White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-06
DISSERTATIONS
OF PESSINIST

Il met With a serious ~disappoint
ment this morning. remarked Tough
Luck Bill as he met a friend. :
thought the oil was in and ] was al
rich as Rockefeller. when suddenl,
. fell out Of bed"
THAT is nothing replied tht
friend, because you have it coming
Speaking of real disappointments, my
old friend Mike Ahearn told me one
of the cruelest ] think ] ever lis
tened TO. On one of his trips from
Hamilton TO the city of Ely he called
on his friend Tom O'Neill one morn
ing about I o'clock
Have you had your breakfast.
Mike says Tom.
have. Toni says Mike.
The morning following Mike paid
q second visit at about the same
hodr and was met with the same
question from his friend Tom, but
having again visited the ham and
egg foundry before making the call
he was obliged 10 again reply in the
affirmative. This set Mike 10 5riev-
ing somewhat when he considered
that he had perhaps lost the pleasure
CT partaking a mornins mornin at
the expense of Tom. So on the third
morning Mike paid his visit 10 Tom
Iefore going to breakfast and was
Immediately met with a smile n
cordial good morning
Have YOU had vol breakfast.
Nike says Tom.
Il have not, Tom, says Mike.
We'll, you better hurry up. Mike,
says Tom. or you might be late.
1t isn't very often you can beat
one of these railroad companies,
said the Old Himer as he helped him.
self to another slice of the green
cheese fresh from the moon. but J
off q stunt a few months ago
that sure did me a power OF good.
| had been hitting the high places
around here quite regular for some
days, and finally concluded thai a
of air and scenery would be
SO n morning | boarded
the train and started out.
Pretty soon Conductor House
came through and as he punched my
icket he says. Where are you off TO.
Ed Just on my way, that all,
SAYS /: east or west, it's all the
to me. What's the first con-
nection We make when We hit the
line?' Western Pacific at
shafter for Salt Lake. he says. So
| told him To dump me onto that,
and lie lid
BY careful navigation finally
found my way to a Pullman; nobody
was IN sight in the car, no porter, no
not a soul. | went to the
Iavatory; nobody there; however. |
noticed that three berths were made
down in the car. so after | took on
q nightcar or two I rolled into n
Of them. The next thing knew we
rafting over the switches
in The Salt Lake yards AS | hurried
To the Mushroom ] me- the porter:
be was very much disturbed. All
suah got to ask yo' pawdon. boss;
All clean fo'got to wake you up, and
must'a got carried by: All SUIT
.inly am sorry. oh. that's all right.
says |. as | slipped him half a dollar;
Salt Lake will do NE better than any
place | know of.
And it did. But I've always fig
ired that there must have been an
awful good poker game going on in
the diner that night. Say. Little
polish off the 100 and let
It's light shine.
Frank Galloway arrived in Ely
fiom his ranch about midnight last
and the trip I'm was by nc
Ioeans a pleasant one.
The prominent Currant Creek
is suffering from a broken
which he received in a hand
conflict with a calf. Frank
was DESTROYS of enjoying a little milk
fed veal and picked on the youngster.
he found fairly frishy. About
forty steers watched the battle in the
corral and as they %applauded with
their feet Frank was in doubt as 10
whether the applause vas for the
calf or for himself. However. he
to have won a clear victory
and finally hung the calf up to dry.
They can do almost anything at
the Galloway ranch, bat when the
proprietor called upon his good man
June" last Friday to set his broken
finger June went to the machine shop,
but upon his return announced that
he could not find the proper tools
with which to do the job, so Frank
had to start for Ely to get additional
help. DR.. F. F. Owens set the brok-
en- member which is the index
finger of the right hand, so for the
Immediate future Frank will play
the morning and evening hymns on
the organ with his left hand, this
being his usual method of entertain
ing the ranch hands OF the neighbor-
hood, a time-honored custom which
he insists be adhered TO upon his own
pre- mises.