lines will open Janu-
airy 4th. Testimony at this hearing is
expected to be sensational in the eX-
IRENE in view of the testimony already
gathered concerning the Union Pacific
railroad coal company monopoly in the
west, and its connection with extensive
land frauds in Wyoming.
'Pineules" (non -alchoholic) made
from resin from our pine forests, used
for hundreds of years for bladder and
kidney diseases. Medicine for thirty
days, $1.00. Guaranteed. Sold by
Lewis Drug Co.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-01-01
: Nm Conducted
New Restaurant

Mr.. and Mrs J. C. Sells, who came
here from South Dakota about three
w5g Is ago with the endorsement of the
best poNpie from their home place,
have been in the restaurant business
here for the last two weeks and have
given snch general satisfaction that
they now have a patronage which in
snres the success Of the enterprise This
will be good news to the people of Ely
as tho place as conducted by them is
serupulously clean and the table is
abundant and appetizing. They serve
regular meals of good old fashioned
home cooking at very moderate prices
and make patrons out of every conner.
1t is place where ladies' can go and
receive every courtesy. The restau-
rant is located one block east and one
block north Of the Northern hotel in a
cheerful and well heated tent.
A turkey dinner will be served New
Years day at the same popular prices.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-01-01
Notice OF apple alton for Per-
mission TO Appropriate the
Public Waters OF the
State of NeV;ida

Notice is hereby given TINT on the 3lst day O I
October. 1906, i'll accordance with Section D
Chapter XLVl OF the Statutes OF 1905, one
The Butte ~ Ely Copper company of Ely,
County of White Pine and State of Nevada
made application to the State Engineer of
Nevada for permission to appropriate the
public waters oil the State OF Nevada. Such
appropriation is to he made from Water canyon
Creek'a points T.. II OF Sec. 7. - ~. .
G3 L. by means OF II dam and cubic feet per
second is to be conveyed to points Mt or near
the Butte Il Ely mines by means of II pipe
and there used for ling, concentrating pow
and domestic purposes. The construction
of said works shall begin before May lN1, aud
shall be com pleted on or before oct /, 1905
The water shall be actually applied to beneo
licial use on OF before oct !, 1909.
Signed; Henry THCRTELL,
State Engineer.
First pub, NOV. 23-iw.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-01-01
CLOCKS ADVANCING IN PRICE

New York Dec. %. Those who in
tend to buy clocks or art metal orna-
ments will find the prices of those
things are going up, advances being
effective Jenuary l in new catalogues
and price lists now icing sent out by
manufacturers
At the offices of the clock companies
in the Maiden Lane, it was said yester-
day that advances are general and
average about 10 per cent. Increased
cost of materials and labor is said to be
the causes of the rise in prices.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-01-01

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The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-01-01
Mineral Application
No. 1926
UNITED STATES. LAND OFFIc

UNITED STATES. LAND OFFICE,
CARSON CITY, Nevada, November II, 1906.
Notice is hereby given that Giroux Consoli-
dated Mines Company, by Louis Fraser, its
attorney in fact, whose post Office address, is
Kimberley, Nevada. has made appli cation for
n patent for 5ASS.4 fl. on the GlROUN CON
SOLIDATED LODE, embracing the Taylor,
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Union, Sacramento Pocohontas Schley,
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ton. Victor, Gold Bug, Lexington, New York,
Kentucky. Toledo. California Tonapah, ana
Giroux locations, situated in Robinson Mining
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The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-01-01
Forty Men Wanted

WANTED Forty men as teamsters
and graders, to work on street grading
and water ditch. Apply at Grading
Camp near freight depot. Ely Town
site Company. dec18-tf
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-01-01
NOTICE

The rates on business telephone ser
vice will advance from $500 to $500
per month after January 1st, '07.
WHITE PINE COUNTY TELEPHONE Co.
De25-tf.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-22

of interest from 4 to 5 per cent on
bonds for municipal Improvements es-
timated at $2S,000,0 was unanimously
adopted in the assembly this morning.
AS this measure was adopted by the
upper house yesterday it now becomes
law. 1t is the first measure passed by
both houses in this session.
The Islais creek harbor improvement
bill and the bill appropriating $4,000
for the expense of the national guard
during the San Francisco street car
strike both passed by the senate yes
terday were sent to the committee on
ways and means. The latter measure
promises to be bitterly fought when 1t
comes up for passage, the San Fran
cisco delegation almost to a unit an
nouncing their opposition to it.
The senate sub-tax bill was sent to
the judiciary committee.
Several members in the lower house
asked to have their mileage withdrawn
from the report on mileage, among
them being Grove L. Johnson and Ser
geant-at-Arms John Stafford, with two
miles, or 20 cents due them each, and
Assemblyman O'Brien so cents. When
Assemblyman Bell of Los Angeles arose
and declined $S9.40 to his credit he was
loudly applauded.
Owing to the lengthy meeting of the
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-22
SUE DWARFS
FOR S9687
COUNTESS MAGRI AND SPOUSE
MADE DEFENDANTS
FAMOUS AS LlLLIPUTIANs ALL
OVER GLOBE
George w. keIIog Files Suit in Supe.
rIor Court for Alleged Judgment
Obtained Years Ago In
Utah

Countess NJ. Lavinia Magri, famous
throughout the world as the wife of the
late General Tom Thumb, and her hus-
band, Count Pimo Magri, were made de-
fendnats in a suit filed in the superior
court by George w. Kellogg yesterday.
The suit is for the purpose of collect
ing judgment which Kellogg claims
to have secured against the miniature
countess and her equally small husband
in Utah in March, 1893 The amount due,
according to the complaint, is $4444 and
interest at per cent since the day
judgment was rendered. or $96S7.92.
The Count and Countess Magri were
married several years after the death
of General Tom Thumb, which occurred
about Is years ago. At that time Mrs.
Tom Thumb was probably the most noted
dwarf in the world. In company with her
husband the little woman had toured
to all parts of the civilized world, had
been received by the crowned heads Of
Europe and been paid immense salaries
to appear at leading theaters through
cut the globe.
Several years before Tom Thumb died
he and the present Countess Magri mar
rowly escaped losing their lives in the
fire which destroyed the Newhall house
in Milwaukee. They were rescued by a
brave policeman who carried them in
his arms to safety.
Count and Countess Magri are at pres
cnt with Gentry Brothers shows, and are
among the chief attractions at each per-
formance.