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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-06-04

Ocala Banner: Frank Clark has
had the names Of Alexander Farris
and Light printed in The Congres-
sional Record. How e. that for
fameg" -
Times-Unlon: with the begin
ming Of the wheat harvest In Texas
the farmer win be hailed as the act
I've agent In breaking down the high
cost OF food supplies; Why? The call
may be a high compliment 20 the
farmer. but Il does not compliment
that business sense which Is an asset
20 others. In the Senate the farmer
Is without a defendant-in the fields
he Is expected 20 make a martyr Of
himself. n the farmer g. 20 save
others why should not others help
the farmer kick against unjust taxa
tion?"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-10-15
0AHANA TO GET
VIGOROUS WORK
Abundant Capital Said to
be Available for EXten-
sive Development Work

Nose Woodman, who recently re-
ceived a second payment on the Oha-
ma property at Sacramento Pass,
near Spring Valley, has been spend
ing a few days in town. He will
leave for the property this morning
accompanied by A. G. Burritt, one of
the purchasers. According to Mr..
Woodman, extensive development
work will be commenced within the
next few days.
The Oahana claims + among the
oldest in the county and number of
years ago a large tonnage of ore was
shipped from them. At the present
time, said Mr.. Woodman, there are
a number of excellent showings and
he believes that with a little develop
ment work the property will again
become a big producer. He expects to
leave for California during the early
part of November to see some of his
old time friends, whom he has not
met since in the SOS.
The capital nov interested in the
Oahana group, it is stated, is album
dant and a liberal fund ready for i'm
mediate use in development. A CAM
paign has been planned which it is
confidently expected will get results.
Work will be pushed steadily through
the winter.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-10-15

good bye and companions are assur-
ing either the other of unwavering
faith and love. A moment more and
he Is on his way to the prison where
his friend awaits in his stead. He
is in his last hour, the moments
are fleeting; his friend is being led
forth for execution. But he arrives
in time to save his friend from his
own execution. Christ sail. Greater
love hath no man than This, that q
lay down his life for his
friends" l want to talk to YOU
about friendship, for were our de-
parted friend here he would have
the gospel message given rather than
mere eulogistic words over ais de-
parture. There is a friend that
sticketh closer than a bro her." Let
us see. There is the friend who is
with you to the extent of your social
and business pretige, but who in real
misfortune in an. ~unfavorable gale
which sweeps beyond your control
and you find sore need of his friend
ship he is not there. Then there is
the friend of today who may be the
foe of tomorrow. Some say money
is the best friend, therefore get
money. But the love of money is the
root of all evil. But there are those
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-10-15
COPPER FLAT
CHURN DRILLS

A churn drill will sink from 40 to
70 feet of 6-inch hole in a 12-hour
shift in preparing the blank for
blasting, and at times as high as 1870
feet has been drilled in a shift. The
boulders are "adobed." Two churn
drills work on Gaping, while only
one is used to drill the ore.
Standard gagged equipment is
used in steam shoveling. The cap
ping is loaded into dump cars of the
Oliver type. Two sizes are used-a
6-cubic yard and a 12-cubic yard, car
according to conditions. The larger
cars are equipped with standard air
brake apparatus, while the 6-cubic
yard are not. The larger cars
are therefore better for long runs
and require less sporting" while be-
ing loaded; the small cars are better
on curves and where much dumping
on trestle is done. The large cars
are handled in trains of five, and the
small ones in trains of eight. The
cars by actual dump measurment
have a capacity of 5.4 and 1913 cubic
yard, respectively.
BuCyTuS SHOVelS are uSeu oullIciy
There are three 95-ton shovels with
5-cubic yard dippers; n 95-ton,
with 81 cubic yard dipper; and
one lotion shovel with 3-cubic yard
dipper. Two of these shovels are
working on ore, and the rest on cap
ping.
The tracks are laid at from 8 per
cent to 4 per cent grade and in min
ing the ore four miles of track are
used, including a mile of the Nevada
Northern track. Over this single
track system 22O to 23O trains a day
are run. The ore train yard is at the
mouth of the pit, but the Gaping has
to be hauled some distance. Former
ly this was nearly IN miles, but at
present the dumps are much nearer
and one is within a quarter of a mile
of the pit.
The banks below which the steam
shovels work are being reduced as
rapidly as possible to SO feet as this
is considered the most economic
heigth. With a greater height more
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-10-15

suant to the authority conferred by
Section 78 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,
1870 Trustees.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-10-15
HIGHER PRICES
ARE WARRANTED
General Situation Does
Not Justify Saeeine-.-
COppers Are Excellent

There is not in any phase of the
actual situation good cause for the
recent sagging performance. The
railroads have been increasing divi-
dends and earnings, while the bump
er crops have shrunk none and the
money from them is pouring into the
channels of trade and investment.
The wheels all over the land are turn
ing faster and each day there are
more of them in commission. The
number of idle men has been reduced
almost to the normal, If not quite so,
and the trade reviews join in declar-
ing that the business of the country
is in good shape, with constant i'm
provement occurring. AS to copper,
it will in due time follow the lead of
iron and steel, which are keeping the
mills going, many of them now being
behind with orders.
Copper consumers stocked up pref
ty well In July, August and Septem-
Der and it does not appear that they
have been very strong in the market
this month, but they must come
err or later and if they hold off, as
1uOy - hOW uOiu6, duu SOLuS III d
bunch, so much the better for copper
the metal and the copper stocks. The
latter are cheap at the present time
throughout the list. They are excel
lent buys for investment-probably
none better in any line. 1t may be a
case of hold for a considerable Pc
Rod, but returns when they do come
will be sufficiently abundant to re-
compense most literally for the time
spent in waiting the turn.
Mason Valley looks p articularly
good among the locals for investment
This stock is entitled to go much
higher on merit and it is but a ques-
ton of time until it turns the money
several times over that it can be
bought for in the present market. In
SEPARATION is another exceedingly at
ores in splendid fashion and has ac-
quired railroad facilities during the
last week. Very soon it should be
resuming the advance. These two
stocks have been depressed recently
by bear attacks which would seem a
part of a program that is not clearly
understood at this distance but which
is evidently not being bothered about
at the other end of the line. The
presumption is that they are quietly
awaiting the righting of the situation
which. will come about unassisted
when. the public takes occasion to
stop and think a moment.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-10-15

bank trimming is required and more
shovels are injured by caves. Be-
sides, the work is safer with a low
bank. In working these low banks
a steep face can be used, but careful
watch must be kept of slips as the
ore will often suddenly break away
from these while the shovel is at
work. When a shovel is working on
the lower terrace the upper terrace
is kept fairly wide so as to keep the
weight off the lower bank. When
the edges of a pit are reached, a 45
degree slope must be left to protect
the lower terraces.
About 2k tons of coal are used
by a steam shovel in 10 hours. A
shovel crew consists of the engineer
at $175 for 270 hours, cranemen at
1925 for 270 hours, fireman at 1888
for 10 hours and six Greeks at $2.10
for 9 hours. Steam shovel mining is
arranged in 9-hour shifts; only the
the shovel fireman on 10-hour shift
and the churn drillers .on 12-hour
shifts work longer.
About $500 tons of ore and about
5000 cubic yard of Gaping are being
moved a day, or $50, 900 tons of ore
and 10000 cubic yard of Gaping per
month. On the pay roll there are
800 men, including men in the ma
chine shop, repair men, in short
every one connected with steam
shovel mining. The cost of mining
the ore varies between 25 and 80
cents per ton including the cost of
6 trippipo ropairc intarecf on the in
vestment and other expenses.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-10-15

who are our friends to the best of
their knowledge and ability, but this
knowledge can not discern our in
most aspirations and their ability to
reach our need is equally inadequate.
Bat here is my brother. We grew
up together at mothers knee and
fell over ourselves in haste to meet
father coming yonder toward home.
Surely he will stand by me clear
through. But he, like all, is but
human. There are numerous prop
lens that can be known only to the
individual himself. And, besides all
this, there is a journey whittier the
human friend and brother can not
accompany and we each must go
alone. No amount of earthly wealth,
knowledge or influence can avail
there. Yet, look again. There in
deaths dark night, on the swelling
current none need be alone. He
who hath known our hearts always
better even than ourselves and hath
been true in every experience of
life, He will not fail us there if we
trust and obey Him. Plotting us over
Continued on page FOUR
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-10-15
MARKETS, MINING AND METALS
WILL RESUME WORK
OF DRIVING TUNNEL.

j. F. Brim, managing director
of the Ely Amalgamated Co.,
whose properties r situated ON
Duck Creek range, is here from
Salt Lake.
Mn. Brim states that he in
tends putting a force of men at
}, driving the tunnel on his WI
property. This tunnel is now in
437 feet. Before closing down
recently" said Mr.. Brim, I'VE
encountered much softer ground
in the face of the tunnel, it hav-
ing the appearance of being near
an ore body, and We are resum-
ing the work in a very hopeful
frame of mind.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-10-15
NEWS NOTES
FROM MG|LL
Continued from page two.)

(COnClnuoQ. ITOHl page IWO.J
Frank Smith, Mary Smith, Boyd
Jenkins, Esther Lowe, Agnes Nc
Chez, Grille Prisk, Freddie West,
Arthur Westernrider, Fred Gordon,
Louise Gordon, Owen Lowe, Viola
Prisk, Malelaine Waddell, Edith
Westernrider, Herold Allen, Leonard
Folsom, Margaret Jenkins, Spencer
Cartwright, Clara Dolson, and Ethal
Blair.
Following pupils made excellent
records in scholarship and deport-
ment: Thomas Welsh, Evelyn Brew
er, Majorie Welde, Modelise Waddell
Orville Prisk, Julia West, Clara Fol-
som, Clarence Cartwright and Mar
garet Jenkins.
H. w. LAUER, Principle.
Rev. j. r. Barr, of the First Meth
odist church of East Ely, spoke
as follows upon the scripture, Prov,
1924: There is a friend that stick
eth closer than a brother" and
John, 15:13-15: Greater love hath
no mar than this, that a man lay
down his life for his friends. Hence
forth l call you friends; for all
things I have heard of my Father |
have made known unto you"
You will readily recognize the
first of this scripture as a statement
from one of the writer's, and the last
and larger part as Christ's
words. The phase, "And there is a
friend that sticketh closer than a
brother" has reference to the New
Testament text. The great truth
stated by Christ, Greater love hath
no man than this, hal a man lay
down his life for his friend" was ex-
emplified in a dramatic scene, where
a certain one was sentenced to exc
cution and was imprisoned awaiting
death when a friend begged to be
held in his stead while the con-
demned should be permitted to en-
Joy a last visit with his wife and
children. The request was granted.
The condemned man fastened to be
for the last time with his loved ones.
The day is gone and the last hour is
at hand. The husband and father
has kissed the children the final
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-10-15

day, with prices slowly sagging to
lower levels. The support has been
temporarily withdrawn from the mar
ket and until a leader makes his ap-
p%earance in the market very little
a be expected. This will not take
place as long as money continues I'M
settled. The copper share market
has not advanced in proportion to the
other markets, and by no means has
it seen its highest levels.
Nevada Con. .~.$23.62R $23.75
Cumberland Ely 6.62R 6.75
Giroux.. :. =. 8.62k 8.75
Ely Central. ..2.1212 2.25
Mason Valley. LIS 200
Inspiration :. ....6.87 IL 7.06 IL
Boston Ety.. ..1.6S% LIS
Butte & Ely. LEO 1.65
Ely Con-. :. ...43 .45
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-10-15
ATTRACTIONS

From the resident standpoint are
many. East Ely combines all that is
best in this respect in the district, and
is particularly to be sought as a home
place during the winter months, for
health, comfort, convenience, as a
central point to all work in the dis
trict, and for educational facilities.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08

Tne Boston Globe. that whom the first cost of . waterpowsr development and distribution plan have been met it will put the richest goid mine to shame in the potent matter of profits. The digging of ores must he deeper and deeper, and mine owners are in constant dread that the rich veins may he exhausted quickly. aut the owner of a properly protected water power, as this writer aptiy describes. 'Inay sit snugiy at home, knowing that at no cost for raw matcriais. no cnst cf manufacture or for labor save the trifie required for the up- keep and management of his plant Ills Ep,rning turbines will deliver everyleay and twenty-four hours each day two. five. ten thousand horse- power. available anywhere within two hundred n lies at the end of a copper wire the size of Q mans thumb. And in any maiket such power Is worth upwards Of twenty dollars per year for each unit. Most comfortable of all. the happy owner of perpetual waterpower franchise rests secure in the certainty that, humanly speaking, the golden stream will to the end of time pour it's forty. hundred or two hundred thousand dollars year into the distant money bags of his most remote descendants.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
A POWER TO BE PRESERVED.

Few, perhaps except those directly interested know the almost incalcula- ble valre of the waterpower of this country, or of the extent to which that power is utilized. The average citizen knows in a general way that the rivers and the smaller streams are used to drive the machinery of mills, shops, factories and other in- dustries, but they fail to understand that millions upon millions of dol- lars are now invested in water pow CTS. and that the conservation of that power is one of the important duties ments. Coal, wood, oil and other kinds of fuel will, in the nature of events, be exhausted in the not dis tant future, but if proper safeguards are used for it's preservation the waterpower will last forever.
 Sometimes a case comes before a court involving damages to the riparian rights of individuals or firms, and in almost every case of this kind readers of the proceedings are amazed at the valuation placed on the water power by engineers and other good judges. And the fact that these rights are so valuable shows one of the dangers of the future. That dam ger Is the possibility-perhaps cer- tainty would be the better word that in this day of great corporations these cormorants will obtain poses sion of the streams and thus exercise control of all the waterpowers Of the country. It would be a trust more hurtful than any that has yet been operated. On this subject a writer in the Technical World Magazine has this to say:
 To the myopic and indifferent pub lie the idea of few men getting con- trol of the water supply and of draw ing vast wealth from that control will sound like the foolish wall of crack brained sensationalist; 1t will arouse only fatuous smile of ignorant con tempt. But readers have heard of the turbine water wheel; they know what is meant by the long distance trans- mission of electric power; they. are able to realize what It means to hand over. forever, as free gift to the little coterie of men the absolute con trol of the incalculable power devel- oped by the rivers and streams. of the United States. And-pray God--once they do understand the situation, they viii not smile but smite. The con- gress of the United States and the Legislatures of the various states are the danger points which must be con- stantIy watched if the people are to be saved from spoliation.
 Tt is doubtless true" comments
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
This Date in History
February s.

1779-congress requested New York and Connecticut to repeal their em- bargo upon bread stuffs for the bene- fit of Rhode Island.
 1819-Four pirates executed in Bos-
 iS2o-Gen. William Tecumseh Sher- man born. Died February IA, 1891.
 1S47-General Kearney proclaimed the annexation of California to the
 Issi-Ark ansas troops seized Fort Smith and the United States arsenal at Little Rock.
 IS70-Funeral services for George Peabody, the philanthropist, were held " 1s72WEarl of Mayl. Governor General of India, assassinated at Port Blair.
 1877-Captain Charles Wilkes, U. s. N, who seized the Confederate en- voys, Mason and Slidell, died in Wash ingtons P; c. Born in New York;
 ISSs-General Robert H. Anderson died In Savannah. Born there, Octo7 per isssNBering 5s fSei Sea Commission met in Washington. D. c.
 lS95-Three men drowned at the waterworks crib in Milwaukee.
 1ss7-Union of Greece and Crete proclaimed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
MONDAY, FEBRUARY s, 1909.
THE NEGRO SCHOOLS.

It would doubtless surprise many withstanding the munifcent gifts made to certain negro colleges in re- cent years from Northern sources, the South has spent $50 for educating the negro where the North has spent one. This fact is reflected in the thought ful communication addressed to State Superintendent H. c. Gunnels by the officers of the State Colored Teachers Association of Alabama. Of their own accord the officers come forward and thank the Educational Department and Incidentally the State of Alabama for the way in which negro education has been advanced in this State:
 This communication says:
 You have this year made the school term of the negro schools longer by one month than in former years. This Itself is an action for which we feel under great obligation to you. It means all considered many thousand dollars more appropriated this year than in the years past and much more advantage in the school room for every child will attend"
 The communication then sets forth the belief of the officials that some of the teachers in rural negro schools are not well paid. which is probably true. But the negro teachers them selves recognize as the cause for this the ineficiency and inadequate equip mnts of some of those teachers and volunteers to help the Educational De- pertinent raised the standard of teach ing among negroes.
 The South has committed itself to primary and common school education for the negro. Right thinking men believe that the negro, although he is an inconsequential taxpayer. is en- titled to that much. And the white man who pays the taxes in the South stands willing to let a part of 1t go to the education of the negro in pri- mary ana cOHulOn SCHOOLS. ms IdcI dose not seem known in certain quar- ters of the North and if known, it seems ignored.
 The London Times is now running a series of articles by Sir Harry John ston who was lately in Alabama and who went by buggy through the Black Belt questioning at his door and on his farm every negro he met. He was surprised at the wealth of opportunity the negro had. He declared that the negro had more opportunities, was better treated and given more help than the peasantry of any European country.
 But the North is coming to under stand better the Southern white mans relation to and his treatment of the negro.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
MORNING THOUGHT
nY .. nlARvIN NIcHoIls.

,. Once. ship sailing from the Orient brought q very large number of caged
 birds. In mid-ocean
 wanderfng one restless bird es- h his wild deiisht he swept through the air--away and away from his pris, on. He fairly bounded on outstretched wings. Freedom-how sweet It seemedl He disappeared across the trackiesa waste. After hours had passed. and te the Amusement of crew and passengers he appeared again struggling on heavy wings to reach the ship. He settled breathlessiy on the deck. over the boundless deep he had again sought the ship--now no longer prison, put 2 home. Like that caged bird. many 2 restless spirit has left an environment they thought had grown burdensome ]. In the aimless flight across the stormy old place transformed into a place of joy and comfort. The loves that drift ed from us in the long ago will return when the shadows lengthen. II may pc that flight Is necessary to learn the secret only when the seas are raging about us and there is no place to rest. The poor heart turned loose to wander alono in the storm never forkets the happy hours of life's early morning are Ssp prone y to 'SeS remember the Sliss we had in the years that are gone
 The following excerpt explains most of the modern lime~light popuiarity: Properly recorded in history with all his mistakes. virtues and thunderings! what Is known of Dowie will stand something like this: One per cent. Man two per cent, Fanatic and Preacher; Ninety-seyen per cent Fake newspaper copy"
 "Ye think that am asking . great thing when 1 plead for q pickle notes to give a puir laddie . college educa- ton. tell ye. man. am honortR ye and Lgivin' ye the fairest chance yen evef hae U wtnning wealth. Gun ye store the money ye has scraptt by mony hard bargain, some heir ye never saw Ill gar 1t fiee Tn chambering and wan. tonncss. y3in ye had the heart to spend it on lad o' pairts like Gordie Hoo. yt wuld hae two rewards nae man could take fraa ye. One wud be the honest gratitude O. laddie whose desire for knowlede ye had sateesfied and the sec one wud be thts--anither scholar in the land; and ain thinking with old John Knox that ilka scholar is something added to the riches of a acommonwealth.'
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 This old world is sad enough without having to hear the story of your woes.
 The greatest tragedy is the wasted life.
 The destiny of q nation throbs in the pulse-beat of the child.