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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-01-08
WENDELL WHISPERS.
What Has Happened In the HustIing
North Side Town.

Mrs. T. L. Best spent Christmas
with her mother, Mrs. Freedman,
and sister, Mrs. Chas. Reed. Mrs.
Best returned home Tuesday, accom-
panied by her mother.
G. W. Barnes, presiding elder of
the NJ. E. church for this district,
was a business visitor here Wednes-
day and expects to be here again on
Sunday, January 10, and will hold
services at the Union church in the
evening. Mr. Barnes came in on the
first round trip ticket sold for the
new railroad. The conductor re-
turned this ticket to Mr. Barnes as
a souvenir
V. c. Mcpherson of Filler was in
Wendell wednesday looking for To-
cation for a restaurant business.
J. NJ. Mcneil is building ware
house on Main street for the Wen
dell Hardware Co.
Dan Glass, general superintendent
for the Great Shoshone Electric
Light & Power Co., has been in Wen
dell nearly all this week. Mr.. Glass |
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-01-08


Several cars OF heavy machinery,
including three locomotives. have
been taken through sshoshone dur
ing the past few weeks en- route for
Richfeld. They are to be taken out
to the big dam for construction work
Their. A heavy snowfall is particn-
larry to be wished for to skid the
heavy machines out to the place
where they are to be worked Two
Marion steam shovels are now on the
road somewhere between the fac
tory and here, to be used in the
excavation work.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-01-08
Nem EightI. Grade reache..

Amos Humphreys is the nsrlc CT
teh gentleman who has hean en-
ployed to teach the 18th a,I Sth
grades of the Shoshone schools, TAX
ing the place of Miss Anan Hitch
cock, who resigned the position ow-
ing to failing nealrh. NJ
home is in penn :v,raaia
but the telegram sent to ;nferm lsim
OF his election to the position !ond
him in Alabama. This room ~ the
school is regarded as the most diff
fieult TO manage and this iacu no
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-01-08
TWO STRONG BANKS.
Shoshone Has Two National Banks to
Be Proud OF.

Being especially and painfully
crowded for type space that week,
the Journal failed to make mention
of statements of the two Shoshone
banks, three weeks ago. The reports
from both banks show a remarkably
healthful financial condition here in
Shoshone. Both are national banks,
it will be noticed, strongly capital
lied and managed along the most
conservative business lines. The First
National has for long time held the
distinction of being one of the best
managed financial repositories in the
state and during the late panic it was
a tower of strength and sobriety.
Never did it fail to meet everything
expected of a bank. and it did not
issue a single cashiers check or other
temporary substitute for money. Its
deposits now are heavy enough to
rank it as one of the strong banks
of the state. The Lincoln County Ma
tional is a far newer institution, hav-
ing been established now but about
two months; but in that time it has
secured fine line of deposits, and
it is going out after business in a
most gratifying way.
Two national banks of the stand
ing of these two, is enough to stamp
Shoshone as a safe place to do bust
ness. and to mark the managers as
very successful bankers.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-01-08
COURT WILL DECIDE WAGES.

The appeal case of E. T. Barton vs..
the Board Of Commissioners, of Lincoln
county, came up before Judge E. A..
Walters, at Chambers, last Monday
The appellant was represented by Paul
S. Haddock and the commissioners, by
Frank T. Disney. It is understood a
decision has been arrived at, but that
it will not be made public till it appears
in typewriter form, task which court
stenographer Barstow will complete in
Haley. To the outsider there are two
points of law involved that are of more
passing interest The first refers to
the power conferred on the probate
court by statute to appoint probation
officer for the county and determine the
compensation he shall receive for SER
vices performed in the discharge of his
duties. The second is the legal power
of the county board of commissioners
to go behind the returns or report of
the probate court to determine Just
what services have been actually rem
dered by such probation officer in order
to allow a just recompense for the same.
The question at issue in this case ap-
pears to be, whether the county board
has legal right to refuse to allow the
bill of the probation officer after it has
been 0. KID by the probate court when
the evidence of duty actually performd
does not accompany the bill and is
or refused by the claimant.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-01-08

L. w. Walker. who recently moved
to Shoshone from Indiana. has taken
a homestead of 100 acres adjoining
the townsite on the west on which
he will build residence in the near
future and live therein. As this is
lava land, Mr. Walker did not take
it for the purpose of cultivation but
his itnention is to have it for home
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-01-08

where his children can have the ben
Eft of the splendid schools of Sho-
shone and where his family can en-
JOY the advantages of the society OF
the city without being crowded with
in the limits of town lots. All Of
city will be valuable in time.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-01-08

doubt had an Influence in determ:n-
ing the school board 10 make \ Sc
lection of man teacher f1r III. sn-
suing semester.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-12

ray, one of the pallbearers and SUI
perintenent of the Hartman stock
farms, received orders today to with
draw all the Hartman entries from
the coming trotting meeting at SYRIA
cuse However, since Mary Harri-
man, whom many think will take her
fathers place in charge of the prop
erty in Orange county, is extremely
fond of horses, it is moi likely that
the Hartman stables will be aban-
doned.
Reports that Mrs. Hartman was in
a state of collapse were denied by
Superintendent Ford. He said that
she and all other members Of the
family were bearing their grief well.
An appreciation of Mr.. Harriman's
life that reflects the prevailing senti-
ment here was expressed tonight by
DR.. McGuiness, his pastor.
"The keynote of Mr.. Harriman's
character, / should say, was his DEM
ocratic simplicity" he said. HE never
lost his contact with life. OF course
I don't know how he was in his Of
fee, but in personal relations with
those who knew him he was the
most accessible man one could
imagine. Any workingman on the
place who wanted to see MI Harri-
man had only to speak the word.
I'm his charities he was unostenta-
tious and modest. Whenever possible
he kept his name covered and he
never conceived charity as the act
of signing a check payable to some
impersonal organization. He put his
thought and himself as we'll as his
money into his gifts
His human sympathies were
quick and wide. l recall that when
the wife of one of the laborers on
the estate was seriously i'll he called
me five times on the telephone-both
here and from his office in New York,
both during his business hours, to in
quire about her. Again, when the
nurse with whom the children grew
up left the family to enter service
elsewhere, she expressed the wish
befor she died that she might be
buried at Arden. This beautiful
countryside won her heart.
"Mr. Hartman had her body
brought here at his expense and sat
in the front seat at church when the
services were said.
Then I recall the case Of a small
boy who was inadvertently omitted
from the list of those whom Mr.. Har-
riman personally remembered ecah
Christmas. When this disconsolate
mites plant reached Mr.. Harri-
mans ears he set out on foot alone
on a December night, four miles
through the woods to Island Point,
where the lads family lived, to as
sure him personally that he was not
to be left out"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-12
M0RMONS GET
GOOD RANCH

The Cleveland ranch in Spring val
ley, one of the garden spots of the
state, is to be colonized by converts
of the Mormon church, if an option
secured by Thomas Judd, of st.
George, Utah, who is acting as the
representative of men prominent in
the inner circles of the Latter Day
Saints, is carried out.
Under the terms of the agreement
Mr.. Judd and associates have taken
an option on the Cleveland ranch for
a period of thirty days, the purchase
price being $780, 900.
Mr.. Judd returned Friday evening
from Spring valley, where he had
been in conference with Mrs. Cleve-
land for several days. Before his
departure all the necessary details
in the transfer had been arranged,
and the signature of Mrs. Kate M.
Cleveland had been obtained. Mr..
Judd was accompanied on the trip
by an attorney from o lacol law firm
who drew up the option, and pre-
pared the other papers in connection
with the deal.
The Mormon church has been
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-12
NOTuCE.

Notice is hereby given that pur-
suant to the authority conferred by
Section rs of "An Act to provide for
the reorganization of the system Of
school supervision and maintenance,
to repeal all Acts and parts of Acts
in conflict Herewith, and matters
properly connected herewith" ap-
proved March 20, 1907, the Board
of School Trustees of East Ely School
District propose and intend to direct
the levy of a special school tax by
the Board of County Commissioners
of White Pine County, Nevada, of
twenty cents on each One Hundred
Dollars of assessed valuation of the
taxable property within the said East
Ely School District, for the reason
that in the judgment of said Board
of School Trustees, the school moneys
to which said East Ely School Dis
trict shall be entitled for the coming
school year, will not be sufficient to
maintain the school of said district
properly and for a sufficient number
of months.
By order Of School Trustees of
East Ely School District. by
H. r. PLATE,
A. VALJEAN,
J.. p. RUMBAUGH,
11-30 Trustees.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-12

negotiating for the Cleveland hold
ings for more than a rear past, and
it was only recently that>the parties
interested were able to agree upon
q purchase price for the land. that
would be satisfactory to all con
cerned.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-12
DEMAND
FOR MACHINES

An automobile agency and garage
has been opened by Robert HASTE in
East Ely where he will hereafter have
a full stock of machines and supplies.
Mr.. HASTE will carry both the
Thomas and the Buick cars, one of
each of which he brought back from
Salt Lake with him. In a short time
he will have half a dozen more cars
here and carry these in stock.
81 believe that the best times We
have ever known here are close
ahead" said Mr.. HASTE yesterday
when asked about his new enterprise,
land it is for that reason that l de-
cided to open an automobile agency.
Unles my belief is wrong, the next
several months will see much demand
here for machines. This will come
not alone from increased local pros
perity but also from new money in
mining camps which will open up be-
tween here and Goldfield along the
line of and tributary to the new rail-
road.
This camp is ia splendid shape.
There is much money here and more
coming. Nowhere in there better
outlook and I do not doubt the sue
cess of the agency l am establishing.
In another year you will e many
automobiles in this camp. l have sew
eral customers awaiting the coming
of machines which l have ordered
and do not doubt but that this dis
trict will soon get increased prom
inence as a live one through it's large
orders for automobiles and the ex-
tensive use it will make of them in
the big mining country tributary to
us as well as for pleasure purposes"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-12

The advices from Beverly indicate
that President Taft intends a timely
beginning of a campaign for such
tariff revision as he believes should
be made. He is going about it
through direct appeal to the people
to elect congressman who will carry
out their wishes for reductions. 1t
is the straightforward, courageous
and effective course to pursue. The
president will win. However, w hope
that his success will be through a
tariff commission, which will be able
% take up the tariff a piece at a time
and so work it over, thus avoiding
general disturbance of the business OF
the country every time tariff revision
is mentioned.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-12

Does he ever do anything on
time?" Oh, yes. He quits work
Detroit Fress Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-12

Beyond his power the bravest can
not fight.'-Homer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-12

The road leading to justice is the
safer.-Hesiod,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-12
THINK PLAN IS LAID

CONTINUED from page one.)
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-12

VIEW IN EAST ELY RESIDENCE SECTION.
ELY BUSINESS DIRECTORY
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-12

Contractor and Builder
18th Street and Avenue @.
EAST ELY /. NEVADA
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-12

This camp is a permanent one. It's
growth will extend through many
years. Every month adds some
thing to it's and consequent
ly 10 the value of it's property. The
soone you become an owner in it
the larger will your profits be.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-12

Fall weather looks to be here to
stay. Before long, winter will be at
hand. Be in your own home before
that time. Every man in the dis
trict has the opportunity. 1t is a
good one, carrying assurance of more
comfort and peace with yourself and
the world. Do not let it slip by.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-12

Statistics show that but 9 per cent
of the inmates of the insane asy-
lums of the country and but 8 per
cent of the prison inmates of the
country are property owners These
figures are a considerable argument
in support of home building.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-12

Those who win are those who take
hold. Set your hand to a thing and
you will accomplish it. Try it or
home building in this camp and the
success you will meet with will open
the way to you for larger things.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-12

The steadiness of the foreign mar
kets under the blow of Harriman's
death was a strong demonstration of
confidence in the res%ourcefulness of
the United States in brains.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-12
WISE AND OTHERWISE.

Aud that young man kissed you
on the lips! Why didn't you offer
him your hand?" said the father.
oh, | didn't have to, papa" said the
girl. He's going to ask you for that"
-Yonkers Statesman.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16
CONDUCTED BY UNA HK.COOL

ened out. quiverins, then lay very very
still and heavy in her arms
While one reads nothing seems over
done; no exaggeration offends. and the
sudden changes from a fighting amazon
to silk shod. dainty woman do not
strain the credulities one bit.
The book closes with half promise
that the special messenger" is going
to be happy She is ordered away on
dangerous duty. but she leaves a lover
behind. She has escaped so many perils
that this last one will surely be sue
cessfully accomplished.
IF I return she sighed. will you
love me? Don't-don't look at me that
way. I will return-I promise. I love
you so. I love your
Their lips chung for a second in the
darkness, then she swung her horse,
tearing herself free Of his arms. and,
barred head lifted to the skies. she
turned south, riding all alone out into
the starlit waste"
Mr.. Chambers is a born story teller
and deserves all the gratitude his read
ers will give to him. They will all well
come return to his best style, which
made him so popular.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16
DR.. S. Weir Mitchell at Eighty

NN Monday. February 10, 1903. the
~ veteran American physician and
author. DR.. S. Weir Mitchell. reached
his eightieth year. In congrat-
ulating him the medical profession at
the same time felicitates itself on the
greatness and versatility of the
achievements of one whose name is as
a household word among us.
Two facts in Doctor Mitchelrs ca
reer stand out with prominence; first,
that success in any field need not be
despaired of because il delays its APP
pearance until well into middle age,
provided only that the waiting period
has been devoted to an apprenticeship
of earnest and faithful work; second,
that there is no essential incompati-
bility between sustained literary ac-
tivity, on the one hand, and high pro-
fessional distinction In science, with
successful medical practice, on the
other. In illustration of the first point
1t is worthy of note that, while to
considerable circle Doctor MitchelIs
literary work had been known for
many years previously, 1t was not until
the publication of his novel, Hugh
Wynne," in 1897, that he first achieved
an enviable recognition In the world
of letters. Yet his first published
work, a volume Of short stories APP
peared in 18S0-and even that had been
preceded by contributions to the mage
zines for nearly 20 years-and was fol-
lowed with remarkable regularity by
other publications.
AS regards the second point, the
medical profession in many countries
has furnished men of attainments and
eminence in literature and art; but,
for the most part, their services have
been lost to medicine In direct pro-
portion as they have been gained by
literature and art In Doctor Mitchell,
however, we have a conspicuous ex-
ample of the fact that not only
passive interest in but an active pursuit
Of science and literature can coexist
with benefit to both. His contributions
to medical science, and more particu-
larly to neurology. nave been both
and weighty, reaching on the
one side to the arcana of medical sell
ence, and on the other to the most
practical applications, which are typi-
cally represented in what is known all
the world over as the Weir Mitchell
for nervous breakdown.
DR.. Mftchell's science has undoubt-
edIy been broadened and rendered more
human by his worship at the shrine of
the muses., as his literature has been
enriched by excursions into fields de-
manding for their portrayal a degree
of scientific observation that could not
have been available at the hands of one
of lesser scientific and professional at
And the remarkable thing
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16
John Trevena at Home on the Moor

IOHN TREVENA, author OF "Arminel
j OF the VEST" and '-Furze the Cruel, ="
is a bachelor. stin on the right side
OF 90, and passes very secluded coun-
try existence. not leaving Dartmoor for
more than two or three weeks through
out Of the year. He is not physically
strong and IS thus completely barred
from the life OF the town, which is,
however, no great hardship. His rec
reatiops are simply walking. garden
ing and observing nature and his fell
low creatures. He is a devoted lover
OF animals. especially dogs; indeed, he
confesses 10 being a dog fool.
His knowledge Of Dartmoor is prob
ably unique He has lived on the
moor for years. mixing with the COM
raoners. studying them closely talking
to them IN their own dialect, and per-
haps not speaking 10 any OF his own
class for months. He is a cOnlmoner.
Al other writer's have described Dart
moor and its people from the impress
sions gained by a few short summer
visits whatever these may be worth.
his pictures are true, his incidents ac-
+ual ones; and this has been esomewhat
unfortunate for him. His first book
raised a regular storm in the village OF
its origin; his life even was threatened,
and he had 10 fee IN rather an unoig-
nifed fashion. Last September, while
walking on the moor, rife bullet
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16

whistled past his head, and he never
found out who fired it.
When working he often retires to a
lonely little cottage on the top of a
hill with a fine view of the tors.
There he lives absolutely alone with
his dogs, doing his own cooking and
homework for months together. Often
he does not speak to any one for over a
week. He seems to be source of
some terror to the nearest village, as
the people. who are still superstitious,
regard him as a magician.
He has one popularity, which it may
be worth while to mention. and that is,
he never reads modern book. He can
not see how any novelist can hope to
be original IL he reads the works of his
contemporaries. English critics are
fond of comparing him to Thomas
Hardy or to lola; but as he has not
read anything that these authors have
written the resemblance must be either
accidental. or perhaps it only exists in
their imagination. He has a good
classical library; he reads Latin. Greek
and italian. and studies the newspapers
carefully. for il is there the life of a
country and real human nature may be
found.
My aim above ALL" writes Trevena,
lis to preach, not SO much kindness
as ordinary justice toward animals; and
TO remind men and women that they
are animals. too"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16

She IS a curious young woman. who
has made small name for herself by
writing novels which she thinks are
deep character studies. but they were
really like herself. sexless" She is
irritatingly cold to the most devoted
and unselhsh Of husbands, but she is
entirely wrapped UP IN her son. All
that she knows or understands OF love
Is given to Sebastian. and one Is
amazed that he Is not more spoiled
than he is.
Vanessa is the daughter of a famous
literary man. and she hopes that his
talents and hers may all be passed on
60 Sebastian. She sends him to Elton
and he proves TO be a brilliant scholar.
He wins prizes and scholarships with
no apparent effort but finally. when he
sees the unfairness IN the awarding of
q great prize for a poem. he decides
20 leave school. At this time his
father is taken I'll. and Vanessa is irri-
tated and unsympathetic with him and
does not at all realize his condition.
He will not allow Vanessa to be told
the truth. for fear It may hurt her,
and Sebastian only tells her that he
Is going into business with his father
That is q more killing blow to Vanessa
than anything which could happen.
She has always had a contempt for
David RendalFs paper works and had
3anned that Sebastian should go into
~ or parliament She was ashamed
Of trade"
David Kendall dies, but It takes
long, long time for this cold and selfish
woman to have the scales lifted from
her eyes. The slow development of
Sebastian's life and character is very
disappointing. but il would not be fair
20 indicate the manner of his change.
The story Of Sebastian is unusual. but
It reads as though he author had COP
led him from life. Everything is so
human and convincing. and the pictures
Of London life are drawn with a sure
hand