White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-19
REMINISCENT LETTER FROM
OLD WHITE PINE RESIDENT
Bs ID. T.. MILLER

tnuer uate ol november II IN your
valued publication l notice an item
headed over Half Century of Ser
vice OF the White Pine News" As
subscriber whose name has been on
The mailing list of the News contin-
nously for the last forty-fve years
may | be allowed the privilege of
questioning one or two OF your state
mentsy You say that the News sus-
pended publication for three years just
prior to 1880 but resumed publication
in that year and three years later
moved tc Ely
Was it not prior 10 1875 the sus-
pension of the News occurred. il at
= all2 The writer came to White Pine
CHERRY creek) in 1874, moving to
Hamilton on election day. In November
of the same year. spending the winter
of fSIi-75 at Mineral City tnow Lane
city, and locating al Eberhardt five
miles south of Hamilton. In May. 1875.
The White Pine News was then
owned and edited by A. skillman at
Hamilton In 1876 "Skili'' ran for
state senator against H. A. comins and
was defeated. Skillman then sold the
News TO Doforest and moved to
Eureka In 1878 DeForcst was elected
. county clerk of White Pine county and
sold the News to w. l.. Davis. In 1850
ahe writer moved the News plant for
1r. Davis from Hamilton to Cherry
Creek. where it was published for
several years and did not move TO Ely
IN 1853. The writer hauled the lumber
from Toano tnow Cobre) to build the
courthouse which started the town OF
Ely In tic summer OF 1856. at the same
time hauling the lumber TO build W.
y. McGills now home at the cowger
ranch frow McGill.D
May | not hope To use the oltrepeated
words OF one more illustrious than my
self that this correction, II such II MAY
he termed. will he taken in The kindly
spirit IN which IL l. written
In the same issue OF the News | also
note the splendid suggestion for leg
islative aid In tie compilation OF the
state history of Nevada. No state in
the Union has reason to be prouder OF
her pioneers than Nevada. and any
tscog aition given the efforts OF the
states founders and upbuilders Will be
hut tardy justice done their memoi les
Take. for instance. Beatty. Hawley
Lewis and Btlkhap of our judiciary.
men whose opinions are still held as
models Of Jurisprudence and whose
rulings are studied as models In text
ooks. Not to dIgress too widely. no
state history would be complete with
out mention of a number OF brainy and
big-hearted White Pine county early
settlers who have gone To their re
ward
Many of the c5unt.'s newcomers. and
some who may be elassed as old
timers. probably are unaware that the
late n. D. Garraghan of Ely was the
tg.t. In he Int or
house at Carson back In the cary '10's
of the famo rs bullion tax hill. still Oh
the states statutes. believe. and
which Is largely responsible for the
prceminent place now held by Nevada's s
state sehoo, SYSTEM. While he was
representing Lincoln county at the
zine OF the passage OF the measure. he
moved To White Tine county shortly
af.erw ard and there held public of-
ice viii eredis to himself and the
.ornty until the time OF his death.
No Nevada hiatory would be COM
plete without mention of the Hon. ~.
A. comins. ore of the states ablest
ind brightest statesmen. who repre-.
sente.i White pinc county In the leg
isiature and WHO worked hard ana
continuously with Mr. Garraghan to
prevent the repeal OF the bullion tax
bill Though their efforts were un-
successful in the legislature. the meas
ure Was sased through the veto OF the
incorruptiblc Governor Bradley. az
fectionately know IN those days as
"Broadhorns" from the fact that he
lad brought to the state. number OF
rexas cattle In this business venture.
by tho way. he was associated with
the late J. w. Adams. who succeeded
bradley as governor
Nevada, at the time of the passage
of the bullion act. was suffering from
The heavy burden of the old territorial
Indebtedness but her school fund. Just
replenished with 100000 income from
the tax. WIS MANIFOLD greater per
capita than any state In the Union.
Mr.. comins. Immediately following the
receipt of tho school tax money. In
troduced bili authorizing the state 10
borrow from her school funds at B
per cent PEE annIm sufficient money
10 pay off the old territorial indebted
ness. Thus Nevada Is now and Tor
over forty years has been paying. un-
der the terms of the comins bill, in
terest To her school children instead OF
to tho estate of Livingston Brothers
and other heavy bondholders AT that
time. Mr.. comins like Mr.. Garraghan.
spent the greater part OF his lie IN
White Pine county death alone endint
a useful lifetime OF service.
other White Pine county men whose
names are Justly entitled to be enrolled
an the everlasting pages OF history
are John u. Williamson. A. c, cievc-
lard and W. G Gallagher The writer
well remembers when Mr. Williamson
vas hrst elected treasurer and Mr'
Gallagher commissioner OF White Fine
county. At that time our scrip was a
drug on the market at ish cents on
the dollar. but through the untiring
efforts and good business acumen OF
these two faithful servants II steadily
climbed for twenty years until II was
second TO none In value. For years
anxious taxpayers who watched eieo-
tion ccturns rested easy once IL was
known tnat these two men were re