White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-04
PIONEER Of EAST ELY
TO LOCATE ON COAST

Notice is published in this issue
OF the News of the dissolution of
partnership between w. l.. Fulmer
and Henry M. Fulmer. who for a
number of years have conducted the
business of the Steptoe Grocery Com
paDy in East Ely. Henry M. Fullner
retires from the firm and the busi-
ness is to he continued under the
same name as formerly by w. l.. Full
mer and John w. Wilson, who have
purchased the interests of II. NJ. Full
mer.
The Steptoe Grocery Company has
long been recognized as one of the
sound and substantial business firms
of the district and has enjoyed a
heavy patronage, not by any means
limited to local boundaries. 1t is the
aim of the new management to see
that this established patronage is
continued. W. L. Fulmer, or win, /"
rs he is best known, is experienced
in the business, having been asso-
ciated with it since it's establishment,
and enjoys wide acquaintance as
well as the confidence and friendship
of the public. His associate, Jack
/ Wilson. is also we'll known, although
not in mercantile lines. He is loco
motive engineer, and until recently
had been in the employ of the Nevada
Northern railway. With his genial
personality his friends predict that
his new business venture will prove
successful
Henry NJ Fulmer, the retiring
member of the firm. has been a resi-
dent of the district for the past seven
teen years and 1t will be learned with
general regret that he is planning TO
locate in California and expects to
leave for San Francisco in about a
fortnight. or as soon as he can at
tend to business matters of a per-
sonal nature. His wife and daugh-
ter will remain here for the present
but will probably join Mr.. Fulmer
on the coast before winter
| Mr.. Fulmer was formerly engaged
in the real estate and brokerage busi-
ness in Los Angeles and came from
there to this district at the time Ely
/, was coming into notice as prospec-
tive copper camp on large scale
With r. r. Ives Mr.. Fulmer opened
real estate Office in Ely and under
the FIRM name of Fulmer & Ives be-
came at once active and leading fac
tors In the development and upbuild-
ing of the new camp. Their arrival
antedated the railroad which was be-
ing built through the valley from
Cobre and one of the Fulmer G Ives
enterprises was an automobile stage
line carrying passengers from the
gradually advancing railroad term
mus to Ely. the first trips goinK as
far north as the Currie ranch but
gradually shortened as the railway
construction advanced. At that time
the automobile was rather an innova-
vation in the desert country.
On the memorable Railroad
Day." September 20, 1906. Mr.. Full
mer as a member of the reception
committee took an active part in the
proceedings and led the band from
Ely to meet the arrival of the first
trains. the tracks at that time not
having been extended to the city
proper
Later. after Ely became periia-
nentlv established as a copper-pro-
ducing camp and boom times were of
the past. the Fulmer & Ives firm took
ever the handling of w. B. Thomp-
sons real estate interests in the pro-
motion and development of the East
Ely townsite and removed their Of
fees from Ely to East Ely. This de-
velopment afforded active operation
for several years, as East Ely in its
early days was a busy center aside
from its railroad business. with many
stores and a daily paper-the same
being the White Pine News.
When the East Ely boom subsided
the real estate firm of Fulmer &
Ives was dissolved and Mr.. Fulmer
went into the grocery business in
partnership with his brother Win.
Under their management the business
has prospered and the change as an
nounced marks another instance of
the severing of old associates and as
sociarions and the moving on to other
scenes of activity of one who has
seen the place grow from an obscure
hamlet TO one of the states leading
cities and a copper manufacturing
community of international fame.
In speaking of all this Mr.. Fulmer
says 1t is with regret he leaves Ely
and the old friends here. This senti-
ment is shared by his friends, who at
the same time extend to Hank" and
his family best wishes for thir future
health, happiness and prosperity.