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White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-07
LORE DEPOSIT IN ELY MINING DISTRICT IS
UNLIMITED, SAYS WILLIAM B. THOMPSON
Mining Maena On Business Trip To Copper Camp Makes Prediction that
Present Generation Will Not Witness Dmnuatn of Metal Resources
nsurne Extensive Development and Prosperity For Unnumbered Years
Decors Make No Statement Proposed Con- Cppmnes Plant

That the Ely mining district is en-
tering upon period of unprecedent-
ed prosperity, assured by vast ore
bodies that will make the camp a
permanent live wire in the produc-
tion and manufacture of copper for
n years to come, is The opinion ex-
PRESSED by W. B. Thompson. mining
operator and financier, who was q
visitor in the district the past week
Mr.. Thompson, who is a director
in the Consolidated Coppermines
company and In the Nevada Consoli-
dated company, and closely identified
VIII other large interests, gives h's
authority to be quoted without -
ervation In this opinion. Mr. Thomp-
son bases his belief on his knowledge
of local conditions, and on the known
results of careful and scientific ex-
plorations of the underlying ore
wealth of the district that has been
figured to the point of certainty.
nat tHiF N tCu- Odi tAtiPr va
limited In its period of output to any
such short term period. as has been
put forth at times by some. is an idea
ridiculed by him, and as not worthy
of second thought To representa-
live OF the News Mr.. Thompson said
In substance:
ssrThn Arn x,f ha H,v DISTRICT
has hardly been touched. So far as
il being 'ten-year-camp.' as Is said
Mt times. 1t is at least a thirty-year
camp. have never seen conditions
here so promising as ! find them at
present. Ely will be producing cop
on a large scale for many years to
come, and the future prospects from
the standpoint OF permanence and
prosperity are most encouraging"
These are strong sentiments, and
coming from one versed in the
knowledge of this subject. and con-
servative In what he says, should dis
pei any shade of doubt In the minds
of anyone inclined to take passi-
mistio view of the situation from any
.arte whatsoever His sfAtement u
pll the more significant n oeerI"s,
out the views expressed by Edwin +.
Grey, general manager of the Ccn
solidated Coppermines company, who
in an interview with the News OH Ii,
arrival here several months ago
stated that the ere reserves OF the
Ely district were much greater than
generally estimated, and that the
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surface had scarcely been scratch
Cd"
The past week has been one of in
terest in the camp owing to the visit
here of Mr.. Thompson, and of Thorn
AS F. Cole, director in the Coa-
solidated Coppermines company, ard
high in the affairs of mining and
finance. Mr.. Cole arrived in the dis
trict Tuesday and Mr.. Thompson ar
rived Wednesday, coming from
Thompson, Nevada, where he was
met by Arthur Smith, general man
agcr of the Ely Securities company
Mr.. Thompson was accompanied by
DR.. G. NJ. Garland of Boston.
The trip here was purely of bus.-
ness nature. relating to the proposed
operations and development o. the
Coppermines company, and trips of
inspection were made to all parts of
the district, inspecting the various
interests with which the magnates
are associated. While here they
made their headquarters at the
Steptoe hotel, and on concluding
their business, left for McGill Thurs
day evening, where they spent the
night. departing for the east Friday
morning.
Concerning the site of the propos-
ed reduction works contemplated by
the Consolidated Coppermines COM
pany, absolutely nothing was given
out, and neither Mr.. Thompson. Mr..
Cole nor General Manager Gray wish
ed to be quoted In the matter, beyond
saving that everything was looking
very favorable and the plans of the
company were being worked out in
a satisfactory manner. 1t was prac-
tically unexpressed reiteration that in
an enterprise of such magnitude time
Is an important factor in bringing
tne plans to successfui termina-
tion.
II is known that visit was made
Thursday morning to the so-called
Warm Springs site of the prospective
reduction plant. but for what pur-
pose or of what outcome nothing was
given out.
In this connection It is well TO keep
In mind the importance of the smoke
easement required by the company,
and for which petitions for sigma
lures are yet in circulation. This
matter was brought up and discussed
and those having the petitions in
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| charge were requested to continue
the work, as having bearing on the
location of the plant This has en-
couraged the committees in charge
OF the work of securing signatures to
the petitions and they are working
with renewed vigor.
The importance of the visit to the
district of Messrs. Thompson and
Cole is summed up in an interview
granted by Mr.. Thompson and whose
views are evidently shared By his as
sociates. 1t is an outlook that places
the Ely ditrict permanently on the
map, and is sure to have \ stImulat-
ing effect on general business condi-
tions. 1t is prophecy that place
Ely strongly outside the possibility
of any slump or business tagnat,on
that may develop in any other local
lty from political or other caaes that
tend to effect the financial and pros
perity equilibrium of the country at
large. The predictions of Mr.. Thomp-
son do not apply alone to the hold
ings of the two companied of which
ne is director. but to all the COM
panies and concerns dependent upon
the ore supply for their profitable
maintenance.
rather significant statement
which sounds particularly good at the
present time was that made by one
of the members of the party to the
effect that he would rather have the
newspapers tell later of what they
have done than to have them tell at
present what they expect to do.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-07
RAILROAD COMPANY
PROTEST EXTRA TAX

| At the regular meeting of the coun-
ty commissioners. Monday. the ques-
tion of taxes came up for discussion,
this time over the tax money due the
county from the Nevada Northern
railroad The railroad company has
taken the stand that the blanket
raise of ten per cent, levied by the
state tax commission on the rail-
roads taxable property. is illegal. in
asmuch as the raise was made after
the railroad valuation had been fixed
by the state assessors, and prior to
the passage of the law creating the
state tax commission. The railroad
company had presented check In
payment for the first half of its tax
es, deducting the amount represent
ing the ten per cent raise, which is
approximately $4,000. County Trea-
surer Carpenter refused to accept
the amount rendered, and the matter
was put up to the county commits
I
ings. The district attorney went into
the technical features of the ques-
ton, and showed the commissioners
that II the money was refused the
county might eventually find itself in
an awkward position. providing the
case went to trial in the courts and
was won by the railroad company.
At the request of the commission
ers, c. S. Chandler, counsel for the
railroad company, appeared before
the board, and presented his opinion
as to the illegality of the extra levy
by the commissioners. and why Il
Is ilIegal-the railroads valua-
ton having been made by the state
assessors before the tax commission
was created, and the statute
providing for the tax commission
having no authority to increase tax
es previously levied.
Mr.. Chandler further informed the
board that the railroad was taxed on
a basis of $17,500 per mile. while
the road could be duplicated for less
than half that amount. or for about
$4,000 per mile. Also. the railroad
is paying four per cent tax on its
gross earnings.
District Attorney Billings con-
CONTINUED Oh page five.l
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COUNCIL PASSES
BOND ORDINANCE
QUESTION OF MONEY ISSUE FOR
MILL STREET STORM SEWER
NOW WATTS ACTION OF MAYOR
TO MAKE 1T EFFECTIvE.

MONDAY night was ordinance night,
at the meeting of the Ely city council,
and headway was made in the consid-
Grafton of a lot of business of this
nature. Perhaps of first Importance,
was Ordinance II, which passed its
third reading, by unanimous vote.
This provides for a bond issue of
$16, 900. for the building of storm
sewer, through Mill street. The Mill
street storm sewer has been matter
of discussion before the city council
and the mayor, for a good many
weeks, but the fact that 1t has pass
ed its third reading is no proof that
the sewer will be constructed in the
immediate future. Mayor Parker
has opposed the sewer proposition
from the start, and II Is considered
probable that his veto rather than
his approving signature will be his
official action in the matter. That
would naturally delay proceedings.
Notwithstanding the council can. II so
disposed, pass the ordinance over his
veto. The ordinance, which is nearly
as long as the proposed sewer, was
presented to His Honor, on Thursday,
the 4th instant, from which date he
has five days to sign it or veto 1t. Up
to last night neither the city clerk
nor the council had received any
inkling of what the mayor may have
done or was intending to do upon the
subject His opposition to the Mil
street sewer is well understood, and
other opposition may be presented in
the form of petition from tax-pay-
ers who take the view that the bond
issue ordinance be laid upon the
shelf.
Ordinance No. 73 passed its first
reading. This makes leak in wa
ter main or pipe an offense, and II
the ordinance becomes a law. as It is
very likely to. water pipes had better
look out and not spring any leaks,
or someone will have to settle. 1t
not only applies to pipes and mains,
but to bitches. and fumes and Is an
ordinance, the teeth of which are in
tended to bite the water company,
provided its mains, etc.. are not kept
in repair thereby preventing damage
to streets, sidewalks and other prop
erty. The teeth Of the ordinance are
reasonably sharp. and the punish
ment provided can send the water
company or any other offender-to
jail for thirty days or impose fine
of $500. for noncompliance with
Ordinance No. 73.
Ordinance No. ~ also passed its
first reading. This Is nice, accom-
modating ordinance. and will prob
(Continued en- Page Four,
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-07
MASONIC OFFICERS INSTALLED.

The following officers of Ely LeDige
No. 29, f. & A. NJ, were installed
Wednesday evening, by Past Master
BARLEY. assisted by Grand Marshal
Haight:
C. w. Dickinson, worshipful mas
ter; ]. H. Lewis, senior warden; Ze-
no Barnes, junior warden; Rev. Jos
w. Gum. senior deacon; G. p. Wat
son, junior deacon; A. J. Carpenter
senior steward; Arthur s. Mayer
junior steward; w. C. Gallagher, Sec
retary; D. P. BARLEY. chaplain; A. L.
Haight. marshal. and c. d. Gallagher,
tyler.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-07

Rev. J. w. Gum of st. Bartholo-
news Episcopal church. went to
Elko, Monday, and on Tuesday, de-
livered the sermon at the ordination
OF Rev. Ernest H. Price, formerly OF
Ely. The ordination service was per-
formed by Bishor Spalding Of Utah
assisted by the Rev. air. Unswo. n =.
Reno, and Rev. Mr.. Gum of FL.
Rev Mr.. Price. who Is 10 contin he In
charge of the Episcopal church II
Elko was located a. Ely for sboo
two years, officiating with the Rev
Dwight Hunting as lay-reader. Dur
ing his residence here he wa en-
ployed as assistant in the rhoto-
graph studio of c. ID. Gallagher.
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rendered Banquet.

At Moller's cafe last evening the
Ely football team rendered one nt
Mpller's best banquets to the Me-
lGill football team, winners OF the
series Of five games recently played
lby the two teams. 1t was a success
in .very way, and a most enjoya ale
levent in conclusion of seasons
clean and closely contested sport
Coach Willard Scott of the McGili
eleven has been presented by the Nc
lGill boys with Spalding athletic
sweater as a token or appreciation
OF his good work.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-07
Dance to He Given by Gun Club.

Dance to Re Given by Gun Club.
The White Pine Rod and Gun Club
which recently pulled OF a most sue
cessful turkey shoot, has made ar
rangements to give dance in the
X. p. hall on Wednesday, December
IT, which bids fair to afford as much
pleasure as the turkey shoot.
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c. J. Morris and c. F. Call enter
tanned number of friends Sun
evening with Dutch lunch under the
supervision of J. P. Roy who con-
ducts the restaurant in the Apex
Palm Garden. Characteristic of its
name the luncheon was without wine,
beer being the only beverage served,
each guest having his individual
stein and individual pipes provided
by the caterer. Those present were
Charles Morris, Charles Gall, F.
Giaser. e. P. Silber, Geo. Mcdonald,
Geo. Mcclellan, C. (Chippie) Will
son, AL Marsh, Geo. Dugan. A three
piece orchestra rendered music dur
ing the evening.
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surface had scarcely been scratch
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-10-30

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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-10-30
Statements of Facts.

Nothing is more striking, especially
during a political compaign, than
the tendency to drift away from the
facts that form the basis of an argu-
ment, and go into lot of fanciful
theorizing. The Ohio State Jour-
nal, speaking on this, says:
DR.. Henry Bergson deplores the
tendency of philosophical thinkers to
let their reasoning powers run away
with them. That tendency is not
confined to philosophers. It is the
habit of all people, whatever their
capacity, to give wide range to their
reason and let go the primary facts
or ideals with which they started out.
He thinks it is absurd for person
to push his reasoning far from the
tangible fact, for in that fact may be
more truth than in all their logic.
This opinion should tend to in
splre those people who are very YER
bose in argument with more modesty
than they seem to possess. Our rea-
soning is really the weakest of our
powers. 1t is so full of half-glance,
prejudice, vanities and personal
sympathies as to make our conclu-
sions thoroughly unreliable. The
true rule of argument is to state the
fact and the principle which it illus
trates, and cling to them as the best
assurance that one can have for his
contention. There is nothing that
has proved such a jungle in human
experience as unguarded and unre-
stricted reasoning. The idea or doc
trine that is true appears easily
without tortuous course of logic to
reveal it.
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Arearag be
paid for somebody
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Newark Star represents who think
US backwoodsers in Hunterdon
County are not competent to govern
ourselves any longer, so want to re-
lieve us of the duty through the
medium of a constitutional conven-
tion-a freak happening which no
living man has been able to explain
the need of as yet.
1t is to be hoped that the James
of Senatorial fame will be advised
by his Office boy that the Demo-
cratic candidates front name is also
James, and the Socialist candidate
answers to the call for James; and
the Prohibition candidates name
begins with James. or he may vote
for somebody he doesn't know.
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Fielder a Joker.

Jimmy Fielder, whom lot of
good, loyal Democrats are going to
vote for as their candidate for
Governor of New Jersey next week.
after first washing their hands with
disinfectants and saying some
thing that sounds painfully like
lamb, says he is not sufficiently inter-
ested in the woman suffrage ques-
ton to lift his voice in opposition,
even though distinctly opposed to
it personally.
Anyone who has observed James
calm, cool exterior would never
suspect him of being a joker, and
particularly upon such serious and
perplexing question; yet he must be
if he imagines that the ladies of
the state are going to lay down
their arms and give up the fight
just because he says so.
James will be particularly wise if
he neglects to get himself elected
to the highest office in the State
next Tuesday, and permits former
Governor Stokes-a bachelor, and
consequently more susceptible to the
possible wiles of the woman voter to
assume the responsibility.
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Are We ''Yaps?'.

Some months ago we asked the
general public whether we people
in the rural districts were just plain
"yaps," who did not know what
was going on outside the walking
distance of our own boot soles, or
whether we really did have spark
of intelligence. The question has
been answered.
The Newark Star, edited by
former United States Senator James
Smith, Jr., and a strong supporter
of Acting Governor Fielder in his
aspirations for the Governorship.
says that the next Governor of New
Jersey will be William H. Fielder.
Down here in the corn-stalk belt,
where we still wear hayseeds in our
whiskers and say by gum" we
have known all along that Acting
Governor Fielder's first name was
Jimmy, and that the next Gov
errors name wouldn't begin begin
with anything that looked or sound
ed like jay.
1t will be remembered that it is
the disciples of intelligence that the
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-10-30
What is a Progressive?

Just what a progressive mot a
member of the party by that name,
but progressive MANI means, we
will confess we do not know. After
studying the campaign addresses of
speakers in several states who are
running upon their progressive rec
ords, we have about come to the
conclusion that to be progressive is
to be |, while to be conservative.
fossilized and unfit to govern, is to
be You. Wonder how near right
we are?
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tastes vary. Out here in the
rural districts, where we are sup
posed to be 'rubes,' we have no
taste for the filth and slime of the
gutter and cultivate no cesspools of
immortality in our minds, but down
m lrenton-the State Capital of
New Jersey-the good people turn
out to hear Emma Goldman. the
anarchist, speak. Emma would
substitute bestial depravity and the
survival of the fittest. She is also
opposed to woman suffrage.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-10-30

The piece of road shown above lies along the Neshanc
Creek in Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, and is
the best aldr road in New Jersey. It gets very
muddy very dusty, and doesn't wash badly 1t safe
for driving, day night It put into this condition
by the of the sptog drag, which also used in its
maintenance
The editor of this paper intends to inspect every road
In this section, and tell whether it is good or badalways
giving due consideration to the conditions surrounding the
roads in question One may have conditions that en-
able him to do twice much work as another man. on
the same appropriation These will all be carefully con-
sidered before commencing or condemnng.
People put up year after year with wretched roads,
just because they don't like to speak their minds to the
supervisor or the township committee The editor of
newspaper and especially this paper-need have no such
compunctons because anybody and everybody who does
not like his work tells him The supervisor who uses
the gray matter of his brain to make the best possible use
of his facilities is entitled to credit but the man who acts
though he had pn-feathers where his brain matter
ought to be has something coming to him and will get it.
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~AAlZeNAu.

nate libel beside of which ours
pale into nothingness.
1t says, editorially, that Mrs.
Pankhurst, the English suffragette
is a good enough politician to run for
the New Jersey House of Assembly ,
Therefor, eligibility to that august
body should consist principally of a
record embellished with bomb throw
ing, mail destroying, barn burning
ana jail sentences. And some
thought we were rabbit
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Difference i'm Platforms.

Have you read all the party plat
forms? Omitting the initiative, re-
ferendum and recall from the Social
list, and the anti-liquor plank from
the Prohibition platform, there ism t
enough difference, except in the
way of expressing, to enable the
ordinary person to tell which is
which.
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Insulting the Assembly.

The Lambertville Record has been
accused of insulting the courts the
law and several other things, re-
Gently, just because it thought the
public had few legal rights left.
but it remains for the Jersey Journal
Jersey City's great daily, to origi-
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-10-30
Care at
the
Elections

before election, so we are going to
take one final crack at the system of
appointing state officials and MEM
bers of courts that prevails in
the State of New Jersey: The
Jersey Journal says that the next
Governor will have the appointing
of seven justices of the supreme
court, including a chief justice;
three judges Of the court of errors
and appeals, ten county law judges,
eight prosecutors and an attorney
general. 1t then urges that care
be used in selecting a man in whom
the people will have implicit conf
dence.
Care is a mild and useless word,
in this case. The people who vote
for the candidates for the Governor
ship next week, in ninety-nine out
of every hundred cases, will do so
because he heads the ticket they
have always voted; or because he
has promised to reduce the cost of
living; or because he is pledged to
uphold Woodrow Wilson's admins
tration, or to vindicate Bill Taft's
defeat, or some other equally good
and plausible reason.
When we consider that the next
Governor has it in his power to
completely change the judicial force
of the State, so that it may reflect
his views and not the peoples, we
want to think twice as to whether
we are going to trust James f.
Fielder or Edward C. Stokes with
this vast duty. With Denny Collins
an Elizabeth brewer, and John
Hinchliffe, a Paterson brewer, as
his chief hackers, it is not likely
that Governor Fielder would name
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A Few Words About Roads.

Every year road supervisors in both the counties 'front.'
ING on the Delaware River Hope con-
ue to pillow cutters and the soil into the cente
of the highways making them worse each year lgnor
ance is the most charitable to give TOR these ac
when there other ways less expensive ana Tar better
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any anti-Saloon League member to
the judiciary of the State, so if we
vote for him it should be with our
eyes open and our minds made up
to accept whatever we get handed
us after the election is over.
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w-DIscoUNT: For cash in advance, pc.
per month for each month paid in advance up
to IL months.
BY special arrangement advertising in
the Lambertville Record or Coryell
Courier appears in both papers on
the same date and without extra
charge. Subscribers will be trans
ferred from one paper to the other
upon request.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 80, 1913.
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT

All editorials and news matter origina-not
clipped furnished by any political press
bureau-unless otherwise stated in the article
itself. This paper is independent in politics.
THEODORE G. KITCHIN, EDITOI
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This is our last
chance to say un-
pleasant things about
prospective candidates