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The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-22
FIRST DEAL
IN GRANITE

A deed filed yesterday gives first
public notice of a sale of mining
property in the newly doomed Gran
lie district. By it Robert Spicer
transfers to S. +. Spieer an undivided
one-tbird interest in the Backnumber
group of IL claims. Consideration
named is $500. Together with the
claims are included mining tools and
a blacksmithing outfit which is now
on the property.
number of other deeds were also
filed. Among them were the follow
ing:
William and Julia NJ. Robinson of
Osceola to the Nil Desperandum MIN
ing Co.. of Phoenix, Ariz., for con-
sideration of-$1 the Mystic group of
three claims in Robinson district.
William f. Gray, of Goldheid'
transfers TO the Ely Townsite Co. his
right and title to the interest he
holds in the southeast quarter of the
northwest quarter OF section lo'
township 16 north, range 6S east.
Consideration named is ST.
Fraccis Gray, OF Salt Lake, and
her daughters, Gertrude II. Pullen
and Frances NJ. Malin, transfer their
interest in the same tract to the Ely
Townsite Co. The consideration
named was the same.
Arthur j. Underhill, of Canton, o.,
transfers TO the Ely Water Co. all OF
lots and Z, in block 40. of Ely, to-
gether with pipes, dams, water appIi,
ances and the power plant situated
on the lots and the northeast quar-
Tor of section 20, township l6 north.
consideration named is also 81.
Arthur J. underhill transfers to
,he Chainman Consolidated Copper
10 for 81. the Joanna No. claim
in Robinson district.
same to the Ely Securities CO. Ior
Al a tract of $50 feet on the nortn
eide of Mill street containing IN its
honndaries 11.13 acres. Considera-
,,on Is 81 and other valuable consid-
crations.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-22
THE STAR NINE WILL
BE OPENED SHORTLY

. CHERRY CREEK. April 21.
. Preparations for starting the
. Star mine near here for active
. mining operations. are proceed
. ing with all possible speed. Al
. ready the boarding house has
. been opened. while men are be-
ing brought in for start.
. Superintendent Davis of the
property was in this place Mon
. day for the purpose of accom-
. panying several expert drill men
TO the mine upon their arrival
from Salt Lake. II is therefore
thought that the start will be
effected by the first OF next
. weeK.
The Star was at one time the
leading mine of this district and
paid its owners, Scotch-Ameri-
can corporation. large divi-
dends. Trouble encountered in
keeping down the water flow
stopped active mining until re-
Gently. when good finds on the
300 level allowed work to start
once more.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-22
WAS BURNED
FR|CHTFULLY

Yesterday at Winnemucca occur
red tragedy most appalling in de-
tail. At the round house is con-
structe1 place where the engines in
from the run are blown :" that
is, the steam is allowed to escape in
order to cool the boilers If the
steam were allowed to escape into
the round house, it would blow all
over the place, and SO a sort of box is
constructed for its confinement.
Into this box, all unconscious,
homeless man, a hobo, had crawled
to sleep. So dead to the world was
he that he did not waken when
huge passenger engine was pulled up
to be blown off.
The steam cock was opened and
the hot steam under heavy pressure
shot into the box. With a yell of
horror. the sleeping man attempted
to jump to his feet. His head struck
the top of the structure and he fell
prone. The force of the steam blind
ed him and impelled him further into
the death trap. Helpless and terri
fed he scrambled about until by
mere accident. he backed into the
open and rolled over on the ground
almost cooked to death.
His hands and face were parboiled
and when the clothing was removed
great patches of skin came with
them. He was a most pitiful object
and the pain was almost unendura-
BILE. He was taken in charge by the
company officials and physicians and
is being cared for. but it is doubtful
IL he can survive the terrible expert
ence.
About a year ago similar tragedy
occurred at the same place. man
and boy crawled into the death box
and the man was killed.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-22
Big DOCKET
FOR COMING.
COURT Term
Criminal Cases Which
Will be Presented to
Grand Jury May 9th.
Panel Is Ordered.

District Clerk Garaghan was yes
terday notified that session of dis
trict court here would begin on May
6, on which date the grand jury
panel will be drawn and the regular
work Of the criminal docket will be
started. There are several cases of
interest to appear before the Jury
for investigation while it is limited
that their sitting will be enlivened by
Investigations into matters which
may develop scandals of import.
The cases now docketed for the
members of the grand jury are those
of William Bacon, attempt to kill;
Albert Petty, burglary; George Lut-
trell, conducting a game of chance
without license; James A. Smith,
murder James Doran. robbery; A.
Jurich same offense; Christ Panpan-
tempt to kill; John Vassalapoulas,
attempted murder; Tom j. Costello,
forgery, William H. Corbett, high
way robbery.
Several on the criminal list pre-
sent features of interest, among
them that of Zurich, the details of
which are familiar to the public, he
having entered the saloon of l.. John
son at Riepetown, and, it is alleged,
at the point of pistol demanded
money belonging to his client, James
Doran. John Vassalapoulas, charged
with killing his brother-in-law. al
though he claims accidentally, in a
Smelterville saloon; James A. Smith.
charged with numbering Greek at
the smelter during the excitement
following the shooting of Deputy
Constable Sam Davis, and NJ. F. Rick
ard, charged with shooting John Nc
Mahon in the Capitol saloon, are
others of interest
Following the trial of the crimi-
nal docket it is intended to take up
the civil list, which is lengthy one.
The date set for the start is May 13.
For he trial of these cases so trial
jurors and "a grand jurors will be
drawn.
1t is probable that Judge Brown
will be absent, as he will be engaged
at Elko in the trial of the Dove mur-
der case. Judge Orr will preside
here in his stead.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-22

needed. The commissioners want
the city out and citizens are tired of
hearing of the treatment. inevitable
under present conditions. accorded
prisoners. Ely stands alone among
the towns of importance in the coun-
ty. without a Jail of its own. One
of the commissioners remarked re-
Gently that he would not even go in
the jail without being put there, and
cant say that | blame him in the
least
Marshal Hudgens explained his
apathy in the handling of the case
by stating that the woman was ar
rested for smoking hop" and as
there Is no provision for this offense
under the city ordinance thought IL
was up to the county.
Councilman Carbon spoke srrenu-
ously against building a jail, saying
that work on the foundations of the
new building is well under way and
temporary quarters may be prepared
there shortly for reception of prison.
ers. Nothing was done about the
matter in the end, it being referred
to the committee on public improve
1dI uOn NoiibS
During the course of his talk
Walker made it plain that Ely people
are tired of the continual row over
the jail as well as heavy taxation.
saying The people will vote down
everything you put up to them and |
tell you plainly gentlemen that not
one of you could be elected to Office
again. This would be saving prop
osition in six months as you will have
in the face of every condition to pay
the county more than you would
have 10 pay for Jail. And the
county wants you out at that"
Carbon stated that the contract
made With the county would doubt
less serve to bind them for the time
being and stated that the money was
worse needed for other purposes,
mentioning sewerage, than for Jail.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-22

months she has been practically an
invalid and has had one serious at
tack previously.
Mr.. Binford at once upon reeeiv-
ing the first message, started to make
preparations to leave for Denver this
morning. He received a later dis
patch telling him that her condition
was somewhat improved. however,
and it is now possible he will not
make the trip unless she becomes
much worse.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-22
CONDITION OF SPARKS
IL VERY SERIOUS

. CARSON, New. April 21.=
o A report was circulated on
. the street yesterday to the eff
. feet that the condition of Cow
. ernor Sparks was now very crit
. ical and there was little chance
for his recovery. An inyestiga-
. tion resulted in the ascertaining
that while the governors condi-
tion is very serious the physi-
> clans do not believe that il is
. now critical.
Deputy State Treasurer Will
des departed for San Francisco
on Wednesday evening, being
called there by the illness of ,
Mr.. Sparks. He will remain I
there for several days confer I
ring with the governor in re- /,
, gard to business matters and
, other affairs.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-22
CONTRACTORS ORGANIZED

For the purpose of mutual pro-
lection the interests of the union Ia
'borers of the district the contractors
of the section have organized an as
sociation, the meeting at which this
step was taken being held during the
latter part of last week.
The officers of the organization are
w. e. Meyers, president and Mr..
Shraven, secretary and treasurer.
The purposes for which 1t Is form
ed is to promote the interests of
members, to draw a line between
contractors and journeymen and to
secure general harmony in building
trades. The intention OF the organizr
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-22

alton Is to work in harmony with the
members of the Structural Builders
Trade alliance and to protect 1t as
well as themselves.
The members who have SO far
united themselves with the body are
W. e. Meyers, II, A. Shraven. Mr..
Dodson. A. ID. Chamberlin & Son.
and Taylor & Son. 1t is the desire of
the membership, however, that any
contractor who may come into the
local field shall ally himself with
them.
Meetings WIFI be held in the Office
OF Mr.. Meyers every Thursday even
ing
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-22
CHANGES IN JAP MINISTRY.

TOXIC. April 21.-Baron Haya-
shi, Japanese minister to China, has
been ordered home from Peking and
will be sent to Rome. Baron Ijuin,
now counselor of the Japanese en-
bassy in London, will succeed to the
vacant place in Peking. Baron Chin
da will go to Berlin and Baron Ishii
will succeed him as vice minister of
foreign affairs. The appointments
are soon to be officially announced
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-22
RUFF JURORS COME SLOWLY.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 21.-The
third week in the case of Abraham
Ruef, former political boss, on trial
for bribery, began today. Three
more jurors were sworn in, making
eight now in the jury box, who have
finally been accepted and sworn.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-22
SALARY is RAISED.

WASHINGTON. April 21.-The
salary of George p. McCabe of Og-
den. solicitor of internal revenue,
was raised from $500 to $4,000 in
the agricultural appropriation bill re-
ported to the senate today.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-22
WIFE VERY ILL.
Mrs. ". 4. Binford Lies AT Death.
Door at Home i'm Denver
Husband Notified.

Mrs. W. T. Binford, wife of the
popular secretary of the Ely stock
exchange. lies between life and death
at her home in Denver. according to
a message received by Mr.. Binford
Yesterday afternoon. For several
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-11-12
6be Jeffrsonin
PnbEic Opinion Throughout the Union
bbe -Jeffersonton

crowd, and encouraged a great mind.
Exactly so with the man who votes
Independently. He breaks away from
the old rock and the old crowd He
goes off by himself He may think,
and others may think, that his vote is
lost, just as that weed thought
itself lost in the oceans vastness.
But, independence, thoughtfulness,
sincerity, are never lost. One single
man voting and acting Independently
may be an inspiration to others, and
ms defeat may mean glorious victory
to follow.
Think that over, voters, when you
talk about throwing away your
vote When you stick like a sheep
IN the flock, when you go with the
others automatically, then indeed, You
are throwing away your vote.
But when you vote as an honest,
thinking, independent man, you are
proving that the men who gave up
their lives to secure universal suffrage
we're not wasting their time, their
lives and their blood.
Voters, think for yourselves and
vote as you think.-New York Ameri-
can.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-11-12
TOLsTOY'S WIFE LED HIM.

How much Of the success and in
fuence Of Count Tolstoy has been
due to his wife? The Countess has
been content to remain in obscuritv.
while she has watched her husband
progress from a rake to recognition
as one Of the few really ruling minds
Of his day. She was only a slip of
a girl, the daughter of Moscow phy-
sician, when she was married to Toll
stoy in 1861. He then was 80 years
old, and his life up to that time had
been one Of dissipation. His wife
must have been the steadying power.
for his first serious work in the up
building Of his fame was begun i'm
mediately after his marriage. He
took his bride to the family estate in
Poliania. He had run the estate into
bankruptcy, and the couple made
their home in peasants hut.
Twenty years passed before she re-
turned to Moscow She raised a
family Of seventeen children and edu-
Gated them herself. Today, with her
hair white, she acts as her husbands
secretary, typewritimg his manu-
scripts sometimes half dozen
times. In more than one way this
woman is more remarkable than her
lllustrious husband, and a multitude
OF persons will believe her life carries
a deep rebuke to those women who
live alone for the frothy pleasures of
society.-New York Press.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-11-12
LIFE AND HABITS.

1t is we'll to stop and reflect some
times on the influence of habit on our
lives. From an article on the sub
ject in an Eastern paper we take the
following:
'Mark Twain s humor is habit,
based on a natural tendency in that
direction. Some may prefer to call it
study. Very we'll. Study is habit.
Until the habit is fixed, how perplex-
ing! Afterward, it is like breathing.
1.-The ministers brilliant pictures
of holy life; the lawyers mastery
logic; the Doctors training to con-
quer disease, and the commercial
travellers versatility and popularity
are all habits. At first they were
not. Repetitions grooved the chan
nels. Good habits are priceless, in
pleasure and greatly increased eff
cheney. Bad habits lead to jungIes.
The Importance of early, harmonious
habits can not be overestimated.
"Objectionable habits are over
come abruptly or gradually, The
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-11-12

President Roosevelt's commission.
appointed to ascertain the drawbacks
OF farm life and to find means to re-
move them, has determined, it APP
pears, to study conditions in the
South down to and including Georgia
before it hurries back to the neigh
borhood of the White House. Ala
bama, Mississippi and the Southwest
are to be left unvisited by the com
mission.
This slight will, however, be for
given if the commission can devise
plans that will render farm life more
attractive. Alabama can apply to
herself what may be desired for Geor-
gla and the Carolinas. But in these
days of telephones and rural free de-
livery the farmer can devise for him
self all needful remedies of the situa-
ton. The truth is, if Alabama could
by magic be equipped in a night with
hard macadam roads all complaints
OF isolation and social deficiencies on
the farms would disappear. The lack
OF trustworthy means Of communica-
ton lies at the bottom Of farm dis
content. We need, in other words
not so much the plans of the uplift
commission as we need good roads
and the OvertOn amendment
The hope is that the Overton
amendment was ratified by the peo-
pie on yesterday, and if it was we
need not feel bad if The Bailey COM
mission does decline to study farm
conditions in Alabama. Birmingham
Age-Herald.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-11-12
THE DREAD MASTER.

No singing chord of youth was dumb,
No star Of youth was dim;
1t seemed so long ere age should come,
| kept light watch for him
Light watch DER heart, and nerve and
eye,
His entrance evermore-
And, 10! the shadow, stealing by,
Found an unguarded door!
I dreamt Of far-off fields we'll
fought,
Fierce battle, victory bright;
u shall have praise from him." I
thought,
Who taught me first to fght.'
Then | remembered as breath
Blows the dry rose apart;
For, 10! the sudden touch of death
Had aged me to the heartl
John Ersbine, i'll Century Maya
zine
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-11-12
THE DRIFTING sEAWEED.
It's Lesson for the Man Who Talks
About Throwing Away My
Vote

This is for the man who talks about
throwing away my vote
This is for the man who would vote
like sheep, and he always with the
big herd.
Fortunately, some men are not
sheep, some men would rather be
right in the minority, than wrong in
the majority.
The only thing IN man s vote is
the right, conquered after many CEN
turtles of struggle, to think and to
back up his thought with a vote.
What is your vote?
Isn't your vote made to distinguish
you as thinking man? Isn't it the
weapon with which you can rebuke
the sheeplike action of thoughtless
voters and the dishonesty Of leaders?
There is very interesting story told
Of the discovery of this country by
Columbus; you know that his men
were discouraged, and in mutiny He
had sailed on and on, across the sea
which the ignorant world then be-
lieved to be unconquerable. Some of
his sailors were expecting at any mo-
ment that their ship would reach the
edge and fall off-for that was the
belief then.
Columbus, looking over the bow Of
his boat, saw floating on the water a
branch of seaweed one that grows
clinging to the rocks on the shores
edge. When Columbus saw the weed
floating below his boat, although he
was still out Of sight Of land, he knew
that land was near And from that
floating weed, separated from the rest
adrift on the ocean, he got the cour-
age and the inspiration to 90 on
ahead and win.
Here are a few verses from a poem
by Elizabeth Pullen that you might
read to your friends that only want
to "vote with the winner"
/
The flying sea-bird Knocked the float
ing dulse:
'Poor, wandering water-weed,
where dost thou go,
Astray upon the ocean s restless
pulse?"
1t said, ~ do not know.
"a worthless weed, a drifting, broken
weed
What can I do in all this boundless
sea?
No creature Of the universe has need
Or any thought of me-"
Hither and yonder, as the winds
might blow,
The seaweed foated; then a ref
luent tide
Swept it along to meet galleon's
"Land ho!" Columbus cried.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-11-12

daily paper it causes a falling sense
to miss it. THE Opelika Morning
Post
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-11-12

fortunate person must resort to the
latter course. In too many instances
it is still lacking.
"When working in the Lyons
Iowa, posto1ice, back in the war
times, lawyer there, finely cultivated
and exceedingly gentlemanly, had an
excessive whiskey habit He hadn It
enough will power either to stop
drinking or to change his vocation.
One morning, coming into the office
for his mail, he said: Mr.. Baldwin,
my father was lawyer and he made
me a lawyer. Had I been a maya
zine writer I would have been a sue
cess, and not the drunkard that | now
am.
superintendent of public
school says: 'Oftcntimes those who
are dullest in the school blossom
out into men and women who do
the greatest work in the world.
The reason is they find work
which interests them after leav-
ing school, and try to do their
best in what they do. In school the
work they had failed to appeal to
them, failed to awaken their intellec-
tual powers. This case is suggestive
Of the Importance of manual training.
domestic and many other depart
ments. Certain children do not come
to like books in general till many
years later. The public school system
is grand, but it is yet far from being
perfected.
Carrying the hands in the pockets
is habit. How little is considered of
the power of habit for joy or sorrow,
veal or woe. 1t makes or unmakes,
manhood. 1t causes study, caution
and frugality; or Indifference, care
lessness and wreckage. 1t is a stanch
ship or a tumble-down building.
Before twenty years is the plastic
age. The home, the whole family, in
its royal estate, is yet scarcely out Of
the milk period. Outside institutions
make no such lasting impressions on
the children. A slovenly childhood
speech is rarely perfected
How refinement and naturalness
can ever come together is yet an I'M
solved problem. The gulf may posi-
bly, be bridged. For health laws, the
lower animals are wiser. Science
teaches that all habit has a physical
basis. This is a wide departure from
the ancient teaching Herbert tSpen-
Ger says, first made the child a good
animal
Man has many times more habits
than the lower animal The larger
part is acquired and, very unfortun-
ately, they are mostly artificial. There
must be a new philosophy if the
birthright Of health and vitality is
to be maintained.
The educated thoughtlessly find a
volume of faults with the ignorant
There is another side to this question.
The ignorant are the balance wheel
Of thn Government r. ohoc1yc co1Gcb
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-11-12

That piece Of seawoed might have
chung to the rock with all the other
millions Of weeds like it indefinitely
without ever doing anything or any
body any good 1t broke away from
the rock, away from the seaweed
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-01-31
NOTICE
To the People of Mi d d e bury.

All people in Middebury must hold
themselves responsible for any weakness
or suffering caused from old age, chronic
coughs or colds, bronchitis, weak lungs,
run down conditions, stomach troubles,
nervousness or poor blood when we are
willing to sell them the real cod liver
preparation. Vinol, and return their
money if it does not benefit.
The reason Vinol is so successful in
restoring health and creating strength
is because it contains in addition to tonic
iron all the medicinal elements of cod
liver oil actually taken from fresh Gods
livers, but without oil or grease to upset
the stomach and retard its work.
Unlike old-fashioned cod liver oil and
emissions, it is deiciously palatable,
agreeable to the weakest stomach, there
fore, unequalled as strength creator
and tonic reconstructOr.
Our local druggist, milford R. Burt
says: 1T is because we know SO well of
what Vinol is made that we ask every
run down, nervous, debilitated, aged or
weak person In Middlebury, and every
person suffering from stubborn colds,
hanging-on coughs, bronchitis or Incl
pient consumption to try Vinol on our
guarantee" Milford r. Burt, Druggist,
Middlebury, Vt.