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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-20
JfT EFFUSANs

JiT EfFUSIANS
Today Is the last of the jit.
ryme contest. Monday Selah will
have to get back on the job and
whack his weary brain tbrain II
here used In its singular sense, In
fact, its most singular sense) fol
something new and nutty.
Selah Is more than pleased
with tho hearty response to his
call for jitrymes. Moreover Selaf
hopes you will not forget him
whenever you hear particularly
joshy posh. Send II along for the
colyum.
| The award goes today to c. A.
F. II he and other jitryme con-
test winners will call at the Times
office they may claim their dol.
lar.
| Herewith today's winner, by
&c. A. F.:
Washa malta T. r. Pr
You no likee my jit-nee!
Jit-nee bus good-ee for me
! no lik-ee T. r. p.
"Come ride in our cars" says the
It. r. & p
"Such stone-age stuff we never
did see."
But the jitbus is here with seats
for all;
Well ride 'em, b'gosh, as long as
they haul.
| A. c. r.
| Puyallup.
The jitney driver has no boss;
He drives his car without a loss
The jitney bus is a simple way
In which q gent can make some
4 hay. AARON ELYN.
Down the street comes a second
hand Ford,
And the working-man digs into
l his horde
To ride in the rain on the run
I ming board.
GRANT HoNsINGER.
At the jitney bus I'll take a crack
After landing on my back.
\ She got stuck in the mire
l And busted a tire,
| While tangoing over tack.
| LEOTA WARING.
- g
Stone & Webster are terribly
! downcast,
| And wonder how long they'll
| last.
No one asks why this terrible
| fuss,
For everyone knows it the jitney
bus.
MYRoN SWEENEY.
| A blessing is the jitney bus,
No longer do we stand and cuss,
And look, and wait, and wait
For street cars, as the days OF
yore.
We hope the jits are here to stay,
At least, we'll ride 'em anyway,
AS long as for our rides we pay.
A FORMER STRAP-HANGER.
No doubt Stone & Webster will
| raise quite q fuss,
But they'll give right of way to
| the jitney bus,
That their rails may lay idle till
they rot with the rust,
But we'll ride to work in a jit-
ney bus.
| MISS BAKER.
=
When you miss your car,
Do not rave and cuss,
Just wait a few minutes
For jitney bus.
RAY ROBERTS.
. .
Stone & Webster may own the
cars,
But the streets belong to the
public.
Taeks and glass are hard ON rub
Der
But the jitney bus will soon
recover.
E. w. JORDAN.
SELAH!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-20

What are you standing here
for?"
I'm waiting for a car"
But there won't be- any more
cars till morning.
Then there's all the more rea-
son to be standing here, isn't
there?"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-20
ONE REMEDY

Editor Times:
see YOU are against high
taxes. The only way I can see
out of II is to pass law stopping
owners of real estate from selling
for more than the assessed value.
] think that would be the right
thing and would help the people
TO help themselves.
CHAs. RAWIINsON.
Bpanaway. Wash.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-20

Say, you've been tinkering
with this thing two hours. I
thought you understood 1t 30 well
you could take it to pieces any
time"
We'll, so l can. But / didn I
say could put them back, did II"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-20

; Il suppose your wife is terribly
distressed over the suffering of
pthe Belgians?"
Yes, indeed. She is already
Hplanning to go right over there
after the war and see how they
got through IT,"
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-07

J. p Rumbaugh. who recently sold
,out his express and transfer business
In East Ely. has purchased an auto
mobile and will conduct a jitney ser
vice between East Ely and Ely. as
will befseen elsewhere in this issue
OF the News Mr.. Rumbaugh and Roy
Ives went to Salt Lake City and pur-
chased the car. returning with it to
East Ely last wek. No effort was
made TO break speed records. and
three days was required for the jour
lney. travelling In the day time only.
The actual time was a day and half.
They report the Lincoln highway over
which they journeyed as showing the
effect OF hard usage and dry wealth
er. In some places the dust is hub
deep and cautious travelling Is nee
essary. The Nevada section of the
highway is much better than In Utah,
partly because of the nature of the
soil and more particularly owing TO
good-roads work and the material
used in construction. Considerable
work will have to be done In Utah
TO make the highway the equal OF the
Nevada road. according to the obser-
yations of these travellers. The worst
stretch OF road encountered was be-
tween Garfield and Kearney's. On the
home stretch the II miles from Tip
pett's to Ely was made in about three
hours. as the road for the most part
is in fine condition. Messrs. Rum
baugh and Ives enjoyed the journey
and had several experiences that add
ed to their knowledge of what to do
and how. to do 1t In an auto
emergency.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-07
LITTLE CLARENCE NEWMAN
LOCKED IN THEATER

Last Sunday night about IL D. m.
when B. l.. Walker was closing up
business matters for the day in his
Novelty shop, he was attrcted by the
sobbing of a child. Upon investiga-
tion he discovered that little Clarence
Newman. son of Mrs. Joseph New
man. was locked in the Ely theater.
next to Mr.. Walkers establishment.
After learning what the trouble was
and consoling the child as best he
could from the outside. Mr.. Walker
sought p. w. Hull, one of the pro-
prietors of the theater. and the
child was Immediately liberated.
Sunday was halloween, a night on
which all children are given more
or less freedom. and while Clarence
is never on the street after dark, he
was permitted to visit the show on
this occasion. 1t is evident that the
child when ne passed his regular
bedtime dropped asleep and then roll
ed on the floor under the theater
chairs, as an inspection of the interi-
or of the building Is always made by
the proprietors before the doors are
locked. This was done Sunday night,
but little Clarence was not discover
ed from which 1t would appear that
re must have been concealed under
the theater chairs. He was immedi-
ately taken home and the anxious
folks who had been searching for
him Cor hours wore greatly relieved.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-07
Iicor License Revoked.

The board of county commission
|ers on Friday revoked the rural Ii
|cense for the sale % intoxicating Ii
lquors which was formerly granted to
A. d. Taylor, of Sacramento Pass.
A petition bearing the signatures of
twenty-nine of our best citizens from
that section of the county, and in
fact practically all who are directly
interested in the matter, was present.
ed to the board, setting forth among
other facts that Mr.. Taylor Is not
and had not for some time been a
resident of Sacramento Pass 1t was
made to appear to the board that the
saloon as conducted in the absence of
Taylor was menace and that the
moral welfare of the county would
be best served by a revocation of the
license. The commissioners were
Unanimous in the view that the rights
in the immediate neighborho ood
should be first considered and re-
|spected and unhesitatingly voted as
la unit to. grant the request as con-
tanned in the position
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-07
WOMAN's CLUB HEARS
DELEGATES REPORT

ihe program at the regular meet
Ing of the Ely Woman's club. yester-
DAY afternoon, was particularly in
terestlng, as it was largely devoted
to the report Miss Fanny Cupid. who
attended as delegate from Ely, the
convention of the State Federation of
Nomen's clubs, held at Yerington
last week.
Inc meeting was opened with a
piano solo by Mrs. Reece. The
fourth and fifth grades of the East
Ely school then gave a folk dance,
which contributed much to the en-
Joyment of the program. Miss Fair
child followed with current events.
and Miss Cupid then presented her
report as delegate. She gave a short
and interesting resume of the papers
read by the principal speakers and
the work accomplished by the various
clubs and by individuals throughout
tie state, together with an outline OF
work hoped to be done this year.
Several subjecs for programs were
suggested by Miss Cupid in eonnec-
ton With the work of the present
year.
The club sels well repaid for send
lnf its first delegation to the State
federation.
AT the card party given by the
club, at the home of Mrs. Miles. last
Monday evening, nearly SIS was net
ted. which will go toward defraying
the expenses of sending a delegate to
ferington. The party proved such
an enjoyable success. that 1t has been
decided to hold others occasionally
during the coming winter.
At the close Of yesterdays meeting
Mrs. Lightfoot. club president. in
vited the ladies to the gymnasium,
to partacke as her guests. of light
refreshments
The next regular meeting will be
November Goth, when the men
teachers of the district are TO provide
the program, and invite the Woman's s
loiph members as guests.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-07

The board of county commission
ers held their regular meeting, as re-
quired under the law, on Friday the
fifth. The consideration of claims
against the county as usual at the
first meeting in the month occupied
the attention of the commissioners
for several hours. The report of the
matron in charge of the county hos
pital showed that twenty one pa
tients had been cared for during the
month. All were not confined in the
hospital for the entire month. but
the total figured 4iO days. The hos
pital itself was run at a cost of
S410.S6. and in addition $50 meals
were served from the institution to
the prisoners confined in the county
jail at cost to the county of s161.
] he members of the board eompli-
mented Mrs. Paulson on her able and
economical management. After
finishing up the work in the Office the
commissioners made a trip to East
Ely to inspect the work being done
by Contractor Nelson on the side
walk approaching the school house.
A recess was then declared by the
board until Monday, the 22nd.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-07

Angus n. Mcdonald is now supply
ing a large amount of timber to the
Ruth mine under contract with the
Nevada Consolidated Copper COM
pany. Mr.. McDonald's saw mill in
Duck Greek has not been exception
ally busy for some months past and
since the operations at Giroux eeas-
ed he has not had much demand for
mining timber until tn eopening OF
the Ruth mine. This new contract Is
taxing the mill to its capacity.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-07
AdOenfur0uS Poe,
Formerly Of Ety.
Killed in U0r

John Prentiss Poe Jr., formerly In
the active reserve of the Nevada
state police, was killed during Sep
tember on the northern boundary
of France, while fighting as a pri-
vate in the British army.
Mr.. Poe is known to many in Ely
and while a member of the Nevada
State Police about four years ago. he
visited Ely and made two sensation
al gambling raids His first at
tack was on the Bud saloon then
conducted by Jim Hazett. 1t was In
this raid that "Frenchy" the Chink
made get away which was indeed
more sensational than the raid it.
self Frenchy did not fully compre-
hend the situation when he saw the
member of the State Police with his
automatic drawn reach down and
take from the table money and chips
which he desired as evidence. I'm
der the circumstances, however, the
Cbink was just as busy as his neigh
Dor and the storm sewer which was
then in the course of construction,
made a first class trench for him.
1t was not until the following day
that he was routed by the enemy
and lodged in the county Jail from
which he was subsequently released
on bail and turned loose when the
grand jury failed to find a bill of in
dictment. Mr.. Poe next turned his
attention to the Montana buffet,
where after watching matters through
the skylight in the roof he placed
under arrest several of the most
prominent citizens of the county. 1t
" as proven. however. that these gen.
tlemen were not gambling, but
simply playing cards for drinks, and
accordingly no attempt was made at
prosecution.
Mr.. Poe was born in Baltimore and
was brother of Eddie" Poe the
famous fullback on the Princeton
football team ten years ago. He
loved adventure and this lead him
into many hazardous pursuits. He
had seen service in the Boer war and
was fighting with the celebrated
BLACK Watch" regiment of Scotland
in northern France when he met his
death.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-07
EAST FLY SCHOOL REPORT

Pupils who have not been absent
nor tardy during the school month
ending Oct. 80. 1915:
First Grade: George Blanchard,
Edward Horrocks. Nevada Jeppesen,
ouise Smith. Lester Stirn. Horatio
.Selfridge.
Second Grade: Helen Crosby
Genevieye Jeppesen. Jack O'Connell
Pearl Ne IL. Ire ~, Ger. Oh sri
sandberg. Louis sandberg Irene
Wilson.
Third Grade Gael Curto, Frank
Dean. James Fay, Helen Lindskog
John Moore. Sinton Paine, George
Park, Lawrence sandberg, Mildred
Slirp
Fourth Grade. Clark Amens, Nor
timer Bascom. Margaret Beverly
Earl Dean. Kathleen Eakle, Louise
Hildebrand Dorothy McGinnis, Mabe
Moore, Floyd Philbrook. Edith Rel
der.
Fifth Grade: Calvin Bascom, Rob
ert Crosby. Margaret Curto. Murie
Davidson. Edwin Painter, Raymond
Stewart.
Sixth Grade. Emma Blanchard
Arthur Cahill. Oscar Crosby, Estelli
Cdrto, Edwin McGinns. Josepl
Royle,
Seventh Grade: Elizabeth Filler
Isola Hill, Beaeah Montgomery, Ed
ward Stewart, George Estrad.
Eighth Grade: Corona FELTON, Al
ia Mott.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-07
WILLOW CREEK SHOWS
PROMISE OF DEVELOPMENT

Another sensational strike was
made during the week on the prop
erty of the Willow Greek Gold Min
ing Company of Nevada, which Is now
under the control of Salt Lake cap
ital. The strike was made in what
Is known as the Ray and Rikert shaft
at depth of sixty-one feet in a
crosscut. The management is now
manent place. A sample taken across
the three foot ledge was bruoght in
and ran SS5.64. Arrangements have
been made to erect a mill on the
property as the showing is now ample
to warrent that outlay.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-07
=, llool Closed

The Murry Street school has been
discontinued and the children former
ly attending school there will be car
ed for in the first and second grades
ar the central school. The school
board found this action necessary
under an order of the state superin-
tendent wherby the local board is re-
quired to provide a separate teacher
for the sixth grade instead of hav-
ing the sixth. seventh and eighth
grades in charge of two teachers as
heretofore. Mrs. Wasson who has
been in charge of the Murry street
school will be transferred to the cen
trail school. where she will have
charge of the sixth grade.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-07
Treasurer Is Now Receiving Taxes.

TCnSubth - kNO0
County Treasurer Thomas A. Bath
is perhaps the busiest man In the
county these days. Just one week
ago the assessment roll for 1915. af-
ter running the gantlet, was finally
delivered to the treasurer. By con-
tinuous work night and day the treas
urer finished the enormous amount
of work which the new law requires
him to perform on the roll within the
week. All notices are now out and
money is starting to come in. Tax
payers have until the first Monday in
December in which TO pay the first
installment, after which they must
go on the delinquent list under the
law.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-07
Has Sprained Ankle.

Ed. Horrocks, of East Ely, a car
penter in the employ of the Nevada
Northern railway, is having an en-
forced vacation as the result of a
sprained ankle. The accident result
ed when his foot turned under him
when he stepped on a rail, while car
rying some car steps. which we're oil
considerable weight. The sprain il
severe and it will be several weeks
before he will be able to resume his
work.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-07
Film PRODUCTION IS
INTERESTING BUSINESS
MEN OF ELY DISTRICT

W. B. Alexander, president, and
C. j. Ward, general manager of the
Nevada Motion Picture CORPORATION.
were visitors in Ely the past week. in
teresting local capital in the enter
prise, and expressing their belief that
the moving picture business is a sure
thing In the way of an investment.
The prospectus of their company is
an imposing booklet of about a doz-
er pages and listens good. Nevada
mas long been prominently before the
world as metal-producing state and
lately its possibilities in the agricul-
tural and stock-raising line have been
attracting more than passing atten-
tion. And now comes company that
Is capitalizing the wonderfully clear
atmosphere and the ever-present SUM-
shine that makes this state unique.
The Nevada Motion Picture Cor
poration has an imposing list of of
ficers, men well-known and active in
various ways in Nevada. Samuel
Platt is yice-president; C. W. Mapes.
secretary; F. w. Manson, treasurer.
while in the list of directors is noted
the name of c. Y. jenkins. general
manager of the Nevada Consolidat-
ed Copper company. The company
is incorporated under the laws of the
state of Nevada. Authorized capital
100000; $4,000 shares of preferred
stock, par value $40: 25,OO0 shares
OF common stock, par value SO. The
preferred stock will also participate
In the net earnings after per cent
has been paid on the common stock.
The stock is being sold at par. there
BY eliminating stockholders liability,
and the stock is non-assessable.
The general offices are at Reno,
this location being chosen as best
suited to the work in hand The
railroad facilities are adequate, the
climatic conditions ideal and the stu
dio will be within reasonable dis
tance of an unlimited amount of va
ried scenery. II an ocean setting
Is required it is but short trip to the
coast.
The company presents as one argu-
ment that the manufacture of films
is a good investment, the figures
showing that the American public is
paying yearly $500. 900 zoo for ad-
missions to the moving picture thea
ters of the United States. aside from
the vast amount expended in foreign
countries. There is another stag
gering quotation. viz: The Vita
graph puts out about 5000. 900 feet
of film weekly" Three million feet
Is quite a lot of picture. and besides,
there are others.
Probably the average lay mind has
no conception whatever of the i'm
mensity of the moving picture pro-
ducing business, and the amount of
money involved and in circulation
for the purpose of amusing and en-
tightening the peoples of the world.
1t would seem a good thing that
brains and capital have turned to
Nevada as fertile ground for an en-
terprise of this nature.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-07
TUNGSTEN CREATES
ACTIVITY IN WHITE
P|MEM|M|NG CIRCLES

Many OF our good old prospectors
and miners who have the stick to it,
quality in their makeup seem now
reasonably sure of reaping the reward
which they so richly deserve for their
years spent in hardship and toll in
the eastern section of White Pine
county, where great activity is shown
! in tungsten properties. The war now
raging in Europe has created such a
demand for tungsten that many pros
pectors who have for years searched
for gold. some meeting with success
beyond their widest imaginings, and
others only with disappointment,
have now turned their attention to
tungsten.
The property south of Osecola
which was operated by the United
States Tungsten Corporation, con-
ltrolled by Oscar A. Turner, of Ely
Central fame, and other eastern cap
italists, and on which considerable
development work was done about
five years ago, has now passed to
the control of other parties said to
be the Tnopah Mining company. This
property has always been one of great
promise, but the long haul TO the
railroad. together with the expense
of extraction, ETC., made 1t impossible
Tor the United States Tungsten COM
pany to ship concentrates at a profit.
The great advance in the price of
the metal, however, has made it pos
sible to switch the high totals on the
press great satisfaction with the re-
turns.
Ed Wilson. Tex Hall and Fred
Strelke have had experiences very
similar to those of the United States
Tungsten Corporation. These three
we'll known miners secured a bond
and lease on a promising t,,figsten
property but found it impossible to
make shipments at a profit for the
same reasons as assigned by the
United States Tungsten people. AS a
consequence the option to purchase
was not exercised by Wilson, Hall
and Strehlke. The same property is
now being operated by California
capitalists and a considerable amount
has been paid on the purchase price,
which is said to be $47,000.00. This
property now promises to become one
of the great producers of rich tung-
sten ore from which the lucky pur-
chasers will make a great fortune.
The Pilot Knob mine which was
abandoned several years ago is now
under the control of the Millick
boys There is four hundred foot
tunnel on this property which is said
to show some sheelite for its entire
length. while the dump is said to
contain about four hundred tons run
ming from two to four per cent.
AL. Meyers. who is one of the best
known mining men in this country
has given the tungsten matter the
i"once over" and with his associates
is now in control of a group Of
claims a short distance south of Osce-
ola. Sheelite has been discovered in
many places on this property and one
ledge which is seventeen hundred
feet in length shows the precious met
al all the way.
Development work is being pushed
black with prospectors which is evi-
denee of a boom such as Nevada has
not experienced since the early days
of Ely and Gcldfield.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-07

The card party given under the
auspices of the Womans Club at the
residence of Mrs ]. +. Miles on Mon
day evening was a grand success IN
every respect Sixteen tables were
occupied and the playing vas spirit
ed. Playing ceased at IL o'clock
when IL was announced that Mrs. j.
S. Bennett had captured the hrst
ladies prize. while second honors
were carried of by Mrs. w. X. Meyers
and the consolation prize went to
Mrs. Doughty. Mr.. W. s. Eakle was
awarded first prize for gentlemen
while Mr.. w. A. Leonard was the
fortunate winner of second prize. the
consolation going to f. d. Cldheld
Refreshments were served and all
| esent spent a very rnl' sable even
ing.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-07

Ex-Governor Jewett w. Adams, OF
Carson City, arrived in Ely on Thurs
day night and Is spending some time
in the district attending to business
matters in connection with the gigan-
,ic land and live stock industry Of the
Adams McGill company
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-07

the blow scored one of the cleanest
knockouts ever witnessed
These two boys can put up an ex-
hibition we'll worth witnessing and
will no doubt meet again In the near
future. a
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-07

as he came into the house.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-07

Blackic and Wallingford over wives
ignition and transmission. ""hafs