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White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-25
NEVADA EDITORS HOLD
ANNUAL MEETING AT CARSON

The annual meeting OF the Sesa
ia Press association was held Satur'
dav in the Arlington hotel at Carson
CITY and twelve members. represent
ing "a many daily and weekly news
na,ers, in the state. were in attend
apce Many matters of vital iEteE
est to the fraternity were diaehsSed
and the business of the year trans
acted
The Nevada Press Association was
organized several years ago and Is a'
nresent time composed OF 4 member
sbtn including the editors or man
ayers of most of the publications IN
the state. and is ranked as one oil the
strongest organizations in the state
Those present at the meeting were
W w booth of the Tonopah Bonanza
Geo. B Russell of the Eko inoe-
pendent. r NJ Steninger Of the Elko
Free Press. Vail Pittman of the
Tonopah Miner, f r Haronn of the
Winnemucca Silver State, X F Bur
of the Battle Mountain Scout,
Ricketts, of the Goldfeld Tribune
u f. Williams of the Churchill Coun'
ty Eagle. f c Mulcahy of the Sparks
Tribune. T vandevort OF the Car
son City Appeal. and Geo NJ Ander
son of the Carson City News
Officers were elected for the en-
suing year and consist of the follow
ing V T Ricketts,. president. Geo
b. Russell. vice president, Vail Pitt
man. secretary. Geo. NJ Anderson
treasurer; w w Booth. T ID Wander
wort and r NJ steninger, executive
committee
The next meeting of the ssocia
ton is to be held in Winnsmucca II
September
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-25
SILVER ON ITS WAY
REACHED 20 THIS WEEK

Not since 1892 has the price of
silver reached the present high price.
Following the closing of the markets
of the country on Lincoln's birthday,
the glad news was flashed over the
wires that 10 cents per ounce was
bid for 1t on the metal exchanges OF
the world This makes an advance
of about 33 cents In less than that
many months. 1t will perhaps be ere
called that Immediately after the de-
~claration of war in Europe and the
consequent closing of the exchanges
of the country, silver dropped to a
fraction above 4 cents.
The most sagacious men in the
mining world and in the realm OF
political economy freely predicted
that silver is destined to go much
higher; some of them going so far
as to say that 81 90 per ounce will
not be an unreasonable figure to look
for. but the majority are content to
place the top figure at between s.
and 80 cents. says the Tonopah Min
! er. What this means to the mining
industry. particularly as it bears re
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-25
YOUTHFUL ROBBERS NABBED

Four Reno youths, who for some
weeks past have been living on the
fat of the Peayine district. con-
Wandering burros for transports
ton purposes and foraging the sur
country for provisions, have
been lodged In the county jail by the
sheriff They will be tried In the
juvenile court. They had selected an
isolated cabin for their base OF op-
erations and made frequent expedi
tons to other cabins In the surround
Ing country in the daytime when the
occupants were out and the spoil
consisting principally of food, was
loaded on the burros and conveyed
ia their headquarters. The boys
range in < from i TO 10 years
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-25
STARR VALLEY MAN
RETURNS WITH BRIDE

Samuel McMullen. prominent Starr
Valley ranch man. has returned from
California with his bride. who was
formerly Miss Mary Doan OF Gilroy,
Cal. Mr.. and Mrs. McMullen will
spend a few days in Elko with rel
atives of Mr.. McMullen. this being
the last lap of the honeymoon, and
they will then go to the ranch home
in Starr Valley to live. As has been
mentioned in this paper. they r
married in San Jose, Cal. on the
fourth day of this month and have
since beer honeymooning in Calf
ornia A host of friends of Mr.. Nc
Mullen will be glad to welcome his
return with the bride. Mrs. McMul-
len is one of the most charming brides
to come to Elko from another COM
munity. The Independent extends to
the happy couple the heartiest con
gratulations and wishes them the
happiness and most prosperous fu-
ture possible
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-25

lation to the producers of the pre-
cious metals, gold and silver. can
hardly be estimated. but the immed-
late concrete consequence will be
that more men will be employed and
a lower grade of ore will be treated
This applies especially in the Tono-
pah district, where the cost of labor.
materials and supplies is compare
lively greater than other camps
which produce the same metals, for
until the present high price was at
tanned 1t was a serious question with
mine managers whether II would not
be more profitable to cease operations
temporarily at least. than to continue
their production and reduction, at
costs that threatened to become pro
hibitive.
Silver was not by any means re-
corded the same percentage of in
crease that the utility metals show
but there is not a single expression
of pessimism among the financiers
and investors throughout the world.
and sooner or later,-the former we
hope,-the world is bound to reeog-
nize the merits of silver and re-
adopt il as a medium of exchange
among all the nations of the earth.
And this, as Shakespeare said: is
a contamination devoutly to be
u~izhod -
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-25
JUMPS IN FRONT OF TRAIN

A cripple whose name was not
learned by the police recently at
tempted to end his life by jumping
in front OF the northbound train as
ii was leaving the Tonopsh depot.
The engineer saw the man in time
to stop the train before it hit him
When arrested the cripple said II
was not his intention TO end his life,
but that he wa attempting to beat
his way out Of town on the COW
catcher The ma was in Goldfield
but a, short time ago and left here
for Tonopah
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-25
COUPLE VISIT ELkO
TAKE MATRIMONIAL PLUNGE

The sky that hangs over the state
of Nevada seems to east a reflection
of into some of the states
close by. Occasionally a couple bent
on taking the fateful plunge into the
sea of matrimony decide that In Me-
vada they will be led beside the still
waters.
He grabs a suit case in which he
has carefully packed a neckue ana
a handkerchief. and she carries a
hand bag containing a small fortune
il toilet articles.
They arrive ir Eiko and timidiy
INQUIRE of sassersby on he street
the way to the court house In a few
hours they have taken the step thai
will prove interesting to them botn
i'm the future no matter how 1t ends
Judge j. G.. Doughty performed q
marriage ceremony for a Utah couple
Daniel H. Dalton. Jr., and Lille
Ueikel. Doth of the town OF Monte
cello. Utah. arrived in Elko yesterday
and were married this morning IN
the Justice court room They VIII
remain for a few days in Elko and
then will return to Utah where they
will make their future home IN
d~ependent.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-25
DIR SAMUEL CAPEN FILES
REPORT ON UNIVERSITY

DR.. Samuel P Capen of the United
States bureau of education has re-
leased his report on the survey OF the
state university recently made by the
The report in detail is quite
lengthy and makes many findings rel
alive to the institution The commit
tee finds that the evidence gathered
does not support the charge that the
tenure of professors is precarious
and that the university standards
have been lowered.
II holds that the public Is parity
responsible for the recent lack Oh
harmony between the university ana
its constituency The report says that
there has been no sufficient effort TO
keep the state constantly informed OF
the operations OF the institution and
that the authorities have taken an
nncompromising position on public
morals.
A recommendation is made that
steps be taken to amend the state
constitution so as to permit the
creation of a board of regents OF
seven members TO be appointed by
the governor.
Restriction of the scope of the uni
persity for the present to the depart
ments already established is recon-
mended as we'll as the reconstruction
of the state normal school with a
measure Of administrative i%ndepend-
ence for il.
In discussing the internal admis-
tration OF the university the commit
tee finds hal il is well organized 1t
also recommends that graduate
courses in mining be established and
expresses the belief that the Mackey
School OF Mines. could be made to be
one of the leading institutions of it's
kind i'm the United States.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-25
ACTRESS MARRIF.S IN RENO

While Mrs. Florence Villa ms.
beautiful motion picture actress OF
Los Angeles. known in films as Flor
ence Dunbar. was securing a divorce
in Carson from Harry G. Williams,
prominent and wealthy Los Angeles
automobile dealer, Erwin Crane Viii
bur. leading man in ire "Perils OF
Pauline" one of the most prominent
motion picture actors in the country,
was making all arrangements for a
quiet wedding in Reno
As soon as Judge Frank p. Ian
gan granted the decree TO Mrs VII
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-25
BUY FORD FIRE TRUCK

II a special meeting of the War
re, Fire Engine corleany of Carson.
called for the lfi.foac OF appropriat.
ing $500 or the purchase of a Ford
tyuck. which will be used as an audi
larry for the big fire truck and will
carry an equipment furnished by the
IL is claimed that the Ford
can be taken places where it is I'm.
possible to take the larger one The
has pur chased a chassis and
will construct a body to suit It's needs
the total cost TO be within the $500
appropriated
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-25
KENT SELLS NEVADA RANCHES

An important deal that involves
large livestock interests and one OF
state of Nevada is now being closed
in Salt Lake City. says the Humboldt
Star. The property in question is
that of the Golconda Cattle company
in which Congressman William Kent
of California. is the controlling stock
holder, and the buyer is the Ellison
Ranching company. which already
own extensive ranching interests in
this state.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-25
WOMEN ON GRAND JURY

Men outnumber gomeu by the
marrow margin of n OF the Hum.
boidt county grand jury for this
year. Usually the presiding Judge
il besieged with applications for re.
lease from grand jury service, but
this year 1t is different, and II Is
thought that the fact that eight
women have been subpoenaed for
service has something TO do with the
almost unanimous Willingness OF the
men to serve Only one man asked
To be excused and his request vas
granted
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-25
APPOINTS DELEGATES TO
ANNUAL CONVENTION

L.. r Adamson, George b. Ack-
erman and H. r. Stewart have g
appointed by Governor Boyle to rep
resent Nevada at the annual con-
OF the Pixies Peak ocean TO
ocean highway, to be held in 81.
Joseph. Mo.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-25
NEWS az INTEREST," FROM ALL PARTS or 1HE S1AIE

liams she phoned TO Wilbur in Reno.
He secured a marriage license and
requested Justice OF the Peace Uns-
worth to be at the Law Office of VIII.
liam II SchnitZer. when the evening
train arrived.
The Dickinson press., 1917-06-30
MOTOR NEWS
BY the Motorist.
; 8 . 8 o Q Q . Q . q Q . . .

The Yellowstone Trail has been
designated one of the four great mill
tary highways of the country. the
other three being the Lincoln High
way, the National Old Trail and the
Pacific Highway.
Do not neglect a leak in the gasoline
line because it is a slow one. Vapor,
being colorless, accumulates without
being seen, and a disastrous fire may
result. If tightening the joints does
not stop the leak, rub some soap in
the threads.
Four million dollars is the amount
involved in a contract for cars for
export just made by the Maxwell
Motor Sales Corporation Of Detroit.
The contract calls for delivery of
5000 Maxwell automobiles. A large
number of the cars will be shipped to
points in South America. Remainder
will go to countries in the Orient.
Brown & Hoist, local Oldsmobile
dealers, have received news of a note
worthy run recently made in an Odds
car. A 930-mile run from Lansing,
Mich, to New York City in thirty
hours driving time, with "a 3-4 miles
to every gallon of gasoline-that is
the newest gas record set by the Odds
mobile. .~ -s, ..
A truck gardener of Massachusetts
has solved the horse and labor prob
lem with a Dodge car, hitched to his
pillow. He wrapped the rear wheels
with tire chains to insure traction in
the soft earth. With a friend at the
wheel he turned over approximately
2h acres the first day, while the aver
age with his team had been only half
as great. A speed of six miles an hour
was attained.
The Ford Motor Co. makes a profit
of $21 on every car it sells. This
was brought out by Vice President
Klingensmith, testifying in the Ford
Dodge suit. He stated that it cost
the Ford company $3.50 to make a car,
the price to the dealer being 1921.
He further testified that the Ford
company aims to earn 1901 per cent
gross on $3.50, 900 900 in 1917.
Officials of the Yellowstone Trail
association have established Informal
ton bureaus in a number of the larger
cities along the route. A postal was
received by the Press from the bu-
reau in Miles City Saturday. giving
information that Albert Ouellette and
Arius Baudoine passed through Miles
City Friday, on their way home to
Dickinson. They report a pleasant
trip, with fine roads, returning via
the Yellowstone and Red Trails. Post
cards are furnished tourists who stop
at the bureaus, with blanks left for
names, home town, date passed.
through and remarks, that the motor
lists may send them to friends OF to
newspapers in their home towns.
The Dickinson press., 1917-06-30

Driving a stock model Chevrolet
AGO touring car, carrying n pas
senger, William Wallace Of Portland,
Ore, bested the Shasta Limited, the
crack train on the S. p, from Port
land to Eugene, Ore, 1872 miles. 1t
took the Chevrolet 3 hours and 49
minutes to make the distance, slight
ly better than 34.7 miles an hour.
Wallace left Portland with the linn
tied, and pulled into Eugene two min
utes ahead of it, looping off 81 min
utes and 10 seconds from the previous
best record made over this road by an
automobile.
Willys-O Overland motor cars played
an important part in the trans-con-
tinental jaunt made by William Hart,
film star, who recently completed a
novel trip. During the 81 days of
Mr.. Harris journey, he visited twenty
eight different cities. Willys-Ovcr-
land ar were chosen by the screen
star to aid in keeping rigid train
schedules, because of the vast organi-
zation of the company, which has
dealers or branches in every COM
munity of consequence in the country.
At each stop an Overland car met Mr..
Hart at the train and carried him
from theatre to theatre, enabling him
to keep hundreds of engagements, in
which he appeared before thousands
of movie fans, and then brought him
back to his train.
Amidon road boosters turned out in
large numbers Saturday, for work on
roads leading into that town. Effort
to improve the highways Of that local
ity was decided on at a meeting of the
Community league last week, and the
organization will work for state and
federal aid for roads through Slope
county. State highway commission
recently decided as part of the state
plan for roads, that the north and
south road for western North Dakota
would run south from Dickinson
through New England to Reeder,
where it goes west on the Yellowstone
Trail to Bowman, before taking the
road south of that town to the Black
Hills. A county road has already been
established from New England to
Bowman and from Amidon to Bow
man. The commissioners of Bowman
county want the Amidon road to the
Slope county line made part OF the
plan for state roads, and will ask the
commission to make the change.
The Dickinson press., 1917-06-30

National Park service now has
ready new auto maps in two colors
of Glacier, Rocky Mountain, Crater
Lake, Sequoia and Mount Rainier
national parks. They are similar in
design to the auto maps issued last
year of Yosemite and Yellowstone
national parks. The maps distinguish
between good and poor auto roads and
show all trails. Distances are indi-
Gated and many places pointed out
where gasoline and water may be had.
Other information useful to general
tourists as well as motorists is given.
Maps may be procured in each nation
al park or upon application to the de-
partment of the interior, Washington.
The Dickinson press., 1917-06-30
TO CONTINUE MAIL ROUTE.

No action with regard to discon-
tinuance of the Dickinson-Manning
mail route is contemplated at this
time, according to communications re-
ceived from Washington by l. L..
Doherty, editor of the Settler at
Manning. Mr.. Doherty recently took
the matter up with Representative
Norton and Senators Gronna and Nc
Cumber, and has received assurance
from all three that they will do all
in, their power to see that the
route is continued.
The Dickinson press., 1917-06-30
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES les

Services are held on Sunday morn
ing at III O'Clock. Sunday school at
10 O'Clock. Wednesday evening meet
ing at 8 o'clock. All services are held
at Odd Fellows hall.
The Dickinson press., 1917-06-30

The bond of Markus He'll, as con-
stable was approved as to amount and
sufficiency by the Board and as to form
by the states attorney.
The auditor was instructed to adver-
tise for bridge material. 49,,
a petition for grant of right of way
for telephone lines by the Golden Circle
Telephone Company was presented and
upon resolution the same was granted.
On motion the Board adjourned.
~ j. l.. HUGHES,
County Auditor.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-30
sPREcKELs PRESENTS LABOR PROBLEM

John ID. Spreckes, of San Francisco, raise
a serious question when he says the big prob
lem before the country is that of finding men t
) do the work that must be done, and that its so
luton is to be found in the repeal of the Chinese
exclusion act. He has frsthand knowledge OF
the labor shortage, for he is ready to build 8
railroad from San Diego down through the I'm
perial valley into Mexico and then back to
Calexico, Calf, where it viii join the Southern
Pacific, but he cannot get the laborers needed IN
construction work He controls the one Ameri-
can steamship line to Hawaii, but complains
that he cannot find labor enough to man his
three vessels, He is said to be the owner Of
the largest sugar producing company in the
world, and he says: ''We cannot get American
labor down on its knees to plant sugar beets or
harvest them. That has been the chief reason
for sugar shortage Evidently, however, he
sees little occasion for alarm over this feature
of the situation, for he says that at the price
fixed by the government there is moderate
profit, so there is no reason to expect any fur
Their reduction of the sugar supply.
But of the general labor shortage there is no
doubt. Mr.. Spreckels, who has studied the
problem, has reached the conclusion that the
only hope this country has of getting the needed
supply Of unskilled labor at a reasonable wage
is In opening the doors to the Chinese. Many
on the Pacific coast will reject this conclusion
But they will not find it easy to dismiss Mr.
Spreckels' statement that ''the country must
have more labor or the cost of living will be-
come prohibitive for our laboring people" If
the country is to enter upon new period of
expansion after the war, where is it to find its
unskilled workers? Mr.. Speckles' answer is
positive but not final. The question is too big
for off-hand settlement. New problems, as per-
picking, perhaps, as any now before US would !
be raised by repeal of the Chinese exclusion
act while laws discriminating against the Jap
anese already here remained upon state statute
books.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-30
ON THE AUCTION BLOCK.

It will not do to regard Bulgarian representa-
tions too seriously. Our minister at Stock
holm has doubtless had some interesting con-
versations with his Bulgarian colleague and it
is probably true that Bulgarian diplomats else
where have dropped hints that their august
sovereign, Ferdinand, would be glad to get out
of his co-partnership with the kaiser. But all
this is to be taken with large grain of salt.
The truth probably is that Bulgaria is once
more upon the auction block. Her ruler long
since acquired the reputation of being the most
iastute international trader in Europe; and, up
to the time of the first Balkan war, in 1912, he
had managed to secure large benefits, in terri
tory and power, without ever firing shot In
the olden days he used to play off the Turk
against the powers of the concert-and always
to his advantage In like manner he played
the entente off against the Teutonic alliance in
those days when each was seeking to get him
into the war ON its side. At length the kaiser
outbid his rivals and Ferdinand came down on
the Huns side of the fence. Now finding the
situation irksome, he is ready to trade once
more. If the entente appears generous, he will
use that fact to screw up a larger concession
from the kaiser. It is a sordid business, in
which no well informed person will be deceived.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-30
Why Leaves Change Their Color

The forest service of the United
States department of agricultur,
sends out the following comment or
a fact in nature:
IL requires no vivid imagination tc
picture Mother Nature going about
these days with liberal supply OF
Paint with which she colors the leaves
Icf the trees and other plants and
thereby produces the vivid tints
which characterize the foliage of this
season. In reality the change in col
oring is the result OF certain chem
zeal processes which take place in
the leaves.
The change is not. as many people
suppose, due TO the action of frost.
but is preparation for winter. All
during the spring and summer the
leaves have served as factories, where
the foods necessary for the trees
growth have been manufactured. This
food making takes place in number
less tiny cells of the leaf and is car
ried on by small green bodies, as
they are known, make the food of
the tree by combining carbon taken
from the carbonic acid gas Of the air
with hydrogen, oxygen, and various
minerals supplied by the water which
the roots gather. In the fall when the
cool weather causes q slowing down
Of the vital processes, the work of the
leaves comes to an end The machin-
cry of the leaf factory is dismantled,
so to speak, the chlorophyll is broken
up into the various substances of
which it is composed, and whatever
food there is on hand is sent to the
body of the tree to be stored up for
Use in the spring. All that remains in
the cell cavities of the leaf is watery
substance in which a few oil slobules
and crystals, and a small number OF
yellow, strongly refractive bodies can
be seen. These give the leaves the
yellow coloring so familiar in autumn
nal foliage.
1t often happens, however, that
there is more sugar in the leaf than