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The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-03-23

most desires TO do, as one man may
wish to make speeches, while another
will cut fancy figures from paper
Slight as are these occupations they
nevertheless serve To occupy the
minds of the sufferers.
At present there are no violently
insane inmates confined in the in
stitution. Only one man is kept
closely guarded and he because OF
his propensity for running away. For
13 years he has not been without leg
irons, eating, sleeping and doing ey-
erything else with the cumbersome
burden they without doubt prove. al
ways upon him.
The extensive grounds of the insti-
tuition furnish All of the fresh gar
den truck needed by the patients and
a good surplus is often grown which
is disposed of in the market
There are several old time White
Piners confined In the asylum and
those who had known Mr. Davis.
with one exception, where the man
did not remember him. we're glad to
see him.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-03-23

haw, who are forced 10 stay In their
Offices all day, are growing thinner
and more wan. They cannot escape.
Through all the scene of desolation
stalks with furtive mein Justice
Cartwright and his chicken stories.
II was not always thus with him,
the court house rumor runs. His
knowledge of chickens and their
ways were at one time much more
limited. Several weeks ago, so the
story runs. the judge decided that
crumbs and such other chaff were
not good for chickens. He had no.
ticed fowls picking In alfalfa fields
and grow fat. His mind was made.
He would give them alfalfa to eat.
At once, the story runs. he sent an
order to the feed store for 30 tons
of the best baled alfalfa. Ii came.
Taking the birds from the happy
home they knew and loved, he placed
them behind wire netting alone with
the hay Each day he would come
and lovingly coo over the good meal
they We're getting. There was 10 be
feast and one old hen was picked
for the eat and grow fat victim of
the day. Occasionally she would
take a peck at the baled hay. but
after time a loss of interest was
noticeable. She dropped. Cart
wright looked up the symptoms in
his chicken book and decided that
she had the pip. She died before
he had a chance to put his theory
into practice and treat her A sec
ond fowl followed her to the grave
A third dropped OF. 1t then &C.
Cured to the judge that It might be
that the hay diet was not agreeing
with his pets. He opened the net
ting and one by one they weakly
staggered out. They began to take
interest in life and to dig for their
meals. They grew fat Since that
time hay has been used only To pre-
pare nests, nothing else.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-03-23

Among pleasant events anticipate
ed by the young people of the dis
trict is the dance which will probably
be given, If arrangements for the hall
can be made, by the young men of
Ely City and Ely at the Gunn-Thomp-
son building in the former place. If
the hall, which is rented by the Gra-
ham Mercantile company in antici-
patton of soon opening their Ely City
store, can be obtained the event will
probably take place within couple
of weeks. committee of young
men are at present working on the
affair which gives promise of COM
ing to a successful close
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-03-23

OF all the states in the Union. Ne
vada made the largest proportionate
increase in the production of the
precious metals during 1907, and had
which included labor troubles, I'M
satisfactory ore treatment and
freight rates, and the fall in the
price of silver. the record would UNI
doubtedly have been even more re-
markable. In spite of these draw
backs, the gold production amounted
to 4,704,56S. an increase of S.
426,05S, and the silver output to 7,
667 30. ounces. of a value of $5,-
126, $50, as compared with 5,207,6 500
ounces, of value of $4,536,310 in
1906. In other words, the gross pro-
duction of gold and silver increased
from 15,007,014 in 1906 to $19,-
S31.214 in 1907.
As regards gold production. the
state takes rank as fourth in 1907,
being surpassed only by Colorado,
Alaska and California. in the order
named. In silver ii also takes fourth
rank. for the first time in score of
years outranking Idaho. While Ida
no made a decreased silver output of
1,S5S,4S2 ounces in 1907 Nevada
showed an increase of 2,559,910
ounces. The bulk of this increase in
silver production may be attributed
to the silicious ore camps in Esmer-
aida md Nye counties, although a
considerable amount was won from
placers. lead-zinc ores and copper
ores. With the fairer treatment and
transportation charges now effective,
it is assured that this years silver
production from these sources will
show a material increase over the
past year The precious metals pro-
duction of the state during 1907 is
a splendid advertisement of Nevada's
mineral resources when we recall the
difficulties attendant upon operations
in desert region.
The year 1907 was remarkable
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-03-23

Rehearsal and preparation for
staging "Tlis Magistrate" the play
selected by the newly formed drama
tic club of Ely, will commence short
ly All of the parts have been as
signed by Miss Lady Johnson. who
will have direction. as associated with
George AMMAN in the staging of the
play. The composition which will
be placed before the public is one
of the masterpieces of the stage so
far as comedy Is concerned and is
filled with situations. dialogue and
action which are overwhelmingly funny
II Is probable that the rehearsas
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-03-23

Continued from page two.)
aggregating $4,000 feet. Seven are
completed.
"Within II months the Western
Pacific railway will be in operation
from Salt Lake City to San Francisco,
provided nothing unforeseen occurs. ="
This is the statement of Virgil c..
Bogue, chief engineer of the wonder
full new Gould line" that is soon to
spring into the life and affairs of
three states. of some 100000 in
habitants.
The completion of this road Will
span the nation from the Atlantic to
the Pacific with one more glistening
ribbon of steel-the second trans
continental railroad to be wholly con-
structed by a single man. Hartman
will stand on an equal footing with
George Gould.
The Western Pacific practically
parallels the Southern Pacific from
Salt Lake to San Francisco. Its con-
struction has been one of the most
daring engineering feats of recent
years.
After George Gould had bought
the Denver AZ MO bldnut hC SS1 hio
heart upon possessing trans-conti-
mental railroad. All he needed to
compass was the stretch from Salt
Lake into San Francisco. From Salt
Lake east, his Denver & Rio Grande,
his Missouri Pacific, his Wabash, and
his Western Maryland railroads car
ried traffic to tidewater at Baltimore.
One day. with this desire strongly
Juggling at his heart, he called the
famous engineer. Virgil Bogue, into
his Office and said: ''Mr. Bogue. can
you build me line from Salt Lake
to the Pacific coast?
There are physical conditions
which made this question most diff
cult to answer, but Bogue had been
over the route, and he nodded his
head affirmatively. In few weeks
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-03-23
SOCIETY NOTES AND HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK

will be commenced during the week
and the performance take place about
the middle of the coming month
\ most pleasant affair was the
dance given Tuesday evening by the
ladies' of the Catholic church in honor
of St Patrick's day and rarely has
the skating rink been more crowded
with merry makers. The train up
from MeGill, while not bringing as
many passengers as had been hoped
for, accommodated Is passengers
from the starting point while from
Ely City came many more. The chief
interest of the evening conferred in
the drawing for the watch. which
was won by Bert Fuller. Green was
the prevailing color, being evident in
the shamrocks and ties worn by the
men and the dresses of the women.
The music was good. while delicious
Continued OH page eight
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-03-23
WESTERN PACIFIC LINE.

CONTINUED from page two }
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-03-23

Warm weather prevailing during
the last two weeks have led many
parties of pleasure seekers ont into
the hills on long iaunts in which
both young men and women partiei-
pate. 1t Is probable. if rumor speaks
true that a walking club will be
formed in the near future and long
jaunts by schedule be taken at stated
periods.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-03-23

A Dutch lunch WAS given Tuesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. \. J.
Fesler by Mesdames W. II. Wade
and A. Il. Custer. After several
hours of music, conversation and
other social pleasures the lunch was
served. Those present were Mes
danes A. j. FesIer. 2. j. Jackson,
John Webber, w H. Wade and A.
Il. Custer. Messrs. Wade, Jackson.
Weber and Unmar.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-03-23

Miss Behan entertained several of
her friends last Sunday afternoon
with a dinner party at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Allen on Muir
ny street The meal was enjoyed ~
all partaking. Those present We're
Misses Fornia, Behan, Johnson and
Hill; Messrs. Conner, German and
Owen
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-03-23
PREPARATIONS MOVING AHEAD FOR PRODUCTION
Continued from page threel

meantime money the from among
which camps
investments made in them
having onto higher
beginning mine concentration and
activity the
ment o commercial other
prises population will make
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-03-23

Several friends We're entertained
at lunch by Miss Cali Fornia at the
home of her sister. Mrs. V. T. Lewis.
Tuesday evening, following their re-
turn from the st. Patrick's dance.
The members of the party were en-
tertained before eating with several
musical selections rendered by Miss
Lady Johnson Those present were
Mr.. and Mrs. V. I. Lewis, Misses
Fornia, Johnson. Behan and Hill;
Messrs. Conner, German, Whiteley
and Owen.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-17

question as to what candidate the
Democrats Of Pennsylvania favor is of
little importance compared with. the
question, Have the Democrats of
pennsylvania a right to a voice in the
selection of candidates."
1t seems that they have not, accord
ing to the opinion of those in charge
OF the Harrisburg convention. The
TACT that it was necessary to turn
Down men like Representative Creasey
and ex-Treasurer Berry shows how
desperate the men in control were.
The action of the convention will
have but little influence on the gen.
eral result, because the convention
only selected four delegates-atlarge
(64 having been previously selected
at prlmaries), but the object lesson
which the convention furnished in
boss rule carried to the extreme will
be valuable to the state, for it will
hasten the regeneration of Democratic
politics in Pennsylvania, and regenera-
ton is necessary, if the Democratic
party is to be more than an adjunct
of the Republican party. AS it is now,
the main purpose seems to be to pre-
vent the Democrats from taking ad-
vantage of the widespread opposition
to Republican corruption.
Only by instructing can the voters
control; the uninstructed delegate is
a guardian without bond.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-17
NO PERPETUAL FRANCHISES.

Mr.. Pinchot, of the forestry depart
ment, has been making a fight-aSd
thus far successful one-against the
granting of perpetual franchises to
water power companies which are
seeking to utilize the streams in the
forest reserves. He is right; a per-
petual franchise is an unspeakable
menace. No one can see far enough
into the future to define the terms and
NO one can estimate the value of such
a franchise a thousand years hence,
or even hundred years hence. No
franchise should be granted for more
than 20 or 25 years and then the gov
eminent should reserve the right to
regulate prices charged for power and
should also reserve the right to take
over the plant at any time upon pay
ment of actual value, exclusive of the
value of the franchises.
The government is not supposed to
give away anything valuable and it
ought never to have to buy back a
franchise. A power company which
wants to do an honest business will
not object to strict regulations or to
surrender to the government at the
will of the government, and corpora
tons which seek to get something for
nothing and then employ the public
grant to exploit the public have no
claim to consideration.
Mr.. Pinchot is right in insisting that
there should be a time limit on fran
chises-he ought to go a step farther
and insist upon the governments right
to protect the public by taking over
the plant whenever public interest de-
mands it. Each generation should be
left free to make such use of the earth
as times and conditions require. No
generation has right to fetter the
future with perpetual franchises.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-17

and another cream deluge before draw
ing on pair Of new, loose, white
chamois gloves.
Do not endeavor to economic with
a pair Of cleansed party gloves, which
will probably be tight in spots and
certainly .soiled inside.
Stains, freckles and tan lend coarse
ness to the appearance of the skin.
Lemon treatment will usually van
quish the effects of the suns rays, raw
tomato juice is excellent for fruit
stains and pumice stone will rub away
ink marks-no longer excusable on the
plea that they suggest literary pa--
suits, as up-to-date members Of the
craft dictate to typewriters.
During chilly weather the hands are
apt to chap if exposed to the outer
air directly after being bathed, unless
thoroughly rinsed in cold, running
water and kept warm and moist in
loose-fitting gloves, which, by the way.
will make the hands appear smaller.
Moreover, palpably tight gloves lend
their wearer an air of vulgarity, and
If habitually worn nature will evi.
dence disapproval in the form Of en-.
larged joints.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-17
CARE OF THE HAND
IDEAL Is A POSSIBILITY FOR
EVERY GIRL.
Simple Precautions That Will Pre-
serve Delicacy and Beauty-Con-
sistent Use of Glove an Abso-
lutte Necessity.

The ugliest of hands may be vastly
improved, if not actually beautified.
First Of all. girls should learn to
hold the hands so that they will some
what resemble the ideal one, which is
slightly wedge-shaped, the broader end
at the wrist and the narrower at the
tapering finger tips. And be careful
never to clinch the fist, fer that not
only denotes meanness aid parsi-
mony. but tends to broaden the
knuckles.
The hand should be kept open,
whether hanging at the sides or lying
fat in the lap.
In the latter case the palms look
prettiest turned upward, and if they
are kept soft as the soles of baby's
feet and rosy as the inside of shell,
SO much the better, for, in addition to
expressing youth and health, such deli
cacy dumbly appeals to the sterner
sex.
1t is not the hard-palmed woman who
secures the subway seat during the
rush hours, however richly she may
deserve such consideration. Not that
man Is unchivalrous, but because he
believes that the owner of square
fingered, broad, brown hands is as
well able as himself to cling to a
strap.
Every girl should realize this and
bear in mind that any man who pre-
tends to admire palpably ugly hands
is not to be trusted.
The hand of the feminine golf en-
> thusiast may be readily recognized by
its fiat fingers and massive joints, but
II its shape must be wantonly sacri-
f1ced, its cuticle at least should be
kept white by regular washings in
warm water mixed with cornmeal and
the purest soap obtainable, for money
SO spent is well laid out.
After washing the hands should al
ways be thoroughly rinsed in cold
water, and if one is not Immediately
going out Of doors, slipped into loose
gloves.
In fact, to keep the hands in good
condition, tho golfing girl should wear
gloves at every possible waking mo-
ment commensurate with domestic OBJ
legations, and invariably from night
until morning, for paste lined
beauty" gloves, which accomplish
miracles with hard palms, work while
their owner sleeps.
Dark hued, thin and hard hands may
be made white, plump and soft by soak
t2G them in hot water until the pores
are opened then ruhhinp cold creap,
into their backs, palms, finger tips
and joints and letting it soak into
hem while one reads and mentally di-
gests the morning papers telegraphic
news.
When they have been wiped with a
coarse towel, one will be surprised and
certainly shocked at the amount of
CRIME removed and impelled to treat
them to a second hot water soaking
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-17
EASY MONEY
By BORDEN H. MILLS
Copyright, by shortstory Pub. Coz
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The bartender hesitated a moment,
and then, accepting the proffered bill.
replied:
round in Twenty-third street who's
dentist. He gets customer talking
about tricks with cards, and tells him
he has friend who can tell what card
is touched in pack laid out face up,
without being present at all, just by
being called up on the phone and
told that card has been picked out
The customer gets excited about it,
and nine times out of ten offers to bet
1t can't be done. If he doesn't make
the offer himself my friend does, and
it's seldom that he isn't taken I'D.
The guy lays out the pasteboards,
touches one, and then calls me up,
and l tell him what cards been
touched-every time. We knock out
hundred or more some weeks, for the
doc mas big practice-mostly among
sporting men and other gents that
think they know a good thing when
they see it. 1 tell you, it's the great
est thing ever. Easy money is no
name for it."
But, said the credit man, "I don't
see 1t yet. How can you tell from
mere WHAT cards been touched?"
Easy, was the reply. 81 have a
little book here-you can see It hang.
ing by the phone, and if you'd been
watching me, you would have noticed
that looked in it before telling him
what the card was. The doctor has
the same thing pasted in the middle of
his engagement book. It's a list of
the 81 cards in the pack, and opposite
the name of each card is the name of
some person-the same names in his
list as in mine, in the same order.
Suppose the guy touches the
queen OF hearts. Doc looks in the
Dook-that's easy, because he has
opened 1t moment before-maybe tc
put down another engagement for the
patient, for all he knows. Opposite
the words Queen of Hearts is writ
ten the name Jackson Doc says:
Call up 300 Cortlandt, and ask for Mr..
Jackson The fellow does so. 1 an.
sWer the phone, look for Jackson in
my list-there's the queen of hearts
opposite. You touched the queen of
hearts, says land the moneys ours.
"Cinch? Well, should rather say.
It's almost a shame to take the
money"
1T is, indeed" said credit, looking
sadly at drummer.
Shame isn't the word" said drum.
mer to credit.
Have one on the house, gents?"
said the bartender.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-17
PENNSYLVANlA'S OBJECT
LESSON.

The Democratic state convention
recently held in Pennsylvania is her.
aided as a victory for the "conserva-
tive element of the party, and vet
1t will only prove anew the old say
ing that whom the gods would de-
stroy they first make mad" Nothing
but an insane contempt for every
Democratic principle could have led
20 the braZen disregard of the will of
the rank and file of party unmistak-
ably expressed at the polls manifested
at Harrisburg
The convention was an excellent H.
lustration of the difference between
conventions and the primary method
OF election, and just such conventions
led to the adoption of the primary
system. At the primary, where the
voters had a chance to express them
selves, more than two-thirds of the
district delegates were instructed, and
yet in the state convention the dele
gates elected at the same primaries
Joined in with a political boss to de-
feat instructions.
Take Philadelphia, for instance
Forty-One delegates, who we're elected
at the primaries where district dele
gates to Denver were instructed
voted in the state convention against
instructions, and the Al votes from
Philadelphia were enough to change
the result in the state convention.
There were number of delegates
from other countries who voted con-
trary to the wishes of voters as those
wishes were expressed at the pri-
maries. Democrats may differ on
economic questions and on platform
utterances, but Democrats cannot diff
fer as to- the duty of representatives
TO represent their constituents. A
delegate has no more right to turn
to his private advantage the authority
conferred upon him by voters than
"a trustee has to convert to his own
use money deposited with him.
The action of the state convention
was, in effect, an embezzlement of
power and can be defended only nv
those who are ignorant of, or indiffer.
ent to, the Democratic principle that
conventions derive their just powers
from the consent Of the voters. The
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-17
CRITIC OF AMERICAN Hustle"
English Writer Regards It in the Liqht
of Huge Bluff.

1t happens to be true that there is q
tendency in America to talk at such
length about doing things quickly that
much of the time which might he
spent in getting the things done is
spent instead in boasting about how
quickly they are going to be done. 1t
happens to be true, also, that while
ordinary "slow and conservative" peo-
pie are pushing steadily forward and
reaching certainly, inch by inch.
toward the end of their work, Ameri-
cans will very likely be explaining
loudly to everybody the advantages of
some Invention which does the work
so badly and so quickly that it all has
to be done over again.
The speed of America is also very
largely a matter of external appear
ances and Of show. It is like the hurry.
ing and scurrying of those mysterious
walters whom we have all of us seen
racing about in crowded restaurants.
They rush here, they rush there. these
wonderful walters; they knock over
this table and upset that chair; they
drop things, and fall and stumble
about. And meanwhile nobody gets
served, nothing gets done, and the
hungry guests 'look up and are not
fed" A little work, they think, would
be better than SO much hurry.-Lon-
don (England) Daily Mirror.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-17
Altar of Roses.

Pick enough rose leaves to make
one quart when well pressed down.
Put a layer Of leaves in a two-quart
glass fruit jar, sprinkle lightly with
salt, then cover with thin layer of
absorbent cotton wet with olive oil.
Fill the jar with alternate layers, put
on the rubber. and cover and set in
the sun for two weeks, or longer If
there be many cloudy days. Now. un-
cover and press the oil from the
leaves and cotton, and 1t viii be well
worth the trouble Of making,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-17
Why They Would Be Missed.

1 know what you'll miss most
about u.s." said her neighbor, who was
moving from the building, "our tele
phone, that you have been using. ]
shall never forget that night you
called us up from somewhere where
you had concluded to spend the night
that you had left your fiat unlocked
and were afraid there was a burglar
In 1t. Would we go and see if there
was a burglar in it?
Wasn't that nice thing to ask us
to do? Here had to get out of bed
wake up the hired girl and the eleva,
tor man and the janitor and go loob
for that burglar in your fiat! AND
after all the trouble he wasn't there.
mo, you'll never get such neighbors
as we are again, such obliging, bur
glar-hunting neighbors. Never in the
world"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-17
Smoothing Finger Tips.

The only way Of making the skin
smooth under the nails is by CONSTANT
applications of cold cream and by us
ing only soft thing, such as bit OF
orange wood. for cleansing. The latter
should be done only after washing,
the hands, when the CRIME is soft and
Is removed without scraping.
II you do any homework or busting
have the nails filled with cream to-
prevent dry dust going underneath. !;