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The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-02-11
GUN CLUB PREPARES
FOR SPRING ACTIVITY
Supplies Ordered-Much Interest Be-
ing Taken in Stocking of
Streams.

Preparations for the spring open
ing of the Ely Gun club are being
made at present, orders for blue
rocks and shells both in large quanti-
ties having been placed. When these
arrive spring practice will commence,
weather permitting.
Five thousand rounds of ammuni-
tion and five thousand blue rock
birds have been ordered. These are
expected to arrive in the near future.
Great interest is being taken by the
members of the organization in the
approaching season. An effort will
be made, it is understood. to increase
the membership.
Although devoting some of their
time to the spring contests, much in
terest is being taken by all the mem-
bers in the proposed stocking of the
streams in the county with fish.
While it is known that about 100, 900
spawn will he sent here for distrihu-
tion in the various streams an at
tempt will be made to have the num-
ber doubled Whether this will be
successful or not cannot be stated.
but State Fish Commissioner G.. T.
Mills has been communicated with
and reply is expected within the
next few days.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-02-11
SHAG OUT OF A JOB
RELIEF MEASURES ASKED
Faithful Attendant of Ely City BUS
Working But One Hour Shift
q Day Now.

What is to become of Shag, is the
question agitating number of citi-
zens, one of whom put IL thus last
evening: 'Shag has worked faith
fully for whole year, but he hasn' I
saved up cent. Now its winter
time and he is out of job, except for
an hour every evening. OF course he
cannot live on an hours pay a day
Still he don't want to quit the job
He is faithful 70 II to the last He
has pretI - )ugh
he got in JAN once uuiins .nv year
and has a license to go wherever he
pleases, but that don't put any money
to his bank account | think we
ought to either get him job or a
pension"
The matter was rlded over to
Chauffeur Scott, the redoubtable and
the invincible, last evening with in
struction to go the limit In carrying
out any plant that might suggest it.
self to him as proper in the best in
terests of Shag. and something can
be confidently looked for in the way
of results at early date. 1t is entire
ly possible that Shag may be set up
In business with a bus line all his
own.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-02-11
PROVOKED THE TROUBLE
SAYS STABBED MAN
Therefore Declines To File Charges
Men Get OF With Fines.

Norris Jensen, not wishing to
prosecute because he acknowledges
that the affray in which he was stab
bed last Thursday morning at Smell
tervile by Felix Harberer was
brought on largely through his in
strumentality, Harberer was tried
yesterday on a charge of assault and
fined 500 and costs, while NJ J.
Donovan was assessed s25 and costs.
Donovan, who was first arrested
by Sheriff Davis ON the charge of
having done the stabbing, declared
himself not guilty. saying that Har-
berer had cut Jensen in defending
him, Donovan, when Jensen was try
ing to beat him up after putting them
out of his lunch wagon. Harberer,
on being brought into court. promptly
pleaded guilty and paid his fine.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-02-11
Incendiary Thought
to have Attempted
to Fire Ely

A FIRE, the origin of which could
hardly have been other than ineen-
diary. occurred Sunday night about
II o'clock, almost totally destroyed
small building used as a storage
house by Contractor w. e. Meyers.
causing loss in the neighborhood of
$500 and endangering the whole
town of Ely for a short time.
The building, a frame structure,
stood short distance back of Anlt-
man street, Immediately in front of
the Idaho barn. The danger to the
barn. the Pheby block, occupied by
Wells argo Express company, Pheby
Brothers Office and l.. Dreehen S
store was great, as the fire had a
good start before it was discovered.
But for powerful water pressure and
the efforts of both the volunteer fire
department and citizens, there can be
no doubt that a disastrous confiagra
tion would have resulted Shortly
after midnight the alarm was given.
In ten minutes a stream was directed
on the blaze and shortly afterward 1t
was out.
About five minutes before the fire
was noticed two officers passed the
place There was no sign of a fire
at that time. Hardly had they gone
two blocks when flames shot up from
the roof. as If it were saturated with
oil, and the alarm was turned in.
No one had been in the building dur
ing the day, so far as can be ascer-
tanned, and other than the facts given
none can be ascertained. Stored in
the house at the time of the fire were
a number of door and window frames
and like building material. All this
was destroyed.
One element which aided the fire
men greatly in their work was the
heavy snowstorm in progress at the
time, which rendered the roofs of
buildings in the neighborhood ex-
tremely hard to fire. The origin of
the fire is being Investigated but so
far nothing has been ascertained.
Mr.. Meyers knows of no one who
would do such a thing for revenge,
which it seems would be the only
probable motive. There was no in
surance on the building.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-02-11
Game Warden
On Alert for
Offenders

People who are fishing out of sea-
son had best be wary for if they are
caught by Fish and Game Warden
Gene Allison they will doubtless re-
gret their transgression. A heavy
penalty may be inflicted in case of
conviction under the statutes gov
erning such Things.
II is not generally known that
there is a fishing season as well as
an open season for game. put to pro-
teet the fish whue spawning season
Is on. such a law exists in this state.
From March - until November /
any man who has sportsmanlike
instinct and cares for angling may
take his rod and line and fish to his
hearts content. Between November
and March Is. however. it Is an
offense of grave character to fish.
This law is absolutely necessary 10
protect the denizens OF the stream
from absolute destruction.
Penalties which may be inflicted
are severe, IL being provided that a
fine of from $40 to $500 for each
offense may be assessed. while inn
prisonment for any length of time up
to six months may also be attached
to the sentence.
Another thing To which Mr.. ALI
son calls the attention of sportsmen
to is that on the 18th of this month
the sage hen law will be out and per-
sons shooting these birds after that
date will be subject to heavy fine.
Since his appointment Mr.. Allison
has been busily engaged in making
preliminary arrangements before TAX
ing hold actively of the office. While
he has not as yet determined whom
he will appoint he has decided to
place deputies at McGill, Heyser and
Argus Lake. at which points there
are numbers of ardent sportsmen who
will be glad of the opportunity of
protecting the game now being
slaughtered indiscriminately.
"One thing | wish distinctly un-
derstood,' said the game warden
yesterday. lis that the first person
caught dynamiting fish will be dealt
with with as much severity as is pos
sible under the law. This is not
alone unsportsmanlike but positively
criminal. At times streams have
been turned from their courses by
men desiring to trap fish This is
as bad as dynamiting.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-02-11
Anger at Carson Be.
cause of Delayed
Bank Report

CARSON. Feb. 10.--That some
thing should be done to force aeiIon
upon the part of the directors of the
State Bank and Trust company was
the unanimous opinion OF the people
of Carson this afternoon, when II was
known that the directors at their
meeting. from which so much had
been expected. had done nothing.
The stockholders were put off with
the statement that the so-called re-
Mobilization committee wanted more
time. So the committee was reluet-
antly given until tomorrow to get
out some kind of report.
The opinion here is that Hickey
should not have been allowed to stay
as long as he was and that the at
torney general is displaying an en-
tirely inexplicable apathy in proceed
ing against the men who mismanaged
the corporation. He falls back on
his so-called bank commission, that
issued a white-wash report for the
bank, but he has not got after that
commission or even after the bank
examiner, Miller. who declared the
bank to be solvent.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-02-11
Overlooked An
Important
Official

Who is the fire warden of Ely?
This is a question which the citizens
as well as the fire department and
City Marshal Hudgens would like To
have answered. II is generally sup
posed that Mr.. hudgens holds the po-
sition but so far as the minutes of
the city council meetings are con-
cerned. there is no record of such ap-
continent On the other hand they
show that he was named. but the
matter was laid over until the follow
ing meeting for action. At the next
meeting. SO FAR as the minutes show
no action was taken.
IT has been generally supposed that
Hudgens was appointed. He was
also under that impression and car
ried the duties of the Office until
yesterday. when after a short discus
sion on the subject with Fire Chief
Rowe he decided that he would look
II up. As a result he discovered that
appointment had never been made.
That there is no fire warden comes
as a distinct surprise, as the office
is without doubt one of importance
in Ely. II is the warden's duty to in
speet new buildings. to decide wheth-
er they are safe or no, TO have all
chimneys and flues made safe, to SUI
perxise collecting and taking care of
equipment used at fires and 10 attend
to drying of hose after use. Alto
gether his duties are important.
II was doubtless through oversight
that appointment was not made COM
plete and the matter will probably
be taken mp at the meeting Of the
city council tonight
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-02-11
Pay Day Best
Since the Cut
Last Fall


Yesterday was pay day at the
smelter as result of which fact
there was considerable money put in
circulation. The most of 1t came to
Ely City and Ely. by reason of the
new train service which enabled the
McGill people to come to town, trans
act business and get home the same
day. though a good many of them re-
mained over night and will go back
teday
The amount of money represented
in the smelter pay rolls this month
was larger than since the checking
of operations occurred last fall with
the coming of stringent times in the
money market. 1t was pretty near
double the amount paid in January
for December work Expectations
now are that the pay roll in Maren
for work done in the course OF Feb
ruary will be considerably larger than
the pay rolls for January, even
though this month is a short one A
good deal, however, will depend on
the weather. If spring should hap
pen to give indication during the mid
die and later part of the month of
intention to drop in for the opening
of an early season there would be
decided increase in working forces
at McGill as result. With winter
weather on hand, however, there can
not be any decided increase in work.
ing forces above the present number
of men employed. All that can be
worked to advantage under prevail
ing weather conditions are now be-
ing employed.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-02-11
HOLD-UPS DISCOVERED
IN TIME TO PREVENT RAID

. Had il not been for the sharp
. ness of vision of persons in the
. Mint saloon at Riepetown Sat
. urday night. il is very probable
. that the place would have been
. held up and another chapter
. added to the pretty numerous
. criminal record of that locality.
. A number of persons were In
. the saloon at late hour when
. one of them on looking out,
. spied two men with masks COW
. ering their faces and armed
. with revolvers, about to enter.
. He gave alarm and those who
. were armed prepared TO give the
. intruders a warm reception, but
. the latter, evidently finding that
. they were discovered, took to
. the hills. The escape of the
. place from being held up is gem
. orally considered very fortu-
. nate, for had the men come
. upon the crowd inside unex-
. pectedly, as was evidently their
. intention, ii is probable that
. they could easily have gotten
. away with all the money in the
. house.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-02-11
START WORK AT RAWHIDE.
Oro Company of Ely Lets Contract
for Shaft.

Conrad Anderson, original owner
of the five claims which compose the
holding of the Rawhide Orc COM
pany. will leave today for Rawhide
to start working the property. Four
surface veins are on it and the most
likely of these will be picked to sink
upon. A shaft will be put down 100
feet. Anderson having secured a con-
tract for the work.
AS within 500 feet of the bound
airy line of the Orc a good showing of
the yellow metal has been obtained,
the promoters and holders of the
stock are confident that within a
short time something worth having
will develop on their ground.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-02-11
CONFIRM THE
REPORTS OF
C|ROUx
Manager Walters Returns
From Salt Lake With
Good Assurances

Superintendent Walters of the Gi-
roux returned last night from Salt
Lake. To the News he said:
While at Salt Lake | held con-
ferences with Joseph Giroux. Mr..
Richardson and other of the large
stockholders of the company and
had all the rumors which had reach
ed Ely amply confirmed by them.
According to my Instructions. work
will start within very short time
on the new unit to the concentrator,
while at the mine removing debris
from the shaft will be pushed with all
possible expedition | do not believe
that it will be long until this is COM
pleted."
The million dollar bond issue, Mr..
Walters states, was subscribed for
three times over by the stockholders
present at the gathering in New York
last week and the company has am
pie funds with which to proceed with
improvements Immediately 1t has
been decided, however. that work on
the pipe line from Mungerson ranch,
about 20 miles northeast of the Gil
roux will not be started until frost
is out VI tnt Slouhu. pumping
plant will send the water to the mill
without relay. Four work camps
will be established and the line
rushed to completion as soon as
spring comes.
The working force at the mines of
the company will be enlarged as rap
idly as possible. While he stated
that work on the concentration would
be started shortly. Mr.. Walters would
set no actual time for commence
ment
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-02-11
sLEIGHING PARTIES.

Considerable snow fell Sunday and
continued falling intermittently
throughout yesterday. 1t made for
many sleighing parties. All who
could secure the vehicles were out in
them last night. Several large par
ties were out enjoying the treat The
snow is attractive also to the small
boy, who with his snow balls is max
Ing life as pleasant as possible for
pedestrians. 1t is almost suicidal to
wear stiff hat
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-02-11
DERS ARMS FOR
STATE POLICE FORCE

. Adjutant General d. c. Dick
. erson yesterday ordered from
. st. Lonis firm arms and ammu-
. milton enough by wire to sup
. ply so of the members of the
. state police force. The step
. was taken hurriedly because of
> the attitude of President Roose-
. about Withdrawing troops from
. Goldfield.
. rhe supplies ordered at this
, time include so 5000 Winches-
. ter carbines: 80 Colts reyolvers
> 3S long caliber; 100 rounds of
> ammunition for each earbine
> and pistol.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-02-11
COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.

The regular meeting of the city
council will be held tonight at 1880
at the court house. Several matters
of importance are scheduled to come
up for discussion and the meeting
will doubtless be one Of interest to
citizens.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-02-11

ercised. are to be deemed forfeited
to the company. and shall be subject
to disposition by II.
The entire issue of bonds has been
underwritten by responsible bank
ing house in the city of New York.
By order of the board of directors.
JAS. PHILLIPS. Jr., President
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-17
MRS. WALLACE dead
FRIENDS OF r. e. WALLACE OF
JAMESTOWN WILL MOURN
WITH HIM

The jamestown Alert conveys the
sad news of the death of Mrs. R. E.
Wallace of that city of Bright's disease
after long illness. Death occurred
on Wednesday and the funeral will
be held at Jamestown. Mrs. Wallace
was a little more than fifty years If
age and had been married since 1875.
She and her husband, R. E. Wallace,
were residents of the city during Mr..
Wallace's term as state examiner and
made many friends here. Mrs. Wal
lace was a woman of wide generosity
and charity, cordial friend and mucl,
to be admired. She leaves, besides
her husband, two children, son, Dan
Wallace, and a daughter, Mrs. Dwight
Donnelly of jamestown. Friends in
this city will extend their sympathy
in the bereavement of the family.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-17
Want LAXDAL TO
Be A CANDIDATE
HIM FOR LEGISLATURE IN
FRIENDS MEET AND DECIDE ON
PEMBINA COUNTY
A Cavalier correspondent writes.

A Cavalier correspondent writes:
At an informal meeting of a num-
Der of friends of Dan Laxdal in Penn
bina county last night it was unan
miously decided to launch the name
of Pembina county's only Dan for
legislative candidate from the second
legislative district of Pembina county.
Mr.. Laxdal has perhaps more personal
friends in the second legislative dis
trict that any other one individual,
and it is the earnest wish of his MANY
friends that he make the race. He
has not been consulted as to whether
or not he will make the run, but it is
believed that he can be prevailed
upon to enter the race, if no contest
$ made against him, and many believe
hat Mr.. Laxdal is so strong in this
district that no one will desire to put
himself against Dan for legislative
honors, SO that If Mr.. Laxdal is pre-.
Vailed upon to make the run he will
have clear sailing.
" Il z Il i
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-17
Much PLEASED
c o M M ssioNER GlLBREATH
WARMLY COMMENDS EDUcA-
TlONAL ADVANTAGES OF THE
TRI-STATE GRAIN GROWERS
Z CONVENTION.

Commissioner of Agriculture Gil
breath returned from Fargo Thursday,
where he had been in attendance at
the grain growers convention. OF
this meeting the commissioner could
scarcely find words in which to ex-
press his pleasure at the good things
he heard there and regretted that i'm
portant business precluded his stay to
the conclusion of the meeting.
What surprised me- said Mr.. Gill
breath, lis the regular attendance of
the best farmers in the state
who are noted in their localities as
being the most progressive and up-to-
to me that il these men could attend
date agricuturalists-a and it seems
these meetings get up and say they
had been greatly benefited by listen
ing to the experiences and advanced
ideas of others that these meetings
must be of far greater educational ad-
valuable an institution to be allowed to
would imagine.
The addresses were excellent and
covered nearly every phase of agri-
cultural life and certainly must have
been OF the greatest assistance to the
farmer or stockraiser who desires to
profit by the experimenting of the ag-
ricultural college or the ripe expert
ence of some of the best farmers in
this and other states.
sThe meetings were largely attend
ed. people coming from all sections of
the state, notwithstanding there was
no excursion rate offered by the rail-
roads. There seems no falling off in
the interest in these annual gather
ings and I hope there will not be for
many ly years to come, as they are too
valuable an institution to allow to
STOP"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-17
Is a Fine Country

Grand Forks Herald: It is evident
that the far southwestern part of the
states is coming to the front in excel
len shape. It is only within the past
few years that the settlers have been
headed that way, but of late they have
been pouring into all that section in
great numbers, and those counties will
soon be as well settled as those farther
east. And settlements there are not
an experiment either, as the expert
ence of the men who have lived there
for years is ample warrant for the
later immigration. As an illustration
of the progress made we have the holi-
day edition of the Adams County
Leader, published at Hettinger, the
county seat. This paper would be a
credit to a town several times the
sizes of Hettinger, and to a county
with many times the population of Adj
ans. And yet its publication is made
possible by the support of business
men who are already located there,
and making money. When the bust
ness men of community are able and
willing to aid in such an enterprise the
fact demonstrates that they have album
.dant and abiding faith in their town
and locality, and it is pretty sure in
dication that they have something on
which to base that confidence.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-17
COL. LITTLE
GETS A HEARTY ENDORSEMENT
FROM NORTHERN PART OF
STATE

y
The Norwich Item, published in Nc
Henry county, in the Great Northern
country, has the following kind words
for Col. Little's candidacy:
lMr. Little is running his own cam
paign. He is liberal without being
sensational and conservative without
being narrow. He stands for republic
an principles, for the good of the par
ty and of the nation, and for the
best interests of the whole state. He
does not make his campaign upon a
series of promises of everything in
sight, but upon the single promise
that he will serve the state of North
Dakota faithfully and well and will
further the interests of the state and
nation through firm allegiance to
republican policies and principles.
He does not seek through insincere
declarations or attempted alliances
with cliques or combinations to get
votes by deceiving the people of the
state. He is a clean cut, square-toed
republican, square in his politics as
In his business dealings and for that
reason his campaign is making SPLEEN
did Roadway through the state.
Col. Little comes from the Slope
country which will cast big vote in
the election. He will have large
vote in his home country, and he is
gaining strength every day in his
campaign through the state. He
stands well with all the republicans
of the state, who have learned to ad-
mire him through many years of as
sociation and friendship and as a
man for whom any republican can
cast his ballot, knowing that the
selection of Mr.. Little will mean that
the interests of North Dakota in the
senate of the United States will have
a faithful representative"
ny
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-17
Moorhead saIoonist cinched

Charles b. Erdel, the Moorhead sa-
loon-keeper, appeared before Judge
Thomas at Lisbon on Tuesday and
pleaded guilty to the charge of selling
Intoxicating liquors and q was SEN
fenced to 80 days in jail and to- pay
q fine Of $500 and costs Hepaid the
fine and costs and began serving his
sentence Immediately. 1t has been ,the
custom to ship liquors to fictitious adj
dresses COD. and when. the goods
We're not called for to cone down
personally and dispose of them. Com
plant was made against him in No
vember last and he was extradited ana
since that time has been under bonds
and awaiting trial
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-17
ItHas a Stronu Voice

Mandan youths certainly have no ex.
cuse for not observing the curfew,
for that town can boast of a whistle
whose prolonged "woo-oo-o'' in deep
tones is nightly thrown across the
waters of the big Muddy and dis
tinctly heard in Bismarck homes even
when doors and windows are closed.
From the facility with which water car
ries sound, one might easily judge
that the Mandan curfew goes down the
river long distance-not so far as
Pierre, S. D., perhaps, but several
miles.