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The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-03-03
IS arm THA /
OF MISSING
PAINTER?
Belief That Member Be-
Ioneed to Man Who
Disappeared MysteF-
Ously Is Strong.

II. as at present believed, the
bones OF an arm found few days
since by City Marshal Hudgens. once
belonged to Jim Clark. an old time
painter of this district. who disap-
peared about year ago. a mystery
as deep as any encountered In this
district Will have been unrave1ed.
Murder in all possibilities alos Is be-
lieved to have been committed as the
circumstances surrounding the dis
appearances of Clark are particularly
suspicious.
Clark, who was well known to ev-
cry man, woman and child In the dis
trict, about the middle of last May
completed job of painting for .Ioe
Newman. receiving for his work
slightly more than $50. That even
ing late. after having spent . por-
ton of his money for liquor and be-
coming highly intoxicated. Clark,
with .'hop" fiend. known as Hop
py" went to the foot hills, carrying
with him bottle of liquor which
the two were to drink.
When last seen he was very drunk
and was making his way along with
great difficulty. This was. SO far as
can be ascertained, the last time he
was seen by anyone.
Late that night ''Hoppy'' came into
Ely alone. When questioned as to
the whereabouts of Clark he replied
that both had lain down in the shade
OF rock to sleep and he had dropped
on into a heavy slumber. When he
awoke Clark was nowhere around
He therefore came hack into town.
supposing that his companion had
preceded him.
AS several days passed and Clark
still did not turn up. the man was
placed under arrest and held on sus-
picion of being murderer for sev-
eral days.
In the meantime an active search
was prosecuted by the officers In hope
of finding the missing man. The ef-
forts proved unavailing, not so much
as slight trace of his whereabouts
being found.
After time as nothing could he
proved against him che poor NOR
phine fend was allowed to go his
way. He left later for Salt Lake.
" ACA 2 AAV wac 81 10Ht tVkF<tA -
That the arm. although pronounce
ed by physicians to be that OF a girl
on account Of the smallness of the
bones, might sell be that of Clark
is argued, as he was . small man and
extremely small boned, those who
knew him best aver.
That he met with foul play is the
belief OF his friends, as they are sure
that he would otherwise have re-
turned to Ely as soon as he slept on
the effects Of the liquor he had
drank 1t was noticed. too. that
''Hoppy" had money for drinking and
other purposes for some time after
Clark was missing.
AS yet. while the Immediate neigh
borhood of the Hudgens home has
been looked over carefully to see IL
the rest OF the skeleton can be found,
no attempt has been made to search
the foot hills on account of the snow
1T is probsfle that search will be
made among the hills today, and.
possibly. something Of startling ma
Iture discovered. --r>
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-03-03
sENTENcED FOR LIFE.

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The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-03-03
To Get
Members Is
Made

A special effort is being made by
the executive committee of the Trans
Missouri Dry Farming congress TO
secure members in Nevada in order
to procure finances for pushing the
work of betterment of the west that
they are engaged in George F. Par
ker, member of the committee and
a iife member of the congress. is rep
resenting She movement in this coun-
ty.
At the meeting in Salt Lake City
contract for printing and circulat-
Ing the proceedings of the congress
was made with Mr.. White, advertis-
Ing manager for the Clark roads. At
present the work is being compiled.
For one dollar any person inter-
ested In dry farming can become a
member of the congress for year
and Will receive gratis the hook Of
proceedings. For $40 life MEM
bership can be secured. Two mer in
White Pine county are among those
holding life membership in the con-
gress. They are Mr.. Parker and
Rickard A. Riepe OF Ely.
Mr.. Parker is great believer in
dry farming and never tires OF tell
ing what the movement win do for
certain arid portions of this county.
people do not realize what they
are passing by when they take SO lit-
tie interest In dry farming and the
gatherings of the congress, said he
yesterday. Il consider 1t far more
important to this county in every
u,av fhnr, auvfhipp olao urvv In hauA
not excluding mining. There are
vast stretches of land which at pres
ent, through ignorance of persons
who might otherwise make a compe-
tence and more OF it, are allowed to
90 to waste. The report of the con-
gress' last session gives much infor-
nation which will prove of value to
anyone reading It,"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-03-03
Gather For The
Regular
Meeting

The board of county commissioners
met yesterday In regular monthly
session. The day was almost who'll
ly occupied with routine business. al
though several matters of more or
less Importance came up for discus
sion and action
the county during the month were
audited and in most cases passed fa-
vorably upon.
Senator Comins and Architect
Price addressed the commissioners
upon the subject OF court house plans
asking that II the choice of plans,
which was made several months ago,
for the new county building was re-
that they be allowed to
present set No action was taken.
A bill from the city of Ely against
White Pine county for money due
from 1t for road and fire funds. was
presented but although freely dis
cussed. no action was taken. 1t Is
probable that this will be acted upon
today.
A letter from the state publicity
board to the commissioners reQuest-
Ing appropriation OF $3.50 for the
purpose OF eptabiishing Z state MIN
eral exhibit In New York, Was tabled.
Althopxh the board may legally COM
ply With the request ~ was decided
that nQ action should be taken et
order was entarsd ID repair tho
road - MungersoS addition and the
owners of the additien we're ordered
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-03-03

Dan McFadden and Jim O'C

Dan McFadden and Jim O'Conner.
two steel workers employed at Nc
Gill: we're yesterday fined s. and
costs each by Justice cartwright for
meIsine trouble saturday night on
AT6au& H In Ely City. Both patd
f<<1r dnes. amounting With costs 20
9rly so, and we're released from,
The two beoxme engaged willis
drunk. In fight. Their loud cursing
and threats to do for each other
suun sottracted attent1pn an1 Deputy
Sheriff FuImer VA noti6ed
This vae the only bueipess trans
acted II court, as Justice Cartwright
jf<611 tnn 11>dlof part of tbe day at
Mccill On personal business.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-03-03
Concert Will Be
An Enjoyable
Affair

A concert will be given at Good
Times hail this evening at S:15 p.
m. for the benefit of St. Bartholo-
news choir. Funds realized will
provide new music and vestments for
the choir. beginning with Easter
morning. Concert tickets have been
placed at SO cents in order that they
nav be within the reach of all. One
or the many attractive features OF
the concert will be the brilliant per-
formance on the piano by Master
John Putnam, the Ii years old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Graham F. Putnam,
whose execution is far beyond his
years. A bus will leave the Steptoe
hotel at 1880 for the accommodation
of all Ely City people wishing to
share in the pleasure, of this mnsical
treat. the program for which fol-
lows:
piano Solo-PoIonaise Militaire.
......... Chopin
T. l.. Center
Vocal Duet Greeting MendelssOhn
Miss Anna Miller, Miss Edith Rowe
Vocal Solo Selected
Geo. p. Armand.
Piano Solo-Ecune de Peflfcs.
ChRs. Voss
Mrs. A. r. Pollock
Vocal Solo-I Love You Carl Cheiler
Mrs. e. L. H. Wallace.
ouartette-Song of Seasons .Hawley
Miss Edith Rowe. Miss Can For
MIA, Miss Anna Miller, Mrs
f. L. r. Wallace
Piano Solo-The Wayslde Brook
Seymour Smythe
Master John Putnam
Vocal Solo-Selected d....-.-.... =.
s J. E. Stevens.
Vocal Solo-(a~ Why l Love You
(b) r0ppies. De Koven
Miss Edith Rowe.
Vocal Duet-The Sorry Haunted
Spring ......H Henry Smart
Miss Cali Fornia. Miss johnson.
Vocal SOlo-Selected \.
A. A. Shell.
Vocal Solo-(a) My Little Lass. !
LaHe
fb) The Land of Dreams
- Victor Herbert
Miss Anna Miller.
Vocal Solo-Selected -
Geo. p. Armand.
Piano Duet-Faust. :. Sidney smith
Mrs. G.. F.. Putnam, Mrs. A. b.
Witcher.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-03-03
ORDER NEW MACHINERY.



Preparing to enlarge their plant
on account of the marked increase in
demands for dressed lumber In this
section are w. p. Taylor & Son, pro-
prietors of the Ely planning mill.
Since establishment of the Arm In
this section last August their output
has been in such great demand that
it has been found impossible to sup
ply all of 1t with present equipment.
Three new pieces oil machinery
have been ordered and are expected
to arrive shortly They are NOR
tiser, jointer and door and sash
frame finishing machine.
With the arrival of the new ma
chinery the mill will be capable of
turning out all orders coming to 1t
In first class manner and more
np-to-date planning establishment will
he hard to find In Nevada.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-03-03
LUMBER STEALING MUST STOP.
Chief Forester Pinchot to Guard the
Trees Gathering Information
Regarding the Alleged lndis-
criIninatc Cutting.

CLIFFORD Pinchot chief of the United
States forestry department is going to
take up the matter of cutting timber
from government land in this part of
Nevada, and will have men here in a
short time to stop the practice.
Postmaster Moore has just receiv-
ed letter from the chief forester,
Mr.. Pinchot, asking Information re-
garding the timber areas beloning to
the government in this part of the
state, and stating that it was his in
tention to Investigate the matter with
a view to the preservation Of the
trees on land owned by the govern
ment. He instructs his representa-
tive in Salt Lake to proceed in the
matter just rs soon as the necessary
information has been received.
The nearest government timber to
Rhyolite Is In the Grapevine, and this
timber has been cut indiscriminately
by wcod-ehoppers. in many places
practically denuding the mountains,
and sold In Rhyolito for fuel 1t is
said by those who are conversant
with the situation that these chop
pers are not satisfied with taking the
dry fallen trees. but cut down the
young growing timber,
Besides the Grapevines. the next
nearest tImbered regions are the
Kingston and Charleston ranges to
the east of Rhyolite.
The chief forester will see that this
timber Is preserved to furnish protec-
ton to Watersheds which supply
pools and springs In the desert reg
ions during the hot summer. In the
Grapevines particularly thesn0w falls
to a depth Of eight and ten feet in the
winter. and If the timber is preserv-
ed the snow will remain on until later
in the spring or early summer. furnis-
Ing water to the springs IN the parch-
ed valleys below II the timber is
cut away the SHOWS win be melted
months earlier, and 1t lis believed
that the springs would dry UP With
the approach, of summer heat The
springs in the Mesquite valley, at
6tenger's ranch and in the Rattle
snake country are fed by the SHOWS
on the Grapevines. These springs
and water holes are important to the
prospectors and have doubtless saved
many lives
Without them the mineral Develop
ments OF these section would be han
dicapped to 4 greater extent than
they now are.
In the matter OF trees on unpatent-
ed mining claims the stipulation that
the locator may use all the timber
needed for domestic and mining pur-
poses, but he cannot make any other
nse OF 1t. In the instance OF wood
choppers appropriating and selling
the growing timber on government
lands the action is entirely illegal.
they have no rights whatever n the
premises unless they should take up
the lands as timber lands and have
the transaction properly entered N
= government land ONCE. Bulifr0g
Miner. s,,. \
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-03-03
PAT GARRETT KILLED.

. Ell PAso. Tex. March e.
. Pat Garrett. known the conti-
: nent over as the man who killed
. Billy the Kid" the noted out
. law. and one of the last of the
. most prominent of gun men of
. frontier days, was shot and kill
> ed by ]. Wayne Brazle. d youth
. full ranchman. near Las Cruces,
. N. M, in a dispute over ranch
. lease.
. Garrett had been on visit to
> one of his ranches near the New
. Mexico town. and. In q buck
. board, with a friend, was re-
. turning to Las Cruces, when
. they were overtaken by Braxle.
. A quarrel between the princi-
. pals followed. and Garrett is
. said to have reached for q shot
. gun. BrazIe fired twice. both
. shots taking effect, and Garrett
. fell dead.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-03-03
READY TO RELIEVE TROOPS

CARSON, March arms :
and ammunition have arrived I
for the state police. Distribu- I
tion was made today to 80 {
men composing the picked and :
, drilled first. which will go into
Goldfeld ON the 7th to relieve !
United States troops which will :
depart on that date for Cali :
fornia. A part of the arms os :
the police are shot guns, for :
which shells loaded with buck Z
shot have been provided. Drill :
ing of members of the force will :
continue here steadily until all
the men are ready for field SER !
vice. The force picked for first :
; service at Goldfield is consid :
; cred in excellent shape. =
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-03-03
DEPoRT INDIAN COOLIES.

CAPE TOWN, March 2.-As a re-
between the Beers and English and
the Indian coolies. all the latter over
16 years of age, unprovided with cer-
tificates, will be deported AFTER to-
morrow.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-03-03
ABANDON AN HISTORIC FORT.

WASHINGTON, March 2--In ac-
cordance with orders from the war
department, the abandonment of
Fort Reno. Okla, one of the most
historic military posts of the south
west, viii be made finally effective
tomorrow The site VIII be divided
into town lots and farms.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-16
Leap Year Advice.

Girls, when you are selecting a
husband which of course you
are expected to do this year-do
not make your selections from
the drawing room bunch where a
man always displays his company
manners and best clothes to adj
vantage. The drawing room
man may be all right and doubt
less is, but there is a chance his
father has spent hours in coach
ing him and adding the little
finishing touches to his toilet
for this special occasion, hoping
that he might make the catch OF
the season. But, girls, proceed
thusly: visit him at his business
house, meet him on the street,
at work in the garden or any.
where else that you may know
and see him as he is. A husband
selected uuder such conditions
will prove worth while and yor
will never regret the time ant
money spent in winning him.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-16
OF Importance to
You and 1--WE"
A New Ruling by the Pcstoffice De-
partment Causes New Arrange
ment for Subscribers.

SEC. 436, No. "A reasonable
time will be allowed publishers
to secure renewals of Subscrlp-
tons, but unless subscriptions
are expressly renewed after the
time for which they are paid
weeklies within one year-THBY
SHALL NOT be counted in the
legitimate list Of subscribers, and
copies mailed on account thereof
shall not be accepted for mailing
by the postmaster at the second
class rate of postage of cent a
pound, but may be mailed by
affixing l cent stamp to each
copy or copies up to 4 ounces.
That's the new ruling of the
postoffice department at Wash
ington and it means-in plain
English--that weekly news
papers cannot be sent to sub
scribers who are more than year
in arrears unless a one cent stamp
10 al thAS hdlO
it would require So cents per Year
to mail the paper to such sub
scriber and that is more than
the REPUBLICAN can afford while
the subscription price is but one
dollar per year.
This ruling of the postoffice
department cannot be tritlet
with and unless the REPUBLICAN
complies with the ruling it will
not be permitted the use of The
mails except by putting a STAMP
on each copy of the paper sen
out.
This being the case, every sub
scriber to the REPUBLICAN is re
quested to remit their dues a
once or the paper will have to b.
discontinued to their address an,
in that event it will be necessar
for us to collect the accounts i
a legal way, procedure W
would very much dislike.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-16
New Business Firm.

The firm of S p Groat and COM
pany have sold their sock of goods
and good will in the big store on
the north side to Will Groat and
A. j. VapAntwerp. The new firm
will be known as Great & VanAn-
twerp and will go into possession
this afternoon.
William droat is son of S. p
Groat and man of consi Ierable
experience in the mercantile bust.
ness.
A. ], VanAntwerp is son OF
County Surveyor VanA ntwerp. He
is man of industrious habits and
excellent business ability and it il
safe to predict for the new firm g
successful business career.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-16

1t is impossible to kill off a
country possessed of the resources
of the United States. Every sec.
tion of the country sends reports
that men who have been unem-
ployed because of the recent
furry are to go back to their
labors. Only the hopeless pessi-
mist has believed that this coun-
try would suffer period of pro-
longed depression. Conditions
for such an outcome of the furry
have not been present. 1t might
be said that the furry came at
an unfortunate time-on the eve
of a presidential election-but it
is urged that we are due to suffer
quadrennially, because of the
whimsical ways of practical poll
ticians, but even with an early
ainpaign-now on-the so-called
panic failed to become a panic
The politicians no longer hold
the country's tonnage in Their
hands. 1t is realized that nc
president among the first Of
Americans can be entirely bad
that the congress and the consti
tuition have survived. The day o
election scareS is past.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-16
Republican Co. Central Com. Meeting

Chairman Haumont has called
a meeting of the members of the
Republican county central COM
mittee to meet at the court house
in Broken Bow, at / o'clock on
Tuesday the 28th day Of this
month and he is very anxious
t hat every precinct be represented
as there will be matters of vast
Importance to the party to be
considered in addition to the
regular business of setting date
of county convention to elect
delegates to the state and con
gressional conventions.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-16
Township Board Mixup.

There is Il queer situation existing
in the township board of Broken Bow
township caused by the passage OF a
law by the last Legislature authorizing
the election of an additional Justice oil
the peace in townships of counties
under township organization.
The official term Of Emil G'Schwind
expired Jan. 10th, 1908 but at the
general election held last November,
c. H. HolcOmb and j. M. Fodge
were both elected as justices of the
peace for the precinct.
Now, the law provides that the
otwn clerk, town treasurer and justice
of the peace shall constitute the town
ship board.
The question is, is HOlcomb
the successor of G Schwind as a MEM
Der of the township Loard or is it J.
NJ Fodge.
The matter was submitted to county
attorney GuttersOn but he did not
venture dn opinion 1t was also sub.
mitted to the attorney general of the
state. Neither would he venture an
opinion
In the meantime, the township
board met Tuesday night, and recog.
nized Holcomb by elacting hin
chairman. Fodge claims, however
that the board acted without authority
in the matter and intimates that he vii
test the authority of HOlcomb to ACT
by a proceeding in the nature of a
QUO wARRANTo. Thus the matter
stands at this writing.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-16

The New York papers claim
their calculations greatly in
creased-especially in the west
since the beginning of the second
trial of Harry Thaw, which is
now on in New York. The
worst thing about this second
trial is that it will start afresh
the discussions as to what a
newspaper should print and
what it should leave out. 1t i:
rather strange commentary
that there is no business every
body believes he could run-ex
cept a newspaper. The average
man is cocksure he could improve
any paper he reads-until he
tries it.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-16
An Unusual Revival.

The revival It the Opera House
conducted by Evangelists Roger
H. and Clyde Lee Fife, of Kan
sas City, Mo-, is creating a wide
spread interest. People from diff
ferent parts of the county have
been in attendance and many in
quiries concerning the meeting
are received from parties at dis
lance who are planning to attend.
The preaching is done by
Evangelist Roger H. Fife and is
of high order. He is always
interesting and presents the gos-
pei in way that makes it very
attractive to men. On Saturday
night the young Mr.. Fife preach
ed a very eloquent and scholarly
sermon on 1.-THE Alleged Infidel-
ity OF Great Men" He is natur-
ally endowed with a great voice
for public speaking and is gifted
in many ways. He and his father
are different in this respect from
any other evangelistic team in
the world, in that both are able
preachers.
The mnsic is unique. 1t is
furnished by large chorus and
a splendid orchestra of about
twelve pieces. The efficiency of
the musicians is the subject of
much favorable comment and the
people of Broken Bow are certain
ly showing their appreciation of
this part of the meeting by
crowding the house every night.
The music begins every night at
1870.
The Opera House is we'll heat
ed and lighted and the large
audiences are always made com
Portable. All the singers of the
town are invited to assist regular.
ly in the music and a place is
provided for everyone who is
willing to assist in any way dur
ing this special effort.
Up to Monday night there
have been thirty conversions ant
additions to the church.
The following subjects will bt
discussed:
Friday night-"The Wedding
garment"
Saturday night-'"The Unpar
donable Sin"
Sunday IL a. m.-"Heaven."
Sunday 3 p. m.-"Raising TIL
Dead"
Sunday 1880 p. m.-"Christia,
Unity"
Monday night-"The Sinner
Excuses "
Tuesday night-"The Hol
Spirit"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-16
The M. B. A. Install Officers.

Que of the pleasant gatherings
during the past week in Broken
Bow was the regular meeting of
the Modern Brotherhood of
America last Friday night.
Two candidates we're initiated
into the mysteries of the order,
the degree team performing it's
work in highly creditable man
ner, after which officers were IN
stalled, with the assistance of
the drill team, for the ensuing
year as follows:
Presidential. d. Callen
Vice Pres. w. II. Cole
Secretary-D. M. Amsberry
Treasurer-Mrs. d. M. Amsberry
Conductor-Claud Willis
Chaplain-M Margaret Hurless
Watch-R. II. Baker
Sentry-C. A. Chaplin
Following the installation rites
a splendid repast was served in
the dining room and all present
freely expressed themselves as
having enjoyed the occasion,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-16
Marriage Licenses Issued.

Since last Thursday licenses to
wed have been issued to the fol-
lowing named persons:
Earl Juker, Berwyn ..2l
Lora Perkins, Berwyn. ..l7
Cole E. Bond, Greshman, Neb. IA
Mrs. Mary Bush, Broken Bow. 81
E. F. Hollenbeck, Ansley 20
Anna j. Anderson, Ansley. 10
Frank Pinkle, Arnold. rs
Myrtle Imboden, Arnold. .22
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-16

And so James Dahlnan, Esq,
the ever resourceful mayor of
Omaha, is a candidate for gov
ernor of this great state of Ne
braska. Well, until Jim is con-
victed of some crime he has just
as good right as anybody to make
the attempt.