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White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-19
NO. 1924.
Notice of Application for Permission
to Appropriate the Public Waters
OF the State OF Nevada.

Notice is hereby given that On the
eth day of November, 1918, In ac-
cordance with Section 50. Chapter
40, of the Statutes of 1913, n w.
A. Moore, of Strawberry, County OF
White Pine, and State of Nevada,
made application to the State Engi-
neer of Nevada for permission to APP
propriate the public waters of the
State of Nevada. Such appropriation
is to be made from Sage Hen Springs,
at a point which bears S. 81 deg.
90 min. e. 1880 feet from the s. W.
Corner of Sec. 80. T. 22 N, r. 81 E.,
NJ. ID. B. & M, by means of develop
ment, and cuts, and 0.25 cubic foot
per second is to be conveyed to a
point near the springs. by means of
pipes and troughs, and there used
for domestic and stock watering pur-
poses. Water not to be returned to
stream.
SEYMOUR CASE,
State Engineer,
First publication January 10, 1919.
Last publication February 1s, 1919
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-19
"Biddle" on the Job.

Mrs. Sidney Kirby, living northwest
Of Moberly, Mo-, has a patriotic hen
which she claims is the champion pa
triotic hen of Missouri. Biddie has
raised three broods of chickens since
last spring and the fourth will soon
be hatched. Not satisfied with the
three broods, the hen stole away some
twenty eggs and made a nest In q
cane shock.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-19
KISSED BY THOUSAND GIRLS
Cleveland lad 10 saIuted as Represent.
alive American.

Cleveland lad 10 SaIuted as Represent.
ative. American.
November IL was a great day for
Corporal Louis Romanelli, a Cleveland
boy In France.
Not because the war was over and
he was sure of coming home. Butt be
cause:
November IL Is the day he was
kissed by a thousand beautiful
French ONE He tells about'it In
a letter to his mother and says that
he was saluted as a representative Of
the United States and In recognition
Of what this country has done to help
France. However. his photographs
show him to be a fi~ne-looking. upstand-
ing lad of nineteen, with a Cupid's
bow for a mouth.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-19
UnpalatabIe Ship BREAD"

In grandfather's day a ship took on
her supply of bread for a voyage In
casks before leaving home. This supply
had to last until the end of the voyage,
though that might be a year or two
The bread was in the form of hard
biscuit. It kept fairly well when dry.
but often 1t got damp and moldy, or
wormy.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-19
Rugby School.

The famous English school at Rug
By to which "Tom Brown" went and
at which he had SO many adventures,
was founded In the year 1857. Or. al
least, II was in that year that one Law.
renee SHERIFF. Of London, grocer, start
ed a free school at Rugby, which after
ward became the Rugby which VIC
know today.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-19
Always the Way.

Mrs. Hen. having performed her
oviparous function. cackled and
cackled, and took a constitutional
around the yard. Returning to her
nest she found 1t empty and clucked
angrily.
whats the matter. ma'am?" ask
ed the rooster.
TITS mighty funny" she grumbled
that ] can never find things where
! lay them"
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-19
Preparedness.

Mrs. Meekton-Daughter says h
won't marry any hi who hasn't
been in the war.
Mr.. Meekton-That's sporting OF
her, and I Judge he'll need the pre-
vious experience.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-19

Caller-"Smith & Company have
employed me to collect the bill you
W them"
~Impecunious One-"You are to be
congratulated on obtaining a per-
manent position. London Tit-Bits.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-19
American Wit Abroad Too Deep.

Many instances are being told of
American jokes as sprung on their
friends In England. n OF which Is
this. Some of the boys were being
shown interesting and historical
spots and chances TO be in a famous
cathedral beneath which a number of
famous personages were buried. As
the guide pointed TO the various In
scriptions on the walls he remarked:
Many well known people sleep
between these walls"
To which one OF the boys replied:
Same thing happens In some of our
churches back home. Why don't you
get a more interesting preacher"
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-19
Sympathy for Abraham.

Sunday school teacher-Our gold
en- text, children, Is Abraham slept
with his fathers"
Johnnie-Gee, I hope they didn't
snore like pop!
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-19

Customer--That veal you sent us
was spoiled.
Butcher-Spoiled, ma'am? can't
understand that, unless 1t came from
u calf that was petted too much.
Boston Transcript.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-19
A Eamous

Parke-Yes, sir. The war will be
Won In the kitchen.
Lane-Good! I've had several
wars in my kitchen and never won
one yet.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-19
BIG AID
IN WINNING WAR
Audubon Societies Tell of Their
Work.
RESPOND TO HoovER's CALL

feathered Insect Eaters Help In Rails.
ing Of Big cropeInvestioatIen
Shows That Pelican Preys Only on
Fish Not Eaten by Man-Landown.
ere Are Kept Informed on Practical
Use Of Bird Life Through Writings
and Lectures.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-19

The electrical expert was breaking
In a green man.
Never touch the wires with your
bare hands"
Il see. Everything sanitary
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-19

IL q man never changes bis mind.
he is either very bright or very stub
born.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-19

do you think a dollar goes as far
as II used to got"
"Father--now-a-days 1t never gets
back"
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-19

First publication January 10, 1919.
Last publication February 1s, 1919
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
Unseen, Unheard

"You can say in the first place" +"
he began, "that for the first time,
absolutely the first time, in the his
tory of the opera in America a
manager has accepted the work
of composer and a dramatiSt
without having heard single note,
without having read a single word
in the work under consideration.
In accepting the opera we are pre-
pairing Mr.. Campanini hass dealt
with something entirely intangible,
something totally in the future. In
other words, he is depending en-
tirely on the past work of two men
we'll versed in the art of the theatre
being sufficient guarantee for any,
thing they may offer the public
next season. There you have it
not word, not a note, and vet our
opera was contracted for as a fin
ished thing. To-day the models Of
the costumes have been passed, the
actual work of stage setting is in
progress, and yet and yet the
opera is not finished."
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15

fields. They had won a decision
over differences of temperament
and opinion. They were able to
work together in good natured ac-
cord and understanding.
"The whole reason for success or
failure in two men working to-
gether as Mr.. MacKaye and l have, y
Mr. de Koven explained, "is in un-
derstanding and applying the def
nition. What is the definition of
collaboration? l am going to tell
you, and you will be a pretty bright
young man if you remember it.
"It is nothing more than this
Two competent artists working in
entire unity toward a given and
clearly visualized result. Rcmem-
Der it. Apply it conscientiously, and
you have a unified work Of art, such
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15

a work as is seldom possible for one
man to perform. Forget the rule,
or misapply it, and you have the
music and a thing called book,
independent of each other and very
often clashing Your result is not
success. Neither is it collaboration. "
Percy MacKaye stretched his long
arm across the table, as though
groping for a word. But he never
needs to grope for long
81 think there is an added sig
nificance in the way our opera is
being written which should appeal
to all Americans interested in
operate art" and his hands moved
in quick gestures. "Mr. Campanini's S
contract is precedent which can
not be overemphasized; but our
collaboration points out way for
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15

a sword Of Damocles. Mr.. Mac
Kaye beckoned to an attendant.
IL ordered horses neck" he
said, land not a Tom Collins"
Pegasus was hitched and ready
to go. Reginald de Koven has writ
ten too much music and Percy Mac
Kaye too much verse to doubt for
moment that the opera they had
started could reach anything but a
satisfactory finish. 1t became in
creasingly clear that it was already
whitehall except part of the
music and part of the writing.
Mr.. Campanini had placed his
trust in future, but, also in q GER
tainty He knew beyond a doubt
that his two operamakers were
versed in something besides knowl-
edge and talent in their respective
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15

Bcrkman finally arrives at Pitts
burgh. and after some difficulty
passes the "pickets" that the strik-
ers have along the mill yards, and
stuHbles into meeting. of str,.-
ers, VINO are being addressed by tho
local sheriff, who tells them that thes
have won a big victory" in driving
out the "Pinkerton INVADERS from
the city, and advises them, if they
wish to secure public approval. to
welcome the soldiers, who have been
sent to maintain order.
"Now is the time." the striLars
are exhorted by the sheriff with
enthusiasm. Welcome the soldiers.
They are not sent by that man
Frick They are the peoples militia.
They are our friends. Let US well
come them as friends"
There IS great deal Of applause
as the sheriff concludes, mixed with
angry shouts Of disapproval. Pres
emily as Berkman relates, a tall.
dark man appears on the platform.
HIS stentorian voice gradually draws
the assembly closer to the front.
Slowly the tumulf subsidies.
Don't you believe it, men," saws
this speaker. Don't you believe that
the soldiers are coming as friends.
Soft words these. Mr.. O'Donnell.
They'll cost US dear. Remember
what l say, bro.ners. The soldiers
are no friends of ours. know what
am talking about. They are COM
ing here because that damned mur-
derer Frick wants them."
Hear. Hear.'
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15

~ ONE revolutionists, it may now
~ be assumed, do believe in "vio-
lence." This violence" may
take many forms, but con-
slant practice of the cart" has ap-
parently convinced it's devotees that
OF the many only two are advisable,
the placing of bombs on the stoops
Of "hated capitalists" or the more
scientific" way, that of push
Ing al. ---sSs.csrs~t~' - the face of the
capltsl.st" and pulling the trigger.
1t may, therefore, prove interest
Ing to learn how the scientific"
revolutionist reasons. What, for in
stance, are his processes of thought
before he arrives at the conclusion
That doing away with the Capital
ist' IS the only way of solving soci-
ety's unpleasant ills? How does he
justify his act?
These very general questions are
almost specifically answered in
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist"
e book written by Alexander Berk-
man and published by the Mother
Earth Association in September,
1912. In these memoirs Berkman,
VINO IS now serving two-year SEN
~nce In the Federal Prison at At
ianta for attempting to obstruct the
workings Of the CONSUMPTION act, re-
views the reasoning he went
through prior to the effort he made
IN 1892 to kill Henry Clay Frick.
The famous Homestead strike
L. the foundation upon which Berk-
man buiids his case. For some time.
AZ berkman relates, the Carnegie
company ard the Amalgamatcd AS
s"eiat'on OF Iron and Steel Workers
nave been IT serious odds. Work
ing conditions and the wage scale
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15

celebrated revolutionist's physical
appearance.
Il am revolutionist first, man
afterward,' | replied with convic
ton.
You are either knave or a
hero he retorted."
Which would you say it was?
Berkman then INDUCES, as he fire.
quently does, in a few hundred
lines of soliloquy, which in substance
concerns itself with the question of
whether the man who is about to
commit an "attentat" goes through
a period of unspeakable, self-in-
f1lcted torture to prepare himself
for future exigencies. Berkman in
sists that the man who wavers shows
a sign of weakness.
Does a real revolutionist,' he
asks himself, need to prepare him
self, to steel his nerves and harden
his body?"
Il feel it almost a personal in
suit" Berkman replies to himself,
this suggestion of the revolution
lists mere human clay No, the
thorough revolutionist needs no
such self-doubting preparations.
For l know Il do not need them.
l am simply revolutionist.
a terrorist by conviction, an in
strument for furthering the cause
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
Rip Yam Winkle

cause often calls upon the revolu-
ZIONIST to commit an unpleasant act,
but it is the test Of a true revolu-
tionist--nay, more, his pride-to
sacrifice all merely human feeling at
the call of the peoples cause"
"And what could be high
er in life than to be true revoll1-
tionist?" he asks. "It is to be man, a
complete MANA being who has
neither personal interests nor de-
sires above the necessities of the
cause; one who has emancipated
himself from being merely human
and has risen above that, even to
the height of conviction, which ex-
cludes all doubt, all regret; in short,
one who in the very inmost Of his
soul feels himself revolutionist first,
human afterward.
Heroic
"Such revolutionist I feel N.Y.
self to be-" continues Berkman in
heroic vein, and who it seems is in
tent on impressing his reader with
the fact that to him his cause"
transcends all. To emphasize this
interesting contention he relates
with apparent relish the story of a
friend, one Edelstadt, an anarchist
poet, who needs financial aid, and
whose friends, all members of the
Pioneers of Liberty" the first Jew.
ish anarchist society in America
met one evening to consider plans
for aiding the sick poet. 1t was sug-
gested that the money be obtained
from the treasury of the society, but
Berkman protested that revolu-
tionary funds should not be used for
personal purposes.
DO you mean that the poet is
less to you than the revolutionist? ?"
was asked by Tikhon, a young
medical student, whom we playfully
dubbed "Lingg" because of his
rather successful affectation of the
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
Rose Garden "Pomes''

"Once a lady came up to me-"
said Mr.. MacKaye, latter l had
finished reading a poem, and this
is what she said: oh, Mr.. Mac
Kaye, l always think of you COM
posing your poetry in a rose gar
den-by moonlight
And then Mr.. MacKaye said
something with which one seldom
credits poet. And then con-
tinued:
1--WE may write about rose gar
dents, but we don't write in rose
gardens"
81 WONDER" said Mr. de Koven
thoughtfully, whether people real
ize the amount of labor, actual
manual labor, there is connected
with writing an opera, in preparing
the scores for an orchestra. What
DO you suppose the number of SYM
bols will be that / shall put on
paper for rip Van Winkle'? I
should say very close to five million
notes and indications, and if one Of
them is wrong then the whole
score is wrong"
There was a warning dimming
| Of the lights in the building,
gentle hint used by the house COM.
mittee that it was time to go, and
the collaborators rose
Remember" said Mr.. de Koven.
That it is going to be an American
opera, and don't forget that Ameri-
cans want American opera, no mat
ter how much it is discouraged by
critics. / have travelled about the
country and know that Americans
want it."
"And III be ready to send you
some more stuff tomorrow morn
ing said Mr.. MacKaye.
"Good,' said the composer.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15

neither of us was bound by any
particular text. There was all the
room we wanted for imagination
but more than that, the appeal Of
Rip Van Winkle is universal. Every
one knows the legend. 1t is as
much part of the America educa-
ton as the alphabet. Moreover, it
is an American subject, on which
only Americans brought up in
American tradition can really
write.
$50 we started. We discussed it
and thought about it before we
ever wrote a word or a note of
music, and there you have the
greatest part of the labor in opera
making. You have to build the
framework of the building first be-
fore you furnish it."
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
A Wise Pegasus

And Mr.. de Koven replied that
in all the interviews he had wealth
cred he had only happened upon
one other young man without a pen
cil-rcprescnting "The Brooklyn
Eagle" it so happened. Then the in
terview began and with it devel-
oped the story of the frst-or al
most the first-clear and distinct
American opera, an opera dealing
with a subject distinctly American,
written by two Americans, and
written, Incidentally, in distinctly
American manner, with all the
thought and planning that an eff
cient engineer would put into a
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15

~ EG1NALD DE kOVEN, vet
eran of forty-fve operas,
- y took sip of a beverage
soon to be as legendary as
the subject Of the opera he and
Percy MacKaye are writing for next
season. Then, unhurried and un-
afraid, he turned his attention to
the Exponent of the Press who sat
before him. And from that time on
knew that Reginald de Koven was
q great man. He was used to being
interviewed. Indeed, if | had had
any further doubts on the subject
his first words would have dispelled
them.
II am an old newspaperman my
self" said Mr.. de Koven. "How
long do you want this article to be,
young man."
The hour was late. The crowd of
jewellers in the gathering place of
graduates of q certain Eastern in
stitution where we three had met
had dwindled away to a minimum.
Added to this, am of q naturally
indolest disposition. Therefore, I
said the obvious thing.
1.-THE article is to be short one,"
said.
AS | look back upon it, it was not
a tactful remark, but to drop into
the parlance Of fiction, the chance
shot landed square in the centre
of the clout A look of pleased re-
lief came over the faces of the two
collaborators Of rip Van Winkle." !"
"In that case" said the Ameri-
can composer, II shall talk to you
with occasional interruptions by Mr..
MacKaye." Then he paused, glanc-
ing at me searchingly, and l knew
through some indefinable prescience
that something was wrong. | felt
should have changed my collar.
young man." Mr.. de Koven in
quired, 'don't you use a paper and
pencil in an interview?'
Not having a pencil, my reply
again was obvious.
Generally not" said. 81 genef-
ally don't have pencil when l
want it.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
Writing an Al1American Grand Opera on Contract


another opera together, Mr.. Mac
Kaye and I. We had been discuss
ing subjects-had selected one,
even, and then one day Mr.. Mac
Kaye came in with a new idea. He
suggested an opera, a folk-opera
built about one of our oldest Ameri-
can traditions. You can guess what
that tradition was. It was Rip Van
Winkle. It appealed to me at once,
just as it appealed to the man who
suggested it.
"For both of US it was success
full subject The legend is so old,
with so many variations, that
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
Back to Childhood

AS the train still speeds on,
passing Washington. D. c., Berkman
rhapsodizes reminiscently anew
about a period of his childhood in
Russia, of the former Czar, inter
rupted by discussion of "nihilism''
and followed by an amusing account
.of his dismissal at the age of twelve
years from the local school for
writing an essay in which he
reaches the conclusion that there
is no God"
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
It's Being Done Right Here in
New York, By MacKaye
and de KOven

complexity of steel girders. Their
work has been no hit or miss affair,
dependent on fits of inspiration.
Pegasus is there, but it is a bridle
wise Pegasus, who is broken to har-
ness and stops and starts the way
well-bred horse should. In the
chariot behind are two men of the
stage, trained to all the finesse of
stagecraft which only long appren-
ticeship in the theatre can teach.
At this very juncture Percy
Mackaye raised his hand warningly.
eve are going to talk" he said,
"of the actual mechanics involved
in making an opera. We are going
to take you behind the scenes and
1T is going to seem very cut and
dried. But remember this. There
has to be inspiration to make any
piece of work worth while. You
have to like the work you are doing.
You have to be enthusiastic about
it. Primarily it is the art and not
the mechanics that count, and when
everything is finished the impress
sion Of the art remains and the
mechanics are forgotten"
1t has almost become a maxim
that collaborators never collaborate.
Yet SO great was the confidence of
one man in the future product Of
the combined efforts Of Reginald de
Koven and Percy MacKaye that
Mr.. de Koven began with a state
ment on futures that would have
made the widest agent of Lloyds
pause from something verging on
astonishment.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15

"But you have to remember the
furnishings" interjected Mr.. Mac
Kaye, "all the time you are build
ing the framework. You must have
a complete understanding of the
whole thing, of its dramatic and its
musical possibilities; and beng apfs
to work together, we were able to
gauge those values"
"So," Mr.. de Koven continued,
1--WE started with a brief, a very
brief synopsis. We discussed it and
changed it. Our opera is not going
to be like the story of Washington
Irving"
Though large part of it was
written right on Seventeenth Street,
close by where Irving lived" added
Mr.. MacKaye.
Nor is it going to resemble the
play in which Jefferson acted. 1t
is distinctly folk opera, like the
WORK OF tiumperolnck; but 1 nave
had no folk music to draw from.
That had to be supplied entirely by
the imagination.
I'VE knew the structural values
of each act before we wrote the
words and music. We know quite
definitely what is still to come. We
have had to change a little here and
there of what we have written and
composed; but only very little.
The reason is that the greater part
of the work was done before we
put pen to paper. When you come
down t, it, there is a great deal
that is cry practical in writing an
opera"
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15

many operas still to come. Here
in America are many composers
without the gift for writing lyrical
verse and many poets capable of
being good librettists who have only
a small knowledge of music. Why
cannot they be brought together?
What Mr.. de Koven and I are doing
is not precedent, perhaps, but Ger
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15

Society is patient--sick constitu-
tionally and functionally. Surgical
treatment is often imperative" HUI
man life, he is willing to admit,
is sacred and inviolate, but the kill
ing of an enemy of the People "is in
no way to be considered as the tax
ing Of a life. True, the
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
a Revolutionist Works Himself Up to Bomb Fever

still in a state of great excitement
and as yet undecided what to do.
81 must form definite plan Of
action" he thinks, as the train
dashes through rich farmlands "My
purpose is quite clear to me. A tre-
mendous struggle is taking place at
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
Not a Tom Collins!

He paused, and fingered his glass
absentmindedly. Was there a
haunted look on his face or on
Percy MacKaye's? There was not.
The contract was impending, but
evidently it was not hanging like